As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Sean Taylor passed away early this morning in a hospital in Miami. Not much to say really. My heartfelt condolences to his girlfriend, his one-year-old daughter, and the rest of his family. He will be missed. Wore his jersey to work today.
(image via DC Pro Sports Report)
Still all sorts of rumors/news flying around about Sean. Hearing he went through 6 hours of surgery and is now in a coma. Apparently the bullet passed near, or might have hit, his femoral artery and he lost alot of blood. Best place for updates by far is WaPo Skins beat writer Jason LaConfora’s Redskins [...]
Jesus Christ, forget about yesterday’s pathetic loss, breaking news is that Redskins star safety Sean Taylor was shot at his home in Miami by an intruder last night. Details are sketchy but he was apparently shot in the groin and reports are that he is in “extremely critical condition” and “fighting for his life“. Thoughts [...]
Correction in today’s NY Times:
An earlier version of this article misstated the location of a 2005 sexual encounter between Stephon Marbury of the Knicks and a team intern. Mr. Marbury testified that it took place in his truck, not in the trunk of his car.
(via TrueHoop)
Having gone to many, many sporting events in my life, I can say, without a doubt, that this lady on her unicycle (who I’ve seen do her act twice in person at the Verizon Center) is by far the best. You can tell she’s good because when she was doing her thing everyone was watching [...]
The first text, 9:20pm yesterday, sent by college roommate Mario: “Nice pitching today Baltimore”.
The second text, 10:01 pm, sent by good friend The Cooler: “Just ran across the bball scores…Orioles gave up 30 runs tonight”
The third text, 10:12 pm, sent by college friend Jordan: “So r u a nationals fan tonight?”
The fourth and final text, [...]
This is what happens when Canadians try to sing the National Anthem.
(via Deadspin)
(cross-posted at The Sports Note)
My good friend The Mexican sent me this video this morning. I could not be more ready for the NFL to start. In honor of the Skins opening training camp today I give you Sean Taylor destroying the punter in last year’s Pro Bowl. Be sure to listen to the end, when you hear the [...]
Seth Mnookin has a bit of a thing about Murray Chass, the NY Times sports columnist. Usually when Seth, who I enjoy tremendously, writes about Chass on his blog (The Feeding the Monster Blog, a great read for baseball fans generally and Red Sox fans specifically) I skip over it as I only need to [...]
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