Tiger and "The Rocket", Nickelback Buddies

Yesterday, I heard a story from someone who had attended the Nickelback concert in Orlando, FL on Monday night, and couldn't believe what I was hearing. By "heard a story", I mean it was on the radio, but the guy seemed to know what he was talking about.

Apparently, both Tiger Woods and Roger "The Rocket" Clemens were in attendance backstage at the concert. At one point, the lead singer of Nickelback told the audience that there were some famous people in the house, and that he wanted them to come out on stage and shoot off some air cannons. First, he tells the crowd that Clemens is there, they go wild and "The Rocket" walks out on stage. Then he tells the crowd that Tiger is there, and they go even wilder, though it appeared that a lot of them didn't believe he was there. Well, Tiger walks out on stage, and I guess he too helps fire off the air cannons. I'm still trying to track down footage of this occurence, and if you have any of it please let know so I can post it up.

I can only imagine what it must have looked like seeing Roger Clemens and Tiger Woods, onstage at a Nickelback concert, shooting off air cannons.

Prince's Super Bowl Halftime Show Turns Kids Gay

The Smoking Gun has gotten ahold of some of the complaints that were received by the FCC concerning this year's Super Bowl broadcast. Most of the letters and e-mails voiced displeasure with seeing two men kiss while eating a Snickers bar, and watching Prince hold his "phallic guitar" in a suggestive manner.

A few of the letters seem so over the top though, that they have to be fake(right?). Here are a few of my favorite excerpts:

"CBS Sports knew, that when the former penist named Prince brought out that guitar it wasn't going to be good."

"During Prince's rendition of Purple Rain, which I think is a really great song, there seemed to be a shadow puppet of his(penis). The sheet? That was the backdrop seemed to be(stained?) with something(semen?) My children were watching and now I have to explain to them what a wetspot is on a cum covered sheet. Thanks CBS."

"How can you show Prince at the half time show doing what we did??? How could that not be censored??? Tell me it was not meant to be what was depicted! A cloth with him silhoutted behind it with a guitar that very much looked like an enlarged engorged penis! and him stoking it!!!"

And my personal favorite:

"It was obscene to show Prince, a HOMOSEXUAL person through a sheet, as to show his silhuette while his guitar showed a very public symbol coming from his below-midriff section. I am very offended and I would preffer not to have showed it to my 4 children who love football. One of them has hoped to be a quarterback and now he will turn out gay. I am actually considering to check him for HIV. Thanks CBS for turning my son GAY."

Hmmm, a gay quarterback you say? Jeff Garcia(allegedly) can't be happy about that type of competition. And HIV? It's not like the kid was attending a Tommy Morrison boxing camp.

The Sklar Brothers Return! Sort Of...

About two months ago, ESPN announced that they would no longer be creating and airing original programming on ESPN Classic. With that announcement came the demise of one of ESPN Classic's best shows, "Cheap Seats". For those of you that never had a chance to watch the show, it was two brothers, Randy and Jason Sklar, making fun of network sports clips, oftentimes in a Mystery Science Theater 3000-esque way.

Eventhough their show was canceled, there's another way to get your Sklar fix. Head to the movie theater and check out the new "Wild Hogs" film. I had no idea the Sklar brothers would be making an appearance, but they're listed as playing the characters Earl and Buck Dooble and appear to be some type of law enforcement officers. Here's one of their scenes from the movie:

Signature Pharmacy Steroid Probe Goes Deeper

Yesterday, federal officials raided a pharmacy in Orlando, FL in connection with an investigation into the illegal distribution of steroids.

The first professional athlete tied to the investigation was Gary Matthews Jr., outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels. Since then, more ties to athletes have surfaced.

*Richard A. Rydze, a physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers, purchased roughly $150,000 worth of steroids and HGH in 2006. Currently, there are no allegations that he broke any laws, and he's claiming that he bought them for his private patients.

*Allegedly, authorities have a Philadelphia Eagles player on tape entering the facility while they were conducting surveillance.

Also, one of the founders, Naomi Loomis, "attended The Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy and graduated with honors in 1995". Officials involved with the case have stated that college athletes were involved with Signature Pharmacy, though no OSU players have been mentioned at this point.

Stay tuned because I have a feeling that more and more athletes are going to be named in the coming weeks.

