Consider these people your a-holes of the day.

What initially started out as an innocent gesture by Ducks Captain Scott Niedermayer ended in a nasty fan brawl.

From the video, it seems that Niedermayer is throwing the stick in the direction of a little girl (which he later said was his intention) but a random guy in a blue shirt reaches over and grabs it for himself. He’s confronted by either another angry fan or possible relative of the girl.

And before you know it, fists start flying. And of course, with any trashy fight, we have a dumb chick with a tramp stamp getting her cheap shots in.

Let’s all hope and pray these people never procreate.

{Puck Daddy}

(I fully expect the National Basketball Championship on Carpet to be played sometime next winter)

As for the World Cup itself, I’d love to tell you I sincerely cared. When I read that it was being played in Dubai, I didn’t have high expectations. I was hoping for a scantily clad Brazilian soccer fan or two but given the location, it wasn’t a good gamble.

But then for some odd reason, there were cheerleaders. Yes, I said cheerleaders. At a soccer event no less.

In a matter of minutes, Beach soccer went from an extremely dumb concept to a must-see sport.

Oh yea, and those scantily clad fans we didn’t think would show up. I guess we’re in luck. Nothing like showing up to a game in a bikini

One of 50 Cent’s song is titled “Be a Gentleman”. It appears he doesn’t practice what he preaches.

In one of the more stranger stories we’ve seen in awhile, Marv Albert and his posse of one were roughed up by 50 Cent’s entourage at the Jimmy Kimmel show last night.

Apparently, the crew didn’t recognize Albert…I’m guessing they’re either not basketball fans or they aren’t familiar with Victoria Secret’s new fall catalog.

As Albert arrived, with an entourage of one, TNT public relations specialist Jeff Pomeroy, there was a sudden scuffle when a multitude of 50 Cent protectors seemed unfamiliar with Albert. There was shouting (”It’s Marv Albert,” yelled a Kimmel show guard, a pronouncement that seemed to have no effect on the 50 Cent phalanx.) There were obscenities. A fist or two flying. A “Don’t you put your hands on me” pronouncement.

And finally Albert made it to his waiting room, relatively unruffled but slightly puzzled. “Did you see that?” Albert said. “I thought they were kidding, but then I realized they weren’t.”

Its good to know that 50 Cent’s crew goes around pushing old people.  Next up on their radar, flipping over kids in wheelchairs.

As for Albert, he seems to have gotten through the altercation unscathed.  Although 50 cent himself did complain about a bite on his ankle.

Yet another blatant ref screw-up. This one from the NHL last night as Detroit’s Brad May clearly scores a goal here as you can physically see the entire puck across the line.

But of course, after replay, the refs decided that it was their intent to blow the whistle. What good is replay these days when you F it up 90% of the time. This is about as egregious as it gets.

Watch the video here.

I’ll never claim to be a soccer expert but I’m pretty sure batting the ball to yourself with your hand is a no-no. So Thierry Henry, shame on you. In what he deemed an “accident”, Henry guided the ball with his hand before it went out of bounds. It led to France scoring a tying goal that sent them to the World Cup.

The goal is being called the “The Hand of Henry” in reference to Diego Maradona’s famous hand goal in the 1986 World Cup.

Ireland has since lodged a complaint and is demanding the game be replayed. If the FIFA governing body is anything like the NBA and/or SEC officiating, they will surely turn a blind eye.

Stay tuned, this one will get interesting.

The worst day of Bill Belichick’s life….

The time he went for it on 4th down in his own territory and subsequently lost
or
The time a Detroit paper pictured him next to one of the worst coaches of all-time

Hard decision here, that’s for sure. But I’m going with choice B here. Being mentioned in the same breath as a guy who compiled a 5-27 record and who is famous for taking the wind in an overtime game…

That’s just not good any way you slice it.

Keep your chin up Bill. Better days are ahead

Somewhere out there, whoever this man is, regrets this picture. I’m not sure why. Its not like there’s a joke here or anything.

The growing trend amongst gamblers has been “Stay away from college basketball”.

Maybe it was because it seemed like refs called too many fouls on the visiting team.
Maybe it was because Ed Hightower officiated every game.
Maybe it was because Tim Donaghy had a brother as a NCAA ref (not true).

Or maybe, just maybe, these guys just suck at their job.

An examination of 365 major conference games played during the 2004-05 college men’s basketball season found a clear pattern of an increased probability of a foul on the team with fewer fouls, the visiting team and the team that is leading.

