In advance of the NFL playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens the Mayor of Pittsburgh says he will go to court to change his name from Ravenstahl to Steelerstahl. In related news his wife is also petitioning the court to but she wants to go back to her maiden name.
It’s too bad President Bush wasn’t involved in professional sports because his dismal approval ratings and utter failure of performance would pretty well guarantee him a job on TV as an expert analyst.
The Vancouver Olympics is in trouble and taxpayers are on the hook for a $1 billion housing development. Vancouver residents were pretty calm about the turn of events with most saying they didn’t even know they were hosting the games.
In light of the turn of events Vancouver is changing the slogan from “Own the Podium” to “Own the Buildings”.
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of Illinois Governor Rod Blogvoyavitch, Plaxico Burris held a news conference about his criminal proceedings and ended it with a poem that began “There once was a man from Nantucket...”
San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito was reportedly seen partying with Paris Hilton. A spokesman for Zito says he was just getting some advice on how to toe the rubber.
It looks like Montreal Canadians goalie Carey Price will not be able to compete in the NHL All Star game and so Montreal voters have started a campaign to see Ken Dryden named as his replacement.
The CFL has held the salary cap at $4.2 million saying it would be reckless to have players make a living wage when so many are out of work.
The original plan was to raise the cap and then McDonalds reduced the extra value meal.
CBC says they will no longer broadcast Toronto Blue Jays games thus depriving women in Canada of yet another opportunity to complain about not going out.
Judging from the looks of him the only way the Montreal Canadians can lure Vinny Lecavalier away from Tampa Bay is to throw in a free membership to Fabutan.
Top 5 signs you may not get elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame
# 5 Your nickname was “Mr. April”
# 4 The only time you led the team in runs was after trips to Taco Bell
# 3 BALCO named you customer of the year
# 2 Your last team traded you for some Canadian Maple Bats
# 1 Your rosin bag usually tested positive
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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