The New York Times recently reported that the NY Mets were interested in possibly bringing another MLS team to New York. (Login Required Link) In addition to the New York, Oakland A’s owners Lew Wolff and John Fisher purchased an option last year to bring a new team back to San Jose. (Link) Currently the MLS contracts their team and League Web Sites to Major League Baseball’s Advanced Media.
Nelly Furtado sported a DC United jersey at a Friday night show in Washington.
Image via Information Leafblower (Link)
From the Lexington Herald Leader (Link)
The flying Chinese horse statue next to Chase Bank on East Main Street is no longer flying.
Yesterday, the rear leg on which the horse was balanced cracked, causing the statue to tip forward as if it is leaping off the pedestal.
Metal fatigue caused the 3-ton bronze horse to shift. In equine terms, “a stress fracture,” said Brad Connell, of Tuska Studio, a fine art foundry.
This was always one of my favorite episodes of the Simpsons. Hard to believe it has been 15 years.
Here was the Starting line-up on Monty Burns’ Team
1 Steve Sax 2B
2 Wade Boggs 3B
3 Darryl Strawberry RF
4 Jose Canseco LF
5 Don Mattingly 1B
6 Ken Griffey, Jr. CF
7 Mike Scioscia C
8 Ozzie Smith SS
9 Roger Clemens P
Read the Sports Illustrated article about the episode after the jump. (more…)
It’s not exactly Dewey over Truman, but this was a bad mistake.
Huntington High start is heading to the S.E.C.
Story by Steve McGehee Email | BioHUNTINGTON — Patrick Patterson said he will attend the University of Florida.
Patterson made his decision in front T.V. cameras, family and friends Wednesday afternoon at Huntington High School. Patterson picked the Gators over Kentucky and Duke.
He averaged 17 points and 12 rebounds a game during his senior season, which was capped off with a third consecutive AAA State.
Patterson was one of the few top-rated high school players left to announce his decision. Patterson is the sixth player off the Highlanders team this year to move onto the college basketball ranks.
O.J. Mayo committed to USC back in the fall, Chris Early picked Oklahoma and Jamal Williams landed a scholarship with the University of Charleston.
Michael Taylor will play at West Virginia State University and Bruce Senior plans to walk on at Marshall.
Copyright 2007 West Virginia Media. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Link to the corrected story (WOWK TV)
This site has a cool comparison of the two goals.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1r5c9_comparativa-gol-de-messi-y-maradona
We at Allenby For Heisman! have always been fond of Tom Petty. He’s a fellow Southerner. He has that quote about college that’s on every other person’s Facebook page. He inspired a young A4H! to contemplate learning to play the guitar so we could play “Free Fallin’”. And, most important, he’s a bona fide rock ‘n’ roller.
And since a young A4H! sought to emulate his coolness and hipness, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits got A LOT of play on mini-A4H!’s CD player. That disc’s opening track, as twenty-somethings across the country are well aware, is “American Girl,” a song that is not about a University of Florida student’s suicide. That disc’s ninth track is “The Waiting,” a song that definitely is not about Guillermo Barros Schelotto and whether he’ll in fact sign with Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew.
But it could have been. At least until a few hours ago. Since Sunday’s Boca Juniors/River Plate match the Interwebs have been chock full of speculation about GBS’ future. Would he in fact sign with the Crew? Would he come to the US but play for a different club? Would he stay with Boca Juniors? Would he retire?
Thankfully, Columbus Crew General Manager Mark McCullers killed the waiting, confirming in the Columbus Dispatch that GBS is in fact under contract with the Crew:
“We do have him under contract,” McCullers said. “We don’t have his international transfer clearance or a loan agreement from (Boca Juniors), but I have no reason to believe those are not forthcoming.”
Schelotto, 33, must also obtain a work permit, but McCullers said that formality should take no more than a few days. Schelotto is a 10-year veteran and most popular player of Boca, Argentina’s most popular club. He is arguably the Crew’s most significant international signing in the club’s 12-year history.
The article also states that GBS is expected to arrive in Columbus on Monday and could make his Crew debut as soon as Tuesday’s U.S. Open Cup match against the Los Angeles Galaxy. It also notes that GBS was not signed under MLS’ designated player rule, which means the Crew still have room to sign another ‘name’ player.
As we’ve noted, A4H! is thrilled with this signing, and we expect GBS to make a significant impact in Columbus and in MLS. Well done Crew management!
Crew signs Argentine star to 2-year deal [Columbus Dispatch]
Today’s other talking points:
–As Loge Level’s editor noted earlier today, Juan Pablo Angel’s move from Aston Villa to the New York Red Bulls is official. A4H! doesn’t have any analysis about this move, we just want to say that we like Juan Pablo, and we always will.
We were in London for the holidays in 2005/6, and we took in several football matches, one of which was Fulham vs. Aston Villa at Craven Cottage. The match ended in a 3-3 draw. A4H! favorite Brian McBride bagged a brace while Fulham’s other goal came on a questionable penalty. We don’t remember much else, except that the cheap beer Loge Level’s editor drank was terrible, that it was very cold, and that Juan Pablo’s number one fan was in attendance.
Early in the second half, Juan Pablo got off the Villa bench and began warming up. He was trotting up and down the touchline, right in front of us, doing the odd things that footballers do as they’re warming up (you know, swinging their arms in all directions, jerking their legs this way and that). Each time he jogged from the halfway line toward our section, a gentleman sitting a few rows behind us would rise and bellow “JUAN PABLO! JUAN PABLO! JUAN PABLO!” But without fail, Juan Pablo would reach the goal line and jog back toward midfield without aknowledging the cries.
