Somethings don’t change much after high school… Buffalo Bills player David Nelson scored a touchdown and gave the ball to his cheerleader girlfriend on the Dallas Cowboys. Unfortunately, it would be the only touchdown for the Bills who lost, 44-7 to Dallas.
Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault on two separate occasions, but the guy has gotten me a lot of points for my fantasy football team, so here is a story how the Pittsburgh quarterback is donating training and equipment for a police dog in Norwood, Ohio.
The Steelers quarterback went to college at Miami University outside of Cincinnati and is giving back to the community. Ironically enough, the Steelers play the Cincinnati Bengals this Sunday but don’t expect support from Who Dey Fans, Lt. Ronald Murphy of the Norwood Police department told WXRC “It is a nice thing. Steeler week. I’m not a fan of the Steelers but I am a fan of Ben Roethlisberger this week.”
The police dog will complete training at the end of next year and will be used to sniff out suspects and drugs. The cost of the program for a police dog is about $7,000. Is this enough to get him out of the dog house?
There are a lot of great musicians from Detroit, Bob Segar, Kid Rock, Aretha Franklin, Alice Cooper, Madonna… but Nickleback is not one of them. So Detroiters did not act so kindly when it was announced Nickleback would perform at the annual Thanksgiving Detroit Lions game.
Fans started an online petition protesting the gig and collected 10,000 signatures in just 24-hours. After years of bad teams and a 2008 0-16 season, the Thanksgiving Classic will be competitive, as the 6-2 Lions face the undefeated Green Bay Packers. Detroit battled critics to keep their Thanksgiving game, after NFL fans rallied to rotate teams on an annual basis with a playoff contender.
With the nation watching the Lions, the petition begs the league to reconsider: “The Lions ought to think about their fans before choosing such an awful band to play at halftime.”
Besides the members of Nickelback are Canadian anyway who celebrate Thanksgiving in early October.
Will the real Kirk Morrison please stand up? After a number change when Kirk Morrison was traded from Oakland to Buffalo earlier this year, the veteran linebacker wanted to change his Twitter handle from @KirkMorrison55 to @KirkMorrison… only problem was 20-year old Canadian student Kirk Morrison was already tweeting under @KirkMorrison.