It’s been a tough few months for Jewish football fans in New York, but things always work out in the end.
First, there was the possibility that a company with Nazi ties was in the running to buy naming rights to the new Giants/Jets Stadium. Then, this week, the NFL announced the Jets would be playing a home game against Tennessee at 4:15 on September 27th. That’s Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and one which requires that Jews be home by sundown. Since Meadowlands traffic is ungodly after a game (pun INTENDED), there is about a 0% chance that anyone would actually make it home by sundown that Sunday night. (by the way, I guarantee this issue had no impact on fans of the Tennessee Titans.)
But, the NFL has done the right thing and pushed the start time up to 1. Kudos to you, commissioner Goodell. It’s one less thing to atone for that day.
(can you tell that the picture shows an embroidered Jets yarmulke? When I was a kid I knew a guy with a Mets one. I didn’t see the point.)
How lucky can people be? She is already worth $150 million. I have trouble hitting a $50 dollar 4 team parlay.
BTW, this is a deadly combination. A hot chick who loves sports gambling. I am better off not knowing things like this. This is how restraining orders happen.
This Gillette ad debuted on the big screen at Yankee Stadium yesterday. It features Tiger Woods, Derek Jeter, and Roger Federer “Staying Alive”.
They should make an ad of these three in “West Side Story” as The Jets, and have Phil Mickelson, A-Rod, and Rafa Nadal as The Sharks. Now that would be comedic gold.
Just a couple days ago it was rumored that Alex Rodriguez and Bethenny Frankel were stepping out on the town together. Now it just seems like they are on the outs or actually never really in. Gatecrasher reports:
“Less than a day after the Yankee slugger squired the “Real Housewives of New York” star around Miami after a chance encounter at a local hotel, A-Rod was seen canoodling poolside with a “trashy blond girl,” a spy says.
“Alex and this girl were laying outside at the Delano, soaking up some sun,” our source reveals. “She’s definitely got the stripper look A-Rod seems to gravitate toward.”
Well glad to see Alex hasn’t changed. He really is a serial dater and is probably better off being single. At least the man is a gentleman on dates.
“Alex wanted to show her some of his Latin roots, something (ex-wife Cynthia) hated doing. So he took Bethenny to a Latin steakhouse in Coral Gables. It was very romantic,” our snitch shares.
But not romantic enough. “He dropped her off like a gentleman after the date, but they didn’t tear up the clubs the way Alex likes to,” says another insider. “And they definitely didn’t have sex.”
I was really hoping this would work out and Rodriguez would show up on a couple episodes of “The Real Housewives” talking to Ramona or Jill. Yes I do watch the show. It is a guilty pleasure of mine.
This is a WTF moment in sports television history, BarStoolSports has this great pic of a guy who looks just like Tupac Shakur. This resemblance is scary. What do you think? Is it him?
John Madden has announced his retirement, ending the greatest broadcasting career in football history. It can be argued that the former Raider coach’s switch to the booth is the single biggest reason football overtook baseball in the national consciousness, when you consider his good spirits on the air for four different networks, and more importantly, the most popular sports videogame of all time.
He also revolutionized the world of busses, and popularized the idea of  jamming different types of birds into each other before deep frying them.
Novak Djokovic makes an attempt at being funny in this viral video for head.com. Excuse me for not loving this like everyone else, but I am not a fan of the Serb. After attending his match with Andy Roddick last year at the US Open, his actions rubbed me the wrong way.
Then again it might have been the fact that I walked past Brooklyn Decker and didn’t realize it was her until too late. Blame all falls on Okie Djokie.
So guess I was wrong saying that Shaquille O’Neal wouldn’t have time to seek revenge on Louis Amudson for the peanut prank. The man is fast. He took less than 24 hours to get payback.
The Hoop Doctors show us pictures of “The Big Cactus,” with the help of a couple teammates shaving a patch of Amudson’s hair off. Poor guy! I know about long locks and if you shaved a patch of mine off I would not be as cordial as Lou.
Posted on 16 April 2009 by California Correspondent
We’ve been tough on Clayton Kershaw in the past, calling him names and even doing some photoshop work with him. Tonight, however, he proved he’s the real deal, recording 13Ks in 7IP, with only 1 hit, 1 walk and 1 ER. Pretty impressive, even if he was only playing the Giants.
Unfortunately for Kershaw, he left the game in the 8th and Hong-Chih Kuo blew the lead by giving up a 3 run homer to Rowand. Kershaw is still looking for his first win of the season, but it shouldn’t take long if he keeps this up.
If you want the complete Kershaw update (rather than my quick recap), one of the biggest Kershaw fanboys (who blogs) is Pyleoflist. He doesn’t have a post up yet for tonight’s game, but I’m going to preemptively link drop him, only because I’m so confident that he’ll have a Kershaw post any minute now.
John Madden has 
