- Artist: Michael Jackson
- Label: Epic Records
- Director: Bob Giraldi
- Album: If Ever...
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Evander Holyfield Faces Jail Time for $300k in Child Support Debt
Evander Holyfield is staring down some jail time if he doesn't cough up more than $300k in unpaid child support, TMZ has learned. The GA. Dept. of Human Services has gone to court on behalf of Evander's 18-year-old daughter Emani…
Source: http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/02/evander-holyfield-child-support-debt-jail/
Saturday, 2 June 2012
The Shutdown Corner Podcast: Greg Cosell on the NFC East Draft
With the draft over and all wrapped up, we thought it would be a good idea to get back on the phone with our buddy Greg Cosell of NFL Films and ESPN's "NFL Matchup," and talk about the NFL by division. Who did themselves the most favors in the draft, and who came up short when addressing their roster deficits?
The Shutdown Corner Podcast: Greg Cosell on the NFC East Draft
We started off with the NFC West three weeks ago, jumped to the hyper-competitive AFC North two weeks ago, and then moved to the NFC South. Now, it's time to turn our attention to the NFC East. First, we discussed two recent posts by Greg on the must-read NFL Films blog: One on the "winnability" of certain modern quarterbacks, and another on whether the Dallas Cowboys' window has closed (whatever that means). From there, it was a natural progression to talk about what the Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins did in the draft to upgrade their rosters. Greg also reveals some details on a VERY interesting project he's doing with Ron Jaworski.
Related: [Cosell on�quarterbacks,�running backs/wide receivers,�tight ends/offensive line,�OLB/DE/DT stars, the ILB/DB class, and overall draft review]
On Dallas Cowboys DB Morris Claiborne: "He fits what Rob Ryan wants to do. He wants to play man coverage, and he wants to have a lot of blitz capability. He's big on pressure schemes, and I think that with Brandon Carr on one side and Claiborne, who will step in ... sometimes, there are some 'Welcome to the NFL' moments when you transition from bring a press college corner to being a press NFL corner. All you need to do is ask Patrick Peterson about that. He had a number of those moments until Week 8 or 9, when he really started to play well. But I think Claiborne will be a really good NFL corner -- he can play man, and now, I think the Cowboys feel really good about having three corners who can play, with Orlando Scandrick in the slot, and this is what you need in today's NFL."
On New York Giants RB David Wilson: "The thing that stood out to me, watching his film -- we all know that he has dynamic movement. He certainly can do that. I was impressed watching him hit it up inside. I always worry about that in the NFL with a guy who doesn't have a lot of weight,� but he's a tough, physical runner whether he's strong and powerful or not. He's certainly willing to run inside -- he's not necessarily a 'bounce guy,' although he has the ability to get to the perimeter and run."
The Shutdown Corner Podcast: Greg Cosell on the NFC East Draft
On Philadelphia Eagles LB Mychal Kendricks: "I thought he was the best 4-3 linebacker, other than Luke Kuechly, in this draft. The thing that makes him a great pick is that he blitzed a lot, and he did it from the outside, and I thought he was an excellent blitzer. This kid is really a dynamic mover -- I can remember watching film and seeing him run down LaMichael James. He really fits, and he's going to start unless he plays himself out of it, which I don't think will happen. He fits their new desire to be a little more versatile, defensively, because I think they will use him as a blitzer."
On Washington Redskins QB Robert Griffin III: "I think Cam Newton is a guy who's similar and bigger. Griffin could have a similar impact -- I'm not going to sit here and tell you he's going to break rookie records, because nobody can answer that question -- but I think he'll play well as a rookie. This is not a terrible team; it's not like he's gone to one of the two or three worst teams in the league. Some of the principles that Mike Shanahan uses -- the zone run game and the designed movement of the quarterback off of that -- plays to Robert Griffin extremely well."
As with everything involving Greg Cosell, this podcast is a must-listen for those fans of advanced tape analysis. Subscribe to the�Shutdown Corner iTunes link (in iTunes, go to "Advanced/Subscribe to Podcast," and paste this link in:�http://ysportspods.podbean.com/category/shutdown/feed/). You can also use the link below to either left-click and listen, or right-click to save to your computer.
