If Tony has a publicist and you know who it is, please forward this post to them. Tony needs to learn how to deal with the Jessica Simpson saga. Instead of remaining quiet and aloof about the subject embrace it. Providing the two are very close and still going strong, which it sounds like they are, Tony needs to find a message that will get everyone off his back.
The biggest fear Cowboys fans have is that Jessica Simpson is a “distraction.” To counter those fears Tony needs to come clean and say this:
“I am deeply in love with Jessica and she is a positive force in my life. Not only do I feel happy around her, but she is a calming supportive voice. When I am around her I feel at ease. I no longer have a desire to go out and party all night long, I would rather spend an evening at home with her. She has an amazing way of keeping me focused.”
That takes all the ammunition away from critics. Plus, when you are trying to hide something, people always perceive a problem. Try it Tony, you may find all the people that interview you will then be totally disarmed and even happy for you.
Hambone made his mark tonight. What a show he put on in Yankee Stadium. He may not have won the Home Run Derby, but he clearly was the best home run hitter out there.
The best part of Josh Hamilton’s performance was not the 500 foot bombs he hit, 35 in all, it was his attitude. I don’t think there is a major leaguer who is as excited and thankful for his career in the big leagues as Hamilton is. Josh first grabbed my attention after hitting that game winning home run off K-Rod last week. Hambone was so happy, he couldn’t even speak. It was like watching a little leaguer’s enthusiasm in a big league uniform.
Go Josh! I wish you all the success in the wold. If you stay humble, you could become my first favorite ball player that is a non-Yankee, maybe.
First off let me say I have always been a Tony Romo fan. He seems like a genuinely nice guy and a grounded individual. But if he wants to be a multi-million dollar quarterback in the NFL, he has to take the good with the bad. Apparently he doesn’t like being asked about his relationship with the lovely Jessica Simpson.
I did a one on one interview with Tony on Sports Extra last Sunday and he seemed to be grumpy about having to do a series of interviews with reporters around the country. And when I asked, nicely, I may add, about Jessica he seemed to get annoyed. Tony needs to realize the majority of viewers, not sports fans, want to know about Jessica. And the sports fans simply want to know if she is a distraction. He certinly has a right to date whoever he wants. Cowboy fans also have a right to hope, his girlfriend is not a “distraction.”
Tony needs to learn how to just deal with it. He is a “celebrity” quarterback, whether he likes it or not. I’m sorry for asking, but when you do an interview with Tony, it is the one question that has to be asked. If you don’t ask it, the reporter looks like an idiot.
Later, I offer up my public relations advice for Tony and how to deal with the Simpson Saga.
The primal yells, grunts and screams from women tennis players is starting to annoy me. I can’t sit in bed, read the paper and watch Venus and Serena play because there is nothing relaxing about it. For some reason every time these female athletes hit the ball they feel the need to bellow a roar as if someone just stuck them in the eye with a hot poker. Check out this video I found on You Tube.
Venus and Serena Williams, along with Maria Sharapova, make tennis sound painful. I have heard men make similar sounds when bench pressing 400lbs inside a Gold’s Gym. Lawrence Taylor used to scream like just moments before unleashing on a quarterback. In tennis though, it sounds ridiculous.
The Mavericks NBA draft pick Shane Foster doesn’t just shoot ”the three” lights out… It turns out, he can fly through the lane like a bird… and sing like one too! The SEC Player of the Year has been dubbed, the NBA’s Usher Look alike! You decide…
Personally I prefer Shan Foster behind the mike much more then Usher. Check out Shan’s “Draft Day” song written and recorded by the rookie guard from what looks like his dorm room.
I have a good feeling about the rookie Maverick. I just hope he’s tough on the court, because the Mavs need some toughness infused into the team that has the ability to play like pansies.
Brace yourselves superstitious Cowboys fans! Jessica Simpson is telling the San Francisco Chronicle she will be at the Cowboys games no matter what kind of hostile reception she receives.
