Lions agree to terms with Byron Parker, Stu Foord
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02/16/2012 - Vancouver, BC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The BC Lions agreed to terms with defensive back Byron Parker and running back Stu Foord on Thursday.
Parker earned his third All-Star selection last season, tallying a career-high 50 tackles to go with five interceptions in 18 games with the Toronto Argonauts. The seven-year veteran is the CFL's all-time leader with nine interceptions returned for a touchdown.
Foord has spent the last four seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Playing primarily on special teams, Foord has totaled 312 yards on 56 carries, 112 yards on 12 receptions and 566 yards on 33 kickoff returns in 71 career games.
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia injured his hamstring Thursday in a 2-0 Europa League win at Ajax, and will be sidelined four weeks. The 26-year-old Ecuadorian was injured as he set
<< Roughriders sign LaBatte, Picard
Regina, SK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Saskatchewan Roughriders agreed to terms
with a pair of offensive linemen on Thursday, signing Brendon LaBatte and
Dominic Picard.
LaBatte heads further west after spending the previous four seaso
<< Alouettes sign LB Davis
Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Montreal Alouettes signed linebacker Rod
Davis to a two-year contract on Thursday.
Davis, who became a free agent on Wednesday, led the Edmonton Eskimos with 79
tackles last season. He also recorded fiv
<< Rapids acquire Argentinean midfielder Rivero
Commerce City, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Rapids acquired Argentinean
midfielder Martin Rivero on loan Thursday from Argentina's Rosario Central.
The 22-year-old Rivero debuted for Rosario Central at the age of 18, and made
30 app
<< Gary Carter passes away
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hall of Fame catcher Gary "Kid" Carter died
Thursday. He was 57 years old.
More to follow...
Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Edmonton Eskimos signed wide receiver Greg Carr on Thursday. Carr caught 46 passes for 648 yards and four touchdowns last season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. "We're very pleased to sign Greg," Es
Flyers acquire Grossman >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired
defenseman Nicklas Grossman from the Dallas Stars in exchange for two draft
picks, the team announced Thursday.
Grossman has five assists in 52 games this seas
Boys and a girl, have at it in 2012 >>
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - From Trevor Bayne's stunning win in the
Daytona 500 to Tony Stewart beating Carl Edwards for the championship in a
tiebreaker, NASCAR indeed had an unforgettable season in its premier series in
2011.
Daytona 500 entry list includes 49 >>
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Forty-nine teams are on the preliminary
entry list for this year's Daytona 500. NASCAR released the list on Thursday.
Former NASCAR Cup champions Terry Labonte and Bill Elliott have been added to
the l
Bulls' Rose out vs. Celtics >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose will
miss Thursday's game against the Celtics with a sore back.
Rose will sit out his fourth straight game due to the ailing back, though
an MRI on Monday reveale
FOOTBALL TRASH TALK
NFL Football Trash TalkTrash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.