Sports Blog

This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Marty Brennaman doesn’t really like Cubs Fans - Sports by Brooks
• Steve McNair Calls it Quits After 13 Seasons - Fox Sports
• Rockies win 22-inning marathon against Padres - Fox Sports
• Spend $76 and watch Joe Buck host a spelling bee! YAY! - Deadspin
• Michael Westbrook can now beat people up for fun. With Jujitsu - Deuce of Davenport
• Top 7 - Worst Baseball Contracts Ever - Joe Sports Fan
• LaTroy Hawkins switches to Clemens’ old number. Fans appreciate him more - The Sports Hernia
• Baseball players are meant to be fat - Larry Brown Sports

And in the Smarter Sports Blog we talked about:

• “If this is our only hope, I’ll take my chances with the asteroid”
  
• Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen engaged
• Kobe’s Car Jump - Take One
• Senators Try to Pump Up the Crowd. Could Use Better Mics
• Trick Shots Video Reminds Me of Old MJ Commercials

I don’t know if it was the mic that kept going out or the one-size too big helmet this guy was sporting that made this video cheesy. Either way, this lame attempt at a 300 inspired rally brightened up my day.

You’d think that the Ottawa Senators could have thought of a little better way to pump up the crowd. The guy seemed like a bad version of the Ultimate Warrior.

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Source: GoingFiveHole.com

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“I don’t feel I have a concussion problem. I have a problem with people giving me traumatic blows to the head.”

- Dean McAmmond, Ottawa Senators forward after suffering his second concussion in four months during an exhibition game.

Source: Sports Illustrated, October.
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