Raiders issue statement about their handling of Russell’s issues
By Steve Corkran
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 at 5:05 pm in Oakland Raiders.
The Raiders issued a statement on their website Wednesday afternoon in response to some writers taking them to task for their handling of former JaMarcus Russell the past three years.
“We did all that we could to intervene and assist with a myriad of issues with JaMarcus Russell. NFL policy restricts our ability to comment publicly at this time,” the statement said. “Therefore, those in the media who declare what the Raiders knew or should have known or what the Raiders did or should have done, are reckless, irresponsible and offensive and do a disservice to all concerned, including the public.”
MediaNews columnist Monte Poole criticized the Raiders for their handling of Russell in today’s papers. The column can be found on-line, as well. The Raiders didn’t single out Poole, but it’s apparent that his column provided some, if not all, of the impetus for their statement.
Russell was arrested in Mobile, Ala., on Monday for possession of a controlled substance — prescription-strength codeine syrup. He posted bail, was released and is scheduled to appear in court July 20.
Russell could not be reached for comment for this story. It’s important to note that none of Russell’s former teammates or coaches have accused him of being under the influence of drugs at any time during his three-year career.
Several of his teammates said that they heard rumors of Russell using the codeine syrup the past three years. However, none witnessed him using it in person.
The Raiders released Russell in early May, a little more than three years after they selected him with the first pick of the 2007 NFL draft. He remains unemployed.
During a tumultuous three seasons, Russell was criticized by teammates and coaches for being overweight, out of shape and showing up late for meetings, among other things.
[You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.]
July 7th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
I like you too, Djohnny.
We always seem to have this connection. I sense you feel it too.
So, what kind of food to you like?
Care to chinese sometime?
July 7th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
My mom signed up at a gym, hoping I’ll go with her. Told her I would drive her, but that’s about it.
Have to admit, while waiting for her to get done on the cycle, couldn’t help but notice all of the guys in their tight workout clothes, lifting weights.
Some of these guys looked like Adonis. Seriously. Kind of gave me the vapors.
I think I’m going to be stopping by the gym, more and more.
July 7th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Palin still thinks Reagan went to school in Eureka, Ca. Brain cells seem to have frozen over.
July 7th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
you know how it works… 5 years from now when russell is washed up and broke, big al will bring him back into the raider family after a reconciliation and put him on the payroll as some sort of adviser/assistant.
how about you drop dime on this guy about 20 million into the contract when it was obvious to everyone and their momma that he was nothing more than 300 pounds of “whatever” and save a little face, money and fan misery.
July 7th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Come on Al.
You’re saying you didn’t notice someone had gone into your sluppuge stash?
July 7th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Russell always had too big an ass for my taste.
Guy needs to tighten up that glutius if he wants a second glance from this fan.
Still don’t know what to do with his jersey.
July 7th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Oh wow. Walgreens just called. The pictures are in of my inlaws from around the pool. $1.65 for a 8 x 10? How can you beat that?
Now I can’t stop thinking of my niece, guy’s in sweaty tights, and McDonald’s.
See what you guys do to me?
July 7th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Crister. Why do you think Al will call him? Al can’t even remember who he is.
July 7th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
I watched two minutes of the World Cup.
Never been so bored in my life.
July 7th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Lakers blew it by taking Jackson back.
He’s washed up.
July 7th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Campbell is 82, Grad is 80.
I think it is a wash and will be decided in camp.
July 7th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Now BHP can come on and tell me how he saw Campbell play, and that he has unlimited potential.
July 7th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Fans criticized him too! Well except for OakGlen & tj, but all the astute Raider fans did.
___/\______/\______/\____
“During a tumultuous three seasons, Russell was criticized by teammates and coaches for being overweight, out of shape and showing up late for meetings, among other things”
July 7th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
JaBustus was a juicer. The only difference between the typical “Juicer” that we are all familiar with, aside from the juice of choice, was the intent. The typical juicer uses substances to improve their results. In JaBustus’ case, he just juiced to maintain a high. He’s still a fool and IS the BIGGEST NFL BUST EVER. Thank goodness AD came to his senses and dumped that loser and got us a decent QB to take the helm. At least now we have a god opportunity to be competitive.
We all knew there were problems with JaBustus. Why did it take three years to expose this fraud. I wonder if this enhances AD’s lawsuit? JaBustus was juicing and causing harm to AD’s investment. I’m sure there are attorneys around who could make the case that JaBustus’s illegal activities negatively affected the business relationship with the Raiders and his actions were the equivalent of a breech of contract. Go get him Al.
Now, enough about that loser. Back to our upcoming successes. I see us as the AFC-West champion this year. We might even win a playoff game. What a turnaround to look forward to.
July 7th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Poole’s column was complete, 100% CRAP. You can’t save a man from himself. And enough of this “he was a kid” angle. He was not, and is not, a kid.
July 7th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
For those who may be intereseted. nflshop.com is having a fire sale on all of their JaMarcus jerseys, up to 75% off. Fill that cart!!
July 7th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
# 909RaiderLifer Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
For those who may be interested. nflshop.com is having a fire sale on all of their JaMarcus jerseys, up to 75% off. Fill that cart!!
*********************
Maybe the cough syrup company will buy them up and have a big giveaway promotion. Get a free jersey with every purchase of six bottles of juice. The street bums may not wear it but could use it as a tent.
July 7th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Ja-tussin is a grown-ass man.
He is responsible for his own actions. When you mess up royally, you can’t blame others and say, “they didn’t tell me not to…”
Whatever happened to “the Lord helps those who help themselves”?
The Raiders gave JaMarQuil the chance of a lifetime, and he squandered it! Now he is facing the consequences of his own idiotic actions.
Blaming the Raiders for Jaslurricane’s problems is only “enabling” him. Home-boy needs to take a good long look in a big, big mirror, and say, “Al didn’t do this to me – I did this to myself.” That’s what grown-ass men do.
Poole is a fool, this is a league-wide problem, not just a dysfunctional Raider snafu. – http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/07/shannon-sharpe-on-purple-drank-in-nfl-obviously–this-needs-to-be-addressed/1?csp=34
July 7th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
**interested** dohhhhh!
July 7th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Its been awhile NATION! Jamarcus Russell busted for drinking some drank? Sounds about right, Its explains his lethargy and sleeping on the job.
The “hangover” you get from abusing codeine is worse than the Alcohol hangover. Of course he sleeps in meetings, he can’t help it being under the influence of narcotics.
I knew a guy that abused Codeine, he’s unemplyed just like Jamarcus.
If it turns out he was involved in the Codeine Operation he’ll receive federal charges for Narcotics.
July 7th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Steve,
You’re being too nice. I would have rather you call Monte for what he is…a complete fool for writing the article.
I dont know if Monte is Black but I assume he is. This is typical of some black writers being biased on black athletes. I’m not saying all but some. How in the world do you blame the Raiders? YOu can blame the Raiders for being fooled by his pre-draft packaging. However, they were stuck with him for at least 3 years once they drafted him. We should all compliment the Raiders for swalling their pride and cutting him loose after 3 years.
July 7th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
AMEN AIG, good words. I myself are of African American ancestry and I don’t give a you-know-what about him being black or white. He’s substance abuser and you say that by the way he was on the field!
July 7th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Yeah Monte Poole is out of line for his response that the Raiders had enabled Ja Narcoticus. Giving some one 30 mil might make them rich but, it doesn’t make them drink cough syrup, or stupid.
July 7th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
http://images.outbrain.com/imageserver/s/755365/defaultImage-USATLogo2_gif-grp1490-90×90.jpg&did=AmwtV
—————————-
PUHLEEEZE
July 7th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Maybe the people around Al Davis should have listened a little closer when he casually commented “What’s wrong with that jerk? What is he on drugs or something? I just don’t get it.” “He’s a great athlete but I’m not seeing it.” ” Hey Tom whatsyourname, go over there and give him a smack or two to wake him up”. “Remind him he’s on my time”.
July 7th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Considering Russell was a train wreck from day one, and NOTHING was ever done about it, how can the team not shoulder much of the blame?
No, you’re not going to find out in advance if someone is dabbling in illicit crap, but once you sign on that dotted line, and someone is flaking?
Either you correct the situation, or you’re condoning it.
The list is LONG on what JR did wrong.
I honestly don’t believe that the list of what he did right has even one entry.
Considering the above, WHO EXACTLY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE for allowing that to continue?
July 7th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Man who beat, robbed Javon Walker gets life in prison, without parole
Posted by Mike Florio on July 7, 2010 10:32 PM ET
In June 2008, former Raiders receiver Javon Walker got mixed up with a couple of bad dudes, who beat him up and robbed him.
The Associated Press reports that one of the men will be heading to prison for the rest of his life, with no shot at parole.
The severity of the sentence arises from the fact that Deshawn Lamont Thomas, 42, is a habitual felon, with 11 convictions and trial still awaiting in another case on charges of pandering, kidnapping, child abuse, and statutory sexual seduction. As to Walker, Thomas was convicted of first-degree kidnapping, robbery, battery, battery with intent to commit a crime, conspiracy to commit robbery, and conspiracy to commit kidnapping
Thomas and 32-year-old Arfat Fadel robbed Walker, who was extremely intoxicated on the evening in question, of jewlery, cash, and casino chips with a total value in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Fadel pleaded guilty to reduced charges and testified against Thomas. Fadel will be sentenced next week.
Walker currently is unsigned. In two season with the Raiders, he caught 15 passes for 196 yards and one touchdown.
July 7th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
I recall the team kept close tabs on Jano after his “X” fiasco. At one point, as I recall, his mother came over and became the voice of reason for him, and obviously it worked.
In hindsight, wouldn’t have been a bad idea for JR…
Of course, Jano was just being stupid, and took the advice.
JR is a full blown idiot, and apparently listens to no one..(the CHOSEN one?? Give me a break.)
July 7th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Hmmm, anybody catch the last line of the Poole article?
“Raiders’ beat writer Steve Corkran contributed to the reporting of this column.”
Fact-finding or more?
http://www.mercurynews.com/sports-headlines/ci_15452958
July 7th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
I guess Al Davis never had him peeinacup for his $40mil. …
July 7th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
fat kidd Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
I guess Al Davis never had him peeinacup for his $40mil. …
—————————–
and that urine-test would prove what? That Jamarcus was over-medicating that cough of his?
July 7th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Russell’s family and his advisors enabled him. The Raiders flew everyone out here to try to talk that kid about what he was doing and try to get him to straighten up. His father was flown out here on Bi Al’s dime as well as other family members. His uncle Ray the one that died was given several fringe benefits to stay out here. He hired Jeff Garcia whom he knew couldn’t play anymore just for Russell. He did whatevr he could to help him along with paying a special assistant to help him through the early years.
Russell just wouldn’t listen to anyone once his uncle died. he looked for ways to escape his responsibility. They gave him room to do so as long as he allowed the assistant to look after him. The sent him to AZ with that assistant on their dime. And he still didn’t have the understanding needed to take a step back and renegotiate to help the team that was helping him.
Bad advisors and bad decisions have led to his demise and if he doesn’t open his eyes and get a clue he’ll be a memory and a bad one. He still has a chance if he sees the error of his ways to have a decent career but he needs to grow up and take charge of his career and stop the self pity.
July 7th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Thank you Raider Resurrection.
I get sick of the excuses for Jawalrus. We all know the Raiders fcked up by drafting him but dont think for a second they didnt tried everythign they can to make him successful, esp after Al’s presser declaring his greatness.
