Sports Wrap: Tiger’s Costly Divorce, the Return of the NFL & More!

If this isn’t your first time reading the “Red Zone” then you know that after each weekly column I normally hit you with a quick look at different topics rather than give you a long spill on just one topic. I call this the two-minute drive. Well, this week we’re going no huddle right from the start. It’s Operation Elway time.

As a 49er fan I must say I’m proud of the way they slammed Brett Farve in his limited 4 play outing Sunday night. However, as a football fan I also must say that I wasn’t happy seeing Brett take only four snaps Sunday. I understand that this was Brett’s first game but it was prime time Sunday Night football-- he needed to show something!

The Vikings saw Brett get shoved to the ground by the best linebacker in the game, Patrick Willis, and immediately went into turtle mode with him. They snatched him out quicker than you’d snatch your hand out of hot water. Expect the same in his second game this week and probably the same in every game until the regular season. Sad part about the whole situation is that Tavaris Jackson didn’t really play that well and didn’t give the Vikings any real reason about why he should be playing. I guess we are stuck with watching number 4 all season; at least we are guaranteed to see a few interceptions.

Speaking of QB’s, Kyle Orton, Matthew Stafford, Jason Campbell and Chad Henne all looked well this past week. All are still pretty young or unproven in a lot of people’s eyes but seem to be making good strides in their careers. While Peyton Manning, Mike Vick, Kevin Kolb and Donovan McNabb looked bad, they all will be depended on for a major part of their team’s success. It’s definitely a quarterback’s league. See more...

Did anyone see MJ this weekend? Baby MJ, that is. Marcus Jordan showcased that he is definitely his father’s son and went to Las Vegas this past weekend and cashed out 50 K in one day. At least he didn’t lose it gambling which would of lead to trouble for him since he is a college athlete. But man 50 Grrrr! According to Baby MJ, he spent 35 K in one place: Haze, which is a nightclub in the Aria Hotel and Casino City Center. My question to you is what would you do if you were him? Exactly, so don’t talk too bad!

It appears Shaq, aka the Big Green Mile, is going to get married again. So soon Shaq? According to lalate.com Shaq pulled the knee pad out at a restaurant and slipped a ring onto a certain woman’s hand. That woman, none other than Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander from the Flavor of Love show season 1. They have since been spotted in a few public places and seem to be pretty cool about it. The Big Shamrock has been known to be smooth with the ladies, or at least dabble around with more than a few, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he is, as Jay Z says, “on to the next one”.

When it comes to dabbling with more than a few women, no one really takes the cake like Eldrick (well maybe except Wilt Chamberlain, allegedly). Tiger’s actions have lead to almost a year’s worth of intense media coverage and many speculations which will, hopefully, all come to an end now. Tiger and his estranged wife have officially divorced.

Details of the proceedings have not been released but the reported outlandish $750 million settlement is not going to happen. Thank goodness--no one in the world deserves that much money for a divorce no matter who they were married to. I know the argument all women will make: she’s the mother of his children this, lied to about that, she held down the home, etc. I was raised by my mother in a single parent home with women all around me playing major roles in my life. I respect everything a mother stands for, believe me! BUT no way in hell will I ever agree with some of these women getting insane amounts of money from some of these divorces. Just can’t do it! The children deserve the world but Elin does not. I’m not making excuses for Tiger, he is getting what he deserves, but he shouldn’t have to give away his life earnings. Remember Tiger had an opportunity to get out of this when all hell broke loose with a few million (and if you really want to be blunt, according to some sources he had a six figure deal in place to leave whenever he wanted) but he chose not to go through with it. Elin and everyone else should remember that.

Oh, by the way I failed to mention one of Tigers main stays, Rachel Uchitel, wants Tiger back. Figured I’d throw that in there as well.

The Hail Mary…

Everyone’s favorite columnist (far from it), Jay Mariotti, did the unthinkable (well at least that’s what he called it in the past when criticizing athletes who have assaulted women). I wonder what he will say regarding his alleged assault of his girlfriend this past weekend. Maybe I can help him by using his own words--horrid symbol of America, menace to society, womanizer, a person channeling his inner Bruce Lee. These are all descriptions used by Jay to describe athletes in trouble for assaulting their wives/girlfriends. I have a few more-- Punk, Hypocrite, and most of all, Fake!