I have decided to pull the sports chick blog off the cortland server. The new and improved sports chick blog will be available at:

www.thesportschickblog.com

For all users who already used thesportschickblog.com you will automatically be redirectd to the new site starting tomorrow. 

peace out

-The Chick!!

But don’t worry loyal readers, the sports chick always finds the dirt!

Alfonso Soriano homered in the first inning and Houston never responded as the Cubs won the game 5 - 0. Zambrano had ten strikeouts and one walk in the No-No.

Congrats Z!

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The Patriots, in their usual fashion, did not divulge in any injury details. However, the New York Jets (my fav and former employeer ) were seen and heard in their Miami locker room (after an unreal win!!!!) saying that Brady has a torn left ACL. Obviously making him unavailable for the week 2 match up between the Pats and Jets, but also making him OUT FOR THE SEASON!

I’m sure when the news is released to the whole world we can all hear the weeps from Foxboro and the jubilation from the NYC metro area … yes I can hear it now, the Jets will win the AFC East!!!!

ps - Prof. Dodds maybe we will see Brett in Tampa, not Miami!

UGH!!! Honestly it’s hideous! What is so bright and colorful about Oklahoma? I certainly don’t think of bright sunny colors with Oklahoma, especially when your name is Thunder?

Wouldn’t thunder represent a mad, dirty, chaotic storm? It would seem so to me, but I guess that can summarize the whole Seattle move anyway… a mad, dirty, chaotic storm!

What do you think of the Thunder name and new logo??

When collegiate football kicked off this weekend no one was slightly worried about the match-up between Ohio State v. Youngstown State. And with good reason because the Buckeyes dominated in the 43 - 0 shut out. However this was not a game without drama. Early in the 3rd quarter Beanie seemed to roll his right ankle thus stunning Buckeye Nation. X-rays were negative (seriously does anyone still go by x-rays?!?!), but Beanie did say in a statement “… I think I felt a pop.” Ohio State will release an update of the injury sometime on Monday.

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“IRVING, Texas (AP) — Adam “Pacman” Jones has been cleared to play for the Dallas Cowboys this season.

The cornerback-kick returner was suspended all last season, when he was with the Tennessee Titans, because of an accumulation of arrests and legal problems. He was traded to the Cowboys in April, then allowed by commissioner Roger Goodell to join the team in training camp and in preseason games.

Goodell, however, was still waiting to decide whether to let Jones play in the regular season. That news came Thursday, hours before Dallas’ final preseason game.”

Too bad a name change won’t help much with Pacman’s past. The season will only tell if a little change of scenery to Jerry Jones’ school of Bad Asses can help Pacman really be the shut-down corner and special teams threat that Tennesse hoped he would be.

No details are being leaked at all. I have no info about what type of injury it is, but count on surgery being involved. Once I know more it will be posted here.

UPDATE: From ESPN.com,

“Umenyiora was hurt in the second quarter of Saturday’s preseason game against the New York Jets, but early indications were that there was no ligament damage.

However, an MRI Sunday found a torn lateral meniscus, Dr. Russell Warren told the team. The two-time Pro Bowl choice will have surgery Tuesday and be sidelined for the season.” 

photo from the NY Daily News

… Varitek files for divorceeeeeee!

That’s right D-I-V-O-R-C-E! It seems Tek is following in his good buddy A-Rod’s steps and is moving into Splitsville. No word on the cause yet, but check out the forums of On the DL. The girls there are all buzzing about the split, and apparently the split has to do with the Boston version of Kim Jones, NESN’s Heidi Whatney, hmmmmmm…

So by no means is my brother a geek, but he like every other football player in America has to own Madden AS SOON AS IT COMES OUT! So when he did get his hands on the game the first thing we did when we got home was push that baby into the XBox and play away.

As he was going through all the 32 NFL teams I noticed that all the Head Coaches are listed: Tony Dungy, Lane Kiffin, Eric Mangini, blah blah blahhh! But when you scroll down to that team with the NE (yes New England) it says,

“NE Coach”

Umm excuse me, but it thought that cheaters are labeled by their names??

Anyway, dig a little deeper into the “NE Coach” and you find out that Billy-Boy’s name isn’t anywhere in Madden (or anyother outside the NFL merch) because he is not part of the NFLHCA (National Football League Head Coaches Association). And Madden has the rights to display player names and coaches names because of the NFLPA and NFLHCA respectively. The only other coach not to be a part of the NFLHCA is the messiah, Bill Parcells, but that is entirely because of his contract with ESPN… So what is Mr. No Sleeves excuse?

ps- I’m obligated not to use the fella’s name b/c of the NFLHCA **wink, wink**