People like Monte Poole belongs in the same group as Priest. Morons.
July 7th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Damn Priest,
I just blasted you and then you wrote a fantastic post #32. Probably your best post ever on Jawalrus. I apologize for blasting you but you can tell I’m still bitter at you for defending the Jawalrus this whole time while blasting us.
July 7th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
aig
you guy’s look at it very different than i do. i see his talent but i’ve said over and over again that wasn’t his problem it was the partying.
July 7th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I for one am just glad that Jawalrus is not an Oakland Raider.
I really could care less what happens to him or his freakishly retarded life.
He should grab the tiger by the tail and embrace it.
Ghetto koolaid shyte.
July 7th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Raiders issue statement about their handling of Russell’s issues….
WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK!
July 7th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
aig & preist are banging the drum i’m listiening to.
I can remember a few posts about the younger players partying it up from people who were supose to have street knowledge, of stuff like that, no mention of purple stuff though. Greg Ellis called them out after a loss, i believe the gripe was about them partying at one of the other players house the night before a game.
So, knowing Al Davis’s reputation for letting high paid players have alot of slack, I was shocked after hearing that they cut Russell, especially after Jerry McDonald reported he tore it up in the first day of ota’s. I thought that wold deep him around through ota’s anyway.
Then every bit as shocked to hear that they were trying to recoup money from him. Deep down i think they probably have some proof that they did try to help him. Things could start to make a whole lot of sense,and as they do the Raiders as an organization, and Al Davis could be serving more crow than any imagined.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Drexl
That stuff is far from Ghetto anything, It’s widly used in the whit suburbs as well as the innercity. Drugs are not indiginous to the poor. They don’t discriminate. From white suburban housewives to on the corner thugs they are using the same drugs.
Trust me crack didn’t start in the ghetto neither did freebasing. It’s even in the whitehouse….
In another life I sold drugs mainly cocaine and it got me into some of the most exclusive clubs, organizations and office biuldings you can imagine. When I got there most of the other stuff was already there. There is nothing ghetto about drugs…………period
July 7th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Its amazing that ANYONE actually believes anything Priest says. He has proven himself to be a pathological liar time and time again. Must be newbies to this site that would even have a conversation with the guy. Priest is a liar…Period.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
I see you’re still a fan…
July 7th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Sorry I havent been around much, but we all have lives to lead in the offseason, even though a couple of you dont seem to have that problem,..(MR),…before I get to Monte and Russell,..MR,..just what is it in your daily life that has turned you into this?…are things so bad at your moms place?…is she pressuring you ro not hang on a blog?…to maybe get out, go meet a girl,..is she bothered that you never get any calls from a female?…is she aware that you live your life ungulfed in hate and self loathing?…we all are aware you hate the sight of yourself, what you represent,…your daily rants about whitey, (and we all know youre white), your daily whining about politics,..your daily jealous rants about Mr Davis,…just because you have never accomplished anything, dont blame him because hes globally admired, a billionaire, has a wing dedicated to him in Canton,…etc,…it isnt his fault that your life hasnt turned out successful,…but I hope you turn things around, you are a Sactown man, as I am, and I will pull for your recovery,…and I hope you take me up on my standing offer to hang with us at my tailgate, you will have a blast, and I promise you MR, nobody is going to assault you,..we will have some drinks, eat some bbq, get high,..then go enjoy the game, if we win, great, if we lose, theres another game in 7 days,…a football team shouldnt control who you are, your place in society,…trust me MR,..no player knows you, nor does the owner,…it amazes me you put all your frustrations into them, when they havent any idea you exist,…show a little pride dude,…try and enjoy life, before youre old, like miserable old kell,..want to end up like him?…believe this, you dont,…as far as Monte Poole, hes now looked at, for the last decade, as a fool, who has no integrity, and nobody even pays attention to him, and gets clowned on chronlive when hes on,..I myself cant wait for the season,..see my old buddies that I only see on game days,…cant wait to see brian again,…it will be a great year, win or lose,…will get back to you guys mid training camp, as I was again chosen to see a practice in Napa,…take care.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
I see your still a liar…
July 7th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
# priesttj Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Drexl
That stuff is far from Ghetto anything, It’s widly used in the whit suburbs as well as the innercity. Drugs are not indiginous to the poor. They don’t discriminate. From white suburban housewives to on the corner thugs they are using the same drugs.
Trust me crack didn’t start in the ghetto neither did freebasing. It’s even in the whitehouse….
In another life I sold drugs mainly cocaine and it got me into some of the most exclusive clubs, organizations and office biuldings you can imagine. When I got there most of the other stuff was already there. There is nothing ghetto about drugs…………period
————————————-
Nice story bro,
This is the only serious line in my comment.
“I really could care less what happens to him or his freakishly retarded life”.
You read to much into me laughing my ass off at fools high on cough syrup.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
How would you know, still tailing me, stalking me. Get a life………your obsession with me is sick.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Sorry, forgot my main point,..regarding Poole trying to have blame shared by the Raiders for Jamarcus behavior,..lol,..funny,…Monte is, and has been, a very disingenous “jounalist”,..for at least ten years now,..hes a tool, a bitter man, thinks because he has a word processor that organizations whould treat him as if hes an important man,..Monte isnt important,..deep inside he knows it, but still feels as he totes his laptop into the media room in Alameda that people should be impressed,..but in reality, he gets laughed at…I used to really like the guy, but hes getting to be just another old fool, like the resident fool in here,..old kell.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Norco Bob
Monte can’t help himself he thinks the raiders are obligated to do what he thinks they should do and if they don’t then they couldn’t possibly be right. Thinks he knows what every Raider fan thinks and has their best interest at heart. He could put together a peewee league team yet he knows better than any GM in sports. Monte’s way too full of himself and some other stuff.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
You are so full of crap TJ.
You make up this stuff as you go along, don’t you?
You’re saying that ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON? THAT EVERYONE KNEW? Yet, how is it that this “special asst” WAS NEVER SEEN BY ANYONE?
Well?
YOU WON’T ANSWER BECAUSE YOU CAN’T ANSWER BECAUSE YOU’RE A LIAR.
And a team is going to go through all that, yet just allow this scumbag to spit in their face? to come in fat, and NOT make him run laps every day after practice? to sleep through meetings, and do NOTHING about it?
You’re full of crap.
And you’re an idiot. Saying “he still has a chance to have a decent career”??? ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS?? He’s already labeled the biggest bust in NFL history, and now he’s into illegal stuff, and you think he “has a chance”?
About the same chance you do of going on the radio, and not sounding the fool.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
“he remains unemployed”. haha, Mr. Corkran I think you enjoyed writing that one a little too much. Just tossed that in afterwards for extra affect huh??
Also there was an article by anne killion on si saying the same thing. She clearly knows very little about the situation. I’ve read a few of her articles before, she seems to be a bit of a bitter woman.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Silver and Black Sleepers
http://www.raidernationstation.com/2010_off_season
July 7th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Can we honestly create a boycott KNBR! I am so sick of their negative pub on the team> listen to Barberi and Tobert onthe way home and all I can hear how theRaiders are joke the way they handled Russell and should be compared Clippers, only your last resort if you sign with them. We need more of a voice in the Bay Area media than this. Nation is strong and we need to be heard.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
I never listen to KNBR I listen to xtra860 with the great Rick Tittle and JJ and the mouth.
860 AM is great
July 7th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
7 years ago, Barbieris cat, Sunshine, died,..immidiately he went out and purchased a little boy,…most bay area people are aware of Barbieris past, its on public record,…lets all pray for that little boy, living alone, with Barbieri.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
860AM is pretty cool.
July 7th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Do you know anyone else that would have a son with no other sibling or a mother……..by choice?
Ralph is a scary dude.
That kid has no idea who his mother is and has no other mother figure except Ralph……..lol
July 7th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Another potentially stupid trade for the LOOOUSY Warriors! LOL
Why would a lame duck management team make such a stupid move before they are gone?? It makes ZERO sense!
Would it be one last f you to Warrior fans we stole your money and screwed the team up for the last time before selling and making millions??
Unreal….
July 7th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
What happened with the Warriors?
July 7th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Udoh broke his wrist so he can’t participate in the summer league……….that just sucks!!
July 7th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
# aig Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
860AM is pretty cool.
^^^^^^^^
860AM is way cool….finally a better Bay Area alternative than being force fed the tired and old 680am and 1140am Sac crew and the annoying Jim Rome.
Tittle in the morning is cool and so is the Mouth and JJ Stokes. The 2 live Stews are cool also.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
# priesttj Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Udoh broke his wrist so he can’t participate in the summer league……….that just sucks!!
^^^^^^^^^
Same thing that always happens….either nothing or when they actually do something it is a stupid move.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
2 live stews are way over the top sometimes. I enjoy it when they go at it. I’m boycotting 680 except for Radnich. That W’s announcer is a major kiss a$$ to Don Nelson at noon. I swear he endorses every move the W’s make.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
So glad I’m a Lakers fans first and foremost.
If the Warriors were my primary and only NBA team to root for….it would be awfully hard to not jump off a bridge. Ugh….LOL
July 7th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
# aig Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
2 live stews are way over the top sometimes. I enjoy it when they go at it. I’m boycotting 680 except for Radnich. That W’s announcer is a major kiss a$$ to Don Nelson at noon. I swear he endorses every move the W’s make.
^^^^^^^^
Yep! That W’s announcer would be Bob Fitzerald and he is absolutely TERRIBLE!
He needs to FIRED right after the new owners come in and Papa needs to be re hired.
Radnich is old and annoying now. At least Tolbert is cool…
July 7th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Radnich can get off tangent and he sounds pretty funny. he is pretty fair. Fitz is a tool. I can’t believe Nelson is going to offer Lee aka Troy Murphy $80 mil. This is Nelson’s final finger to the W fanbase.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
nite all…1:20am Central time here.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
I like you too, Djohnny.
We always seem to have this connection. I sense you feel it too.
So, what kind of food to you like?
Care to chinese sometime?
—————————————
That’s a great idea. I prefer the “Moogoo gai pan” myself. Maybe we could ride on a roller coaster together and share some laughs. I’ve decided to be your fan club president-midwest division.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Rick Tittle is awesome….I call in to his show at least once a week!
July 7th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Love the Warriors, hate the owner can’t stand the coach can’t wiat until they’re all gone so we can fumigate the place and get some new blood in their. Bring back Chris Mullin as GM and get Smart in as coach. Just to start and go from there.
The Warriors are a revolving door no one knows how good they are until they play together long enough to get acquainted.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
I call Rick as well, he remmbers me from Pete Franklin days. I’ve called JJ and the mouth a few times as well. But Rick’s the man.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
I listen to KNBR every once in a while for laughs after a big Niner loss or just anytime entire lineup is just the biggest a kissers , my 2 faves being Radinavich saying none of the KNBR guys are homers and Fitz saying after the Min loss Niners were a lock to make the playoffs ha ha ha. Always laughing at the Raiders how have the Whiners done since their cheating owner was kicked out oh yeah nothing!
RAIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 7th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Priest I hope Russell’s family sends you a Thank-You Note because you seem to care more about him off the field then they do.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
I hope not, because if that’s true he’s in reall trouble. I don’t think about the kid much until it’s brought up to me.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Lebrons ego is getting to him. He had to arrange a 1 hour special with sellout BSPN to announce his decision??
Give me a break!
Sounds like he is going to Miami. Smart move if he truly wants to win a title!
