Kid crys after Chargers lose

Now this kid knows how Seahawks fans have felt for years.

Tom Cable has anger issues

We all heard about Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable allegedly assaulting his assistant coach, giving the public even more ammo for people to sling at the worst-run organization in the NFL. Well apparently things are worse, a lot worse, in fact you probably don't want to invite Cable to a Thanksgiving dinner anytime soon.

Two women, including his former wife and a recent girlfriend, say that Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable has a history of violent behavior toward women.

In separate interviews with ESPN's "Outside the Lines", Sandy Cable and Marie Lutz say that Cable hit them during relationships dating back more than 20 years.

Cable's alleged temper has been in the news since August, when Oakland assistant coach Randy Hanson accused Cable of breaking his jaw during an altercation in a coaches meeting.

On Oct. 22, Napa County district attorney Gary Lieberstein said he would not pursue charges against Cable, citing inconsistencies in Hanson's story that were not corroborated by the three assistants in the room at the time.

But the two women interviewed by "Outside The Lines" say that Cable, in his first full season as the Raiders' head coach, physically abused them at various times during their relationships.

In 1989, Sandy Cable sought a temporary order of protection, which said, in part, "On two occasions, one back in '86 and the other in '88, he hit me. The second time in the face, however on attempts to call law enforcement, my husband would rip the phone out of the wall."

Did the Raiders even try to do a background on this check before they hired him? How about the University of Idaho before that? Did somebody ever thing that this sort of behavior might be a bad thing for a head coach? Considering that Cable has some huge Northwest ties, it's really sad but I have absolutely no respect for a guy that beats women. Hopefully the Raiders fire him after the season.

If they don't, I'm waking up Al Davis' corpse and telling him to fire Cable.

Epic Video: The Oakland Raiders' secret weapon

Things have gotten so bad for the Oakland Raiders, they're using pigeons now.

Epic Photo: Proof that Al Davis is actually the emperor from Star Wars

Did you know that Al Davis actually used to coach the Raiders? Like when TV was still black and white.

I wonder if Darth Raider could use some Jedi Mind trick and have Al Davis actually draft somebody with NFL talent.

Thanks Deadspin.

Your morning anti-Yankee post

Hello Mr. Yankee fan,

I know it's been a rough year for you so far, since the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Cowboys (your other teams - don't know why you root for them) didn't win their respective league championships. But hey, it's baseball season and you're team is starting to heat up, and before long, your sluggers might be breaking out the golden thongs.

Remember a week ago when you were packing the season in and claiming that the Bronx Bombers we're heading the way of the Washington Nationals? Heck, you almost busted out your 2002 Oakland Raiders AFC Championship t-shirt. Good thing you didn't though, because putting Rich Gannon's name on number of the back of that t-shirt wasn't such a great idea.

Now you're 13-11! WOOOOOO! You're almost up to the same level as powerhouse franchises like the Seattle Mariners. Good thing your payroll equals the entire economic output of counties in the middle east and your star ace consumes more food than most countries in the middle east combined. And don't forget Nick Swisher is a great clubhouse guy. I hear he's HILARIOUS, especially when they use him to pitch when the Yankees are getting blown out. See there's a lot of things to still like about this team.

And since you built a new stadium, you don't have to worry about getting mugged en route because nobody can afford the seats and aren't going anyways.

So you enjoy the Red Sox-Yankees game tonight. Better tell your starting pitcher to occasionally look over to third base so Jacoby Ellsbury doesn't take a 45-foot leadoff. Just saying.

Oh yeah, and Derek Jeter has AIDS.

What would give GMs an instant heart attack

Strangely, Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge suffered a minor heart attack the same day that it was announced that Kevin Garnett will not be playing for the Celts in the postseason.

Coincidence? Yeah probably.

However, it does bring up an interesting question, what sports disaster would be big enough to cause a GM to have a heart attack?

1. "Congrats! Isiah Thomas is now the coach of your basketball team. (Sorry Florida International)"

2. "Stephon Marbury will be playing for your already cohesive team despite his prior track record of being a selfish ball-hog. (Wait, this already happen to Ainge)"

3. "The team has been sold to George Steinbrenner and he's decided to keep you on as GM. But if you don't win a World Series, he's killing you and your family."

4. "Guess what? We're moving the team to Salt Lake City!"

5. "We actually traded your draft picks for the rights to a Broadway Musical. Something called "Disney's High School Musical."

6. "Hope you like Latrell Spreewell"

7. "Well, I was kind of hoping to cut payroll below what he Kansas City Royals are spending on their team."

8. "Hmmm, well lets just say last night was bad. It involved a mirror, A-Rod, some questionably attractive Canadian Mounties and a lightbulb. Have fun with that in the media."

9. "So what's it like being the GM of the Oakland Raiders?"

10. "Meet our new PR guy, Jose Conseco!"

It's lamest time of the year... for the NFL

College football has shut down before it begins it's "Bowl Season" where almost half the mediocre teams in the nation can end their season on a positive note, leaving me without any real meaningful football to be played until the BCS National Championship Game and the NFL Playoffs.

This is still with a couple of games left in the regular season of the pros, but honestly I don't care what 8-8 or 9-7 sneaks into the playoffs, they'll more than likely get their butts handed to them.

Meanwhile the teams that are actually good have already clinched a playoff spot and are fighting for (yawn) home-field advantage. While this is important, probably more important than any other sport, we can expect to see quite a few letdowns by the better teams to either borderline playoff teams actually fighting for something, or really bad teams (other than the Raiders and Lions) looking for a chance to get some pride back. It's basically garbage time football for a few weeks since even if these better teams lose, it really doesn't matter because they'll be playing with a completely different mindset and a completely different intensity once the playoffs start.

