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Cowboys Passing Game Coordinator Sues McDonald’s

By: J.J. Jack

Yup, Dallas Cowboys passing game coordinator, Todd Haley, is the same guy who Terrell Owens screamed at early in the season.

Now, Todd Haley has another battle to fight. And this time, it ain’t on the 100-yard NFL Football field. The Dallas Cowboys passing game coordinator is suing McDonald’s after claiming that his wife found a dead rat in their salad.

YUCK. Todd Haley filed the lawsuit against the food chain Thursday in the state district court. The Dallas Cowboys coach is seeking a whopping $1.7 million in damages.

busted_mcdonalds.jpgThe same lawsuit was also filed in behalf of his wife, Christine, and the family’s live-in baby sitter, Kathryn Kelley.

According to the lawsuit filed by Todd Haley, Christine Haley and Kathryn Kelley was eating part of the McDonalds salad they bought last June 5 at a McDonald’s in Southlake before the dead rat was discovered.

The women became violently ill and endured long-lasting physical injuries, the lawsuit said. Christine Haley, who was nursing, states she had to feed her baby with formula.

In the Dallas Cowboys’ loss against the Philadelphia Eagles last…

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Google Buys $1 Billion Worth of Amateur & Copyright Infringing YouTube Videos.

By: Poppy Z

If you build it, Google will come.

Steven Chen and Chad Hurley are now rolling on tons of money after Google purchased their creation, YouTube.

The all-stock deal announced Monday unites one of the Internet’s marquee companies with one of its rapidly rising stars. It came just a few hours after YouTube unveiled three separate agreements with media companies to counter the threat of copyright-infringement lawsuits.

Google Buys YouTube Those deals are with CBS network, Vivendi’s Universal Music Group, and Sony BMG Music Entertainment. YouTube is set to distribute their videos, behind-the-scenes footage, and other goodies.

But those are just icing on the big Google cake, which snagged the company for $1.65 billion and is the search engine giant’s biggest purchase so far.

At first, it was reported that the creators insist that YouTube is not for sale, no thank you. But that’s before Google showed them all those zeros. Thinking about their debts and all those copyright lawsuits they’re about to face, getting googlelized was the smartest move to take.

Plus there was this promise that YouTube company will operate independently, said Hurley, convincing himself.

Chen and Hurley and their employees are bathing on a pool of…

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Now Plumbers and Roofers Can Auction Themselves on Ebay

By: Poppy Z

The biggest proponent of obesity is the Internet. We just don’t want to admit it.

The forces in cyberspace have formed galactic alliance to keep our fat asses glued to our seats, and our eyes to our computer screens, so we won’t have to move calf muscles to buy what stuff we want and book services that we need.

Three months ago Ebay signed a deal with Yahoo to expand its reach among US online users. The two Internet giants was to work together in areas of search and graphical advertising, online payments, a co-branded toolbar, and the opportunity to explore “click-to-call” functionality.

Today, Ebay signed another deal with Yahoo’s prime competitor, Google.

Google and Ebay Make Us Fat!Basically the same banana but this time targetting non-US users. The new partners announced an advertising partnership Monday that aims to put buyers in touch with a wider variety of sellers, such as the neighborhood exterminator, math tutor or roofer. Under the arrangement, Google would provide search results whenever an eBay member typed in a search term that failed to find any matches on eBay’s vast auction site.

Of course, Ebay risk the chance of its users going out of the site into…

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“It’s just business.” - Ray Allen on Sonics Sale

By: J.J. Jack

For the Seattle Supersonics superstar, Ray Allen, the sale of the Sonics franchise is just business.

The sale of the Seattle Sonics to Oklahoma City tycoon Clay Bennett and co., forced Ray Allen to contemplate his future with the team and re-examine a relationship with former majority owner Howard Schultz that wasn’t as chummy as it appeared to be.

‘’I haven’t had a conversation with Howard in a long time,’’ Allen said in his first interview since the team was sold.