July 8th, 2010 at 12:48 am
The Raiders’ assault on their critics and fed up fans continues. If they put half this energy into building a football team, they’d be 16-0. Well, ok, more like 6-10, which is about the best Al Davis would do even if he did decided to focus on football and stop trying to fool everyone.
BTW, does anyone think The Raiders DIDN’T rat Russell out to the authorities months back, kicking off the investigation that led to his arrest? Anyone other than priest, Norco Bob and Br ian?
July 8th, 2010 at 12:52 am
The Raiders just have bad karma. Half the fans are racist now. Look at this blog. Where did that come from? The Raiders deserve nothing but sorrow, and there’s plenty more coming.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:55 am
Norco Bob, it’s not Barbieri’s or Monte Poole’s fault you’re a failure in life. They don’t even know you exist. Cheer up, bud. Seriously.
July 8th, 2010 at 1:44 am
NBA All-Star LeBron James checks out an all-star home in New York City.
Cleveland’s beloved basketball star LeBron James is on the hunt for his next team — and his next house. He was recently spotted house hunting in New York’s West Village for an off-season pied-a-terre. (Although if he joins the Knicks, it could become his in-season home.)
The 4,000-square-foot space was formerly home to Billy Joel, before he lost it, of course, in his divorce to cookbook author Katie Lee. Now on the market for a meager $12.9 million (well, meager by New York City standards), this home was just one modern-day castle that “King James” has apparently eyed, according to the New York Post.
23 Perry Street sits in the heart of Manhattan’s West Village — an ideal place for some off-season downtime. Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate
We’re not in Ohio anymore Toto. Manhattan would be quite the change of scene for this Akron native, and so would the four-floor townhome at 23 Perry Street. It’s smack dab in one of the most sought-after neighborhoods of Manhattan — and it’s a short chauffered car ride to Madison Square Garden, a fact that Knicks fans hope entices the basketball powerhouse.
If that isn’t enticement enough, the home also includes four bedrooms, four baths, four fireplaces, an elevator and a garden with a sound system (to no doubt blast the tunes of his buddy Jay-Z).
If a chef’s kitchen (above left) and four bedrooms isn’t enough, the home also has a hidden swimming pool and a private terrace in the master suite (above right). Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate
The chef’s kitchen boasts custom cabinets, a six-burner Wolf stove and wine storage — perhaps LeBron will pick up a hobby during the off-season?
The master suite features a private landscaped terrace (quite the anomaly in New York City), Waterworks fixtures and marble in the bath, and an antiqued silver leaf closet and dressing room. If LeBron feels like going for a swim, there’s a “hidden” indoor pool, which was installed by the home’s former owner, noted artist Seward Johnson. Though he’ll have a DIY project on his hands — the pool is currently cleverly covered and is used for storage space in a secret spot under the floorboards. Don’t worry LeBron, we can help you get your home in order.
with a nearly $13 million price tag you might expect to see some more glitz — but designer Nate Berkus turned this space into a sophisticated home. Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate
There’s no telling if this interior style is up LeBron’s alley — but we’re drooling over its sophisticated, casual refinement. So it’s no surprise to learn that the home was renovated by architect Ahmad Sardar-Afkami along with famed interior designer Nate Berkus in 2006.
I’m not sure who would be luckier — New York, if the city lands LeBron, or LeBron, if he buys this gorgeous home.
July 8th, 2010 at 2:11 am
Poole’s column is just a load of garbage.
Just how old does Russell have to be before he’s responsible for himself?
Al gave him $30 million for doing nothing except setting the team back three years and Poole thinks the Raiders should have have been a better nanny to him?!
Raider Nation should be really happy that we didn’t restructure this losers contract.
July 8th, 2010 at 3:04 am
Raider O…
ready for sundays finale ?
July 8th, 2010 at 5:33 am
Monte is just like so many of the TMZ ambulance chasers who like to take a negative story or image, weave their own conspiracy theories and ride it as far as they can (saying all the time that THEY are the ones who have the inside track or inside information). It’s easy for Monte to sit behind his computer (in his mom’s basement) and create all this
s#*# … Raider fans jsut need to recognize that we took a big chance on a guy with lots of physical attributes and skills and it just didn’t pan out. There wasn’t anything anyone could do — JaDrankus was given a wad of cash and the reins to the team — dude didn’t do a bit of work to earn his keep. I hate to say that he got what he deserved … I WILL say that the Raiders deserved more than what they got from #2 (and he truly is a big, smelly #2!!)
July 8th, 2010 at 5:45 am
Good Morning Nation!!!
Good Morning LMN, Tbone…
LeBron having an hour presser to say where he’s going…Really? Who the F cares??!!! I like the guy, but come on now…
July 8th, 2010 at 6:18 am
Ray Allen staying in Boston with Pierce, Garnett & Rivers.
Boozer to Chicago …
James, Bosh & Wade in Miami ???
Lakers will get swept, if they make the Finals
July 8th, 2010 at 6:19 am
#82= buffoonery at its highest level.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:23 am
dude is actually in scientific definition, the infected area around an elephants anus
July 8th, 2010 at 6:24 am
Get off the Lakers Rockstar…for now, they are defending Champs!!!
I think LeBron is either going to stay or go to New York with Stoud…and who cares about Boston? Their aging…this was thier best shot to win 2…but beaten by who??????
Good Morning … By the Way…
Found Gabby and coffee’s on me this morning!!!
July 8th, 2010 at 6:25 am
Tbone,
Monte Tool and this blog’s RealKiffinRaider derive all of their material from the same source. Hatred of the Raiders. Shrug. It is what they are, Raiderhaters. Next.
good morning to all of the usual and unusual suspects of the AM Crew.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:29 am
Hwnrdr: Boston still has Rondo to complement the “big 3″ and I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to see them get Shaq & Iverson to give the aging All-Stars a boost off the bench
the Knicks are trash. I kinda feel bad for Amare
July 8th, 2010 at 6:31 am
Rockstar,
How do you even remember to breathe? Someone so stupid shouldnt be allowed to walk the streets. The Lakers will get swept if they make it to the finals??? By who? Dwayne Wade, Bosh and………?????? Boozer in Chicago= Boozer in Utah. Or maybe the same Boston team they beat this year but a year older?? Hmm… Answer please.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:31 am
GOOD MORNING SPORT’S FAN’S.HWNRDR,HEY ROCKSTAR R U LOOKING 4 SOME SINGLE GAME TICKETS ?
July 8th, 2010 at 6:32 am
the Raiders called MR “reckless, irresponsible and offensive” and said he “does a disservice to all concerned, including the Jerry Mac bloggers.”
July 8th, 2010 at 6:32 am
Well, yeah…gotta give it up to Rondo, but AI and Shaq to Boston? That would be interesting!
I’m going to go with Miami making it this year! Bosh is a beast to compliment Wade!!! But it does look like the East is stacking up!!!
July 8th, 2010 at 6:33 am
Rockstar,
exactomundo.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:35 am
Dude: put down the syrup
Kobe Bryant was actually a liability in the Finals. him shooting 3’s was uglier than Shaq shooting free throws
James, Bosh & Wade in Miami = Heat championship
Print That
July 8th, 2010 at 6:38 am
Who was the MVP of the finals????
James who in Miami??
July 8th, 2010 at 6:38 am
I will print that if King James goes to Miami…kinda hard not to…but, I say he goes to the Knickerbockers….
July 8th, 2010 at 6:39 am
Carlos Boozer nice consolation prize for the Bulls
Chicago probably has better chance of winning NBA title with Boozer supporting Derrick Rose than with Rose supporting LeBron
-Vittorio Tafur (twitter)
July 8th, 2010 at 6:39 am
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Vittorio Tafur suggests Oakland as a potential landing spot for free agent Plaxico Burress now that Plax has reapplied for work release from prison.
Jason Campbell would probably love to see the 6′5 weapon out wide, but there’s no indication that Burress’ release from prison is imminent. The Raiders are unlikely to block youngsters Darrius Heyward-Bey, Chaz Schilens, and Louis Murphy, so don’t look for Plax in Silver & Black anytime soon.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:41 am
Boozer in Chicago = Boozer in Utah.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:43 am
Who was the MVP of the finals????
***
the same guy that made only 2 of every 10 shots in the Finals. it’s a popularity contest
Fish bailed him out of 1 game. Gasol the another two. Artest the big one
Bryant = overrated
Print That
July 8th, 2010 at 6:43 am
Good Morning GG…i would love to see plax in S&B, but yeah…I don’t see the Raiders doing that to their already young receiving core!!!
July 8th, 2010 at 6:44 am
Boozer in Chicago = Boozer in Utah.
***
Boozer has a different supporting cast in Chitown numbnuts
July 8th, 2010 at 6:45 am
23 pts and 15 boards in game 7. Yeah, he SUCKED!!
Your an idiot. Print THAT.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:46 am
RR seriously are you still harping on the Great Kobe Bryant just won his 5 Title did John Paxon bail out Jordan or how about that amazing push on Russell. Kobe wins 6 next year regardless of where the Queen goes. I like Bosh,Wade,Queen James on the same team the loser of the 04′ Olympics back together again.
Kobe> every athlete RR has ever liked PRINT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 8th, 2010 at 6:47 am
D-Fish was game 3…Game 1 was a blowout! Artest really bailed everyone out in Game 7!!!
Kobe is Kobe…he will take the shots, and sometimes, as in Game 7, he was fastly becoming a liability. But he did make up for it by grabbing 15 boards.
Kobe isn’t overrated…and not because I’m a Laker fan, but he is the best player in the NBA…and even the great MJ needed help (both times).
July 8th, 2010 at 6:48 am
Convo on Vitt’s twitter: LOL!
why r u making it sound like #LeBron is staying in CLE for sure? Know something we don’t cuz I’ve been hearing a lor of NY.
Is LBJ really going to go on TV and say “See ya Cleveland, Good luck without me and I am not planning to visit anytime soon.” … No
Then again, LeBron couldn’t have handled this any worse, starting with quitting on Cavs in Game 5. Maybe he does take crap on Clevelnd on TV
I’m guessing anyone might have a bad game 5 when they find out one of their teammates is having relations with their mom
July 8th, 2010 at 6:48 am
Boozer has a different supporting cast in Chicago? No sheet, Sherlock. However he doesnt have a better one. Utah is a better team, better coaching, better organization. Boozer is making a lateral move if not a step down.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:50 am
How does a person know another person is a complete and utter moron??
Answer- Calls Kobe Bryant “overrated” and a “liability”.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:51 am
Hwnrdr,
you know any Kahuna who’d be willing to slap Satele upside the head to get Samson’s a$$ to perform better than mediocrely?
the parts seem to be there to mix and match at guard and tackle but centerplay remains questionable.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:51 am
Rockstar…based on post 105…
maybe the reason for his one hour tv spot today…but NBC’s stock and the Knicks stock climbed yesterday…so, I think he joins Stoud!!!
July 8th, 2010 at 6:53 am
Good Morning M,
Remember…Satele is from Hawaii also…LOL
Seriously though…I know!!! I was happy when we got him via trade, then…wth?
July 8th, 2010 at 6:54 am
LeBron should join the Clips. Then Divas #1 & #2 could perform at the Staples Center on alternate nights.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:56 am
Hwnrdr,
Satele might have gone “mormon” but the old ways could bring out an inner fire he seems to lack.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:59 am
Calls Kobe Bryant “overrated” and a “liability”.
