A jem from Late Show with David Letterman

I don't know why Richard Simmons agrees to go on Dave's show.

Things go from bad to worse in Oakland

The Raiders demoted offensive coordinator Tom Walsh today in favor of tight ends coach John Shoop. All of us Bears fans can vividly remember Shoop's body of work while in Chicago from 2001-2003. If you don't remember, this site should help refresh your memory.

Next member of the Cubs?

This article (last paragraph) from the San Fransisco Chronicle states that according to one source, the Cubs have offered Jason Schmidt a three-year deal worth $44 mil. I'm not really that excited if it is true. How many more injury-prone pitchers do the Cubs need?

Cowboys release Vandershank

The Cowboys dropped Mike Vanderjagt like a bad habit today. I guess the Big Tuna wasn't impressed with Vanderjagt's 72% success rate this year. The Cowboys signed Automatica Gramatica to take Vanderjagt's place.

Boilers headed to Florida for bowl game

Purdue accepted an invitation to the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, FL on Dec. 29. They will be playing an undetermined team from the ACC.

I wish I had a PS3...

...so I could trade it for $12,500 worth of Taco Bell food.

NWMS 8th grade coach picks up 300th victory

The dean of 8th grade boys' basketball picked up his 300th career win tonight against Warsaw, 35-30. Dad has been coaching for 28 years and has coached many great players such as Dave and Amish Thunder.

Boilers ruin IU's bowl plans

Purdue denied IU a bowl bid by defeating the Hoosiers 28-19 yesterday at Ross Ade. Purdue is now 9-1 vs. Indiana during the Joe Tiller era, and 54-25-3 in Old Oaken Bucket games (beginning in 1925).

Cubs reportedly sign Soriano

ESPN is reporting that the Cubs have
signed Alfonso Soriano to a 8-year deal worth $136M.

Cubs make a deal with the devil

Jim Hendry struck a deal with Kenny Williams of the White Sox today sending David Aardsma and minor-leaguer Carlos Vasquez to the south side for left-handed reliever Neal Cotts.

The last time the Cubbies made a deal with the Sox it didn't work out so well for the north siders. The Cubs dealt Jon Garland for reliever Matt Karchner in 1998. Hopefully this one works out better.

Off with her gall bladder

My lovely wife is having her gall bladder removed next Friday. It is an outpatient procedure so she'll be home the same day.

O.J. hits a new all-time low

UPDATE: The book and TV interview have been scrapped.

Looks like O.J. Simpson is going to put out a book that will hypothetically detail how he could've killed his ex-wife and Ron Goldman. I'm interested to hear how his hypothetical scenario differs from the actual way in which he murdered them.

Cubs add free agent infielder

The Cubs signed Mark DeRosa to a three-year deal worth $13 mil. DeRosa, who played six positions for the Rangers last season, is expected to be the Cubs' regular second baseman. DeRosa, 31, hit a career-high .296 with 13 home runs and 74 RBI in Texas last season, his second with the Rangers. In nine seasons, DeRosa has a .273 average with 38 homers and 193 RBI. DeRosa wasn't one of the guys I was thinking of when the Cubs said they were going to go out and spend alot of money on free agents. Maybe that means that Ronny Cedeno is on his way out of town via a trade.

Boilers start the season with a win

The Purdue Men's basketball team won the first game of the season over Northern Colorado tonight, 90-58. Carl Landry lead the Boilers with 18 points.

Diet Coke + Mentos = Hilarity

Cubs ink Ramirez and Wood to new contracts

The Cubs signed Aramis Ramirez to a five-year deal and Kerry Wood to a one-year deal today.

Boilers are bowl eligible

The Boilermakers became bowl eligible with a victory over Illinois today, 42-31. Purdue held the Fighting Illini to only 95 yards passing today and forced five turnovers. The Boilers face IU next Saturday in West Lafayette.

Sosa claims steroids had nothing to do with success

Looks like Sammy is trying to clear his name now that he is thinking about a return to baseball in 2007.

Motivation

Will professional sports players ever learn that it is not a good idea to trash talk opponents right before you play them? It rarely works out well for the one doing the talking. Giants WR Plexiglass Burress decided to let the world know his true feelings about the Bears secondary. Hopefully the Bears defensive backs respond like Urlacher did when a SI poll named him one of the most overrated players in the NFL.

The Bears got pwned (for real this time)

The Bears chance for a perfect season was ruined by the Dolphins today just like back in 1985. Let's hope that history repeats itself and the Bears go on to win the Super Bowl like the '85 team did. Grossman was the worst offender today with three interceptions. To make matters worse, Urlacher left the game in the forth quarter with a foot injury.

Fifth-year kicker wins the game for Purdue

Casey Welch was called upon by Joe Tiller to kick a 18-yard field goal with 4:49 remaining in yesterday's game against Michigan State. Welch responded by making his first field goal since his high school days, giving the Boilers a 17-15 victory over the Spartans. The Boilers are now 6-4 and need one more win to become bowl eligible.

Joe Pa taking some abuse

UPDATE: Paterno suffered a broken tibia and ligament damage.

The ESPN story is reporting that one of Paterno's own players ran into him, but it looks like the Wisconsin player's helmet is what did the damage.



Here's another one just for fun.

Worst.Movie.Ever.

It looks like the book "3 Nights in August" is going to make it to the silver screen. This is the book about Tony La Russa and the Cardinals during a three-game series against the Cubs in August of 2003. The worst part is that the Cubs lost two of the three games to the Cards in that series. What won't be mentioned in the movie is that the Cubs turned around and beat the Cards four out of five games the very next week. Those four wins catapulted the Cubs to the post-season and essentially ended the Cards season. I urge all readers of this blog to avoid this abomination when it hits theaters.

Classy

Rapper Kanye West crashed the stage at the MTV Europe Music Awards during the presentation for Best Video. Kanye was upset that his video didn't win causing him let loose a profanity-laden tirade. He said his video "Touch the Sky" should have won because it "cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it. I was jumping across canyons." If Kanye wanted to win the Best Video award at the European Music Awards, he should have had David Hasselhoff in the video instead of Pam Anderson. Everyone knows that Germans love Hasselhoff.

What a bunch of nancy boys

The police chief in Winter Haven, FL was asked to resign because of a memo he sent around suggesting that the overweight officers lose some weight. In the memo he referred to the overweight cops as "jelly bellies", but he didn't single any officers out. I think the next police chief should order some skirts for the officers because I think they would be more comfortable in that type of apparel.