Archive for March, 2009

Robert Powell, the cop who incurred the nation’s wrath after detaining Texans RB Ryan Moats while his mother-in-law was dying in the hospital, reportedly has a history of mistreating NFL players and their family members.  According to the Dallas Morning News, Mr. Powell, who is on administrative leave in the wake of the Moats debacle, also once pulled over Zach Thomas‘s wife Maritza for an illegal U-turn…and somehow ended up cuffing her, driving her off in his cruiser and throwing her in the tank for three hours. “This in no way compares to what happened to Ryan Moats and his [...]

What do you do when you’re an obscure French pole vaulter whose sponsorship deal has expired, leaving you without money or much hope for a future career?  Exactly – you make a video of yourself running naked through Paris, hoping to attract attention.  Well, it has certainly attracted attention.  Whether the stunt nets Mr. Mesnil a sponsorship deal remains to be seen.

Pitt has once again failed to make the Final Four – this time thanks to Villanova, who won the game on a heart-stopping last second shot by Scottie Reynolds.  Please tell me how you let a guy make a runner in the lane like that.

Terrell Owens, newly-installed as a pending distraction with the Buffalo Bills, is now reflecting on the way things ended for him with the Dallas Cowboys, the franchise that was supposed to finally win him the championship glory he so dearly craves.  Basically, T.O. is angry and hurt and feels betrayed by Jerry Jones, who supposedly promised Owens he would not be thrown out like yesterday’s rancid trash. “You hear all the speculation, and you talk to the owner of the team, and he reassures you, you’re not going anywhere and then, out of left-field &; you get blindsided,” Owens bitched. [...]

John Mayer channels Gavin MacLeod while playing a gig on a cruise ship.  A cool bluesman like Mayer doing a ship full of old ladies in pleated shorts and paunchy dudes humming “Taking Care of Business” under their breath while scoping out the babes?  No, I kid – Mayer is neither cool nor a bluesman.  He just thinks he’s those things.

Mark Cuban has found a new and exciting way to get fined by the NBA – criticizing the refs on Twitter.  After last night’s Mavericks loss to the Nuggets, Cuban chose not to rip his own team again, but rather to hammer the officials for not T-ing up Denver’s J.R. Smith for getting all up in the face of Dallas’s Antoine Wright.  Cuban’s tweet: how do they not call a tech on JR Smith for coming off the bench to taunt our player on the ground ? Then, later, Cuban posted another irate tweet: scary part of that play: Same [...]

If you thought the bad news ended for Michigan football with the culmination of their dismal 3-9 season, guess again.  On Tuesday, the negative Rich Rodriguez karma train got steaming again when presumptive 2009 starting quarterback Nick Sheridan broke his leg scrimmaging.  On Thursday, Mr. Rodriguez – whose spread offense doesn’t look quite so hot without Pat White running it – said Sheridan will miss the remainder of spring drills but should be able to work out this summer. The Wolverines may have dodged a bullet with this one – Sheridan could have torn something and been lost forever – [...]

Mickey Rourke was in Moscow “researching” his role in Iron Man 2 when he met – and became smitten with – statuesque blonde Russian pop singer and former basketball player Irson Kudikova.  Not content with a mere fling, Rourke reportedly proposed to Kudikova, who is 26 years old and a single mom.  “He told me, ‘You’re a fantastic woman. I want to marry you,’” Kudikova said to the tabloid the Globe.  No word on whether Kudikova accepted the proposal.  Hmm…if I were her I’d hold out for something younger and less erratic.  Mickey is enjoying a career comeback right now, [...]