Patrick Reed Will Have Consequences

((HT: John Gentry's Vine ))

At the HSBC Championship earlier today, Patrick Reed was less than pleased with is putting efforts and was drawn to alliteration in a rather-loud outburst of self-chatter...


The PGA Tour instantly didn't like it:

“The PGA Tour Conduct Unbecoming regulations prohibit the use of obscene language on the golf course. The PGA Tour will deal with this matter internally in accordance with its regulations.”

Reed will be fined and he apologized for the outburst on his Twitter feed.

OHL Suspends Two For 15 Games Over Tinder Rant

((HT: The Score))

Let's work backwards...

From the Ontario Hockey League offices this afternoon:

The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Greg Betzold of the Peterborough Petes and Jake Marchment of the Belleville Bulls have each been suspended for 15 games. These suspensions follow recent social networking activity that has come to the League’s attention. This most inappropriate and concerning activity contravenes the League’s social networking policy and a number of other policies including Respect in Sport (Harassment and Abuse) and diversity.

The OHL takes issues related to respect, diversity and harassment very seriously. The social networking conduct displayed by these players goes against what the League stands for and serves to highlight a sense of entitlement that we, as a League, have worked hard to try to eliminate. We believe these suspensions, going forward, will reinforce to our players that all activity, be it in person, on the ice or online, must be in keeping with our policies. These events further illustrate that the League and our teams must continually work with our players to ensure they understand and appreciate our social networking policy. The League will also look to our current programs, outlined in our Players First Guide, to see where improvements may be made in terms of communications and respect for others.

Jake Marchment and Greg Betzold were wanting to have relations with women and were not being very kind in their words on Tinder- using the c-word in discussing perspective exploits and choosing their dates.

Both teams claim that they are taking care of the situation internally- which really didn't go over well with the league.

Thus, the suspension...

Here's Petes GM Mike Oke discussing their actions and not the league's...
((HT: CHEX-TV Peterborough, Ontario))


Lesson for young athletes... and, all of us, really...

Anything you print can be reproduced...

Michael Kay Drops Pipe Bomb On Francesa

((HT: Tony Smith/YES))

It appears that Michael Kay has all he can stands and can't stands no more...

Apparently, Mike Francesa has been making the intimation that the main reason he left his simulcast on the YES Network was because he claimed that the network only would want him to give Yankee-positive viewpoints. And that's the reason that Michael Kay and Don LaGreca are on there now.

A few issues with that: LaGreca is an unabashed Mets fan and says it on the air. Kay has been critical of the Yanks over the air and isn't afraid to hold back in his opinions.

So, Francesa kept hammering on the point and Kay has officially had enough

Here's the rant-and-a-half


Now, how will Francesa respond...??? In between on-air naps, that's the big question...

LenDale White Doesn't Like Pat Haden Now, Either...

((HT: Larry Brown Sports))

Former USC running back LenDale White has made no secret through his very vocal Twitter feed that he is not a fan of the administration at his alma mater and some of their coaching in the past few games...

White wanted to have USC fire defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox after the near melt-down in the close win last week against Arizona (28-26).

That anger was reinforced and amplified after yesterday's incident when he was escorted out of the locker room after the 56-28 win over Colorado.
((HT: USCFootball.com))


Now, he wants AD Pat Haden fired and went on another Twitter rant...

I can't believe @ADHadenUSC kicked me out of #thecoli shook my hand then had me escorted out. I'm still at a loss for words!!!

And then, there's this (redaction from LBS)

LenDale White may now be a must-read on the Twitters just because of entries like these...

Iowa State AD Fined For Postgame Rant On Officials

((HT: CyclonesTV))

Iowa State was hanging with Oklahoma State for a while at T.Boone Pickens Stadium over the weekend, but in the second half it was all Cowboys in the win, 37-20.

One play in particular drew the ire of AD Jamie Pollard at the end of the first half...
(Which you can see in the highlights below)


After the game Pollard let the assembled media know about it after the fact- and he thinks his Cyclones get screwed all the time


As a result of his rant, Pollard got fined $25,000 by the conference and they were less than pleased:

“Mr. Pollard’s public statements called into question the integrity and competence of game officials and the Conference’s officiating program,” stated Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. “To insinuate that games are called unfairly to negatively impact a program is irresponsible and completely baseless. Accordingly, the seriousness of this violation warrants a public reprimand and a financial penalty. We take pride in our officiating programs and will continue to strive for the highest possible standards and the fairest competition.”

So there...

Your Daily Keith Olbermann Rant On AP And The Vikes

((HT: ESPN/Olbermann))

This opening rant was so incisive that the network cut it in two...
Both parts are electric...


