So what gives?

A friend of Sosa’s and an employee of the Cubs, Rebecca Polihronis, says this is much ado about nothing. She says, “He’s not trying to be Michael Jackson.”

Apparently this is a case where Sosa has been undergoing skin treatments to help his completion after so many years playing baseball in the sun. Polihronis says this is a “rejuvenation process for his skin.” She also says his skin doesn’t look this light in person, that the lighting in the photo makes it look much worse than it really is.

So there you have it.

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Sammy Sosa Lightning Skin?

These guys played passionate. I don’t have the official stats. Stats are for losers and this week we’re winners.

I think this is going to be the soundbyte that will be played again and again for weeks (and possibly years) to come. And rightly so.

You forget how important wins are until you have a team that struggles. Before Sunday, Tampa Bay was 0-7 this season. More than that, they had not won a game since November 2008. One year! Add to that the fact that Sunday was the very first game ever from quarterback Josh Freeman, and you’ve got a much needed turning point in the moral and potential of a team.

Raheem Morris’ quote also reminds me of just how poorly the Packers have played. After all, stats of quarterback Aaron Rodgers are all the fans of the Packers have received these days. Rodgers may have good stats, but they don’t translate to wins. As the players, fans, and coaches of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers experienced on Sunday, wins are what matter in this league.

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Stats Are for Losers

In a press release, Comedy Central announced that it has worked out a deal for The Onion to do a scripted comedy series that will “take on the whole universe of modern sports — teams, players, leagues, sycophantic fans, ridiculous products and over-hyped sports coverage.” Should be a gem, and I’m sure you all will find humor in it. And doesn’t the world need a little more humor?

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Onion Sports Show on Comedy Central

Also at the party was Kate Hudson’s stepfather Kurt Russell. People there said Kate and A-Rod were “affectionate with each other,” and after Kate left Kurt Russell stayed behind and bonded.

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A-Rod Celebrates with Kate and Family

One way this theory would work out well is with famous people. An ex of someone famous always seems to blab about things that the other person just doesn’t want people to know. Case in point? Khloe Kardashian and her ex NBA basketball boyfriend Rashad McCants. In an episode of Khloe’s reality show “Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami,” the Kardashian sisters are seen hacking into McCants’ voicemail and listening to a message supposedly sent by a female fan. McCants says this was totally staged and never happened.

They alude to this in this clip:

McCants definitely isn’t portrayed in a very good light. Did he cheat? Did he really go out with Khloe only for publicity? Who knows. The thing that shocked me was: you mean reality TV isn’t really real?

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Rashad McCants: Kadashian Reality Show Fake

Shrug. Didn’t he always do this? I don’t remember him making the late night appearances when he played with the Packers during the regular season ever. I did see him once in a while on the boob tube in the off-season, like this particular appearance after his very first retirement.

I remember watching that appearance and saying to my husband, “I think he’s coming back.” Oh the memories!

All in all, if Favre really is making a conscious choice not to appearance on chat shows, I think it’s a very wise idea. He just needs to lay low (as much as that’s possible with someone as high profile as he is) and focus on the game.

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Favre Declines Talk Show Appearances

The Packers, in the three weeks leading up to this match up played the Lions and Browns and got themselves feeling very confident. Overconfident. So it was a definite reality check to see the Vikings, a solid and mature football team, come in and trounce our behinds up and down our (home) field. Here are a few thoughts from one Packer fan:

Booing is a Classless Act
Sorry, but the one thing I always counted on was the class the Green Bay fans have. After seeing the fans boo Favre, a guy that put Green Bay on the map for 16 years, I couldn’t help but to think it left them looking very, very small.

Here’s what should have happened. The minute Favre returned to Green Bay he should have been applauded. He gave the team great years and led them like no quarterback had before. Stand and applaud. Then, stand and applaud even louder for the Green Bay Packers to beat the Vikings fair and square. Support your team. Booing made the fans look like sour losers even before the Packers got beat.

Packers Have Problems That Have Nothing to Do With Favre
Was Brett Favre really our problem on Sunday? Seriously? This game was just about “his revenge?” No. It showed even more clearly the problems the Packers have right now. Our offensive line can’t protect Rodgers, and more than that, Rodgers can’t scramble and come up with a thing even when they do. Rodgers looked every bit the rookie quarterback he really is. Don’t tell me about stats. Rodgers stats may be good, but he hasn’t shown himself to be a leader. The only stat that means anything right now is that he is the quarterback of a losing football team.

Favre Is Worth the Hype
Does Favre have a big ego? Is the hype really worth it? Who cares. You know what’s really important? Favre hit yet another record in his win against Green Bay. He had an outstanding game. He played like a mature, truly great quarterback. The “Favre haters” love to suck down negatively, but they miss one very important point: Favre really is that good.

Quit Comparing Favre to Rodgers
The issue of whether Brett Favre should have been replaced by Rodgers wasn’t about whether Rodgers was better than Favre. Who the heck ever believed that? Rodgers ISN’T better than Favre. The issue was timing. Rodgers was younger and “the future” of the team. But was it a good idea to replace Favre (and make no mistake, Thompson put pressure on Favre to leave) at that year? The year following the fact that the Packers were one game out of the Superbowl?

Thompson obviously believed it was. I’m not sure I agree. But one thing is sure, Rodgers can’t be compared to Favre. He isn’t Favre. NO ONE will ever be Favre. Rodgers has to create his own legacy, and right now, he’s got a long way before anyone can define him as a good replacement. That kind of definition takes years.

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The Favre Return, a Packer Fan’s Thoughts

Now, we’ve heard before that Jessica gets very attached to her men, but this is a little hard to believe. Still, the paper says Romo is embarrassed by her displays and is getting ribbed by his teammates.

What do you think?

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Jessica Simpson Phone-Stalking Tony Romo?

According to a press release, here are the terms:

Hebrew National Coupon Promotion Terms and Conditions

ATTEND: the next professional U.S. football game where a uniformed player is televised eating a hot dog during a game this season. Fans who attended the October, 25 2009 game in Oakland can receive their coupons immediately by following the instructions below.

SEND: your official ticket stub including valid seat number and game date and a 3″x5″ card complete with your full name and address.

SEND TO: Sideline Hot Dog Offer, PO Box 1026, Grand Rapids, MN 55745-1026

RECEIVE: a coupon for a free package of Hebrew National Beef Franks

More information can be found on the company website. Obviously this company saw a chance and some good PR, and lucky for us! So will this have fans rooting for their players to munch away on the dogs? Time will tell!

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Get a Free Hot Dog – Just Like Mark Sanchez

His new book, called Open, goes into more details. People reports that the book talks of “his descent into drug use, as well as his hair loss, his troubled marriage to Brooke Shields and the love he eventually found with his current wife, Steffi Graf.”

Poor Brooke. First Tom Cruise unleashes on her and now Agassi?

Anyways, like I said, maybe he did. Maybe he didn’t. Who am I to say. What do you guys think? Did he use meth? Or is this something to help sell books?

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Andre Agassi Reveals Drug Use