***
we were talking about the Finals. I stick to those statements
I’m a Laker Hater, get over it
July 8th, 2010 at 7:01 am
D-Fish was game 3…Game 1 was a blowout! Artest really bailed everyone out in Game 7!!!
***
there you have it, Dude
from an unbiased Laker fan. I was right
now shut your piehole
July 8th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Your a moron and a fool. I stick to those statements.
Do the Lakers beat the Celtics if Kobe Bryant blows his knee out in the 1sr minute of game 1?
July 8th, 2010 at 7:05 am
Do the Lakers beat the Celtics if Kobe Bryant blows his knee out in the 1sr minute of game 1?
***
Yes. it doesn’t even go to 7 games
they play better as a TEAM. they don’t need a ballhog to take all the shots, miss 2 out of every 3 and complain when somebody elses misses 1. or whine to the refs for every call or no call (even on the home court!)
July 8th, 2010 at 7:08 am
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice. You just passed Priest as the biggest tool on this site. I actually am starting to believe you are joking because its hard to believe anyone could be so stupid and yet still be actually a part of society.
July 8th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Bynum, Gasol, Odom, Artest & Fisher were good enough to beat the Meltics … Sasha, Farmar & Brown could have split Bryant’s minutes and passed the ball around. higher FG percentage
I’m not a Laker fan, but thier bigs got in done against Phienix & Boston. I must admit
July 8th, 2010 at 7:13 am
Dude: what have you got besides insults?
anything ???
what do you contribute to this blog?
you’re a known troll who gets no respect, so why should your opinions even be posted?
being critical of others makes your life more bearable?
July 8th, 2010 at 7:14 am
Phoenix*
July 8th, 2010 at 7:17 am
M Lonetree Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 6:56 am
Hwnrdr,
Satele might have gone “mormon” but the old ways could bring out an inner fire he seems to lack.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Could be…funny because he did hike the ball AND block for Colt Brennan during Hawaii’s undefeated year (before the Sugar Bowl)…
July 8th, 2010 at 7:17 am
M & Hwnrdr: do you think Samson Satele is salvageable?
think Tom Cable can teach him the proper zbs techniques and the strength coach can help him bulk up and get stronger?
Chris Morris certainly isn’t the answer…
July 8th, 2010 at 7:18 am
Rockstar’s sister used to work at a Colorado resort hotel and is bitter that her extortion attempt didn’t pay out better. She only got enough money to buy clean underwear for one year.
July 8th, 2010 at 7:19 am
maybe Satele has been working out with Heyward-Bey this offseason to bring out his inner Humuhumunukunukuapua’a ???
DHB = STUD!
July 8th, 2010 at 7:21 am
Rockstar: I say that Cable has one more year with Satele, and if Satele doesn’t get it…he’s gone! As for Morris…I agree!
And wow all the insults you are taking in today! At least its still better than the PM with MR vs anyone…Richochet vs Everyone…haha!
July 8th, 2010 at 7:22 am
I like that…their inner Humuhumunukunukuapua’a!!!
July 8th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Lol @ Lebron to Miami. You can re-name LeCoattails. Poor guy needs to ride Wade to the promised land. That will do wonders to his image.
July 8th, 2010 at 7:27 am
Here are 10 reasons why I hate Lakers “fans” (in reverse order)…
10) Half the courtside seats are empty in the first and third quarters of every game. I’m getting the obvious and least offensive complaint out of the way first.
9) They’re incapable of acknowledging a bad trade when it happens. When Caron Butler was traded for Kwame Brown, the general consensus in Los Angeles at the time was that this was a good thing. And no matter how many times I tried rubbing that trade in with my Lakers “fan” friends, I always got this reaction: “Caron played the same position as Kobe Bryant anyway, he had to go.” Uh, no. Caron plays small forward and Kobe is a shooting guard. I’m sure Phil Jackson would’ve hated having to coach Kobe, Butler and Lamar Odom at the same time.
7) LA radio “personality” Vic “The Brick” Jacobs. If you don’t know who I’m talking about, look him up on Google, because he’s a microcosm of Lakers “fans” everywhere. When the Knicks made the NBA Finals in 1999, Vic “The Brick” Jacobs, the supposed “Lakers Homer” (who, by the way, proclaimed Kobe’s innocence on the rape charge even though he didn’t have any of the facts) referred to the Knicks as “Vic’s Knicks” just because Jacobs was born in Queens. This would be like Sandy Clough — who thankfully isn’t a cartoonish figure like Jacobs — proclaiming last year’s Giants Super Bowl team as “Sandy’s Giants”. Huh? I’m feelin’ you, Vic!
6) Seats that should go to real basketball fans are instead occupied by wives, girlfriends and escorts. (Although, in fairness to Lakers “fans”, the plethora of escorts at every game makes any visit to Staples Center quite enjoyable?that is, of course, if you’re into fake breasts). The next time you go to a Lakers game, check out all the (one time) trophy wives of the courtside ticket holders. They literally just sit there in their awful “ladies’ suits” with dreadful Madeline Albright-style pins affixed to the lapel and do nothing while their husbands take in the game. These paid-off housewives are so bejeweled, they probably killed entire tribes of Sierra Leoneans just to get those diamonds to their wrinkled fingers. On a side note, I’m convinced that more Persian guys can credit Lakers games to getting themselves laid than any other event in Los Angeles, over even bottle service at Republic (or whatever this week’s hot Hollywood club hangout that I could never get into is) or renting a Ferrari for a night.
5) They’re the biggest bandwagon fans in the country and only support the Lakers when the team is really, really, really, really good. They’re such bandwagon fans, in fact, that when the Clippers were the better team two seasons ago, everyone in LA was suddenly a Clippers “fan” (just like everyone in LA was suddenly an Angels “fan” in 2002 and suddenly a Rams “fan” in 1999).
4) 85% of them aren’t from Los Angeles and, like newcomers to Scientology, these non-native Lakers “fan” converts are young, impressionable and gullible. Take my friend Jason from Boston, for example. No joke, after moving to LA, Jason (like others of his ilk) began wearing Lakers shorts. That’s right, a guy from Boston wearing Lakers shorts!! And he used the same bull—t line that all Boston natives pull on me when I catch them wearing Lakers gear: “I’m really just a Red Sox fan, anyway.” Yeah, right. Like all you Boston frauds that live in LA weren’t snatching up NBA League Passes this year. (Note: this rant excludes my friend Dan from Boston who also lives in LA and actually had the League Pass when the Celtics won all of 24 games last season).
3) Now that he’s out of town, they pretend like they never liked Shaquille O’Neal in the first place. All Shaq did for the Lakers organization was bring them four NBA Finals appearances and three rings while being incredibly active and charitable within the Los Angeles community and buying Mark Madsen a shiny, new car. Not only can’t you find a Shaq defender anywhere in LA these days, but Lakers “fans” will go out of their way to tell you why they hate Shaq: “he never worked hard,” “he was always fat and out of shape,” “he was a big baby,” “he was a me-first guy,” and the one that gets me the most, “those teams were boring to watch.” Boring to watch? Four finals appearances and three rings were boring to watch?!!
2) They unmercifully defend Kobe Bryant. Whether he’s throwing his teammates like Shaq or Andrew Bynum under the bus, clobbering white defenders after jump shots, regularly spouting profanity-laced tirades at the referees for all the six year olds within earshot to hear, (allegedly) forcing himself sexually onto a female hotel worker in Colorado and subsequently paying her ? and his wife ? off, or throwing public hissy fits to get himself traded from the very team he wished for by demanding Shaq’s ouster, Bryant can do no wrong in the eyes of Lakers “fans”. When Kobe got in trouble in Colorado for his — let’s say — “inappropriate actions,” the reaction among Lakers Nation was: “let’s wait for the evidence” or “she was asking for it by going into his room” or “she’s a {Profanity isn’t allowed on theLakersNation.com — Please go back and edit your comment. Thank you.} anyway, she slept with like five guys the day before and just wants some attention” and so on. You’d have thought Lakers “fans” everywhere had performed the DNA samples on the girl’s underwear themselves. And yet when any other athlete allegedly does something that runs afoul of the law, like Carmelo Anthony’s suspicion of getting a DUI, he’s most assuredly guilty in the eyes of Lakers “fans” — evident by their oh-so-clever “D-U-I” chant at Staples Center on Sunday.
1) They’re in myopic denial of the favoritism the Lakers receive from the NBA. Lakers “fans” claim that their team is subject to the same rules and regulations as the other 29 NBA teams, but this simply isn’t true. Here are the indisputable examples?-Since the Lakers can’t be bothered to play on Saturdays, they never have to play a back-to-back at the end of week?typically the most grueling games on the schedule. Moreover, while most teams (especially in the Western Conference) have to go into hostile territory for Saturday games where it’s the only thing in town to do, the Lakers never have to play those games. If you think it doesn’t matter, in 2007-08 road teams were a combined 12-28 on Saturday night games that took place in Portland, Utah, Sacramento, San Antonio, Memphis and Minneapolis.-The Lakers have historically been given favorable treatment from the referees in supremely important games. One of the most famous examples of this was Game Six of the 2002 Western Conference Finals against the Sacramento Kings. With the Lakers down three games to two, the NBA was in danger of the Lakers not making it to the NBA Finals, so the refs ensured that the Lakers shot 34 free throw attempts to the Kings’ 18. While Game Six of 2002 might be more famous, the most egregious example was Game Seven of the 2000 Western Conference Finals against the Portland Trailblazers. Many site the Blazers demise in that game to their 3-of-18 shooting in the fourth quarter (which admittedly, was a huge factor in the loss), and yet everyone fails to recognize that the 21 free throw attempt differential in favor of the Lakers didn’t exactly help Portland’s cause, either.-Another example of a free ride from the refs came during Game Six of the 1988 NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons. The Lakers were down three games to two, and down one point with 14 seconds to go. The Lakers fed the ball into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for a hook shot, and Bill Laimbeer was called for a foul which, upon review in the replay, never happened. Don’t believe me? Watch the video.-Shockingly, the dean of NBA referees (and USA Basketball wrecker) Stu Jackson admitted that the referees made an incorrect call this season that essentially gave a game to the Lakers when Derek Fisher pulled Monta Ellis down with 3.3 seconds left in the Warriors 123-119 loss to the Lakers in Oakland. Given that the Warriors missed the playoffs by just two games, I’m sure they were thrilled with the NBA’s diligence on this one. And more famously was this year’s Western Conference Finals Game 4 in which Fisher clobbered the Spurs’ Brent Barry with 2.1 seconds to go, and no foul was called (which would have put Barry on the line for at least two game-tying free throws). Oh yeah, the NBA spoke out against that no-call, too.-And of course, earlier this decade NBA Commissioner David Stern, when asked what teams would comprise his ideal NBA Finals, was quoted as saying “the Lakers vs. the Lakers.”But no, there’s no favoritism towards the Lakers out there.Beating the Lakers in the playoffs is like beating the Republicans in Presidential Elections that take place in Ohio or Florida. You have to knock them out by an overwhelming majority of points/votes because if it’s at all close, the game will be rigged against you.
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126468
LOL!
July 8th, 2010 at 7:32 am
I say that Cable has one more year with Satele, and if Satele doesn’t get it…he’s gone! As for Morris…I agree!
