Applachian State strolls into Ann Arbor’s “Big House” and downs the number five ranked University of Michigan 34-32.
Is it the biggest upset in college football history? We think so.
Wilson admits to receiving HGH (NY Daily News)
Earlier in “The Snooze,” we mentioned that New England Patriot strong safety Rodney Harrison had been suspended by the NFL for four games for obtaining/using human growth hormone (HGH).
Now it appears that an assistant coach has been ensnared in the NFL’s dragnet: Dallas Cowboys assistant Wade Wilson. Chris Mortensen mentioned on the Saturday morning edition of SportsCenter that the coach was suspended four games by the league for his involvement in this matter.
Wilson admitted receiving human growth hormone and anabolic steroids while a coach with the Chicago Bears, where he worked from 2004-2006. League officials were interested to know whether he used the drugs himself or whether he supplied them to players. Harrison admitted to receiving human growth hormone. Although the league does not test for HGH, a player can be suspended under the NFL doping policy if he admits or it can be proven that he took or possessed anything on the banned substances list.
We were really looking forward to taking a few days off. Damn it to hell!
***UPDATED at 3:10 PM ET***
According to one our faithful readers (CSD), the league suspended Wilson for five games for obtaining the HGH.
Chicago Cubs victory dance (YouTube)
We lied — we’ve got one more thing to share with you this weekend before our mini-vacation: watching Cubs fans “enjoying themselves” after yet another victory at the “Friendly Confines.” And keep an eagle eye out for the guy at the very end, who looks like he’s, um, performing liquid target practice.
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Thanks to “JWB” for the inspiring video.
The morning after Rick Ankiel knocks out a grand slam homerun to key a St. Louis rally…
The Detroit Tigers dropped a season-high 5 1/2 games back in the AL Central after a tough defeat in Oakland; Arizona coughed up a three-run lead and, not only lost an extra-inning game to Colorado, but lost sole possession of first in the NL West; the Angels continue to roll, making it only the second time in their 47-year history that they have been alone in first place at the end of every month from April through August and Cardinals outfielder Juan Encarnacion was rushed to a local St. Louis hospital after being struck by an errant foul ball off the bat of Aaron Miles while waiting on the on deck circle.
Royals 9, Twins 4 (Game 1) — In game one of their twinight doubleheader, KC’s Ross Gload homered and drove in three runs as the Royals down the Twins 9-4.
Royals 0, Twins 5 (Game 2) — Minnesota’s Scott Baker had a dream night 
on the bump: he struck out nine, flirted with a perfect game through eight innings and lost a no-hitter two batters later on a pinch hit single by Mark Sweeney. Baker ended up with a complete game, one hit shutout over the Royals, 5-0.
White Sox 5, Indians 8 — Cleveland scored two runs in the sixth and six more in the eighth to earn its seventh straight victory after being down five runs to the visiting White Sox and strolled to an 8-5 victory.
O’s 9, Red Sox 8 — Powered by Nick Markakis’ three hits — including a three-run bomb in the sixth inning — and a strong relief appearance by Kurt Birkins, the Baltimore Orioles hung on to win a wild one over the Red Sox as Fenway, 9-8.
D’Rays 9, Yankees 1 — Tampa’s Andy Sonnanstine pitched eight strong innings of two-hit ball and Carlos Pena homered twice, leading Tampa Bay to a 9-1 rout of the lethargic Yankees.
M’s 5, BlueJays 7 — The slumping Mariners lost their seventh straight game as Troy Glaus hit a two-run homer and Lyle Overbay and Alex Rios also went deep in the Toronto Blue Jays’ 7-5.
Tigers 4, A’s 5 (10 innings) — Oakland’s Dan Johnson lined the game-winning single to right with none out in the 10th inning, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Rangers 6, Angels 7 — Garret Anderson hit a two-run homer and scored the winning run on a 10th-inning infield single by Howie Kendrick, giving the Angels their fifth straight win, 7-6.
News and notes while hoping for a quick and speedy recovery for St. Louis’ Juan Encarnacion…
Chamberlain gets two for errant pitches (AP/ESPN) Yankees rookie sensation Joba Chamberlain was suspended for two games and fined $1,000 Friday, a day after he threw two 98-99 mph pitches over the head of Boston’s Kevin Youkilis. The umpire? Why Angel Hernandez, of course.
NFL suspends Harrison four games (AP/SI.com) ESPN.com initially reported that the hard-hitting strong safety Rodney Harrison was fined and suspended for obtaining — and then ingesting — HGH.
Strahan summons courage to collect $4 million (Hashmarks) ESPN’s Mark Mosley sums up the Michael Strahan situation perfectly.
Denzel’s son cut from the Rams (The FanHouse) J.D. Washington among those cut from the St. Louis Rams as NFL teams prepare to get down to the 53-man roster limit.
Sources: Frye to start for Browns (ESPN) Len Pasquarelli reports that Cleveland Browns coach Romeo Crennel is leaning heavily on tabbing Charlie Frye as his club’s starter.
Attorney for WWW says wrestlers ordered HGH (AP/ESPN) A lawyer for the entertainment organization acknowledges that ten performers were suspended for ordering human growth hormones, which violate the company’s “wellness policy.”
Editor’s note: Our “mini-vacation” starts up from here. Should anything breaking take place between now and Tuesday, we’ll do our best to at least post the information for your perusal. Until then, have a safe, holiday weekend and be careful out there.
Nifong held in criminal contempt by judge (AP/CNN)
The bungling former district attorney of Durham, North Carolina, who led the investigation into a woman’s allegations that she was raped at a 2006 Duke lacrosse team party where she was hired as a stripper, was sentenced to a day in jail due to criminal contempt of court charges.
Mike Nifong must report to jail September 7, Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III said.
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