While the Pittsburgh Steelers whooped the St. Louis Rams 41-24 in St. Louis, they did lose the NFL’s leading rusher to a broken right leg and is out indefinitely.
“Fast” Willie Parker injured his leg on the Steelers’ second play from scrimmage after Ben Roethlisberger hit wide receiver Santonio Holmes for an 83-yard strike from his own three yardline.
Unfortunately for Rams fans, the Steelers didn’t miss a best when their back-up stepped right into Parker’s shoes and tore it up. More after the jump »
Grimsley affidavit unveils more names (AP/MLB.com) Earlier this year, Deadspin tried to link St. Louis’ Albert Pujols to this affidavit via a trainer of Jason Grimsley’s. As it turns out, they were dead wrong.
Clemens’ lawyer issues new statement (MLB.com) The lawyer for Roger Clemens blasts the Los Angeles Times for an October 2006 story that linked the seven-time all-star to steroids in the recently unsealed Jason Grimsley affidavit.
Final column wraps up lifetime in baseball (USA Today) Long-time USA Today scribe Hal Bodley is leaving his post as the national baseball writer for the U.S. daily after 25 years.
The inevitable has hit: wrapping up Christmas shopping.
With the crush of the holidays upon us — and other things creeping up over the next two weeks — posting will be a bit sporadic as we countdown our march to New Year’s Day.
We hope you bear with us as things slow down a bit and we hope to reward you with the much promised, ballyhooed re-design coming your way.
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports via ESPN that the Philadelphia Fightin’ Phillies have signed left-handed slugger Geoff Jenkins to a two-year pact worth roughly $13 million.
It is expected that the 33-year old rightfielder will split time with Jayson Werth, who hits right-handed.
Michael Schmidt of the great baseball blog Bats on The New York Times’ website notes that all-time home run king* Barry Bonds will be appearing in court Friday to hear arguments about whether lawyers representing him have a conflict of interest.
Schmidt notes:
The United States attorney’s office in the Northern District of California has suggested some of the lawyers representing Bonds may have a conflict of interest because they represented individuals connected to the investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, which allegedly provided Bonds with banned substances.
It’s only a matter of time before Bonds starts getting his mail sent there because he’ll be spending quite a bit of time in that building once his trial gets underway.
Former Auburn coach Terry Bowden has been the beneficiary of a groundswell of public report, according to a report in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Currently, it is believed that Florida assistant Doc Holliday is the favorite for the head coaching position at his alma mater. Holliday played linebacker at West Virginia and spent 17 years as an assistant under Don Nehlen, interviewed at the school Tuesday before returning to Florida, where the Gators are preparing for their Capital One Bowl matchup with Michigan.
But thanks to a phone call by former West Virginia coach — and Terry’s father — Bobby Bowden to the state’s governor and a number of supporters expressing support for the younger Bowden, he’s gaining some traction in his quest for the job.
Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett, who sustained a serious spinal cord injury earlier this season, is planning on attending the team’s home finale Sunday, according to a published report in The Buffalo News.
“It’s giving me chills just being asked about it,” punter Brian Moorman told the paper. “I can’t imagine what it would be like on game day. I imagine there wouldn’t be a dry eye in the house. It would be great to see him, if it works out. If he’s not ready, then obviously we don’t want him to push himself. But obviously everybody in this locker room would love to see him. He’s an inspiration to us all.”
Everett’s already making other public appearance plans. He’s scheduled to be the guest speaker at Port Arthur Memorial High School’s football banquet on Jan. 10.
Schilling calls out Clemens in blog (38Pitches.com) Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling called on Roger Clemens to give up the four Cy Young Awards he’s won since 1997 if he can’t clear his name from allegations that he used steroids to prolong and enhance his career.
Parcells officially takes job with Dolphins (MiamiHerald.com) After it was first thought that he would sign on with Arthur Blank and the Atlanta Falcons, Bill Parcells spurned them — for the second time in his career — and accepted the Miami Dolphins offer of head of football operations after assurances from owner Wayne Huizenga that he wouldn’t sell the club as rumored.
