PUNTER MAY HAVE PEED DOWN KICKING LEG
Mitch Cozad, the Northern Colorado punter accused of stabbing first-string punter Rafael Mendoza in the thigh in order to secure the starter’s job, said the cops bullied him during initial questioning and ignored him when he implied he wanted a lawyer.Jeff Cez: This is clearly the biggest thing to hit Greeley, Colorado, since they locked up the Air Force Falconaires to blow out their July 31st “Concert Under The Stars” series. One cop actually stuck his thumb into the piece of pizza he offered Cozad after eight hours of interrogation. Seriously. Note to Greeley P.D. - back off the Charles Bronson marathon.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: “JUST SAY NAP”
Champions Tour president Rick George said the senior golf circuit would follow whatever steroid policy the PGA enacts.Jeff Cez: Nothin’ uglier than Larry Laoretti with 40-inch biceps. Senior golfers, admit the addiction – you’re powerless – just work on what you control, accept what you don’t, and pray for the wisdom to jack up the Barcalounger and take a snooze.
FEDS: DOGS, FIGHTING, EVIDENCE OF DOGFIGHTING
FBI investigators now claim the Virginia home owned by Michael Vick was the major training ground for a regional dogfighting operation.Jeff Cez: I really thought the “I just wanted to take the ’08 Westminster Kennel Club Show by storm” defense was going to hold up.
TOBY KEITH STILL COULD TAKE PUCK TO HEAD
Embattled Nashville Predators owner Craig Leipold told the NHL not to consider Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie as a prospective new owner because Balsillie seems intent on moving the franchise to Hamilton, Ontario.Jeff Cez: How could the NHL even entertain such a heresy?
Why, Nashville is one of the original third-tier expansion teams, and you don’t trifle with tradition that rich! Note to Gary Bettman – Nashville and hockey go together like kind of melted ice cream and forks, so don’t mess it up. Besides, those rubes in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, wouldn’t know a puck if it sailed through the window of their ice-fishing sheds and belted ‘em square in their maple leafs.
