As we all know, singer/actress Jessica Simpson has been dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo since last fall, and he hasn’t been playing well since.  I absolutely love the nickname the Cowboy's fans have given her – “Yoko Romo” in comparison to Yoko Ono who many Beatles fans blame for ruining John Lennon.  I thought of a few other nicknames they could use:

• “Booby Brown” in comparison to Bobby Brown, who many blame for the downfall of his wife Whitney Houston. 

• “J-Simp” in comparison to K-Fed, the ex-husband who many blame for Britney Spears’ spiral downward.

• “Complete Duh-erty” in comparison to Pete Doherty, model Kate Moss’ boyfriend who receives blame for Kate’s recent drug use.

• “Oh, J. Simpson” in comparison to O.J. Simpson, who obviously contributed to Nicole Brown’s downfall.

I dated a CFL football player once. His break up excuse was because "a girlfriend is too much of a distraction - I need to focus on football".

Lame. But anyways, it sounds like country singer Carrie Underwood heard the same words from Dallas Cowboy QB Tony Romo. In this week's Entertainment Weekly with Carrie on the cover, she says about Romo, "...point blank, he is all about football. I don't know if it's that I'm not quite his type or whatever, but I don't think he's at the point in his life where he would be willing to sacrifice football. He hated so much that people thought that he was paying more attention to me and that was causing him to not do well."

What is with that? Carrie could manage to juggle a fast-paced, pressured career in music, but Tony can't handle a relationship and his job at the same time? Maybe it's that multi-tasking thing - aren't women supposed to be better
at juggling more than one thing at once? According to this Wall Street Journal article, a 2003 survey by political scientists at Rutgers University found three-quarters of women think women are better at multitasking than men and one-third of men agreed.

Cowboys opponents should take that cue. If they want to find Romo's weakness, they should figure out how to distract him with something off the field. Find some girl to come forward and claim her child is Romo's or something...that would do it!

Posh & Becks are coming to America - I guess this is their last-ditch attempt to get that sought-after password to the American Rich and Famous Club.  If you haven't already heard, English football star David Beckham and his former Spice Girl wife Victoria are moving to Los Angeles where David will play with the Los Angeles Galaxy, a Major League Soccer team in the US.  People all over the country are excited about the move, but I think there are two people who are more ecstatic than the rest...Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.  Right now, Lindsay and Paris are the US tabloid darlings, but they are going to be dropped faster than Paris can say "That's hot" with the introduction of Posh & Becks into the mix.  P&B are TABLOID MAGNETS.  I don't think they could attract more attention if they tried.  In fact, even they're 'friends and business contacts' list is filled with tabloid favourites.  For example, in less than a week, check out who they've been hangin' with:

• Becks allegedly sought Tom Cruise's advice before making the decision to move to LA.
• Michael Jackson is reportedly trying to sell them his Neverland Ranch.
• They are considering purchasing a former home of Lionel Richie (father of Nicole, another tabloid fav).
• They were spotted at the Golden Globes after-party with pals Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Jennifer Lopez (yet another tabloid sweetheart).

Of course, I'm assuming that Lindsay and Paris don't like the tabloid spotlight...but on the other hand, it is quite possible that they may get jealous as they get shoved aside for Posh.  Now THERE's a feud I'd like to see.  Posh would be getting all her Scientology-practicing friends to put hexes on the girls.  Paris and Lindsay would be hitting the clubs even harder to make Posh look boring and old.  Or maybe they'd all just have a starve-a-thon to see who could get their skinny, big-breasted bodies down to the boniest frame.  Can't wait to see how this all plays out.

Umbrellas. Essentially, they're fabric meant to shelter me from the rain. Love them as I do, if I could carry concrete over my head, I would probably choose that over my umbrella - less chance of breakage and getting wet. So, I'm wondering... whose bright idea was it to put a giant umbrella over BC Place (the 60,000-person BC Lions football stadium slated to be the home of the Vancouver 2010 Opening Ceremonies) instead of a proper concrete roof?! Check out the giant hole that a recent Vancouver storm ripped into the fabric roof of BC Place (below). Until it was deflated last week, it was the largest air-supported dome roof in the world.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Just like my umbrella, after years of rain and wind, it eventually gets a hole or falls apart. What did they think was going to happen with the 20-year-old fabric roof of the stadium?! A crew spent the entire weekend pumping water out of the building after the storm cleared up. Well, I guess I've always yearned for an open-air stadium like the one I used to enjoy in Calgary at McMahon...maybe this is my chance

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According to this AP article, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has been fined US$10,000 by the NFL for an 'obscene hand gesture'  toward fans following last week’s loss to New Orleans (in other words, he flipped the fans the bird).