‘’I haven’t been informed about anything going on with this whole situation. I spoke with [team president Wally Walker] for a couple of moments after the press conference. Up until then, I didn’t know what was going down until it went down. The rest of the players, everybody was in the dark.’’

‘’Am I upset by that? No, not really. And I’m not mad or disappointed in Howard or anyone else for that matter.’’

‘’It’s a business. From the outside, it may look a certain way, but things aren’t always as they…'’

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Can Survivor, Richard Hatch, Survive Prison?

By: J.J. Jack

Survivor’s ‘’fat naked guy,'’ Richard Hatch, may have survived an island. Let’s see him SURVIVE prison.

Yeah, the miserable fag is back on TV, only this time, he’s not competing for immunity in one of them Survivor Reality TV shows. He he… Poor guy is being put behind bars.

Richard Hatch has been sent to a federal prison in Oklahoma, as he serves a 51-month sentence. Apparently, he failed to pay taxes for the $1 million he won on the debut season of ‘’Survivor.'’

Uh oh, going to Oklahoma is one thing, being stuck there inside a federal prison is just miserable. He he…

Richard Hatch, who is now 45 years old, arrived last week at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City. As of this writing, it is STILL not yet clear why Hatch was moved or whether he will serve out his prison sentence at the facility, but he will be trying to SURVIVE Oklahoma prison with steroid buffs looking to hump him in the you-know-what.

The Federal Transfer Center is a hub for prisoners transferring through the federal system.

A federal jury convicted Hatch in January of failing to pay taxes on the ‘’Survivor'’ prize and other income. He was sentenced in May to 51 months in prison by a judge who said the reality TV star had lied repeatedly on the witness stand.

Hatch had previously been held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts.

He would prefer to serve his sentence near his family in Rhode Island or in…

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The Worst NBA Basketball Jerseys of all time

By: J.J. Jack

When we talk about NBA basketball, there’s one thing the league MUST assure their fans, NBA jerseys should be killer.

Yup, admit it or not, it’s sometimes all about the jersey. And no matter how good a player is, if the jersey looks crap, then goddamn, the player IS crap.

Take a look at John Stockton and Karl Malone for example. Yes, they are two of the best NBA players the world of basketball has ever seen. But man, I hated watching those two old farts. Why? Well, quite frankly, their Utah Jazz uniforms SUCK.

Yes, they did changed it in a desperate attempt to let morons… Er… Mormons, have some sense of taste. What did they do? They ended up with a new design that can only be called as an even bigger monstrosity, having a goddamn mountain etched on a Jazz player’s right leg.

Jeez… THAT was butt-ugly.

On that note, let’s take a look at some of the worst uniforms the NBA has ever seen. Oh yeah, unfortunately, the Miami Heat have cool red and black uniforms so can’t bash them there. Now I don’t consider myself a fashionable guy but c’mon, even an eight-year-old can see that these uniforms shouldn’t have been known to mankind.

Milwaukee Bucks (1993-2006)

One huge solid-purple aberration…

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Sonics and Storm Moving From Seattle to Oklahoma?

By: J.J. Jack

Will NBA and WNBA fans (the WNBA has fans?!?) see Seattle lose both of its basketball teams to Oklahoma?

Well, the Oklahoma-based new owners of both the Seattle Supersonics and Seattle Storm are certainly not making it too obvious but it seems Oklahoma is a destination these guys are aiming at.

As for now, they are looking to ‘’wipe the slate clean’’ and begin ‘’good-faith negotiations’’ with local and Washington state politicians on a deal to renovate KeyArena or build a new one altogether.

Yeah. RIIIGHT. And I think SOAD is a damn good band. Sheesh…

Previous owners, Howard Schultz’s group, can’t seem to strike that deal and if they can’t get a better deal soon, Seattle will lose basketball to Oklahoma. Something Seattle basketball fans and local officials are already considering and are just waiting to unfold.

After threatening for more than a year to sell the Sonics and Storm, Schultz on Tuesday announced he had sold the NBA and WNBA teams for $350 million.

