Phil Sheridan's Latest Column Is Slightly Mis-Informed

There are some people that absolutely despite Phil Sheridan.  Personally, I think there are worse columnists in the Philadelphia sports media than him (*cough*cough*Jack McCaffery *cough*cough*), but the column he wrote after the Eagles loss to the Cardinals is by far and away one of the most ridiculous pieces of writing I have ever written.  Not that I am intentionally getting away from directly talking about the Eagles, okay, never mind, I am, I am intentionally getting away from directly talking about the Eagles second real all-round poor performance of the season, but as poor as the Eagles were today, this column from Phil Sheridan is worse.  After the jump, a FJM style breakdown (Sheridan's words in italics).

Counting Is A Difficult Task For Tim McCarver

I have nothing to add to this.



(Video from SportsGrid)

Rob Stone Reveals Intimate Details About His High School Sex Life While Calling Basketball On National TV

So, uh, yeah, Rob Stone actually compared the way Arkansas-Little Rock plays basketball to his prom dates during the Sun Belt Championship. Seriously. Here is the video.



The awkward silence at the end totally makes that video well even more hilarious. I have come to expect the weird and bizarre from Rob Stone, having followed him through multiple endeavours on ESPN, but this one flat out takes the cake. Arkansas-Little Rock are like his high school prom date in that both are not pretty, but effective.

Thanks for sharing, Stoner.

The Day Of The Chicken Shit

Saturday may have been one of the worst sports days for me in recent memory. The Flyers blew a 2-0 lead and lost 5-3 to Buffalo, making it 3 losses in a row for the Flyers. The news of Chase Utley's injury keeps getting worse. Dom Brown broke a bone in his hand and will be sidelined 3 to 6 weeks with the possibility that the power in his swing will be gone for a year or more. Drexel lost on a buzzer beater to VCU in the Colonial Athletic Conference quarterfinals. Villanova played a lost a laughably poor basketball game to Pittsburgh. Everything about this day from a Philly sports fan perspective has been frustrating to embarrassing to sad.

So, how fitting is it then that on this same day not one, but two television personalities utter the phrase "chicken shit" over the air?

First up, Bobby Knight unhappy with the results of some competition on Gameday!



Next up, Don Cherry talking about how Ville Leino went into an icing call in the Flyers game against the Maple Leafs on Thursday.



Two "chicken shits" from two different television personalities on that was for me a "chicken shit" kind of day. That sounds about right.

And The Winner For Most Nonsensical Quote Of The Year Goes To......Ian Kinsler!

Baseball players have had a strange habit of trash talking the Philadelphia Eagles this week. I have purposefully ignored the Mark Buehrle's hateful and ignorant comments for the obvious reasons, but Ian Kinsler's latest jab at the Eagles is just completely nonsensical. It's one thing to not like Vick, I get that (though I do not agree with it), but forgive me for not seeing the parallel between Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson of the Eagles and Michael Young of the Texas Rangers. Yes, Ian Kinsler actually tried to make this connection when speaking about Michael Young's current situation.

"This isn't DeSean Jackson or Michael Vick or Manny Ramirez," Kinsler said. "Michael Young is a professional. It would be completely out of his personality not to be here."

I hate to break it to you Ian, but DeSean Jackson and Michael Vick never held out of the Eagles' training camp or skipped practice because of their contract situation. Never. Not once this year. DeSean Jackson wants a new deal, but when it came time for Jackson to show up at training camp, he did just that and said nary a peep about his contract all year.

But bashing Eagles is currently trendy for baseball players right now. My prediction: Tomorrow Prince Fielder will say Shawn Andrews' weight was the reason the Eagles offensive line performed poorly down the stretch this season.

Dwayne Wade Puts Things In The Right Perspective

It certainly appears as if landing LeBron and Chris Bosh in Miami has gotten to Dwayne Wade's head a bit. Now I can understand why he would be happy to have played a big part in forming a super team in the town where he is loved in Miami, but sometimes it is best not to let said expectations get the best of us. And I think that is exactly what has happened to Dwayne Wade. How else can you explain the following quote? From NBA Fanhouse

"We're going to be wearing a bullseye,'' Wade said. "But that's what you play for. If we lose a couple in a row this season, it will be like the World Trade (Center) is coming down again. When the schedule comes out, people will be looking for the Lakers and Heat, to see when they play us. I feel like I'm a new player in Miami. That's how excited I am.''

