This is making the news nowadays? Can't I find some Michael Jackson updates or something?
All the Mets had to do was ask. I know like 4 other hotels that they could've stayed at. Hell, I used to work at a hotel closer to Steelers training camp in Latrobe. Sure, it isn't right in the city and requires about a 45 minute trip on the turnpike and Parkway, but I never encountered any Furries there. I did encounter an ancient woman who called me quite a few derogatory names for a black person, but no creepy Furries. So there's that.
There's really nothing else I can add to this. Unless you want me to make some cracks about Rooney's age, or Hillary Clinton being a cold witch. 'Cos that's all I got.
I'm almost positive I've used this picture before, but it's cool enough that I could probably use it every morning and you wouldn't have a problem with it. Just for the sole fact that the dog looks like he's smiling because he's sitting next to an awesome mini horse.
Two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback (!) Charlie Batch recently spoke at the NFL rookie symposium, and warned the youngsters that there's going to be no football in 2011. Per PFT:
"Although NFLPA Executive Director De Smith chose to talk to the 2009 incoming class of rookies not about the status of the Collective Bargaining Agreement but about Shakespeare and Nicholas Sarkozy, we're told that at least one of the other guys who spoke at the Rookie Symposium addressed the issue of labor unrest.
Per a league source, Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch warned the new players that there's a "100 percent" chance of a league-imposed lockout in 2011.
We continue to think there's a chance (albeit less than 100 percent) that the owners are bluffing about their intention to prevent the players from working once the current CBA expires.
If it's a bluff, it's apparently working.
We think it's a bluff in part because of the reality that, unlike the strike years of 1987 and 1982, more than a few owners are carrying significant amounts of debt. Shutting down the games will make it very difficult to make ends meet, especially if the economy hasn't recovered significantly within the next two years."
So yeah, that's kinda out there. Charlie might be outta the game by 2011, but he's looking out for the welfare of the kiddies trying to make their own names in the league.
I have no inside information either way on this one, so let's just make up what we think is going to happen. In 2011, there WILL be football, but all the players will have pistols like that one dude from The Last Boy Scout. Making up baseless rumors is fun.
Probably about 6 or 7 years ago, my aunt bought me a sweater for Christmas. I'm no fashion-forward person...I'll pretty much wear whatever as long as it doesn't make me look like a douchebag. Anyway, it was a simple sweater with wide vertical ribs on it. I told my aunt how much I liked it, and wasn't lying in the least. That's all she needed to hear, and for pretty much every Christmas after that, I got the same-style sweater from her.
Following the Penguins' Stanley Cup win, Dan Bylsma went back to Wilkes-Barre for...something. And there's video of him doing whatever it was that he was doing. At one point, Dan thanks all of the wonderful people that helped him during his time as Wilkes-Barre head coach.
As a gift, some dude presented Bylsma with a Qdoba burrito, straight from the lucky shop that Disco Dan would visit prior to each home game. The burrito became a legend in the city, especially since the superstition brought home the Cup. Players have their own quirks, and God knows the fans have plenty, but Dan's habit of ordering the same burrito (with overwhelmingly positive results) really stuck with some people.
And since everyone associates that Qdoba burrito with winning the Cup, you can rest assured, knowing that Dan will be reminded of that burrito until the day he dies. Or until Qdoba goes out of business. His family will tell him that they got him an amazing birthday present, only to have a Qdoba burrito waiting. Bylsma and the burrito are linked forever, and he'll never escape the limitless number of characters who will undoubtedly remind him of it at every moment.
Kinda like that sweater. It's totally rad and I love constantly getting it, but the novelty wears off after like a year or two. Be prepared, Dan.
The Buccos started blowing up the 2009 team with Nate McLouth earlier this month. Now, Eric Hinske is a Yankee, while reliever Sean Burnett and noted Penguins/hockey fan Nyjer Morgan went to the Nationals for Lastings Milledge and some other guy.
My buddy Pat has analysis and stuff at those links. You don't come here for that. You come here for Nyjer in a Penguins hat. So you're welcome.
The Pittsburgh Passion played their first playoff game of 2009 this past weekend, losing to the DC Divas, 27-17. The Divas were the only team to beat the Passion in the regular season. From the Passion website:
"The Passion's 2009 Season comes to an end in DC... the Passion were defeated by the D.C. Divas 27-17 in the first round of playoffs on June 27, 2009.
The Passion would like to thank everyone from fans, families, staffers, coaches and sponsors... without you and your support the players on the Passion team would not have the opportunity to suit up and play football!"
All in all, it was a great season for the team. My coverage was spotty at best, but it's always good to throw as much support as possible to every team we have locally.
It's been awhile since we've checked in with Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, the Indian reality show winner-dudes picked up by the Pirates this past offseason. And it turns out we tuned back in at the right time.
I'm trying out this "after the jump" feature. Because I can, and that's where all the vital info is.
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