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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Remembering Freddie Solomon as a 49er
Posted by Mitch Perry on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:12 AM
Tampa, San Francisco, South Carolina and and probably many more places across the U.S. are mourning the death on Monday of Freddie Solomon after a nine-month battle with colon and liver cancer. As has been well-covered by Tampa Bay media, Solomon was a former football star who was respected just as much if not more for his work with at-risk kids through the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department after he retired from the NFL in 1985. But as a native San Franciscan, I'll always remember him, first and foremost, as a 49er.
After I moved to Tampa from San Francisco in 2000, I would occasionally read stories about Solomon in the local press, but I thought this was a different Freddie Solomon than the one who starred with the Niners (in fact, there was another Freddie Solomon who played with the Philadelphia Eagles).
Why? Well, because he was always referred to as this incredible quarterback at the University of Tampa.
As far as I remembered, Freddie was always a wide receiver in the NFL. And also, the University of Tampa had a football team? What the hell?
(Watch Freddie Solomon's first playoff touchdown vs. NY Giants from January 1982)
Monday, January 23, 2012
X-Rated: Shaun White & Torin Yater-Wallace
Two to watch at the upcoming 2012 Winter X Games.
Posted by Kevin Tall on Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM
He’s the first athlete to win gold medals four years in a row—and he did it twice. With the exception of 2007, White struck Winter X gold every year since 2003 in either Slopestyle or Superpipe. Some times, just to mix it up, Ginger Jesus won both events, like in 2003, 2006 and 2009.
Do you prep differently for Summer and Winter X Games? There is definitely a difference in riding. When I’m on my skateboard, I’m not strapped in, so it’s so much harder to get back up to the same level after I’m done snowboarding. Fortunately, you use a lot of the same muscles so I can keep my strength up, but it’s much harder to skate.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Rays dump Damon for a "birther"
Luke Scott to replace Johnny Damon as DH. One less reason to root for the Rays?
Posted by Mitch Perry on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 7:48 AM
Press reports indicate that the Rays may be getting a bit of a "deal" in signing the 33-year-old Scott, though terms haven't been announced.
In making the exchange, the Rays are undoubtedly saving money and age in exchanging Damon for Scott.
They're also getting a personality who has been referred to as "Baseball's Rush Limbaugh." Some of Scott's comments over the past year place him firmly in the "birther" camp, questioning President Obama's status as a natural-born citizen.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Will Tebow/Brady be better the second time around?
Posted by Mitch Perry on Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:52 AM
The Denver Broncos shocked the defending AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers 29-23 in overtime yesterday, and no one seemed more surprised by Broncos QB Tim Tebow than the Steelers' coaching staff.
So you can bet that knocking off the Steelers, who really have become America's Team in the past decade, is only going to create more media hysteria around Tebow (the subject of an essay in the current Time about what his faith means for the future of American evangelicalism), as the Broncos prepare for a rematch next weekend with America's favorite quarterback, Tom Brady, and the New England Patriots.
You remember Tebow/Brady One, don't you? Just three weeks ago, the two teams played in Denver in perhaps the most hyped regular season game of the year. After a close quarter and a half, New England pulled away and won, 41-23.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
NFL Thursday looking awesome
Posted by Mitch Perry on Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Then there are those of us who care, whether (or especially) with family or not, that there is an avenue to bond with some folks that it might be difficult to do so otherwise, and are grateful the NFL exists (especially if family is 2,800 miles away).
If that's the case with you as well, you should be pleased this coming Thanksgiving, as the three games that will air on network and premium cable are the highest ranked (in terms of winning percentage) match-ups since 1971.
That's correct - according to the Wall Street Journal, tomorrow's Thanksgiving day NFL games are the second best in terms of match-ups since 1971.
A big factor in why this Thursday is looking a bit better than recent Thanksgiving for NFL fans is that for the first time in over a decade, the Detroit Lions have a winning record on Turkey Day - and they'll be playing at home against a team trying to make NFL history by going undefeated, the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Paterno, priests and Rene Portland
Five things to remember about the Penn State tragedy.
Posted by Catherine Robinson on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:55 PM
My family is from Pennsylvania, and includes several Penn State graduates. When I first heard that former Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with sexually abusing eight boys, and the abuse seems to have been ignored and/or covered up by Head Coach Joe Paterno, and other administration officials, I immediately felt rage and anger. As a mother of two pre-teen boys, I cannot imagine how anyone could witness such abuse, or hear about it firsthand, and then not act to help or avenge the victims.
