Below is crash test video of a 1978 Holden Commodore VB. Holden is an Australian car company that has been owned by GM since 1931. Holden most recently built the Chevy Lumina and Pontiac GTO. The test was conducted at 62mph instead of the usual 35mph. The purpose was not to test safety but the car's drive system, according to Autoblog.com.
Warren Skorodenski was a backup goalie with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1980's, and while his name isn't famous to anyone but a die hard (and old) Hawks fan, he had one of the coolest goalie masks in NHL history.
FoxSports and the AP bring us word that Roger Clemens' defamation suit against former trainer Brian McNamee has been once again by the original judge.
"U.S. District Court Judge Keith Ellison on Tuesday reaffirmed his earlier ruling against Clemens.
If Clemens "believes that the federal investigators or the Mitchell Commission overstepped the bounds of the law, he is free to bring suit against those enemies, subject to possible immunity," the judge said.
"This is the final nail in Clemens' Texas coffin," said Richard Emery, a McNamee attorney. He said McNamee intends to sue Clemens for defamation.
"We want Clemens to testify in New York against his former Yankee fans and see what they think of him," Emery said Wednesday."
From the New York Times:
"NASCAR confirmed Wednesday that suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamines...
""We will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jeremy Mayfield did violate the NASCAR substance abuse policy and tested positive for methamphetamines," spokesman Ramsey Poston said."
Mayfield's lawyer claims Mayfield has never used the drug and the false positive must have come from Adderall and Claritin, two innocent drugs his client does use. Then the lawyer said Mayfield doesn't look like a junkie so he can't be one...
"Diehl argued in court that Mayfield has never shown any characteristics of a meth abuser, and if he used the drug at the levels NASCAR has suggested, Mayfield would be "either a walking zombie or he's dead."
"His teeth were never rotting out, his eyes were not sunken," Diehl said. "He never displayed any characteristics that are commonly seen by everyone among people who use meth."
Mayfield is getting his day in court today to try and prove he isn't a meth user. At the same time NASCAR has to protect it's drivers, personnel, and fans from drivers who may be abusing drugs while driving two ton vehicles two-hundred miles per hour.
UPDATE: A U.S. court granted Mayfield a temporary restraining order against NASCAR and lifted his suspension on Wednesday afternoon.
A list of Major League Baseball player names has surfaced in the last 24 hours claiming to be THE list of all 103 names who failed the at-the-time anonymous drug tests taken during the 2003 season.
I don't know if the list is accurate although there are many names on there we already know were cheaters, some self admitted, some already leaked, and some named in the Mitchell Report. Many of the other players named on this list have been suspected of taking Steroids or other Performance Enhancing Drugs.
Again, this list has not been confirmed, but will create some interesting discussion.
1.Nomar Garciaparra
2.Manny Ramirez
3.Johnny Damon
4.Trot Nixon
5.David Ortiz
6.Shea Hillenbrand
7.Derek Lowe
8.Pedro Martinez
9.Brian Roberts
10.Jay Gibbons
11.Melvin Mora
12.Jerry Hairston
13.Jason Giambi
14.Alfonso Soriano
15.Raul Mondesi
16. Aaron Boone
17.Andy Pettitte
18.Jose Contreras
19.Roger Clemens
20.Carlos Delgado
21.Vernon Wells
22.Frank Catalanotto
23.Kenny Rogers
24.Magglio Ordonez
25.Sandy Alomar
26.Bartolo Colon
27.Brent Abernathy
28.Jose Lima
29.Milton Bradley
30.Casey Blake
31.Danys Baez
32.Craig Monroe
33.Dmitri Young
34.Alex Sanchez
35.Eric Chavez
36.Miguel Tejada
37.Eric Byrnes
38.Jose Guillen
39.Keith Foulke
40.Ricardo Rincon
41.Bret Boone
42.Mike Cameron
43.Randy Winn
44.Ryan Franklin
45.Freddy Garcia
46.Rafael Soriano
47.Scott Spiezio
48.Troy Glaus
49.Francisco Rodriguez
50.Ben Weber
51.Alex Rodriguez
52.Juan Gonzalez
53.Rafael Palmeiro
54.Carl Everett
55.Javy Lopez
56.Gary Sheffield