As somebody who just attended the MSU-Gonzaga game last night, I can tell you this: College basketball refs are the most incompetent officials of any sport. They routinely miss simple calls and have no idea when to call a charge or a block.

And sometimes they just invent stuff on the fly

H/t: SportingNews

Things are not going well for Kansas football, Mark Mangino, or his local Old Country Buffet. Riding a 5 game losing streak, the Jayhawks are reeling. But questions about the program aren’t only about football these days.

Mangino is being accused of getting physical with some of his players.

Arist Wright, a senior linebacker, was the player who first went to Perkins, and complained that Mangino poked him in the chest in the days leading up to KU’s game at Colorado.

“I can confirm an internal review is under way,” Perkins said in a quote released by the school. “It involves a personnel matter, and as a result, is confidential. It would be inappropriate for me to provide further information right now.”

You know what that’s code for right?

“Mangino is doing a crappy job, we’re sick of him losing, and we’re looking for a way to get out of the contract”

If poking a finger in a guys chest is worthy of disciplinary action, I shudder to think how many times Bobby Knight made a visit to the principals office

And if this was the only complaint about Mangino, it would easily be forgotten. However, KU sports dredged up an interesting situation with the coach and a University parking attendant.

In January 2007, student employee Brad Walters wrote his first ticket on Mangino’s black Lincoln Navigator for parking in the loading zone outside Parrott, formally described on department documents as Anschutz Sports Pavilion.

That was Jan. 3. Then another Jan. 8. And another Jan. 29, followed by others Feb. 19, April 19, May 1 and May 9.

Then, on June 11, Walters wrote his eighth — and last — ticket on Mangino for parking in the loading zone.

It really begs the question, how lazy is Mark Mangino? I’m assuming he has his own parking spot since he’s an employee of the university. I’m also assuming the parking spot is somewhat close to his office. And let’s be serious here, Mangino probably could use a few extra minutes of walking every day. That or quadruple gastric bypass (ok, yea, I just made that procedure up)

But we’ve all been down the road before with an overzealous parking douchebag. Frankly, I’ve always wanted to do this.

“He got out of the car, slammed the door and came within about a half-foot of my face and started yelling at me, saying that I couldn’t answer any of his questions and that he works 16-hour days and has no time to get a pass,” Walters wrote, in his report.

“This job gives you power, does it?” Mangino said, according to Walters. “You feel real f—ing powerful walking around like a big shot, huh? … Why in the hell else would you be bothering me with this?”

The student later reported that he felt his life was in danger. He said something about Mangino foaming at the mouth and asking if he could put some BBQ sauce on him.

For what its worth, Mangino denied that it was BBQ sauce but rather an Italian marinara he’s fond of.

Shannon Brown has been known to posterize a player or two in his young NBA career. Word has gotten around in the league too. Most of the time when he’s coming down the lane now, guys have been giving him the “And1″ treatment (Actually, that’s par for the course in the NBA).

But Jason Maxiell of the Pistons….Nah, he doesn’t back down to anyone. Consider this a block of the year candidate.

In a move all to familiar to Bengals fans, the team decided to take a chance on malcontent Larry Johnson. If this were the 1st time the Bengals took a flier on a guy with off-field problems, you probably wouldn’t think twice.

Amazingly though, the Bengals have a history of pulling these kinds of stunts.

(Chris Henry, Tank Johnson and Peter Warrick just to name a few.)

However, the Bengals probably have a more legitimate reason this time around to add LJ. Starting running back Cedric Benson tweaked a hip muscle in Sunday’s game and is questionable this week.

And even though Marvin Lewis has already told Johnson that he is the team’s 4th running back, you have to think with Benson hurt, they’ll give him a legitimate look this week.

As for Larry Johnson himself, he’s about 3 years past his prime. He’s been more productive on Twitter than he has been on the field.

Expect a meltdown about two weeks from now. In fact, you can bet on it.

In a way, I feel bad for this little girl. It looks like she may even not know what just happened or how popular she’ll be on Youtube.

But she does deserve credit. I could try that 10 times and be lucky to pull it off once. That, in itself, should get her an extra orange slice after the game.

Unfortunately for Josh Cribbs, he received the brunt of the Ravens anger. At the :03 second mark, he is absolutely leveled following a pitch.

Apparently, earlier in the game, some Ravens felt that Brady Quinn took a cheap shot on Terrell Suggs

Following his second interception, Quinn dropped and rolled into Suggs’ right knee, drawing a 15-yard penalty and incensing the Ravens.

