This weekend's Sausage Links are brought to you by umpire Joe West, who caused quite the hubub by calling out the Yanks and Sox for their slow play. Hopefully this article won't take 3 1/2 hours to read, but if it does...we'll just blame the Yanks and Sox anyway!
News
-The reporting officer in Big Ben's Georgia sexcapades resigned recently after it became public that he didn't exactly have the alleged victim's back. So much for protecting the innocent...(SI)
-Count D-Wade among the few who wouldn't like to see himself elsewhere after the Summer of 2010. Thanks for taking all the fun out of our summer, Dwyane. (ESPN)
-Manchester United kept their slim title hopes alive by besting local rival Manchester City Saturday morning thanks to a last-gasp Paul Scholes header. (Sky Sports)
-Ted Ginn (once known around these parts as Teddy Heisman) hasn't exactly seen his career take-off after being traded to the 49ers for a 5th rounder. Apparently that's the going rate for Ohio St. wide outs. (Yahoo)
-Lastly, the NCAA tournament may be closer to finding its rightful television home, the network formerly known as Court TV. If this gets us one step closer to Nancy Grace replacing Clark Kellogg, I'm all for it! (New York Daily News)
The Blogosphere/Opinion
-SI's Jon Heyman reminds us all that, in fact, the Sox and Yanks do take their sweet time playing baseball. (SI)
-Our friends at Real Fake Sports help put the NHL playoffs in proper perspective...at least in the eyes of Gary Bettman. (Real Fake Sports)
-Maybe a 21-year old kid, even if he's the NBA scoring champion, shouldn't try to match mental wits with a guy they call the Zen Master. (Rumors and Rants)
-Here's a look at some of Kentucky's new recruits for the upcoming season after losing 7 players off last year's team. Maybe John Calipari can give this next batch a home version of going to school at UK as a parting gift next year. (Strait Pinkie)
-The Boston Globe's Dan Shaugnesy gives his usual upbeat view on the Celtics chances in this postseason. (Boston Globe)
-Darren Sharper and the Saints are locked in a long version of the waiting game. Ah, the waiting game sucks...let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos! (PFT)
Just For Fun
-In an ironic turn of events, the volcanic ash from an Icelandic volcano that has gridlocked much of Europe has left one country largely untouched...Iceland! Harmless coincidence, or first step towards global domination, you decide. (MSNBC)
-3 reasons from Entertainment Weekly why Team Coco to TBS might be a good thing. Somehow they forgot the part about putting George Lopez on past my bedtime. (EW)
-Jay-Z and David Ortiz might make the strangest courtroom battle this side of Larry King and an 8th wife! Really, after wife #7, shouldn't all blonde women under 60 have been put on notice not to marry the goofy looking guy in the suspenders? (Huff Post)
-And finally, Tiger Woods mistress #2 was arrested for driving with a suspended license. Between porn stars and pancake waitresses, it's hard to keep the numbers and names straight. I do know one cell phone she probably didn't call for bail money! (TMZ)
That does it for the sausage links! Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter @RSS_Sports and let us know what you think by commenting below. Until next time, it's bye for now!
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