57.Mike Hampton
58.Ivan Rodriguez
59.Derrek Lee
60.Bobby Abreu
61.Terry Adams
62.Fernando Tatis
63.Livan Hernandez
64.Hector Almonte
65.Tony Armas
66.Dan Smith
67.Roberto Alomar
68.Cliff Floyd
69.Roger Cedeno
70.Jeromy Burnitz
71.Moises Alou
72.Sammy Sosa
73.Corey Patterson
74.Carlos Zambrano
75.Mark Prior
76.Kerry Wood
77.Matt Clement
78.Antonio Alfonseca
79.Juan Cruz
80.Aramis Ramirez
81.Craig Wilson
82.Kris Benson
83.Richie Sexson
84.Geoff Jenkins
85.Valerio de los Santos
86.Benito Santiago
87.Rich Aurilia
88.Barry Bonds
89.Andres Galarraga
90.Jason Schmidt
91.Felix Rodriguez
92.Jason Christiansen
93.Matt Herges
94.Paul Lo Duca
95.Shawn Green
96.Oliver Perez
97.Adrian Beltre
98.Eric Gagne
99.Guillermo Mota
100.Luis Gonzalez
101.Todd Helton
102.Ryan Klesko
103.Gary Matthews
Living in the Chicago area and being a Cubs and White Sox fan, it's disappointing to see so many Chicago players on that list. There are 18 players who played with the Cubs in 2003 or in the following years. There are 11 players who played for the White Sox since 2003, including 3 of the 5 starting pitchers from their 2005 World Series champion team. (UPDATE: A reader correctly pointed out that only 2 of the 5 White Sox 2005 starting pitchers are on the list, my mistake)
Another interesting thing is that a huge percentage, probably 90% of those players listed were or are still star players. There are very few lesser players, backups, bums, etc.
And it's also interesting that so many of those players have not only had injury problems, but almost every single one of them have had giant drops in production at some point in their career.
And one final point: Albert Pujols is not on the list. But that doesn't mean his freakish body and inhuman stats get a clean bill of health from me. Since his arrival in the majors Pujols has looked like an over sized Human Growth Hormone freak - and MLB does not test for HGH. It's against the rules, it's illegal in the U.S. without a doctor's prescription, but MLB doesn't test for it, so anyone who wants to get the benefits of steroids with fewer side effects and no current chance of being caught would just use HGH.
UPDATE: Deadspin has a post up arguing why the list isn't real.
The shit has officially hit the fan...
"The House of Representatives paused for a moment of silence Friday to mark entertainer Michael Jackson's death.
"Lawmakers briefly interrupted a debate on a global warming bill to stand in silence and honor the "King of Pop."
"Rep. Diane Watson of California rose during the debate to suggest the House "pay tribute to the culture that he has left behind, his legacy.""
Jackson's legacy includes numerous allegations of molesting children, other out of court settlements with families of children he allegedly molested, a long history of behavior that is strong evidence of mental illness, and mismanaging his own money so poorly that he reportedly died $400 million in debt.
Yet people everywhere are crying over the dead monster.
Californians should vote Diane Watson out of office for her bullshit today.
Michael Jackson, the most famous unofficial Cathlic priest in the world, has died, and his death has instantly turned into a media circus. Fans and celebrities are rushing out their eulogies for the man who not only was accused multiple times of molesting children - but who also paid families to settle molestation charges out of court - this is just too much.
Have you ever never heard someone say, "Father Flanigan molested a lot of kids, but he was a damn good priest!" Or "Father Flanigan raped my child, but the old priest had a voice from heaven!" No. So for all these people to suddenly forget or conveniently pass over Jackson's "dark side" and, and let's be honest, molesting children is not a "dark side" - it's unforgivable criminal behavior. They're missing the entire point. It's not sad that Jackson died, it's sad that he went down a monstrous path.
I would bet the victims of child molesters do not morn the death of their abusers. For society to forget that is inexcusable. Michael Jackson was a living, breathing monster. Who gives a shit if he could sing?
