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Falcons player arrested after fighting with wife about Facebook

Couples that don’t have Facebook accounts stay together. And this story proves it:

An Atlanta Falcons player is out on bond following his arrest earlier this week, reportedly after a fight with his wife over a Facebook friend.

Offensive tackle Quinn Ojinnaka, 25, was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery, according to jail records. He was released about four hours later after posting a $2,400 bond.

Ojinnaka was arrested at his home in Suwanee after he fought with his wife and spat at her during an argument over a female friend of his on the social networking Web site, Facebook, according to a police report.

The altercation happened as Ojinnaka was preparing to watch a basketball game Tuesday night, the police report said.

Ojinnaka told police his wife tried to stab him with a pen, and she said he threw her on some stairs before tossing her out of the house, the police report said.

Neither Ojinnaka nor his wife complained of injuries and declined medical assistance, police said. Had Ojinnaka not had a Facebook account, he wouldn’t have been Face-flirting with another woman, his wife wouldn’t have tried to stab him with a pen and he wouldn’t have been arrested for throwing her on (on?) some stairs.

Facebook claims it reunites friends and is a great promotional tool. But what it really does is destroys families. I just don’t know how much more proof you need of that than the above story.

Rockies fire manager Hurdle

As many expected, the Rockies have decided to fire manager Clint Hurdle. Bench coach Jim Tracy will replace him.

The last straw for the Rockies was being swept at home in a three-game series this week by the Dodgers, with the Rockies being outscored by a combined 31-13. At 18-28, the club is a season-worst 10 games below .500, last in the NL West, and trailing the first-place Dodgers by 14 games.

Hurdle, 51, went 534-625 (.461) as Rockies manager after taking over for Buddy Bell on April 26, 2002. His high point was leading the Rockies to the 2007 National League pennant before they were swept by the Red Sox in the World Series.

Hurdle managed only one good season in Colorado and some have stated that the Rockies actually one that year despite his flaws as a manager. Of course, the Monforts didn’t give him much to work with this year, trading his best player (Matt Holliday) in the offseason and not giving him a very competitive roster. Still, it was time for a change in Colorado and Hurdle’s days were numbered a long time ago.

Tracy might not be much better (he was brutal in Pittsburgh), but he probably won’t be the long-term answer anyway.

Friday MMA Review 5/29

Here’s a weekly rundown of MMA content from Ben Goldstein of CagePotato.com:

– Last Saturday at UFC 98, Lyoto Machida buried the last of his “boring” image by knocking out Rashad Evans in the second round and stealing his light-heavyweight title. We wondered if Machida and Anderson Silva had switched bodies, and if Machida’s recent dominance means the light-heavyweight division is no longer “stacked.”

– Instead of taking an immediate shot at Machida’s shiny new belt, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has agreed to coach the next season of The Ultimate Fighter opposite Rashad Evans; Machida will make his first defense against Mauricio Rua.

– Speaking of TUF, Wednesday’s episode featured Team U.S. evening the score to 4-4 heading into the semi-finals, as the toothless Frank Lester got a callback as an alternate and outlasted Team U.K.’s “best guy.”

– You may think you’re a badass, but don’t bring that attitude into Xtreme Couture or your ass will get “greenlighted.”

– After a four-year absence, radio host/t-shirt designer/occasional fighter Frank Trigg is heading back to the Octagon. Is a reunion fight with Matt Hughes in the works?

Gina Carano is a little doll, and we stared at MMA fighter Miesha Tate’s booty for a while.

– DREAM.9 featured the sad MMA debut of Jose Canseco, and a middleweight championship main event that ended with blood and chaos. You can watch some videos here and here.

Is Driver unhappy about his contract?

Packers wide receiver Donald Driver skipped the team’s OTA session on Thursday, apparently because he’s unhappy about his contract.

Receiver Donald Driver also skipped the OTA session, and the Wisconsin State Journal reported that Driver wants the team to redo his contract.

Driver, 34, has two years left on his contract and is due to be paid base salaries of $3.9 million this season and $4 million next season. The report said this is the fourth straight year that Driver has approached the team about reworking his contract. Driver’s agent, Jordan Woy, did not return messages.

Driver is certainly getting up there in age, but he’s always been one of the most underrated players in the league. This might be an interesting story to follow this summer, although given how Driver is the consummate professional, I highly doubt he would hurt the team in any way by holding out.

Hopefully for Packer fans the situation gets resolved, because Driver and Greg Jennings continue to be a solid 1-2 receiving combo.

5/30 Update: The Packers are currently working with Driver’s agent on a new deal.

Percy Harvin is going to be a quote machine

There’s still a lot of time yet before we find out whether or not Vikings rookie wideout Percy Harvin can hang in the NFL. But as With Leather points out, he’s already turning out to be one of the league’s better sound bites.

If I could trade places for a day with anyone, it would be my old (Florida) teammate, Tim Tebow. Some of the stuff and some of the girls and things that were thrown at him. We saw all kind of actors and news reporters just kind of blatantly say, “Tebow, I want you.” And he turned them down. I’m looking at him, like, “Man, you are crazy.

Although that seems to fly in the face of this gem, uttered immediately beforehand:

The worst advice? My friends always said, “If the shoe fits, wear it.” That wasn’t always the case with women. Some of the shoes fit, but I shouldn’t have worn it. (Laughs.)

C’mon Percy, you’re either putting that shoe on or you’re not. And you weren’t complaining about Tebow’s style when he gave you that free circumcision. And at least give us some names, sucka. Although I know who my money’s on…Nick Lachey. If that guy was any bigger of a douche, he’d have vinegar in his bloodstream.

I’m sure the women Harvin banged at Florida will appreciate the fact that the former Gator is referring to them as shoes. Well done, Percy.

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