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A-Rod Admits Steroid Use (As if His Kids Haven't Had Enough Embarrassment)

Whit Honea — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:45:00 GMT

For any of you kids reading this at home, this is how you have a banner year. First you wreck your marriage and put your wife and kids in the papers and then you admit to tarnishing the national pastime, which, granted, wasn't that shiny to begin with.

Alex Rodriguez has admitted to taking ~~steroids~~ performance-enhancing drugs over a three-year period while playing with the Texas Rangers, hence damaging his role-model status. Did he still have role-model status?

What are A-Rod's kids supposed to think about this? Is Daddy the greatest baseball player of our day or just another hopped-up hoax.

A-Rod tells ESPN's Peter Gammons, "When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure, felt all the weight of the world on top of me to perform, and perform at a high level every day.

"Back then, [baseball] was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid, I was naïve. I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time.

"I did take a banned substance. For that, I am very sorry and deeply regretful."

The full interview will air tonight during the 6 p.m. ET showing of "SportsCenter."

I'll admit that I'm a Yankee fan, but I've never taken to A-Rod, not even when I was living in Seattle and got to enjoy him and Jr. underachieving.

More news is sure to follow and it probably won't be good, but at least the image of Rodriguez and Madonna is finally out of my head.

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Obama Busted! Video

Whit Honea — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:06:00 GMT

Strollerderby has an amusing post about Barack Obama and the fact that he forgot how many years he and Michelle have been married. She was quick to call him out, publicly. Welcome to the doghouse, Barack.

That hits home.

Keith Olbermann, ultra-progressive football analyst, put Obama on his naughty list for the mathmatical error which only proves one thing, Olbermann isn't married. Math is hard.

Here's the video:

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Josh Howard Hates America? The National Anthem Video

Whit Honea — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:36:00 GMT

Josh Howard of the Dallas Mavericks (not to be confused with the popular Washington Mavericks) is currently lighting up YouTube with some some un-patriotic rhetoric.

Apparently Howard is not a fan of the National Anthem and says so.

According to VH-1's Best Week Ever, the talking heads on SportsCenter called Howard's video full of "shameful comments about the National Anthem and Obama."

BWE also quotes ESPN analysts as saying "the comments were so outrageous, they could ultimately end up hurting Obama come election time."

It's a big deal right?

Josh Howard, who has a 1-year-old son, may have looked like a total ass, but he's not even the biggest one involved in this story.

Read the comments on YouTube. They are full of hate and racism and scrawl so ignorant that they make Howard's comments seem intelligent by comparison.

Relatively speaking of course.

On the bright side, it's nice to see some of our commenters branching out and dropping their special brand of insight someplace besides my inbox- something that I'm sure will be remedied shortly.

Here's the video. It's longer than the attention it deserves.

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Game Break: Rich Eisen Welcomes Son

Whit Honea — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:01:00 GMT

NFL Network's own Rich Eisen and his wife Suzy have welcomed a brand new son. His name is Alexander.

Call him Xander.

See, here I am, trying to watch my own kids, have a beer and watch some football and I can't ever quit me. Thanks to my iPhone you have the first photo to go with this breaking news. I left the NFL logo for aesthetics.

Congratulations to Rich and Suzy!

(and go Steelers!)

Source- NFL Network

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Booyah! Stuart Scott Returning to ESPN After Surgery

Whit Honea — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:20:00 GMT

SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott is as cool as the other side of the pillow. The sports announcer had to leave a Monday Night Football game between the Steelers and Miami (Pittsburgh won!) to have his appendix removed. During the surgery the doctors found a tumor and performed a second, precautionary surgery the next day to eliminate surrounding tissue.

According to the AP, Scott will undergo preventive chemotherapy this winter.

"Stuart's doctors are confident they have removed the cancerous tissue," ESPN executive vice president Norby Williamson said. "He's assured his fans and friends and colleagues that he's going to continue to return to his assignments."

Booyah indeed.

Source: Yahoo!

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