Sports Turkeys

A Strange Slant on Humor

Before the Olympics in China, the Spanish men's basketball team posed for a team photo with each of the 15 members pulling back on the skin of their eyelids in a slant-eyed pose. The host country wasn't amused.

 

From the "Put That Thing Away" Department

FOX 9 aired a full frontal locker-room shot of Minnesota Viking Visanthe Shiancoe.

 

A-Rod A-Roid?

New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs.

 

Now If I Were Getting a Half-Million A Game, That'd be Another Story

Miffed that he wasn't starting, Stephon Marbury, at the time with the New York Knicks, refused to enter a game when asked by the coach to take the court. He was being paid $400,000 per game to play.

 

Dubai Organizers Peer-less in Bad Judgement

Organizers for the women's pro tennis tournament held in Dubai were fined $300,000 for barring Israeli player Shahar Peer from competing there for security reasons.

 

In Fact, I Might Be the Most Humble Guy Ever

Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young, while discussing how he feels the media has treated him unfairly, told reporters, "I'm a great guy; a great, humble guy."

 

Williamson Would Have to Catch Him First, So ... Impossible

Former Vikings wide receiver Troy Williamson told the media he'd like to fight Vikings coach Brad Childress.

 

The Most Believable Cover Story Ever

When Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was taken to the hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh with his own handgun at a New York nightclub, he told doctors his name was "Harris Smith" and that he'd been shot in an Applebee's.

 

There's No Signing In Baseball

The Washington Nationals disciplined its center field Elijah Dukes for arriving five minutes late to a team workout after signing autographs for kids at a Little League game.

 

Lou May Be a Good Speaker But So Was Mussolini

ESPN football analyst Lou Holtz said about the head coach of Michigan that he may be a leader of men, but "you know, Hitler was a great leader, too."

 

 

Teams That Can't Spell

Fans Have Been Saying They've Been Missing Their "O" For a While

The run-challenged Washington Nationals sent two of its players on the field with jerseys that read "Natinals" during a game.

 

Maybe That's Why They Kept Throwing the Ball to the Wrong Team

The Minnesota Timberwolves handed out posters on its "Reading to Succeed" promotional night with the team's name spelled "Woves."  L&P