Did anybody for one second believe that Michael Vick had nothing to do with the ‘alleged’ dog fighting ring that was taking place on his property?

I am not a huge fan of dogs (I don’t mind them, but I’m not a “dog person”) but this is way too disturbing:

While most of the dog killings noted in the indictment were allegedly carried out by the other defendants, Vick himself participated in the killings of eight dogs in April, according to the indictment. The animals were killed “by various methods, including hanging, drowning and slamming at least one dog’s body to the ground,” the indictment said.

Will Michael Vick get the justice he deserves if he is found guilty? Unlikely.

Friday morning at 7:15AM, I went online and purchased tickets to this coming Friday’s Brewer’s game. I chose to have the tickets delivered via regular snail mail. When I got home at 1pm that day, the tickets were already in my mailbox. Now THAT’s service! I have NO idea how that would have happened. I had to recheck to make sure I didn’t somehow order them earlier in the week. Nope, sure didn’t. I’m glad I didn’t check the overnight delivery option, I would have paid $20 to have them shipped LATER than the USPS.

I decided to take the little one to see the Brewer’s game this afternoon. It was WAY too hot with the roof closed. We sat in the family section, and everybody was a lot more behaved than they normally are. I also found out that they do, indeed, have family bathrooms by section 206. Of course, since we had them at our disposal this time, we didn’t need them. Such is life, right? Bri ended up getting restless, so we left at after the 6th inning. After the hour drive home, they were still playing, so I’m glad that we didn’t stay. At the moment, they are tied at 3 in the 10th inning.

By the way, the ushers in the family section are ultra cool! One offered to take my stroller for me, and then he brought me back a claim check. I gave him a 5-spot, but he refused to take it. Then he told me to spend it on my little girl. Uhm… it’s a little hard to leave the ballpark with ANY money these days.

UPDATE: The Brewers won with a three-run home run by Damian Miller in the bottom of the 11th inning.

I am not a fan of WWE/WWF wrestling (or any wrestling, for that matter), but wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife, and their 7-year-old son were found dead in their home. According to MyFoxAtlanta.com, it seems as though Chris killed his wife and his boy, last night and then killed himself sometime today.

How disturbing! My prayers for all of those affected by this tragedy!

I hope people have enough sense to complain about these two a-holes and the Redskins drop their contracts. Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels. If you want to send a message to the club, follow this link and send them to “Community Outreach”.

Nice of the team to try and save face on the “too little, too late” PR statement.

From SportsIllustrated.com

Washington Redskins players Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels defended Michael Vick on Monday by ridiculing the notion that dog fighting is considered a crime.

In an interview with WAVY-TV, Portis said that if the Atlanta Falcons quarterback is charged and convicted of being involved in a dog fighting operation, then authorities would be “putting him behind bars for no reason.”

“I don’t know if he was fighting dogs or not,” Portis said. “But it’s his property; it’s his dogs. If that’s what he wants to do, do it.”

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Dale Jr. is the latest  NASCAR driver to get busted for cheating. As if he didn’t have enough drama in his life right now.

Earnhardt was docked 100 points Tuesday, and crew chief Tony Eury Jr. was fined $100,000 and suspended six races for an illegal modification to the Car of Tomorrow at Darlington Raceway.

On a related note, I think the “Car of Tomorrow” is a) ugly and b) has a dumb name.

Here are my thoughts on Favre’s request to be traded:

One side of me wants to say, “Good for you, Brett. You’re right, the team isn’t doing what it needs to do to get us to the next level.”

The other side of me is saying, “Quit whining, baby. If you want to play on a lesser team, go. Either way, you’re not the only one on the team. Suck it up and play the game.”

If he goes, it won’t be the end of the world, but I have a hunch that he’s not going anywhere.

…you just blew it.

From cnn.com
Note to Sen. Sam Brownback: In Packerland, it’s not cool to diss Brett Favre.

The GOP presidential hopeful drew boos and groans Friday at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention when he used a football analogy to talk about the need to focus on families.