***
Hwnrdr: Tom Cable needs to win at least 9 games this year to save his job imo
but then if Hue Jackson somehow makes this offense formidable, he may get offers elsewhere. the good thing is, he can’t make a lateral move while under contract. it would be HC or nothing
so Cable could get an extension after we go 10-6 this year and still have Hue Jax as OC going into next year
Satele & Morris are both done if we keep getting crushed by 3-4 NT’s in our own division. We need to be able to run the ball up the gut and more importantly, run the ball in goal-line situations
July 8th, 2010 at 7:34 am
Humuhumu is a tough little fish. Defends his territory aggressively. Would be fine thing for Bey and Satele to bring out their inner humuhumunukunukuapua’a.
July 8th, 2010 at 7:38 am
this “monkeypox” guy is hilarious:
Here’s my top ten reasons the Lakers fans sucks!
10: They’re stinky doodoo heads! That’s right! Their heads are literally made of doo doo and therefore it stinks!
9: They don’t even know what baskeball is! I bet if you showed them one they’d be all like “dude, whats that brah? I don’t even knows what that is becuase I’m too busy cheering for the Lakers, but only in the fourth quarter!” Then they start touching each other in unwholesome ways.
8.They act like they’re team isn’t the worste team in the history ever! I mean, why don’t they just admit that the team is horrible? What are they afraid of? Everybody that isn’t some NOOB that started watching basketball like last year agrees that the Lakers have the worst fans, so I don’t even know like what they’re thinking.
7: Fake hollywood fans. What a bunch of fake plastic, drug-using loosers! I’d rather had one guy from the blue-collar comedy tour than have some fake arse hollywood tools! And good peoples like MIley Cyrus I bet have to be forced to be there because of their careers. That Makes me hate them even more. What they SHOULD do is make the seats in the lower area cheap so the REAL fans like me can sit there and put all the fake rich people up top so they can all talk about their nice cars and gold bars and stuff! At my teams arena I know it’s only true fans in the lower area because there are only like five people there.
8: LAKERS? UMMM HELLOOO there are like NO flipping LAKES in CALIFORNIA!! More like the Los Angeles Monority Drive By Crack Head Smog Chuggers, MiRite?
7: Jack Nicholson = Laker Fan. Jack Nicholson = The Joker The Joker = Bad Guy. Laker Fans = Bad guys. Don’t mess with the Batman.
6: They all started watching basketball like two weeks ago… and that’s how It’s ALWAYS BEEN FOR ALL TIME! That’s right, they’re all bandwagoners at all times. LAkers rhymes with FAKERs, U think that’s just a clever coincidence? The only reason their jerseys always sell so well is because people buy them in case their plane crashes and they need something bright colored to signal for help.
5: I saw a Laker fan once at Chick-Fil-a, (he had a lakers jersey and everything, that’s how I knew what he was) and he took like three of each sauce packet even though he only had one chicken classic sandwhich. That next week they put all the sauce packets behind the counter so we had to ask for them like we were at a McDonalds on the brown side of town. That basterd ruined the whole system for everyone! That’s the essence of the Laker fan, they just take because they think something is owed, and now I have to ask for special sauce and when I get it it’s chained to a toilet seat.
4: Purple and gold? More like yellow and reddish blue mirite? I mean… Yellow? Everyone remembers what the Japanese did on us in pearl harbor right? That’s all i got to say about that. And the only man I’ve ever seen wear purple was Prince, and that’s a man that wears high heels like a woman. I do’t think I need to say anymore about that either. (I only sawed him on accident while changing channels so don’t get no idears)
3: EVERYTHING is so rigged in favor of them!? Why don’t they just admit how rigged everything is! They’re just such dirty liars for not admitting how rigged it all is for them!! I once saw David EFFING STERN jump in to a game and block Vlade Divacs three pointer during the WCF!! AND that wasn’t even the worst part, they called like 12 fouls on Vlade and got him deported by halftime! I swear if we looked away for even a second the Lakers would win the championship every year! It’s only because of people like me that they don’t win it every year. Man… so rigged.
2: Staples center? I mean is that even grammatically correct? Shouldn’t it be like Staple’s Center, or the Center by Staples? Plus Staples’ paper is a horrible mess of bleached pulp and their pencils are the worst cause their erases leave a pink smear on everyting like that cat that was trapped under my dads car that one week last summer.
1: The stupid fans don’t even show up till, like a week after the game. you see all those people? They actually bought tickets for a week earlier and they JUST NOW are showing up because they were too busy eating sushi and going to same sex marriages and worshipping crystals or something stupid.
#1 Reason the Lakers fans suck is just because they do so much and they don’t even knowed it. I hope this isn’t too much truth to handle for you Faker fans. Feel free to add your own totally tru and unbiased opinions on the Lakers fans, the holocaust of the modern society.
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126468
July 8th, 2010 at 7:42 am
We need a real center.
July 8th, 2010 at 7:43 am
Lol @ Lebron to Miami. You can re-name LeCoattails. Poor guy needs to ride Wade to the promised land. That will do wonders to his image.
***
unlike Kobe Bryant & Al Gore, LeBron James probably does care about his image and winning a championship (no matter what the supporting cast looks like) makes him look good as long as he does his part. We all know that he will
July 8th, 2010 at 7:44 am
We need a real center.
***
Kevin Mawae?
July 8th, 2010 at 7:45 am
Rockstar: Yes there are many Laker Bandwagoners, but there are a lot of true Laker Fans out there….and I get heat all the time for being a Laker fan in the Bay Area! But…I read that a couple years ago…just another hater tryna make a point! And Yes, Sac fans are still pissed about game 6 that year…but like Boston this year…they still could have won game 7!
July 8th, 2010 at 7:48 am
Anybody see the article Ann Killion wrote for CNNSI concerning JaPromethazine… Another idiot who says its the Raiders fault Jacodein is fat, lazy and uniterested in football.
July 8th, 2010 at 7:50 am
I’m all for Kevin Mawae
July 8th, 2010 at 8:02 am
RRS
This looks serious, Uh! ever thought about seeing a doctor?
July 8th, 2010 at 8:04 am
BCZ: Ann Killion is trying really hard to be a clone of Nancy Gay, isn’t she ???
July 8th, 2010 at 8:04 am
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/dining/07chef.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&sq=Noma&st=cse&scp=1
July 8th, 2010 at 8:05 am
ever thought about seeing a doctor?
***
about what?
your love affair with JaFranchise? call the shrink yourself
July 8th, 2010 at 8:06 am
I have read 2 or 3 things she has written and they all disparrage the Raiders in some fashion… Really? Its the Raiders fault that Jameatloaf “Took the money and uhhh ran… err walked briskly” I bet its the Giants fault that Plaxico shot himself too.
July 8th, 2010 at 8:06 am
LMN = René Redzepi ???
July 8th, 2010 at 8:11 am
Iranian widow faces being stoned to death in days
Campaign hopes to save alleged adulterer from ‘cruel and inhuman’ death
Human rights groups, government officials and celebrities are appealing to Iran to halt death-by-stoning plans for a convicted adulterer.
The execution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, who has already spent five years in prison and received 99 lashes for alleged adultery, would “disgust and appall the watching world”, the British Government declared, according to a Thursday report in U.K. newspaper The Times.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said Iran should stop Ashtiani’s and all death sentences.
“Death by stoning is always cruel and inhuman, and it is especially abhorrent in cases where judges rely on their own hunches instead of evidence to proclaim a defendant guilty,” said Nadya Khalife, Middle East women’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch in a statement on its website. “Iran should immediately put a stop to this execution – and all executions.”
Celebrities signing up to campaign for Ashtiani’s release include Sir David Hare, the playwright, actress Emma Thompson, actress Juliette Binoche, fashion designer Katherine Hamnett and actor Colin Firth, The Times said.
Even American jail-bound actress Lindsay Lohan got in on the act. On Twitter, she posted a series of messages about the “cruel and inhuman” punishment and linked to a Wednesday Newsweek story about Ashtiani.
The Newsweek story said Ashtiani could be buried up to her breasts and stoned to death as early as this coming weekend.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38140909/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa?GT1=43001
good thing Kobe Bryant lives in America where he is still an idol for YOU PEOPLE, eh fellas?
July 8th, 2010 at 8:15 am
RRS…
I wish =)
I hope KoolKell went by NOMA during his stay in copenhagen…
July 8th, 2010 at 8:16 am
Testy aren’t ya’ take a deep breath and get a hold of yourself. It aint that serious. Did Kobe really hurt you that bad? seeing him in your sleep?
Relax my man it’s just sports.
July 8th, 2010 at 8:20 am
TJ: nobody is getting “testy”
I did a copy & paste from insidehoops.com and you made some comment about me seeing a doctor, as if anybody who ever uses the copy & paste function must seek the help of a mental physician
Kobe didn’t hurt me. I think he’s a sack of trash
can trash hurt people? maybe a garbage man …
so, did Kobe hurt you ???
July 8th, 2010 at 8:23 am
post 144
um ok no not really. cheating on your spouse is the american way! who cares about those barbaric fools if thats the way they act we should punish them by bombing them then since that would be an equal punishment if they can stone someone for getting of we should just take those people out of this CRAZY world of ours
July 8th, 2010 at 8:24 am
plus those stones would have just bounced off his steel chest fool!
July 8th, 2010 at 8:25 am
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is talking to voters again about jobs and the economy. But he’s also concerned with two jobs in particular: Senate seats for Democrats in Missouri and Nevada.
With Democrats facing uphill battles in the November elections, Obama is combining a couple of economy-focused events Thursday and Friday with a campaign swing on behalf of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan.
A sitting president’s party typically loses seats in Congress during midterm elections. On top of that, Democrats are battling an anti-incumbent fervor fanned by high unemployment.
Nonetheless, Obama’s argument will in part be an economic one, starting with a visit Thursday to an electric truck manufacturer in Kansas City, Mo., that got money from last year’s big economic stimulus bill.
Obama has been trying to get voters to buy a message he himself acknowledges is a tough sell — that things would be a lot worse if the $862 billion stimulus bill had not passed. Obama also plans remarks on the economy Friday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
In between he’ll be raising money for Carnahan and Reid. The pairing of official presidential events with campaign appearances lets the White House bill taxpayers rather than the candidates’ campaigns for most of the president’s travel costs.
In Missouri, Obama will make his first fundraising appearance for Carnahan, who was out of the state in March when the president attended a joint fundraiser for Sen. Claire McCaskill and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. That caused speculation about whether Carnahan was purposely keeping Obama at arm’s length in a state he narrowly lost in 2008.
But her campaign said she welcomes his help. Obama will be appearing at a low-dollar reception for grass-roots supporters, and at a lunch and reception where tickets will range from $1,000 to $30,000.
Carnahan’s likely Republican opponent is GOP Rep. Roy Blunt.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38145300/ns/politics-white_house/
Robin Carnahan = sunk, as soon as President JaMarcus shows up on her behalf and opens his mouth…
July 8th, 2010 at 8:33 am
No Kobe has actually proved me right over that years. I know you copied and paste I’m just saying all the trouble to do so. I’ve always liked the kid, sure he’s full of himself and a bit of a primadonna but what superstar wasn’t.
I just think you’re a bit over the top in your bias against the kid.
July 8th, 2010 at 8:41 am
I know you copied and paste I’m just saying all the trouble to do so.
***
LOL! how much trouble was it?
took 2 seconds.
no wonder you were advocating Jacodein who is fat, lazy and uniterested in football …
July 8th, 2010 at 8:46 am
My mom signed up at a gym, hoping I’ll go with her. Told her I would drive her, but that’s about it.
