Chad Ochocinco has become the latest star to bare his impressive physique—and tats, of course—for PETA’s “Ink, Not Mink” campaign. So why does The Ultimate Catch want you to reject fur? “To tell you the truth, when I was younger growing up, I thought it was all fake―they didn’t really kill animals,” Chad said. “So once I found out what really happens, I had the opportunity to do this, so I really wanted to become part of it. “But I wanted to get involved with the campaign basically because I’m an avid animal lover. You know, I have pets of my own―I’ve had them since I was a little kid. Animals always want to pick you up, no matter what.” [The PETA Files]
- Montreal Car Thieves Can Be Despicable Bastards. A mere hours after the funeral during which Line Burns mourned the death of her husband, legendary coach Pat Burns, who died November 19th after a lengthy battle with cancer, she awoke Tuesday morning to find that her car had been broken into overnight and several irreplaceable pieces of memorabilia, keepsakes and miscellaneous family keepsakes were stolen. [Sportress of Blogitude]
- Rex Ryan on this week’s game against New England. “I just think he (Bill Belichick) is the best coach in football. He’s got the track record, he’s got the rings, we’ve had to go against them, he’s one of the few coaches that I’ve actually stolen things from (Host: Like what?) Like looking at some of the defenses that he will run and I will be like ‘oh, that’s good.’ He’s a must-see guy for me that I would watch around the league. He was one of the guys that I would watch, him and Dick LeBeau. He’s always a smart guy the way he watches tape, the way he studies everything, and the thing I appreciate about him is that he’s a real coach. He’s a guy that loves the game, loves coaching, his father was a great coach, and that’s what he is. He cares about football and it shows the way he coaches.” [Sports Radio Interviews]
- Photos: Derek Jeter wears the uniforms of 29 other teams. You knew the longer this Derek Jeter-New York Yankees negotiation battle wore on, the more photoshops we’d see of His Intangibleness wearing the colors of a team that doesn’t play in the Bronx. The New York Post put Jeter in a Boston Red Sox uniform, we imagined him on the Cincinnati Reds and, now, The Beckett Blog has just cut to the chase and photoshopped Jeet into the uniforms of the 29 other teams. [Big League Stew]
For the Record: Derek Anderson is funny how? Like a clown? … Barcelona, apparently, is ‘The Orgasm Team’ … SF Giants’ Andres Torres and Sergio Romo will be grand marshals of the San Jose Holiday Parade. It begins Sunday at 8:30 am. Interestingly, no Oakland A’s will be there.
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