And the HQ reminds everyone that KO hasn't been this fired up since he was on Bush 43's daily messes...


He's on a roll and we'll keep posting as long as he is on fire...

Michigan Fan Goes Berserk On Sports Talk Radio

((HT: Lost Lettermen/The Big Lead))

This is one of the better meltdowns in sports talk radio from the northern side of the Mason-Dixon Line this side of the "Paul Finebaum Show."

Here's the set-up...

Angry Michigan fan calls Ann Arbor station and goes off...


And all that took was a minute five...???

Well done...

Steve Coburn Stands By His Comments The Day After

((HT: The Blood-Horse))

California Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn is still talking up the lack of a Triple Crown winner in his horse after yesterday's fourth-place finish in the Belmont Stakes.

He had an interview with Lindsay Czarniak on "Good Morning America" this morning that is making its way across all ABC/ESPN platforms and he's still sticking with his "three" statements when it comes to a horse being named a champion.

And he's also sticking with his analogies to make his point
The folks over at The Blood-Horse were there as well...


OSG Sports has been getting response on the Twitter Machine about what you think about the Triple Crown crowning...

Ripsaw2

I agree with the California Chrome owner. Horses should be required to run all Triple Crown races to have a shot at the trophy.

Serenity

That's exactly my point! If they haven't raced in the first two they shouldn't be allowed

Okay, we've heard from them... What about the rest of you...???

OSG High: Baseball Coach Suspended For 17-Minute Rant

((HT: NBC Los Angeles))

La Mirada (CA) High baseball coach Kim Brooks is now on paid administrative leave two days before the Matadores first playoff game because a 17-minute locker room rant surfaced and the language was pretty choice.

There are a lot of f-bombs, pipe bombs, and standard motivation techniques involved. It appears that one of his players recorded it (which took up a boat load of gig space on whatever device was used) and it went viral.

Here's the rant and reaction in part


Here's the full rant- listen and decide for yourself

It was confirmed by the school district that the voice was that of the coach and he admitted to the Whittier newspaper that his language was "inappropriate."

The District released their own statement:

"The Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District has received a copy of a recording of high school teacher, baseball coach, and Athletic Director Thomas Brooks. The District appreciates the serious nature of the content of the recording, and as such is conducting a full investigation into the matter. Pending completion of the investigation, Mr. Brooks will remain on paid administrative leave in order to preserve the integrity of the investigation process."

KCBS-TV's Stacey Butler caught up with the coach's son


So, the question the HQ has is: What do you think about the language a coach uses in a locker room to motivate, and how should he/she motivate his/her players...???

The Polarization Of Michael Sam On Dallas TV

((HT: WFAA-TV/KTXD-TV))

The HQ is going to leave the opinions on the subject to you, dear reader...

But it's safe to say that one of the following pieces of video makes sense while the other is just hot air for the sake of ratings... which is which...??? We'll leave to you...

First... Hansen...
And, then, something called "The Broadcast" which the HQ thinks is a Dallas-centric version of "The View"
So...???

Whatcha think...???

We thought so...

Doesn't Look Like Rochelle Sterling Will Get The Clips, Either...

((HT: KABC-TV))

There is a lingering question about the Clippers ownership...

Since the Sterlings are still married and the state of California is a community property state, is half the franchise hers to begin with...??? And can her half be even more of a legal pain to extract from the family coffers if she files for divorce- or even if she doesn't...

In the end, it may not matter a whole heckuva lot...

There was a video that SplashNewsOnline gave to TMZ where Rochelle Sterling made a point to defend her husband as they came out of a steakhouse recently...

But ABC News has video of Rochelle Sterling from 2006 where she, allegedly, misrepresented herself to tenants to gain access to their apartments


"Nightline" correspondent Ryan Smith has the long version of the Gregory story that includes the SplashNews video...
((HT: ABC News))

ABC US News | ABC Business News

Now, it's Mrs. Sterling's turn to say if it's her or not...

If the answer is what the HQ thinks it will be...

The Sterlings really are done...

Torts Has Choice Words For Hartley... Again...

((HT: Sportsnet))

It was the end of the regular season and Vancouver and Calgary...

And Bob Hartley and John Tortorella do not like each other...
They don't like how each operate and they don't like each other teams and how they operate...

If this Sunday was the last press conference by Torts as Canucks coach, then he went out with Tortorellian flair...

Mike Francesa Jams Daniel Murphy For Paternity Leave

((HT: WFAN/Fox Sports 1))

Okay...

He's really a crotchety, old man who is out of touch with what matters to people these days...

