The NFL suspended Donte' Stallworth indefinitely for this upcoming season after he coped a plea for 30 days in jail for killing a guy with his while driving drunk. Under commissioner Goodell's new NFL that was the right thing to do, Stallworth does not deserve to play one down of football this entire year. Stallworth was celebrating his multi-million dollar roster bonus that he received from the Cleveland Browns and you're telling me he couldn't afford a cab or to pay someone to drive him home. The NFL has a policy setup where the players can call a number when at a club and they will get a taxi ride for free no questions asked, why don't any of these guys use the darned thing, I guess the theory is that it could be used against them come negotiation time but whats more important a few extra dollars or yours or someone else's life. Getting a DUI with that kind of money is just plain ignorant and should not be tolerated and I hope that Stallworth never sees the field again.
The U.S. Open was rained out yesterday so the players will try to fit 2 days of golf into one day. Mother nature prevented Tiger Woods from getting off to a fast start with the rain ending his day tied 12th at +1 after 6 holes. The leaders are Jeff Brehaut, Johan Edfors, and Andrew Parr at-1 with Brehaut finishing 11 holes. Phil Mickelson didn't even get a chance to start with the rain cancelling the day after only 3 and a half hours of play.
The NHL awards were last night and Alexander Ovechkin took the MVP award over Evgeni Malkin and Pavel Datsyuk. Ovechkin won the Hart award overwhelmingly over Malkin and Datsyuk and is the first repeat winner since Dominik Hasek won the award in 1997 and 98 for the Buffalo Sabres. Alex the Great also won the NHL Players' Association's Lester B. Pearson Award, which is voted on by the players themselves. Datsyuk would not walk away empty handed winning the Lady Bing Trophy for displaying gentlemanly play and skill and he also won the Selke Trophy for being the league's best defensive foward. Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas won the Vezina Trophy for the league's top goalie, fellow Bruin Zdeno Chara won the Norris trophy for being the best defenseman in the league, and Bruins coach Claude Julien won the Jack Adams award as the top coach in the NHL. Columbus goalie Steve Mason helped lead his team to their first ever playoff bid ever and was rewarded by winning Calder trophy for the NHL's rookie of the year. Evgeni Malkin may have walked away empty handed but at least he won the biggest trophy of them all just about a week ago, that would be the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe. GO PENGUINS!
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