5. Philadelphia parking lots » They flip the bird to opposing teams’ buses. Now they slash the tires of cars with Quebec license plates. Yep, a Montreal Canadiens beat writer committed the grave sin of showing up in his own car. The nerve. What else were enraged Flyers fans supposed to do? If they let this pass without an incident, they’re just inviting people to think, you know, that they’re civil.
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4. Daunte Culpepper to the UFL? » Yep. But he feels good because this is a promotion from his last stop, the Detroit Lions. He’ll also be reunited with coach Dennis Green. Which means we can say this: They are who we thought they were. In other words, done.
3. Alex Semin’s future » Nicklas Backstrom receives a 10-year, $67-million contract. Semin can’t be happy about this considering this is the sort of deal he wanted, and couldn’t get. And, really, after another sterling postseason effort Semin clearly has a lot of leverage don’t you think?
2. Hanley Ramirez » Did you see the Florida shortstop, uh, run after a ball that bounced away from him Monday night? We haven’t seen that sort of effort since Albert Haynesworth in the second of a two-a-day practice. Now Ramirez is being benched until he apologizes for his effort. Not that he gets it; of his manager, Fredi Gonzalez, Ramirez said, “He never played in the big leagues. That’s fine.” Yep, gonna be a fun year in Florida.
1. Darnell Dockett » He took a shower live on Ustream, apparently to win a $1,000 bet. Yes, you can now start the jokes about him being in hot water. But, hey, at least he came clean about it.
