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AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #250 on:** April 12, 2012, 04:52:28 pm »

Quote from: msf on April 12, 2012, 02:43:27 pm

I wondered why he was so beat up from the accident and she did not have a scratch. The rumor going around now is the boyfriend followed them in his car and pulled up along side of them on the 2 lane road. Petrino pulled over and the guy proceeded to beat the crap out of him. Now it makes sense.

Your hypothesis wouldn't explain why his face is red with "road rash" instead of black & blue from a fight/beating.

msf · « **Reply #251 on:** April 12, 2012, 08:41:19 pm »

Unless the guy grabbed him and rubbed his face in the road, heh

Fury · « **Reply #252 on:** April 13, 2012, 12:18:59 pm »

Yep, it sure does look like road rash, a light case of it.

WshflThinking · « **Reply #253 on:** April 13, 2012, 04:39:01 pm »

Dem hillbillies down there can be pretty nasty

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #254 on:** April 15, 2012, 05:40:06 pm »

Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams released from Rikers Island
Former Nets player finishes sentence for DWI, flees in SUV

By Mark Morales AND Larry Mcshane / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS / Published: Friday, April 13, 2012, 10:36 AM

Ex-NBA All Star Jayson Williams sped off in a waiting SUV Friday morning after his release from a Rikers Island jail cell.

The 44-year-old former St. John’s center, who fatally shotgunned a limousine driver in 2002, was freed after serving an eight-month sentence for a January 2010 DWI charge.

He went directly to Rikers after serving 18 months in a plea bargain deal for the killing of Costas (Gus) Christofi inside Williams’ New Jersey $8 million mansion.

Williams — aka Inmate No. 08469159R — jumped from a city corrections bus into a waiting white SUV driven by a pal of the former All-Star.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ex-nba-star-jayson-williams-released-rikers-island-article-1.1061139

BlackSox · « **Reply #255 on:** April 17, 2012, 02:30:00 pm »

The NHL once again lets everyone know that it has its head up its rectal duct.

Shea Weber commits a felony and get no punichment, while Shaw gets 3-games because the Phoenix goaltender took a dive.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #256 on:** April 17, 2012, 04:18:55 pm »

The Rose Revolution
At just 23, Derrick Rose already has an MVP award, a $95 million contract, and a direct line to the White House, home of his number one fan. He also has Chicago—the city where he was born and bred—convinced that it's witnessing the second coming of you-know-who

By Will Leitch - GQ Magazine - May 2012 Issue

Derrick Rose, the reigning NBA MVP, lives on the eighty-fourth floor of the Trump building in Chicago, one of the tallest buildings in the country, right up near the roof, with wall-length windows overlooking the city he rules, the only city he has ever known. The view is disorienting and all-encompassing, sort of like he's living on an observation deck of the Willis Tower, which happens to be right over there, one of the only points above us in the mess of verticals downtown.

Rose also has a home in Northbrook, by the Bulls' training complex, but he says he has that place mostly for convenience, so he doesn't have to drive back into the city after practice. Someday he'd like to have a house, "my real house," where he'll "have kids and just live in my spot." But he can't do that now, not even close. This condo, the one he just moved into about a month ago—it is almost entirely unfurnished; two of his bedrooms have no sheets on the beds and are filled with stacks of unopened boxes—this is his escape for now. Eighty-four stories up in the sky, secured away.

"I like living here," he says. "They just try to make you comfortable. The people here, they are mostly from out of town; they don't know who I am. That's why I picked this place." (It's easy to understand why one would enjoy working in this building, too. When Rose orders two bottled waters for us during our chat, he hands the bellhop two $50 bills.) Presidents talk about how the White House begins to feel like a prison. Rose speaks the same way about the town that adores him. "It gets on my nerves that I just can't go out," he says. "It's just boundaries now. People are like, 'You can't go here, you can't go there, you got to let that person know where you're going.' It's just weird. I'm never alone. Ever."

read more: http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201205/derrick-rose-interview-gq-may-2012?currentPage=1%20target=new

BlackSox · « **Reply #257 on:** April 17, 2012, 08:56:24 pm »

Quote from: BlackSox on April 17, 2012, 02:30:00 pm

The NHL once again lets everyone know that it has its head up its rectal duct.

Shea Weber commits a felony and get no punichment, while Shaw gets 3-games because the Phoenix goaltender took a dive.

So some ginger-bearded phucktard on the "Yotes" leaves his skates and plants his shoulder square into Hossa's face, phucking up Hossa so bad they call out the stretcher, and no call? No 5-minute major and game misconduct? Nothing at all? Suck a huge mixed-race dick, refs.

WshflThinking · « **Reply #258 on:** April 18, 2012, 06:16:34 am »

Likely no fine either, probably a pat on the back.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #259 on:** April 25, 2012, 12:04:54 am »

L to R: Gregg Williams, Kenny Williams and Kyle Williams

Kenny Williams believes son will bounce back

By JANIE McCAULEY | The Associated Press – 58 minutes ago

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams insists his son, Kyle, is motivated by all he endured late last year with the 49ers and through the offseason, when details emerged that he was among the players targeted in the Saints' bounty program.

