• INTENTIONAL FOUL tosses up a group of cheerleaders taking the whole “Be Aggressive! B-E Aggressive!” thing a bit too far, as they beat up a teammate - and are stupid enough to videotape it.
• THE DENVER POST throws out news that Mark Grace says he was only joking, but the Rockies aren’t laughing about the commentator’s comments that pitcher Manny Corpas“didn’t have enough Vaseline on that ball.”
• SOCCERLENS focuses in on the real goal for a successful World Cup in South Africa - legalizing prostitution.
• Jason Whitlock of the KANSAS CITY STAR wants his March Madness now, as he’s bored with the college b-ball regular season.
• THE BIG LEAD is rooting for Dudley Hart to win the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, considering he missed a lot of golf time caring for his lung cancer-stricken wife.
• FAN IQ’s 100% INJURY RATE suggests that if the Olympic discus toss doesn’t thrill you, why not try the live-goat-into-the-lions’-den toss?
VIKES’ PETERSON TEARS KNEE LIGAMENT, OUT NEXT WEEK: Adrian Peterson is out for next week’s game after suffering a torn knee:
BLOOMBERG reports the Vikings running back tore a knee ligament after getting hit by the Packers’ Al Harris during Minnesota’s 34-0 loss to Green Bay.But don’t jump out of any windows yet, fantasy football owners. Coach Brad Childress said Peterson’s injury would not require surgery.
“The good news is that the knee otherwise is stable. I’m told that’s a good-healing ligament. So if it was a lineman, maybe he’s braced up and plays this week.”
There’s no set time for Peterson’s return to the sidelines. But it’s a safe bet that Purple Jesus will rise again.
ESPNer DIDN’T BELIEVE IN PURPLE JESUS BEFORE BIG DAY: Matthew Berry was so worried about Adrian Peterson.
THE BIG LEAD notes that the ESPN fantasy football analyst had concerns about how well the Vikings running back would do that weekend.From Berry’s article last week about AP, under his heading “I’m officially worried about…”:
“It’s not as if he didn’t get the ball plenty. But his 20 carries were good enough for only 70 yards, and he gets the strong run defenses of the Chargers, Packers and Giants in three of the next four.”
The following Sunday, Peterson went on to chew up an NFL- record 296 yards against the San Diego D, making many Vikes fans and fantasy owners very, very happy.
Maybe Berry should be officially worried about his own predictions.
• SPIRIT OF JAKE PLUMMER quenches their thirst, by comparing this season’s NFL teams to soft drinks:
• RUMORS AND RANTS believes that A-Rod’s $300 million asking price is actually a bargain.• EPIC CARNIVAL gets a kick out of the sort-of return of the Super Toe toy.
