You may have heard about the Chiefs’ Larry Johnson kinda losing it on Twitter Sunday night. According to this story, he basically said his dad was a better coach than the one he had, and then proceeded to call anyone who disagreed with him an inappropriate term.
Of course, then he issued the following apology, only ESPN - we think - did not get the entire quote written down. They quoted: “I regret my actions. The words were used by me in frustration, and they were not appropriate. I did not intend to offend anyone, but that is no excuse for what I said. I also want to apologize to all the kids who view athletes as role models. I was not a good role model yesterday and hopefully I can become a better role model.”
But our inside source says that’s not where the apology ended. Johnson went on to say, “But to all the kids who don’t view athletes as role models, hell yeah I meant all that stuff I said. I ain’t apologizing to some bunch of [bleeps] and [bleeps] and [bleeps] on Twitter. Screw that. You don’t disrespect me like that without me bringing the heat. And I got more money than them.”
We feel the full apology was far more entertaining.
Some quick research revealed that…
(1) Teams with a quarterback from Purdue on the team this season = 14-0.
(2) Teams without a quarterback from Purdue on the team this season = 62-76.
Don’t you wish your team had drafted or traded for a QB from Purdue at some over the last 8 years?
You may have seen where Australian golfer Robert Allenby has been running his mouth the last few days. He complained that USA’s Anothiny Kim was out partying until 4am the night before Kim whipped Allenby 5 & 3 in the President’s Cup. (Side note: not sure why you would bring up how late you thought he was partying hours after he whipped your ass, but anyway.)
Allenby claimed, according to this article, that Kim was “the loosest cannon on that team,” then said he thought Kim was the “current John Daly.”
To which Daly told our inside source, “Oh, you mean you think Kim will go on to win 2 majors? And who the hell is Robert Allenby?”
(One more side note: Allenby has 4 Tour wins and 0 majors, finishing 7th at best. Daly has 5 Tour wins and 2 majors and a tie for 3rd at The Masters. Meanwhile, Kim already has 2 Tour wins in just 3 years.)
We were watching SportsCenter after the terrific Monday Night Football game last night. While not paying the most careful of attention to waht was going, we were glad to have the DVR. Because once we heard this stuff, it had to be written down…
(1) Miami runs the play-action tight end wide open in the end zone play - Stu asks Millen to break it down for us: “Ah, nice job just in terms of a roll action, get him off on the edge, and then [not understandable - maybe “give him the option”] one, two, three, he hits the back of the end zone for a score.”
(2) Immediate next highlight, long pass by Sanchez, Stu says: “Next Jets drive, guys, this is buck - and the definition of buck is when internal artistry meets physical expression… 53 yards, Sanchez to David Clowney.”
Seriously, this is the best ESPN has to offer on the recap of their own NFL game. A “break down” that merely tells what just happened, followed by Scott making up some phrase called “buck” about artistry and using it to describe a guy running 50 yards and catching a pass??? But as one of our pals said, anything is better than Emmit Smith or Keyshawn Johnson.
They say things come in threes. First, Rodney Harrison retired from football in March. Today, we read that Bruce Bowen is retiring from the NBA.
Our question: who is the next dirty player/cheap shot artist to retire from professional sports this year?
***Click here for a little tribute to Bowen’s career we found online.
UPDATE: Having just scanned through Deadspin, they have a link to a wonderful story about Bowen’s classiness. Check here for that one.
We can be heroes, just for one day…
Then the next day, you wake up and remember you play for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
***Photo is from the Pittsburgh newspaper site.
After signing pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg to a record rookie contract, the Washington Nationals are offering 2,000 $1 tickets for the Nats game on Friday where Strasburg will be introduced in a pre-game press conference.
Upon reading this article on Yahoo, Nats’ owner Ted Lerner yelled, “No, no, no, I said to sell 15,000,000 tickets at $1 each, not 2,000!”
We think that after the “Natinals” incident, Lerner should have known that if he wanted it done right, he should have done it himself.
Word from ESPN is that John Smoltz is leaning toward signing with the St. Louis Cardinals for the stretch run. Upon hearing this news, mob scenes of celebration broke out in Chicago and Milwaukee.
“I will give up part of my paycheck to help make this happen,” Prince Fielder told our inside source.
In his 8 starts with Boston, Smoltz did not make it past 6 innings in any game and gave up 5 or more runs in 6 of the 8 starts. The Hall of Famer’s e.r.a. this season only looks good when compared to that of Chien-Ming Wang.