Archive for February 7th, 2006

February7

Rick Tocchet accused of running a gambling ring

By: the mighty mjd

I'd like to gamble on which of these men was the first to shed tears about their respective haircuts.Phoenix Coyotes associate head coach and former Penguins and Flyers player Rick Tocchet has been accused of running a nationwide sports gambling ring, aided by a state police trooper. Outstanding.

A gambling ring. That’s creative. I applaud Rick Tocchet for not going with the traditional domestic abuse, or firearm possession, or DUI. Running a nationwide gambling ring that, over a period of 40 days, takes wagers exceeding $1.7 million… that’s not bad.

Most of the bets were on football or baseball, and about a dozen current NHL players placed bets. This would be a lot more interesting if Tocchet, or some NHL players were actually gambling on NHL games, but that does not appear to be the case. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who was the exact right combination of Canadian and drunk to be gambling on hockey games.

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February7

Backdoor Cuts – 01/07/06

By: the mighty mjd

Hey, your shave is almost done. Should I finish you off now?Super Bowl Edition…

• Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt is going to go ahead and interview for the Raiders head coaching position. I don’t blame him for taking the interview, but if he takes the actual job, then I don’t think he’s as bright as people are giving him credit for. Steelers offensive coordinator has to be a better job than Raiders head coach. Of course, being a spooge squeegie man in a porno viewing booth is probably a better job than any job in the Raiders organization. If the Steelers have another good year offensively (which seems likely), better head coaching jobs will be out there for Whisenhunt next year.

• I gotta tell ya, I really enjoyed Chuck Klosterman’s Super Bowl blog. Especially the Sunday, 3:28 a.m. entry.

• There were earlier reports that Joe Montana refused to appear with the rest of the Super Bowl MVPs because he wanted $100 Gs and the NFL wouldn’t give it to him. Montana (kinda) denies that. He says he told ESPN earlier in the week that he wanted to go to his kid’s basketball game. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t tell the NFL that $100,000 would get him on the field… I dunno. I didn’t really miss him, and to me, it’s a non-story. I think he was upstairs. Masturbating.

• It’s so rare that dudes shave each other on national television. Ben Roethlisberger deserves a lot of credit for sending the message to America that yes, it’s perfectly normal and acceptable for dudes to shave one another. Such courage.

• On that subject, though, the one commercial I’ll comment on was the one for the new Gillette 5-blade razor. I guess that’s what Benjamin used last night. The Onion saw this coming.

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