Earlier this month, a recording came out of former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams instructing players in January to ''put a lick'' on Kyle Williams to see if he had lingering effects from a concussion. The NFC West champion 49ers beat Drew Brees and favored New Orleans 36-32 in the NFC divisional playoffs.

Kyle Williams then lost a fumble on a punt return in overtime of a 20-17 loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants that set up Lawrence Tynes' winning field goal in the NFC title game. He immediately took responsibility for the mistake.

''I'm proud of him. That's what he's supposed to do. That's what you have to do,'' Kenny Williams said Tuesday night before the White Sox played the Oakland Athletics. ''He signed up for the gig, he knows what comes with it. The good thing about him is he will use this as fuel. He already is.''

Chicago's GM also is thrilled to hear 49ers general manager Trent Baalke plans to give the wide receiver and return man a fresh start this season, saying: ''They should. I'd like him to stay here because I love what they have going on down there and the culture.''

''I'm not down on Kyle Williams, nor is anyone else in this organization,'' Baalke said last week as he prepared for Thursday's NFL draft. ''It's done, it's over with, and we're moving forward. We're very confident in his ability. ... I'm very confident that Kyle will get past the incident of last year and is ready to move on. And he'll get better because of it.''

read more: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/kenny-williams-believes-son-bounce-033254293--nfl.html

BlackSox · « **Reply #260 on:** April 28, 2012, 01:22:57 pm »

I know you can't really judge an NFL draft class for at least 2-3 years, but I think the Bears are doing a piis-poor job. The WR in the 2nd round is okay, but their other three picks totally blow goats. And be sure to do nothing to address the Swiss Cheese OL.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #261 on:** April 28, 2012, 11:37:20 pm »

Bulls Lose Rose to Season-Ending Injury

By Colin Hettinger - Satirday April 28, 2012

It was one of the rare instances when the final score is the least important part of a playoff game.

With 1:22 left, Saturday's NBA playoff opener was heading toward its expected conclusion, Chicago leading Philadelphia by 12, when Derrick Rose drove into the lane, jumped to a stop and leaped in pain. He came down clutching his left knee and crumpled to the floor.

As an unsettling silence fell over the United Center crowd, Rose was helped up and shuffled off to the locker room. The Bulls finished off a 103-91 victory, and within a few hours of the final horn, word came down that Rose had torn the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee. He will miss the rest of the playoffs and several months beyond that.

read more: http://gapersblock.com/tailgate/2012/04/bulls-lose-rose-to-injury.php#more

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #262 on:** April 29, 2012, 12:16:37 am »

United Center plans retail space

By Ryan Ori and Micah Maidenberg - Crain's Chicago Business

Not far from the Michael Jordan statue, the United Center's owners hope a $75 million to $85 million retail development soon will take flight.

Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf is leading a venture that plans to build 260,000 square feet of restaurants, bars, a team store and event space in the sprawling parking lot east of the arena, according to documents obtained by Crain's. Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz would be part of the venture, which could include team offices, parking, a terrace and a green roof.

The new retail structure on the H Lot would be connected to the east side of the Madhouse on Madison with an atrium-like entrance similar to the one at Wisconsin's Lambeau Field, home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers.

The privately funded development would be another step in the West Side neighborhood's evolution from a gritty area where people venture only for Bulls and Blackhawks games to one where more people want to live and have fun.

“We live by a sea of parking lots,” Ald. Walter Burnett Jr., 27th, says. “People who live in the neighborhood would rather have a structure and businesses because it would enhance the whole community.”

Read more: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120428/ISSUE01/304289963/united-center-plans-retail-space

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #263 on:** May 18, 2012, 05:38:25 pm »

High School Sports Reporter In Louisiana Wins The Day With This Excerpt

High School Sports, Oh - Jason Lisk - May 17th. 2012, 5:07pm

A reporter for the Rayne Independent put together a summary of what appears to be the local girls high school all-star selections. Apparently, he had trouble tracking down the season stats for one of the players, so he improvised with the best update possible. Hailey Habetz’ parents now have a newspaper clipping they can show to the grandkids someday memorializing her accomplishments.

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/05/17/high-school-sports-reporter-in-louisiana-wins-the-day-with-this-excerpt/

BlackSox · « **Reply #264 on:** May 18, 2012, 08:03:04 pm »

I'm more confused by that first paragraph.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #265 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:12:12 pm »

Anthony Molina, the college player who was beaned by former Cubs' prospect Ben Christensen, is in the news:

Former Baseball Player, Molina, Charged With Sexual Assault

http://www.kwqc.com/story/18618036/former-baseball-player-molina-charged-with-sexual-assault

Video(s):

http://www.whbf.com/story/18629350/qc-baseball-coach-accused-of-child-sex-abuse

http://wqad.com/2012/05/24/baseball-coach-accused-of-sexual-assault/

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #266 on:** June 01, 2012, 03:48:32 pm »

Former Bull Orlando Woolridge dies

2:44 p.m. CDT, June 1, 2012

Former Chicago Bull Orlando Woolridge was pronounced dead in his parents' Louisiana home Thursday night, according to the Shreveport Times.