“This is fundamental blocking and tackling,” he said. “This is your line in football. If you don’t have a line, how many passes can Peyton Manning complete? Greatest quarterback, maybe, in NFL history.”

The rest of the story from cnn.com

That youuuurrrrr Milwaukee Brewers would be the first team in the league to get 20 wins this season? If you ask me when they’re in the World Series, I will say that I told  you that all along. I won’t call it “lying,” either. I’ll call it, “enthusiasm.”

Go Brewers!

Ahmad Carroll got arrested for possession of ectasy and carrying a firearm without a permit on Saturday. I figured he would have gotten arrested for illegally holding somebody… but this would have been my second guess. At any rate, I’m glad he’s not in the green and gold anymore.

…he’ll probably only get a 15 yard penalty, though… that’s my guess.

I didn’t have the patience to watch more than 45 minutes of the NFL Draft on Saturday, but my sources tell me that UW-Whitewater receiver Derek Stanley was picked up by the Saint Louis Rams in the 7th round (249th overall).

 Here’s crossing my fingers for Whitewater’s continued success in athletics (allowing me,  Fuzz, BJS, Dog, and OSS to brag up our alma mater).

Hopefully, my posting some praise towards the Brew Crew won’t send them into a tailspin, but I have to say that it is nice to see that they are kicking some ass right now. Prince Fielder is fun to watch, the team seems to play a little more defense now, and they’ve got a swagger. As a perennial Brewers fan, I’d be remiss to say that I am not expecting a sudden nose dive, but for the moment - they are doing great! Get out and see a game before they implode.

Friday night, I took my daughter to her first baseball game. When I got there, everybody was talking about how it was Cecil Cooper bobblehead night! “Awesome,” I thought, “Bri is going to get to see a game, AND she is going to get a bobblehead!”

Well, as you can see from the photo, the bobbleheads are cheap pieces of garbage! They are way smaller than the normal bobbleheads and both of ours were broken right out of the box. I’m sure that none of the fans were happy about that! Especially the collectors that only come to the bobblehead nights each year.

I was disappointed. Of course, my daughter thought it was the coolest thing ever. So, I suppose that’s what counts.

(Pictured: both of the broken bobbleheads, along side a ‘good’ Hank Aaron bobblehead for reference. Click for a larger view).

From SI.com

Chicago beat Los Angeles on Saturday in a U.S. Olympic Committee vote to pick a candidate for the 2016 Summer Games.

Chicago, which has never held an Olympics, now will try to persuade the International Olympic Committee that it deserves to be the host, joining a group of bidders expected to include Madrid, Prague, Rome, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

Sorry Chicago, but I don’t think it’s going to happen.

With inefficient infrastructure, I feel that the city of Chicago is a terrible place to hold an Olympic Games (and can imagine, because of the influx of people and traffic, the city shutting down for a month while the olympics are in town?) Sure, you have O’Hare, lots of great restaurants, and even spendier hotels, but with facilities and space on the short end of the stick, the city of Chicago itself will be hard pressed to make a great case for holding such events.

On the other hand, Milwaukee should be throwing a lot of money at the potential Chicago bid, as the need for hotels and other services will be in demand, which can only shoot prices through the roof. Of course, there are only about a half-dozen hotels in Milwaukee worth the price of staying there, the other sub-standards just capitalize off of the good ones.

Can an international community embrace the midwest? I’ll keep my fingers crossed, just for the sake of midwest pride, but I won’t be holding my breath.

Elsie McClean, a 102-year-old woman from California, set a world record by being the oldest person to ever hit a hole in one.

I can’t even keep balls on the driving range from going astray. Now I feel like less of a man.

Having worked in a screen printing shop, I understand the ramifications of typos and printing errors on t-shirts.

Of course, my errors were never on this type of scale. Oops!

From si.com

West Virginia may have won the National Invitation Tournament, but the Mountaineers’ commemorative T-shirts are less than championship material.

They contain a misspelling.

