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O.J. Simpson as The Terminator?

Posted: Nov 23rd 2009 10:00AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: TV and Movies

When director James Cameron made the first Terminator movie, he cast an ex-bodybuilder who would later go on to become the governor of California, a guy by the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger. But if the guy calling the shots at the studio had gotten his way, a very different ex-athlete who would later go on to a very different kind of fame in California would have been The Terminator: O.J. Simpson.

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In 1989, O.J. Simpson Could Laugh About Run-Ins With the Cops

Posted: Sep 30th 2009 9:00AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: TV and Movies

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It's hard to remember now, but 20 years ago -- before O.J. Simpson was an accused murderer, and long before he was Inmate 1027820 at Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center --The Juice was known as one of the most personable guys in the sports world. If you can't remember that, take a couple minutes to watch Simpson's 1989 appearance with David Letterman.

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Greatest Living Heisman Trophy Winners

Posted: Apr 29th 2009 4:23PM by Brian Grummell (author feed)
Filed under: Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh, USC, Heisman

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With the recent passing of Doc "Mr. Inside" Blanchard, FanHouse takes a stab at naming the five greatest living Heisman Trophy winners

In a game that spans many eras, any task like this is exceedingly difficult and fraught with contradiction. With all the nostalgia built into the Heisman Trophy and the game of college football, we're buying into it with a less clinical, more emotional effort at ranking players. There's a bias towards the modern, towards a player being associated with the trophy and towards those that most captured peoples' imaginations.

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O.J. Simpson: Boosting Pre-Prison Goodwill Through Black Market Candy Trade Since '08

Posted: Dec 10th 2008 11:30PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: NFL Police Blotter, NFL Media Watch

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O.J. Simpson is pretty good at weaseling his way out of stuff. There were innumerable tackles in the NFL, and more recently, that whole double murder thing. But he couldn't get his way out of robbing/kidnapping in Las Vegas and now he's headed to prison.

But he's still wily -- over the past two months, Juice has been buying his future cellmates sundry items from the commissary, likely attempting to make sure that they know he's a really swell guy before they decided to, um, do prison stuff to him.

Simpson's lawyer, Gabriel Grasso, said the former football legend has become somewhat of a jailhouse sugar daddy, buying down-and-out jailhouse friends sweets and snacks.

[...]"O.J. is actually buying stuff for all of these other guys who don't have anybody on the outside (to buy it for them)," he said. "Candy bars, soup, chocolate, whatever you can buy at the commissary he's been actually buying it for them, using his money to buy it for them."

Um, first of all ... what money?Isn't he supposed to still be shilling out cash to the Brown and Goldman families? Or is this just money left over from that awesome book he wrote about doing something or finding killers on golf courses or something?

While this is a "smart" play, it's still pretty repugnant -- you did what you did, you got caught for it, a court of law sent you to jail, so now it's time to suck it up and deal with the ramifications. And, yeah, Juice may very well end up with like 10 prison bodyguards, but surely karma has to catch up to him at some point.

H/T: Game On!

Video Of O.J. Simpson's Apology

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 10:10PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: NFL Hall of Fame

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As you probably know by now, O.J. Simpson was sentenced for what could be 33 years in prison today. Just before he heard the sentence from Judge Jackie Glass, Simpson made a plea for leniency that made no sense.

He spent five minutes choking back tears as he begged for mercy. It sounded like a desperate man at the end of his rope. While he repeatedly said he was sorry for what happened in September 2007, he also tried to explain why he did it and that he didn't mean for it to go that far.

Obviously the judge wasn't buying it. Not only did she throw the book at Simpson, she even said she found him both "arrogant" and "ignorant".

"When you take a gun with you and you take men with you in a show of force, that is not just a 'Hey, give me my stuff back.' That's something else and that's what happened here," the judge said.

Bob Costas, O.J. Simpson Analyze Debut of Brett Favre as Green Bay Packers Quarterback

Posted: Feb 7th 2008 6:11PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Packers, NFL Video, The Word

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This video from 1992 is just odd on so many levels:

First, there's seeing O.J. Simpson as a studio analyst. Then there's Bob Costas telling the viewers at home that Brett Favre is a "second-year man from Southern Mississippi," and explaining the correct pronunciation of his last name, because viewers wouldn't have known who he was.

