Luke Links: The Marlin Jackson will "rap" for your kids edition
Hope you dads out there had a fun and relaxing Father's Day. I know some of the SB Nation writers who are dads (like John Bena, aka TheSportsGuru) had an enjoyable Father's Day at the Cheesecake Factory. If you have any stories about Dad Day you want to share, post them in the comments. Love to hear them.
I who do not have kids (and thus, have actual money that I can spend on things other than diapers and poop wipes) spent Father's Day having brunch with my fiance and obsessing over wedding invitations. Real quick FYI: I am getting married the Saturday before the Colts open the 2009 season. Here's the the Colts hopefully giving me a nice wedding present. Now, onto the links that call The Luke their home (or something like that):
- Marlin Jackson has a kids football camp. Marlin Jackson also will rap for those kids. Such are the many talents of one of the more under-rated CBs in football. Link via Paul Kuharsky at ESPN.com. Tip to LovinBlue.
- Big G (aka Gijon Robinson) surprised many last year by not only making the active roster, but by earning and holding onto the #2 tight end roster spot. This year, he will have to compete again with 2008 draftees Jacob Tamme and Tom Santi. However, unlike last year, Gijon has the leg up.
- You too can spend $6.95 a month to have access to ESPN Insider just so they can tell you that Peyton Manning is the NFL's more irreplaceable player. ESPN Insider will also tell you that water is wet, the sky is blue, and Bill Simmons is a spineless windbag; all for a small fee, of course.
- What can Brown do for you?
- Small off topic shout out to 1260 AM's "The Drive" and the show's host JMV for interviewing Indy Corn Rows blogger Tom Lewis back on June 17th. They talked about the NBA Draft (coming up this Thursday) and also touched on the dust up between myself and Bob Kravtiz. It's nice to see local Indy stations like WNDE finally giving good blogger like Tom some time on air.
- Raheem Brock was inspired by Marvin Harrison's real estate work in the Philadelphia area, creating bars and car washes as a way to generate business is traditionally poor, economically depressed areas. Brock has followed in Marvin's footsteps and opened a restaurant near Temple University.
- Speaking of Marvin, Don Banks cited his connection to a bar brawl in 2008 as an example of modern NFL wide receivers acting as divas. Real quick recap of the facts: Marvin Harrison didn't shoot anyone. No charges were filed. No convictions made. The guy who made the initial complaint is a convicted felon with a very sketchy track record. Yet, this incident is on par with, say, Terrell Owens acting like an idiot or Chad Ochocincho (his new name now, really) being Chad Ochocincho. Slowly but surely, Don Banks' repuation as a seriously sports writer is erroding away.
- Fake Teams debates itself as to whether Peyton Manning is the best fantasy QB heading into 2009.
- Walter Football evaluates the 2009 Colts and likes what they see.
- And finally, since it's the off-season and we can't see any new highlights, here's a link to a fun site where Bob Sanders is given a Predator mask while his highlights are put to music. Enjoy.
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The Videos
Are freaking awesome. I highly suggest people download the videos. If you’re as starved for Colts football as I am, they’ll bring a grin to your face and make you have a better day. I’m feeling really good after watching that. Interestingly enough, the Addai video gets me very excited about our tandem backs this year. It’s easy to forget how strong of a runner he was when healthy.
Brock inspired by Harrison
That is weird, considering that Harrison does nothing at all to help out his hometown, especially his neighborhood. Or doesn’t anyone read ESPN? I mean, it’s not like he is one of the most generous natives of Philadelphia and definitely has never sponsored kids to go to Syracuse who normally can’t afford it. Luckily, ESPN exposed the heartless, souless being who shoots innocent bystanders, kicks puppies, steals from children’s lemonade stands, and tips 5% at restaurants.
The sarcasm is strong with this one.
Yeah, so I sold out, do something about it! Like read my site Colts Chatter.
Marvin Harrison
I have been out of the loop. Has Marvin signed with anyone yet????
Linc Builds
I survived thanks to angioplasty
The last thing I heard was him going to Tampa Bay
but that was just a rumor. Maybe around training camp we’ll hear something.
"Peyton Manning flow, I just go no huddle."
- Lil' Wayne, Put Some Keys on That
nope
It’s apparently going to take a decent chunk of change to get him back into the league and no one is willing to offer it yet.
Change these hundreds for me cashier, Cuz I ain't made it yet, but I'm better off than last year
And what it look like hun', I ain't never made it rain but it look like fun
-Drake, Still Drake
by shake n bake on Jun 22, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
or ever.
Now a proud annoyance on Stampede Blue, 18to88, Indy Football Report, and Phil B's blog.
Man, I need a life...
Random facts of the week from the empty void that is my mind: I'm going to be going to Missouri (where there is no Internet or computers) for 2 weeks starting Monday, so I've got 3 of these for you.
1. You may have noticed before, but I love Scrubs. A lot. No seriously, I'm addicted to it, and here's why with this thrown in.
2. When you put thermite and blocks of ice together, you get a big boom. Nobody really knows why.
3. The Colts' (Indy and Baltimore's) all-time franchise record is 438-428-8. So, the Colts' just recently (2007 season) broke .500. That really tells you how bad the Colts were before Peyton.
What's this?
Someone in the football media, but not a Colts site, that doesn’t think we’ll suck this season?
Walter Football must be on drugs. Or taking kickbacks from Bill Polian.
You should read his 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 draft grades
All were terrible, but after those being bumped up to B+’s and A’s, he’s become a fan of the organization. I was surprised when I read it though. I thought for sure he would say we are going 9-7 and third in the AFC South or something.
"I saw a commercial on late night TV, it said,'Forget everything you know about slipcovers.' So I did. And it was a load off my mind. Then the commercial tried to sell me slipcovers, and I didn't know what the hell they were."
-Mitch Hedberg
Videos
Here are two more that are interesting
New one with Bio on Bob and his dad in it-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m33hSWIddG4
New one about Colts with Mike Singletary commentary – haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLHeEsgcSyE

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