Dwayne could be referring to one of 2 things.

1. If the Heat do that ever so unthinkable deed of losing 2 games in a row this season, the media will quickly turn against the team and write about them as though they were the collapsing World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. In which case, Dwayne Wade is an idiot. The media will do one of three things if the Heat lose 2 in a row this upcoming season. a). Make excuses and blame poor officiating and/or the other teams getting all the fouls (though with the NBA so determined to give LeBron, it would likely be a BS excuse, but regardless, it is an excuse the media would make), b). Criticize the team (which, believe it or not, can happen without drastic comparisons to world changing events), or c). State the team is crumbling just like the levees in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.

2. If the Heat do that ever so unthinkable deed of losing 2 games in a row this season, Dwayne Wade will personally take it like the planes crashing into the World Trade Center. In which case, this whole Wade/Bosh/LeBron thing has caused Dwayne Wade to suffer from delusions of grandeur and is the biggest idiot in basketball.

Update: Nice one Fanhouse. You misquoted Dwayne Wade. Here is what he really said.

"We're going to be wearing a bullseye. But that's what you play for," Wade said. "We enjoy the bullseye. Plus, there's going to be times when we lose 2-3 games in a row, and it seems like the world has crashed down. You all are going to make it seem like the World Trade is coming down again, but it's not going to be nothing but a couple basketball games.

Yep. Nothing to see here. Carry on.

ESPN Uses LeBron James Coverage To Take A Cheap Shot At Philadelphia Sports Fans

As if you needed another reason to hate ESPN, right? Sometime during the LeBron-a-thon, ESPN aired a video package which took a not-so-veiled cheap shot at Philadelphia fans. Not only do they cross sports for the cheap shot, but display an utter ignorance of Philadelphia sports culture. Check it out for yourself. (Hat tip to The 700 Level on Twitter



"It's the reason they never turned on him, unlike other cities who turned on their sports stars." - ESPN voiceover lady while showing a picture of McNabb.

I will say this simply, I will be direct, and I won't mince words. If you want to mistake a vocal minority of Philadelphia fans displaying their passion by booing sports stars who are paid lots of money to meet expectations and subsequently fail to meet them as an entire city turning on a player, then quite simply, you can go fuck yourself.

Does Jon Miller Realize We Are In The Year 2010?

After the Flyers big win last night, Jon Miller decided to be very diplomatic to all of the Flyers fans tuning into see the Phillies by congratulating the Flyers on their big Game 1 win against the Expos. Joe Morgan then followed that up by babbling something about how the Flyers came back from 0-3 against the Penguins to get into the playoffs. Now as I searched for video of the world's most inane, hilarious, and pitiful hockey conversation, I stumbled upon an more funnier and shameful quote from Jon Miller from last night's Brewers-Phillies game. As if calling the Canadiens the Expos enough was not proof enough that he is old, senile, and has not caught up with the times, wait until you hear this description of Ryan Howard.



"He's not close to throwing anything even resembling a fat pitch here to Ryan Howard, the black right hander." - Jon Miller.

Uh.....yeah.........he just said that.

2 things. Now I am not in any insinuating Jon Miller is racist, but since when do we categorize baseball players on national television broadcasts by the color of their skin?

And secondly, does this look like a right handed hitter?

Pay no attention as I bury my head in my palms out of shame, pity, and embarrassment. Actually, make that a double facepalm as words do not even begin to describe the idiocy, stupidity, and senility that was Jon Miller last night.

Boston's Mayor Has Fond Recollections Of Jason Varitek's Field Goal

Today is a monumental day in Boston sports. 40 years ago today, Bobby Orr flew across the air giving us one of the most indelible images in all of sports. To commemorate the 40th anniversary, a statue of Bobby Orr flying was unveiled in front of the TD Garden this afternoon. At this statue unveiling, Boston mayor Tom Menino had shared many of Boston's fond moments in sports, including the ever historical splitting of the uprights by Jason Varitek. From CSN New England

"Boston has an amazing set of remarkable athletes whose actions in the moment have become (sic) ionic in sports. Havlicek stole the ball. Fisk waved the ball fair. Flutie launched the Hail Mary pass. Varitek split the uprights. Today we honor one of the most brilliant moments: Bobby Orr flying through the air. Who could forget that play against St. Louis as the Bruins beat the Blues to bring a Stanley Cup to Boston."