The “West Virginia” printed on the shirts players wore after winning the NIT title with a 78-73 victory over Clemson on Thursday night is missing the last “i” in “Virginia.”

If you missed some of the commercials that aired during the Daytona 500, now you can see them all at NASCAR.com.

Suck!

And this song remains true (they only won one Super Bowl).

You would think that a hat with headphones embedded right in it would have already been on the market - especially with the rise of the iPod. Well now, the world’s most famous athletic company has finally rolled out a stylish hat/headphone combo. I present to you… the iHat. Just kidding… they’re called “Hatphones.” Quite fittingly, I may add.

I got this e-mail today… I’m feeling generous… so here you go:

Subject: Loyal 92.5 Listener needs your help

Dear Fuzz:

o  I listen to you every day that I am in town. You have a great show.
o  I am in a contest that requires internet voting (Kasey Kahne’s Dream
Job).  I have tons of details below.
o  I am currently in 6th place and need a big jump in votes to get to
3rd place; this will allow me to become a finalist.
o  Why vote for me, why share this with your network???
·     I’m not pretty, but I am the most qualified and will outwork
all of the 8 folks I am competing with.
·     I do lots of Boy Scout volunteering (Troop 95-Sussex Asst
Scoutmaster, PAC Unit Commissioner)
o  I need your help. (general 92 Country popularity, the NASCAR vote,
the Slinger Superspeedway vote, MKE entertainment community…etc)
o  I am asking for your votes and any networking/marketing support you
can share. Sharing your popularity will give me the exposure (I mean
that in a good way) I need to pass the NYC competition in 3rd place.

BOTTOM LINE, PLEASE:
1. Go to    http://dodge.eprize.net/kaseykahne   and register to vote
2. VOTE FOR MIKE’s VIDEO (lower right corner) (black polo shirt /
sitting near a large computer screen)
3. Repeat Daily through Feb. 25th
4. Forward this email to as many friends, family, contacts that you can
think of

If you had problems voting, read this:
o  Users can vote once (1) every 24hrs, not once a day.
o  Please make sure you are visiting the direct link
http://dodge.eprize.net/kaseykahne, and not a bookmarked page in your
browser.
o  You may also need to clear your Temporary Internet Files.  You can do
this simply by clicking ‘Tools’ on the menu bar at the top of your
browser and selecting ‘Internet Options’ from the drop down menu.  Here
you can click the ‘Delete Files’ button and delete all of your Temporary
Internet Files.

Thanks in advance for your support!!!

Mike Sendelbach

Contest Details - What is the contest???
·  Dodge Motorsports is offering the opportunity to be Kasey Kahne’s
assistant at the NASCAR Nextel Cup 2007 Dodge Charger 400 race at
Darlington Raceway.
·  Kasey Kahne is a driver in NASCAR’s Nextel Cup Series. He drives the
#9 Dodge Dealers / UAW Dodge Charger for Evernham Motorsports
·  Kasey Kahne has won 7 Nextel Cup races (6 in 2006) and was voted
Nextel Rookie of the Year in 2004.
How did I get to this phase of the contest???
·  14,000 fans (maybe more) signed up for the contest, answering
questions and writing a 125 word essay.
·  50 fans were offered phone interviews, mine went well.
·  15 fans were asked to make a video telling why they would be great
for the job; I had fun putting it together.
·  9 fans were selected to be voted on by the public over the internet,
I am in that group.
Next steps…
·  3 contestants, with the most votes, will have in-person interviews
with the judging panel during the UAW/DaimlerChrysler 400 at the Las
Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9-11, 2007.
·  The grand prize winner will spend four days at the Evernham
Motorsports headquarters in Statesville, N.C. and work with the
Marketing Department scheduling Kahne’s at-track activities for the
Dodge Charger 400 at Darlington Raceway. They also will work with the
marketing and public relations team to get Kahne to all the appearances,
media interviews, on-track and NASCAR-mandated responsibilities on his
schedule for that weekend

Good luck!