There's also the fact that Jim Lampley is the play-by-play man during the game, the fact that Favre has a much thicker Southern accent than he does now, and the fact that the TV analysts are talking about the Packers losing Don Majkowski and having to replace him with Favre like it's a going to be bad news in Green Bay.

But my favorite part is when Simpson starts talking about how he played against Mike Holmgren in high school. Who knew?

BALCO's Steroids Tests Were Kind of Sketch

Posted: Nov 17th 2007 3:45PM by PostmanR (author feed)
Filed under: Giants, MLB Gossip, San Francisco

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By now, we all know the drill: Barry Bonds was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. One of the key provisions involved this little sliver of evidence: "During the criminal investigation, evidence was obtained including positive tests for the presence of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing substances for Bonds and other athletes."

Seems pretty damning, no? Well, Bonds' lawyer seems hellbent on fighting this. And really, when you hear about how BALCO actually administered its steroids tests, you might likely agree.

It was November 2000, and Bonds was preparing for the season in which he would shatter Mark McGwire's single-season home run record.

According to Conte, himself a convicted steroids dealer, Bonds would visit the lab on Saturdays and after normal business hours with an entourage that included his trainer, Greg Anderson, and his personal physician, Dr. Arthur Ting.

Anderson had convinced Bonds to use BALCO to develop a dietary and supplement regimen, which Conte designed based on the results of the blood and urine samples.

Conte said Bonds was put through the same tests as other elite athlete clients, including tests to detect the use of 30 different steroids.

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What To Do When Your School's Greatest Player Is Scum

Posted: Nov 8th 2007 7:20AM by Charles Rich (author feed)
Filed under: USC Football, Virginia Tech Football, ACC, Pac 10, NCAA FB Campus, NCAA FB Fans, NCAA FB Police Blotter

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FanHouse's own Scott Olin Schmitt made another disturbing foray into mainstream media with an op-ed in the LA Times. As a fan and alum he is bothered by USC continuing to honor O.J. Simpson's accomplishments as a Trojan, while treating the man as persona non grata. He has no problem with keeping the man of disturbing character away from the school, but is bothered that the school and program continues to honor the Juice.

Some of my fellow USC boosters say Simpson is being recognized for accomplishments that are 40 years in the past, and that it is possible to disassociate his triumphs as a running back from his recurring role as criminal defendant. USC has a proud football tradition; wearing cardinal and gold is an accomplishment, a ticket for many to the NFL. Still, no one should be so arrogant as to think that their talent on the field will excuse their behavior off it. Yet if Heritage Hall celebrates O.J. Simpson the football player while looking away from O.J. Simpson the man, regrettably, that is the idea we're left with.

That is also the problem facing Virginia Tech, only multiplied about a hundred times with Michael Vick.

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The Year's Hottest New Movie

Posted: Sep 27th 2007 2:30PM by Eamonn Brennan (author feed)
Filed under: NFL Video, NBA Videos, MLB Video, Boxing, Olympics

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Big ups to the folks at the ubiquitous Fark.com for passing along the theatrical trailer for what is sure to be the year's hottest movie: O.J.'s Eleven.

You can watch the film to get the full lineup, but rest assured that every prominent criminally involved athlete -- with the possible exception of Barry Bonds -- makes an appearance. Not gonna lie: after five seconds or so, I expected this to suck. It most decidedly does not.

FanHouse's Top Five: Thanks for the Add

Posted: Sep 20th 2007 11:44AM by Eamonn Brennan (author feed)
Filed under: Top Five

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FanHouse's Top Five scans the sports blogosphere for the best posts of the last 24 hours so you don't have to. Got something for this feature? Hit us up at fanhouse@googlegroups.com.

1) You know it. I know it. Of all people, super-genius Charlie Weis knows it. So why would you try to hide it? You have MySpace, and you want to make friends. So, as JoeSportsFan reminds, does a fake Charlie Weis.

2) O.J. Simpson and Byron Leftwich are considerably different people, not just in outward physical appearance but in just about every abstract sense. Unfortunately for Leftwich, ESPN failed to recognize the distinction yesterday.

3) For some strange reason -- worn out his welcome, perhaps? -- Jose Mourinho, Chelsea's ebullient manager, is no more. How will Abramovich and company recover? By going shopping, that's how!

4) Joe Madden: the Mike Shanahan of fantasy baseball, or a good manager protecting a young arm? Both?

5) This video is so good. So good.