And wait, ionic moments? They were using ions? HA! Bill Belichick is a cheater after all!

Wow....just wow. You would think that the guy would have a firmer grasp or sports. I mean really? Varitek kicked field goals? I get that his name could be confused with Vinatieri, especially seeing as Vinatieri defected to the Colts, but Varitek is basically synonymous with the Red Sox. Oy ve.

(Hat tip to Stanley Cup of Chowder.)

Ryan Howard Might Want To Choose His Words More Carefully When Speaking Of His Off-Seaon Work With Barry Bonds

Oh Ryan Howard. It really is great that you worked with Barry Bonds in the off-season, it really is. Steroids aside, the guy does know the game of baseball and if ever there was a guy you can turn to advice on how to be a power hitter, Barry is the guy. But please, Ryan, do watch your words when you talk about your off-seson training with him. From Phillies beat writer Todd Zolecki's blog, The Zo Zone.

In case you missed it, Barry Bonds shared some interesting information with reporters yesterday in San Francisco:

He worked with Ryan Howard this offseason.

That's interesting for a couple reasons:

1) No matter what your opinion of Bonds is, whether or not you think his statistics are legitimate or not (most don't), he was an excellent hitter with an incredible approach at the plate.

2) Howard is hitting .357 (10 for 28) with three doubles, one triple, three home runs and 10 RBIs through six games. He has struck out just four times. Howard had struck in 32.4 percent of his at-bats in his career, but has struck out in just 14.3 percent of his at-bats this year. It's just six games, but I know Howard wants to be more selective at the plate because he will see a steady diet of breaking balls.

"We worked. We talked. We did a little bit of everything," Howard said. "I'm trying to learn from him."

Like I said, it is awesome that Howard worked with Bonds and I think his improved numbers this April in comparison to Aprils past illustrates that, but his wording makes me wonder what exactly they did together. A little bit of everything? Yeah, um, the last thing we need is Ryan Howard appearing in front of Congress.

Deadspin's Will Leitch Thinks Harry Kalas's Death Was Awesome

You really can't beat nit-picking on the internet.

Earlier today, Will Leitch of Deadspin wrote a column detailing how a metaphorical turning point of the Phillies was their reaching eclipsing the 10,000 loss marker on July 15, 2007. Of course, that Phillies point is exactly that, metaphorical. Shortly after they did get on a bit of a winning streak that helped them, but if you are looking at an on-field standpoint, you probably have to go to the Phillies landing Jim Thome as the franchise turning point. Sure they never won anything with Thome, but that move signified that the Phillies were a team ready to contend again and no longer just a laughing stock as they had been at the start of the decade. Anyway, I digress, now where was I? Ah, yes, the metaphorical turning point of the Phillies being the 10,000 loss marker. Here is what Will Leitch had to say about that.

The Phillies were the logical team to break the 10,000 barrier. They'd been to the playoffs once in the last 25 years and seemed perpetually perched at that "just above .500 but not a real contender" ledge. They didn't even have the good manners to break their fans' hearts. They just plodded along, always just short. After the 10,000th loss, the team went on to lose three of its next four, dropping a game under .500 and six games out of first. Take another shot. They endure, they persevere, they do not discourage.

Every single thing that has happened since then has been awesome.

The Mets collapse and Phillies subsequent rally in September.
The Phillies finishing the job off to claim their first NL East title since 1993.
The Phillies first playoff game since 1993.
The Phillies winning the NL East for a 2nd straight year in 2008.
The Phillies winning their first playoff series since 1993.
The Phillies reaching and winning the NLCS, both for the first time since 1993.
The Phillies in the 2008 World Series.
The Phillies winning the 2008 World Series.
"WORLD CHAMPIONS......WORLD FUCKING CHAMPIONS!"
The death of Harry Kalas.
The Phillies winning a 3rd straight NL East title.
The Phillies winning their 2nd straight NLCS.
The Phillies making their 2nd straight World Series appearance.

