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• Bethlehem Shoals of THE SPORTING BLOG wonders if Yao Ming’s early exit actually means he doesn’t want to play in the Olympics.
• Victory is mine! BALL DON’T LIKE learns the Kevin Garnett & crew got a special locker room visit from the man behind “Family Guy“.
• Speaking of the guys in green, The NEW YORK DAILY NEWS hears that Charles Dolan really believes his Knicks will be the next Celtics.
Barack Obama will be htting the campaign trail hard & heavy in the next few days before Super Tuesday. But the Democratic presidential hopeful might not even be in the race, if it wasn’t for a certain ex-coach of a certain football team known as Da Bears.
Back in 2004, Illinois Republicans were looking for a new candidate for the U.S. Senate. Original choice Jack Ryan dropped out over allegations he took his wife, actress Jeri Ryan, out to sex clubs and asked her to perform sex acts in front of others.
(Jeri Ryan - adored by Star Trek geeks as ‘Seven of Nine’)
GOP leaders decided to try and convince Mike Ditka to take their party’s spot and run against then-state senator Obama. Besides being a popular Chicago figure, Ditka was a also a strong conservative, campaigning for George W. Bush during the 2000 presidential election.
We earlier told you about the saucy shenanigans going on at the Mike & Mike Celebrity Roast. Now, SMALL WHITE BALL has uncovered some video evidence of what went down in Atlantic City last Friday.
The bootleg clip features shaky & unfocused footage of Jeffrey Ross’ opening monologue. Despite the visual problems, you can hear Ross getting off some quality zingers - especially aimed at Mike Ditka, who’s sitting right next to him:
DIKTA DISSOLVES FUND; NOT MUCH MADE IT TO PLAYERS: Mike Ditka will be dissolving his charity fund for ex-NFLers, after reports surfaced that only a fraction of the money raised actually went to needy players:
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The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that the former Chicago Bears coach will be pulling the plug on the Hall of Fame Assistance Trust Fund.An earlier USA TODAY article mentioned that although the Fund had raised $1.3 million since 2004, only $57,000 actually made to any of the players. Dikta disputes the figure, saying the Trust actually gave out $159,000.
The Fund itself netted only $315,000 after expenses. Where did it all go? According to records, most of the remaining $715,000 was spent on three charity golf tournaments, including payments of $280,000 to a firm that organized the events, and $65,000 to ex-stars who showed up at the fairway.
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Ditka declared that the remaining Hall of Fame Trust money would be distributed between Misericordia, a residential facility for developmentally disabled youth, and the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund, another charity for former NFLers.
