Second thoughts
Blowout might do the trick
Clint Bowyer is third in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, trailing the leader, Jimmie Johnson, by 26 points heading into today’s race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Asked what it would take to beat Johnson for the championship, Bowyer pondered the question momentarily.
“Hit man is probably out of the order,” Bowyer said with a chuckle. “He rides his bicycle a lot. I was hoping maybe he would blow his knee or something. Nothing career-ending or anything. Maybe painful, something painful to keep him out of the car.”
Tweet seat
Philadelphia Coach Andy Reid is on the hot seat with the Eagles underachieving this season, but the beleaguered coach at least seems to be having some fun on Twitter.
“Note to the guy who put the ‘For Sale’ sign in our front yard: not funny.”
“Not that I hope we get more bad weather, but I kind of enjoyed not talking to the media for 3 days.”
“[Agent Bob] Lamonte thinks he can get me a TV gig if I get fired. Hey, I’m better looking than John Clayton.”
They said it
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III on being compared to Carolina’s Cam Newton: “I’d rather be compared to an Aaron Rodgers or a guy like that. Someone who has won Super Bowls.”
San Francisco Coach Jim Harbaugh on whether going 18 of 19 last week against Arizona put to rest questions about Alex Smith’s confidence: “I don’t think there ever was a question there. I think it’s just a lot of gobble gobble turkey. Just gobble gobble turkey from jive turkey gobblers. That paints a pretty good picture of it.”
Snowbound
Lindsey Vonn, a four-time overall women’s World Cup champion, requested to enter the men’s downhill Nov. 24 at Lake Louise, Alberta, six days before the women race on the same course, but the International Ski Federation seems to have a problem with the whole crossgender thing.
“It’s very clear,” FIS secretary general Sarah Lewis told The Associated Press in a telephone interview after the FIS council met Saturday. “It’s called the men’s World Cup and the ladies’ World Cup. The men race the men’s World Cup and the ladies race the ladies’ World Cup.”
Just in case that’s too ambiguous, Lindsey, the answer appears to be no.
Quiet, please
Michael Vick thinks the media is at least partially to blame for the Philadelphia Eagles’ 3-4 start this season and would like them to please shut up.
“You guys create a lot of turmoil for us, sometimes,” the quarterback said Saturday. “It’s cool, man. We just got to battle through it. The quieter you all can be, the easier it is for us to concentrate, focus as individuals as a unit, as a team, as an organization.”
Cheesy
Green Bay Packers fans can rest easy now, and it isn’t because the Packers’ running game has improved.
Instead, it’s because of the Cheesehead Bed, which looks like a block of cheese and is offered by Milwaukee’s Verlo Mattress Factory.
What’s next? The Terrible Towel Rack?