Since purchasing the teams in 2001 from Barry Ackerley for $200 million, said Schultz, the chairman of The Basketball Club of…

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7th Heaven with Jessica Biel costs $30,000

By: J.J. Jack

Esquire’s ‘’The Sexiest Woman Alive'’ and ‘’7th Heaven'’ star, Jessica Biel wants $30,000 for one hot and steamy night with her.

Yup, you better save up now for you to unleash that horndog in you and blow her brains out. Apparently, the lovely Jessica Biel raised $30,000 to help a teenager who lost her leg in a prom night limousine accident. Jeez… Of all nights huh? She had to pick prom to lose one leg.

Maybe she just took ‘’break a leg'’ a little too far when her friends wished her luck before prom.

Denver media reports that the winning bid came from a man who we only know as ‘’John.'’ The amputated teenager, Molly Bloom, is definitely thankful for all of Jessica Biel’s efforts to help them with medical expenses.

This date in 7th heaven with the lovely Jessica Biel, dubbed as ‘’Mollypalooza,'’ has now raised $38,000 to help Molly and her family. Bloom lost a leg and part of her pelvis in the prom night accident and was undergoing rehabilitation at a Denver hospital.

She was run over and dragged about 38 feet by a Hummer stretch limousine, police said. Limousine driver Stanley D. Sample, 38, faces a misdemeanor charge of careless driving resulting in serious bodily injury.

Ouch.

‘’(Biel) has this opportunity to create a buzz that would provide some support and she’s more than happy to do that,'’ Jonathan Biel, Biel’s father, told KMGH-TV. He said it was his daughter’s idea to hold the auction for a date.

So who got the lovely…

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The Best NFL Football Offensive Team Your Football Betting Money can Buy

By: Syndicate

The brand new 2006 NFL football season is almost here and a lot of player transactions sure have come out of the surface.

So if you were an NFL football General Manager, who would you pick? Here are just some NFL football players who might just form the best offensive unit the National Football League has ever seen.

Peyton Manning (QB) $10,566,668

Of course, Peyton Manning should man your QB spot. One can argue that Tom Brady is as good as Peyton. Yes, but if we’re talking about the best thing money can buy, Peyton is just more affordable.

Ladainian Tomlinson (RB) $6,316,666

At Running Back, Larry Johnson and Shaun Alexander comes to mind. But when you have someone of Tomlinson’s caliber that can save you a couple more bucks compared to what you’ll pay to a Shaun Alexander, you can STILL have guys like Marion Barber ($423,000), Lendale White ($693,000) and Darren Sproles ($448,000) to back him up.

Chad Johnson (WR) $6,419,801 / Santana Moss (WR) $3,182,000 / Steve Smith (WR) $4,409,411

Wide Receivers. There are quite an awful lot of good wide receivers in NFL football. From Terrell Owens to Randy Moss, there are a lot of guys who can score for you BUT also drain the life out of your team’s salary cap in a heartbeat. For this team, Chad Johnson, Santana Moss and Steve Smith are the best picks. In terms of size, speed, reliability and production, nothing can…

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BetonSports CEO, David Carruthers, Arrested

By: J.J. Jack

BetonSports shares dropped like the next Story of the Year album flop after the arrest of its CEO, David Carruthers.

BetonSports shares ended down 25 percent in London sharing after BetonSports CEO, David Carruthers, was detained like the dog that he is while changing planes in the United States.

Poor guy was traveling to Costa Rica when the boys in blue arrested him at Dallas airport. Yup, Dallas. After the infamous Dallas screw job by those Miami Heat retards, it seems Dallas STILL has its fair share of controversies in the big state of Texas.

BetonSports is based in Costa Rica and BetonSports CEO, David Carruthers, was heading there with his wife Carol when he was arrested late last night.

BetonSports is waiting to hear why its 48-year-old top executive is being held, and so are all of its online betting rivals.

Maybe those guys are asking if the big boss of their fiercest rival will be locked up for a damn long time, if not for good.

‘’They’ve all been on the phone asking about this,'’ spokeswoman Ginny Pulbrook said.

Mr. Carruthers has attacked a proposed US law banning…

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