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Bill Zwecker of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES reports some potentially catastrophic news for all you Pat Hughes fans out there.
Bill Murray apparently has his bloodshot sights trained on the Wrigley Field broadcast booth. Read more…
• The LONDON GUARDIAN has the poop on Barnsley’s coach getting a lucky omen before his team’s big upset over Liverpool: “I left the team hotel for a walk in the town centre, and as I was talking a bird shat right on my head.”
• RANDBALL crunches the numbers & debunks the myth that only 5 NHL teams are below .500.
• Based on his recent clownish behavior, BLEACHER REPORT’s satirical story on Terrelle Pryor joining the Ringling Bros. Circus doesn’t seem so silly.
• WITH LEATHER, via AOL FANOUSE, uploads video of Shaq calling out Bill Walton for breaking the “Big Man Code”:
• THE 700 LEVEL finally found a reason to show up for a Sixers game - a Mr. Potatohead giveaway!
• Remember those lovely Packers fans and their cheese bra? Well, FAN IQ wheys in on where you can get your very own pair.
(Don’t break your neck, kid.)
• WIZZNUTZZ takes a letter, as Richard Nixon writes a note to the Washington Bullets.
• This white boy’s got mad skillz, as a geeky Sonics fan raps about Dirk, Kobe and Nash.
• BUSTED COVERAGE takes a slow boat to China, and find Patriots cheerleaders working the bars:
• 100% INJURY RATE gets out their shovel & pail, as Russia plans on building a billion-dollar island for the 2014 Olympics.
HOLY COW! SOLDIER DOES FERRELL DOING HARRY CARAY: When you’re stationed thousands of miles from home, fighting to keep yourself and your comrades alive, you try to find some levity to make the most of the situation.
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COLLEGE HUMOR offers up video of a U.S. soldier in Iraq trying to inject some humor into a routine vehicle inspection. The grunt gets some grins from his fellow troops by talking like Harry Caray. Check that - talking like Will Ferrell talking like Harry Caray.In a gravelly, exaggerated voice, the soldier asks one of the stopped men, “Do you have any weapons of mass destruction?” He follows that zinger up with, “If you had a weapon made of barbecue spare ribs, would you eat it?”
All the confused Iraqi can do is smile and respond, “No understand.”
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The GI actually does quite a good job capturing the essence of the ex-SNL’er mimicking the late Cubs caller. And for that, we salute you. Oh, and also for defending the country.But to get a better idea of the original source, we present some other Caray-esque carriers-on to evaulate. Such as:
• ’90s comedian John Caponera.
• Cubs hurler Ryan Dempster.
• And for the ultimate comparison, the Bud Man Himself.
DEVIN HESTER JOINS (SOMETIMES UNFORTUNATE) LIST OF FOLKS ROOT-ROOT-ROOTING FOR THE CUUUUU-BIEEEES: Bears speed demon Devin Hester set yet another hometown Chicago crowd afire, but this time with his Monsters of the Midway melodies as he sang ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ at a recent Cubs contest:
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Which such a tear-jerking and ear-obliterating performance in mind, here’s a look back at how other 7th-inning guests fared at the Friendly Confines (and I don’t care if they ever get back):Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder - as coherent as ever:
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CCR frontman John Fogerty - not quite up to par as he was with ‘Fortunate Son’ and ‘Centerfield’:
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NASCAR heartthrob Jeff Gordon - pleased as punch to be in ‘Wrigley Stadium’:
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IRL hottie Danica Patrick - proving once again not everyone can drive and sing:
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So, judge for yourself how these virtuosos of Peanuts ‘n’ Cracker Jack compare to The Man Himself.
And as you do, don’t forget to enjoy some quality refreshment.
