It's Coming: OSG's College Football Previews

Yes we know, their are a ton of college football publications and websites with their predictions of the 2011 college football season.

So those of us at the OSG HQ didn't want to feel left out.

Throughout the month of August Wilkie, Phil, Jon and J-Dub will be adding their two cents (actually a buck and a quarter, that damn inflation.) to the college football season.

Now lets get you blood pumping for the upcoming season with some of the best plays from the 2010 season.

10-Year-Old Talks About Cancer And Singing National Anthem

((HT: MyFoxAtlanta))

FOSG Karen Graham got the chance to sit down with Lily Anderson. Anderson is fighting neuroblastoma, but had the chance to sing the National Anthem at a Braves game last week...

She sang the National Anthem on behalf of the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. She is currently undergoing treatment for a relapse of the disease.

10-Year-Old Fights Cancer, Sings Before Braves Game: MyFoxATLANTA.com

For more info...

Lily Anderson and the Rally Foundation -
Official site: http://www.rallyfoundation.org
Rally for Lilly T-shirts: http://www.active.com/donate/rallykidtshirts/rallyforlily

NBA Sues Players Association- And It's Only The Beginning...

From the NBA their own selves... the HQ thinks Christmas Day will be the time all of this is settled, but that's our initial gut reaction...

The NBA filed two claims today against the National Basketball Players Association: an unfair labor practice charge before the National Labor Relations Board, and a lawsuit in federal district court in New York. The unfair labor practice charge asserts that the Players Association has failed to bargain in good faith by virtue of its unlawful threats to commence a sham “decertification” and an antitrust lawsuit challenging the NBA’s lockout. The federal lawsuit seeks to establish, among other things, that the NBA's lockout does not violate federal antitrust laws and that if the Players Association's “decertification” were found to be lawful, all existing player contracts would become void and unenforceable.

“These claims were filed in an effort to eliminate the use of impermissible pressure tactics by the union which are impeding the parties’ ability to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement,” said NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Adam Silver. “For the parties to reach agreement on a new CBA, the union must commit to the collective bargaining process fully and in good faith.”

Kevin Durant Earns Some Street Cred

Kevin Durant can score at will on the floor for the Oklahoma City Thunder but how about on the playground?

Monday night Durant made his first appearance at Rucker Park to play a little street ball.

Let's just say he earned some street cred.



Durant totalled 66 points on the black top.

I'm sure OKC Thunder fans are thrilled.

Stow Beating Witness Dies After Allergic Reaction

((HT: KTLA-TV))

One of the key witnesses in the Bryan Stow beating has died from an allergic reaction from eating nuts in a salad- eventhough the medical examiner's office has yet to give an official diagnosis for the death.

The DA's office refused to confirm the report, but told KTLA that Lee's death would not affect the prosecution of the case. Lee was with Stow and another friend when they were attacked in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium.

Louie Sanchez and and co-defendant 30-year old Marvin Norwood are charged in the March 21 attack. Each is being held on $500,000 bail.

Legal documents allege Sanchez took part in four assaults that day finishing off with the attack on Stow.

Elizabeth Espinosa has the story on the bail hearing for the two being postponed for a little while...
 

A Rolling Free Agent Frenzy Gathers No Moss

And neither will any more NFL teams for the near future unless Randy Moss goes Favre on us any time soon...

After 13 years, he's calling it quits for now...

Here's how we'll remember Moss at the HQ...
Thanks to DJStevePorter...


Moss's agent, Joel Segal, says that Moss was considering offers from several teams, but made the decision to retire. Segal declined to comment specifically on the offers, instead saying his client felt the time was right to step away.

Moss caught 954 passes for 14,858 yards and 153 touchdowns in a career spent with Minnesota, Oakland, New England and Tennessee.

OSG High: SC Teen Dies During HS Workout

((HT: WMBF-TV Florence, Myrtle Beach))

Authorities are investigating the death of a 14-year-old South Carolina high school football player who collapsed following a weekend morning practice. Darlington County Coroner J. Todd Hardee said Tyquan Xavier Brantley, a freshman at Lamar High School, died at hospital late Saturday.

Hardee says tests are being conducted to determine if the death was heat related or from another cause. The heat Saturday afternoon rose to 101 degrees, a near-record, according to the National Weather Service.

"We are heartbroken at this terrible tragedy," Dr. Rainey Knight, superintendent of the school district, said, according to the Florence Morning News.

Darlington County School District spokeswoman Audrey Childers said it was the team's second day of light practice in helmets but no pads. Brantley was walking off the field when he started to complain about cramps and then collapsed. Childers said players were on the field about an hour and got a five-minute water break every 20 minutes.

She said the team resumes practice Monday night after taking Sunday off.

Here's the report from Darlington...