And the NFL wants to ADD games? Really? Lets extend this pro football purgatory so I can watch the 5-9 San Francisco 49ers put the smackdown on a playoff team in a game that really doesn't meet anything. Swell! That would be entertaining.

Say what you will about the BCS, but every week in college football is compelling and pretty interesting because one loss can spell the difference between a national championship and playing in the Quizno's Sub Bowl.

Meanwhile in the NFL, I get to watch Seneca Wallace (who looks stoned, all the time) and the 2-11 Seahawks match up against the 2-11 St. Louis Rams with Stephen Jackson (who could probably eat an elephant if he wanted to) in front of roughly 20,000 fans. Whoop-de-do.

At least the Hawks won on a last second field goal, kind of made me forget about my beloved Titans pulling a patented playoff team letdown against the Houston Texans, who are a marginally good squad at 7-7.

Sure, I could have watched that thrilling Steelers-Ravens Game which ended in a 13-9 victory for Pittsburgh. But if I wanted to watch baseball I could watch the Dominican League, not two teams that are going to get knocked out by whatever AFC East and AFC South team they match up against in the playoffs.

(Also don't forget the "who's going to beat the Denver Broncos in the first round of the playoffs" sweepstakes, which should go to Indianapolis at this point.)

When does baseball season start up again?

Things professional football players shouldn't be doing

Night clubs just aren't a place for NFL players. On Friday night, Plaxico Burress was shot in the thigh, accidentally, and ended up spending the night in the hospital. While he should be fine, it's still a pretty embarrassing happening in a season that's already seen him get injured and suspended.

Here's some things that NFL players just shouldn't do...

- Chop wood with an axe... and end up hitting your leg with it.
- Solicit a prostitute... and have it be an undercover cop.
- Tell people you didn't know there was a tie in the NFL... right after your team tied.
- Trip over your dog... when you're the quarterback of the team.
- Headbutt the goalposts... and give yourself a concussion.
- Hit a police officer with your vehicle... good job, Randy Moss.
- Have an underground dogfighting operation.
- Have a posse with somebody named "Mouse." For some reason Mouse always gets in trouble.
- Do an endzone dance... if you're Warren Sapp.
- Play for the Raiders... ick.

Fallout from Shaun Alexander's release

My buddy Jake over at Just Southeast of Northwest has an interesting take on the release of Shaun Alexander. Basically, he's saying that a lot of Seahawk fans are being fair-weather for turning on the former NFL MVP so quickly.

A number of Seahawk "Fans" rejoice today. We have people who burned their Alexander jersey's out of disgust for his lack of production the past two years. They're quick to forget that he played both seasons with nagging injuries, and ran behind a line that had lost Steve Hutchinson to the Vikings. They forget that Walter Jones, great as he is, is getting older. They are quick to remember his lousy games, though. I guess I just don't get it. And don't get me wrong, I'm with you on groaning over what seemed like a lack of effort on Alexander's part (especially this past year), but honestly, how do we just write off someone who brought so much to the Seahawks? Because of Shaun Alexander, it was cool to wear Seahawk stuff. People sported Seahawk hats rather than the typical 49er or Cowboy trash that was so obvious in the Pacific Northwest. Face it, you probably rooted for one of those teams. Or perhaps the Broncos. Or the Patriots, more recently. In short, Alexander helped make the Seahawks cool.

While he does make a valid point about how fickle fans can be, I think that this reaction would have been seen if Shaun had played on any NFL team, not just the Seahawks. It's not so much that his production went down, it's how it went down.

I would dare say that the offensive line really had a lot to do with Shaun's MVP season in 2005, not to take anything away from him (because he is money in the redzone), and it was the entire team's Super Bowl that made the team cool.

To kind of get a pulse of how many Seahawk fans are feeling, I got on ESPN's story about Alexander's release and looked at the comments that people left:

"I was still backing Alexander at the start of last season but after watching him run into the back of his offensive linemen and fall down at or behind the line of scrimmage all season, I started getting on the cut Alexander bandwagon. Most of the time he wasn't even getting hit by defenders before he would fall on the ground. I realize that the offensive line was not great but whatever team he plays for next season, it is almost assured that the O-line will be of lesser quality than Seattle's last year. John Clayton says Alexander has told teammates that he might have a job in Indy and Tampa Bay. On either team he is a number 2 back at best. There are O-lines that Alexander would excel behind if he could stay healthy. I wish him the best. He is definitely not done in the league but his best years are behind him."

I definitely fall in the same boat as this guy. You really can't knock the offensive line for the Seahawks this year and last because even though it wasn't as good as the Super Bowl OL, it was still one of the better units in the league. And Shaun couldn't produce behind them.

"He lead us to our first Superbowl. It truly is sad to see him go out this way, but I've got nothing but admiration for Shaun. Good luck."

You know, I admire Shaun for the way he took being released but (a) he saw the writing on the wall a long time ago and (b) it still doesn't make up for the fact that he was terrible these past two years. It would be like if you got fired for not showing up to work and then thanked the boss for being so gracious. That still doesn't negate the fact that you didn't show up for work.

And the way he thanked Seattle fans, it really made me do a double take. Remember when he was complaining about all the booing last season. It seems to me that, much like any press conference or sports interview is, it was just a blatant "save face" sort of quote. He did take the high road, but it doesn't make him a saint or anything, and I really doubt that he actually feels that way.

"Can we please start the Sean Alexander to the Carolina Panthers movement please."

I was thinking Oakland.

"Alexander should come to St. Louis his rivials so he can prove to Seattle that they never should of release him!!! Jackson and Alexander and Brian!! OMG"

... okay that last comment is why I hate St. Louis fans.