Quick!
SOMEONE CALL MY EX-BOYFRIEND!
I’m interested in sports now!
He’ll keel over and die, probably, if he finds out. No, he probably won’t do that. He won’t even answer the phone, because he’ll be too busy playing Madden Football on his Playstation.
But seriously the sports world is really interesting right now.
First, New York Giants wide receiver/supergenius Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg when he brought a loaded gun into a Manhattan night club. The Giants have suspended him without pay for the rest of the season, but Mayor Bloomberg wants him to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law — which would mean three-and-a-half years in jail, under New York’s laws about carrying loaded guns. The video above is of Mayor Bloomberg making a passionate argument for Burress to serve jail time, and, personally, I agree with him.
Meanwhile, hockey stand-out Sean Avery has been suspended indefinitely by the NHL after publicly talking shit about dudes stealing his ex-girlfriends. Seriously. Check this shit out:
Avery’s inflammatory comments came following a morning skate in Calgary, Alberta, where the Stars were to play the Flames on Tuesday night. Reporters were waiting to speak with him about disparaging remarks he’d made last month about Flames star Jarome Iginla when Avery walked over to the group and asked if there was a camera present. When told there was, he said, “I’m just going to say one thing.”
“I’m really happy to be back in Calgary; I love Canada,” he said. “I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don’t know what that’s about, but enjoy the game tonight.” He then walked out of the locker room.
Avery’s ex-girlfriend, actress Elisha Cuthbert of the television show “24” and the movie “Old School,” is dating Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf; she had been romantically linked to Mike Komisarek of the Montreal Canadiens. Avery also dated Rachel Hunter, the former Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model and actress who is now the girlfriend of Los Angeles Kings center Jarrett Stoll.
Um, the sports world is actually way more interesting than the gossip world right now.
Maybe I should become a sports blogger!
Ahhhhhhhh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!
I should do that one day. Just convert this blog to “Evil Beet Sports” and pretend to be a sports blogger for a day. How funny would that shit be???
I fucking hate that douche Sean Avery. I’m glad he’s suspended.
And Evil Beet Sports? Dude, I am there. I would seriously visit the site 40 times a day, eyes gleaming, hoping for an update.
“Wide receiver/supergenius”
So good!
Hey Beet… I’ll run the Sports Beet!
I love my sports!
Don’t get me started on Plexiglass Burress… he’s an idiot.
It’s like elementary math…
NFL player + weapon = somebody gets hurt.
That’s like the corollary to:
Famous Hollywood moron + car = somebody/thing gets hurt.
But the NHL and Sean Avery?
Suspended indefinitely?
Seriously?
A guy punches out another guy’s teeth and he gets a minor.
Avery (douche or not) talks about sloppy seconds and he gets banned?
Hmmm.
I am surprised Alyssa Milano hasn’t stepped in to mediate. :-)
Down Unda – you and I completely agree!! Suspended indefinitely for trash-talking giant head’s new little girlfriend is ridiculous even for Bettman. Besides, I’m fairly positive that’s not the most offensive thing he’s ever said. He normally does it on the ice. And I’m sure he would have said something to Phaneuf if he had the chance at the game that night. Such stupidity, all of it.
Sean Avery is a tool. That’s probably the reason he can’t stay on one team too long. It wasn’t just this incident. If another player said something like this, a slap on the wrist would be more appropriate but Avery has always been an incredible asshole on and off the ice. Despite what players are like in their off time in other sports, hockey is generally pretty tame and the guys are personable. You don’t see hockey players go out to the club or have gun charges, fighting dogs or beaten wives. It has as much to do with Avery’s toolness personally as it does with the higher standard the NHL sets for its reputation and players. Plus, even other Stars players are shrugging this off. They know he deserves it too.
i would only read the comments on your sports blog. just sayin.
Hey Beet, I would LOVE to read your sports blog. Seriously, you’ve got good looks and hot bodies plus all the intrigue of Days of Our Lives.
Also, I have new fondness for Elisha Cuthbert and Rachel Hunter. I, too have a thing for Canadian hockey players. I think it’s the accent…and the bodies…and their ability to handle a tiny puck with a thin stick while flying across ice on a cm-thick blades. It’s HOT!
It’s all about equal justice for all. He should not be able to skate on this just because he’s a big football star. He should be penalized along the same lines as the average schmo. It’s unbelievable that somebody making so much money can be so stupid. But then again, what else would one expect from someone who dresses like this? : http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j50/razzyorg/Football/plaxicoburress.jpg
He should be penalized just for saying “sloppy seconds.” Who the fuck says that?
Agree with Anon, last night, TSN was saying the Stars (players, not org) were likely happy to see him go. My husband told me he has years of dickish behaviour behind him.
that article just made you sound ditzy.
Sweet! I’m from Calgary! You need to look up Jerome Iginla. He’s gorgeous.