Roger Clemens Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Former New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens was indicted by the Federal grand jury.
Roger Clemens was caught lying to Congress about his use of steroid and growth hormones. How much trouble is Clemens in?
Geoffrey Rapp, a sports law expert and professor, said, "This is bad news for him in terms of further investigations into his private life and history’s view of him, but I doubt he will go to jail."
Roger Clemens is a former Red Sox, Blue Jays and Yankees star pitcher. His recent legal trouble may have locked him out of the Hall of Fame.
LeGarrette Blount PUNCHES Teammate
Déjà vu? This time around LeGarrette Blount punch won't have any serious consequences. Blount recently punched a Tennessee Titans teammate during practice.
LeGarrette Blount got into a fight with defensive end Eric Bakhtiari. Blunt was running with the ball near the goal line and that's when is helmet came off. The drill ended with pushing and shoving and then came the punch from Blount onto Bakhtiari's facemask.
Coach Jeff Fisher said that Blount later apologized but Fisher wasn't worried, he said, "It's football. It's training camp."
LeGarrette Blount was suspended last season by the University of Oregon for punching defensive Byron Hout of Boise State. He missed most of his senior season and went undrafted. Blount assured Coach Fisher that his punching days where over.
Renne Gork FIRED for Wearing the Wrong Hat!
Arkansas sport radio personality Renee Gork recently announced she was fired from KAKS for wearing a Florida Gators hat to the Arkansas Hogs news conference.
Gork had been working for KAKS radio station named Hog Sports Radio. On Saturday Gork attended the new conference where she spoke with Bobby Petrino, Arkansas football coach.
Arkansas had lots to Florida last season (23-20), so after responding to Gork's question he said, "And that will be the last question I answer with that hat on."
Did Renee Gork wear the hat on purpose and but her job at risk? Gork explained that she was a Florida graduate. It was raining and grabbed a hat, not knowing that it was her Gators hat.
Gork said she wrote an apology letter to Petrino and Arkansas University as well. After being fired Renee Gork said via Twitter:
"Was hoping to publicly apologize to coach Petrino and UA fans on the show today ... but I won't get that chance, I've been fired."
Giants Victor Cruz SICK Catch VIDEO
Giants rookie Victor Cruz scored 3 touchdowns yesterday against the Jets.
The game ended in favor of the Giants 31-16, Cruz played an outstanding game, although it was shadowed a bit when the Eli Manning injury occurred.
Cruz brought the team 3 touchdowns and one of them was a SICK catch that he caught with ONE HAND at the 64th yard!
Watch the video below:
Who is Victor Cruz? Cruz is a rookie from the University of Massachusetts. He is from Paterson, NJ and a Football Championship Subdivision program. In yesterday's game at the New Meadowlands Stadium against the Jet's, Cruz scored grabs at 64, 34 and 5 yards.
As for the Jet's, they've lost their first preseason game of the season.
Victor Cruz said after the victory:
“Growing up, watching the Giants, seeing the blue all my life, I feel like I’m dreaming right now.”
Even LeBron James took time to comment on Cruz's performance via Twitter:
“Victor Cruz going nuts on the Jets tonight on #MNF”
“Undrafted rookie from UMass. He’s gonna have a job this year for sure.”
Eli Manning Injury is BLOODY! (VIDEO)
The Giants quarter back, Eli Manning, smashed into a player face-mask spewing blood on the turf.
Eli Manning's helmet popped loose and as he fell forward hit smashes his head into DB Jim Leonhard's helmet. The crash caused a 3 inch gash on his forehead. It took 12 stitches to close it back up.
WARNING, video is BLOODY!
The team officials reported that there are no signs of concussion and X-rays came back negative. Eli Manning was sent home to rest.
However coach Tom Coughlin will have to wait for Manning's swelling to come down completely before he can put a helmet on to practice. So there is no news yet as to when Manning will be back.
Eli Manning commented about the bloody collision:
“I feel fine. I feel normal. The play was my fault. We had a run play with an option to throw a fade that I thought I might try, but Brandon was coming right up the middle. Sometimes you make a mistake and you get hit in the head. It’s preseason. You learn from it. I’ll be back as soon as I can [...]It’s not really an injury. Nothing serious. I feel like I could go back out and play right now if I had to.”
WARNING, videos are BLOODY!
Nicole Bobek Gets Probation for Drug Charges
Today former U.S figure skating champion Nicole Bobek was sentenced to 5 years of probation after pleading guilty to drug charges.
Nicole Bobek, 38, was found to be part of a methamphetamine ring in New Jersey. She pleaded guilty to having sold crystal meth. However today she is thinking positively of her probation sentence.
After her court ruling Bobek said, "Nothing but positive things can come out of this. It's been a long 1 1/2 years. I'm looking to get back onto that ice."
In addition Bobek must also serve 250 hours of community service and pay a $2,500 fine, and additional court expenses.
Bobek had a rough time growing up as figure skating was always part of her life since she was 3 years old. Although she won a title in 95' in the 98' Olympics she came in at 17th place which affected her greatly psychologically and in the end led her into the drug world.
What is Grounding a Club?
After the Dustin Johnson Bunker penalty, many are wondering, what is grounding a club?
Johnson's error was grounding his club on a bunker. Grounding is when you place your club on the ground BEFORE swinging. Now before you get more confused, this IS allowed but on safe areas such as at the tee, on the fairways or even on the rough.
Grounding is NOT allowed on sand or bunkers. So why did a pro golfer like Dustin Johnson get confused? You see the Whistling Straits gold curse has around 1,200 of these bunker areas which can easily fool a pro golfer. In Johnson's case, he believed that the bunker area was a dirt area that had been created by the spectators who where moving around.
Dustin Johnson Bunker Penalty
Many following the PGA are speaking about the recent controversy at Whistling Straits, where Dustin Johnson was penalized for grounding his club into a bunker.
The basic rules of golf prohibit you from grounding your club in a bunker, however Johnson said that he didn't realized he had gone over a bunker.
What is grounding? Grounding is when your golf club touches the ground BEFORE you swing, this is allowed in areas such as the fairway, tee and even the rough but on areas like sand it is not allowed.
Unfortunately for Johnson, Whistling Straits is knowing for having over 1,200 of these and it can even fool a pro golfer. After receiving the penalty Johnson said, “I just thought it was on a piece of dirt where the crowd had trampled [everything] down.”
However he was given a 2-stroke penalty which brought him down to 5th place. Despite Dustin Johnson being ahead of Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymar, his error caused him to be bumped down to 5th place.
California 200 Crash Leaves 8 Dead
8 people where killed in a tragic crash that occurred in the California 200 race.
As spectators watched the California 200 desert race at the Mojave Desert in Lacurene Valley, an off-road truck smashed into the crowd killing 8 people and leaving 12 injured.
The California Highway Patrol officer Joaquin Zubieta said about the crash, ""He got airborne and, when he landed, rolled over straight into the spectators. People didn't have much of a chance ... to get out of the way."
The driver responsible for the crowd was no arrested but he did have to be escorted away as people began to get rowdy and upset over the incident.
Floyd Landis Leadville 100 Bike Sold for $5
Greg Estes bought a bike with two flat tires at a yard sale for $5, but later he found out the bike he bought could be worth as much as $8,000!
Greg Estes investigated the origin of his recent purchase only to discover that the Leadville 100 bike was custom built for Floyd Landis. Landis used the bike in the Leadville 100 race in Colorado in 2007.
Greg Estes said, "It's a Cadillac of bicycles, that's for sure. It's just unreal how good it rides."