Thursday, February 12, 2004
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Stepping out briefly from the safety of the Witness Protection Program, 'Rants & Raves' returns from a two-week hiatus to say, 'We hope you didn't go with our picks of the Patriots and the under in the Super Bowl. But if you did, what in the world were you thinking? Haven't you been following our track record?':
Actually, we thought we might have been right on the money -- literally -- when the Patriots scored the first touchdown of the fourth quarter at Houston's Reliant Stadium on Feb. 1. That gave New England a 21-10 lead over the Carolina Panthers, matching our predicted score. But who woulda thunk the two teams would combine for 30 more points before the game was over? ...
Speaking of high-scoring, how about that Pro Bowl on Sunday in Honolulu? Wow, 107 points. That was more than in eight of the nine Arena Football League games played over the weekend. ...
Faithful reader and good friend Willie R. points out both the NFC (55) and AFC (52) scored more points Sunday than then-No. 22 Oklahoma (37) did in its Big 12 basketball loss to 11th-ranked Texas. Somewhere, Billy Tubbs is crying. ...
All the fuss about Justin Timberlake partially un-hootering Janet Jackson during halftime of the Super Bowl? That wouldn't even be the warm-up act at a Colorado football recruiting party. ...
Have you been following this, um, titillating story out of Boulder, where strippers have been cavorting with Colorado recruits? Now, Steve Lower, owner of the adult-oriented company Hardbodies Entertainment Inc., said in a Denver Post story Wednesday that he sent strippers to perform at recruiting parties for other schools in Colorado as well as two in Texas. See, that's the problem with young athletes today. They're being coddled. Why can't a jock on an official visit to a school get off his duff and take a cab down to the local jiggle joint, just like Joe Q. Public? ...
Of course, if those parties are happening at Colorado and other schools -- and we don't know that they are -- shouldn't those teams be playing like Southern California, Louisiana State and Oklahoma rolled into one? ...
We're sorry, but we frankly don't understand what the big deal is. As long as the parties aren't being sponsored by the host university and no sexual acts are involved, why can't an 18-year-old male "experience" a little of the real world? We're sending 18-year-olds to experience the real worlds of Iraq and Afghanistan, aren't we? ...
Boy, did officials at Miami step into a big, steaming pile of it with the recruitment of rap-sheet artist Willie Williams. This 19-year-old football player, who signed a letter of intent to play for the Hurricanes next season, could guest star on "NYPD Blue" with all of the arrests he's had over the past five years. The school's first hint that Williams might be trouble should've come when his ankle bracelet went off every time he crossed the 50-yard line. ...
We see where one-time Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett has been cleared by a federal judge to enter the NFL Draft as an underclassman. In a related story, Notre Dame recruiters were seen scouting Pop Warner games looking for anyone who could play defense. ...
Fast-food giant McDonald's is expected today to introduce Houston Rockets center Yao Ming as its new pitchman, replacing beleaguered and be-legalized Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant. Considering Yao stands 7 feet 6 inches, it would appear McDonald's has super-sized its marketing approach. ...
Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, who never bit an opponent's ear in the ring and never assaulted anyone outside of it, never trafficked in drugs, never had children out of wedlock while preaching the Gospel, never handled himself in any manner other than professionally, retired from boxing this past weekend. Did anyone even notice? ...
Mike Tyson -- the anti-Lewis -- has just over $5,500 in cash remaining from the more than $200 million he made during his boxing career, according to papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. From a champ's riches to chump's change.
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Stepping out briefly from the safety of the Witness Protection Program, 'Rants & Raves' returns from a two-week hiatus to say, 'We hope you didn't go with our picks of the Patriots and the under in the Super Bowl. But if you did, what in the world were you thinking? Haven't you been following our track record?':
Actually, we thought we might have been right on the money -- literally -- when the Patriots scored the first touchdown of the fourth quarter at Houston's Reliant Stadium on Feb. 1. That gave New England a 21-10 lead over the Carolina Panthers, matching our predicted score. But who woulda thunk the two teams would combine for 30 more points before the game was over? ...
Speaking of high-scoring, how about that Pro Bowl on Sunday in Honolulu? Wow, 107 points. That was more than in eight of the nine Arena Football League games played over the weekend. ...
Faithful reader and good friend Willie R. points out both the NFC (55) and AFC (52) scored more points Sunday than then-No. 22 Oklahoma (37) did in its Big 12 basketball loss to 11th-ranked Texas. Somewhere, Billy Tubbs is crying. ...
All the fuss about Justin Timberlake partially un-hootering Janet Jackson during halftime of the Super Bowl? That wouldn't even be the warm-up act at a Colorado football recruiting party. ...
Have you been following this, um, titillating story out of Boulder, where strippers have been cavorting with Colorado recruits? Now, Steve Lower, owner of the adult-oriented company Hardbodies Entertainment Inc., said in a Denver Post story Wednesday that he sent strippers to perform at recruiting parties for other schools in Colorado as well as two in Texas. See, that's the problem with young athletes today. They're being coddled. Why can't a jock on an official visit to a school get off his duff and take a cab down to the local jiggle joint, just like Joe Q. Public? ...
Of course, if those parties are happening at Colorado and other schools -- and we don't know that they are -- shouldn't those teams be playing like Southern California, Louisiana State and Oklahoma rolled into one? ...
We're sorry, but we frankly don't understand what the big deal is. As long as the parties aren't being sponsored by the host university and no sexual acts are involved, why can't an 18-year-old male "experience" a little of the real world? We're sending 18-year-olds to experience the real worlds of Iraq and Afghanistan, aren't we? ...
Boy, did officials at Miami step into a big, steaming pile of it with the recruitment of rap-sheet artist Willie Williams. This 19-year-old football player, who signed a letter of intent to play for the Hurricanes next season, could guest star on "NYPD Blue" with all of the arrests he's had over the past five years. The school's first hint that Williams might be trouble should've come when his ankle bracelet went off every time he crossed the 50-yard line. ...
We see where one-time Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett has been cleared by a federal judge to enter the NFL Draft as an underclassman. In a related story, Notre Dame recruiters were seen scouting Pop Warner games looking for anyone who could play defense. ...
Fast-food giant McDonald's is expected today to introduce Houston Rockets center Yao Ming as its new pitchman, replacing beleaguered and be-legalized Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant. Considering Yao stands 7 feet 6 inches, it would appear McDonald's has super-sized its marketing approach. ...
Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, who never bit an opponent's ear in the ring and never assaulted anyone outside of it, never trafficked in drugs, never had children out of wedlock while preaching the Gospel, never handled himself in any manner other than professionally, retired from boxing this past weekend. Did anyone even notice? ...
Mike Tyson -- the anti-Lewis -- has just over $5,500 in cash remaining from the more than $200 million he made during his boxing career, according to papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. From a champ's riches to chump's change.
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