Three members of the Miami Dolphins were fined $10,000 each by the NFL for last week’s “excessive celebrating” after a touchdown. Well, at least there’s one thing that probably won’t happen to the 0-6 Cincinnati Bengels.
(Of course, maybe it’s just my imagination, but weren’t the Bengals playing better when they were getting arrested?)
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Monta Ellis of the Golden State Warriors was fined $3 million for getting injured while driving a moped, which was forbidden by the terms of his contract. No word on how much he will also be fined by his teammates in kangaroo court. A moped?!
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According to ESPN, after Friday’s practice, Adam “Pacman” Jones apparently apologized to Dallas Cowboy teammates for his latest “incident.”
Then he vowed that such a thing would not happen again.
Well, one out of two’s not bad.
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A group in Detroit is trying to raise $15 million to save what is left of baseball’s old Tiger Stadium. Some area fans have promised to donate the group will also look into tearing down the football stadium, Ford Field, preferably with the Lions in it.
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Joey Chestnut of San jose ate 45 pizza slices in 10 minutes Sunday to win the first Famous Famiglia World Pizza Eating Championship in Times Square. Well, we may be struggling in Iraq, and struggling with the economy at home, but suppose it’s nice to know that America is upholding our superpower ranking in SOMETHING.
John McCain has vowed if elected to cut capital gains taxes.. Of course, given the way the market is going, most Americans won’t HAVE any capital gains taxes….
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McCain also vowed that during the debate he would kick Barack Obama’s ‘you-know-what.” He wasn’t trying to be cute, he just forgot what he was going to kick.
Left Coast Sports Babe 