Have to admit, while waiting for her to get done on the cycle, couldn’t help but notice all of the guys in their tight workout clothes, lifting weights.
Some of these guys looked like Adonis. Seriously. Kind of gave me the vapors.
I think I’m going to be stopping by the gym, more and more.
________________________________
Nobody has said anything about this post from RMR? The guy was getting wood watching men workout.
July 8th, 2010 at 8:50 am
OK man, boy which ever let’s let it go. The Jawhatever jokes are about as lame as it gets. But I guess it’s just par for the course. But you could try something a little more original……just saying.
July 8th, 2010 at 8:52 am
cheating on your spouse is the american way! who cares about those barbaric fools if thats the way they act we should punish them by bombing them then since that would be an equal punishment if they can stone someone for getting of we should just take those people out of this CRAZY world of ours
***
Jones: this sounds like a personal agenda war, doesn’t it? bombing people for thier views on adultery or treatment of adulterers?
not sure how many dems want to jump in that boat with you, since so many have claimed that GWB’s war on terrorism was a personal agenda war …
July 8th, 2010 at 8:55 am
You know, when Obama said he wasn’t going to “raise taxes,” he never said he wasn’t going to invent new ones instead. Ignorance has consequences
July 8th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Nobody has said anything about this post from RMR? The guy was getting wood watching men workout.
***
TC: nobody was surprised. MR outted himself YEARS ago
MR saying that was like the weatherman saying “the sky is blue”
July 8th, 2010 at 8:57 am
The Jawhatever jokes are about as lame as it gets.
***
TJ: Did JaMarcus really hurt you that bad? seeing him in your sleep?
Relax my man it’s just sports.
July 8th, 2010 at 8:58 am
There is no mention of profiling, Hispanics, civil rights in O’s/DOJ lawsuit against AZ. The suit is all about him as usual. O chumped the illegals!
July 8th, 2010 at 9:00 am
RR, I didn’t know that. That explains his bytch behavior.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:01 am
TC: sounds like Jonesy941 is waiting for President Tarball to condone adultery in a speech from the oval office …
that would be hilarious!
and I’m sure his wife & kids would be pleased, as well as anybody who believes in Biblical principals that voted for him
July 8th, 2010 at 9:07 am
#
# RaiderRockstar Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 9:01 am
TC: sounds like Jonesy941 is waiting for President Tarball to condone adultery in a speech from the oval office …
that would be hilarious!
and I’m sure his wife & kids would be pleased, as well as anybody who believes in Biblical principals that voted for him
_________________
So if he speaks out against this – he is condoning adultery?
If he doesn’t speak out against this – he is condoning this woman to be stoned to death.
Sounds like a no-win situation.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:09 am
Son I think you’re confused, or you have me confused I don’t make JaMarcus jokes, the people who do are the ones who are in pain. To me it’s just sports……it happens.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:11 am
RR, equating murder with adultery is a illogical. But with liberals, logic and reason is abnormal.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:13 am
If the Raiders did in fact drop a dime on JamarQuil, It might be the best thing for him.
The Raiders:
A) Fired his azs – so he cannot be a detrimental to this team.
B) Turned him in so that he might get some “court-mandated” rehabilitation.
Sometimes, this is the best way to help drug addicts – call it “tough-love”.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:15 am
If the Raiders did drop a dime, then yes, it will eventually benefit JaCodeine.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:15 am
*a detrimental influence
July 8th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Sounds like a no-win situation.
***
exactly. i’ll be interested to see how this thing plays out
if he intervenes at all, it spells “personal agenda” one way or another
are we going to monitor the way another country treats its citizens or not? do we care if Iran stones people? If so, what role are we playing?
I’m expecting him to say “I don’t like it” and do nothing about it, much like his other promises to date and the oil spill crisis
July 8th, 2010 at 9:17 am
As ever, Americans who honor the supreme law of the land, the U.S. Constitution, would rather stand divided than kneel united.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:22 am
I think the prez will be able to condemn the punishment without condoning the actions of the woman.
He has good writers.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:24 am
I don’t make JaMarcus jokes, the people who do are the ones who are in pain
***
TC, Ted, BCZ, Tbone :
please don’t call JaMarcus Russell “JaDrankus” , “Jacodein” , “JaCodeine” or “JamarQuil”
according to TJ you guys are just in pain!
LOL!
July 8th, 2010 at 9:27 am
I don’t make JaMarcus jokes, the people who do are the ones who are in pain
——————-
Yes – I have laughed so much – it hurts.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:27 am
He has good writers.
***
LOL @ Ted. good one man
President Oteleprompter did get elected somehow …
July 8th, 2010 at 9:29 am
Politics……. Politics…!
politics!!
Are we talking about politics?!
Politics…..
Politics?!?!
July 8th, 2010 at 9:31 am
BigTed707 Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 9:27 am
I don’t make JaMarcus jokes, the people who do are the ones who are in pain
——————-
Yes – I have laughed so much – it hurts.
________________________________________
classic!
July 8th, 2010 at 9:32 am
RR, be respectful, you are talking about the Teleprompter in Chief.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:33 am
No POTUS without TOTUS
July 8th, 2010 at 9:33 am
what’s up O?
what do you think about that Iran article (above) ???
interested to hear what you think …
Also, the next Senator of Missouri is GOP Rep. Roy Blunt
give me Blunt!!!
July 8th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Obama/Holder DOJ presses HARD to convict NAVY SEALs capturing terrorists, but WON’T prosecute Black Panthers intimidating white voters.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:40 am
TC: uh oh!
you used “Obama” and “Black Panthers” in the same sentence … somebody is gonna call you racist in the next 10 posts
haha
July 8th, 2010 at 9:45 am
C’mon AM Crew, JustFireBaby is stuck in Denver surrounded by Bronco fans and if he latches onto this website for a little Raider solace all he’s gonna find is some moaning about political wings, Iranians winging rocks at some poor woman and people having a go at JaBucketofwings.
Raider talk. I view Jared Heldheer and Bruce Campbell as fine additions ready to attempt to break into the starting line-up. Who would’ve given Barry Sims a nod to start when he walked on a dozen years ago? No one.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Veldheer.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:50 am
RR,
Give me a Blunt too! lol
About Iran, From what I hear, they have an extreme Islamic mentality that I don’t agree with. I love Islam, but I don’t like extremes. Islam is getting a bad rep, and that’s not fair because those people are extremists.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Sign Mawae!
July 8th, 2010 at 9:53 am
Mort Zuckerman-worst economic policies in place today- directly against the long-term interests of this country via APGD JOB Larry Summers. Mort helped put Obama in office and now he regrets it. Ignorance has consequences.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Former Giants standout Antonio Pierce, who a year ago at this time was sweating out a possible indictment for taking possession of the gun with which Plaxico Burress blew a hole (actually, two) through his leg and transporting it from New York back to New Jersey, has joined ESPN as an NFL analyst.
Pierce will appear on NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, and 1050 ESPN New York, and he’ll provide weekly analysis on ESPNNewYork.com.
Currently, the lineup of former NFL players on ESPN includes Pierce, Eric Allen, Lomas Brown, Tedy Bruschi, Cris Carter, Trent Dilfer, Mike Ditka, Herm Edwards, Mike Golic, Tim Hasselbeck, Merril Hoge, Qadry Ismail, Tom Jackson, Ron Jaworski, Keyshawn Johnson, Matt Millen, Mark Schlereth, Kordell Stewart, Marcellus Wiley, Darren Woodson, and Steve Young.
That’s 21. One short of an all-22 arrangement. And Jon Gruden can serve as the coach.
Of course, the number won’t stay at 21. Freshly-retired players have a certain sizzle. With each new former player who gets a job, a guy whose football career has faded into the rear-view mirror will be on the chopping block.
Indeed, ESPN quietly has shed in the past year James Hasty and Shaun King.
-PFT
July 8th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Marcus McNeill enjoyed the Ferguson contract very much, thank you
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on July 8, 2010 9:12 AM ET
D’Brickashaw Ferguson’s got paid on Wednesday, but other left tackles around the league also had reason to smile.
Foremost among them: Chargers left tackle Marcus McNeill, who currently refuses to sign his restricted free agent tender in hopes of a long-term deal.
We’d argue Ferguson deserves more than McNeill, although they are in the same ballpark. While the Jets left tackle’s career appears to be peaking, McNeill’s best play came as a rookie and he’s had more injury issues. McNeill has been up and down since, but is coming off a solid 2009 campaign.
And make no mistake, McNeill’s camp watched Ferguson’s signing Wednesday with great interest. McNeill’s agent Alvin Keels tweeted this shortly after the deal was announced:
“6 years/$60 million/$35 million guaranteed for D’Brickashaw Ferguson with 2 years left on his. Another premium deal for a Left Tackle,” Keels wrote.
The not-so-subtle implication: McNeill deserves a premium deal. Ferguson’s contract won’t make that any easier for the Chargers to hand, even if they were inclined to do so.
July 8th, 2010 at 9:59 am
RR,
I know a few Iranians that couldn’t live there due to the extreme conditions there, but I never been to Iran, so I don’t know the facts.
July 8th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Ninety percent of the reason we have this “disaster” as a president, is the media. In their hatred for George Bush and the Iraq War, they portrayed him as evil, dumb and incompetent. He was far from a perfect president, especially his last 2 years, but he did keep us safe and we did have a booming economy for most of 6 years. The media never gave him credit for anything.
Because of this, we were ripe for “change.” Along comes a politician with no history and lots of beautiful words. When his connection with Reverend Wright came up, no one investigated and those who did were called racist. When his relationship with Bill Ayres came up, how many in the mainstream media cared. They said it was only those “right-wing radio hosts” who were trying to destroy Obama.
Did the media care that this man has no experience running anything? Did they care about Tony Rezko or any other Chicago connections? Did they dig through his trash like they have been known to do for conservatives? How many operatives were in Alaska digging dirt on Sarah Palin, while no one was asking questions on the South Side of Chicago?
If you really looked at the man’s background and ideas, no one would be surprised by what has happened. From Van Jones, to Cass Sunstein, what did you expect? Were you surprised that he appointed a tax cheat as Treasury Secretary? How about a pervert for school safety czar? This is who Obama is…..he is beholding to the unions, to the Far Left, and to the liberals of academia. Less than 10% of his aides, cabinet members and czars have ever been in the private sector. How can they possibly relate to the American people? Instead, they refer to the “working class”, as though anyone who makes more than $100,000 does not work. How do those people think most Americans got their money?
July 8th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Q&A session with Kirk Morrison -
Tommy Kelly losing his pants… funniest thing you’ve seen?
Kirk: Yeah, that’s probably the funniest thing I’ve seen. In the time of the game coming down to the fourth quarter, every play is critical. At a crucial play down at the goal line one of your players loses his pants, it’s something that you laugh at when you win the football game. It was funny.
http://www.jaguars.com/news/article.aspx?id=9042
July 8th, 2010 at 10:05 am
I have to go to school. It’s the 1st day of the 2nd sum session (the last day of the 1st sum session was yesterday. lol). I did well. No Cs, all A’s!! lol
Later Gents!
July 8th, 2010 at 10:05 am
You may recall that before Justice dropped the charges against the Panther thugs, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. stated during his first major speech at the department, during Black History Month, “When it comes to race, [America] continues to be, in many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.”
Mr. Holder did not give any specifics to substantiate his comments, which caused many Americans to think his remarks were fanning the flames of racism — including yours truly, the Motown Madman, carrier of the mighty Funkbrother torch.
