The Week That Was
9/4/06 - 9/10/06

ED:  OPENING WEEK OF THE NFL!!!  The question is – where is Bon Jovi?  Where?

PR: I can assure you he isn’t at a MENSA meeting.

MLB
ED:  ROSTER MOVES!!! The Yankees activate P Mike Mussina and OF Hideki Matsui from the DL.  The Reds pick up P Sun-Woo Kim and cash from the Rockies for future considerations.  The Cubs pick up P Adam Harben from the Twins to complete the Phil Nevin trade.  The Devil Rays activate P Jae Seo from the DL.  The Nats activate P Felix Rodriguez from the DL.  The White Sox activate P Dustin Hermanson from the DL.  The Tigers activate P Mike Maroth from the DL.  The Tigers release WIFE BEATER! Dmitri Young.  The A’s activate PROVEN COLLEGE CLOSER!!! Huston Street from the DL.  The D-Rays release 1B Travis Lee.

PR: The Red Sox released Javy Lopez. Boston and Baltimore obviously didn’t have the proper SCOUTING~! Staff to maximize his performance.

ED:  DL LIST!!!  Royals 3B Mark Teahen (out for the rest of the year to have shoulder surgery), Reds PVC!!! Eddie Guardado (done for the season to get Tommy John surgery)

PR: Are we sure Wayne Krivsky didn’t mentor under Jim Bowden? WE DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ MRIs. SEND US YOUR CRIPPLED MASSES!!!!

ED:  Marlins P Anibal Sanchez thows a no-hitter against the Diamondbacks.  Red Sox fans would be HORKED by this, since they had given up Sanchez in the offseason, BUT THEY ARE SABERMETRICALLY SMART AND KNOW NO-HITTERS ARE CRAP!!  Marlins fans would be geeked by this but…well…the no-hitter was against the D-Backs, after all.

PR: Oh yeah – nothing finer this season than the complete 180 Sox fans did on Josh Beckett.

ED:  Twins broadcaster Bert Blyleven is suspended two games for dropping two f-bombs during a pregame show.  CIRCLE THE F BOMBS BERT!

PR: A Hall of Famer would never talk like this.

ED:  The woman accused of stalking Bob Uecker is ordered to stay away from him for four years – including all baseball games that the Brewers are involved in.  Gee, the last person who got people to stay away from Brewers games became MLB commissioner.

NFL
ED: PLAYA MOVEMENT!!!  The Texans sign WIDE LOAD! Ron Dayne.  The Dolphins claim RB Lee Suggs off of waivers.  The Titans sign DT Robaire Smith.  The Seahawks sign WR/KR Willie Ponder.  The Saints sign LB Danny Clark and released S Jay Bellamy.

PR: Good luck with that Seattle. Hope Ponder has learned how to hold onto the ball. I wonder if Dayne realizes that he isn’t going to play for the University of Texas. Poor poor college career being behind him.

ED:  TROUBLE LIST!!!  Lions DL coach Joe Cullen is arrested TWICE in two weeks on DUI charges – the second one coming while Cullen was driving drunk AND naked…through a Wendy’s drive thru.  Broncos QB Jake Plummer will not have to face trial on his road rage charges.  Jags CB Brian Williams is busted for DUI.  Former Broncos GENIUS THIRD ROUND PICK! Maurice Clarett is indicted on all sorts of charges re: his wild highway chase.

WEEK ONE!!!
ED:  The Steelers – WITHOUT ST. BEN – handle the Dolphins, 28-17.  So uhh…when Charlie Batch replaces you easily…

PR: Well it was a lot easier for Batch to play better when he didn’t have Matt Millen all up in his….

ED:  Atlanta finally beats Carolina, 20-6.  And yes, I am certain Chris Collinsworth had an erection the whole time they were going through the game recap.

PR: Easily this is a worse image than Rusty Staub’s groin.

ED:  Aww, poor Tampa Bay.  Wasting that #9 overall pick on Chris Simms.  Ravens 27-Bucs 0.

PR: Aww… and I have their defense and starting running back. Poor poor fantasy.

ED:  GAME WINNING SAFETY!!!  WHO NEEDS YOUR CLUTCH KICKERS?!?!?!  WHO?  New England 19-Buffalo 17.

PR: Not the Redskins.

ED:  Herm Edwards not only cannot manage a clock, he can’t jump to an organization at the right time, either.  Aww.  Bengals 23, Kansas City 10.

PR: If only Trent Green had learned how to slide. Oh wait…

ED:  JESUS >>>>>> Genius!  Rams 18, Broncos 10.

ED:  If they played this game in New Orleans, do you think Romeo Crennell could have floated over and taken out Reggie Bush?  Actually, does anyone think Crennell could float?  Saints 19, Browns 14.

ED:  THE JETS PLAYED TO WIN THE GAME!!!  Kerry Collins played for more beer.  Jets 23, Titans 16.

PR: Maybe if he didn’t hate the black players on his team, they could have won too. Aww… Ed and I both went there.