A caller gave Mike the opening in complaining about Mets 1B-OF Daniel Murphy taking a few days off after the birth of his child...

Three words...

Out
Of
Touch


Everyone's response to adding to families is different, but sports talk radio gives us all the opportunity the chance to throw stones...

And, yes, you were supposed to be there with your wife in all of this...
Unless she's the most understanding woman on the planet...

You're, obviously, very lucky...

Espo Rants On St. Louis Rumors (NSFW)

((HT: NextSportsStar TV))

Bill Watters, FOSG Perry Lefko, Jim Tatti, and Phil Esposito were on the NextSportsStar network and discussed the rumors of Martin St. Louis moving to the Rangers from Tampa...

Let's just say that the Larry Brooks entries in the New York Post about what-could-be a deal didn't go over well...
And, yes, it's quite NSFW...


Remember kids, Trade Deadline Day is Wednesday... and it should be fun...

Barry Hinson Does It Again For Postgame

((HT: KWCH-TV))

The coach of Southern Illinois is a good one if you're looking for a good tangent or long quote for filling space for entertainment purposes...

If you're looking for a quick quote, you might be in trouble...

This go-round, it was movies for his lead analogy about their effort in a win...

Brad Pitt, gasoline, avoiding a fine concerning officiating, Kirstie Alley- who talked to the Shockers during the game, WSU's Sports Information Department, and Scooby Doo...

Not a bad showing...

Score One For Katie Nolan... Her First Pipe Bomb Hits Reilly

((HT: FS1))

Any chance the HQ gets to throw stones at someone we don't like (and the list is a very small one, by the way), we'll give a shout out for the benefit of the rest of us...

The background:

Regis Philbin is leaving Fox Sports 1 and his hosting gig at "Crowd Goes Wild"- which is somewhat understandable since the hiring, while interesting, may not have fit what Fox was looking for demographically when the network launched.

Rick Reilly, over at the four-letter, decided to throw a few stones...
The biggest one referring to Reege as the "little guy in the makeup..." during Media Day

So, co-host Katie Nolan went off and dropped a pipe bomb on Reilly...


The HQ now likes Katie Nolan and continues laughter at Rick Reilly since his comments that only attempt to be funny make you out to be a bully, now coming across as someone who finds humor in things the rest of us do not, and recycling material that only makes you come across as old, tired, and creatively lazy...

Carry on...

Rick Ray Apologizes For Snap At Henderson

((HT: SEC))

First, let's show you what happens when Ole Miss plays Mississippi State...
It's never very nice, and now it has carried over to basketball...

The HQ thinks there's an expletive in slo-mo here when State coach Rick Ray goes after Marshall Henderson


Whatever was said, Ray has responded to it:

"I responded inappropriately to an Ole Miss player [Saturday] in our game," Ray said in a statement he texted Sunday. "I reached out to [Ole Miss] coach [Andy] Kennedy immediately to apologize and subsequently to the player too. There is no reason for a coach to ever have interaction with an opposing player, ever, regardless of the circumstances. I was more upset with our performance than the player. I was totally at fault."

The season series was, once again, split at home and home...

Dennnis Rodman > Fran McCaffrey On The Nutty Scale

((HT: CNN))

And we have Chris Cuomo to "thank..." (?)

Rodman and a handful of NBA'ers are over in North Korea playing some exhibitions to further his idea of basketball diplomacy...

But Cuomo went there...

Asking Rodman about North Korean policy- which is like asking the HQ about nuclear physics- and Rodman went off to the googleplexed degree on live television...

Just watch his fellow players look at Dennis as he explodes...


Safe to say, the HQ thinks they all want to go home...

But, to continue the riff, Wolf Blitzer actually interviewed NBA Commissioner David Stern- which is a tremendous follow-up notion...

"Dennis will be Dennis, but I think there is a lot at stake here in terms of a ... a very dangerous country..."

There's that...

Dan Sileo Is At It Again... For The 39,046,986,243th Time

((HT: Facebook/Tim Reynolds AP))

Former Miami Hurricane and current Miami talk show host Dan Sileo is at it again- whether it was a bad joke played through Twitter or not... and for those trying to find his Twitter account, it's right here...

Sileo, currently mid-day host for the NBC Sports Radio affiliate in Miami, posted this last night...

He admitted that he "hated what this kid did," but since DT Timmy Jernigan was a hometown kid who was not looked at by Sileo's school during recruiting, Jernigan played with a bit of a chip on his shoulder last night... as did tailback Devonta Freeman- another south Florida kid ignored by Miami...

Sileo went on to preach about sportsmanship- as he himself admits that he played for one of the most hated teams in college football history (his words)- THE 86 CANES... in all caps...

