MANHATTAN – Fans of the Kansas State Wildcat basketball team angrily donated more than 200 coats and other articles of winter clothing before the Wildcats win over Texas A&M on Tuesday. The donations came as part of a clothing drive at Bramlage Coliseum for the homeless in and around the college town.
Dozens upon dozens of fans poured through the donation line with coats, hats, scarves and gloves, and nearly all were scowl-faced and grumbling about the referees, the media, the Kansas Jayhawks, or some other perceived slight against their school.
One fan, Douglas Haake, went so far as to bring a Kansas State Wildcat winter coat and a Jayhawk scarf. After placing the coat in the donation basket, he proceeded to pull out a lighter and set flame to the Jayhawk scarf, causing a huge uproar of cheers from the surrounding crowd.
“Knowing there are homeless people in Manhattan makes me so angry,” said Haake, gritting his teeth . “But I’m pretty sure anyone living in Manhattan would rather freeze to death than wear a gay Jayhawk scarf.”
Linda Goodman, who runs the homeless shelter in Manhattan expressed her gratitude to the students and fans at Kansas State, but was also appalled at the overwhelming sense of anger and frustration in the fans.
“Don’t get me wrong, this is a wonderful blessing and will help many survive the bitter cold nights this winter, but my goodness, some of those fans were really mean,” said Goodman. “One said he’d only donate if I could guarantee him it wouldn’t go to ‘the blind, brainless, nutless zebra who’s trying to screw the Wildcats on the court.’”
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Pioli’s plan just missing a few Hall of Fame pieces
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli took two steps closer to his overall goal of world domination building another Super Bowl team, when he signed former New England offensive coordinator Charlie Weis and defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel to those respective positions with the Chiefs.
Those signings leave Pioli just a few pieces short, namely, a future Hall of Fame head coach, future Hall of Fame quarterback, the entire offensive line and five or six All-Pro players on defense.
During an interview to discuss the new coordinators, Pioli said a Super Bowl was nearly within his grasp.
“I’ve done this one step at a time. Last year, we acquired a kicker who appears to be reliable and we way overpaid a quarterback who has no business starting in the NFL,” said Pioli. “This year, we’ve got our coordinators in place. Now, all we need is for someone to injure Matt Cassel and our back up be an undiscovered future Hall of Famer who will bring this team together in a way no one has ever seen in the history of football. It’s pretty simple when you think about it. Oh, and we need to fire Todd Haley and hire Bill Belichick.”
Those signings leave Pioli just a few pieces short, namely, a future Hall of Fame head coach, future Hall of Fame quarterback, the entire offensive line and five or six All-Pro players on defense.
During an interview to discuss the new coordinators, Pioli said a Super Bowl was nearly within his grasp.
“I’ve done this one step at a time. Last year, we acquired a kicker who appears to be reliable and we way overpaid a quarterback who has no business starting in the NFL,” said Pioli. “This year, we’ve got our coordinators in place. Now, all we need is for someone to injure Matt Cassel and our back up be an undiscovered future Hall of Famer who will bring this team together in a way no one has ever seen in the history of football. It’s pretty simple when you think about it. Oh, and we need to fire Todd Haley and hire Bill Belichick.”
Frank Martin gets call of support from Charlie Sheen
MANHATTAN – Kansas State basketball coach Frank Martin today received a call from television star Charlie Sheen, offering words of encouragement to the embattled coach.
Martin, who came under fire this weekend after being caught on tape smacking one of his players, said he’s been inundated with calls of support from coaches, fans and especially celebrities, such as Tom Sizemore, Chris Brown and, of course, Sheen.
Sheen has a history of alleged violence against women, including recent accusations that he held a knife to his wife’s throat and threatened to have her killed. However, he has apparently made amends with his wife, who has requested that the recent restraining order against him be dropped.
“He just said that he understood what I was going through, and that by apologizing, professing my love for Chris (Merrieweather) and promising to never to it again, I was guaranteeing myself a free pass this time, and possibly next time it happens,” said Martin. “It was good to hear from a guy like Charlie, who’s dealt with this sort of thing a lot. I’ve got his number now, so next time it happens I can give him a call first.”
Martin said he’s trying to put the incident behind him, but that he’s flattered so many famous people have reached out. There was one call, however, that Martin decided not to take.
“OJ Simpson called yesterday morning. I let that one go to voicemail.”
Martin, who came under fire this weekend after being caught on tape smacking one of his players, said he’s been inundated with calls of support from coaches, fans and especially celebrities, such as Tom Sizemore, Chris Brown and, of course, Sheen.
Sheen has a history of alleged violence against women, including recent accusations that he held a knife to his wife’s throat and threatened to have her killed. However, he has apparently made amends with his wife, who has requested that the recent restraining order against him be dropped.
“He just said that he understood what I was going through, and that by apologizing, professing my love for Chris (Merrieweather) and promising to never to it again, I was guaranteeing myself a free pass this time, and possibly next time it happens,” said Martin. “It was good to hear from a guy like Charlie, who’s dealt with this sort of thing a lot. I’ve got his number now, so next time it happens I can give him a call first.”
Martin said he’s trying to put the incident behind him, but that he’s flattered so many famous people have reached out. There was one call, however, that Martin decided not to take.
“OJ Simpson called yesterday morning. I let that one go to voicemail.”
Report: Glass instructed Moore to ‘Prove a point’ about spending money
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Unnamed sources inside the Kansas City Royals organization today revealed the past four seasons have been nothing more than a conspiracy cooked up by Royals’ owner David Glass and General Manager Dayton Moore.
The plan, which including spending money on horrible free agents was put in place to “teach the fans a lesson” that money doesn’t always equal success.
