August 28th, 2008
There is a very fine line between toughing your way through an injury and well, ending up on this site. The San Diego Union Tribune reports star Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman has a torn posterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament in his left knee.
The team advised him to get surgery immediately after they got […]
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August 23rd, 2008
ABC News brings us a tale of amazingly bad sportsmanship. Cuba’s Angel Matos and his coach Leudis Gonzalez are banned from the Olympic games for life after Matos kicked a referee in the face. Yes, you read me right: an Olympic martial arts expert kicked a defenseless ref in the head.
Matos was reportedly upset about […]
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August 20th, 2008
The Associated Press reports that Dzhakhon Kurbanov, the light heavyweight from Tajikistan who bit his opponent on the shoulder in a quarterfinal bout, will not face sanctions or suspension by the International Boxing Association.
His only punishment for taking a page out of the Mike Tyson Boxing Manual will be disqualification from the Olympic […]
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August 16th, 2008
Feeling a good deal of heat from trading iconic NFL quarterback Brett Favre from Green Bay to the New York Jets after 17 years, Packer CEO Mike Murphy is playing the PR game. The Associated Press is reporting that according to Murphy the $20 -plus million dollar deal the team offered Favre to retire will […]
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August 13th, 2008
If China thought the Olympic Games would bring a lot of positive pub, well, they may want to try hosting a really big Scrabble tournament or something next time.
The New York Times reports that many expert observers are asking questions about the age of the gymnasts on China’s gold medal team. All the girls […]
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August 6th, 2008
ESPN reports a group of USA Olympic cyclists showed up in Summer Olympic site Beijing, notorious for its thick, polluted air, wearing protective masks Tuesday. After many Chinese considered the masks an outrage, the team members apologized today.
Beijing has put into play numerous pollution cutting measures including reducing cars on the road. Because hey, […]
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July 31st, 2008
Being fortunate enough to work from home, I’ll admit I see my fair share of soap operas. None of them approach the real life drama playing out in Green Bay, where ESPN is reporting the Green Bay Packers will pay Brett Favre $20 million to not let the door hit him where the Good Lord […]
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July 15th, 2008
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It seems Quinton Jackson may take his nickname Rampage a little too seriously according to a bizarre incident being reported by TMZ. The former light heavyweight champ led Costa Mesa police on a five-minute chase Tuesday afternoon after the officer tried to pull Jackson […]
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July 15th, 2008
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Former pro baseballer and current steroid snitch Jose Canseco got brutalized in his celebrity boxing debut Saturday night. Former NFL kicker Vai Sikahema, a Golden Gloves boxer before he began his football career, knocked Canseco out in 97 seconds.
Amazingly some 1,300 people crammed into a minor […]
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July 12th, 2008
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Sometimes at Simply Dumb we are on the fence about things. After all, there are times when a dumb decision is clearly in play but only time will tell which side made it. That, readers, is where we seek your help.
By now you’ve heard about NFL legend […]
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