Simpson and Cowboys star quarterback Tony Romo have been dating for 7 months now and Jessica Claims the two are still going strong. Will she be a jinx this year? (I personally don’t think she ever was a jinx, a distraction maybe.) Who knows, I can tell you, the first game that Tony plays like a mope, the lovely singer will be the first one blamed for her honey’s poor performance. Silly, but true!
Take one look at the Giambino and you instantly think 1970’s porn star. Its not the post juiced physique, its the mustache.
Jason Giambi is continuing a long tradition of Yankee greats sporting great mustaches.
There was Catfish Hunter…
Don Mattingly…
Ron Guidry…
Sparky Lyle…
and of course Thurman Munson!
Could Giambi’s facial hair serve as the bushy spark to turn the Yankee season around? Only time will tell.
In the mean time look for Giambi at Studio 54 wearing a polyester suit with a few gold chains around his neck. Hopefully it will match a new gold ring that can only be acquired after winning the last game of the post season.
If the national sports media is talking about the Rangers than they must be good. That statement doesn’t always hold true. The national sports media always talks about the Yankees even when they suck.
The Rangers are showing signs of potential though. And the team is getting some national attention. I was listening to Sporting News Radio over the weekend and they called the Rangers one of the best teams in the American League. That seems far fetched when the team is hovering around .500.
I was in New York City on Friday and the guys on “660 The Fan” were talking about the signs of “greatness” the Rangers are showing. Something must be going on because the last time the Rangers were discussed on New York sports radio Pudge was behind the plate and A-Rod was playing short stop.
I think “potential” is the right way to look at the Rangers. The team ERA is finally under 5 and the bats are starting to produce. If the Boys of Summer play well they just might make a wild card run. Winning the division is out of the question, no matter what the National Media says.
The amazins never cease to amaze me. They fire manager Willie Randolph not halfway through the season. Yes, the Mets have troubles, but I’m not sure they fall on Willie. How about Carlos “Under performing” Beltran? The pitchers have also struggled and so have the bats. I firmly believe Willie Randolph deserved more time to turn the team around. Remember the Mets are only 6.5 games out of first place in the NL East.
If you don’t trust my take on things, ask my nephew Chris Lusuriello. The native New Yorker and die hard Yankee fan recently moved to North Carolina but still has his finger on the pulse of New York sports. Here’s his take on the Randolph firing.
“This move disturbs me and many others (especially those back in New York). It is the under performance of players like Carlos Beltran that should be blamed, not the manager. Beltran is making 120 million dollars and he’s done nothing! Bottom line: Randolph is not at fault, the Mets are not THAT bad, and GM Omar Minaya isn’t the Messiah the Mets always thought he was.”
Note to reader: Next time I go on vacation, I am going to let Chris fill in for me as chief contributor to Grant’s Rant.
Tiger hobbled onto the U.S. Open Course at Torrey Pines to win his 14th major tournament. He did it with a bum knee. The performance reminded me of the greatest moment in N.Y. Knick history. Game 7 of the 1970 NBA finals, Knick center and team captain Willis Reed limped onto the court with a torn thigh. He scored the first two baskets giving the NY Knickerbockers the inspiration the needed to go on and beat the Lakers for the teams first NBA Championship.
Doctors told Reed not to play. We now know, doctors told Tiger not to play. His performance in the U.S. Open should go down as one of the gutsiest in sports history. Tiger did not play his best, he did not hit the ball as far as he can. But he did remain focused, even through pain. He did make the clutch shot when he needed it and in the end Tiger did win!
My heart goes out to Rocco Mediate for his Cinderella performance. There is no doubt that he deserved to win just as much as Tiger did. But in golf, as in life, the loser is usually the one who makes the last mistake. At 45 Rocco should serve as an inspiration to anyone thinking their career is over.
The two golfing greats proved you are never out of it, not at 45 and not with an injured knee.
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