Yep. All those things were simply awesome. Will Leitch slight oversights FTW!

Curt Schilling Is Officially Dead To Me

As a little kid, I can fondly remember going to Veterans Stadium with my family to watch Phillies games. Even though it was at a point in the nineties when the Phils basically stunk (i.e. post-1993), I still had a good time watching my two favorite players on that team, second baseman Mickey Morandini and pitcher Curt Schilling.

But now Curt Schilling can sod off and die. Seriously. Him and his bloody sock can officially get out of my life, for good. Why is that you ask? Ashley Fox of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes.

Curt Schilling needed no prompting. The question was innocuous. Did he like this year's Phillies team?

"I think trading Cliff Lee was the stupidest thing they've ever done, and they didn't have to," Schilling said. "They didn't have to do it. It was a stupid, stupid move. They could've had a World Series berth locked up right now with those two guys at the top of their rotation."

"Those guys would've finished legitimately 1-2 [as] Cy Young candidates on the same staff," Schilling said. "You've got Cole Hamels in the three slot, which is a dream come true for both. They would've been a 110-win team."

"The Roy Halladay deal, I think, gave them the perception that they depleted their minor-league system," Schilling said. "That's one of those things now where, five years ago, so what? Now, your minor-league system ranking is such a big deal, because that speaks to your scouting and your drafting and all those things. It's a direct reflection on your general manager.

"If they hadn't made that [Lee] deal, I think they felt like their minor-league system would've been trashed, even though it wasn't. They still had a lot of talent. But it was to restock. If you draft right, you can literally restock your system in a year or two now.

"There's no other reason why they made that deal, none whatsoever. That's why they didn't push trying to re-sign Cliff, because I think they felt like he would've been real receptive to it, so then they would've looked even worse, because 'We traded a guy who wants to be here.' "

"He's coming off a phenomenal run when he came over," Schilling said of Lee. "He showed them [in] October he was going to be better than everybody else. You don't know what you're getting there. Doc's never pitched in October. I think he'll be great and be awesome and all that stuff, but he could get to October and not be the guy. Cliff proved that he can pitch in October. That's a big loss."

Uh, Curt, no one asked you about the Lee-Halladay deal. But seeing as he did completely ignore the question and go off on some unrelated rant about the trade, I shall remind him that pretty much every stat says that Roy Halladay is a better pitcher than Cliff Lee. Lee has had ups and downs in his career whereas Doc has been on top for virtually all of last decade. I'll take him over Lee any day of the week. While Schilling does make a somewhat sensible point about the Phillies farm system, again I ask him, who the fuck asked you about that? Curt Schilling can shut the f.......you know the rest of it.

The Legend Of Mike Milbury And Jeremy Roenick's Reactions

By stating that Mike Milbury is brought in for controversy is not exactly breaking any news. He is a poor man's Don Cherry. The fact that he has been making some rather questionable these Olympics should not come as a surprise to anyone.

It is not so much the remarks that have drawn me to put these videos up, but rather the reaction to the remarks by Milbury's co-analyst, Jeremy Roenick. Take for instance his comments on Wednesday that the Germans were fire hydrants and the Canadians were peeing on them (watch JR's reaction at the end of the video)



One day later Mike Milbury would decide to step up his game, as would the reactions from Roenick. After Canada throttled the Russians 7-3 yesterday, Mike Milbury took to calling the Russian hockey team "Eurotrash", which given the meaning of the term and the context he used it in, was really more of a nonsensical insult than something people should get offended over. Again, the reaction of JR to Milbury's comment is worth noting.



I am beginning to wonder if that laugh at the end by JR was the thought going through his mind that there was a chance NBC could pull that dunce off the air for a game or two.

Oh, JR. You truly have been the one and only bright spot in NBC's piss poor Olympic coverage. Not only have you braved Bill Patrick-otron and Mike Milbury, but you have somehow managed to fight them off and give a good, honest analysis backed up with actual fact and reason. While Milbury lives for the controversy, Roenick lives for telling the viewers what is really going on and his honest, well-reasoned opinions.