Desoto Parish Chief Deputy Coroner Billy Locke said Woolridge, 52, had been under hospice care for a chronic heart condition, the Times reports.

The Bulls drafted Woolridge in 1981 out of Notre Dame and he played in Chicago for five seasons, before moving on to the Nets, Lakers, Nuggets, Pistons, Bucks and 76ers. He retired in 1994.

The NBA suspended him for the 1987-88 season for substance abuse.

"I think it is really tragic," Artis Gilmore said Friday from his home in Jacksonville, Fla. "The last time I spoke with him, he was working in the WNBA (as a coach of the Los Angeles Sparks in 1999) and that has been quite some years ago."

read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-former-bull-orlando-woolridge-dies-20120601,0,4520530.story

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #267 on:** June 01, 2012, 09:55:35 pm »

Just notice on the TV programing guide, that in a few minutes (10:00pm CT), ESPNU will be telecasting the NCAA Baseball Regional live from Arizona.

Game scheduled is Missouri vs. Arizona. Hunnie's son should be in the starting lineup for Arizona.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #268 on:** June 01, 2012, 10:28:03 pm »

Hunnie's son, Johnny Field, is the University of Arizona left fielder and bats second in their lineup. He led the PAC-12 in hitting (.379 BA) this season.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #269 on:** June 02, 2012, 05:43:22 pm »

Arizona's Johnny Field slides home underneath Missouri's Ben Turner for one of the Cats' seven runs in a fourth inning that broke open the game. (Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily News)

Veterans Spark Cats To 15-3 Victory
Arizona's upperclassmen accounted for 13 of the Wildcats' 20 hits, and junior ace Kurt Heyer tossed his seventh complete game of the season on the mound.

June 2, 2012

Arizona 15, Missouri 3

TUCSON, Ariz. - Playing before a crowd of 5,086 at Hi Corbett Field, the Arizona baseball team pounded out 20 bases hits and rode the arm of All-American pitcher Kurt Heyer to a rousing 15-3 victory over Missouri in the school's first home postseason game since 1992.

Arizona (39-17), the Tucson Regional's top seed, faced early 2-0 and 3-2 deficits before erupting for seven runs in the fourth inning. From there, Heyer shut down fourth-seeded Missouri (32-27).

Joey Rickard, a junior, ripped three hits and drove in four runs to pace a group of upperclassmen that combined to hit 13-for-23 with nine runs scored and 10 runs batted in. Juniors Alex Mejia, Robert Refsnyder and Seth Mejias-Brean each tallied a pair of hits, while senior Bobby Brown delivered four hits, two runs and two runs batted in.

Heyer (W, 12-2) struggled early as he surrendered two runs on two hits, including Blake Brown's run-scoring triple, in the first inning. Then, after UA tied the game 2-2 in the bottom of the first, Heyer gave up an unearned run on a pair of hits in the second as the Tigers reclaimed a 3-2 edge.

The right-hander from Huntington Beach, Calif., was lights out from there.

read more: http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/060212aac.html

Next game: #1 Arizona vs. #3 Louisville tonight at 10:00pm CT. Game will be televised live on ESPNU.

BlackSox · « **Reply #270 on:** June 02, 2012, 10:16:28 pm »

Next year's draft should be fun, eh?

Random question: how much say does Kenny Williams have in terms of who gets drafted? Heh.

msf · « **Reply #271 on:** June 03, 2012, 12:20:22 pm »

If Arizona makes the CWS, watch for Hunnie and her husband on the TV, you know they will get her on camera. That is one of my bucket list entries, stay in Omaha the week of the CWS and take in all the games I can.

Met some folks from Phoenix yesterday, have a place to stay if I want when I go to Spring Training in the next year or two. I am planning on this coming year, but also need to get to Charleston, SC when my brother from Kankakee is at his winter home.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #272 on:** June 03, 2012, 01:10:08 pm »

I watched most of last night's AZ/Louisville game. Hunnie's son and the rest of his teammates are hitting machines as they whipped Louisville 16 - 4. They've score 31 runs and have 43 hits in just two games. Former major leaguer Jay Payton was the color man on the telecast and he raved about Johnny Field. Tonight they play the winner of the loser's bracket (the survivor of the Louisville/Missouri game). They are the two teams Arizona beat the last two games. Tonight's Arizona game, which starts at 10:00pm CST, will be available for view only at www.espn3.com.

http://azstarnet.com/sports/baseball/college/wildcats/wildcats-put-on-offensive-clinic-pound-louisville-in-ncaa-regionals/article_aba4bb14-2f3f-5ac9-adc6-c11fc9be15a1.html

and

http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildcatreport/2012/06/02/ncaa-regional-game-blog-arizona-louisville/

aka Loveland · « **Reply #273 on:** June 03, 2012, 05:03:40 pm »

You just met them yesterday and you are going to stay at their house??

msf · « **Reply #274 on:** June 03, 2012, 07:25:03 pm »

Family on the Mrs side, never met them before.