Vick rushed for 166 yards in the 31-13 loss, just seven yards short of his own NL records for a quarterback in a game. But that didn’t make up for a dismal performance by the Falcons, who were booed loudly following their fourth straight loss and he showed his unhappiness by making the gesture.

Vick said he heard an especially disturbing insult from a male fan as he walked off the Georgia Dome field.

“He just said certain things I won’t say in front of this camera,” Vick said at a post-game news conference. “It was very inappropriate. I was down, upset, frustrated. I just did one thing I’ve never done through all the games I’ve ever lost, no matter how frustrated I’ve been after a game. I don’t know where it came from, but the people who know me know that’s not me and that’s not my character.”

Ummm...excuse me, but when did the relationship between fans and athletes start looking like an episode of the Jerry Springer show?  Once upon a time, fans and athletes had a happy marriage - they respected one another, supported one another...even loved one another.  Today, fans boo and scream nasty things as players are coming off the field and then players finger them.  Today, fans throw drinks and food at players and players jump into the stands and beat them.   Violence, disrespect, disloyalty...this is a relationship that needs Dr. Phil, no?  I wondered, what advice would Dr.Phil give to a struggling relationship such as this?  Here's a few marriage tips the tell-it-like-it-is doctor shares on his website that might help heal this battered fan-athlete relationship:

• Ask only what you're willing to give.  Players and fans: Give respect and dignity and receive it in return.
• Embrace who the other person is.  Players:  Accept that fans will always be interested in you and your life.  Fans:  Enjoy the player's strengths and stop being so harsh on the negatives.
• Talk about your needs.  Players:  Tell the fans that you need them to be supportive through thick and thin.  Fans:  Tell the players that you want them to stop acting like they're above you - be nice, sign the autographs...it's not that hard.
• Contribute to the relationship daily.  Players:  Sign the autographs, do the media interviews, attend the charity events...with a smile on your face.  Fans:  Read the articles, watch the games, follow the team.
• Commit to the relationship.  Players:  Play for the fans, not the money...play your best at all times.  Fans:  Stay behind your team whether they're winning or losing...no bandwagon jumping.

Until the fan-athlete relationship gets some Dr.Phil-like therapy, I guess I'll be the one starting the JER-RY JER-RY chants over the yelling, name-calling, fighting and chair-throwing.

This is my backyard this morning.  Now, it may look like a typical November day for some of you in other parts of the country...but for Vancouver this is a freak occurrence.  You see, it doesn't snow much here on the west coast and it doesn't often get below zero either.  But we're not surprised at this snow after what we've endured over the past couple of weeks - we've gotten used to out-of-the-ordinary weather this fall.  We just finished a bout of record rainfall and flooding here, and in fact, we are still under a boil-water advisory from the effects! 

Now, since we are only about 3 hours from our American friends in Seattle, they are sharing the same weather misfortune.  But the weather isn't the only bizarre thing going on in Seattle - the Seahawks seem to be sharing some unluckiness this season.  Offensive injuries have been plaguing them since the season began.  What are the chances of your starting quarterback and star receiver getting injured at the same time?  Pretty slim - but it still happened for the 2006/07 Seahawks...QB Matt Hasselbeck's knee injury kept him out of play for about a month and Running Back Shaun Alexander was sidelined for seven weeks with a broken foot.  And that's not it - they've also had to operate at different times without center Robbie Tobeck, guard Floyd "Pork Chop" Womack, tackle Sean Locklear, wideout Bobby Engram and tight end Jerramy Stevens.  Yet right now they're still first in the NFC West Division.  Granted, their competition in that division isn't the strongest, but it's still impressive. 

There will likely be no traces of snow in my backyard in a week from now...and our beautiful city will re-emerge from underneath the rain and snow.   Similarly, I expect the weird injury weather in the Seattle Seahawks camp to blow over too... and the healthy and strong Superbowl-calibre team of last season to re-emerge.  As of last week, both Alexander and Hasselbeck have returned to the lineup.  Watch out NFC, I think I see the clouds parting as we speak...

