Author: Anthony Stalter (Page 122 of 1503)

      Jenn Sterger: Favre like “that guy at the bar who just could not get the hint”

      April 12, 2011 /
      Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre walks off the field following their NFL football game against the New York Giants at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan December 13, 2010. Favre did not start in their game against the Giants, breaking his streak of 297 consecutive starts. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES – Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL)

      Jenn Sterger is speaking out for the first time since the sextenting scandal involving 41-year-old pervball Brett Favre. She appeared on part one of ABC’s Good Morning America’s two-part interview recently and said Favre was like that clueless guy at the bar who won’t take no for an answer.

      From USA Today:

      “He was like that guy at the bar who just could not get the hint,” Sterger told GMA anchor George Stephanopoulos.

      Sterger thought of sexting as more “intimidating” than flattering. She kept putting off her pursuer. But it didn’t work. When she asked several unidentified friends/colleagues for advice, they urged her to stay silent to keep her job with the Jets.

      Sterger thought it was all over when she left the Jets for an on-air job with the Versus network’s, The Daily Line, in 2009 and Favre moved over to the Minnesota Vikings. Then Deadspin.com broke the story in October, 2010. And Sterger said her world turned completely “upside down.”

      She said: “I was trying to go to work. Do my job. But how are you supposed to report on the news when you are the news? It was tough. It was embarrassing. It was humiliating.”

      Sterger claims that she never got a dime from Favre or anybody else for the story and I believe her. While it was stupid to confide in one of the editors from Deadspin, I don’t believe she was paid, or paid off during the scandal.

      Of course, that doesn’t make her a victim either. I feel bad for her that she can’t land a job and was humiliated, but I think her attention-seeking ways finally caught up to her. I think at first she wanted to be known as the girl that Brett Favre was trying to “get with,” or else why would she have saved the texts and share them with Deadspin? I just think she never expected the story to take off the way it did and now she’s regretting it.

      But hey, time heals all wounds. The nice thing about our society is that people have the attention span of a 2-year old. She’ll eventually land another job and she’ll eventually be able to (somewhat) put this behind her. She’ll always be connected to Lord Favre, but it won’t be as bad as it is now, and it definitely won’t be as bad as it was six months ago.

      External Sports, NFL

      Mediation between owners and players to begin on Thursday

      April 11, 2011 /
      New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (R) and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch (C) arrive for labor negotiations between NFL players and owners with federal mediation in Washington on March 3, 2011. The current collective bargaining agreement expires at midnight tonight and a lockout is possible but not definite if none is reached. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg.

      Judge Susan Nelson has ordered mediation between the players and owners to begin in Minneapolis on Thursday according to Judy Battista of the New York Times. Judge Arthur Boylan will apparently be the mediator.

      The owners wanted mediation to resume under George Cohen, while the players wanted it to take place in federal court. Thus, Judge Nelson’s decision to have mediation begin under Judge Boylan is yet another victory for the players in the current CBA battle.

      As Rotoworld.com points out, Peter King predicted on PFT Live on Monday morning that no Collective Bargaining Agreement will be reached soon. King expects a lockout injunction, which means there will be a football season next year but without a CBA (meaning 2011 will be an uncapped year, just as it was in 2010).

      At this point, I would have to agree with King’s assessment of the situation in that there won’t be a CBA deal reached soon. The owners appear to be stalling so that the lockout goes into August or September where they can apply the most pressure financially. I’m sure the owners are thinking that if they can get into August or September, the players may start to press or turn against each other when they’re not collecting game checks every week. It’s not a bad strategy on their part, although fans will continue to suffer the longer the lockout goes on.

      Hopefully this forced mediation will help, but it appears that we still have a long ways to go before the two sides come to an agreement.

      External Sports, NFL

      Steroids and why they matter in baseball

      April 11, 2011 /

      I’ve found it rather interesting that in the midst of Barry Bonds’ perjury trial and the news that Manny Ramirez abruptly retired instead of dealing with a 100-game suspension for another positive PED test (his second in three years), that some people have developed a rather nonchalant attitude towards steroids as it pertains to the game of baseball.

      Whether it’s on Twitter, Facebook or in sports forums, people continue to utter the statement: “What’s the big deal? It’s only steroids. I like home runs! Steroids make the game more exciting!”

