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Steak Shapiro, insulter of Steve Gleason, explains himself to Brooke Baldwin (video)

June 19, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

From Brooke Baldwin/CNN Newsroom: Steak Shapiro, one of the fired morning show hosts of Atlanta sports radio station 790 the Zone spoke with CNN’s Brooke Baldwin about his firing.

Yes, Steak Shapiro is an actual person, not the name of a specially prepared dinner entree. He did acknowledge the poor taste of his joke mocking former New Orleans Saint player Steve Gleason, who has Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Shapiro instantly knew what he did wasn’t funny; and soon after, he learned just how insensitive and horrific his comments were too.

Shapiro does have a confessional here on Brooke Baldwin.

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Jay Cutler Wedding Article: Dumbest. Thing. Ever

June 18, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Obviously, I’m someone who enjoys reading news about Jay Cutler; and often writing about Jay Cutler. So when my girlfriend handed me a US Weekly with “Kristin Cavallari Country Wedding” featured in the top corner on the cover, I wanted to take a look. I skipped past all the fashion crapola and straight to what I thought would be a 2-3 page article about the details of the Jay Cutler Kristin Cavallari wedding in Nashville.

I was looking forward to learning something, anything Chicago Bears related about the wedding. I assumed it would say which Bears players and SEC football coaches were in attendance.
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Cincinnati Bengals officially new team of HBO Hard Knocks

June 17, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

HBO Sports, NFL Films and the Cincinnati Bengals coalesce when Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals debuts August 6th. The first sports based reality show kicks off its five-episode eighth season that Tuesday night at 9 PM CDT on HBO. Hour-long episodes debut subsequent Tuesdays, with an encore every Wednesday at 10:00 p.m CDT.

The Cincinnati Bengals Hard Knocks ends on Sept. 3.

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Vladimir Putin stole Patriots Owner Bob Kraft’s Super Bowl ring

June 15, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft is one of life’s feel good stories. The Patriots fan who sat in the snow and cold in the last row one day became owner of the NFL team. Of course, marrying someone with lots of money and tons of connections helped quite a bit. Bob Kraft owns three Super Bowl rings with the Patriots.

Make that two. Russian strong-man and modern day Czar Vladimir Putin took one away from Kraft.

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Denver Broncos release Willis McGahee

June 13, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Willis McGahee was a first round pick by the Buffalo Bills in 2003. McGahee went 23rd overall. However, today the tailback with five seasons of 990+ rushing yards is out of a job. The Denver Broncos released Willis McGahee this morning.

ESPN NFL expert Adam Schefter tweeted the following a few minutes ago:
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Jay Cutler doesn’t have 3 years to learn the new offense

June 12, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

2013 is really a make or break year for Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears. The front office has done their best to improve that train wreck of an offensive line in front of him. They signed an all pro, another guy who’s decent, jettisoned the 1st round pick bust and spent their 1st round on the position this year.

He’s had Brandon Marshall, a legit #1 target, back with again for over a year. And he’ll finally be playing in an offense that suits his talents. Possibly.

So all the pieces are in place for him. Maybe. Jay Cutler called it a “three-year process” to learn an offense in the NFL and using that time frame he has had an opportunity to master only one in his now eight-yea NFL career.

Will this finally be the year Jay Cutler lives up to the hype that accompanied him when he was traded from Denver to Chicago? Like all Chicago sports experts (or at least people perceive me to be a Chicago sports expert for some reason) I received a ton of texts that day saying something to the effect of:

“OMG!!! WE GOT JAY CUTLER!!! WE HAVE CUTLER! WE’RE GOING TO WIN 27 SUPER BOWLS! THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY IN BEARS HISTORY! I’M MORE EXCITED ABOUT CUTLER THAN THE DAY MY KID WAS BORN!!!!!!!!!!!”

Or something like that.

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Jacksonville Jaguars sign Northwestern star QB Mike Kafka

June 12, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Tim Tebow is Kakfaesque. Sort of.

Yes, the New England Patriots signing of Tebow Monday squeezed quarterback Mike Kafka out of the NFL. For one day. The Patriots released Kafka after signing him to a futures contract. And the team that most people Tebow would sign with, the Jacksonville Jaguars, are the franchise that picked up Mike Kafka.

Which means Mike Kafka, a former Northwestern and St. Rita (Chicago) star is now fighting to be QB3 in Jax.

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Chicago Bears trade Gabe Carimi to Buccaneers

June 9, 2013 by paulmbanks

Gabe Carimi has been a huge bust with the Chicago Bears. There’s no denying that. “The Bear Jew,” I’m not kidding that is his nickname, has stood out as a horrible offensive lineman; even amidst a really bad O Line. Sunday night reports said Carimi and the Bears have parted ways. Two sources told the Chicago Sun-Times that the Bears received a sixth-round pick in 2014 in return for Carimi, a former first-round pick. Since regular Chicago Bears beat writer Sean Jensen is no longer with the Sun-Times, this story was reported by S-T Blackhawks writer Adam Jahns.

Carimi will travel to Tampa Bay tomorrow. He was taken by the Bears 29th overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. He began the 2011 season as the Bears’ starting right tackle.

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Jay Cutler is now married; do you care?

June 7, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Chicago Bears starting QB Jay Cutler is now officially married; multiple sources report. This isn’t really shocking news, more just a formality. Jay Cutler has been engaged to “reality star” (if there is such a thing) Kristin Cavallari for quite a long time. Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler have had a kid for quite a while too.

So Jay Cutler getting married is kind of…..well do you care?

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Oakland Raiders: stir crazy after all these years

June 4, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

For the Oakland Raiders it’s “meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Hey, we cribbed Simon and Garfunkel in the headline, why not CC The Who right now?

When Mark Davis inherited his Raiders team from his late father Al Davis, there was belief that things would change in the Black Hole. However, ownership is still cray. Their latest move was interesting one; let’s see if it pays off for them.

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Pro Football Weekly is out of $$, out of business

June 3, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

The news about Pro Football Weekly, or PFW just verifies: it’s been a rough go lately for sports magazines and sports newspapers. The Sporting News has been publishing in print for well over a century. It was announced several months ago they are ceasing their print operations. Print media is indeed a velociraptor.

Actually, that’s not fair since velociraptors were fierce, aggressive predators. Print media is whatever dinosaur velociraptors eat. Pro Football Weekly is shutting down. (1967-2013)

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Bears Evan Rodriguez: alleged woman beater adds DUI to his rap sheet

May 31, 2013 by paulmbanks 1 Comment

The Chicago Bears may have some “character issues” with Tight End Evan Rodriguez. You know, once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is a trend. And now a fourth run-in with the law? Ladies and gentlement Evan Rodriguez.

This is altercation number four for the 27 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears.

Evan Rodriguez has a felony assault charge, which eventually was reduced to a misdemeanor disturbance and trespassing charge after he allegedly beat a female residence hall advisor during his time at West Virginia.

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