Check out this video of a punk kid passing the time in some European city, which looks it may be in Italy. If he had channeled his energy in the right direction, he might be a pro by now.
Month: June 2008 (Page 20 of 40)
Javon Walker did an interview with TheDirty.com about his recent “incident” in Las Vegas.
“I was just back at my room and at about 5:30 in the morning I got a knock at the door. I opened it and 3 guys with guns were there. They cracked me in the head a few times, knocking me unconscious. They then robbed me of everything I had; my watch, money, everything! Somehow they got me to a car and dropped me off in the street. That’s what happened.”
The rumor was that Walker was at the Tryst nightclub and was spraying bottles of Dom Perignon on members of Floyd Mayweather’s table. Then (rumor has it) there was a confrontation, which led to the robbery and assult of Walker by Mayweather’s crew.
Walker says that he was abducted at his hotel and that the Mayweather story is completely false.
Bugs & Cranks decided to put a team together comprised of the worst contracts in MLB history. The pitching staff alone will make your head spin.
Starter #1: Barry Zito
Team: San Francisco Giants
Contract: 7 years / $126M
I’m pretty sure we don’t have to get into this one…Starter #2: Carl Pavano
Team: New York Yankees
Contract: 4 years / $39.95M
His nickname is “American Idle.” Enough said.
Starter #3: Mike Hampton
Team: Colorado Rockies (and Florida Marlins and Atlanta Braves)
Contract: 8 years / $121M
Since 2004, he has made 12 starts. Over that time, he has been paid upwards of $50M. We’re all in the wrong business.Starter #4: Russ Ortiz
Team: Arizona Diamondbacks
Contract: 4 years / $33M
How does 5-16 with a 6.99 ERA grab ya?Starter #5: Denny Neagle
Team: Colorado Rockies
Contract: 5 years / $51.5M
Going 19-23 with a 5.57 ERA over the first three seasons was bad enough. Then he missed all of 2004. Then he was caught with his zipper down and a $40 hooker. Not only was he a thief, but he was apparently a cheap bastard too!
This list should be more than enough for teams not to dole out any more ridiculous contracts to free agent pitchers. Whether it’s the change in parks, clubs or even uniforms, the marquee free agent pitchers just never seem to pan out when given truck loads of money. Are the expectations too high? Barry Zito looks like he’s crumbling under the expectations. It’s almost like he’s just waiting for the wheels to come off in every start.
According to NBCSports.com, Tiger Woods will have season-ending ACL surgery on his left knee.
He also suffered a double stress fracture of his left tibia two weeks before the U.S. Open, ignoring doctors’ advice to take six weeks off to let it heal. And he still won the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, going 91 holes over five days on a knee that was getting worse.
“Now, it is clear that the right thing to do is to listen to my doctors, follow through with this surgery and focus my attention on rehabilitating my knee,” Woods said on his Web site.
He had arthroscopic surgery April 15 to clean out cartilage in his left knee, bypassing ACL surgery with hopes it could get him through the 2008 season. But the stress fracture and a ligament that could no longer sustain a powerful swing made it impossible to keep going.
Woods did not say when he would have surgery. His swing coach, Hank Haney, said the recovery is typically six to eight months.
That’s disappointing coming off a great performance at the U.S. Open, but obviously he was in a lot of pain and he doesn’t wan to be playing on a bad knee all year and possibly cause further damage.
Gordon Monson of the Salt Lake Tribune writes that Tiger Woods is the best athlete in history – even better than MJ.
It may not be a decathlon, but I didn’t say Tiger was the most athletic athlete of all time. I said he would be the greatest.
Why?
Because of the way he dominates his realm.
Not even Jordan did that the way Tiger does. Watching what he pulled off at the U.S. Open this past week is just the latest reminder. Limping around the course, grimacing with the tremendous force put upon his left knee off the tee, after surgery on that knee just two months ago, hitting ridiculous putts he had to hit in order to win, it was remarkable to watch.
Tiger is a lot like Jordan in that he has the best physical tools and the most mental toughness, a combination that makes him beyond formidable. We all saw the eye-popping eagle putts, the putts on 18 that on Sunday forced an 18-hole playoff and on Monday pushed that playoff to an extra hole.
Woods didn’t have his top game going at Torrey Pines; he was spraying the ball all over. But, in a way, that framed his greatness even more, highlighting the clutch shots he had to execute in order to win. He did and he did, the bum knee notwithstanding.
I get what Monson is saying, but it’s so hard to compare athletes in different sports and different generations. There are just too many questions that can be raised and the debate goes around in circles. Tiger’s performance at this year’s U.S. Open was absolutely amazing. Let’s leave it at that for now.
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