Donovan McNabb Pulls a Giant Prank
At the spur of the moment, it seemed like the thing to do.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb scrambled out of bounds in the waning moments of his team’s playoff victory over the Giants.
While over there, he spotted one of the Giants’ team phone. So he picked it up and feigned a quick conversation.
Funny stuff, for sure, but this was a serious breach of NFL decorum. Fox broadcasters Joe Buck and Troy Aikman were horrified.
What was he thinking?
“I’m gonna get ripped,” McNabb told Yahoo! Sports. “That is the story of my life. It’s something to talk about: ‘Donovan, what an idiot.’ ”
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
Questions to ponder while eagerly anticipating Rickey Henderson’s Hall of Fame speech:
- If Jim Rice is a Hall of Famer, why isn’t Andre Dawson? Wasn’t The Hawk a much better all-around player? (Too bad this Internet campaign failed.)
- What does Lee Smith have to do to get more love? Do voters believe all those games saved themselves?
- Isn’t it time to show closers a little more love?
- And why is there no place in Cooperstown for Tommy John and his famous elbow ligament?
DOES THIS EXPLAIN JAKE DELHOMME?
This is just one theory of what went wrong for Carolina’s interception-prone quarterback.
STEINBRENNER HE’S NOT
Had Mark Cuban bought the Cubs, he wasn’t going to tap his personal wealth to obliterate the Cardinals and Astros. Or so he wrote in Blog Maverick:
“I had no intentions of trying to outspend the Yankees or Red Sox. There was no reason to. I didn’t have to beat either of those teams unless I made it to the World Series. The only teams I had to be better than were those in the National League, and more importantly, those in my division. There were no big spending rivals close to home, so the AL East could spend themselves silly. My plans were to spend to win, not to spend for spending’s sake. IMHO, the money I could save being in the 2nd tier of payroll could be invested in scouting and development.”
QUIPS ‘R US
Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:
Mike Klis, Denver Post, on the Broncos’ youthful hire: “(Pat) Bowlen picked (Josh) McDaniels even though there’s not a responsible bartender in Colorado who wouldn’t first greet the Broncos coach by asking to see his ID. McDaniels is three years younger than Broncos center Casey Wiegmann and five years younger than injured center Tom Nalen, who is expected to retire anyway.”
Dan Daly, Washington Times: “Was anyone else annoyed by Oklahoma’s offensive routine - line up quickly, then pause and look to the sideline for the play? It was like watching Sergio Garcia stand over a golf ball a few years back - constantly regripping his club, unable (or unwilling) to start his swing.”
Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle: “Tiger Woods might have to adapt his swing because of his surgically repaired knee. But nobody is better suited to tinkering with his swing. Tiger can change his swing faster than Superman changes his underwear.”
Greg Cote, Miami Herald: “Did you notice the religious Tebow had written ‘John 3:16’ on the eye black he wore? I hauled out my dog-eared Bible to refresh myself on the passage, and sure enough it made sense. It’s the one that reads, ‘For God so loved the world that He gave me Percy Harvin.’’”
MEGAPHONE
“I’ve just been chalking it up to the Braves have bigger fish to fry. But it seems like somebody keeps coming along and eating all our fish.”
Braves slugger Chipper Jones, complaining to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about his team’s Hot Stove League campaign to date.
I don’t think McNabb picking up that phone was that big of a deal. People should get over it. If someone on the Giants didn’t like it then go out there between the lines and hit him in the mouth.
Cuban is a goofball and sometimes has no class or decorum, but you can’t say the dude is stupid.
Chipper Jones sounds like he plays for the Cardinals.