8:00 PM Late games recap: Saints stay perfect by beating Panthers 30-20; Vince Young stays perfect as starter as Titans top 49ers 34-27; Chargers hand Giants their 4th loss in a row in a 21-20 comeback win; and the Lions turn a 17-0 1st quarter lead into a 32-20 loss to the Seahawks.
7:42 PM And it wouldn't be an NFL weekend without Chad Ochocinco trying to liven things up on the field: this time the Bengals receiver tries to bribe an official with a whole dollar! Will this stunt cost Chad more than a dollar in fines from Roger Goodell?
7:20 PM How did Joey Porter back up all the jawing he did this week about the Patriots? By finishing Sunday's game with no tackles, no sacks, no passes defensed, no forced fumbles or recoveries, and no comments to reporters afterwards.
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader are hosting a big shindig in the Bahamas in a couple weeks.
(Like their divine Ambrosia tailgate salad, fans can ‘mix’ with the cheerleaders)
The regrettably-worded “release party” (dude, keep it in the room) will pop off during the Oct. 16-18 weekend, which not coincidentally is Joe Simpson’s first weekend off from Jessica’s Indian Casino tour in 18 mos.
So it turns out that the tryout process to become a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader includes a rigorous written exam, including such questions as: “Name one country that borders Iraq.” Well, I guess Miss Teen South Carolina is out.
If only the Cowboys themselves had such rigorous standards. You may have thought that passing the bar exam was hard, but for every failed lawyer in the Dallas-Fort Worth area you’ve probably got seven or eight would-be Cowboys cheerleaders waiting tables and working as hotel reservation clerks, all because they didn’t have a firm grasp of geography and current events. Read more…
SHAHI PROPS UP OUR FLEETING CHEERLEADER FANTASY: Like you, we’re over major sports websites trying to prop up sagging traffic numbers with thousands of photo posts of over-makeupped, underdeveloped cheerleaders.