Seeing as it is doubtful that NBC will do anything to fine or suspend Milbury, one can only hope that some Eurotrash American walks up to him, whips out his dong, and pees on him.

So Apparently I'm A Nazi Fan

And you thought T.J. Simers' slander of the Phillies and Phillie fans were bad. Compared to the vitriol that Mike Boone of the Montreal Gazette wrote Saturday concerning the Flyers, Simers was extolling every great virtue this city has ever stood for.

Because frankly, in comparison to Mike Boone, Simers was lavishing the city with wonderful compliments of how nice we were.

Frankly, there's no way I can effectively set this up, so I'll just paste this quote, and well, all I will tell you is that this was published by a Montreal Gazette writer.

There's not a franchise in sports I hate more than the Philadlphia Flyers.

Not the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Not the New York Yankees.

Not the Dallas Cowboys or L.A. Lakers.

No, you'd have to have an Olympic Games flashback to 1936 and watch the pride of Hitler's Germany marching into the Berlin stadium to match the feeling of revulsion I experience every time I see the Flyers play.

Especially against the Canadiens.

You know? If you're going to call our team Nazis, could you at least do us the courtesy of spelling the name of our city right? THANK YOU!

Seriously. What a classless douche bag.

The only credit I will give him is that he will be appearing on Travis Hughes' Broad Street Radio podcast for the Flyers SB Nation blog Broad Street Hockey. Believe me, I'll be listening to that one.

Seriously. He equated the Flyers to Nazis. Our aggressive style of hockey is now apparently equitable to genocide of 6 millions Jews and starting the 2nd World War!

WE'RE NAZIS!

LET'S GO NAZIS! *CLAPCLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP*

As I type this post up, the Nazis lead the Habs 1-0 thanks to a goal by Danny Briere Erwin Rommel.

The Captain of the Flyers Mike Richards The leader of the Nazis Adolf Hitler has scored to give them a 2-0 lead over the Canadiens.

If the Flyers really are like Nazis, then this first period has been a blitzkrieg thus far.

Keith Olbermann Apologizes.......Sort Of.

When I first went over this story kt1000, pointed out that if only I did this for others in the media as well. But if I focused on everyone and posting stuff on every mistake made by the cable news media, I would not have time in my life to pee, let alone go to class, do my work, write for this, write my memoir (Part I coming up tomorrow morning, stay tuned!), and have a life. Therefore, yes, I do pick and choose what I put on here, yes, I do tend to focus on Keith Olbermann more. With Olbermann criticisms you get meat and potatoes (most of the time at least), with Fox News criticisms, half of the stuff out there is twisted garbage taken out of context. Yes sometimes Olbermann is taken out of context as well, but not near as much as Fox News so it is easier to focus on. Plus I used to be a fan of his so I get angrier and angrier at him when he does something stupid than I do with Fox News people.

That being said, if I can't be 100% fair in who I choose, then I need to be 100% fair on how I cover the stories that I choose. Keith Olbermann did address Jon Stewart's parody of him on here and yes, he did apologize at the end of it. Well, sort of. I'll admit that I was confused and speechless for 5 minutes after I watched this.

"You want some baseless name calling? You are a.....No. You know, what? You're right. I have been a little over the top lately. Point taken. Sorry." - Keith Olbermann

I honestly had no idea what to make of that. What exactly was he apologizing for and who was he apologizing too? Jon Stewart? Scott Brown? His audience? Republicans? Was he apologizing for his word choice? His generalizations, a lot of which were based on incidents 8 or more years ago? The complete falsity of the accusation that Scott Brown never denounced the crazy at his rally who yelled that he should shove a curling iron up Martha Coakley's backside? Check out this little doozy from Politico on January 18.

Democrats are circulating a video of Brown smiling after his supporter's "curling iron" line, a reference to a controversial sex abuse case Coakley handled.

"We can do it," Brown said with a smile after the shout.

"The 'we can do it' statement was in response to the growing energy of the crowd," said the spokeswoman, Tarah Donoghue.

UPDATE: Brown told reporters this morning that he didn't hear the remark, that it was "inappropriate" and that he would have "said something" had he heard it.

