Mar 20th, 2010 by Micah Warren
According to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Bay Rays catcher Dioner Navarro was carted off the field on Saturday after a nasty collision at the plate.
“#Rays Navarro taken off field on cart, injury to left leg appears very serious based on how much pain he appeared to be in,” tweets Topkin.
After the collision, Navarro seemed to be in serious pain on the field. Trainers rushed out onto the field and then a cart was summoned so that Navarro could be taken away for further testing.
That’s all we know at this point.
Tags: Diner Navarro, Tampa Bay Rays
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Mar 20th, 2010 by Micah Warren
It’s been a rough spring for the newest Seattle Mariner Cliff Lee. First he gets suspended for five games after throwing at Chris Snyder’s head, and now he has an abdominal strain that could bump him from his first start. Larry Stoner says it’s not too serious, however.
“Mystery solved: Cliff Lee has a right lower abdominal strain and was treated in Seattle today by team doctor Edward Khalfayan,” he tweets.
Lee is scheduled to be re-examined in seven days, but M’s general manager Jack Zduriencik was optimistic, saying, “We are hoping for a speedy recovery and look forward to him returning.”
We think he misses his first start, if nothing else just they don’t push it. It’s a long season and they’ll need him for way more starts than just one or two in April. We’re curious how this will coincide with his suspension. If he’s not on the DL and doesn’t make his start, does that count as serving his suspension? Or does he have to serve those when he’s completely healthy and how would anyone know?
Lee is currently appealing the suspension, but good luck with that.
Tags: Cliff Lee, Seattle Mariners
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Mar 20th, 2010 by Micah Warren
Miami Dolphins QB Chad Henne showed last year that he could be the guy for the Dolphins. Then he says stuff like this and it reminds you how young he still is. According to a story in the Miami Herald, he wouldn’t mind it if the the team brought in a Terrell Owens or Brandon Marshall. Ah, to be young again.
“There’s definitely guys out there, like you said,” Henne said. “There’s T.O. [Terrell Owens]. There’s Brandon Marshall. There’s guys in the draft. Where we’re at, we have a bunch of young guys who are definitely learning and going to be explosive in the next coming year.
“But you need kind of a veteran guy that’s really going to take hold of our young guys and teach them the right ways.”
Uhhhh….maybe? Chad, we aren’t sure that you want T.O. to teach your young guys and have an influence on that locker room. And do you really want Brandon Marshall punting footballs in training camp and slapping the ball to the ground when you throw it to him? Both of these guys have shown poor behavior in the past and we aren’t sure that’s the right influence on a younger group of guys.
Careful what you wish for.
Tags: Brandon Marshall, Chad Henne, Miami Dolphins, Terrell Owens
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Mar 19th, 2010 by Kent Asstown
We’re very excited to announce that this week on “G. Cobb in the House” Alan Page will be joining us! OTR’s Micah will be co-hosting with former Eagle Ray Ellis so be sure to listen in at 7pm EST and call 1-888-346-9144 with your questions.
Page spent 15 years in the NFL building an impressive career as a “Purple People Eater.” Alan’s Wiki page speaks for itself:
During Page’s 15-year NFL-tenure, the Vikings won an impressive four conference titles. Page played in 218 consecutive games without an absence, during which he recovered 22 fumbles, made 178½ sacks (Vikings-138½, Bears-40), and scored three touchdowns (two on fumble recoveries and one on an interception return). He also had three safeties, the second most in NFL history. He set a career-high in sacks with 18 in 1976 and is unofficially credited with 5 other seasons with 10 sacks or more.
While in the NFL, Page earned All-Pro honors six times and made second-team all-league three additional times. He was voted to nine consecutive Pro Bowls. Eleven times he was voted All-Conference, in 1968 and 1969 as All-Western Conference and 1970 through 77 and 1980 as an All-National Football Conference.
In 1971, Page was named both the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year (the first player to be named such) and the AP’s NFL Most Valuable Player. Page was the first defensive player to be named MVP since the award’s inception. In addition, he was voted the NEA NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1973.
As if that wasn’t enough, Page attended law school at the University of Minnesota during the height of his football career. He became Minnesota’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice in 1992. He was reelected in 1998 and 2004.
Page is also an ardent defender of equal education for children. He is the founder of the Page Education Foundation, which assists minority youth with post-secondary education.
Tags: Alan Page, G Cobb in the House, Minnesota Vikings
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Mar 19th, 2010 by Micah Warren
Portland Trailblazers center Greg Oden had surgery in December on his fractured left knee cap. The hope was that he could mend quickly and maybe return for a playoff run, just in time to hurt himself again. But as of now, the chances of that happening are slim and none.
“The chance of that happening is remote at best,” veteran Portland trainer Jay Jensen says.
Oden doesn’t sound too optimistic either.
“I have no idea when I can get back to playing,” Oden says. “Until I get better, I won’t know for sure.
“I want to get my knee feeling good to the point where if (a return this season) doesn’t happen, I can at least go into the summer knowing I’m ready for next season. I’m just being realistic.”
So far, Kevin Durant was clearly the better choice in that draft. Oden might be able to play, but no one will ever find out if he can’t stay on the court.
Tags: Greg Oden, Portland Trailblazers
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Mar 19th, 2010 by Micah Warren
So it looks like New Orleans Times-Picayune reporter James Varney didn’t do his homework when he reported that Pacman Jones didn’t show up for his workout for NFL teams. NFL Network’s Jason LaCanfora says that he is there and working out.
“He’s running the 40 right now and just did an interview with the camera crew we have there,” LaCanfora said.
Only five teams showed up for the workout, but that’s five more than we would have expected.