Here are five things to think about in the wake of such a tragedy:
5. It’s not the first of its kind. From the beginning, the creeps at Penn State took their cues on how to handle this situation from the Catholic Church. When people are deified, whether in sports or religion, they believe they can do whatever they want.
Remember the Boston Red Sox and a similar scandal a few decades back? Donald Fitzpatrick, a clubhouse manager for the team, was charged with sexually abusing at least 12 young boys. When allegations surfaced, Tom Yawkey, Red Sox owner, protected Fitzpatrick and refused to get rid of him.
Arrogance and violence go hand in hand with organized sports, so when professional athletes are arrested for victimizing women and animals, is it any surprise that some of them hurt children as well?
When we take fallible human beings and bestow upon them a godlike status, let’s no longer pretend the consequences aren’t devastating. Men in sports, or a priest’s robe, are not deities. They are people, like everyone else, and the extraordinary power they are given does harm to everyone in their path.
And how about those students, rioting over Paterno’s firing? They weren’t angry about child rape. They weren’t angry that Paterno didn’t do much of anything to stop the abuse. They were angry that he was fired as a result.
Perhaps you need to live outside Happy Valley to know that a) Scrapple isn’t a food group and b) Paterno should have been arrested and charged with a crime for not going to the police.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Greatest baseball game ever? and other sports notes for the weekend
Posted by Mitch Perry on Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Game Six of the 2011 World Series between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals officially will go down as one of the greats ever, regardless of what happens in tonight's climactic game in St.Louis, following last night's incredible 11th inning victory by the Cards, 10-9, on the walk-off homer by local hero David Freese, who had two dramatic hits - the first with the Cards trailing , 7-5, with two outs in the ninth inning, he hit a game-tying, two-run triple off Rangers closer Neftali Feliz with two strikes against him that came within inches of being the final out of a Rangers World Series victory.
Then the homer to end it in the 11th. Although the game will go down along with the 1975 and 1986 greatest Game Sixes, it was a nice piece of symmetry with Game Six of 20 years ago, in 1991 between Atlanta and Minnesota, when it was Joe Buck who gave the famous last call on the CBS broadcast. Last night, his son Joe Buck said the same line:
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Tampa Bay Rays to film an "It Gets Better" video
They're joining Dan Savage's campaign against anti-gay bullying.
Posted by Mitch Perry on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:54 AM
It was less than a year ago when sex columnist and provocateur Dan Savage and his husband Terry Miller founded It Gets Better, an Internet-based project in response to the suicide of gay teenagers who were bullied because they were either gay or suspected by their peers to be gay.
Savage, whose column is published weekly in CL, has said the goal has been to prevent suicide among LGBT teenagers by having gay adults record videos communicating the message to gay youth that their lives will improve.
Since then it's become a phenomenon, with over 10,000 videos recorded by politicians, celebrities and sports teams. President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, comedian Sarah Silverman are just a few of those names.
A few months ago, the San Francisco Giants became the first professional sports organization to record an "It Gets Better" video.
Now comes word that our own Tampa Bay Rays have announced their intention to record an "It Gets Better" video by late August.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Top 10 sexiest women's World Cup players out of uniform (pics NSFW)
Posted by Sex and Love editor on Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:44 PM
Although I am biased, I would also make the argument that female soccer players are more attractive as a whole than their male counterparts. Granted, it is not easy to maintain your sex appeal while pouring sweat and fighting for the ball. However, off the field many of these super athletes could rival contenders from any other sport for the title of sexiest female athletes. Below are the top 10 reasons why. This list is based exclusively on the sexiest, and in many cases the most revealing, photos available online of these players. Absolutely no consideration was taken for their athletic dominance or how their looks hold up on a sweaty soccer field.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Why you should never streak during the running of the bulls (video)
Posted by Sex and Love editor on Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:45 AM
For the thrill of having thousands of people cheer on your naked exploits, streakers can expect to be tackled, ticketed, and in some cases tasered. Often pro-athletes even take it upon themselves to unload a brutal hit on a rogue streaker. However, when you take your naked act to an arena populated by a very pissed off bull, all bets are off.
