Becoming Mr. Relevant

The last player pick in the draft is known as "Mr. Irrelevant"...a promotion started back in 1976 when the good folks of Newport Beach decided to invite him for a weekend celebration figuring it would be his one time in the Sun.

Not so for South Carolina kicker Ryan Succop... the 256th and final pick of the draft. Yesterday he kicked the winning field goal in overtime. The Chiefs upset the Steelers 27-to-24.

And yes. His last name is "Suck-up"...and he had to learn to fight at an early age. And his whole life he will have to hear..."So that's how you got the job."

The Little Lady Chimes In

The pressure is growing for 80 year old Bobby Bowden to retire as the end of the season. He wants to coach one more year.

Now his wife Anne has weighed in; saying..."You know, we don't need the university as much as they need us. If they want to pull that trick...we'll just shake the dirt off our feet and go to Europe or go on a long cruise or something."

And she adds..."They'll have to fire him for him not to go another year. If they've got guts enough to do it....let them do it."

Bobby probably said, "Dahlin'. 'precciate your support. But let's just leave it alone now."

Deer Hunting the Easy Way

And Mark Bree of Viroqua in Southwest Wisconsin landed a seven point buck...without leaving the house. He wasn't even deer hunting. He found the deer dead on his lawn....after he had apparently mistaken a concrete elk lawn statue for the real thing. And smashed heads and antlers. The deceased weighed 180 pounds. The buffed and bulked lawn ornament weighs 640!

Bambi gave it his best shot. The statue was lying on its side.


Can't make this up. It became legal when the game warden tagged it with "Lawn Ornament Fight. Dash. Lost."

An Attack On King James Court

Cavaliers superstar LeBron James has ripped Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards for allegedly assaulting a friend of his outside a Cleveland bar. LeBron's buddy is 5-7. He says the the 6-3, 215 pound Edwards knew it was his friend. And punched him because he is jealous of LeBron.

Out of habit...David Letterman apologized for the incident.

Wedding Bell Blue

Now the Web Site TMZ still insists Lamar and Khloe aren't legally married. They're still working on the pre-nuptual agreement.

I wonder if Lamar has any incentive clauses.?

Not going there.

Ochocinco Strikes Again

Remember Sunday how Bengals wide receiver Ocho-Cinco..(his legal name)...made good on his promise to leap into the end zone-stands in Green Bay if he scored a touchdown? And what were the odds there were three Bengals fans there to catch him? Pretty good. He had twittered that he would like some friendly folks there to cover him. The trio volunteered. Ocho got them tickets.

There was only one incident. Mike Bergs says...."I got punched by a girl! How embarrassing is that?"

Actually, Mike. In Los Angeles that usually costs extra so you got a bargain.

That Whacky New Laker

You would think Ron Artest would want people to forget that night in 2004 when he went into the stands in suburban Detroit... after a guy that threw beer at him. He was with the Pacers at the time. And set off a brawl that got him suspended for the season.
But no. He used his twitter network to locate the beer chunker; His name is John Green. But Ron wasn't looking to resume the brawl....but to bury the hatchet.

Ron says they "vibed"... and will probably travel around the country doing urban outreach for inner city kids.

I'm sure they'll appear on talk shows. But Ron. Larry. I'd avoid the "Jerry Springer Show."