Monthly Archives: January 2009

UCLA Fan Sites Killed Defensive Coordinator Hire

Exactly one week ago, the USC DAILY TROJAN student newspaper reported that former USC assistant football coach Rocky Seto had accepted an offer to become UCLA’s Defensive Coordinator. Originally included in that report was a text message attributed to Seto that read: “[I] accepted the position tonight to coordinate at UCLA. Praise the Lord!” The [...]

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New York Knicks Coach: Please Stop Chanting For A Player Who’s Not On Our Team

New York Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni has a message for the home fans: please stop chanting for Carmelo Anthony. Because it’s hurting his players’ feelings. SportsGrid Tweet

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Celebrities at Super Bowl XLV almost appear to have decent time

From left to right we have Condoleezza Rice, who appears to engaged in some wild Super Bowl trivia banter, John Madden, who’s lifelessly just discovered the various smiley emoticon options on his cell phone, George W. Bush and that Joker… The Sports Hernia Blog Tweet

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VIDEO: 1987 Roger Clemens Was So Clean, He Was Zestfully Clean

I take it athlete endorsements weren’t quite as lucrative in 1987 as they are now.  How else can you explain a towel-clad Roger Clemens, fresh off a stellar 1986 season where he won the CY Young and AL MVP awards, prancing around a locker room lip-syncing the Zest soap jingle? Then again, ballplayers weren’t making [...]

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Game 51 Recap – Pacers Steamroll Timberwolves in Fourth Quarter

Note: 8p9s welcomes back Alex Yovanovich, who was gracious enough to recap last night’s win over the T-Wolves.  We’re very pleased to tell you that we hope to see more contributions from Alex through the rest of the season, the playoffs (fingers crossed), and beyond. If you had told me a few weeks ago that [...]

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