President Obama then waded into the racial rapids in another matter by jumping to conclusions and siding with his black professor buddy who rightfully had been arrested by a white Cambridge, Mass., cop for resisting arrest. Turns out the facts did not support Mr. Obama’s initial statements. The uproar over this racially charged situation caused the president to invite the white arresting officer and his black professor buddy to the White House for beers. So very presidential.
Moreover, before he was elected president, for more than 20 years, Mr. Obama and his family attended a church run by a maniacally racist minister who preached black racist theology. Mr. Obama quit the church when an ungodly, damning video of his racist minister came to light, unbelievably claiming he had missed the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s viciousness all those years. Yeah, right, and “Wango Tango” is a love song.
July 8th, 2010 at 10:09 am
I view Jared Veldheer and Bruce Campbell as fine additions ready to attempt to break into the starting line-up. Who would’ve given Barry Sims a nod to start when he walked on a dozen years ago? No one.
***
M: those rookies have potential, but are extremely raw. undrafted rookie OT Allen Smith is actually more polished and experienced, just injury prone.
if Mario Henderson gets hurt, you’ll see Khalif Barnes or Erik Pears in there at LT.
if Langston Walker gets hurt, you’ll see Khalif Barnes or Erik Pears in there at RT.
if Cooper Carlisle gets hurt, you’ll see Chris Morris or Daniel Loper in there at RG.
Cable says “the best 5 guys will play” and I doubt very seriously that those rookies are Top 5, even in our weak O-Line!
July 8th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Obama’s top economic adviser, Larry Summers, and his departing budget director, Peter Orszag, can expect heavy weather when they land in Aspen later this week to make their case to this civic-minded clique of wealthy skeptics.
“If you’re asking if the United States is about to become a socialist state, I’d say it’s actually about to become a European state, with the expansiveness of the welfare system and the progressive tax system like what we’ve already experienced in Western Europe,” Harvard business and history professor Niall Ferguson declared during Monday’s kickoff session, offering a withering critique of Obama’s economic policies, which he claimed were encouraging laziness.
“The curse of longterm unemployment is that if you pay people to do nothing, they’ll find themselves doing nothing for very long periods of time,” Ferguson said. “Long-term unemployment is at an all-time high in the United States, and it is a direct consequence of a misconceived public policy.”
Ferguson was joined in his harsh attack by billionaire real estate mogul and New York Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman. Both lambasted Obama’s trillion-dollar deficit spending program—in the name of economic stimulus to cushion the impact of the 2008 financial meltdown—as fiscally ruinous, potentially turning America into a second-rate power.
“We are, without question, in a period of decline, particularly in the business world,” Zuckerman said. “The real problem we have…are some of the worst economic policies in place today that, in my judgment, go directly against the long-term interests of this country.”
Zuckerman added that he detects in the Obama White House “hostility to the very kinds of [business] culture that have made this the great country that it is and was. I think we have to find some way of dealing with that or else we will do great damage to this country with a public policy that could ruin everything.”
Ferguson added: “The critical point is if your policy says you’re going run a trillion-dollar deficit for the rest of time, you’re riding for a fall…Then it really is goodbye.” A dashing Brit, Ferguson added: “Can I say that, having grown up in a declining empire, I do not recommend it. It’s just not a lot of fun actually—decline.”
Ferguson called for what he called “radical” measures. “I can’t emphasize strongly enough the need for radical fiscal reform to restore the incentives for work and remove the incentives for idleness.” He praised “really radical reform of the sort that, for example, Paul Ryan [the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee] has outlined in his wonderful ‘Roadmap’ for radical, root-and-branch reform not only of the tax system but of the entitlement system” and “unleash entrepreneurial innovation.” Otherwise, Ferguson warned: “Do you want to be a kind of implicit part of the European Union? I’d advise you against it.”
This was greeted by hearty applause from a crowd that included Barbra Streisand and her husband James Brolin. “Depressing, but fantastic,” Streisand told me afterward, rendering her verdict on the session. “So exciting. Wonderful!”
Brolin’s assessment: “Mind-blowing.”
July 8th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Multiple sources have confirmed The Nets agreed to a five-year, $35 million deal with Travis Outlaw. And independent sources told The Post that former Jazz sharpshooting guard Kyle Korver will sign with the Nets, too.
The Nets are still considering making a front-loaded offer to Bobcats power forward and restricted free agent Tyrus Thomas.
Shaquille O’Neal’s first choice is to join the San Antonio Spurs for one final run at a fifth NBA title, and he wants to play two more seasons before retiring,
http://www.insidehoops.com/nba_rumors.shtml
July 8th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Lakers: Their next priority is to sign Fisher, and then Shannon Brown, more or less keeping their backcourt intact from last season, with Jordan Farmar the obvious omission. Fisher, who turns 36 next month, wants at least a two-year contract worth $10 million. The Lakers are open to a two-year deal, though it will need to be several million below Fisher’s asking price. The negotiations hadn’t taken on the laborious tone of the monthlong talks the Lakers endured with Lamar Odom last July, but the prevailing mind-set was that a deal would be done with Fisher by the end of the first week of free agency.
Meanwhile, Brown, 24, opted out of a contract that would have paid him $2.15 million next season, but he has not drawn intense interest elsewhere, perhaps because he averaged only 4.9 points and shot 39.3% in the playoffs. The Lakers are somewhat interested in bringing him back, but Fisher is their first concern. If Fisher does not return, Blake, 30, will move into the starting lineup after agreeing to terms on a four-year, $16-million contract.
The Lakers are well over the salary cap and have $1.77 million of the midlevel exception left toward next season to spend on a free agent that is not their own, or they could try to sign free agents for the veteran’s minimum salary, which ranges from $762,000 to $1.35 million.
http://www.insidehoops.com/nba_rumors.shtml
July 8th, 2010 at 10:21 am
Who The Fck is this “try cheating” dude? I hate it when dumba$$ try to talk politics when they are fking clueless. Dude, try posting your dumbshytt knowledge on politico or huff post and see how people respond.
Until then, stick to football idiot. Dont even get me started to debunk your dumb theories.
July 8th, 2010 at 10:28 am
AIG, its Mort Zuckerman’s “theory”, puss nutz
July 8th, 2010 at 10:34 am
AIG, you’d better find a someone who will listen to your direction. Now, go fluck yourself!
July 8th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Is AIG another RMR alias?
July 8th, 2010 at 10:35 am
AIG, you getting vapors frowm watching men workout?
July 8th, 2010 at 10:45 am
M asks us to talk Raiders football and then promptly leaves … we are left & forsaken by M
Raider O, thanks for the info re: Iran
I knew you would probably have some good insight
Congrats on the straight A’s!
hopefully Mrs. Raider O will reward you
July 8th, 2010 at 10:58 am
RR, AIG or RMR needs vaporizing…he’s off to the gym…men in shorts time…And kick and One and Two…bend over boys, kick and One and Two
July 8th, 2010 at 11:01 am
RR, AIG is lurking, so is Richochet…hummmm
July 8th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Currently, the lineup of former NFL players on ESPN includes Pierce, Eric Allen, Lomas Brown, Tedy Bruschi, Cris Carter, Trent Dilfer, Mike Ditka, Herm Edwards, Mike Golic, Tim Hasselbeck, Merril Hoge, Qadry Ismail, Tom Jackson, Ron Jaworski, Keyshawn Johnson, Matt Millen, Mark Schlereth, Kordell Stewart, Marcellus Wiley, Darren Woodson, and Steve Young.
***
I think I’d rather see Art Shell, Jerry Rice, Tim Brown, Marcus Allen, Ronnie Lott, Ted Hendricks, Mike Haynes, Eric Dickerson, James Lofton, etc than some of the above mentioned clowns … wouldn’t you?
Howie Long & Rod Woodson are booked. Guys like John Madden, Jim Otto, Freddy B & Willie Brown are probably too old for that now
July 8th, 2010 at 11:07 am
TC,
You dont shytt about politics. Ok.
You right wing Tea Party insecure morons blasted Obama and his crowd as Elitist. Now you fcking embrace that very same Elitist crowd…Streisand is a Fcking Liberal Elitist. Only a true puzzy would try to blog politics on a sports blog. If you got balls and knowledge then try and post your shytt on The Daily Beast, Politico, or Huff Post. You wouldnt dare because they’d blast your a$$ so fast and prove your stupidity.
If you want to debate politics byttch, i’ll see you on the daily beast. My call name on there is jm95054. Until then, STFU.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:08 am
A brief history of Presidential respect for the Constitution, for you ignorant conservatards:
Bush on the Constitution: It’s just a ‘goddamned piece of paper’ by Duog Thompson, capitalhillblue.com
In November 2005, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.
Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.
GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.
“I don’t give a goddamn,” Bush retorted. “I’m the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.”
“Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.”
“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”
I’ve talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution “a goddamned piece of paper.”
And, to the Bush Administration, the Constitution of the United States is little more than toilet paper stained from all the sh!t that this group of power-mad despots have dumped on the freedoms that “goddamned piece of paper” used to guarantee.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, while still White House counsel, wrote that the “Constitution is an outdated document.”
And don’t buy the White House hype that the USA Patriot Act is a necessary tool to fight terrorism. It is a dangerous law that infringes on the rights of every American citizen and, as one brave aide told President Bush, something that undermines the Constitution of the United States.
But why should Bush care? After all, the Constitution is just “a goddamned piece of paper.”
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml
July 8th, 2010 at 11:09 am
AIG, TC:
what are you expecting to see from Jason Campbell in Oakland this year?
July 8th, 2010 at 11:12 am
GWB has done a terrible job as President the past 2 years, hasn’t he?
oh my!
July 8th, 2010 at 11:14 am
I can’t wait to hear what President JaMarcus “reportedly” says about the Constitution, 9 years after he says it.
the suspense is killing me!
July 8th, 2010 at 11:19 am
The O-Linemen need to get their legs stronger and they need to get in better overall shape conditioning wise.
The whole football team as a whole needs to get in better conditioning shape and get pysically stronger as well.
These guys need to be ready to play 5 Quarters of football when it comes to their conditioning.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:20 am
RR,
I expect him to drop exactly 5 steps on a five step drop. I expect him to know the play. We got 5 wins from a guy that didnt even know his plays and was prob doozy for the most part of the week. We can guesstimate on why he was never early during off days because of Cough Syrup. We will be 8-8 with Grad, Frye, or Campbell. I do think with Grad and Campbell we will be 9-7 at the least. This team improved alot this year on both defensively and offensively.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Bo Schembechler Jackson Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 11:08 am
A brief history of Presidential respect for the Constitution, for you ignorant conservatards:
^^^^^^^^
LMAO!
July 8th, 2010 at 11:24 am
I love being a registered Independent and being able to think for myself, instead being a blind lap dog follower of one of two parties that are just two sides of the same coin.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:25 am
I do think with Grad and Campbell we will be 9-7 at the least.
***
AIG: Fire Baby (Vegas) says Jason Campbell is a guy that has great stats on terrible teams. I think somebody even compared him to Jeff George. Do you think JC has what it takes from a leadership standpoint? Can he put this team on his back if McFadden & Bush have no place to run? Do you think he’ll be better this year in a Hue Jackson offense than last year’s Jim Zorn special?
July 8th, 2010 at 11:27 am
The O-Linemen need to get their legs stronger and they need to get in better overall shape conditioning wise.
