Posting Pacman Jones stories are becoming increasingly tedious, so I have included all the background on his story at the bottom of the post so I can get straight to the juicy point. From NewsChannel 5 in Nashville, Tennessee we have perhaps the most amazing twist to the Pacman Jones saga.

In one of the greater ironies in life, convicted drug dealer and friend of Pacman, Darryl Moore, who made his living by selling illegal products on a daily basis, had enough sense to know that his friend Pacman Jones was on the wrong path. Here are some of the incredible quotes (made by the convicted drug dealer about Pacman) from a wiretap obtained by NewsChannel 5:

“We gotta slow down, man. We gotta get him focused on football, man. He’s focused on too much other s****,”….”You know, I was talkin’ to him the other day about smokin’, and he was like ‘man, if I didn’t smoke I couldn’t take all the stress that I’m dealing with right now,’”…”Fisher’s being as patient as a m*****f***** as he can. Fisher gotta win. Fisher trying to win…He ain’t putting up with that s***,”…”He gotta concentrate on season…that ******* drug test coming up,” he said. “We telling him he needed 33 days before he took his ******* test; dry-out, and he didn’t…that’s let me know right there that he ain’t taking his ****** job serious.”

And for the #1 answer on our list of Top 10 ways to know you’re ‘effin up — a convicted drug dealer is looking out for you — insane!!!

Background:

It appears as if Pacman Jones has a strong involvement in the shooting at a strip club in Las Vegas last week in which three people were wounded, one of whom was paralyzed (you can visit ESPN 760 to listen to Evan Cohen’s interview with the parents of one of the shooting victims). Before that, Pacman had a court case dismissed in which he was accused of spitting on a woman at a club. During that same court session, Pacman said he had learned his lesson and was done with trouble. Previously, Pacman had other trouble at clubs and was in court on public drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges. Additionally, Pacman’s ties to a drug dealer led to his car getting confiscated — which he eventually bought back. John Czarnecki of Foxsports.com said in his blog that the Titans were warned about Pacman’s troubles and still drafted him (via NFL Fanhouse). The Tennessean suggests that it will be difficult to prove that Pacman was criminally involved in the Las Vegas shooting.

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Lifetime is known as television for women. Their programming is filled with shows such as Designing Women, Golden Girls, Gay, Straight, or Taken?, How Clean Is Your House?, and Cheerleader Nation.

NFL Network is the home for football 24/7, also known as television for men. Their programming is filled with shows such as NFL Total Access, NFL Gameday, NFL Replay, NFL Draft, and NFL Scoreboard. Notice a theme?

That’s why it was so hard for me to figure out exactly what the NFL Network was trying to accomplish with their coverage of the combine this weekend. Exactly who was their was target audience?

One after another, players came out sorted by position, wearing nothing but boxers, and they proceeded to get felt-up like male strippers at a bachelorette party full of horny divorcees.

They entered the room, knees shaking, millions of dollars hanging on the measurement of every quarter inch. Kevin Kolb, followed by Troy Smith, followed by Trent Edwards, followed by JaMarcus Russell…all half-naked, all getting their height measured right down to the quarter-hundreth of a centimeter, wingspan taken, and sperm count measured. OK, maybe no sperm count, but nearly everything else was considered.

I’m sorry, I may be interested in a quarterback’s vital stats and completion percentage, but I don’t need to be in the doctor’s office when you’re measuring the dude’s johnson — comprende?

A little advice to NFL Network: let me know when you’ll be airing fully-clothed sessions of these players running passing drills and then I’ll tune in. Until that point, count me out.

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Don’t think I’ve been neglecting you here on the site…I’ve put together links to some stuff I did over the past few days that appeared elsewhere

At MLB Fanhouse:

• Giants American Idol
• Randy Johnson scared of the media
• Brian Sabean’s job in jeopardy
• Todd Helton’s bulked up

At NBX:

• The Larry Brown Show (podcast) & show guide

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Snap, I can’t believe what I just saw…the girlfriend left the TV on E! so I’m watching the replay of the Academy Awards Red Carpet show. Of course it’s your typical show of Ryan Seacrest interviewing celebs, asking a few questions, and getting designers wet by asking who made the dress…you know, things that us guys really care about.

In the middle of the interviews, Seacrest begins to hobnob with a familiar looking, wanna-be cool bald dude about their ties and how they’re bringing the skinny tie back. Again, things us guys really care about (Michael Irvin and Shannon Sharpe non-withstanding).

So imagine my surprise to hear Seacrest mention something about movies from a long time ago…namely Bad News Bears. And then it hit me! That’s Kelly effin’ Leak on the Red Carpet.

Apparently he threw the cigarettes, leather jacket, and motorcycle aside and was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his role in Little Children. Incredible! Oh yeah, Kelly’s known to the rest of the world as Jackie Earle Haley in case you were wondering.

UPDATE: A friend informed me that this story “has been in the news for a long time.”  (Sports Gone South had it a month ago). I didn’t think I was the first one to notice this, but I still figured it was worth sharing with you all…besides, I’m a sports guy, you don’t really think I’m up-to-date on my entertainment news, do you?

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Chest bumps for Brian Cook at The Fanhouse, Georgia Sports Blog, and Kit Kitchens for these creations…I’ve already shown the SEC coaches as South Park characters…and now I present, the ACC coaches as South Park characters

This one is completely up-to-date — Shannon, Jagodzinski, Butch Davis are all featured.  That Frank Beamer is spot on.  That Bobby Bowden is one of my favorites too, I’m diggin’ the ‘locs. 

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Last year’s record and finish are in parenthesis with projected improvement/decline indicated by plus or minus.

Colorado Rockies (76-86, T-4th in NL West)3 games

Get Crunked: LF Matt Holliday and 3B Garrett Atkins have emerged as some of the premier sluggers at their positions, posting some serious power and average numbers last year, and they’re just 26 and 27 years old respectively. Brian Fuentes is an All-Star closer, and Jeff Francis could be the best starter the franchise has ever had, which I realize is on par with being the skinniest person at the fat-farm.

Party Foul: The squad is pretty weak up-the-middle.  None of the potential catchers (Chris Ianetta, Javy Lopez, Yorvit Torrealba) are impressive, rookie SS Troy Tulowitzki may have been brought up ahead of schedule (just over 500 minor league at-bats), 2B Kaz Matsui leaves a lot to be desired offensively, and CF Willy Taveras doesn’t get on-base enough for a speedy lead-off man.  Â

What’d my GM do: The most notable move was trading Jason Jennings to Houston for CF Willy Taveras and SP Jason Hirsh. O’Dowd took a few gambles on the starting rotation by signing Brian Lawrence who missed all of last year with an injury, and trading for Rodrigo Lopez who lost a major league worst 18 games last year (but was an All-Star in ‘04). He also signed C Javy Lopez to a cheap one year deal which could pay dividends if Javy can still slug. Oh yeah, he also just brought in Steve Finley.Â

Lay it on me Straight: It’s not like the Rockies are a bad club, not to say that they’re a good one either, but they just didn’t make enough moves to keep up with the rest of the division. The pitching is a problem like always, although it’s better than past years, but the offense isn’t as good as it used to be, which evens things out.Â

So where my boys gonna finish right now: Last in the NL West, but they’ll be within striking range of 4th place. Other people are more optimistic about the season.

Can we be better than that: Probably not. I don’t think there’s a whole lot that’s going to change where the Rockies finish this year.Â

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