On Thursday night, I covered the UFL's New York Sentinels home debut at Giants Stadium.
We caught up with Sentinels head coach Ted Cottrell and California Redwoods head coach Dennis Green. We even got up-close to Denzel Washington, whose son John David plays for California (but he wasn't in much of a chatty mood).
For more information on this exciting new football league, visit www.ufl-football.com.
Special thanks to Jeremy and SportsRev.tv for making this all happen!
How cool is this?
Metallica was just one of the many artists who performed last night at the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame concert series.
For the intro to "Enter Sandman", they played a video tribute to SuperYankee Mariano Rivera (sorry, Billy Wagner).
The series will air on HBO, but thanks to TYP reader Daniel, you won't have to wait that long to see it the clip!
Enjoy!
The Yankee Chick made reference to this performance in her post below.
The highlight? Fast forward to 2:36 to see Derek Jeter get down.
PS- That echo was terrible. Is that a Fox issue or a Stadium issue?
PPS- Glad to see the Yankees took our advice and made this the official song of the postseason.
PPPS- How pretty is Alicia Keys? Love her!
There's plenty more ideas where that came from, MLB!
Call me!
What is it lately with on-air talent getting down with their staff?
A Papa Joe/Yankees reunion is looking more and more unlikely.
Joe Girardi's ears must be ringing off the hook.
Alex Rodriguez has had a phenomenal postseason thus far, but is he for real?
Earlier this year, Lebron James thought he was in the fight for his life.
This is unprecedented.
What a tragedy.
Our prayers go out to his family and the university community.
He was just as much a Yankee Stadium postseason tradition as the YMCA (and winning), but Ronan Tynan will not be singing his trademark "God Bless America" during the ALCS.
Why? According to Dr. Gabrielle Gold-von Simson, who was looking for an apartment in Tynan's building, the tenor made some derogatory comments about Jewish people.
It all started when Gold-von Simson's real estate agent said to Tynan: “Don’t worry they [Gold-von Simson's family] are not Red Sox fans."
Tynan replied, "I don’t care about that, as long as they are not Jewish."
“Why is that?” asked Gold-von Simson.
Tynan replied that Jewish ladies had been looking at the apartment before and they were "scary."
“I’m not anti-Semitic and I have never been in my life,” Tynan told NBC New York. “There are three members of my band that are Jewish. And I love them like brothers. I call them my brothers from another mother.”
"I didn't know him at all so how could I take it as a joke," said Gold-von Simson.
Ouch.
Do you think the Yankees made the right move by pulling the trigger on Tynan, or was Gold-von Simson wrong to blab to the media and basically ruin the singer's career?
Either way, the lesson here is watch what you say to strangers! You never know who you might be offending and/or pissing off!
For old time's sake, watch the above clip of Tynan singing "God Bless America", taken from Game 2 of this year's ALDS.
Should Rush Limbaugh be allowed to "host" the St. Louis Rams?
Not so, says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
“I’ve said many times before, we’re all held to a high standard here,” Goodell said. “I would not want to see those comments coming from people who are in a responsible position in the N.F.L. — absolutely not.”
What are the comments in question?
Take your pick:
"The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."
"Have you ever noticed how all newspaper composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?"
"The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies."
What do you think? Should Rush, despite his racist comments, be allowed to buy a team in a league where the majority of the players are black?
"I do not like knocking teams. But right now, they're struggling. We're
playing that game the other day and, honestly, it felt like a scrimmage,
like a practice. It felt like we were going against our offense (in a
controlled setting) as far as the tempo.
"There was no vibe of trying or effort from the Raiders at all from a
defensive standpoint against their offense. We're getting three-and-outs. You
don't hear nobody (saying), 'Hey, let's go!' trying to pick the guys up,
rallying them, getting guys fired up. There was nothing. It was quiet. A guy
gets sacked or somebody gets beat, they just get up. It's not like there's
yelling or no kind of (emotion) about the way they were playing.
"It was shocking to be out there in that game and get that kind
of feeling."
First was his verbal brawl with Terrell Owens.
Now he is taking jabs on former teammate Tom Brady.
In a halftime segment during Sunday night’s Steelers-Chargers game, Harrison took issue with a roughing-the-passer penalty against the Ravens’ Terrell Suggs, who was penalized after grazing Brady’s knee, and termed it a “horrible call.’’
Harrison said: “Tom Brady, if you’re listening, take off the skirt and put on some slacks. Toughen up.’’
Tom's response?
“Rodney’s like my brother,’’ Brady told WEEI yesterday. “I love Rodney. There’s nothing Rodney could ever say that would bother me. He’s one of my great friends and teammates. If I was a football player, I’d want to be Rodney Harrison. There’s nobody that played the game like Rodney. He played with all heart.
“It’s fun to see him on TV. He hits as hard on TV as he did when he was playing, which is hard to believe. But he finds a way to get after everybody.’’
Rodney claims that he gave Brady the heads up that he was going to "bust his chops" on air.
But Rodney's act is wearing thin with some of his broadcasting collegues.
Michael Strahan took to his Twitter to call Rodney out. "Rodney is selling out his teammates, friends and enemies to try to make a name or something. Bad move."
Agreed.
Later today, we will know Eli Manning's fate for this Sunday- and beyond.
Which gave me more pleasure- the Giants manhandling the Chiefs, or Dallas being upset by Denver?
Obviously I'm ecstatic over the Giants success in Kansas City, but their JV schedule is kind of boring me. Dallas losing is just a lot sexier.
Watch the sexiness unfold above!
Other games that stood out for me:
*Mark Sanchez and the New York Jets crash down to Earth: The Jets quarterback actually looked like a rookie, as his team fell to the New Orleans Saints, 24-10. NO is looking gooooood, and Giants fans will (finally) be treated to an important game when these two teams lock up in Week 6.
*But Jet fans should rejoice in the fact that Eric Mangini is no longer with them: Unfortunately, the Cleveland area is now stuck with him. Their team fell to 0-4 yesterday, when they lost to the surprising Bengals in overtime, 23-20.
*Steelers get back on track: Despite a last-minute rally by San Diego, Pittsburgh snapped their two-game losing streak by a score of 38-28.
*Don't forget about Fav-re!: Everyone's favorite man who cried wolf finally gets a chance to bite the hand that fed him for all these years! (aka, the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings square off tonight on ESPN).
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