Latest Internet Steroid Purchasing Investigation Could Expose Athletes

Signature Pharmacy in downtown Orlando, FL was raided today as part of an investigation into the sale of illegal pharmaceuticals being sold over the internet(see Mr. Gore, it's not all good). Illegal purchases of pharmaceuticals over the internet are nothing new, but according to authorities this investigation could potentially expose a number of athletes.

"The Times Union reported that investigators in the year-old case uncovered evidence that testosterone and other performance-enhancing drugs may have been fraudulently prescribed over the Internet to current and former major league baseball and NFL players, college athletes, high school coaches, a former Mr. Olympia champion and another top contender in the bodybuilding competition."

Pretty soon Chris Hansen will be hosting a new Dateline special, "To Catch A Juicer".

PacMan Gets Chomped Again

Just when you thought the dollar bills had cleared from the "makin' it rain" debacle in Las Vegas, word out of Nashville is that a very famous drug dealer has been recorded having detailed conversations regarding PacMan Jones. You might remember the drug dealer, a Mr. Darryl Moore. He was the one who had "his" special PacMan edition Cadillac XLR seized by the police, and then auctioned by the City of Nashville.

Here are some of the excerpts that Channel 5 in Nashville, TN has released:

"You know, I was talkin' to him the other day about smokin', and he was like man, if I didn't smoke I couldn't take all the stress that I'm dealing with right now,'" Moore said.

"He gotta concentrate on season...that ******* drug test coming up," he said. "We telling him he needed 33 days before he took his ******* test; dry-out, and he didn't...that's let me know right there that he ain't taking his ****** job serious."

"We gotta slow down, man. We gotta get him focused on football, man. He's focused on too much other s****," Moore said.

He even had nice things to say about Titans headcoach, Jeff Fisher:

"Fisher's being as patient as a m*****f***** as he can. Fisher gotta win. Fisher trying to win...He ain't putting up with that s***," Moore said.

Seriously, when a drug dealer is talking about how you need to slow, then you probably ought to slow down. At least we're 100% sure that Jeff Fisher is trying to win. That should make Titans fans feel better about the whole situation. Right?

Daytona Beach Thunder Player Dies While Making Tackle

The most recent reports out of Daytona Beach, Florida are that Javon Camon, a defensive back on the Daytona Beach Thunder, a team in the World Indoor Football League, died while being blocked. Camon was blocked hard by Columbus Lions receiver, Juval Winston, and had to be carted off of the field after laying motionless for a number of moments. He was pronounced dead at Halifax Medical Center a few hours later. The Thunder was 0-1 heading into tonight's game against the Columbus Lions, and lost 45-42.

Camon was a four-time letterman while playing football for the University of South Florida from 2001-2004. He was special teams MVP in 2003, and led the team in tackles as team captain his senior year.

Primetime Takes His Face On The Road

Today, as I was stopped at a redlight on my drive home from work, I noticed one of those mobile billboards drive past me. In the quick glimpse that I caught of it I thought it had Deion "Primetime" Sanders on the side, but wasn't 100% sure. I took a quick right turn, gave chase and pulled up alongside it to see this:







By the way, I saw this truck driving around during the Daytona 500 festivities, and for some reason found it humorous that "Primetime" was doing endorsements for a company that sells prostate relief capsules. Though, I bet they would sell a lot more if Neon Deion was the one giving the thumbs up.

Argentine Hooligans Coming Soon To A Stadium Near You

Argentina's sports daily Ole has reported that "Argentina's notorious football hooligans are selling their trouble-making expertise abroad, principally to Colombia and Mexico". Apparently, those two countries aren't skilled enough at "terrace chants, the use of weapons and methods for extorting money from club directors and players". Maybe that wall between the U.S. and Mexico isn't just for keeping illegal immigrants out. Now that Beckham is playing in L.A., houligans will surely be descending on the Home Depot Center for every game.

Hopefully this type of sports terror exportation doesn't make its way into American sports. I don't know if the world could withstand a joining of forces between The Cameron Crazies and the OSU Couch Burners.

In Case You Were Wondering, Tiger Does All of His Own Stunts

Yes, that's Tiger Woods chasing down a caddy and eventually tackling him. It's footage from his newest Buick commercial, and includes him winning a bet for hitting a golfball among other things.

If you still don't like him after watching it, then you probably never will. Though, I hope Tiger plans to claim his winnings on his 1040. Tax season is almost here Mr. Woods.