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April 9th 2010: Daily Sports News-Gossip-Headlines

Sports water cooler headlines and sports gossip for Friday April 9th, 2010. Shea Matthews weighs in with his analysis and opinions on today’s sports action…

Friday Water Cooler – April 9th, 2010

Here we go with today’s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won’t just find the straight news; you’ll find the stuff everyone is talking about – the ice breakers, the Twitter Sports Picks and topics…well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler.

Enjoy!

The wait is over. Tiger tees off at the Masters today and, naturally, gets top billing in the daily news.

I’ll assume that you’re already watching Tiger’s Masters progress like a hawk, so we’ll use today’s news to cover the rest of the sports info we missed while obsessing over the world’s most famous athlete yesterday.

NFL news: Jets meet with Jason Taylor; McNabb meshing well in D.C.

You have to give Rex Ryan and the New York Jets credit for never resting on their laurels. Despite boasting the NFL’s top defense last season, they’re still trying to improve in that regard. They met with free agent linebacker and six-time Pro Bowler Jason Taylor this week in an effort to keep him in the AFC East. Sure would be interesting to see Taylor battling the Miami Dolphins twice a year.

The early prognosis among Donovan McNabb’s new teammates in Washington is quite good. He’s reportedly looked “in command” in throwing drills and more vocal Redskins players like Chris Cooley said “it feels like he’s been here for a couple years.” Clearly, Donovan is bribing teammates with Chunky Soup.

MLB news: Rollins regrets, Suppan whines

Turns out former Phillie Curt Schilling isn’t the only one critical of general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.’s decision to trade Cliff Lee in the offseason. Jimmy Rollins tossed in his two cents on Dan Patrick’s Radio Show yesterday. Rollins claimed he was sure the Phillies could’ve afforded to keep both Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay. He also said he got a text from Jayson Werth on the day of the trade asking, “What are we doing?” I guess the Phillies veterans don’t care about re-stocking the prospects cupboard.

If you ever wonder why other athletes sometimes make fun of baseball players, wonder no more. Brewers starting pitcher Jeff Suppan claims he hit the DL with a stiff neck because the condo he was staying at in spring training “had really bad pillows” and he “had to sleep on a rolled-up towel.”

I don’t know which is worse – the Suppan story or Joel Zumaya’s Guitar Hero debacle. It definitely gives you more appreciation for an iron man like Brett Favre, though, doesn’t it?

NBA news: Don Nelson gets a soda shower

Maybe this is mean to say – but it seems appropriate that Don Nelson, who is the winningest coach in NBA history but still doesn’t have a championship, would get a second-rate celebration after setting the record. His Golden State Warriors didn’t have any champagne so they decided to shower him in Mountain Dew and Sierra Mist. Seems fitting to me.

NHL news: Slovenian hockey party gets out of control; Tkachuk calls it a career

Finally, something exciting other than Anze Kopitar has come from Slovenia. After winning the Slovenian Hockey League Championship, the players of champion Olimpija Ljubljana celebrated their third straight title like any team would: by beating the crap out of their coach.

Yep. The story supposedly went like this: coach Mike Posma told the team’s backup goaltender to drive a car even though he was quite drunk. After the goalie (predictably) crashed, six players from the team turned on Posma, beating him with wooden traffic signs they found by the side of the road.

All six players have been released by the team. Hard to say who is the true villain here. It’s not like they beat Posma with steel signs, right?

Back on our side of the pond, Keith Tkachuk is calling it a career. The 19-year veteran leaves the NHL with 538 goals, fourth among active players. Sadly, he never won a title.

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