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Len's Top 5
Happy Tuesday everyone, here's my Top 5 for August 4, 2009 from Len Berman Sports.
1. Quick Hits
A grand jury indicts former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress on weapons charges. If convicted he faces 3 1/2 to 15 years.
Teammate Antonio Pierce who handled the gun after the shooting, skates.
"Breaking" news. Did Tiger Woods fart at the Buick Open? Somebody did when Tiger was on camera. The world heard it loud and clear. Amateur sleuths claim it wasn't Tiger.
2. Full Disclosure
The New York Daily News says it's possible that David Ortiz of the Red Sox didn't test positive for injectable steroids in 2003. They report that perhaps 8 of the 104 players who flunked the infamous steroid test might have been taking legal supplements at the time. Supplements that contained steroids. (Of course any of these players could have injecting at any time before or after, we'll never know.) All the more reason to make the whole list public and let the chips fall where they may. We can all believe what we want to believe and get on with the pennant races.
3. Sam the Man
Former Bengals Coach Sam Wyche is considering a run for Congress from South Carolina. When I was broadcasting NFL games, I loved Sam. Before the game he would tell us his first series of plays. We then sounded like football geniuses up in the booth. "Hey Reggie, if I were the defense I'd be looking for a screen pass." Of course after the first series, we went back to sounding like bumbling idiots. I don't live in his district, but when it comes to straight talk and a good sense of humor, Sam gets my vote.
4. Let's Get Ready to......Operate
On August 14th 44-year old British boxer Rob Newbiggin will fight for the last time. His last time as Rob. He hopes his next fight will be as Mercedes after a sex change operation. He says he's lost all his friends after the news became public, but he hopes to be a better mother to his children than he's been as a father. And he/she has no plans to leave his/her wife.
5. Math Whiz
Making the rounds on twitter "after acquiring Casey Kotchman the Red Sox have twice as many Jewish players (2) as black (0)." Coupla problems. Kotchman isn't Jewish, and two times zero is zero. So the correct twitter would be: "With Kevin Youkilis on the roster, the Red Sox have one more Jewish player than black."
Aren't you glad I cleared that up?
Happy Birthday: Former pitcher Roger (I didn't do it) Clemens. 47.
Bonus Birthday: The Prez. Barack Obama. 48. (That's what it says on his real birth certificate.)
Today in Sports: Dave Winfield of the Yankees throws a ball in Toronto and kills a seagull. He's charged with cruelty to animals.(Charges were dropped the next day.) Manager Billy Martin says "it's the first time he's hit the cutoff man all season." 1983.
Bonus Event: In Fall River Massachusetts, Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. (She was later acquitted.) 1892.
Happy Tuesday everyone, here's my Top 5 for August 4, 2009 from Len Berman Sports.
1. Quick Hits
A grand jury indicts former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress on weapons charges. If convicted he faces 3 1/2 to 15 years.
Teammate Antonio Pierce who handled the gun after the shooting, skates.
"Breaking" news. Did Tiger Woods fart at the Buick Open? Somebody did when Tiger was on camera. The world heard it loud and clear. Amateur sleuths claim it wasn't Tiger.
2. Full Disclosure
The New York Daily News says it's possible that David Ortiz of the Red Sox didn't test positive for injectable steroids in 2003. They report that perhaps 8 of the 104 players who flunked the infamous steroid test might have been taking legal supplements at the time. Supplements that contained steroids. (Of course any of these players could have injecting at any time before or after, we'll never know.) All the more reason to make the whole list public and let the chips fall where they may. We can all believe what we want to believe and get on with the pennant races.
3. Sam the Man
Former Bengals Coach Sam Wyche is considering a run for Congress from South Carolina. When I was broadcasting NFL games, I loved Sam. Before the game he would tell us his first series of plays. We then sounded like football geniuses up in the booth. "Hey Reggie, if I were the defense I'd be looking for a screen pass." Of course after the first series, we went back to sounding like bumbling idiots. I don't live in his district, but when it comes to straight talk and a good sense of humor, Sam gets my vote.
4. Let's Get Ready to......Operate
On August 14th 44-year old British boxer Rob Newbiggin will fight for the last time. His last time as Rob. He hopes his next fight will be as Mercedes after a sex change operation. He says he's lost all his friends after the news became public, but he hopes to be a better mother to his children than he's been as a father. And he/she has no plans to leave his/her wife.
5. Math Whiz
Making the rounds on twitter "after acquiring Casey Kotchman the Red Sox have twice as many Jewish players (2) as black (0)." Coupla problems. Kotchman isn't Jewish, and two times zero is zero. So the correct twitter would be: "With Kevin Youkilis on the roster, the Red Sox have one more Jewish player than black."
Aren't you glad I cleared that up?
Happy Birthday: Former pitcher Roger (I didn't do it) Clemens. 47.
Bonus Birthday: The Prez. Barack Obama. 48. (That's what it says on his real birth certificate.)
Today in Sports: Dave Winfield of the Yankees throws a ball in Toronto and kills a seagull. He's charged with cruelty to animals.(Charges were dropped the next day.) Manager Billy Martin says "it's the first time he's hit the cutoff man all season." 1983.
Bonus Event: In Fall River Massachusetts, Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. (She was later acquitted.) 1892.
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