8:00 PM CSN Baltimore has video of Marcus Smith, a U.S. soldier who dressed as a minor league umpire to surprise his children at a Bowie Baysox game with a home visit from Afghanistan.
7:45 PM A Japanese Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was swept out to sea during last year's tsunami washed up on a shore in British Columbia last month. The bike's owner asked that the motorcycle be displayed at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee as a memorial to the tsunami victims.
7:30 PM Buffalo Bills receiver David Clowneytweeted the results of his HIV test which came back negative. And to the critics of his decision to share his results, Clowney added: "Some people are Ridiculously stupid ... And can't see the bigger picture about things that are important in this world."
Chad Pennington, recently run out of New York to make way for Brett Favre and his ego, has signed with the AFC East rival Dolphins. He spent last season sharing the quarterback duties with Kellen Clemens, and the two were battling for the starting gig during the first week of training camp.
Then Favre happened, the City went into a frenzy, and Pennington was unceremoniously dismissed. And although the former Marshall star is now part of a franchise that won a whopping one game last season, he has two things going for him.
Last night, as Chad Pennington’s career came to its inevitable conclusion, Brett Favre made his debut as the future of the franchise, even if “future” means “six more months.”
Favre didn’t play in the preseason opener against the Browns, but he stood on the sidelines sporting Jets workout gear, one of those snazzy earpieces, and a playsheet. The two biggest obstacles facing Favre in New York: Learning an entirely new offense in three weeks, and dealing with the stifling media coverage that, unlike Green Bay, won’t always be laudatory.
Anyone interested in a frequently-injured quarterback with questionable arm strength who constantly had his own fans ready to murder him with every interception? If you are, Chad Pennington would like to hear from you. PRO FOOTBALL TALK (via Adam Schefter of the NFL NETWORK) is reporting that Pennington is going to be cut in a few hours, bringing to a close one of the strangest relationships between any long-term starting QB and team in recent memory.
The No. 1 hobby of most Jets fans the past few seasons seemed to be hating Chad Pennington, and lamenting that they would be right there with the Patriots if only they had a decent starting quarterback. And he was seemingly in a battle for his starting job every training camp.
You have two quarterbacks that could start for your team. One quarterback is crappy. You know this. The other quarterback might be crappy, but he might be pretty good. You’re not sure about him yet. So do you go back and study film on each player? Grade each one on throwing mechanics, reading defenses, and his understanding of the game plan?