His number one fan, however, was undeterred. The gentleman continued to shout “JUAN PABLO! JUAN PABLO! JUAN PABLO!” each time the striker came our way. Finally, Juan Pablo broke his jog and gazed into our stand to see what the hollering was all about. “COLOMBIA!” screamed the number one fan. Juan Pablo responded with a thumbs up and resumed his jog. The fan, presumably content at alerting Juan Pablo to the fact that the Villa man was not the only Colombian at Craven Cottage that night, took his seat.
And that’s why A4H! likes Juan Pablo.
Red Bulls call on striker Angel [MLSnet.com]
–Today Deadspin featured a piece on the alleged potency of the draft beer sold at the Saddledome, home of the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames. The brew is said to pack a punch and leave imbibers with a so-called ‘heroin beer hangover.’ A4H! can’t comment on the power of the Northern nectar as we’ve never been to the Saddledome, or Calgary, or even Windsor, for that matter.
But having lived in the Athens of the West for the last eight years, A4H! has had the pleasure of visiting Keeneland Race Course every April and October, and we can say with certainty that a similar phenomenon occurs here in the Bluegrass: Keeneland crack beer.
Ask any twenty-something milling about in Keeneland’s paddock on raceday, and they’ll tell you there’s something special about the draft beer. Get three in you and you’re purchasing the Daily Racing Form and putting money on simulcast races at three different tracks – and you don’t even know what an exacta is, you just came to tailgate and look at the girls. If you’re on number six, half of it’s on your shirt, you’ve lost your phone, and you have no ride home because your girlfriend just left you after she caught you gawking at said girls. And if you drove yourself, you don’t have to worry about a DUI, because you’ll never find your car in your state, anyway.
And let us add that this is in no way a gender-specific phenomenon. Any woman in the paddock with a cup in hand can testify to the magic.
Beer That Makes You SKINNY! [Deadspin.com]
That’s it for now. Onward and upward!
Another athlete selling watches.
Las Vegas, NV- February 18, 2007 – RAYMOND WEIL GENEVA today announced it was partnering with two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Steve Nash and The Steve Nash Foundation to help market its second national advertising campaign for RW Sport, the watchmaker’s first venture in performance sport timepieces. http://www.raymondweil-usa.com/
Related Posts: Watch Advertisements (1/2/2007)
The accolades keep coming for former United States International Brian McBride. Last weekend football365.com rated him Fulham’s player of the season thus far and this week Chris Coleman claims he is one of the top Premiership transfer ever.
“If you look at it pound for pound, you can’t buy anyone who attacks the ball like he does and score goals like he does. For the amount of money we spent and the service he has given us, it has got to be the best £700,000 that anyone has ever spent.” (Link)
Earlier on LogeLevel: An appreciation for Brian McBride (12/4/2006)
Deadspin has link up today, about William Perry who is working as a camouflage clothing pitchman (Big Camo Link). However, there is no link to his other job, promoting Big Ass Fans, here in Lexington.
For more info on the company, here is a link to a Kentucky Kernel story, on the company and the controversy its name, along with the billboard below created.
It’s not quite “The Last Boy Scout,” but it’s still a bizarre story.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. A man who was cleaning his .45-caliber handgun and watching the Saints-Bears playoff game accidentally shot himself in the hand while celebrating a Reggie Bush touchdown. (Link)
A few random items relating to previous posts.
-It looks like A4H’s dream is about to come true. Today David Beckham announced he is coming to the US. (Fox Soccer)
-The NBA is reporting that the new Kobe Bryant jersey is once again its best seller. It might be a good time to unleash the 24/8 concept.
-The Murphy 2007 movement came up short. It’s not looking good for Murphy at the moment as he received only 9% of the votes this year. However even if Dale never makes it to the Hall I will always remember him fondly because of this cool poster I had when I was a kid.
While athletes have often endorsed products a trend I’ve noticed in magazines lately is an increasing number of watch advertisements. It seams in the past couple of months that every issue of Sports Illustrated has contained at least one watch ad. What is also surprising is the wide variety of athletes they have endorsing the products. For instance there is a golfer (Tiger), a skater (Cohen), a tennis player (Sharapova), a baseball player (Jeter), a football player (Brady) and two race car drivers (Michael Waltrip and Jeff Gordon). In addition to the athletes I think that the Raymond Weil ad might be the first to use ESPN Sports Center anchors to endorse non-ESPN branded products. The ad (shown above) stars Dan Patrick, Steve Levy and Trey Wingo.
I’ve compiled a gallery of advertisements after the jump.
As both TO and Jose apologize on the same day.
From SI.com
Owens, who was fined $35,000 by the NFL, kept trying to contact Hall, the Falcons’ star cornerback. Former Atlanta and Dallas player Deion Sanders finally convinced Hall to take a three-way telephone call on Monday.
Hall said Wednesday that the feud is over.
“We had a pretty good conversation,” Hall said. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s over. We got it all out, cleared it all out. It’s over.” (Link)
From the Guardian
During his two years in English football, sorry has usually been the hardest word for Jose Mourinho. Today, however, the Chelsea manager issued an unprecedented apology for insinuating that Andy Johnson was a diver following their 3-2 win against Everton on Sunday. (Link)
One has to wonder if George Karl will contact Isiah Thomas tonight as well.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has the story of a trainer who after being head-butted by a horse notices his once lost vision has been restored. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Recently, Karkos was fiercely head-butted by a 4-year-old pacer named My Buddy Chimo while he was getting the horse ready to be jogged by trainer John Gilmour.
The force of the blow sent Karkos backward into the stall wall and left him woozy. He told people he had never been struck with such force - except for that explosion while in the Navy.
Later that day, while rubbing his left eye, Karkos realized he had regained some of his vision in his right eye.