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If Austria understands anything during this Euro 2008 tournament, it’s the power of alcohol. Earlier, we wrote how a bar in Salzburg would be offering free drinks every time a player gets a red card.
Now a Vienna brewery is taking the appeal of free booze one step fauther - by offering a lifetime supply to any Austrian player who can score a goal.
As Euro 2008 kicks off, a bar in Austria has a deal no self-respecting drunk would pass up - free drinks for every red card given out.
REUTERS SOCCER BLOG serves up news that a pub in the Alpine town of Salzburg will bring out the brews at no charge whenever the refs flash their little bright cards to those naughty boys on the pitch.
Seems like a perfect promotional opportunity for Killian’s Red - or Red Stripe. But it’s a shame that Zinedine Zidane has already hung up his cleats. Maybe he could be talked into a comeback. It could make for a great final chapter in his upcoming book - if it doesn’t get stolen again.
• John Jagler of 620 WTMJ in Milwaukee puts out an APB for this Bears motorist in Wisconsin taking license with a playful poke at the Packers.
• Not to be outdone by literary giant Jose Canseco, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY prints out word that Larry Bird & Magic Johnson will be teaming up to write a book together about their long-time rivalry & friendship.
• So, what’s Avery Johnson been up to these days? Well, THE MERKIN SPORTS drives up video oft the ex-Mavs coach now selling cars.
• Sam Smith of HOOPS HYPE guzzles down the opinion that it’s alcohol and not marijuana that should be the biggest cause of the NBA’s concern.
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before (actually, maybe you have!): a fan gets deeply inebriated at a ball game, tries to attempt some challenging feat that requires equal parts athletic skill and alcoholic bravado, fails miserably, and perishes for the effort.
Please insert “Turner Field”, “sliding down a handrail”, and “25-year-old man who used to answer to Justin Hayes” where needed above and you’ve got the gist of what happened last night. Oh, and “falling 120 feet, bouncing off concrete and metal along the way”.
Nice visual for the kids on the way to the bathroom for the third time during the game, right? “Daddy, I don’t like baseball anymore! Also, I peed myself.”
The GUARDIAN discusses the stance of John Boyle, the chairman of a Scottish Premier League team, who advocates allowing fans to be able to get drunk once again while watching games.
(Getting these guys tanked: Good idea or best idea?)
“Yet people must think twice before heeding Boyle’s pleas. This is, in the most blatant case, an example of something which ain’t broke, and doesn’t require fixing. It is 28 years since drinking on the terraces of Scottish grounds was prohibited, a full-scale riot at an Old Firm Scottish Cup final sufficient to trigger the introduction of the Criminal Justice Act and prohibit punters from indulging in beer rather than Bovril. Read more…
Who knew Bill Belichick would have such a gay ol’ time in Beantown?
• Things to do in Denver when you’re dead-set about getting some hookers & blow:
• Going Washington Post-al: Tony Kornheiser & Michael Wilbon are cheesed at DC SPORTS BOG’s Dan Steinberg.
• Keeping abreast of Jessica Canseco’s topless sunbathing habits.
• Tony La Russa knew about Scott Spiezio’s speeding & spewing since early January, yet did nothing about it.
