Author: Anthony Stalter (Page 1398 of 1503)

Pacman involved in another shooting?

Per reports from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones is wanted for questioning in a shooting that took place early Monday morning outside a strip club in Atlanta. According to the report, two groups of men started arguing outside the club and someone in Jones’ vehicle opened fire on the other vehicle. No one was hit by any bullets and thus far, nobody has been charged.

Fantastic, Pacman may be in trouble again. To give him credit, he waited over a month after being suspended for the entire 2007 NFL season to allegedly get in trouble again. Are you kidding me? He gets racked for a year by Roger Goodell and then turns around and winds up in trouble again a month later? Why isn’t this guy at home on a freaking Sunday night like the rest of the human race? Please, Mr. Goodell, the NFL doesn’t need this guy to survive. If he was yet again involved in another incident, kick his ass out of the league and serve league-wide warning to all players that if they act up, they’re gone too. Playing in the NFL should be a privilege, not a right to those talented enough to play.

I wonder if the national media is going to lambaste Pacman like they’ve been doing to Michael Vick.

Anderson the starter in Cleveland?

The Akron Beacon-Journal is reporting Derek Anderson is the front-runner for the Browns’ starting quarterback job.

If the Browns had to open the season today, the quarterback probably would be Derek Anderson. That’s the word from some with the Browns, but it’s written in pencil, and keep in mind that Anderson is being judged on drills where they wear shorts and helmets and the quarterback is not being sacked.

I had the opportunity to study a couple of Anderson’s games while doing NFL features for Bullz-Eye.com last year, and I was rather impressed. He certainly has the physical tools to compete in the league and his decision-making in his first game as a starter (a 31-28 OT win over Kansas City in Week 13) was above average too. I know some Browns fans have to be a bit disappointed that by all accounts, it doesn’t appear that Charlie Frye is going to make it in Cleveland. However, the future is in Brady Quinn and if Anderson gives them the best chance to compete in 2007, than there’s no question that he needs to be under center come Week 1. Granted, it’s only June and this means nothing at this point, but it will be interesting to follow throughout the summer.

Popularity of UFC amazes me

I realize I’m going to piss many people off by saying this and I don’t mean to dump on anyone’s thing, but I don’t get the UFC’s popularity, I just don’t. I don’t get how I can sit in a Buffalo Wild Wings on a Sunday afternoon and watch a UFC match on 80% of the TVs when many interleague MLB games, the U.S. Open and College World Series are on.

Now don’t get me wrong – these fighters are awfully talented to learn many forms of MMA and have to execute moves in an octagon while another guy is trying to destroy you. However, no matter how many people try convincing me baseball and golf are boring or that the NBA isn’t the same game anymore, I’ll always take any of those over the UFC. Maybe it was the particular match I was watching, but it just looks like an uncoordinated after school fight to me (but on a bigger scale of course).

Is this just a fad or will it only get more popular? I’d still take boxing over UFC, but am I in the minority on that? Please, someone tell me what the draw is, because maybe I’m missing something.

Redskins’ rookie takes paintball in junk

Yeah that’s right – I’m not joking about the title of this blog. Washington Redskins rookie safety LaRon Landry recently took a paintball to the twig and berries, forcing him out of a team mini camp practice Friday.

I’m not laughing, because I can only imagine how taking a ball of paint traveling about 205 mph to the groin would feel. However, I’ve got to chuckle thinking about how the NFL wants teams to be more specific about disclosing injuries this year:

Redskins’ injury report for Week 7: LaRon Landry – questionable (paintball to groin).

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