Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Terrell Owens Thinking & Rick Sanchez Journalisting

1. Buffalo Bills' Terrell Owens, no stranger to trouble, criticized NFL commissioner Roger Goodell calling his treatment of Michael Vick unfair. It was rumored that Goodell would give a four game suspension to Vick should he be reinstated. Adding four games to a two year prison sentence, said Owens, was like "kicking a dead horse." Today Vick distanced himself from Owens saying, "Everyone knows kicking a dead horse is a bad idea, especially if you need your dogs to have quality horse meat."

2. The New York Daily News reported on Monday that MLB commissioner Bud Selig may consider reinstating Pete Rose, 20 years after the hits leader was banned for life for gambling on baseball. Despite a statement released by Selig saying his thinking on the matter had not changed, Rose has already placed a significant wager in Vegas that he will be reinstated.

3. Yesterday Hawaii's Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino tried to end all arguments from "Birthers," those who believe President Obama was not born in this country, saying she has "seen the original vital records ... verifying Barrack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii." However, experts agree the issue would never have arose if Hawaiians used standard birth certificates and not thinly sliced Spam.

4. A new study out of Virginia Tech Transportation Institute shows that texting while driving makes drivers 23 times more likely to get into a collision. The 18 month study followed more than 100 truckers and measured factors such as reaction time and time spent texting. However, more surprising was the text sent most commonly between truckers: "trucking lol!"

5. CNN host Rick Sanchez tweeted some harsh words about HBO host Bill Maher saying, "The more I watch bill maher, the more I realize what an opportunist he is. He'll say anything to get people to say ooohh! Even if bs!" Rick Sanchez then continued his run for the Pulitzer by being tasered.

High five.