There's that proof that Olbermann was looking for! If only he bothered to go outside of Media Matters, The Huffington Post, and The Daily Kos for his Countdown news stories, oh what a wonderful world of news it would be!

That being said, never in a million years did I think that he would have the gumption to air that Stewart segment in it's entirety (I can assure you that the part where it appears to jump is only jumping a filler sentence from Stewart that had no substance or jokes at all), especially the part at the end where Stewart really hit him by saying that his attack on Michelle Malkin was "more like violence against women than anything Scott Brown ever said". Stunning.

So for airing that and actually allowing a dissenting view of him on his program, Olbermann gets a job well done.

Could Somebody Please Give Keith Olbermann A Fucking Clue In This World???

It's no secret that Keith Olbermann is a blasted imbecile not worthy of covering politics in Lost Springs, Wyoming (population: 3), but the stunt he pulled tonight is taking that to a whole different level and then some.

To use the quotes of Olbermann himself, it's not a left and right issue. It's a matter of "professional journalism" and "professional integrity" of which Keith Olbermann has completely none of. Fuck, he has less than none.

Last night, Olbermann chimed in his 2 cents on the election with this "Quick Comment", which in it's own right is quite despicable.



Yes, he just did say that to the man that one of the most liberal states in the country voted for as Senator, but regardless, he can have his opinions, however misguided and misplaced that they are.

But, the stunt that he pulled today irks me to no end. Either out of request from many others or to try and prop up ratings so people can watch him eat crow, Olbermann advertised an apology to that Quick Comment.



Basically what Olbermann wants is proof that Scott Brown is not a homophobe and a racist and he is claiming that you can't do that.

WELL NO SHIT, SHERLOCK!

Of course you can't do that. You absolutely cannot disprove that accusation.

And do you want to know why. Because things are NEVER what they are not. You cannot define something or someone by what they are not. You can only define it by what it is, so when Olbermann makes the wild, sad, and pathetic accusations that Scott Brown is a "homophobic racist" and then asks you to show him that he's not, basically he is asking people to do exactly what you can't do. Define someone by showing us what he isn't. What Scott Brown isn't: Someone from Mars, born in Jamaica, grew up with 253 dogs. Do you get my point? There are an infinite number of things that something is not so it is not a valid argument to make accusations about someone and then as proof of your argument say that "oh, it must be true, because there is just no evidence to say that is not true". You can't tell us who they are by saying what they are not.

And what is he going to do to disprove such accusations? Go out and hug a gay black man? But then Olbermann will counter that it was fake and contrived and that it is not actual proof that Scott Brown is not a homophobic racist. And wait, he added sexist. Is Scott Brown supposed to go out and hug a gay black lady? Again, it will look contrived and Olbermann would call Brown out on that. Either that or somehow he will spin it into a case of statutory rape. He's already done the same type of thing to Scott Brown once, why not try to do it again?

My bottom line is this: It does not matter if you are a Democrat or a Republican, a liberal or a conservative, a far-left extremist or a far-right extremist, Keith Olbermann is the fucking scum of this earth and if you watch his show and think everytime Olbermann slams him you go in your mind "Fuck yeah, Olbermann rocks, he just slammed yet another douche bag Republican. He was such a great SportsCenter guy and now he is such a great Political Mastermind OMFG!!!!!!" then you are just as bad and are just as much scum of the earth as Olbermann is. No, I'm not being sarcastic and I am not exaggerating this. I am dead fucking serious. If you agree with this bastard and if you think it is okay to go on a national cable TV network and say the kind of shit that he spews then you are politically the worst of the worst of this country and if you never open your mouth again about politics, then this world will be better for it. If you want an intelligent liberal political show, go watch Rachel Maddow at 9 PM, on right after Olbermann's infamous Countdown.

Normally I would end this post with another call to Fire Keith Olbermann Now!, but seeing as NBC-Universal is run by a bunch of incompetent morons, that call would fall on deaf ears upon any NBC-exec that happened to stumble upon the ramblings of a 20-year old college student of no particular interest. Instead I'll just state that I am embarrassed that I share the title of American with this douche bag piece of shit and his staunch supporters.

Embarrassed.

