“Bro-Icing” - I was made aware of this disturbing trend on a trip to KC this weekend. Apparently it has been sweeping the nation, particularly affecting trendy bars in middle-class suburban areas. Having witnessed no less than 3 “icings”, I would have to say it is definitely d-case worthy. The following article gives a good summary.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100617/ENTERTAINMENT/706179866
FIFA - For their many blunders during the 2010 World Cup, most notably the horrible refereeing…disallowed goals, blown offsides (non) calls, eager yellow/red carding. Amongst all of this FIFA has refused to comment on many of these bad calls and still haven’t adopted at least some form of video replay despite every other major sport utilizing the available technology. Oh and they were d-bag enough to forcefully remove the blown call by Koman Coulibaly against the US from YouTube.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hhV6Eex4B9FAHKxNDiF5pKf-BgvgD9GKGJE00
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/sports/soccer/30ref.html?src=mv
Portland Trailblazers – for firing their GM Kevin Pritchard an hour before last week’s NBA draft, and then asking him to finish out the night as the team’s GM.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/blazers/2010-06-25-gm-kevin-pritchard-fired_N.htm?csp=34sports
Vince Young - for being cited in Dallas for assault at a strip club. Supposedly the victim that Young attacked insulted his alma mater the University of Texas.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/13/vince-young-assault-qb-su_n_610548.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata&v=uUMMztIWGA8
Carlos Zambrano - For yet another catastrophic freakout, this time occurring in the Cubs’ dugout during the Cubs/White Sox game this past Friday. Zambrano signed a 5-year, $91.5 million contract extension with the Cubs in 2007 and has done more to ruin the Cubs than to help them win. Apparently Zambrano freaked out on his teammates for not making plays behind him…it’s one thing to question lack of effort, but completely another to publicly lash out as egregiously as Zambrano did for something that should’ve been discussed behind closed doors (if at all).
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/2445358,carlos-zambrano-cubs-mental-062910.article
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata&v=uzNQkmpo2g4
5 Hotel Workers in South Africa - adding insult to England’s poor performance in the World Cup, 5 hotel staff members stole many personal items from the English club. Stolen items include soccer shirts, a medal and an English player's underwear. Perhaps these 5 have been punished enough, however, as a special World Cup court convicted the hotel workers sentencing them to 3 years in prison and an $800 fine.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/06/29/world.cup.england.theft/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/29/world-cup-hotel-staffers_n_629051.html
Michael Vick - For finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong story yet again. Early last Friday morning there was a shooting outside the restaurant where Vick had celebrated his birthday party that night. The shooting victim was Quanis Phillips, one of Vick’s codefendants in the federal dog-fighting case. Vick’s story following the incident was that he was long gone from the scene at the time of the shooting, but apparently there’s video that suggests otherwise. On top of that, during the party Vick’s fiancé was insulted and allegedly had her hand slapped away in the cake line by Quanis (the victim). In addition, one of the stipulations in Vick’s probation with the NFL is to not associate with anyone from his dog-fighting days and Quanis certainly falls under that category…oops.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/eagles/2010-06-30-michael-vick-wednesday_N.htm http://views.washingtonpost.com/theleague/nflnewsfeed/2010/06/report-video-contradicts-vicks-timeline.html
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