According to the reports, Glass had grown tired of being accused of all of the Royals troubles for his failure to spend any money on free agents during the tenure of former General Manager Allard Baird. After firing Baird, Glass reached out to Moore, promising him the General Manager job, a 100 percent increase in payroll, and a good parking spot, if Moore would promise to continually spend money on horrible free agents.
“People kept saying the Royals would win if (Glass) would just spend the money on free agents,” said a source, who refused to be named for fear of his job. “Mr. Glass took those accusations personally and really wanted to prove that even if he spent money, the Royals were still going to be very bad.”
Since his arrival, Moore has thrown millions of dollars at questionable free agents, even while better, cheaper opportunities were available. Since becoming general manager, he’s overpaid for players such as Jose Guillen, Kyle Farnsworth, Ron Mahay and Yasuhiko Yabuta.
Even his successes have been by accident.
“Dayton gave Gil Meche $55 million. This is an injury-prone pitcher who, in eight years, had only started at least 30 games twice, and was, at best marginal,” said the source. “Meche was supposed to be a disaster, instead, he comes to Kansas City and pitches at his value for two-plus years.”
Thus far, Glass’s plan is working to perfection. The Royals continue to toil at the bottom of the American League, despite an increase in payroll of nearly $25 million. Despite saying he had almost no payroll flexibility this off season, Moore has continued to bring in expensive, sub-par free agents, such as Scott Podsednik and 52-year old Jason Kendall.
“When Mr. Glass decides to prove a point, he doesn’t stop until it’s hammered into everyone’s mind,” said the source. “This is likely to continue until the fans apologize and ask him to stop spending more money.”
The plan, which including spending money on horrible free agents was put in place to “teach the fans a lesson” that money doesn’t always equal success.
According to the reports, Glass had grown tired of being accused of all of the Royals troubles for his failure to spend any money on free agents during the tenure of former General Manager Allard Baird. After firing Baird, Glass reached out to Moore, promising him the General Manager job, a 100 percent increase in payroll, and a good parking spot, if Moore would promise to continually spend money on horrible free agents.
“People kept saying the Royals would win if (Glass) would just spend the money on free agents,” said a source, who refused to be named for fear of his job. “Mr. Glass took those accusations personally and really wanted to prove that even if he spent money, the Royals were still going to be very bad.”
Since his arrival, Moore has thrown millions of dollars at questionable free agents, even while better, cheaper opportunities were available. Since becoming general manager, he’s overpaid for players such as Jose Guillen, Kyle Farnsworth, Ron Mahay and Yasuhiko Yabuta.
Even his successes have been by accident.
“Dayton gave Gil Meche $55 million. This is an injury-prone pitcher who, in eight years, had only started at least 30 games twice, and was, at best marginal,” said the source. “Meche was supposed to be a disaster, instead, he comes to Kansas City and pitches at his value for two-plus years.”
Thus far, Glass’s plan is working to perfection. The Royals continue to toil at the bottom of the American League, despite an increase in payroll of nearly $25 million. Despite saying he had almost no payroll flexibility this off season, Moore has continued to bring in expensive, sub-par free agents, such as Scott Podsednik and 52-year old Jason Kendall.
“When Mr. Glass decides to prove a point, he doesn’t stop until it’s hammered into everyone’s mind,” said the source. “This is likely to continue until the fans apologize and ask him to stop spending more money.”
Kansas Jayhawks fan telling everyone that was a “good loss”. No. Really.
SALINA – Junior College student and avid Kansas Jayhawks basketball fan Ryan Hartley spent all day on Monday telling everyone the Jayhawks’ loss to Tennessee was, “good for the team.”
The Jayhawks, who went into Sunday’s game in Knoxville undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the nation, looked sluggish and slow, losing to a Tennessee Volunteers basketball team that was playing with just six scholarship players after an incident caused coach Bruce Pearl to suspend four players.
This came on the heels of a near-disastrous game at home against Cornell last Wednesday, when the Jayhawks needed a herculean-effort from Sherron Collins to avoid one of the worst upsets in the program’s history.
Despite losing to a team that would have had to forfeit a slow-pitch softball game, Hartley said the game would help get the Jayhawks focused for conference.
“Every coach will tell you, you always want to lose a game or two,” said Hartley. “Losses aren’t one step backwards, they’re two steps forward. Losing is a good thing. You don’t want to be ranked No. 1 all season, that’s too much pressure. They’ll focus on what they need to improve on. Or it’ll light a fire under them. Or that test will give them experience in the tournament. I was actually rooting against them, so I was happy to see them lose. Seriously, I lit up a victory cigar. That’s how good of a loss it was. I definitely didn’t skip dinner then cry myself to sleep.”
The Jayhawks, who went into Sunday’s game in Knoxville undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the nation, looked sluggish and slow, losing to a Tennessee Volunteers basketball team that was playing with just six scholarship players after an incident caused coach Bruce Pearl to suspend four players.
This came on the heels of a near-disastrous game at home against Cornell last Wednesday, when the Jayhawks needed a herculean-effort from Sherron Collins to avoid one of the worst upsets in the program’s history.
Despite losing to a team that would have had to forfeit a slow-pitch softball game, Hartley said the game would help get the Jayhawks focused for conference.
“Every coach will tell you, you always want to lose a game or two,” said Hartley. “Losses aren’t one step backwards, they’re two steps forward. Losing is a good thing. You don’t want to be ranked No. 1 all season, that’s too much pressure. They’ll focus on what they need to improve on. Or it’ll light a fire under them. Or that test will give them experience in the tournament. I was actually rooting against them, so I was happy to see them lose. Seriously, I lit up a victory cigar. That’s how good of a loss it was. I definitely didn’t skip dinner then cry myself to sleep.”
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