Dave Spadaro Is A Disgrace

This story made its way about the blogosphere last night and this morning and I felt the need to address it before anybody jumps to conclusions that they should not.

Dave Spadaro is a member of the Philadelphia Eagles PR department. He is the Eagles webmaster and if you ever want to know how the Eagles are spinning a certain story, you can be sure to check out his columnn. Basically the guy is a joke in this town as it is.

Well, as an employee of the Philadelphia Eagles, they were able to get him a credentialed media pass to be on the field and do a feature to be put up on the Eagles website, philadelphiaeagles.com

Want to know what he had put up on the website? Check this bit of classless idiocy out.



No, no, you saw right. That was Dave Spadaro, an employee of the Eagles and someone who was given a special pass to be on the field and issue a report for the Eagles' official website, spitting on the star at Cowboys Stadium. How classless and disrespectful can you get?

Now if you thought that bit of classless idiocy was funny, wait until you read his "apology".

As you may have seen, I went too far with my Spudcam video prior to Sunday's game against the Cowboys. Acting alone, and without permission from the Eagles organization, I walked out to the middle of the field at Cowboys Stadium and spit on the Cowboys star, and for that I deeply apologize to the outstanding Cowboys organization and the fine people there, from Jerry Jones to the rest of the team.

It was not my intention to insult the Cowboys. It was my intention to enjoy the spirit of a great sports rivalry, and I clearly went over the line and acted unprofessionally. The Cowboys have always been gracious hosts and I appreciate the relationship I have with the friends I have there.

Spudcam is a feature that has become very popular here, and the goal of Spudcam is to provide a unique perspective of the game-day experience. We here at PhiladelphiaEagles.com strive to do anything and everything to bring our fans as close as possible to the action, to enjoy the team they love on an every-day basis. I try to have fun with Spudcam and to put the camera in places that cameras normally don't go.

I took it to the extreme here, and admit that I have done so in other situations this year. Again, it is all done in the spirit of pre-game fun, to get excited about the game, to show the fans at Lincoln Financial Field and those on the road what happens behind the scenes on game days.

I admit I get carried away with my love of the Philadelphia Eagles, and if this is a crime, I am clearly guilty. Game days are an incredible experience for me. The will to win is unlike anything I have ever felt. The angst and the tightly-knotted stomach and the ups and downs of 60 minutes of Eagles football leave me thoroughly drained -- win or lose -- and I enjoy having the opportunity to communicate that to the many great Eagles fans who follow this team on a (many-times) daily basis.

I appreciate the support of the Eagles organization as we take this web site to new levels. I have made many mistakes in my excitement over the years communicating my love of the Eagles to you, and the franchise has always backed me. There are times when my enthusiasm has to be reined in by many within the Eagles, who have always made sure to let me know when I've exceeded the boundaries of professionalism.

Again, I apologize to those whom I have offended by my actions with Spudcam. I acted in an unprofessional manner and I am deserving of the punishment coming my way, and of the scorn of Dallas fans and those who did not appreciate my actions. I am responsible for my work and I will stand up to the criticism.

Dan Levy pointed this out on his podcast today, but while I don't necessarily have a problem with his apology, the way he portrays himself is simply pathetic. He is a PR guy and a webmaster for the team, nothing more nothing less, he has never played professionally for the Eagles, yet reading this and his remarks about how much he loves the team and how he is so anxious with every snap do-da do-da, you would think that he was the Eagles' star player. What a buffoon. And I thought that about him before this craptastic display of douchebaggery and classlessness.

I can assure you that Dave Spadaro does not represent my thoughts, point of view, or that of any rational Eagles fan. All of the Twitter accounts that I follow, and believe me, I follow some accounts of some hardcore fans and bloggers, all were disowning him and saying how much of a douche bag he was.

And yeah, that's about all that Dave Spadaro is: a douche bag Eagles shill that represents the team only through webmastering, spouting off Eagles talking points, and through paycheck only.

The Detroit Lions Have Gone From Being Like Dating Whoopi Goldberg To Being Like Terrorists In Amsterdam

Believe it or not, as bad as Chris Myers is as a sideline reporter, when it comes to doing play-by-play, he is even worse. And while he has already proven himself a master of the bad on-air zinger, yesterday, he even took that honor to another level never seen before. Listen in disbelief as he compares the Lions defensive line to terrorists in Amsterdam! I kid you not.



