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The Boz Blows... .08+

First Topenga, now the Boz. I just dont know what to think. 

Former NFL player-turned-actor Brian Bosworth has been arrested in Hollywood on suspicion of driving under the influence. Los Angeles police Sgt. Alex Ortiz says Bosworth was arrested early Friday. The 43-year-old Bosworth was being held on $5,000 bail.
Bosworth played for Oklahoma before retiring three years into a 10-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks because of a shoulder injury. A phone message left with Bosworth's agent early Friday wasn't immediately returned. Bosworth's screen credits include "Stone Cold," "Three Kings" and "The Longest Yard."

It's So Bad, Even Boston Feels Sorry for Us

So I was reading the Boston Globe and Dan Shaugnessy had an article that made me go hmmmmm. Our current sports malaise is so bad ("how bad is it?!") that even salty New Englanders take notice and commiserate.

"But even in the lean years, our town never had a stretch like this. This is cruel and unusual. Seattle stinks. At everything. It is the sports opposite of Boston."

What's Wrong With The Seahawks Secondary?

310 yards of passing by J.T. O'Sullivan last weekend?

Have Mercy

Nate Burleson is done for the year, making Courtney Taylor the leading pass catcher on the active roster with a whopping 20-ish career catches. Anyone have Mark Wahlberg on speed dial?

Seahawks Campaign Donations

Check out this sortable database of presidential campaign donations by athletes and others involved in professional sports. Looks like three Seahawks executives have donated to Obama, but nothing too juicy.

Madden Curse Reaches All Time High

Good luck finding someone to be on the cover next year...

John Madden Thinks Julius Jones Plays Ball Like a Girl!!!

Madden 2009 just came out with QB and RB ratings and your 2009 Seattle Seahawks Running Game is fairly under-represented. Wait, did  I say under-represented? I mean non-existent, we didn't even crack the top 30.

As a side-note, since he checks in at 97,99,99 for Speed, Agility and Juking, I plan on making Reggie Bush the showcase back in my sweep-and-sprint-to-the-sideline offense that proves so effective in all Madden Games.  It's the football equivalent of using Blanka in Streetfighter II and just doing the jump kick all the way through to M. Bison.

"Lose the Super Bowl and Drive Drunk in a...Hyundai?"

Over the weekend Seahawks captain Lofa Totupu was pulled over for DUI with a BAC of .158. That's a good amount of alcohol but nowhere near the top 10 on the athlete BAC standings.

It is not that shocking that another 'hawk got arrested for DUI in Kirkland (what is it about Kirkland, Stiff drinks, slow speed limits?).  Everyone has been writing about how Lofa is very sorry, and how shocked they are that such a class act would do something like this.  The most shocking part of the story is being overlooked by so-called career journalists.

"Tatupu's 2006 Hyundai Accent first blazed past the officer just after 2 a.m., about 10 blocks from where he pulled over on Northeast 85th Street." 

Wait, wait, wait, WHAT!? I haven't had the pleasure of driving a 2006 Hyundai Accent (the last time I pushed mad whip like that was with a 2002 green Hyundai). I see no excuse for this. I'll forgive the DUI, it's practically a right of passage among pro athletes, but to get one in a Hyundai? Does Lofa have more babys' mamas than we know about? He just signed  one of the biggest contract for a linebacker in the NFL ($42 million contract extension). 

Lofa has apologized profusely and said that it was a  "poor decision."  The only poor decision is rocking your late model Hyundai into Mickey D's parking lot.  At least be caught at Ricks at 2am in a stretch hummer, or in a Ferrari going 140 on the freeway.

Zognard Guest Post: Awkward Alexander

When one kicks back and looks at all of Alexander the great's highlights, it is a bit perplexing how the one time MVP has become such a pariah in the Seattle Sports 'scape.   However after the hawk's picked up both TJ and Orange Julius, there doesn't seem to be a lot of room in the 'hawks backfield for crumplestiltskin.  It's very similar to a guy who has had a long term girlfriend who used to be prom queen, but after becoming a bit too comfortable, she rapidly fades in both looks and yards per touch.  But, instead of breaking up with her, he starts openly dating not one but two girls.  One is a little larger but still can find the hole when needed and the other is the ugly sister in the family, (Thomas Jones being the hotter, older, married sister). 

Yet despite all of this the tenured girlfriend sticks around and is neither dumped nor leaves her philandering beau. If this analogy was real life instead of a sports story you might mistake it for an episode of cheaters, but this is the Seattle backfield situation.  Things get really interesting when your throw in MOMO and Dream Weaver.  Stay tuned as this soap opera really starts to heat up this summer.... 

Seahawks Fan to Steelers Fan: TASTE!

This article is pretty great.  People of the world, please don't associate one 24 year old stoner from Port Orchard, WA too closely with all other Seahawks fans. We did get hosed by the refs in Super Bowl XL though.

Kitsap County sheriff's deputies say the 37-year-old customer was with his daughters at the Port Orchard-area eatery last Saturday. He reportedly traded remarks with an employee about Super Bowl XL in which the Seahawks lost to the Steelers.

When the customer opened his food container, he says there was spittle on the burger. He demanded a refund and called the fast-foot outlet's district manager.