According to this AP article, The Oakland Raiders’ defensive tackle Warren Sapp refuses to eat out on road trips for fear of getting sick.

Sapp insisted Wednesday his food was tampered with during his nine-year tenure in Tampa Bay from 1995-03.

“You get your food poisoned,” Sapp said at Raiders headquarters. “They don’t want you out there on Sunday. You don’t think about it. It just got crazy.”

He pointed specifically to three incidents: Before the NFC championship game in Philadelphia at the end of the 2002 season, which the Bucs won on the way to the Super Bowl title; before a divisional playoff game at Green Bay in January 1998; and at New Orleans, where the Bucs played a road game during the 1998 season.

During his time with Tampa Bay, Sapp even went so far as to book two hotel rooms — one under an alias — so he could order room service and not worry about his food.

Well, Sapp is an unpopular NFL player for his big mouth and the nasty way he often plays... so I guess it is possible that restaurant staff who didn't like him tampered with his food.  But if it's true, then those anti-Sapp people certainly knew how to get him below the belt.  Bam.  Right in the cajones.  Because, when it comes to Sapp, that dude loves food.  I mean, this is the same guy who starred in those giant-sized frozen dinner ads for Hungry Man.  He is 6'2" and over 300 pounds - a guy that big obviously likes to eat.  In fact, he loves his chow so much that the way Ashton Kutcher got him all riled up on his show Punk'd was by serving him teeny portions of food at a restaurant.  And he even recently announced that he is involved in a restaurant chain called the HipHopSodaShop.  Food is on this guy's mind all.the.time.  So, hurting the thing that he loves the most is the ultimate revenge.  It would be like breaking all of Paris Hilton's fingers so she couldn't dial her cell phone...or convincing Scientology to close its doors to Tom Cruise.  Devastating to the celebs...yet hilarious to the haters.

On another note - with the volumes of food Sapp probably eats, I'm just glad I wasn't around when he had the food poisoning.  Ewww...no one wants to see that much food re-appear out of a guy's stomach.

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An MSNBC article this week said that Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo might be dating actress and singer Jessica Simpson.  Romo said his ex-girlfriend broke up with him just hours before he took over the reins of the team from Drew Bledsoe and he later revealed having a crush on actress and singer Jessica Simpson.  Simpson's representatives supposedly heard the rumor and got in touch with Romo's people and set up a date. The couple are now rumored to be an item.

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens was asked about the couple on his radio show and Owens joked that maybe he and Romo can double-date with Jessica and Ashlee.

And the rumours that Romo gave Jessica's dad tickets to the game in Arizona?

“No comment,” he said, smiling again and turning away from cameras, claiming he had to hurry off to a meeting.

You can even bet on it.  The odds of the pair becoming an item by the end of the year is said to be 3:2.

How fitting that the leader of the Dallas Cowboys may be dating someone who could easily be mistaken for one of the infamous Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.   I do love Jess, but she's got the stereotypical cheerleader perky yet somewhat ditzy personality, bleached blond hair, endowment in the chest area, and orange-tanned skin, doesn't she?

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I think at the very least, the two should pair up for Tony Roma's advertisements.  Heck, Jess is already doing fast-food ads and Tony just needs an 'a' on the end of his name to share a namesake with the brand.

Oh, happy day!  The orange and black prevailed yesterday!  Our BC Lions didn't disappoint.  Leading for the entire 60 minute game over the Montreal Alouettes, they brought home the ultimate prize in Canadian Football - the Grey Cup. 

Speaking of that coveted trophy, I wondered yesterday - when it comes to the league's trophy, what does the 'C' stand for in CFL?  Cheap?  Chintzy?  Cut-rate?

Exhibit A:  The Grey Cup itself, which snapped in two within minutes of being handed to the winning team.  I know, I know, the trophy is 94 years old, but still...

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Exhibit B:  The MVP (given to QB Dave Dickenson) and Top Canadian (given to kicker Paul McCallum) awards.  I couldn't find a photo of these trophies, but let me re-create for you:

They were the tiniest and oddest looking trophies I've ever seen.  "Dave, you were the most outstanding player in the biggest game of the year.  Congratulations - here's your 6-inch tall chicken claw holding a football."

