Headline News!!

Ah. Sorry y'all. It's almost been a week since my last post.

No one is reading this to care, but I still feel bad.

So here are a couple things that happened in the past week:

UNC beats Duke; Takes Number One in ACC
- Duh. We all kinda new this was going to happen. Sorry Dookies, it was just obvious that this was going to happen. The ACC Tourney starts tomorrow!

Octomom 911 call released
- I don't want to hate on the Octomom, but this call was craaazy! She didn't know where her kid was, even though he was with the nanny. I know this happens, where the kid disappears and you freak out - but she was threatening to kill herself on the 911 call! What about your five other (at the time) kids?? Cuckcoo!

Brit's who-ha makes news
- The audio of Britney Spears talking about her "waldrobe malfunction" was released. She was talking about that you could see it. Ummm... this isn't the first time your who-ha has made the news. Who HASN'T seen that?

Football Players Lost at Sea
- So the one survivor is the only survivor. That's just sad. A fishing trip gone wrong and it's just so hard to think about the families. It's one thing to die on land, at least then there is a CHANCE to get the body back and mourn. But bodies lost at sea rarely ever turn up, especially how far out they were. R.I.P.

Stabbed in Head
- How crazy was this? Tampa Bay Bucs linebacker Geno Hayes was stabbed in the head and neck by his crazy girlfriend! Hayes was taken to a hospital by a friend Saturday. I bet he wishes he'd stayed at Florida State a little longer and never met that crazy woman. Speaking of domestic violence...

Chris Brown vs. Rihanna: Round 57
- I say versus, but its really not. They got back together. Why, I'll never know. Its like she doesn't realize he beat the shit out of her. He went to court a week ago, and the details of the police report was released. The reports been out about a week, but I'm still gonna post it later. It's a good read, in a bad way. Her people don't want pictures of the two of them together to get out, his people do. Go figure!

Hmmm... what else. I'm sure is tons more that I would have/should have written about, but I can't find my list right now.

Sorry for the delay peeps!

Three football players missing

This is crazy stuff -- three men are missing after their boat flipped over Saturday night. A fourth person with them was found clinging to an overturned boat this morning off Florida’s Gulf Coast.

The group went out for a weekend fishing trip -- the boat flipped and three went missing.

Survivor Nick Schuyler, a former University of South Florida player, told rescuers that the 21-foot boat was anchored when it flipped Saturday evening in rough seas and that the others got separated from the boat.

The boat belongs to Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, who along with free-agent defensive lineman Corey Smith and former South Florida player William Bleakley, remain missing.


Schuyler’s mother, Marsha Schuyler, said her son told her that he survived by thinking about how he didn’t want her to go to his funeral.

You guys might remember Corey Smith -- he was a standout at NC State.

Lets hope they find the guys soon.

Best sports in Charlotte?

The Charlotte Observer put out its list of the top five Charlotte sportscasters of all time.

Strangely - only one is currently doing the sports in Charlotte still.

5. Mike Solarte, News 14: The best thing going right now. Solarte does a 30-minute sports show almost daily -- and effectively -- like an N.C. “SportsCenter.”

4. Chuck Howard, WCNC: Came in from Buffalo and was a local whiz kid. He was polished and knowledgeable and broke a lot of news. He was major network good.

3. Jim Thacker, WBTV: I remember him as much for calling ACC basketball with Billy Packer as I do the local sports, but he was awful good at both.

2. Paul Cameron, WBTV: Fair and balanced, Cameron came across like your favorite uncle. His “Football Friday Night” high school show is one of the best local TV creations of all time.

1. Harold Johnson, WSOC: He was once as a big a celebrity locally as many of the people he interviewed. His “Big Guy” persona was ESPN before there was ESPN.

Solarte is still on 14, Howard is now on the SPEED Channel, Cameron is now a newscaster for the late news on WBTV.

I don't mean any disrespect to the guys on the list, but really?

I have to say, Delano Little should be on this list without a doubt. Almost everyone in the area under the age of 30 grew up with Delano hosting Football Friday Night. When I think sports, I think Delano.

What do you guys think? Anyone missing from the list?

Panthers prowl for Gross; tag Peppers

The Carolina Panthers have placed the franchise tag on defensive end Julius Peppers... so get ready for some fireworks y'all!

Pep has made it painfully clear that he doesn't want to play with the Panthers anymore and today was the last day for franchise tagging.

Right before the tag, the Cats signed tackle Jordan Gross on a six-year deal. That freed by the restrictive tag for Pep. We all know what this means -- he's going to request a trade.

If he stays -- the Panthers will have to pay him nearly $17 million. If he goes, the Cats get at least two first-round picks. Unfortunately for the big wigs, Pep still has the power because no team would likely trade for him without a long-term contract agreement first.

Gross will get $30.5 million over the first three years of the contract. That's the biggest first three-year payout to an offensive lineman in NFL history. Go Gross!

Speaking of go... peace out Pep! Lets hope something grateful will blow our way.

Past Posts:
- Who's more valuable?
- Oops, He did it again
- Jerry gets new heart, Pep breaks them

Are you ready for some football?!?

Like I mentioned in the last post - the ACC released its team schedules for the '09 Season.

Big happenings already in play.

First - the Miami/FSU rivalry is coming back to Labor Day Monday, this year in Tallahassee.

The ACC Championship Game will be played on Dec. 5 in Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. Can't wait until that thing moves to Charlotte!

Another big side note -- there are already six Thursday Night ESPN appearances slated for the ACC.

• NC State vs South Carolina on Sept. 3
  
• Clemson at Georgia Tech on Sept. 10
  
• Georgia Tech at Miami on Sept. 17
  
• Florida State at North Carolina on Oct. 22
  
• North Carolina at Virginia Tech on Oct. 29
  
• Virginia Tech at East Carolina on Nov. 5.

Notice GT, UNC and VT all have two Thursday night appearances. All of them, two weeks in a row...

I don't know how I feel about Thursday night games. As a spectator, I love them. When my team is playing, I hate them. Especially on a home game, when I could be there, but since its on Thursday, you can't because of work.

If you want to look at all the ACC teams' schedule, there is a link below.

All ACC team schedules

You can start looking forward to football in less than eight hours

That's right... football season just ended (for the pros) a couple weeks ago, but you can already start getting ready for football action for the 2009 season!

If you are a fan of the ACC.

TheACC.com will unveil the 2009 ACC Football Schedule on Thursday, February 12 at 11 a.m.

This makes me insanely happy. Can't wait until 11 a.m.!

Oops, he did it again

For the second year in a row, QB Brett Favre is saying "Adios" to the sport of football.

But is it really for good this time?

Last time, I was shocked and mad -- saying "Nooo... come back." This time, I just don't care. You didn't have a good year, boo-hoo. If I gave up every time I had a bad day... and I don't make even close to an iota of what he makes.



You Mister Favre, are no longer my favorite part of "Something About Mary." I wish you well in your Lee jeans commercials, but I'm done.

Maybe you, Pep and Michael Phelps should meet up, have a party and talk about how you all crushed dreams within the first weeks of 2009. That should be fun.