Reebok has stopped selling Michael Vick jerseys. Nike has suspended its contract with Vick. NFLShop.com has stopped selling everything from jerseys to Vick bobble heads. Still you can find as many Michael Vick jerseys that you want in Blacksburg, Virginia.
In this article from the Roanoke times the author is arguing that the dog fighting and Va Tech should not be linked which is absolutely ridiculous. The athletic department is not addressing the topic but they were more than happy to address the topic of Vick on the cover of Madden in the past. This is really absurd. If Peyton Manning, the player everyone associates the University of Tennessee with, did something bad in the eyes of the public you can be sure that Phillip Fulmer would not be cowardly enough as to not address the issue. If Matt Leinart or Carson Palmer got into trouble while riding in a car with Chris Henry and it became public knowledge it would be guaranteed that Pete Carroll would speak to the media about it. This is another example of the Va Tech Athletic Department, and more to the point - Frank Beamer, not living in reality. There is a reason that you team is ranked the number one thug program all time per S. Judge and the title is well deserved.
Here are a couple of sites you can also buy Vick items:
A year ago tomorrow morning I got a text message while settling into my cube in Atlanta. My friend Ernie was trying to alert me that my main nemeses in life, Harold Reynolds, had been dismissed from his job. I refused to believe it. Then another text came in came from minor league personality Segal and I decided to check it out, still not believing that Reynolds had reached his day of reckoning. But sure enough, the blogs were reporting that H.R. was out of work. Victory was mine.
The two time Gold Glove winner has now been off of ESPN broadcasts for a year as he was indeed fired year ago today, July 25, 2006. Reynolds is currently suing the television network over the dismissal which he claims was without merit. It was reported that Harold was fired over an 'inappropriate hug' that occurred at an Outback Steakhouse just prior to his termination. This hug is in dispute.
But looking back on it I have realized that I lost. I lost big time. I will be the first to say I miss the bumbling H.R. and yes, I entered the 'Spend a Day With Harold Reynolds Contest' in 2005. I have an Orioles personalized throwback jersey with 'Reynolds 6' on the back of it. I also know that in his only year with the O's in 1993 Harold wore two numbers, 6 and 25. I now will admit I was a fan.
Reynolds was a lightening rod for controversy (at least in my circles) with his commentary often being controversial (in my circles) and difficult to understand (in my circles) on Baseball Tonight which he teamed with John Kruk as the two most dynamic personalities of the show. ESPN has tried many talking heads in an attempt to replace Harold on Baseball Tonight since then, but no one has been able to have the on air chemistry that he possessed with the Krukster. Harold also was a manager on the ESPN hyped celebrity all-star softball game and gave kid friendly broadcasts of the Little League World Series in addition to his duties on Baseball Tonight.
Good luck to Harold on his new job with MLB.com, selling his coaching videos and his 5 million dollar lawsuit against ESPN. We just hope that if he testifies in his trial that someone will give the jury a copy of what he said because Lord knows there is no way they will understand what he's saying.
On that card pictured above Harold notes the following verse from the book of Jeremiah 29:11 "I alone have the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future full of hope."
In the last week we have watched in delight as events have unfolded in the People versus Michael Vick a.k.a. 'Ron Mexico' a.k.a. 'Ookie'. (Here is the whole 18 page indictment from The Smoking Gun) Polls show over 80 percent of people want him in jail if he did this and he faces up to six years in jail if convicted. People who have never followed football in their life now know he is a bad person who will be judged one day for his actions.
A couple of thoughts:
Its hilarious that Vick's dogfighter name 'Ookie' has an eerie resemblance to Hokie. I always thought a Hokie was a castrated turkey, not a dogfighter. Guess you learn something everyday.
According to the document Vick and his cronies killed dogs by hosing them down then electrocuting them, hanging them, shooting them and throwing them on the ground repeatedly. I guess Vick can miss wide open receivers but he can't miss the ground when tossing dogs. Well you never know, his completion percentage last year was 52.6%.
Pacman is in trouble mainly for being an idiot (oh yeah and that one tussle when a man was paralyzed) but this is so much worse.
Until the weekend you could still buy an 'Ookie' customized Falcons jersey at NFLShop.com. Ron Mexico was taken off the shelf immediately after that suit became public knowledge so its surprising it took the NFL a couple of days this time.
This isn't a local prosecutor going for attention like in the Duke Lacrosse Scandal or the Kobe Bryant Debacle. Uncle Sam's lawyers will not prosecute without a solid case.
College Gameday will probably be focusing on the tragic shooting when they arrive in Blacksburg September 1st. We don't expect a lot of shots of their captain from the Hokies' glory year of 1999.
Vick was betting thousands of dollars per fight on these dogs. Suppose on top of his NFL salary he made $10 million last year (in endorsements - not including dogfight winnings) which would put his total earnings at about $18.4 million. He gave $10,000 to the Va Tech Victims Relief Fund. If a person earning $50,000 a year gave that amount he would only be giving $27.17. So he could afford to fight a lot of dogs and doing this was more important than helping out his alma mater in its time of need.
