Friday, July 18, 2008

Rampage Jackson hospitalized; Mike Barwis stresses speed at Michigan

The Zone Blitz blog has an interesting story about Tommie Smith and John Carlos - the two Olympic track stars from the 1968 games...interestingly, both were drafted by NFL teams...
  • The Zone Blitz


  • Happy Second Birthday to G-Money over at The Money Shot Blog...
  • The Money Shot


  • Dan Arritt of The Los Angeles Times writes about UCF fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson who was hospitalized... "Popular mixed martial artist Quinton "Rampage" Jackson was hospitalized Wednesday for a mental health evaluation after acquaintances flagged down a patrol car outside his Irvine home, telling police they were concerned for his well-being." ...
  • Dan Arritt


  • Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times writes about Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster... "We're only 96 days from Game 1 of the World Series, 14 weeks from the unspeakable Cubbie dream, and I've yet to make fun of Ryan Dempster." ...
  • Jay Mariotti


  • Dennis Dodd from CBS Sports Line writes how speed will be the new mantra at Michigan... "That's what gets Barwis going -- the physical change. Everywhere. He and Rich Rod took one look at Michigan's weight room in December and decided to gut it. It was outdated for their needs. Six weeks and more than $1 million later, there were machines in the building that a layman would never recognize. To get to the weight room, players passed under a sign with a bold proclamation: Through these doors walks the best-conditioned, hardest-working team in America." ...
  • Dennis Dodd
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