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It’s been such a joy to watch Emmitt Smith on ESPN’s NFL programs. Of course, it really isn’t for his brilliant analysis, but the brilliantly baffling way he can mangle the English language. A latter-day Yogi Berra, if you will.
(And he’s quite a dancer, too)
Sadly, we won’t have Emmitt to wow us on the Worldwide Leader anymore, as both parties have apparently parted ways.
We had ourselves another one of “those” moments earlier today in the Packers-Vikings game, the Joe Theismann/Napoleon Kaufman kind of instance where a gruesome replay unfortunately (or fortunately, if you’re sick) catches a closeup of a horrific injury. The victim this time? Vikings return man Charles Gordon and his poor, poor ankle.
(Gordon, during happier times, when both ankles were intact)
The play came in the first half of the game, when Gordon got his ankle caught under a Packers player while getting tackles.
PROFOOTBALLTALK.COM has some more details: “Though Joe Buck and Troy Aikman missed the fact (both live and via replay) that Gordon’s foot was pointing in the wrong direction once the play had ended, it was obvious when FOX went to commercial that something was horribly wrong.”
The grotesque video for you sick individuals is after the jump. Warning: You might want to hold off eating before viewing it. It’s a doozy.
In a game as brutal as football, injuries are unavoidable. The speed of the game; the strength of the players; the random trajectory of tackled and blocked bodies bouncing into vulnerable extremeties. All explain why the sport of football takes down its own athletes at such an alarming rate.
But there is another reason for all the carnage. Namely, you. Read more…
• Nick Saban may be the most powerful coach in sports, but as Adam Rose of the LOS ANGELES TIMES points out, it was actually Pete Carroll who became college football’s first $4 million man.
All that moolah can sure buy a lot of Lotrimin.
• NESW SPORTS punches up video of Beijing’s adorable Fuwa mascots mixing it up on the mat.
• STANLEY CUP OF CHOWDER serves up some of their favorite names from this year’s Games, such as Destinee Hooker and Gisele Moron.
• DEUCE OF DAVENPORT wrestles up a clip of Tiki Barber grappling on the NBC set with former Olympian Rulon Gardner.
• TMZ may have just found their new spokesman in Joe Theismann.
• BASEBALL THINK FACTORY knew it was only a matter of time before some minor league team would schedule an “A-Rod & Madonna Night“.
• The L.A. DAILY BREEZE blows along news that the Clippers are actually out acquiring more talent, this time digging up Marcus Camby from the Nuggets.
• Can’t get a basketball scholarship? The LOS ANGELES TIMES learns that’s not a problem for Chace Stanback, since his mom just won $25,000 playing an online game.
• NEW YORK NEWSDAY intercepts a sneak peek at the New York Giants’ new Super Bowl rings.
• EMPTY THE BENCH is stuck on these NBA “glue players“.
• THE SPORTS HERNIA spots Chris “Mad Dog” Russo picking a winner & tasting victory.
The NFL never rests. Need proof? Wasn’t last week the Pro Bowl? And now we’re, what, a few days away from the NFL Scouting Combine? And don’t even get me started about cheerleader mini-camp. That’s already in full swing in Dallas, apparently.
Yeah, you heard me correctly.
The Cowboys’ cheerleaders had a mini-camp on Saturday at South Plains College. They apparently taught folks their moves. More likely, they cured the hangovers of more than a few middle-aged men.
A hat tip to the LADIES… for discovering what former ESPN announcer and pro baller Joe Theismann is doing with his free time - pimping snack food none of us have even heard of before the Super Bowl:
(Scroll to about 2:55 or so on the video for the blatant plug for “Town House FlipSides”)
I have some sympathy for Theismann’s gritting his teeth as the Raleigh, NC, station he happens to be on reeks of morning show to me. As someone who’s written and produced a morning newscast, these satellite media tours (SMTs) are a regular annoyance in my inbox — and they only increase during Super Bowl week, with more has-beens and never-weres looking to use news time to sell the public absolute crap.
• Well-known sports blogger MJD has taken his typing to the land of YAHOO SPORTS. And he’s kind of glad Brett Favre lost on Sunday - otherwise, it would have been two more weeks of viewing this:
• The NEW YORK TIMES learns how Eli Manning spent his Sunday night - watching SportsCenter highlights of himself.
• PRO FOOTBALL TALK is relieved that Joe Theismann doesn’t mind being called ‘Joey Sunshine.’
• Darren Rovell of CNBC reports that Under Armour’s Super Bowl ad might be more costly than they thought.
