Y, OH Y? VOTE YES ON Y.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH Consider this a vote for Proposition Y: As in, why weren't these stories dominating the topics of conversation during the week? Please, support the cause: The news: Cincinnati Bengals
abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga fined him $5,000 for wearing ``Ocho Cinco'' on the nameplate across the back of his uniform jersey before last Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons ``Ocho Cinco,'' signifying his uniform No. 85, is the name by which Johnson said he wanted to be called the day leading up to the game. Johnson wore the fake nameplate during pregame warm-ups, but before kickoff, Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer Carson Palmer (born December 27, 1979 in Fresno, California), is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He attended the University of Southern California, where he won the Heisman Trophy Award in 2002 in his senior season. tore off the ``Ocho Cinco'' nameplate. The spin: Johnson plans to next break out the nameplate ``NFL Hate Me.'' The news: The Philadelphia Eagles ``For two years, I've been thinking about the name change,'' said Peterson/James, who came over from the New York Giants
James comes from his formal middle name: William James Peterson Jr. The spin: James considered changing his name to ``Ocho Cinco,'' but discovered it was taken. The news: Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens admits he has trouble staying awake during team meetings, and occasionally falls asleep because of what he says is ``a problem.'' ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what it is,'' Owens told the Dallas Morning News. ``I've never been diagnosed with it. It goes back to my rookie year in San Francisco when ...'' The spin: Yawn. Another T.O. story. The news: In light of the new NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= policy that allows officials to be more strict about handing out technical fouls, a fan site supporting Detroit's Rasheed Wallace, who holds the league record for technicals in a season with 41 and was ejected during the Pistons' opener, has started a petition to ask league commissioner David Stern about lightening things up. ``Save Sheed and the future of the NBA as we know it,'' reads the petition on www.Need4Sheed.com. ``We understand you are trying to clean up the league, but we like the game with emotion and flair. ... You have put too much power in the hands of referees that are inconsistent and who at times seem unfair.'' The spin: In light of the petition, Stern ordered officials to give Wallace a technical foul before he steps on the court at Detroit's next scheduled game, as well as the site's Web master. The news: Western Kentucky officials have approved a move from Division I-AA to Division I-A status for its football team starting in 2009, when it will be eligible for the Sun Belt championship. The spin: Texas, West Virginia and Auburn have started bidding to get on the Western Kentucky schedule for any open nonconference dates, possibly twice a season. The news: NBA TV aired a three-part reality show series called ``Dreaming Green: The Making of the Celtics Dance Team,'' which documented the audition process and selection of the inaugural Boston Celtics Dance Team. Celtics management, holding to a philosophy that ancillary game entertainment was unnecessary, finally decided to be the last NBA team to have these type of performers. ``I think he'd probably break his cane!'' former Boston Celtics great Bill Russell was quoted in an NBA TV press release when asked what he thought the reaction to the dance team would be from team executive Red Auerbach. As it turned out, Auerbach died of a heart attack four days before the team's home opener -- close, but no cigar on witnessing their first routine. The spin: Seriously, how can we top that? The news: NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. announced it will increase its marketing to Spanish-speaking fans with more programming on ESPN Deportes and a Spanish-language Web site for the Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in NASCAR, IRL, and Grand-Am racing. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. The team is based in Concord, North Carolina, which is a suburb of Charlotte. team because of the addition of Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (born September 20 1975 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a race car driver in NASCAR for Chip Ganassi Racing and a former Formula One and Indycar driver. He was born in Bogotá where he was taught the techniques of karting from an early age by his father Pablo, an . The spin: Does Montoya drive the Ocho Cinco car? CAPTION(S): 4 photos, 4 boxes Photo: (1) Cost of Chad Johnson's ``Ocho Cinco'' nameplate: $5,000. Watching Carson Palmer rip it off: Priceless. Al Behrman/Associated Press (2) LAMAR ODOM (3) BEN ROETHLISBERGER (4) PACMAN JONES Box: (1) sunday punch (2) HOT ... LUKEWARM ... COLD FISH (3) FANTASY FOOTBALL - Matthew Kredell (4) The Pop Quiz |
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