Tags: Adam Jones, Pacman Jones
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Mar 19th, 2010 by Micah Warren
If the 73 other numerous indiscretions didn’t lead you to believe that this guy is a Grade A chowderhead, then this certainly will. Out of football, Adam “Pacman” Jones was planning for months to have a private workout for a few NFL teams. So what did he do when the big day arrived? Just didn’t show up.
Jones had planned to hold his own workout after the Tulane Pro Day for the school’s NFL hopefuls. No one knows where he was or why he didn’t show. We’re pretty sure that any NFL teams who sent representatives weren’t overly thrilled.
We just don’t know how you can trust this guy at this point. Well, we don’t know how any could have ever trusted him to begin with, but this definitely seals the deal. Moron.
Tags: Adam Jones, Pacman Jones, Tulane
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Mar 18th, 2010 by Micah Warren
Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said Thursday that while Matt Hasselbeck is the QB right now, Whitehurst will have a chance to compete. This isn’t shocking, they didn’t give him $10 million over the course of two years to be a backup.
“Well, it’s clear to us that Matt has paid his dues,” Carroll said. “And he’s done a great job in the program. We’re excited about him coming and leading this program, but in all phases of our program, in every aspect of it, we’re trying to make it as competitive as possible.
“So Charlie is coming in here to battle. He’s going to show where he fits into the whole thing. He doesn’t have a lot of playing time in the regular season, but he has logged a lot of time in the preseason. . . . We would not have done this if we didn’t think we were bringing in a highly competitive player.
“We’re counting on Matt to lead this thing,” he continued. That sounds to us like Hasselbeck has the job for now, but Whitehurst will take over when he stinks up the joint and that will probably be soon.
Tags: Charlie Whitehurst, Matt Hasselbeck, Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks
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Mar 18th, 2010 by Micah Warren
Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney said that he will allow the sexual assault investigation regarding QB Ben Roethlisberger to run its course before deciding what action needs to be taken.
“I mean, look that’s one of the things, we do have a little bit of luxury of time,” Rooney said this afternoon during an interview at Steelers offices. “If we were at a different point in the year we may have to be thinking and doing something different. But at the moment, I think we’re in a situation we’re going to let this investigation play out and then go from there.”
We would have to think that the Steelers have some sort of out clause in Big Ben’s contract that would allow them to void the deal if he’s somehow found guilty. And if there isn’t, you can bet your rear end that the next contract Ben signs (with the Steelers or elsewhere), there will be a “no raping” clause in the language of the deal.
Tags: Art Rooney, Ben Roethlisberger, Big Ben, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Mar 18th, 2010 by Micah Warren
It is a blood bath in Philly if you are getting older and/or have injury issues. This time, it was Darren Howard’s head on the chopping block as the Philadelphia Eagles sent him packing along with Kevin Curtis and Shawn Andrews.
Howard is 33-years old, but can still be productive. He’s a natural defensive end, but the Eagles used him mostly as a tackle in obvious pass rushing situations. He recorded 6.5 sacks in 2009, but the Eagles are clearly moving in a different direction.
The Eagles really liked Howard when he was with the New Orleans Saints, but probably acquired him a few years too late. He was brought in to improve the pass rush, but was never the force they envisioned.
Tags: Darren Howard, Philadelphia Eagles
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Mar 18th, 2010 by Micah Warren
The Philadelphia Eagles continue to overhaul their roster. Shawn Andrews was dropped recently and this time it was WR Kevin Curtis’ turn. Curtis was very productive and explosive when he first joined the team in 2007, but he’s been plagued by injuries since then.
During that 2007 season, Curtis had 1,110 yards and was a nice weapon for Donovan McNabb. Since then, however, he’s caught just 39 passes in 12 games over the last two years.
We think Curtis can still be productive, but it seems like his body is wearing down on him. He’s been battling knee and sports hernia issues and has struggled to get on the field.
Tags: Kevin Curtis, Philadelphia Eagles
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Mar 18th, 2010 by Micah Warren
This is by far the biggest upset of the NCAA Tournament today. #13 seed Murray State dropped a bad one on #4 Vanderbilt, when a last-second buzzer beater fell in to give the Racers as 66-65 win.
So how far did you have Vandy going? Hopefully not too far. And if you picked Murray State to win this game, then you are as smart as our president. That’s right, Barack Obama picked the upset and now he’s looking quite intelligent. Now if he could just make picks this good when choosing his staff.
Photo Caption: Murray State is in New Zealand.
So anyway, yeah. Danero Thomas was the hero of the day as his last-second 15-footer dropped in to give Murray St. their first NCAA Tournament win in 24 years.
And how about Vanderbilt? The last time they were seeded fourth was in 2008 when they faced Siena. How did they do? They f’ing lost then too.
Tags: Barack Obama, Murray State, NCAA Tournament, Vanderbilt
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Mar 18th, 2010 by Micah Warren
Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News tweets that Oakland Raiders QB JaMarcus Russell weighed in at a svelte 271 lbs. when he reported to voluntary workouts this week.
“Raiders note: JaMarcus Russell weighed 271 pounds when he reported for voluntary work-outs this week, according to source,” he tweets (just like we said he did).
Since he’s listed at 260 lbs., shouldn’t he still be considered overweight? This doesn’t sound like the body transformation that we previously heard about. The guy has always been chubby, we understand that, but we were told that he was going to surprise people.
Maybe he’s put on 11 lbs. of muscle. Anyone buying that? We sure aren’t. And we’ll refuse to believe that he’s changed anything other than his underwear until we see a difference in his play on the field.
Tags: JaMarcus Russell, Oakland Raiders
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According to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Bay Rays catcher Dioner Navarro was carted off the field on Saturday after a nasty collision at the plate.