The Shutdown Corner Podcast: Greg Cosell on the NFC East Draft
Record-chasing Nadal ready for first real test at Roland Garros
Three matches and three comfortable wins. Rafael Nadal has made the perfect start to his bid for a record seventh French Open title, but the Spaniard will not face his first serious test until the clay-court grand slam enters its second week. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/7fEoj3OD3JE/index.html
Giants? Coughlin nowhere near retirement at age 65
Looking at Tom Coughlin's inflexible ways and hair-trigger temper in his earlier days as a coach, one wouldn't peg him as a guy who'd survive the profession into his late 60s. But after changes to his coaching and personal style, the Bill Parcells acolyte found a new level of success by reaching out to his players while keeping the no-nonsense on high. When he coached Kurt Warner for the Giants in 2004, Coughlin asked the veteran quarterback for an assesment of his overall style.
"I saw a great man, a great coach, but I also saw a man who, for some reason, didn't know how to combine those parts of his personality when it came to football,"�Warner told NJ.com in January about Coughlin. "He could connect with his family on such an intimate level but had no idea how to connect with his players. He was struggling badly. Tom was searching for the right way to lead without compromising his principles."
Now that transformation has occurred, and Coughlin has won two Super Bowls in four seasons, the thought of retirement -- even at age 65 -- is fairly unspeakable. Speaking with Gene Frenette of the Florida Times-Union during a recent Jay Fund golf tournament benefiting cancer victims in the area, Coughlin sounded like a man who was just getting started.
"I'm not mentally, not physically, ready [to retire]," Coughlin said on Monday. "I feel I have good energy. I'm excited every day. The competitiveness, the nature of the business, is something that I'm still excited about. I don't wander down that path. I don't think about retirement. I enjoy the situation I'm in. I appreciate the backing I've received from [Giants] ownership and the way the players have responded to our program. I really don't feel any pull or tug in another direction. I look at it on a yearly basis. In our business, no matter how many years they give you on the contract, it's a one-year deal anyway."
Coughlin's current contract runs out after next season, but the Giants are expected to tack on a few extra years in the very near future. It's appropriate for a man who's been coaching the team since 2004 but has really found his way since Warner's candid take -- he's got a 74-54 record overall as the G-Men's head man, and all seven of his postseason wins with the franchise have come in the last four seasons.
Now, he said, it's as much about reflecting on his successes as it is making sure everyone's running in military time.
"The greatest part about [the Super Bowl XLVI win over the New England Patriots] is the feeling and sensation you get when your team is all on the same page," Coughlin said. "That's what I reveled in. People said, 'God, you're relaxed, you're kind of enjoying this.' Well, I was confident. I didn't know we were going to win, but I knew we'd play well because our practices in Indianapolis went like clockwork. I felt so good about our team. That's why I enjoyed the moment."
Not that Coughlin has mellowed entirely, as he said during media week for that Super Bowl last February.
"You're asking the wrong guy," he said two days before the game, about his change in process. " I think the one thing that has happened, and I've said it a thousand times and I'll say it again, is that once the season is over, you have to take a hard look at yourself and do a valid self-analysis. That's very important if you're going to improve. Decide what it is you can change. Look at your team and decide what it is you can change and what is needed in terms of inspiration and motivation or how you get those messages across to those people. Do your research on the outside, whatever it is you believe in.
"I'm a great reader of autobiographies and historical autobiographies, whatever you get your hands on, and reference things that I think are important in order to win or be the very best that we can be. Probably the one thing over the years that may have happened over the years is I may have gotten a little more patient."
One final thing about Coughlin's future that really matters is how much his family is in his corner. As long as his wife Judy is on board (and she is), the Giants should expect to see Coughlin getting all red-faced in the sidelines for some years to come.
"Judy has never asked me that [retirement] question. She's extremely supportive," he said. "[Coaching] grinds on the family a lot more than it grinds on the head coach."
Tim Tebow teased with chants of ?Lolo!? in Jets locker room
Tim Tebow and American hurdling star Lolo Jones share two things in common: They're saving their virginity until marriage and they get made fun of incessantly for that decision.
Jones, the 29-year-old world indoor champion and Olympic medal hopeful, recently told HBO's "Real Sports" that she was still a virgin. Once that interview aired, she drew immediate comparisons to America's most famous sexual holdout, Timothy Richard Tebow. That similarity wasn't lost on Tebow's New York Jets teammates.
According to Kevin Armstrong of the New York Daily News, Tebow was serenaded with chants of "Lolo! Lolo!" when he entered the locker room following Thursday's OTAs and it wasn't because he's good at hurdling and sort of looks like Rashida Jones.
