LT Super Bowl ring sells for $230k

20120520-104852.jpgMaybe Lawrence Taylor’s son will help his dad out with the Money he made from auctioning off LT’s Super Bowl 25 championship ring. The auction was extended last night and ended up selling for $230k.

Taylor’s son, TJ, put ring up for auction last week, without the former New York Giant knowing. Taylor did say that he gave the ring to TJ and was free to do with it as he pleased. With all the money issues Taylor has had, I wonder if he wishes he had done the same. The nearly quarter of a million bucks is the most a Super Bowl ring has ever sold for.

No, the ring was not purchased by current Giants defensive end, Osi Umenyiora, who had claimed that he would purchase it back for LT if he reached 500k followers on Twitter. Osi fell 450k shy.

Martin Brodeur on Rangers fans in NJ: ““They are the ones with money, I guess”

The New Jersey Devils suffered a tough defeat yesterday at the hands of cross-river rival, the New York Rangers. Heading into their first game at home in the series at the Prudential Center, the Devils had exactly what they wanted. The fans were a rockin’ at the uh, Rock, for the first two periods, but when the Rangers scored two quick goals in the third period, it became easily noticeable that there were plenty of New York fans in attendance. Blue sweaters stand out in the a sea of red.

When goalie Martin Brodeur was asked about the large contingency of Rangers fans at the game, he had an interesting, and seemingly frustrated response:

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Video: Brandon Prust with a nasty elbow to the back of Anton Volchenkov’s head

Brendan Shanahan has another suspension and fine to handout after today’s New York Rangers 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in the Eastern Conference Finals. Watch as Brandon Prust delivers a vicious, unprovoked, unnecessary elbow to the back of the head of Anton Volchenkov.

There has been a lot of cheap shots this postseason, and it all started back in the 1st round when Shea Weber went WWE on Henrik Zetterberg. I’m not for eliminating physicality in hockey, but moves like these are incredibly bush league and highly dangerous.

The Rangers lead the series 2-1.

Video:Kronwalling at Ice Hockey World Championships

Nicklas Kronwall of the Detroit Red Wings may have the Spring off in the States after him and the team lost in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but like many other NHLers, Kronwall returned to his national team to participate in the World Championships.  He laid the wood to Kaspars Saulietis of Latvia, just like he does to many competitors back here.

Just a perfect big hit. In fact, it even looks like Kronwall let up just a bit before dropping Saulietis along the boards.

H/T Bob’s Blitz

The NFL is spending big in Washington

It’s isn’t about what you know, or who you know, it’s how much you spend. And nobody is spending more money in Washington D.C. than the National Football League.

Even though you hear politicians, all the way up to our President, discussing ways to curb lobbyist influence in our government, it hasn’t been one bit, or at least it isn’t keeping individuals and groups from spending money to protect their personal interests.   The NFL spent $1.6 million on lobbyists in 2011, and has already spent over $3oo,ooo for 2012.  Why? Because the NFL, like any other big business, needs to keep the feds away from what they want to do.

The NFL has internal lobbyists and also contracts with four outside lobby shops to address issues such as broadcasting, internet gambling, drug testing and player safety.

Though the NFL has taken measures in each case, they definitely do not want to become a target in DC. Just witness the amount of negative publicity and money that MLB had to do deal with the last decade with Washington involvement. They became the target of many queries, and the NFL wants none of that.

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