Eagles fan fired for Facebook status

Dan Leone, a game-day worker at Lincoln Financial Field, was fired by the Philadelphia Eagles thanks to his Facebook status.

Now for you "non" Facebookers, a Facebook status allows others to see how you are feeling, what you are doing, or your thoughts at the moment.

Here's what Leone's status said that got him the boot:
"Dan is (expletive) devastated about Dawkins signing with Denver. . .Dam Eagles R Retarted!!"

The reason for his frustration was of course the fact that the Eagles let Safety Brian Dawkins leave the team for the Broncos.

Leone, who is 32 and a life long Eagles fan, was called over the phone and told he was fired.

Now for the best part, the reason he was given was because that because of the comment that he couldn't be trusted and that the post made the team look bad.

Keep in mind that I'm sure nobody else in the world cared what a seasonal, stadium employee vented about on his Facebook.

Oh, and guess what Eagles, now you have made the team look REALLY bad. Not Leone, the administration. You stay classy Eagles, you stay classy.

How to know if someone is talking sports out of their butt

1. They'll go on for about 20 minutes how it's justified that they've gone from rooting for the Oakland Raiders (Super Bowl in 2003) to the Indianapolis Colts (Super Bowl in 2007) to the Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowl in 2009). Hmmm.

2. Says that the 2004 World Series didn't count because the Red Sox didn't beat the Yankees in the Series to win the championship. (Oh nevermind they came from behind 3-0 against in the ALCS to go to the WS, and that it's impossible for two AL teams to play in the Series. I'm just saying, somebody actually said this to me.)

3. They'll stand by their statement that Lebron James is not a great player, just a scorer. Then he'll reminisce about the days of Steve Kerr and that other white guy that played for the Lakers with glasses.

4. "Baseball's dumb. It's too slow paced of a game. Hold on, I'm going to turn the channel over to the World Series of Poker."

5. Talks about the chances of the Mariners making the playoffs this year with Griffey.

6. Thinks Tom Brady is a scrambling quarterback.

7. Yells at a pitcher in the sixth inning that he blew a save when that is actually impossible in the game of baseball (Guilty).

8. Asks if it's possible to throw the football through the uprights for a field goal.

9. Wonders when tryouts for the local "professional ball club" are being help as their looking to get back into the game that they haven't played in five years - figuring they haven't lost an smidge off that 6.9 40-time.

10. "What quarter is it? Is this baseball game ever going to end?"

I'm not a team player

No really, read this article about how much fans that refer to their favorite team as "we" annoys me.

Most experienced fans will skirt around that sort of association with their teams, understanding that their chances of being “we” passed up back when they were in high school and the only team they could make was the one that had positions like the “rook” and “bishop.”

The only time you’ll catch them saying “we” is about three beers into a deep conversation with an opposing fan about somebody’s on-base percentage and their chances of making the postseason. Meanwhile, the person dropping “we” like it’s going to get them into the hottest night club, is using it to refer to how pretty “their” uniforms look.

The biggest perps... Mariner fans. Unless of course you're talking about this season then you get the ol' "oh, I really don't follow baseball" excuse. Ha!

Sports fandom increases your risk of a heart attack

You've got to feel sorry for Bears fans, because apparently if you wear clothing sporting that classic "C" logo, you're probably going to cut your life expectancy in half.

According to a German study, sports fans face an increased risk of heart attacks. Who new SNL and Chris Farley were preaching the truth?

But this really shouldn't come as a shock to anyone. Step back and think what people do when they actually go and watch sports.

"Hmmm, alright just got to the ballpark, man it's nice to relax after pulling a 40-hour work week, didn't even get a chance to go to the gym. Oh, who am I kidding, I haven't been to the gym since I graduated from college.

Alright well, now I'm walking up the outer concourse to the upper deck because I couldn't afford the $400 field level seats. Boy this is a windy, and long. Man I can barely breath. Oh good, I made it, now I'm kind of hungry, man I think I'll buy some of these hot dogs covered in nacho cheese and stuffed into bacon grease soaked bread. How about a couple of pretzels and that butter-soaked popcorn is looking delicious too. This is going to be good. Yummy!

It was like that time I had a Super Bowl Party and me and my five friends downed eight large pizzas, a 30-bomb of keystones and more hamburgers than a McDonalds franchise. Boy that was fun. Okay, now I'm at my seat and I'm going to yell at the top of my lungs for the next three hours."

It's rather ironic that we're watching physically fit people, but in the process, getting more unfit ourselves. Does anyone actually do anything on Sunday anymore when you have three flat screens all turned to a different football game. No, you have to track your fantasy football team, you can't move from your recliner.

And let's not talk about the stress that watching your team blow it in the playoffs.

Something you should know about Northwest sports fans...

The NFL is just now getting a taste of the pent-up frustration that Northwest sports fans have been experiencing for years. It's not easy being up here in a far-off corner of the country, basically written off by everyone as part of Canada. You'll hear this often on ESPN...

"(Generally overrated running back who's name rhymes with John Halemzander) doesn't get as much media attention because he's tucked up in the great unknown Northwest, a place that we're pretty sure doesn't have electricity yet. Must be tough for John."

However, if you East Coast pundits, Southern California Yuppies, Midwest Sodbusters and Southern loons should understand is that we're just as passionate and excited about our sports scene as you guys. Consider the following...

1. When you go to a Apple Cup, chances are you're either going to say F*** the Cougs or F*** the Huskies. Why? Because both respective fan sections chant this. At the same time.

2. We still think Warren Moon is a God, and that John Kitna was probably a mistake by God.

3. 116 wins, no World Series. We still wake up in the middle of the night because of this one.

4. If the Super Sonics move to Oklahoma City, Portland will experience a strange surge in the grunge music movement.

...and for the first time in the city's history, it wont be known as Seattle Jr.

5. We hate Kobe.

6. And Jeter.

7. There's this general sense of resentment towards A-rod because he punked out for a bigger contract, but a love towards Ken Griffey Jr. because he punked out of Seattle but ended up experiencing a injury curse of biblical proportions. Seriously, read Job 4:15 "And thalt talented Griffey pinched hiseth testicallas in his jock strappeth."

8. You'll never see so much flannel at a sporting event then in the Northwest.

9. Never stop in Spokane, Wash. with a Portland Pilots T-shirt on.

10. People just don't get drunk at sporting events, like you southern folk like to do and then take it out on farm animals, we get hammered, pass out, wake up the next morning and write "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

God bless the Northwest.