Former top drafts NFL quarterbacks facing rough times

August 28 2008 @ 18:03

Alex Smith, Matt Leinart, and Vince Young, are the three quarterbacks making their way from the field to the sidelines proving again how hard it has become for top picks to make it as a starter.

Smith, the No. 1 pick in 2005 by the San Francisco 49ers, and Leinart, the 10th pick in 2006 by the Arizona Cardinals, already know they're going to be carrying clipboards on the sideline instead of calling plays in the huddle when the NFL finally gets cranking.

Young isn't getting pulled, but the No. 3 pick and the first quarterback taken in 2006 isn't exactly blossoming in the preseason.

Here's how much their teams are on the hook for in guaranteed money: Smith, $24 million; Leinart, $14 million; Young, $11.075 million.

Incidentally, J.T. O’Sullivan, Smith’s replacement at the 49ers’ helm is set to make $645,000 this year.

Odds and ends

- Canadian fencer, Sherraine Schalm, described how it feels to not win an Olympic gold - or any medal for that matter.

"It's like I imagine being a man. It's like being kicked in the nuts repeatedly, that's how bad it feels. You feel like you want to curl up and die." - Schalm said after losing her round of 16 bout to a rival Hungarian opponent.

What the story doesn’t say here is that apparently out of frustration the Canadian, who trained with the Hungarians prior to the Olympics, refused to shake hands with her opponent and turned to the Hungarian side and was heard saying: “Fuck you all”. Go girl!

- I like this article from the Washington Post where writer Robin Givhan assesses the dissimilarity between Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz. 

  - Heard around the water cooler: “good thing disgraced Taekwondo Cuban cretin Angel Matos is not a fencer”.

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By: Aengus Moorehead @ 18:03 | Category: Misc  | Comments: 0 | Permalink

Move over M. Phelps, Usain Bolt is the Beijing story.

August 22 2008 @ 16:51

Winning eight gold medals does not always guarantee you the story of one Olympic game. It may define you as the greatest medalist ever, but as for the story of one game?

Usain Bolt powered Jamaica to gold in the men's 400-meter relay, and not just gold, but another world record, crushing the mark shared by two American relay teams by 0.3 seconds, both records set way back in the 80’s

Bolt has set three world records in three events -- in the 100, breaking his own record by .03 seconds along with his antics near the end of the finish line; in the 200, breaking Michael Johnson's long-lasting record; and now this.

Phelps was already a star before the Beijing games and promptly consolidated his supremacy by eclipsing Mark Spitz’s tally of seven golds in the Munich games. But Phelps’ unassuming demeanor along with his amazing feat were quickly shoved aside with the tale of the flashy Jamaican with an attitude, thus securing the track & field’s legacy as the most watched event in the Olympics.

The world saw plenty of Michael Phelps, but the world would like to see more of Usain Bolt. End of story.

By: Aengus Moorehead @ 16:51 | Category: Olympic games  | Comments: 0 | Permalink

Come on people let’s show a little class.

August 11 2008 @ 18:07

By beating favorite France in the astonishing 400 relay, the US proved once again that when it’s clutch time, nobody does it better. Alain Bernard, the “smashing looking lad, 100 meter freestyle record holder” and anchor for the French team got a taste of his own medicine, - mainly chlorine - and a touch of humility by 32 year old Jason Lezak. A truly amazing race indeed. But whenever we beat the odds, we have a tendency to become a tad tasteless as this video will attest. Let’s show some class and gloat silently shall we?

Still in Beijing

There's a new way for athletes to beat drug testing, Sky News reported last week. German researchers have discovered that athletes can inject low amounts of performance-enhancing drugs through tattoo needles, get superior results and still pass their doping test. The research has already spawned a new business: Tour de France Tattoos.

By: Aengus Moorehead @ 18:07 | Category: Olympic games  | Comments: 0 | Permalink

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August 5 2008 @ 17:57

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Manny vs Jason bay

Given the quantity of protection he’ll have in his new uniform, Jason Bay could very well flourish in Boston. But it is hard to imagine letting go of one of the best right handed hitters of all time for a Canadian player who never tasted the sweet smell of success. Bay’s Pirates never had a winning season while he was in Pittsburgh.

For the record, since joining the Dodgers, in three games, Manny has collected 8 hits in 13 at bats, smashed 2 dingers along with 5 RBI’s. Also, curtain calls and chants of "Man-ny! Man-ny!" have quickly become commonplace at Dodger Stadium. No such thing for Bay at Fenway, at least not yet.

By: Aengus Moorehead @ 17:57 | Category: Misc  | Comments: 0 | Permalink