So through a series of mixups and comic blunders, someone has given me my own sports blog. It’s over at NBCSports.com, and it launches tomorrow at 9 a.m. Title: Out Of Bounds. No, I don’t know the exact url (they tell me very little), but it’ll be promoted on their front page, I’m told. No need to knock; just come right in.

I should also say that this doesn’t mean I’m leaving SbB … on the contrary, once I get things situated in the new place, I’ll be here more than ever. I know that makes you happy … (hey! Who threw that brick?) Leaving SbB at this juncture is quite inconceivable, frankly. This site is going places; Brooks willing it to greatness through sheer heavy lifting and thought control. No one on the web is close to touching what he’s accomplished over the past nine months, and I want to continue to be a part of that. The vibe here is electric. He is the lightning thief.

So, that’s what’s happening. Above please enjoy a screen capture of the Out Of Bounds logo, never before seen in the wild. No, I have no idea what’s going on in it, or who those people are. All I can tell you is that if that’s a Kansas City Chief there on the left, soon he will either be suspended or traded to Yahoo.

Chiefs beat reporter Kent Babb of the KANSAS CITY STAR Tweeted this yesterday about what Larry Johnson recently posted on his Facebook page:

Cleat prints on the chests? Are we sure Larry wasn’t just recounting the club last night?

Larry Johnson didn’t want to be there. His coach, Todd Haley, didn’t want him to be there. The fans didn’t want him to be there. The ladies definitely didn’t want him to be there. And thus, the next course of action couldn’t have been clearer: According to PRO FOOTBALL TALK, Johnson has been released from the Kansas City Chiefs.

(That $300,000 watch might be getting pawned pretty soon.)

This likely comes as great news to the fans; as mentioned above, their vitriol for the outspoken halfback led them to create the most devastating of weapons, an INTERNET PETITION, to call for Johnson’s ouster or any other measure to keep Johnson from claiming the franchise rushing title. Even though the 80 yards Johnson needed would have taken him at least 3 games (because the Chiefs’ rushing game sucks out loud, you see), the fans’ wish has been granted.

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People around the league were slightly surprised by the outright release of Chris Chambers by the San Diego Chargers earlier this week. While the veteran receiver’s production was down significantly, releases in the middle of a season don’t happen that often, and the whispers were that there had to be something more going on.

(It’s a pretty woman’s mugshot. In the middle of a sports story. That’s never, ever a good sign.)

Boy howdy, was there ever. The woman shown above is one Stacey Saunders, a San Diego woman who, according to the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, has allegedly been intent on ruining Chris Chambers’ family for the past few months. In police reports and divorce proceedings, Chambers and his soon-to-be ex-wife claim that after a brief affair with Chambers, Saunders has been harassing him and his wife over the phone and via text message, to the point that it led to a divorce and disrupted his ability to perform on the field. So off you go, sir.

If this sounds all a bit familiar, well, it should.

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Our boy Larry Johnson is back in the news, because when you start calling people “fags” left and right in the middle of the worst season by a starting running back in NFL history, well, you get to be in the news.

(Nice fashion sense. Just sayin’. Pause.)

Even as LJ slogs his way through the season & starts fights with everything in sight, objects animate and otherwise, he’s still only 80 yards away from overtaking Priest Holmes for the Chiefs’ all-time rushing record. Chiefs fans have noticed this, of course, and the last thing they want to see if their hallowed franchise’s record books tainted by a guy with such a cloud of negativity following him.

Solution? Empty gestures! Sign an online petition!

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The Kansas City Chiefs’ Larry Johnson is enjoying an unpaid vacation right now in light of recent statements that were seemingly designed with the specific intent to anger everybody in the team’s organization. Because hey, if you’re mired in the worst season by a starting running back in NFL history, why not alienate everybody in the process?

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Johnson’s agent, however, chose an unusually peculiar tack in his client’s defense. After Johnson started calling disagreeable Chiefs fans “fags” - multiple times - and earning a suspension for his efforts, agent Peter Schafer responded in the most reasonable way imaginable. Just kidding, he expressed shock and amazement that you couldn’t call people “fags.”

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So the Chiefs are reeling at 1-6 after a right-painful, 37-7 thrashing by the Chargers, leaving the Arrowhead faithful scratching their heads and wondering where it all went wrong. But thankfully we have the level-headed presence of Larry Johnson to calm everyone down and prevent wholesale panic.

Oh wait, no. As you can see, Johnson (”ToonIcon” on your Twitter scorecard) was busy on Twitter last night, telling the world that his dad is a great football coach with legitimate credentials, while the Chiefs coach, Todd Haley, attended college on a golf scholarship. One of his tweets: “My father played for the coach on “Remember the Titans.” Our coach played golf. My father played for redskins briefley. Our coach. Nuthn.”

And as if calling out your coach on Twitter wasn’t bad enough, how about some homophobic epithets thrown at Chiefs fans? It was a real party in LJ’s Twitterverse. Yep.

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Here’s some photos of the AFL Dallas Texans helmets the Kansas City Chiefs wore today. I grew up in K.C., and always knew about Lamar Hunt’s Texans moving to Kansas City. Damn if they didn’t do this after I moved away to NFL-impaired Los Angeles.

(WANT)

Brilliant merchandising idea by the league and the Chiefs. Obviously the team isn’t selling any Chiefs merch these days, but I can promise you that Texans stuff is selling as well as any NFL gear could in the 816/913 today.

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Hey, Kansas Citians - did you know that having crappy pro sports teams can cost you not only peace of mind, but a few extra bucks in your pockets? It’s true.

Rick Montgomery of the KC STAR reports on a new study that connects losing seasons with local supporters losing millions of dollars in personal income.

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If you’ve yet to open that new Topps Jumbo Pack of NFL trading cards you just purchased (OK, lets face it: Your parents purchased for you), you’ve got an extra surprise in store. No, the Ben Roethlisberger card does not come with a denial of wrongdoing. It’s something better.

There’s one NFL cheerleader card in every pack. Yeah, there’s such a thing as Topps NFL cheerleader cards. Thank you, Topps, for inventing this years too late. Of course, you’re going to have to forage like a crazed homeless person to collect all 15 cheerleaders — there are only one per pack. But thus is the genius of the plan, as far as Topps is concerned.

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