Those chants don't seem right to me. If Tebow gets "Lolo!" chants, it's only fair that Antonio Cromartie enter to the calls of "Duggar!"
Jones told Mary Carillo that keeping her virginity is harder than training for the Olympics. Sometimes, men will try to entice her into the bedroom by claiming sex makes you run faster. As I wrote on a Fourth-Place Medal post earlier this week, that'd certainly explain Cromartie's speediness.
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Tanier?s Team Reviews: The Kansas City Chiefs, via Todd Haley
Any website can post "offseason grades" for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn't know who half the players are. Only the Shutdown Corner has the resources to get actual players, coaches, and executives from each team to evaluate their own offseasons! That's right: over the next few weeks, you will get transaction evaluations straight from the horse's mouths: straight talk about who was signed, who was lost, who was drafted, and why.
(For the satirically challenged: all player, coach, and executive remarks are made by an impersonator).
In this segment, former Chiefs coach Todd Haley breaks down the offseason moves of the team that fired him at the end of last season. We have a bad feeling about this.
TODD HALEY: Wash your windshield, mister?
I don't scrub windshields for the money. I have a coaching job now as offensive coordinator for the Steelers. I carry this slop bucket because I like it. It's comforting to wash windows while the mad clown stares at me with his dead, gray eyes, whispering razor truths mortals dare not speak aloud, truths that pierce flesh and cut an inky scarlet line against the throat of the he-goat ?
Sorry, my thoughts meander sometimes. The Chiefs had a productive offseason. At the skill positions, they added Peyton Hillis to a running back committee that already includes Dexter McCluster and Jamaal Charles, who is ahead of schedule rehabbing his knee injury. Kevin Boss joins Tony Moeaki, also on schedule to return from a knee injury, to give the Chiefs two tight ends who can block and catch. Two rookie wide receivers, Devon Wylie and Junior Hemingway, will provide extra depth behind Dwayne Bowe, Steve Breaston and last year's top pick Jonathan Baldwin, who started to come on late in the season. Matt Cassel, yet another player who missed much of last season with injuries, won't have to worry about throwing to the likes of Keary Colbert or Anthony Becht.
That's right, everyone gets to come back to Kansas City but me, the guy who got blamed for not being able to build an offense around Tyler Palko and Terrance Copper, while the dead-eyed clown stares back at me from the mirror and cackles. "You ever played cornhole with the devil, son?" he asks, his raspy voice a rusty hypodermic needle scraping gutter concrete. "He don't use no beanbags, boy." And that he-goat just brays and brays like he sees the end coming and don't know whether to fight it or welcome it.
Moving on to the defense, Dontari Poe was one of the most physically gifted specimens in this year's draft class. The Chiefs have a bad habit of striking out with big defensive tackles, from Ryan Sims to Glenn Dorsey, so my former assistant Romeo Crennel will have to be careful about Poe's development and role if he doesn't want Poe to become an overpriced space-eater the greasepaint smears and the sharpened steel glints in the pickup truck headlights behind the barnyard. The loss of Brandon Carr is going to hurt at cornerback, because Stanford Routt is an adequate No. 2 corner behind Brandon Flowers. But the defense will be better if it is not� on the field as often, and when the muffled brays fade to pitch-black silence, vengeful darkness sated all-too-briefly by the still-quivering sacrifice.
The AFC West is a wide-open division, and everyone has a chance to win, except me. That's right, stare at this thatched nest of a beard, look back at my insistence on rotating running backs every other play and benching receivers for no discernible reason, and judge me. "Brought it on himself," you say, behind the safety glass of your Honda Civic, one finger on the panic button of your key chain. You'll see who brought what on whom when the Clowngoat Apocalypse rains jealous fire upon us all. Scott Pioli thinks his Super Bowl rings will save him ... well, they are gonna shine like beacons, live bait to coax the dark forces from their smoky pits. This Patriots Junior routine isn't gonna work, and when it fails, everybody is gonna know Todd Haley wasn't crazy. He was the one who saw.
And they will know just where to find me, here in this underpass.
Tanier's Team Reports:
Indianapolis Colts |�St. Louis Rams |�Minnesota Vikings |�Tampa Bay Buccaneers|�Cleveland Browns |�Washington Redskins |�Jacksonville Jaguars |�Miami Dolphins |�Carolina Panthers |�Arizona Cardinals | Seattle Seahawks
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