AP writer Tim Reynolds called Sileo out for his outburst, referring to it as "pathetic and disgusting." Reynolds went on to call Sileo's employers at 640AM who are "...still looking into the situation..."

Reynolds main point was that a "member of the media" (HQ quotes), no less than a week after the NCAA ruling, was calling for a bounty on a college player. 640 came out with a statement saying that "640 Sports is just as shocked and stunned as everyone else by this tweet." Which, probably, led to Sileo doing this...

It has been a constant back and forth with Facebookers and Tweeters with Sileo trying to explain it was a joke, but it doesn't seem to be going over very well... and the "6 weeks" reference has to do with a possible/probable rematch in the ACC Championship Game...

Sileo was a postgame analyst for U-M football at one point, but the comments proved to be too critical against his old school...

The HQ is sensing a whole lot of irony here...

Sileo had made some disparaging comments about Erin Andrews that put him on thin ice at QAM, but not thin enough to get him fired...

Sileo WAS fired from WQAM back in March for an Anti-Semitic remark on his radio show...


And he had been fired from another sports talk station a year before that in Miami...

The only thing missing from Sileo is that beeping noise from trucks when they slam it in reverse...

Tommie Frazier vs. Bo Pelini: Nebraska Mad (Madder Now That 2 Year Old Effing Rant Is Out...?)

My, my, my...it sure appears that the faithful followers of the Nebraska Cornhuskers (a) have short memories and (b) both the fans and coaches have awfully thin skin.

The Cornhusker faithful were rather vocal after their school got trounced by the UCLA Bruins on Saturday night in Lincoln 41-21.

And no, while the team hasn't returned to their success of the 1970's, where they were regular contenders for the national title, they've won 9 games per year for the past 5 years under coach Bo Pelini. But Pelini hasn't gotten them to the promised land, a BCS game.

But that appears to not be enough.

Former Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier (@touchdowntommie) was perhaps one of the most critical of the game Saturday, taking to Twitter:

After letting it sink in for about 4 hours I still struggling. It's time to get rid of the defensive play caller, the Dc, lb dl and db coaches. I hate saying this but this crap is getting old. How in the hell do you not make adjustments or put your players in the position to compete? If this is what is going to happen for the remainder of the season, count me out. I don't care if we lose a game but the way we are losing is just not what #Nebraska fans deserve. I have fought, bled, and cried over this program. I didn't do all that for the program to become what it has today. Time for change! I will comment about the offense this week on Tommie's X's and O's. Trust me you don't want to miss it. #Huskers

That angered Pelini who was asked about the comment at his Monday press availability. His response per Steven Sipple of Huskers Extra "If he feels like that, we don't need him"

To which Frazier said; "I said what I said, He's right: He doesn't need me. He needs someone to help him. But what he's doing is not what the Nebraska fans deserve, period".

The Huskers are 2-1 this season, which is far from over. Sure they've given up 29 points a game, which isn't a good sign. But they play in the crappy Big 10, where anyone has a chance. They play the FCS South Dakota State Jackrabbits on Saturday before the conference schedule kicks in.

Our thoughts: Quit whining bitches. Yeah, sure, you can get rid of Pelini, who's probably not going to be Tom Osborne. But he's not Bill Callahan either. Consider the next guy may not be as good as the guy you currently have.

You good with that?

Keep some perspective. You'll never be what you were in the 1970's and early '80's. Very few ever are.

In the meantime, keep the public feud going, it's a great way to keep Sports Writers and Bloggers entertained.

In case you didn't see the above mentioned UCLA game:



PM UPDATE: And, now Pelini has had to apologize for a rant that he had two years ago talking about effing-Nebraska fair weather fans...
((HT: LostLettermen))


"I want to sincerely apologize for my comments from two years ago which became public today," Pelini said in a statement. "I take full responsibility for these comments. They were spoken in a private room following the Ohio State game. I was venting following a series of emotional events which led to this moment. That being said, these comments are in no way indicative of my true feelings. I love it here in Nebraska and feel fortunate to be associated with such a great University and fan base. I again apologize to anyone whom I have offended."

Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman said he was disappointed by the comments:

"We are taking some time to consider it and what impact it would have on the university."

Athletic director Shawn Eichorst said he talked to Pelini about the rant.

"I am disheartened and disappointed by the 2011 comments published today attributed to Coach Pelini about our dedicated and passionate fans and supporters," Eichorst said in a statement. "I have spoken with Chancellor Perlman and I have addressed the situation with Bo and expressed our deep concern."

The HQ thinks the other Pelini in Florida may last at his job longer than the one in Lincoln...