ED:  Oof.  Yeah.  Oof.  Philadelphia 24, Houston 10.

PR: But… But… BUT… THE TEXANS HAD THEIR GREATEST DRIVE EVER!!!

ED:  Seattle 9, Detroit 6.  Proof positive that hetero men do not need touchdowns.

ED:  The Bears destroy the Packers, 26-0.  Yep.  I am certain every NFC North team will miss Brett Favre when he goes.

ED:  Jack Del Rio’s magnificent man-hair destroys Bill Parcell’s last unblocked valve, 24-17.

PR: I had forgotten that Mike Tice was an assistant in Jacksonville and the first time there was a shot of Del Rio standing next to Tice, I laughed and laughed and laughed.
 
ED:  The Cards open up the Pink Taco by holding off their hand-selected job boy 49ers, 34-27

ED:  Poor-poor Phil.  Colts 26, Giants 21.  PASS INTERFERENCE!!!

PR: Grr….

CFL
WEEK THIRTEEN!!!

PR: Ricky Ray rallies the Eskimos very very very late as they manage to actually win a game late over Calgary. Nope – the Jets couldn’t have used him. Nope not at all.

ED:  Damon Allen becomes pro football’s all-time passing leader as Toronto edges Hamilton, 11-9.

PR: Hehehehehe – poor poor Ed.

ED:  Winnipeg runs wild and snaps a four game losing streak as they top Saskatchewan, 27-3.

NCAA
ED:  Ohio State wins the convict conflict over Texas, 24-7.  Mmmmm, riots.

ED:  Oh!  And speaking of Ohio State and riots – an Ohio State cheerleader hits 3 people – an Ohio State Vice President, her husband and a firefighter – while driving drunk after the game!  Mmmm, Ohio State convicts!

PR: When Ed first told me about this story, I thought the cheerleader was female and the idea of a 80 lb girl, drunk and on her way to sleep with the 5th string left guard made this the greatest story imaginable. Then it turned out it was a male cheerleader and I stopped caring.

ED:  TROUBLE LIST!!!  Five Colorado State football players are arrested on fraud charges.  Texas football players Tarell Brown and Tyrell Gatewood are arrested on gun and pot possession charges.  Tennessee basketball player Major Wingate is kicked off the team for violating team rules.

SOCCER
PR: Peter Crouch keeps scoring goals for England. But he still stinks. Yup. Hey, that’s what the folks in England want us to believe. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE!!!

PR: Wayne Rooney rumbles with Blackburn’s Michael Gray in a restaurant. OH NO! THIS WILL HORRIBLY DAMAGE ROONEY’S REPUTATION!!!!

PR: Looks like Bill and I are the only ones who haven’t been crippled by Ben Thatcher at some point.

PR: Pablo Mastroeni and Dave Checketts! go nose to nose and have a shouting match that is broken up by Clint Mathis!! I am unfamiliar with the world we are currently living in.

NBA
ED:  TROUBLE LIST!!!  Ralph Sampson gets two months in jail for mail fraud.  Bucks G Latrell Sprewell will not be charged for allegedly choking a woman while having sex. Henry Charles James (since apparently AP wants to make him out to be a kid toucher) was arrested for selling drugs while his 6 kids were present.

PR: They officially inducted the Hall of Fame class. I am assuming that they had to open a new wing to fit the bust of Charles Barkley in.

NHL
ED:  Sharks F Mark Bell is arrested on DUI charges.  But hey, at least he was fully clothed.

PR: But… but… MAN OF THE YEAR!!! (Yes – I realize that only a hockey fan from Chicago will get this and there can’t be any of those in our readership.)

OTHER
ED:  An assistant youth football coach in Stockton, CA is arrested to tackling an opposing player for a late hit the player made on one of the coaches players.  That’s right.  A 36 year old man tackled a 12 year old.  I can so imagine this being Phil in 10 years.

PR: Aww… I will likely throw my back out attempting the tackle.

ED:  I assumed you would shred an ACL on your way out to make the tackle, actually.

ED:  Marion Jones is not a ‘roider.  That’s right.  Her pee is clean.  Which makes her the only track athlete who can claim such, apparently.

PR: Holy Cow. I just realized now why Moises Alou pees on his hands. Because all baseball players use the roids apparently and so while clean pee wouldn’t give him an advantage, pee on the juice HAS to help. Yes – I probably should have woken up before writing this.

ED: Roger Federer wins the men’s US Open title.  Maria Sharapova wins the women’s title.  Now traffic can go back to normal in New York.

ED: Kasey Kahne wins the Chevy Rock & Roll 400.  Whatever.

PR: Aww… the perfect example of how Ed totally doesn’t care about NASCAR and just reads a story until a name pops up and he assumes that was the winner. Kevin Harvick wins the race dealie. Kasey Kahne sneaks his way into the Chase for the Cup dealie. Tony Stewart falls out of the Chase for the Cup dealie. Jeff Gordon is intrigued by the dealie and would like to play with it.