Author: Anthony Stalter (Page 1357 of 1503)

      Vick officially passes Pacman as dumbest athlete in world

      September 28, 2007 /

      Shockingly, Michael Vick is in more trouble. Apparently, Vick doesn’t feel that he has to re-pay banks that loan him cash and rental cars.

      1st Source Bank of South Bend said in a federal lawsuit it suffered damages of at least $2 million because Vick and Divine Seven LLC of Atlanta had refused to pay for the vehicles. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

      Last week, the Royal Bank of Canada sued Vick in federal court in Virginia for more than $2.3 million that it said he had planned to use for real estate investments.

      Just to remind those who might be unaware or have forgotten, when Vick signed his 10-year, $130 million contract with the Falcons in 2004, he also received $37 million in bonuses. I can’t imagine that an illegal dog fighting operation costs more than a few million maybe, so that still leaves over $30 million to spend, and I’m not even counting the money he got from his base salary or endorsements. So why, oh why then, could this guy not pay back the measly $4 million he owed to these banks? Not only that, but why did this unbelievable ass clown think he could get away with stiffing not one, but two banks? It’s amazing to me how he can even get dressed in the morning without some sort of assistance.

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      A&M coach proves everything can be had for a price

      September 28, 2007 /

      SPORTSbyBROOKS.com stumbled upon an article by the San Antonio Express-News, that Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione was sending out a secret e-mail newsletter to select boosters with information about his football team that he was withholding from the media. Franchione was charging a yearly fee of $1,200 to each booster.

      The info included injury reports that were not provided to the media along with assessments of players by the A&M coaching staff that were much more candid than what was made available to the public.

      Franchione: “I knew it was probably going to be controversial. I certainly didn’t mean for it to be that. When I knew you guys were starting to ask around a bit, I thought, ‘Maybe we shouldn’t do this.'”

      The money collected was “used to underwrite his personal Web site, coachfran.com.”

      Considering players can lose scholarships and receive hefty suspensions for receiving money from boosters, what made Franchione say to himself that this was a good idea? How unfair is it to Aggie fans that he was withholding information from the media so he could stuff it into his secret newsletter to boosters? Fans rely on the media to supply them with information they can’t normally obtain through just watching games, and Franchione completely undermined that whole process. How stupid and selfish.

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      A-Rod to stay in Bronx?

      September 27, 2007 /

      Yankees’ third baseman Alex Rodriguez is hinting that he wants to stay in New York according to an article by the Lower Hudson Online. Rodriguez’s contract doesn’t expire until 2011, but he can opt out at the end of this season.

      “This feels like home. It’s hard to believe that I played for another two organizations. So much has happened to me here – adversity, some success – that I feel like anything but New York feels weird for me now,” Rodriguez said.

      It will be interesting to see if A-Rod’s return to the Bronx is going to be about timing. If the Yankees go on to win the World Series this year, the same fans that have booed him relentlessly in the past will certainly want his face on a plaque by the turn of next year. However, what if he barely hits .200 and the Yankees bow out in the first round again? Will another public outcry be enough to convince him to look for greener pastures? My prediction is that A-Rod is going to price himself out of a ton of markets anyway, and therefore will return to the Yankees regardless of how they finish this season.

      What’s your prediction on A-Rod’s future? Will he return to the Yankees or will another team pony up for his services?

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      Vick obviously brain dead

      September 26, 2007 /

      The Atlanta Journal-Consitituion is reporting that just 17 days after he struck a plea agreement deal in federal dog fighting charges and vowed to refrain from use of unlawful narcotics, Michael Vick tested positive for marijuana.

      Falcons quarterback Michael Vick tested positive for marijuana, has been confined to his Virginia residence, ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device and receive mental health counseling, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

      It’s good to see that Vick will receive mental health counseling, because obviously there’s a screw or two loose in this guy’s head. It probably wasn’t a good idea for you to go out and smoke the hippie lettuce juice while you were on probation and likely to get tested, Mikey. Good thing you noted in your apology speech how you were going to turn your life around and start taking responsibility for your actions. You’re without a doubt off to an incredible start.

      Somewhere Pacman Jones is on his knees thanking the moron gods that somebody is actually dumber than he is.

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      Bonds’ record-breaking HR ball will get an *

      September 26, 2007 /

      The people have spoken and they have said proudly, “We want an *!” Marc Ecko, the man who purchased Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run ball for $752,467, has officially decided to brand the piece of history with an asterisk. Ecko came to the decision after holding an online poll asking fans what he should do with the home run ball. The choices included donating the ball to the Baseball Hall of Fame unscathed, blasting it into outer space, or branding it with an asterisk.

      The HOF will still accept the ball, however, even with the asterisk branded into one of its sides.

      “This ball wouldn’t be coming to Cooperstown if Marc hadn’t bought it from the fan who caught it and then let the fans have their say,” Petroskey told The Associated Press. “We’re delighted to have the ball. It’s a historic piece of baseball history.”

      I think Ecko and the fans that voted made their point loud and clear. The ball will forever be enshrined in the HOF with a big, black branded asterisk on it. It’s remarkable to think that no matter what Bonds says or does in protest of Ecko’s decision, there’s nothing he can do about it. At least in this particular instance, the ball will forever serve as a reminder to him and baseball fans that he cheated.

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