Suggs limped to the locker room. It’s not known how long he’ll be out. Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Suggs would have an MRI on Tuesday.

“That’s an illegal blow,” Lewis said. “I don’t care how you want to look at it.”

So I’m not really sure I would call this payback but I definitely think a message was sent. Sucks that it had to involve Josh Cribbs getting knocked the F out.

Ok, I realize that this is the second Egyptian soccer post in as many days…but trust me, this is pure comedy gold

Egypt needed to score 2 goals against Algeria to force a tiebreaker game to go to the World Cup. Well, 5 min into extra time (stupidest thing in sports by the way) they got that second goal.

The following is the reaction from the broadcast booth. I’m not sure if that’s the color commentator or just some other press guys in the room. Regardless, that’s the most woman-ish scream I’ve ever heard and the play-by-play guy, well, he has a meltdown of epic proportions.

Throw a cowboy hat on that girl and you’ve got the next Jenn Sterger. As for her friend, I’m not so sure she makes the cut. But I gotta give her credit. Painting yourself up like that and throwing on a bikini in a visiting stadium takes some balls….or a fifth of vodka.

Case 1: Bill Belichick’s bodyguard

In one of the most insane coaching decisions since Marty Mohrinweg taking the wind, Patriots coach Bill Belichick decided to go for it on 4th down deep in his own territory holding onto a 1 pt lead. After failing miserably, the Colts easily came down and scored to win the game with 13 seconds left. A bitter Belichick quickly ran off the field but not before his bodyguard took down a cameraman MMA style. And no, this wasn’t an accident. You can clearly see the bodyguard grab his arm and throw him down. Apparently, sore losers extend to all New England personnel.

Case 2: Bud Adams, Titans Owner

Bud Adams has been right all along. He was an advocate of playing Vince Young for weeks. And now, the fruits of labor are coming to bear and he wants to make sure everyone knows how he feels. In a move Matt Millen would certainly be jealous of, Bud Adams flipped the bird to several Buffalo fans after their blowout win yesterday. Let me remind you…Bud is an 86 year old man. He might have dementia or Alzheimer’s for all I know (Hell, my grandpa couldn’t go more than an hour without getting up to pee). So I’m not sure we should be amazed at his vigor or ashamed of his “angry old man syndrome”

The world of LPGA golf became slightly more significant over the weekend. Michelle Wie, after years of heartache, desperation, and failure finally got the win she so coveted.

To put this into some kind of perspective for those who aren’t female golf fans, Wie just turned 20 last month. She has been playing professionally for 4 years. She has not won a tournament of any kind since 2002. She was billed as the female Tiger Woods.

There was so much pressure on this girl, that at times, people wondered if she’d just quit. Several people thought her career was over more than a year ago when she had a dismal performance at the U.S. open and missed the cut.

So given all that, I guess I can understand why she decided to show the world her “O” face. Hell, I’d be relieved too.

Now this is how you throw a wedding. Who cares about the nuptials when the reception involves booths for gambling, rolling cigars, and tattoos? E.J. Henderson may not be a household name (yet), but once you see this video you’ll have a greater appreciation for the man. I think I may have to become a Vikings fan now. Oh to be a professional athlete…

Thanks to our favorite Wedding Videographer for hooking us up with the goods.

Not only did the 49ers win on the field last night, but it appears they’ve won off the field too.  Knee high boots and short skirts….yes, please.

From our friends at LastAngryFan:

Enter Mike Wood, 22-year member of the maintenance crew at Lambeau field, and life-long Packers fan. Working for the Packers on gameday was his dream job.Three days before the most over-hyped game of the year, against Brett Favre and the Vikings, Wood, while sitting in a maintenance cart in one of the stadium tunnels, shouted something to McCarthy as he was talking with some members of the grounds crew.

What did Wood say that got him fired?

“Get to work fat ass!”

Ummm…no.

Wood yelled to the coach, “Hey coach, let’s get the boys ready to kick some butt this weekend.”

And, according to Wood, that was it. And for that Wood was fired.

I can’t imagine what kind of three ring circus there was leading up to the game that week. So I can’t really say I fault McCarthy here. Except for the fact that he got a kid fired from his dream job by fabricating evidence. What an ahole.

I’m now rooting for one of McCarthy’s assistants to pull a “reverse Tom Cable” on him. Maybe even a kick in the nuts if they’re feeling surly.

{Last Angry Fan}