Eli Manning got a sweet 28th birthday present; a lap dance from his wife, Abby. The New York Post says Giants teammates Amani Toomer, Brandon Jacobs and Kevin Boss joined Manning at a nightclub on Friday for the soiree. After a few rounds of tequila shots, Eli's wife gave him a special lap dance to Beyoncé's, "Single Ladies." Lucky men. We are excited to see him this weekend, when he dances with the Eagles' defense.For 2008, Versus saw the biggest viewership gains among cable sports nets for total day programming and primetime, up 20.2% and 23.6%. Sports By Brooks believes the Comcast/Versus conglomerate could be mounting a challenge to ESPN. Don't laugh. It could happen. Suppose that "Global Warming" turns out to be "Global Cooling," as some are suggesting. North America would freeze over and hockey would once more become a popular sport, meaning that Versus' NHL broadcasts would bring in the massive revenue needed to let them to buy broadcast rights for the NFL, NASCAR and MLB. Other than that...Not so much.
Blogger Five Tool Fool has Ten Rules for Broadcasting the NFL playoffs, like "No one may, under threat of immediate execution, comment on how the game has been affected by all of the extra commercial breaks, and "If the game is a low-scoring tie after the first quarter, it must be compared to the early rounds of a heavyweight fight." Check out the other eight rules here.
Via Deadspin and the FOX News affilate in Detroit comes this tale of a man who got an 0-16 tattoo to celebrate the Lions winless season.