***
DK: Brad Roll, Jim Michalczik and Chris Morgan are in charge of that …
do you trust them?
July 8th, 2010 at 11:33 am
RR,
Jeff George had a great year in 1997. However, our D sucked that year. Jeff George is a head case on top of that but he never stooped to Jawalrus level. Jeff George may not know the play but at least he can make a throw in streetball.
here is my logic. It was sooo badd with Jawalrus and we managed to eek out 5 wins. Even if Campbell is a mediocre guy, that would be drastic improvements. We were competitive and won some games with Grad. We saw how different our team was with Grad vs Jawalrus. One guy does not make a huge difference in terms of winning a game but he can make a huge difference in terms of losing a game for you. We’re a team sport but having your weakest link at the QB position like Jawalrus is devastating.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Hey conservatards, take a gander at this political platform and see if you can guess whose it is:
“We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs—expansion of social security—broadened coverage in unemployment insurance —improved housing—and better health protection for all our people. We are determined that our government remain warmly responsive to the urgent social and economic problems of our people;
Continue and further perfect its programs of assistance to the millions of workers with special employment problems, such as older workers, handicapped workers, members of minority groups, and migratory workers;
Strengthen and improve the Federal-State Employment Service and improve the effectiveness of the unemployment insurance system;
Protect by law, the assets of employee welfare and benefit plans so that workers who are the beneficiaries can be assured of their rightful benefits;
Assure equal pay for equal work regardless of Sex;
Extend the protection of the Federal minimum wage laws to as many more workers as is possible and practicable;
Continue to fight for the elimination of discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry or sex;
Protect more effectively the rights of labor unions, management, the individual worker, and the public. The protection of the right of workers to organize into unions and to bargain collectively is the firm and permanent policy;
Enlarged Federal assistance for construction of hospitals, emphasizing low-cost care of chronic diseases and the special problems of older persons, and increased Federal aid for medical care of the needy;
We have encouraged a notable expansion and improvement of voluntary health insurance, and urge that reinsurance and pooling arrangements be authorized to speed this progress;
We have supported measures that have made more housing available than ever before in history, reduced urban slums in local-federal partnership, stimulated record home ownership, and authorized additional low-rent public housing;
We shall continue to seek extension and perfection of a sound social security system;
We support an immigration policy which is in keeping with the traditions of America in providing a haven for oppressed peoples, and which is based on equality of treatment, freedom from implications of discrimination between racial, nationality and religious groups, and flexible enough to conform to changing needs and conditions;
We believe that such a policy serves our self-interest, reflects our responsibility for world leadership and develops maximum cooperation with other nations in resolving problems in this area;
We favor a comprehensive study of the effect upon wildlife of the drainage of our wetlands.”
GUESS IT YET? Answer: The Republican Party’s platform from 1956. They might have got my vote in 2008 had they stuck with Ike’s core beliefs.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:35 am
RR,
Can you admit to the following improvements, at least on paper?
DL better 2010 vs 2009
OL better 2010 vs 2009
QB better 20010 vs 2009
I dont even count the LB because we have a rookie so let’s leave it at that.
Those 3 areas above would make drastic differences on any team.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:36 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 11:27 am
The O-Linemen need to get their legs stronger and they need to get in better overall shape conditioning wise.
***
DK: Brad Roll, Jim Michalczik and Chris Morgan are in charge of that …
do you trust them?
^^^^^^^^
I trust them now….but in the end it’s all about the final results and what we on the football field.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:51 am
“It may seem bad taste to accuse Republicans of wanting a rise in unemployment”, writes Dean Baker, “but their actions leave no other explanation.”
A few excerpts:
[Congressional Republicans] have balked at supporting nearly every bill that had any serious hope of creating or keeping jobs, most recently filibustering on bills that provided aid to state and local governments and extending unemployment benefits. The result of the Republicans’ actions, unless they are reversed quickly, is that hundreds of thousands more workers will be thrown out of work by the mid-terms.
The story is straightforward. Nearly every state and local government across the country is looking at large budget shortfalls for their 2011 fiscal years, most of which begin on 1 July 2010. Since they are generally required by state constitutions or local charters to balance their budgets, they will have no choice except to raise taxes and/or make large cutbacks and lay off workers to bring spending and revenue into line.
State and local governments have cut their workforce by an average of 65,000 a month over the last three months. Without substantial aid from the federal government, this pace is likely to accelerate. The Republican agenda in blocking aid to the states may add another 300,000 people to the unemployment rolls by early November.
It is possible that Congressional Republicans, who were willing to vote for hundreds of billions of dollars of war expenditures without paying for them, or trillions of dollars of tax cuts without paying for them, are actually concerned about this sort of increase in the national debt?
The more likely explanation is that the Republicans want to block anything that can boost the economy and create jobs. Throwing people out of work may not be pretty, but politics was never pretty, and it is getting less so by the day.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jul/06/republicans-party-of-unemployment
July 8th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Special Teams in the Kick and Punt Return units need to improve drastically as well.
The regression last year was dumbfounded but expected after losing the good special teams coach the previous year
July 8th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
To Post 207
That’s why I’m not a Republican or a Democrat.
I’m a Libertarian because politicians and the federal government DO NOT care about us.
Therefore government is useless.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
If Lebron stays in Cleveland, all this ridiculousness with his egotistical 1 hour BSPN special will be even more LAME than it already is!
If he truly wants to win a title(s) than he should sign with Chicago or Miami. They have the talent already in place to make serious runs at championships.
Staying in Cleveland, is a bad move and they will not win a title for quite sometime, especially with the other Eastern Conference teams becoming stronger talent wise.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
RaiderResurrection Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
To Post 207
That’s why I’m not a Republican or a Democrat.
I’m a Libertarian because politicians and the federal government DO NOT care about us.
Therefore government is useless.
^^^^^^^^^
Agreed!
July 8th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Do Libertarians feel like hypocrites if they call 911, mail a letter, or check a book out of library? No offense. I’ve just always wondered…
July 8th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iF9QUDExjw
The lost episode of the little rascals.
Barackwheat never looked so good
July 8th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Obama’s approval rating among Independents: 38%
July 8th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Is there a Repub with a better number among independents?
July 8th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
If Lebron stays in Cleveland, all this ridiculousness with his egotistical 1 hour BSPN special will be even more LAME than it already is!
If he truly wants to win a title(s) than he should sign with Chicago or Miami. They have the talent already in place to make serious runs at championships.
Staying in Cleveland, is a bad move and they will not win a title for quite sometime, especially with the other Eastern Conference teams becoming stronger talent wise.
***
Agreed 100 percent!
the Cavs lost to an OLD Boston team last year that has remained intact
Even if King James returns, they are still faced with replacing Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Shaquille O’Neal, Sebastian Telfair and Jawad Williams
what bigs could they get?
Brad Miller, Kenyon Martin & Udonis Haslem ???
July 8th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
LeBron should go to NY …
I don’t see any other option for his pursuit of being a billionaire basketball god.
How can the king NOT go to the Mecca?
July 8th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
LeBron will NEVER be MVP on the Heat.
If they make it to the finals, D Wade gets all the accolades.
How does that help the LeBron brand?
July 8th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Can you admit to the following improvements, at least on paper?
DL better 2010 vs 2009
OL better 2010 vs 2009
QB better 20010 vs 2009
***
AIG: on paper?
absolutely!
one could even argue that RB, WR, LB (besides McClain), CB and ST have improved “on paper” as well.
no more fargas. no more walker. another year of maturity for Murph & DHB. healthy McFadden & Schilens. Wimbley, Scott & Groves for OLB and pass rushing DE (3rd downs) replacing Howard, Alston & Brown. McFadden & Ware replacing Holland & Bowie. Jacoby Ford on returns
July 8th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Bo Schembechler Jackson Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Do Libertarians feel like hypocrites if they call 911, mail a letter, or check a book out of library? No offense. I’ve just always wondered…
_______________________________________________________
Actually BSG, I’m an NRA member and have a concealed carry permit, I’ll shoot the turd that thinks he can break into my house or steal from me. I don’t mail letters (e-mail has been around since Al Gore invented the internet with sarcasm), and I don’t go to the public library (who the hell checks books out anymore anyways?)
I’m Libertarian through and through.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
OL better 2010 vs 2009
——————————————————-
How so?
July 8th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
The King would be a fool to sign anywhere except NY
July 8th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Republicans are a bunch of jokes, they complain about Obama and his government, but have not even pushed a person to be the face of that party.
No one is willing to take the reins of the Republican party.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
LeBron should go to NY …
***
who is a FA on the Knicks?
just David Lee, Al Harrington & Jonathan Bender ???
July 8th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
“JaMarcus Russell… has even found drugs that are fattening,” quipped Dan LeBatard on ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption.”
It sounds like they had a LARGE BODY of evidence in Russell’s case.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
38%
Still quite some time for Obama to fix it before 2012, but I doubt he will reign in spending.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
LeBron should go to NY …
***
who is a FA on the Knicks?
just David Lee, Al Harrington & Jonathan Bender ???
——————————————————
Why does it matter who the Knicks FAs are?
July 8th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
It was sooo badd with Jawalrus and we managed to eek out 5 wins. Even if Campbell is a mediocre guy, that would be drastic improvements. We were competitive and won some games with Grad. We saw how different our team was with Grad vs Jawalrus. One guy does not make a huge difference in terms of winning a game but he can make a huge difference in terms of losing a game for you. We’re a team sport but having your weakest link at the QB position like Jawalrus is devastating.
***
AIG: fair enough
so all Jason Campbell has to be is average or mediocre for us to make the playoffs?
July 8th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Why does it matter who the Knicks FAs are?
***
Jwigg: just trying to find out what his supporting cast would look like in NY (besides Amare)
July 8th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Nevermind – I looked it up
Wilson Chandler
Eddy Curry
Toney Douglas
Landry Fields (Rookie)
Danilo Gallinari
Andy Rautins (Rookie)
Sergio Rodriguez (RFA)
Amar’e Stoudemire
Bill Walker
July 8th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
New post, spanky!
July 8th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Aig, hey girl, I post politics here. Go vaporize yourself watching men wearing tights…
July 8th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
NY supporting cast = Galinari and Chandler who are much better pieces that Beasley and Chalmers in Miami.
LeBron and Amare = better than D Wade and Bosh
NY would also be able to bring in Mike Miller with the MLE.
PLUS the have Eddie Curry’s ridiculous contract coming off the books next year which allows them to get another max player.
July 8th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
J Wiggle Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
LeBron should go to NY …
I don’t see any other option for his pursuit of being a billionaire basketball god.
How can the king NOT go to the Mecca?
^^^^^^^
If it’s all about the EGO and Lebron brand making as much money as possible….then he can go to Knicks.
He won’t win a title in NY for quite some time either though.
Going to Chicago would bring the balance he should be looking for.
February 11th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
hoc tieng anh online…
[...]Raiders issue statement about their handling of Russell’s issues – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…
February 16th, 2012 at 6:59 pm
futurelabs future labs futurelabs.eu futurelabs reseach chemicals (fututrelabs worldwide) futurelabs uk research chemicals research chemicals methoxatamine buy methoxatamine mxe buy mxe mket buy mket m-ket buy m-ket…
[...]Raiders issue statement about their handling of Russell’s issues – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…
May 31st, 2012 at 5:41 am
Simpel PAS | Simpel TEACH | Simpel CARD | Simpel LHB…
[...]Raiders issue statement about their handling of Russell’s issues – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…