Geez - they could have saved some cash by nixing 'Promiscuous Girl' Nelly Furtado in the half time show and bucked up for a Grey Cup upgrade and a couple of nice, big MVP and Top Canadian trophies, don't ya think?

How did you spend your Sunday?  I spent mine taunting an over-sized gopher. 

If you were watching the CFL Western Final game on Sunday afternoon, chances are you caught a glimpse of me, my husband and our two friends behind the Saskatchewan Roughriders bench decked out in orange cheering on the BC Lions.  Our pals hooked us up with some amazing tickets in the front row...so close we could almost reach out and choke the Saskatchewan mascot Gainer the Gopher.  As the blowout game (YEAH LIONS!) neared a close, we were joking with each other about jumping the railing onto the field.  And so our conversation about streakers began... 

Who are the most memorable streakers you've seen?  My absolute fav was 21-year-old Timothy Hurlbut (see photo below).  That's right, I said Hurlbut.  He tried to 'hurl his butt' over the glass at a Calgary Flames hockey game and managed to knock himself unconscious in the process.

Here's another Calgary one I remember, only this one was at a Stampeders football game.  This guy actually made it across the field, over the fence and into the parking lot before getting arrested!

What about female streakers?  None of us had ever seen any, but an internet search turned up a few instances: female streaker photos.  Check out Tracy Seargant.  Eeek.  Thank god someone invented the running bra.

As we sat there with a mere two-foot railing and a 5-foot drop between us and the field, we wondered - if we didn't strip off all our orange clothing would we get charged or arrested?  What if we just ran onto the field and ripped off Gainer's head?  I did a little digging and it turns out it's a good thing we didn't try!  Here's what I found from looking at previous streaker cases.  You'll definitely get in sh*t if you run onto the field naked - exposed butt or genitals constitutes indecent exposure charges.  And even if you're clothed, there are still charges that you could get slapped with including:  disorderly conduct, trespassing, mischief and resisting arrest (if you run away from or fight the security).  The punishment is typically be a fine, but I saw one case in England that mentioned jail time. Depending on where you live, there may be a different name for the charge and a different penalty.

Anyways, I guess next time you have the urge to tear off your clothes and announce "We're going streaking!" in a public place, maybe it's best if it is just at a house party a la Will Ferrell in Old School rather than on the football field.

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Denzel Washington was spotted checking out the St. Louis Rams practice last week.  In addition to being one of the most popular actors of his time, he is also the father of rookie running back J.D. Washington, who is on the Rams' practice squad.

Well, if the kid didn't want to follow in his Dad's footsteps and get into the entertainment biz like so many other actor's children (Kate Hudson daughter of Goldie Hawn, Kiefer Sutherland son of Donald, Michael Douglas son of Kirk, etc.), it does not surprise me that Denzel's kid ended up in sports.  Why, you ask?  A young guy's most formative years, and typically the ones in which he will start getting an idea of his career path, are the teens, no?  And kids quite often look to their parents for inspiration, right?  Check out the movies Denzel was doing when little J.D. was aged 14-16:

• 1998 - He Got Game - Denzel played a basketball player's father
• 1999 - The Hurricane - Denzel played the boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
• 2000 - Remember the Titans - Denzel played a football coach

So J.D. was destined to become an athlete...or a donut-munching police detective (Denzel was also in Fallen in 1998, The Siege in 1998, The Bone Collector in 1999 and Training Day 2001).

Seriously, though, I wonder if the roles these actor-parents play actually DO influence their kids?  If so - eeek - cross to the other side of the street if you see Christopher Walken's or Jack Nicholson's offspring!

  

The Dallas Cowboys were down 14-0 in Sunday's game against the Panthers when QB Tony Romo and the crew dropped 35 straight points and put the beat down on the Panthers. T.O. even had his first 100 yard game as a Cowboy. And the usually bristly coach Bill Parcells started kissing his players left and right.

He kissed Keith Davis on the sidelines.

He kissed Keyshawn Johnson after the game.

He appeared to have even given Terrell Owens (who he has had very little prior interaction) a kiss.

