“I’m not a fan of Kobe. I’m not somebody who looks up to him. I’m a grown man myself. So when I go out there and play the game, I play the game. I feel like I’m just as good as him. I might not get the publicity or notoriety he gets, but I feel like I can play with anybody in the NBA any given night. I think everybody should feel like that. Everybody should be a competitor and I don’t back down from anybody.”
— Stephen Jackson, via Fanhouse
– Benson Henderson edged out Donald Cerrone in an epic five-rounder at WEC 43, while Mackens Semerzier came out of nowhere to score the upset of the year over Wagnney Fabiano.
– Chuck Liddell’s storybook run on “Dancing With the Stars” came to an abrupt end when his country-fried two-step failed to win over the judges.
– Half-crazy UFC vet Wes Sims was quickly choked to sleep by Justin Wren on Wednesday’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter, extending Team Rashad’s undefeated reign of destruction.
– “The Simpsons” devoted an entire episode to MMA, in which Marge went from killjoy protester to ass-kicking cage-fighter.
– Brock Lesnar was as big and scary as a baby as he is now, and Nick Diaz had lost all ability to give a fuck by age six.
– We met Mika Nagano, one of Japan’s sexiest MMA fighters.
– After contract negotiations with the UFC fell apart, veteran fighter Dan Henderson is jumping ship to Strikeforce.
– Leaner and meaner, Ben Rothwell laid out his plan to beat Cain Velasquez at UFC 104 next Saturday.
– If Tito Ortiz is your favorite fighter, you are either Jenna Jameson, Donald Trump, or Tito Ortiz. No exceptions.
Kevin Love rose for an insignificant rebound in an insignificant preseason game Friday night at United Center and came down with a fractured left hand that’s expected to sideline him until December.
X-rays taken at the arena showed he broke the fourth metacarpal bone in that hand and the initial estimate is he will miss the next six to eight weeks. Love will see a hand specialist Monday to find out if the injury will require surgery.
Obviously, this isn’t the kind of injury that is going to change the entire landscape of the NBA, but it is a big blow to Love and the T-Wolves, who are hoping to take a step forward this season. From a fantasy perspective, Love may not be drafted in leagues that don’t have an IR slot, but if your league does, it may not be a bad idea to grab him in the final rounds and stash him on your bench until he returns.
It’s a big day for college football, as four BCS-caliber teams face significant tests against good competition:
12 PM: #20 Oklahoma @ #5 Texas – ABC (picks, preview)
3:30 PM: #25 Notre Dame @ #6 USC – NBC (preview)
6 PM: #4 Virginia Tech @ #19 Georgia Tech – ESPN2 (picks, preview)
7:45 PM: #22 South Carolina @ #2 Alabama – ESPN (picks, preview)
All times ET.
In a rather surprising move, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded former top 5 pick Gaines Adams to the Chicago Bears for a 2010 second round pick according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
This could turn out to be a great move by Bears general manager Jerry Angelo, who continues to acquire talented defensive players. The Bears are going to have trouble re-signing Adewale Oguneleye, who is having a solid start to the season and who becomes a free agent in the offseason. Angelo knows this and if doesn’t think he can find a premier pass-rusher in the second round next April, then it’s worth it for him to take a shot on Adams, who was the top defensive end prospect in the 2007 draft. Adams is also under contract through 2012 and is only 26.
The X-factor in this trade is Chicago defensive line coach Rod Marinelli, who has a knack for getting the most out of his players. Adams has the talent, but it hasn’t developed yet and unleashed his full capabilities as a pass rusher. If anyone can get him to reach his full potential, it could be Marinelli.
As for the Bucs, they get a second round pick out of this deal but lose their most talented pass rusher. I realize that Adams wasn’t exactly the player Tampa that he’d be when they drafted him, but this seems a tad early for the Bucs to give up on him.
Who knows, maybe Adams will never develop and Tampa will draft a starter with the second round pick it got out of this deal. But as of now, this is a questionable decision by the Bucs’ new regime.
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