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This week in sports blogs and news:

• Vince Young suing to get his name back - The Big Lead
• Athletic brothers and their notable accomplishments - The Sports Hernia
  
• Former NFL prospect: Iowa State’s Stevie Hicks jumps to death - Omaha World Herald
• Ole Miss basketball coach, Andy Kennedy, charged with assault - Local 12
• Terrell Owens says being a villain has cost him endorsement money - Larry Brown Sports
• London Fletcher voices his displeasure with not being named to Pro Bowl - Deadspin

This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:

• “Fuzzzzy” 
• It’s All in the Name: Greg White to Now be Called Stylez
• Lets Play, “Name that Crazy, Olympic Champion?”
• Caught on Tape: Padres’ Brian Giles Slaps Girlfriend

This week in sports blogs and news:

• Jonathan Papelbon does Dirty Dancing Musical - Larry Brown Sports
• Jay Mariotti to go back to the Chicago Tribune? - Chi-Ball
• Top 7: Modern-Day Franchise Players - Joe Sports Fan
• T.O. Says Donovan Resented Him…And Let the Drama Continue - Sports by Brooks
• Tony Kornheiser has a stalker? HAHA! - The Big Lead
• Drunk Russian High Jumper to be Suspended - Deadspin

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This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:

• “Anyone notice my girlfriend looks like my daughter?”
• Even A-Rod Says the Yankees Are Finished
• Who is New England’s Matt Cassel? Wake Up Matt!!
• Vince Young’s Mommy Says He’s Hurting Inside
• Hey Fans! Give Anna Rawson’s Cell a Call, (213) 785-7675

If you’ve been paying attention the past 72 hours to all the Vince Young drama and hoopla, then you know it’s been quite the circus.

First there was him crying on the sidelines, refusing to go back into Sunday’s game after his second interception and then there was Monday night where he “disappeared” for a few hours, only to find out he was at a friend’s house.

I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, and Monday’s episode could have been a misunderstanding. Maybe he wasn’t going to do anything with the gun he had in his glove box. He was really at a friend’s house chillin’ and watching a game.

But Vince Young’s mommy wants you to know something. Her baby is hurting. Inside and out. He has feelings and well, when you boo little Vincy, Vincy gets hurt and Vincy doesn’t want to play anymore.

Right now according to Young’s mother, Vince needs to do whatever it is that is going to make him happy. And apparently earning millions in the NFL and being the face of a franchise doesn’t make him happy. Why? Because he can’t take the criticism. There is rumors again swirling around Young about retiring.

I don’t know what the fans could be doing to Young to make him feel this unhappy. Or even the critics. I think Young has about 13 million reasons to just suck it up and not let the boos get to him. It’s the NFL. It comes with the territory.

And if that isn’t enough to cheer him up, maybe another shirtless night on the town with 5 of his closest guy friends will make him smile.

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This week in sports blogs and news:

• Michael Phelps is very hands-on - Deadspin
• Vince Young Would Like You to Taste His Sausage - SportsByBrooks
• Jered Weaver is a pansy. Cuts hand on bench, will miss start - Larry Brown Sports
• Doc and Darryl intrigued by Yankees baseball again. But why? - The Sports Hernia
• Cousin’s book rips Stephon Marbury - Daily News
• Why Won’t Paulo Filho Fight Anderson Silva? - MMANews

This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:

•  “Something stinks”
• Sarah Palin Video: The Early Sportscasting Years
• Floyd Mayweather has $7 Million of Jewelry Stolen
• The Seattle Supersonics are Now the Oklahoma City Thunder

This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Chris Cooley blogs about his future wife, needs no marriage advice - Shutdown Corner
• Derek Jeter is seen around with another Maxim Hottie: Friday Night Lights’ Minka Kelly - Sports By Brooks
• Top 7 - 2008 MLB Comeback Stories - Joe Sports Fan
• Vince Young apologizes for shirtless photos. He’s still questionable to us - The Big Lead
• Hayden Panettiere shows her love for the Stanley Cup - on 20th magazine
• Agent drops O.J. Mayo - SI
• Catch up on your Yankees news for the week - Yankees Chick
• Did Tom Brady get Leo DiCaprio ousted from his courtside seats? - Larry Brown Sports

And in the Smarter Sports Blog we talked about:

• Funny Soccer Video: Goalie Has a Unique Save
• “O’Doyle Rules!”
• Boston Red Sox Pitcher Jon Lester Throws a No-Hitter
• Funny Video: A Tribute Video to Blue from Old School

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This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Vince Young parties only one way: Topless and surrounded by dudes - Blogxilla.com
• Top 7: Cards/Cubs Crossovers - Joe Sports Fan
• Charles Barkley owes $400 thousand to Vegas Casino - Fox Sports
• Is Dwayne Wade turning into Britney Spears - Deuce of Davenport
• Lance Briggs is the New Shawn Kemp - Deadspin
• Mike Tyson to fight Kimbo Slice - Sports by Brooks
• Memorable Moments: When Mom is in Attendance - The Sports Hernia
  
• Ken Griffey Jr. repays $1500 debt…in pennies - Larry Brown Sports

And in the Smarter Sports Blog we talked about:

• “I have this weird feeling I’m being watched”
• Kim Kardashian’s Calendar to Reggie Bush Hits the Net
• Basketball Video: Don’t Mess with Lebron James’ Mom
• Funny Soccer Video: Soccer Bloopers
• Funny Video: When Fun on a Pogo Stick Goes Bad
  

I’m not one to say this, but “I told you so!”

The Madden Curse is real, as this year’s cover boy Vince Young was helped off the field after suffering a quadriceps injury yesterday in the Titans’ loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

I’m sure Young will make it back sometime this season, maybe even next week. But if history has anything to say about it, he won’t be the same and won’t nearly be as explosive.

Watch and see.

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I remember one Sunday afternoon back in 1994 when Deion Sanders and Andre Rison got into a nice little slap fight on the gridiron, exchanging blows to each other helmets.

Now, I wonder if these athletes know that the only thing getting hurt while exchanging punches is their hands. Here’s a hint, the helmets are protect the head from vicious hits. Like 300-pound linemen, tackles, PUNCHES TO THE HEAD. Hint, hint.

Well, yesterday Tennessee Titans franchise quarterback, and Madden 08 cover boy, decided to get into a little altercation when he threw a punch at teammate Donnie Nickey. The safety had just taken down receiver Courtney Robie in what looked like a clothesline/choke hold to the ground. Young erupted and ran over to Nickey, throwing a punch, WITH HIS THROWING HAND, that luckily glanced off Nickey’s helmet.

Controversy at training camp? Nope.

In a touching interview that I saw on Sportscenter last night, Head Coach Jeff Fisher, acting as the playground supervisor, ensured everything was OK, as Young and Nickey had kissed and made up.

Oh, I love happy endings.

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