Mourning injures knee; career could be over (AP/USA Today) After tearing the patellar tendon in his right knee in Miami’s game against Atlanta on Wednesday, 37-year-old Heat center Alonzo Mourning was placed on the stretcher, but he refused the ride.
Big Ten to probe into referee’s alleged history of bankruptcy, abuse (AP/ESPNU) A day after Yahoo! Sports uncovered that a Big Ten official had a history of bankruptcy, casino gambling, child abuse and allegations of sexual harassment, the Big Ten has decided that it will investigate the allegations.
The Mag: Portis/Cooley For Love or The Game (ESPN Video) The Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis and Chris Cooley’s fiancee answer questions on who knows Cooley better.
Players, owners to discuss Mitchell’s recommendations (AP/Y! Sports) With the continuing fallout over the names in the Mitchell Report, both the MLBPA and MLB will meet to discuss the recommendations in the report.
Rose: Steroids ‘making a mockery’ of baseball (AP/SI.com) The all-time hit king sounds off about PEDs, saying those who use it mock the game. “I never thought anybody would make me look like an altar boy.”
Court documents: Bertuzzi says he felt expected to fight (CP/The Hockey News) Todd Bertuzzi felt he was expected to “fight someone” the night he attacked Steve Moore and said he would have been “challenged” by former Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford if nothing happened.
Riddell starts shipping concussion-monitoring football helmets (Engadget) Athletic equipment manufacturer Riddell brings the Revolution IQ HITS (Head Impact Telemetry System) helmet, which will contain a system of sensors that stores data about the last 100 impacts, which can later be wirelessly transmitted to a laptop for analysis.
…and finally…
Brazil striker Romario suspended 120 days for doping (AP/USA Today) The 41-year old striker flunked a doping test and a sports tribunal in Brazil voted 3-2 to suspend him. That’s right: two dissenters that condone cheating.
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen is reporting that the Atlanta Falcons have offered ESPN analyst Bill Parcells to become the club’s vice president of football operations.
Sources tell Mortensen that the former coach is giving it some thought and may have an answer for Falcons owner Arthur Blank as soon as Wednesday. The position would also give Parcells the authority to hire a new head coach and, should he feel it’s necessary, hire a new general manager to replace Rich McKay.
Mortensen also reports that the Miami Dolphins have also express interest in the former Giants, Patriots, Jets and Cowboys bench boss.
Sean Taylor, the Washington Redskins cornerback who was murdered in a home invasion/robbery in late November, was elected to the NFL Pro Bowl on Tuesday.
He was having an outstanding season and was among the leaders in fan balloting for a team selected by a combination of fans, players and coaches.
The complete Pro Bowl roster is also available via the Yahoo! link.
After being in seclusion while others named in the Mitchell Report spoke out, Roger Clemens has finally made his first public statements in response to the allegations levied towards him.
Congress comes calling again (AP/SI.com)
The U.S. Congress announced on Tuesday that they plan on scheduling hearings next month to review the use of PEDs in major league sports and it’s expected that major sports stars, including Mitchell Report author George Mitchell, to be in attendance.
Meanwhile, a Senate Republican and Democrat on Tuesday announced legislation to limit access to those substances and stiffen criminal penalties for abuse and distribution.
Russian tennis star Anna Chakvetadze was tied up by masked robbers who broke into her home Tuesday and stole money and goods worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, her father told Russian television station NTV.
“They started to beat me, and I resisted. They hit me over the head with, I think, a pistol butt. It was dark,” Dzhamal Chakvetadze said, taking off his cap to show his bruised scalp. “They took out a pistol and told me my child was at home — reminded me — and they told me to hand everything over. I did.”
The network said the robbers took about $106,000 in cash, as well as jewelry and other goods worth about $200,000.
According to the daily entertainment publication Daily Variety, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has hired Guy Oseary as his personal management representative.
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