It’s really a shame when a NBA player really doesn’t care. It’s also a shame when everyone knows that said NBA player doesn’t care. Such is the life of JaVale McGee. Yes, the same JaVale McGee that once did everything in his power to record a triple double. And yes, the same JaVale McGee that once sprinted back on defense while his team was on offense.

So it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that is familiar with McGee that he decided to purposely goaltend a shot into the stands. So in other words, he gifted the other team two points.

And as you may have guessed, this secured McGee a one way ticket to the bench.

Via DC Sports Bog

The billboard is the work of the folks behind ManningtoMiami.com, who launched their internet presence today that comes complete with a store, a blog, and even a proud title sponsor. In other words, they aint messing around.

Your move Washington, Seattle, and Arizona.

“Like I say, I haven’t talked to them, but I prefer not to use (El Hombre),” Pujols said Wednesday.
It’s an emotional issue for Pujols because he became acquainted with 90-year-old Musial in his 11 seasons playing in St. Louis. In 2010, Pujols asked St. Louis media and fans not to call him “El Hombre.”

“I still have the same respect for him as I had, not just for what he’s done in baseball but for what he did for his country,” Pujols said. “That’s something you have to appreciate.”

And now let’s hear from the man who didn’t ask Pujols’ opinion on the billboards.

Angels vice president for communications Tim Mead said the signs featuring “El Hombre” represent 20 of the 70 Angels billboards in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.

“We’re more aware of his feelings about that now, but I don’t think his feelings are directed at our marketing campaign,” Mead said. “He hasn’t approached us with anything and it’s been explained to him (that) it’s one prong of our campaign, not its full-fledged focus.”

Something tells me those billboards will be disappearing soon.

The second one isn’t so obvious.  In fact, it isn’t obvious at all.  According NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, the Colts could sign Luck as early as Friday.  How’s that for killing the drama.

This year, the presence of a rookie wage scale makes it much easier to get these deals done, since there’s no longer much — if anything — to negotiate.

Thus, the Colts could, in theory, sign the first overall pick long before the draft NFL spokesman Greg Aiello tells us that the Colts could sign the top pick as of Friday, after a pair of coin flips lock in the draft order.

And so, theoretically, Andrew Luck and Peyton Manning could end up as teammates, after all. The Colts can sign Luck before they cut Manning.

No, I don’t (and you shouldn’t either) know what the New York Yankees smell like.

Yes, that bottle of cologne with the Yankees logo on it is real.

No, I don’t know anyone who would spend money on Yankees cologne or perfume.

Yes, there is someone (probably hundreds of someones) out there that will spend money Yankess cologne or perfume.

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s let The Cloudbreak Group, who is in charge of bringing this product to the masses, explain what this is all about while trying to convince you that you do indeed want to smell like the New York Yankees.

The Yankees, Major League Baseball and The Cloudbreak Group are rolling out “New York Yankees” and “New York Yankees for Her” fragrances this April in time for the new 2012 baseball season.
The New York Yankees men’s fragrance caputures “captures a sporty and confident attitude, creating a timeless, masculine scent, ” says Cloudbreak. New York Yankees for Her is an “is alluring and flirty scent that captures a more playful spirit,” notes the company.

The scents are packaged in fancy blue and pink glass bottles, emblazoned with the “NY” logo. They’ll sold in 1.7 oz. and 3.4 oz. sizes for $49 and $62 a piece. and hit the the shelves at departments stores such as Macy’s and Lord & Taylor, as well as Yankee Stadium, in the spring. The advertising tagline: “Past. Present. Forever.”

“The comments attributed to me in a recent magazine article are in NO WAY reflective of my opinion of Tim and the Broncos. Tim deserves a lot of credit for our success and I’m happy for him and what he accomplished. Most importantly, he is a great teammate. That interview was conducted three months ago, and the resulting story was a completely inaccurate portrayal of my comments. I have addressed my disappointment with the writer and have reached out to Tim to clear this up. I apologize to anyone who feels I was trying to take anything away from our Team’s or Tim’s success this season.”

Yeah, all that stuff I said about Brady Quinn should be commended for his honest. Throw it all out the window.

Here are White’s comments in all their glory:

Mike Tyson. On the Las Vegas strip. Doing a reality show called “Confessions”.

There is just no possible way this ends well.  And once you hear the details, any slither of hope that this could end well will be washed away.

“It will be raw. Nothing will be held back. He’s not going to shrink from the problems he’s faced and the battles he’s fought professionally and personally. It will be unfiltered, and he’ll tell it like it is,” one of Mike’s pals confirmed. “The project has the full blessing of his wife Lakiha and their family.”

Mike is so committed to the honesty of his new headliner show that he’ll also answer questions from the audience at the end of each show before meeting fans for autographs and photos. The theater should be officially announced this week, with tickets going on sale for the March debut of “Tyson: the Raw Truth.”

Did I mention that this can’t possibly end well? I did didn’t I.

While a “Roy Halladay was wrestling giant snakes!” story would be the best thing since sliced bread, it unfortunately didn’t happen that way.  But the real story isn’t too shabby either.

Here’s Halladay reminiscing about the ordeal:

“I was not wrestling snakes. I was nowhere near snakes. We were just driving back. We had been fishing all day and we were on the boat driving back and we happened to see a guy sitting on the shore line without clothes. We couldn’t talk to him. The guides had to talk to him. They were speaking Portuguese. He had been attacked by a snake and escaped, but it had ripped the engine off the boat and left all his stuff out in the middle of the river. So we picked up his stuff and drove him back to his tribe, I guess you would call it.

“What he was doing is he had nets underwater because he was diving for Aquarium fish. When he was diving for the fish the snake bit him on the backside and started wrapping him and when he was getting away from it, it pulled the shorts off him. So he swam to the banks and I guess the next closest thing for the snake to grab was the boat engine.

“By far I’ve told that story more than any other story I’ve ever had. And I’ve got the guys I went fishing with to thank for leaking it.”

Quinn’s thoughts on Tebow’s season shape up the way you think they would. First, being pissed because Tebow jumped him on the depth chart.

Early in the season, there was a game when Kyle [Orton] got hurt and the coaches were calling for me to go in, but Kyle got up and finished the game out. So I was the second-string guy. Then, a few weeks later, they decided to put Tim in. I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that. Just ’cause they were chanting his name. There was a big calling for him. No, I didn’t have any billboards. That would have been nice.

Then, downplaying Tebow’s success during a comeback victory over the Bears.

We’ve had a lot of, I guess, luck, to put it simply.

And finally, you know there had to be some criticism of Tebow’s handling of his religion.

If you look at it as a whole, there’s a lot of things that just don’t seem very humble to me. When I get that opportunity, I’ll continue to lead not necessarily by trying to get in front of the camera and praying but by praying with my teammates, you know?

You have to commend Quinn for his honesty because he had to know what kind of backlash he would get for comments like these, but he must remember that he’s Brady Quinn. Not Tom Brady or any of the elite quarterbacks in the NFL. He should be concentrating on trying to actually do something of substance in the NFL, not tear down what Tim Tebow has done.