How the hell do you get involved with dog fighting in the first place? I can't imagine watching the Iron Bowl with one of my friends and it just coming up in casual conversation. "Hey Cox is throwing all over us again this year. Lets get out of hear and head down to Byhalia. One of my boys got his pitbull in the ring tonight. He's fighting a dalmatian, its gonna be a blood bath."
Tonight is Christmas Eve for many who can't wait to get their hands on EA Sports' NCAA Football 2008 which is officially in stores tomorrow. This year the cover boy is former Boise State quarterback Jared Zabransky who is struggling to make the Houston Texan's roster currently. The game play has allegedly been improved greatly on 360 and this will be the first year that the game will be offered on PS3. Can't wait to see it on my HD television.
Here is some inside information from our source who tested the game out in California has given us some top secret information on the game's ratings.
Brent Schaeffer - Speed 89, Threating With Bats 98, Awareness 39 Virginia Tech Quarterbacks - Animal Rights 37, Stomping on Opponents' Knees 94 Urban Meyer - Tough Stand on Discipline 40 Les Miles - Speaking When Should Be Learning to Read 89 Clemson Tailgate Experience - 99 Matthew Stafford - Strength 67, Keg Lifting Strength 84 Charlie Weis - NFL Bound 88, Screwed by the Clausen Family 90 Ole Miss - Winning Tradition 36 Mississippi State - Cowbells 99 UGA the Bulldog - 36 Overall Vanderbilt - Band 42, Cheerleaders 36, Athletic Department 0 Spurrier - Awareness 97, Under Armour Commercials 56 Tim Tebow - Jump Passes 77, Popularity 97, Injury 45 (will miss start by November) Tuberville - Strength of Schedule 42, Whining 92 Alabama - Reality 36, RVs 99, Worshiping False Idols 88 Houston Nutt - Job Security 45, Awareness with Reporters 73 Eric Berry - Choice of Numbers 43 Red Georgia Pants - 44
I am in the processing of moving, something I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy, so I'll make this short.
Pacman's lawyer has complained to the media that the deputy that cited Pacman Jones for a residency violation and not having registered his vehicle in Tennessee was "out to get him." Personally I don't think that it should be against policy of the any police department to turn away when Pacman is around.
Dane Bradshaw was the underdog once again in Knoxville on the Fourth of July when he went toe to toe with the Sunsphere on America's Birthday. Dane went down a zip wire from the top of the 1982 World's Fair structure to the ground 266 feet below and survived. The Sunsphere reopened July 5 for the first time in years to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the World's Fair coming to Knoxville. Proceeds from the entrance fees to the Sunsphere will go to restoration of the amphitheater and upkeep of the park. Dane's high wire act kicked off the celebration while also promoting his book, "Vertical Leap."
For the purposes of full disclosure I am told that I hit the Sunsphere with a potato on Good Friday in 2003 from the Clinch Street bridge. That's a potato cannon of an arm...
Oregon State has continued the state of Oregon Cold Waresque race in the effort to build up the ugliest uniform stash the universe has ever seen. The Beavers recently unveiled their new uniforms for the upcoming season designed by Nike and they are almost as bad as Oregon's now. The X in across the top of the chest is just plain ugly, worse than those uniforms with the one sleeve that Va Tech and Florida wore two years ago.
Its getting to a point where the NCAA needs to stop regulating names that contain references to American Indians and need to start worrying about hideous uniforms that embarrass the sport of college football. These uniforms do a lot more harm to spectators' eyes than Stanford being called the Indians ever did to people.
We do give it about six months before Miles Brand to comes down on these uniforms with an iron fist. Miles don't take no crap.
What will happen if you fire an AK-47 into the air in the middle of Gainesville, Florida? Well not too much if you are a member of the Gators football team as Ronnie Wilson was only suspended for one season after he ran out of a club and threateningly fired his semi-automatic gun in the air. The lineman was in an altercation in a club and then ran outside to get his gun, probably because he wasn't two times as big as the man he was attacking.
We are surprised that he isn't allowed to play against Tennessee and Florida State and suspended the rest of the year, guess Urban wanted to take a strong stance on this one. When Brandon Johnson and Chris Heath decided it was a great idea to fire guns in UT's student ghetto Fort Sanders in 2004 the Vols kicked both of them off the team within a week. They weren't threatening anyone either like in the Gator case. Its amazing that ESPN would rather report a story on crack and the Vols than Urban Legend letting hard asses from Miami fire guns all over the place in Gainesville or buying drugs from UNDERCOVER COPS. Spurrier might have been an S.O.B but he ran a clean ship. Things have slipped a lot since he left.
Auburn Tiger Head Coach Tommy Tuberville underwent successful surgery last week to remove his appendix. Not surprisingly Tuberville had the surgery in Florida, you didn't think they have a hospital in Auburn, Alabama did you? There is no chance the boosters are going to allow Ears to head up to Birmingham to get work done either, so to the state with the least morals east of the Mississippi for surgery it is. There would be a distinct chance a nurse would accidentally slip some arsenic into his I.V. while he was under anesthesia in Birmingham anyway so its probably for the best.
(On a side note, we can say with near certainty that Bear Bryant did not watch over this surgery.)