      Honestly, I have rationalized at least part of this argument in the past. I couldn’t care less if someone wanted to take steroids – including athletes. Do you know what the yearly average is for deaths caused by steroids? Three. As in: three people. For comparison sake, tobacco kills 5.4 million people per year, which is a shade more than three.

      That’s not to say I condone the use of steroids. When the day comes where I have children of my own, I’m going to make sure they understand how dangerous steroid use is. The potential side effects of misusing steroids are well known and if a doctor does not prescribe them, the risk just isn’t worth the reward in my eyes. We’re talking about highly dangerous stuff here, especially for those who don’t know what they’re doing.

      But if a groan man wants to sink hundreds of dollars into drugs that will make him bigger, stronger or heal faster, then whatever. It doesn’t affect me and quite frankly, this country is dealing with way more pressing issues at the moment.

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      External Sports, MLB

      Tom Brady breaks down talking about being selected in the sixth round

      April 11, 2011 /

      Just because he’s had a storybook career doesn’t mean that Tom Brady doesn’t get a little emotionally when discussing draft day in 2000.

      Or really emotional.

      Brady appeared on ESPN’s “Year of the Quarterback” series and broke down when discussing what he went through before hearing his name called with the 199th pick in the sixth round.

      Before watching the clip, my initial response to hearing that Brady started crying while recounting how he was a sixth round pick was: Oh, brother. What else could the guy ask for? He’s won three Super Bowls, is often viewed as the decade’s best player, has made millions of dollars and married a supermodel. And he’s crying about being taken in the sixth round? Give me a break.

      But then I watched the clip and I had a change of heart. At some point or another, we’ve wanted something so bad that we could taste it. Obviously Brady wanted nothing more than to be a NFL quarterback, to prove himself and also make his parents proud. I can imagine how that was a tough day for him and maybe I would have broken down too while recounting how agonizing the wait was. In fact, it seems like a lot of his emotion stemmed from remember how supportive his parents were.

      Either way, everything worked out in the end. In fact, it was almost better that he was taken in the sixth round because it has made his career that much more legendary. A sixth round quarterback winning three Super Bowls? Unheard of.

      On a related note, how about the Browns taking Spergon Wynn with the 183rd pick instead of Brady? You know that they must have had Brady on their draft board if they were looking for a quarterback in the sixth and they wind up with Spergon freaking Wynn. If that’s not Cleveland Brown luck, I don’t know what is.

      External Sports, NFL

      Vikings to take Jake Locker at No. 12?

      April 11, 2011 /

      The Vikings need someone to replace Brett Favre and according to ESPN 1500’s Tom Pelissero, they may have their eyes on a quarterback prospect who has Favre-like qualities in their eyes. (Uh, on the field.)

      After doing “a lot of digging,” Pelissero believes that Washington quarterback Jake Locker could be the Vikings pick at No. 12. The former Huskie has apparently generated “comparisons internally” to Favre at Vikings headquarters, and there’s a growing sense around the league that Locker is bound for Minnesota.

      The fit certainly makes sense. First and foremost, head coach Leslie Frazier told the media a couple of weeks ago that the Vikings want to draft and start a rookie QB. The team also brought Bill Musgrave over from Atlanta to be the new offensive coordinator because he works so well with young quarterbacks (i.e. Matt Ryan). I’m sure the Vikings would love to give Musgrave a similar opportunity to groom someone like Locker, who has great intangibles and an abundance of athleticism, but who needs a fair amount of coaching.

      If Locker does wind up in Minnesota, one thing he must make strides with is his accuracy. He fits the mold of a West Coast Offense quarterback in that he’s mobile and can get the ball out of his hand quickly, but his accuracy runs hot and cold. If he’s going to run Musgrave’s version of the WCO, Locker must improve that area of his game. Of course, the nice thing about landing in Minnesota is that Locker will have Adrian Peterson to take most of the load off his shoulders as he learns the ropes. Obviously not all young quarterbacks have AP lining up behind them in the backfield.

      We’ll find out in a couple of weeks if Locker does indeed wind up in purple and white.

      External Sports, NFL, NFL Draft

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