When we think of football, we think of dirty, grunting, testosterone-filled, chest-thumping men.  But this season, we've gotten a glimpse into the softer side of the NFL - men kissing one another.  The smooching that happened on the sidelines on Sunday isn't the only player-coach action noted this year.  In the Steelers' season opener win over the Dolphins, linebacker Joey Porter kissed coach Bill Cowher on the cheek (see photo above).

What's with the 'man love'?  Let's face it, most heterosexual men are afraid they'll be perceived as homosexual if they show their pals a little affection.  So why are men more comfortable kissing one another on the field rather than every day life?  Professor Mark Morman at Baylor University in Waco Texas has dedicated part of his career to studying the male hug.  In a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article, he says the more 'emotionally charged' the environment, the more freedom men feel to show affection for one another.  He says that in the office there is not a lot of emotion so hugging remains taboo.  But at a wedding or a funeral, or on a battlefield or basketball court, men have hugged without hesitation for many years. 

Grand Rapids psychologist Randy Flood, who specializes in men's issues says in this article that athletes can get away with showing affection because nobody will question their masculinity.  They have power and are seen as tough guys, the pinnacle of masculinity.

Those sound like good theories for the reasons behind the sideline affection.  It's either that or somebody's been spikin' their gatorade - we've all witnessed the touchy-feely effects of booze on guys.  Although... if they were on the piss, I imagine it would have looked more like this: Parcells stumbling around the sidelines, hugging all his players, and telling them in slurring words, "I love you, man" while all the sloshy players responded, "No, man, I love YOU."

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Terrell Owens, the often controversial Cowboys playmaker, who made headlines last week for what was determined to be an accidental overdose, will now release his first children's book in mid-November called  "Little T Learns to Share".  Little T, the title character, refuses to share his football at first but later realizes he can't enjoy his new ball without friends.

Please tell me no one will buy this book.  Who in their right mind wants ego-centric, trash-talking, overdosing T.O. as a role-model for their young child?  And is this spotlight-hogging receiver the person to be preaching about sharing?  Well, I guess the publisher could come out with a whole line of children's books in this theme, including:.

- "Little P Learns to be Humble" by Phil Mickelson

-  "Little F Says NO to Drugs" by Floyd Landis

-  "Little T Learns About Marriage" by Tie Domi

-  "Little S Learns to Speak Intelligently" by Shaquille O'Neal

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An update on the T.O. suicide story.  According to an AP article, Dallas police have classified Terrell Owens' case as an "accidental overdose," not an attempted suicide, closing their investigation Thursday of the Cowboys receiver's hospitalization.  He's back at practice, but the coach hasn't determined whether he'll play on the weekend.

In other T.O. news, according to YBF he is dating actress Sanaa Lathan (best known for her roles in the movies Blade and Alien vs. Predator). 

Lathan's first name is Arabic for "Work of Art".  Lord, if her ego matches her name, these two are going to make quite the pair.  Wonder how they would kiss with those big, inflated heads?!  Seeing the two scrap it out over the limelight would be better than Alien vs. Predator.

  
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Quotes from an interview from Yahoo! Sports with Seattle Seahawks quarterback  Matt Hasselbeck:

Hasselbeck: The last concert I went to with my wife was to see Tim McGraw. But during training camp, our kicker, Josh Brown, convinced me to go to a Carrie Underwood concert in Spokane, Wash. That was pretty embarrassing, but I was his wing man because he's got this big crush on her. It was a pleasant surprise. The concert was pretty good … but the defensive linemen got on me pretty good about that. It's a little unusual for two dudes to go to a Carrie Underwood concert.

Cole: So what happened with Brown and Underwood?

Hasselbeck: We end up getting backstage and he got a chance to talk to her. They're both from Oklahoma, so they seemed to hit it off. She grew up a Cowboys fan, but I think she was a little more of a Seahawks fan by the end of the conversation. I think Josh won her over. But then she played in Puyallup and he chickened out and didn't go and I don't think he called her. I don't know what happened there, but I definitely want to know.

Another potential athlete-celebrity relationship?  Maybe.  But this doesn't do much for that never-die perception that "kickers are gay" - even though he was supposedly hitting on Carrie.  1.  He obviously watches American Idol.  2.  He listens to Carrie Underwood.  3.  He takes another guy with him to a Carrie Underwood concert.  