Well then! That was, um, uncomfortable to listen to.

Like I said numerous times, I'm not in the business of calling for a job over one bad joke, but I think Myers' entire body of work this year may just warrant a pink slip from the booth, signaling a not so sad end to an awful career in play-by-play announcing.

While this probably is not the spot to offer commentary on airline security, like I've said before I have traveled all over the world and that includes one time catching a connecting flight in Amsterdam earlier this decade (a few years after 9/11, IIRC). The ironic part about it is the security we faced there was the toughest and most stingiest that I can ever recall. They had one person ask us at least 10 questions about who we were, where we were, what were we doing there, and where are we going on top of all of the other security stuff that you normally see at airports post-9/11. I don't know what happened in the case of the failed Christmas attack and I am not suggesting anything, but iot is kind or ironic that the security that I always thought was some of the best in the world, be the security that nearly allows the next terrorist attack on this country.

But alas, I shall end this post by saying that Chris Myers, you sir, are an idiot.

Chris Myers raises terrorist joke alert level to red (Deadspin)

Pam Ward Is Not A Fan Of Injured Football Players

You can chalk this one up in the category of audio glitches causing America to hear something that was not supposed to be heard. In this case, Pam Ward tossed it to the studio and while she thought that Dari Nowkhah and Trevor Matich were giving the people an update, an audio glitch prevented us from hearing Dari and Trevor. Instead, Pam's microphone was never cut off and you can hear her mumble some rather distasteful things to the injured Marshall player on the ground (and even check to make sure that Dari and Trevor are the ones in the studio!)



It's disrespectful, yes, but a part of me can't help but laugh at it. Sure it's rude, mean, and obnoxious what she said, but given who it is and her reputation, you can't help but laugh. I am curious though how on earth Ray Bentley handles this. I mean, what on earth is he and everyone within ear shot of Pam thinking then, not even knowing that it is being heard by all of America?

Stay classy, Pammy!

Video of the day: Pam Ward disrespects an injured football player (Keith's Sports Journal)
Pam Ward is frustrated with this damn injured Marshall player (Deadspin)

Paul Steigerwald Likes Joking About Fatal Plane Crashes!

Pittsburgh Penguins play by play announcer Paul Steigerwald has quite the sick sense of humor.

For those that don't know (which before I got into the research behind this, included myself "The Hobey Baker Award is given annually to the top male NCAA hockey player. Its namesake, Hobey Baker, was a star athlete between 1911-1914 before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force, where he was a pilot during World War I. Tragically, he died in a postwar plane crash in Toul, France in 1918, at age 26." (thanks to Puck Daddy for summing up something I would have spent 3 paragraphs on). What makes that so important? Well, a former Hobey Baker award winner, Mike Mottau, got checked and checked hard in the Pens-Devils game last night, so much so that it was FSN Pitt's "Subway Sandwich of the Game". Well, as going through those highlights, Paul Steigerwald made a very unfortunate joke that I'm sure he will soon be apologizing for.



Pens Analyst Bob Errey: "The Hobey Baker winner went down, real hard. Our Subway sandwich of the game."
Pens PbP Paul Steigerwald: ""Not as hard as Hobey Baker went down, though. He went down in a plane crash."

Not funny. And to top it all off there was muttering and giggling and really a sense of uncomfortableness afterwards. And despite the comment of how "it's nothing to laugh about how [Hobey Baker] left us", they carried on for quite some time, maybe if for no other reason, out of uneasiness.

And as if this story needed another kicker, coincidentally, it was 91 years to the day yesterday that Hobey Baker did die in that plane crash. In other words, Steigerwald made that joke on the 91st anniversary of Hobey Baker's death. Oy ve.

While unlike some people around these parts, I am not in the business of calling for someone's job over one ill-timed, bad, unfortunate, joke (see: Griese, Bob), nor do I think he deserves to be fired over this, however, I do think we should expect and have a right to hear an upcoming on-air apology from Paul Steigerwald for this unfortunate incident.

You Stay Classy, Paul Steigerwald (Puck The Media)