That punkass groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow yesterday, so I blame his fat furry ass for the snow/ice storm that hit Ann Arbor yesterday and caused me to fall like 5 times. Anyway, check out this morning’s links while you enjoy your Nannerpus breakfast.
- Win or lose on Sunday, Peyton Manning will be a winner this offseason in the form of a big, fat, spanking-new contract. Colts owner Jim Irsay has vowed to make Manning the highest-paid player in NFL history. Don’t expect Manning to go out and party it up like our favorite multimillionaire QB though, Manning tends to keep a pretty low profile.
- There have been reports that the Tigers are interested in OF Johnny Damon, though not at the price that
agent Scott BorasEbeneezer Scrooge is looking for. The good part? Damon is down. Well, I guess it’s only good if you want to see Johnny in Detroit. I’ll take him, but only if he goes back to the Geico caveman look he sported in Boston.
- MSU PG and reigning Big Ten player of the year Kalin Lucas was carried off the floor last night with an injured ankle. The Sparties’ lost the game too, dropping a 67-49 affair to #16 Wisconsin. This comment from the game thread at The Only Colors pretty much sums up the sentiments of the MSU faithful.
- From the “Who cares?” vault, former U.S. soccer coach Steve Sampson confirmed a long-standing urban myth about the reason why he kicked John Harkes off the team before the 1998 World Cup. Harkes had an affair with teammate Eric Wynalda’s wife, which understandably started some shit in the locker room. The situation has been compared to a current one in England involving John Terry and Wayne Bridge, two of England’s best defenders. Hopefully this will lead to England having a similar World Cup to the U.S. in ’98 (the Yanks finished dead last).
- Over at Sharapova’s Thigh, Matt is fed up with all the hoopla of Super Bowl week and I don’t blame him. There’s only so much I can hear about Dwight Freeney’s ankle or Kim Kardashian’s behind before I start to lose it. To compare, Matt came up with a list of things that are less annoying than Super Bowl week, and it could have been A LOT longer.
- It looks like Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt isn’t too keen about having Matt Leinart under center next season. He didn’t actually come out and say that, but why else would he practically beg Kurt Warner to come back next season? For the record, I wouldn’t be comfortable with Leinart as my QB either, especially with the running game (read: lack of) the Cards have.
- So we already know that Matthew Stafford has girl-approved hair, but it looks like AXE is turning it into a contest of some sort. Ty at Lions in Winter has the details and is even going one further, offering up his own contest in order to give a Lions fan a leg up in winning the overall competition.
Rob’s Highlight of the Day
This came from Saturday afternoon’s college basketball action, but I like this version because (a) it’s from the student section, and (b) you can actually tell what’s going on, even after bedlam occurs. Demitri McCamey hits a floating buzzer beater that takes about 10 years to fall through the hoop to put the Illini in the win column against Indiana. [via NESW Sports]
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