Andre "Bad Moon" Rison's here for Spike TV's Pros vs. Joes program. I tried asking him a question about the Super Bowl ring he won with the Packers. He was talking about his golf game with some older gentleman. I waited. Ten minutes. Fifteen minutes. Twenty minutes. Still waiting. After trying several times to sneak a question in, he mentioned something about a birdie or a putt. I finally walked away. Rison, apparently, has a bunch of really interesting golf stories.
-- Colts special teams star Matt Giordano plays with Peyton Manning every day. But guess who else he's impressed with:
"Jack Bauer, man. Look at what that guy has done. Think about it. He's in a Chinese prison being tortured for eleven months. And what's he do? Within three hours, he's saving the world, avoiding nuclear attacks, and killing potential terrorists. Bauer's the man."
Giordano's a former Cal Bear. His thoughts on Brett Favre's heir apparent—former teammate Aaron Rodgers?
"A-Rod's incredible. I've got much respect for him. We played together for two years, and against each other in JuCo. He's very talented. He's a great quarterback, and a tremendous leader." Rest easy, Packer fans.
-- Keith O'Neill, a Colts reserve linebacker, is sporting an interesting mohawk this week. Was he inspired by a certain rap mogul? I went ahead and asked him.
"I had no idea P-Diddy once had a mohawk. No one ever told me that."
Do his teammates razz him for it?
"No. No they don't."
(Silence…) Thanks for the riveting interview, Keith.
-- The Spanish Speaking Hand Puppet is here! Phew! I was scared he wouldn't show. Working for a network called Television Deportes, the a hand with two eye balls on its knuckles asked Booger McFarland if he (McFarland) thought the puppet could be the next NFL mascot:
"Nah," answered McFarland, "You're just not marketable."
(LOL's all over from the media)
I asked McFarland what it was like playing alongside the Warren Sapps, Derek Brookses, and John Lynches of the world in Tampa. He begins his response by saying all the right things, "Great mentors"; "Hard workers"; "Tremendous leaders" … Then Michael Strahan comes over all smiles, with a microphone in his hand, working for Best Damn Sports Show, and Booger suddenly gets all giggly, "And you know—all that hard work—I apply that to both footall…and my golf game, where I'm better than Michael Strahan!" Hugs, laughs, and a strange ending to what I thought was going to be a good response to a smart question. Thanks, Strahan!
-- Ug, the American Idol kids are at it again. One just sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" for about 30 white middle-aged men with microphones and cameras. Creepy. Weird.