Before you read this, check out this Terrell Owens timeline since joining the Dallas Cowboys.

Here's what Fox Sports said about the T.O. news:

Dallas Cowboys receiver Terell Owens overdosed on pain medication Tuesday night, according to a police report.

The report says Owens even put two more pills into his mouth after fire rescue personnel arrived.

The Dallas police report released Wednesday morning said Owens told rescue workers "that he was depressed." The report was first released by WFAA-TV.

The rescue worker "noticed that (his) prescription pain medication was empty and observed (Owens) putting two pills in his mouth," the police report said. Local FOX affiliate KDFW confirmed from the police report that paramedics found an empty pain medication bottle in Owens' home.

The worker attempted to pry them out with her fingers, then was told by Owens that before this incident he'd taken only five of the 40 pain pills in the bottle he'd emptied. The worker then asked Owens "if he was attempting to harm himself, at which time (he) stated, 'Yes."'

This morning, Owens' publicist has vehemently denied that he intentionally tried to harm himself Tuesday night.  And T.O. himself is supposed to speak to the press later today.  What ridiculous comment or excuse is he going to make this time?  We have a few ideas:

• "I thought I was eating Pez.  I love my Dallas Cowboys Pez dispenser."
  
• "I didn't write my own autobiography and I didn't commit my own suicide either.  It was somebody else."
• "Something happened during the surgery on my finger and now it has a mind of its own.  It forced those pills down my throat."
• "It's my hamstring again."
• "Ya, well, at least I'm not a homosexual like Jeff Garcia." (If you didn't know, he insinuated Garcia was gay in a 2003 Playboy interview.)

"The Madden Curse" = a coincidental series of misfortunes that happen to the product's cover-athletes. According to Wikipedia:

People started noticing a pattern with St. Louis Rams' halfback Marshall Faulk from the fallout of a Super Bowl-winning season, and great season statistics earned a cover spot. The following year his stats dropped sharply compared to his prior season. Also the Atlanta Falcons' star player, quarterback Michael Vick, was injured during the 2003 preseason after posing for the cover of Madden 2004. Vick suffered a broken fibula in a preseason game against Baltimore, the day after Madden 2004 was released to retailers. The injury resulted in a painful 5-11 year for Vick's team. Although people who believe in the curse state that the featured player will wind up having a weak or injury-prone season, EA officials point out that Ray Lewis and Eddie George appeared on the covers of the 2005 and 2001 versions, respectively, and had successful seasons without injury. However, coverplayer of the 2006 game versions, Donovan McNabb, injured his chest in week 1 of 2006.

And now add Shaun Alexander to the list of athletes injured the year they appear on the cover of the popular "Madden" football video game.  Alexander was on the '07 Madden game released last month and is the sixth consecutive athlete featured on the cover to suffer an injury that forced him to miss at least one game.  He has cracked a bone in his foot and will be out for at least a few weeks.

Wonder if this curse is spreading to the EA Sports NHL games also?  Cover NHL 07 athlete Ovechkin just got injured too.

What normal people have nightmares about:

What athletes have nightmares about:

According to the Vancouver Sun, rookie CFL defensive back Markeith Knowlton barbers his teammates before every game.  After practice last week he had fellow players "lining up outside his impromptu salon next to the shower stalls at the team's Surrey training facility." 

Possible haircuts to suit specific football personalities:

• The Bowl Cut - For players who have dreams to make it out of the CFL and to the NFL Super Bowl
• The Mullet - Business (short) in the front, party (long) in the back for players who live a party lifestyle behind the scenes
• The Afro - For quarterbacks who 'fro the ball (sorry - bad joke)
• The Shag - For those womanizing players

The week's strangest news arrived from the University of Northern Colorado where starting punter Rafael Mendoza was stabbed in his kicking leg by Mitch Cozad, the team's backup punter.  What a dumbass. Next time we see Mitch won't be on the field...it will be in Celebrity Boxing sparring with Tonya Harding.

U2 has recorded a special duet with Green Day that both bands will debut live in New Orleans on the Sept. 25th edition of Monday Night Football, when the Superdome reopens for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. The song they've chosen for their first-ever collaboration is "The Saints Are Coming".  Whoa - had to read that twice.  Thought the song was "When the Saints Come Marching In".