Archive | February, 2010

New Orleans Saints Celebrate in Mardi Gras-Style

Saints Parade

NEW ORLEANS – Who Dat Nation celebrated in with their Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints in Mardi Gras-style during a victory parade on Tuesday where an estimated 800,000 lined the streets cheering as carnival floats carrying players, coaches and team owner Tom Benson cruised through the downtown area.

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NHL Top 10 Hits (video)

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Normally in sports, ‘Crunch Time’ refers to the final moments in a game when teams need to step up. In the NHL, there’s another meaning to the phrase. Here’s a look at the NHL Top Hits of recent games.

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The Who at the Super Bowl – Review

 (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

If you didn’t like the Who’s performance at half-time, take heart – they reportedly didn’t get a fee to show up and entertain us. The NFL has a history of not paying its half-time acts but provides all expenses for travel, lodging and meals for the act plus entourage, crew and family members.

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Who Dat? They aint the ‘Aints!

Brees & Peyton

MIAMI, Fla. – The New Orleans Saints aint the Aints anymore, they are the Super Bowl champions after matching the largest comeback in Super Bowl history and defeating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17.

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Warren Sapp Charged After Domestic Dispute

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer star Warren Sapp was busted in Miami Beach and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery after police responded to an incident at the Shores Club Hotel.

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Teflon Don is the Matt Millen of the NHL

(AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Now that Ilya Kovalchuk is donning a New Jersey Devil sweater and ‘goaltender of the future’ Kari Lehtonen has traded in his Thrashers blue for a Dallas star, it may be time to switch our speculation from ‘what team will win the Kovalchuk sweepstakes’ to ‘what city will the Thrashers be moving to’.

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Statement from Don Waddell Regarding Ilya Kovalchuk

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ATLANTA – Atlanta Thrashers GM Don Waddell just released a statement concerning the team’s negotiations with Ilya Kovalchuk and his agent.

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Rex Ryan Fined $50,000 for Flipping Finger

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NEW YORK – The New York Jets fined their coach Rex Ryan $50,000 for making the obscene gesture that involves the middle finger while at a martial arts fight in South Florida over the weekend.

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Buzz Surrounds Dawson Going to HOF as an Expo

Andre Dawson

CHICAGO – Last week Andre Dawson found out, as the rest of us did, that he will not be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer wearing a Cubs cap – he will be enshrined as an Expo. Dawson was disappointed and expressed his feelings during an interview on ESPN 1000 in Chicago, saying he expected the HOF to confer with him more before making that decision.

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Michael Vick says if not Caught He’d Likely Still be Dogfighting

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Michael Vick would still be engaged in dog fighting had he not been caught and prosecuted. He admitted that Monday morning on the Dan Patrick radio program in an interview during which he touched on his year as a Philadelphia Eagle as well as his time in prison.

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