Yardbarker: Warren Sapp

The 10 best NFL teams of the last decade

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:00:19 -0500

Time is running short on the last year of the '00s, so it's time to dive into the daunting task of ranking the NFL's best of the decade. Best what? Best everything. We're going with a series of top 10 lists, and if something miraculous happens between now and December 31st, well, we'll just have to catch it at the end of 2019. 10. 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Record: 12-4. Eventual fate: Beat Raiders in Super Bowl. This year saw the best in a string of great Tampa Bay d...

The 10 best NFL players of the last decade

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:00:33 -0500

Time is running short on the last year of the '00s, so it's time to dive into the daunting task of ranking the NFL's best of the decade. Best what? Best everything. We're going with a series of top 10 lists, and if something miraculous happens between now and December 31st, well, we'll just have to catch it at the end of 2019. 10. Derrick Brooks(notes). Brooks went to the Pro Bowl seven times in the '00s, and won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 2002. ...

Throwback memories; A Video History of Green Bay vs Tampa Bay

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:26:17 -0500

The games were many, some decided in overtime, some blowouts like the 55-14 beat down the Packers put on us in 1983. That game was 49-3 at half time. Of course this is all before the days of Warren Sapp and Brett Favre having their play time on the screen. Before the return to Monday Night Football where Dilfer threw two perfect slants to Green and Emanuel, there was the very last Monday Night game for Howard Cosell, who didn't want to take the trek to San Francisco for game 16, th...

Patience, and draft picks, is all that will build us a winner.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:35 -0500

It was draft picks like Sapp, not Free Agents, that built the Superbowl Bucs View full size photo uploaded October 28, 2009 The 'Fire Morris' campaign has started already, a mere half season into his rookie campaign. Coaches don't even get full seasons anymore, much less 3 or 5 year plans. Yet that is the only way a truely dominant team like the Colts, Patriots, and Steelers can be built; not overnight, not with fr...

Warren Sapp Fires on Bears GM Jerry Angelo (Audio)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:44:59 -0500

Warren Sapp has been waging a little personal war against the Chicago Bears own Jerry Angelo. Angelo and Sapp were together in Tampa back in the mid 90’s when Jerry was the Director of Player Personnel and Warren was a young up and comer drafted by Tampa. Sapp appeared on his weekly Wednesday morning segment on [...]

Warren Sapp Loves Steel Panthers, Video

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:02:12 -0500

Warren Sapp Loves Steel Panthers, Video. I don’t know what Sapp was doing at a “Steel Panthers” concert, but this is a little excerpt from the footage they shot. You can tell that it is Summer time, when these are the best vids around, but the lip-syncing is worth the embed. “It’s All In The [...]

Warren Sapp: Nor Tvurner Didn't Practice Two-Minute Offense in Two Years in Oakland - NFL FanHouse

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:46:19 -0500

Warren Sapp is all kinds of crazy, but ... Warren Sapp: Norv Turner Didn't Practice Two-Minute Offense in Two Years in Oakland - NFL FanHouse.

Me and Sue, checking in from Game 2

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:40:28 -0500

Buddy Bloggers Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi were in San Antonio on Friday for the All-WNBA team announcement. Waiting patiently for their awards, they decided it would be a perfect time for a tag-team Buddy Blog effort: Dee: So I guess we're supposed to give our thoughts on Game 1. Sue: But you didn't watch it. Dee: Aww, come on now. You weren't supposed to say that. I don't have cable at my house yet. Sue: Kelly Schumacher was ballin'! Dee: She hit a couple jumpers, right? Sue: And a blocked shot! It was a lay-up? a lay-up! And she came from nowhere and swatted it away. Dee: It's all about Schu. Every team she's on at least makes the Finals. Sue: No, it was a good game. Detroit, when they're playing their best, they have so many people? so many big bodies. They're a very tall team. They're a tough team to go against. And San Antonio's really missing its other two point guards (Helen Darling and Edwige Lawson-Wade), because that makes Becky have to do a whole lot more. And Becky was more aggressive in Game 2, but she still had trouble hitting shots until the fourth quarter. Dee: Yeah, Game 1? from what I've heard? Detroit just did what they do: they beat you up. When you play them, you have to either beat them up back or play better basketball than they do. Sue: Or hit outside shots? Dee: ?right, like I said, play better basketball than them. And San Antonio hasn't done either of those things. Detroit's big and intimidating. They're gonna hit you and try to bully you and they're really good at that. If you can't compete with that, you're gonna have a tough time winning games against them. Sue: What about the rest of the Finals, though? I think San Antonio is in a little bit of trouble. Dee: Well, I thought San Antonio was gonna win last night. I think Detroit just has too much for them. They can throw so many different looks at them, Becky in particular? They can outmuscle her with Katie, they can outquick her with Tweety and even bring a tough all-around marker like Hornbuckle. Sue: She couldn't even get the ball off screens in Game 1. Dee: Right, and when you're bringing the ball up the court, directing the half-court offense AND you're the main offensive threat, that's a whole lot of responsibility for Becky to have on her shoulders. I think they need to get Ann Wauters more involved. If they could play with the Shock anywhere, I thought it would be in the post, but that hasn't been the case in these two games. Sue: Yeah, Taj played well in Game 1. I don't think I'd say that Detroit's the superior team here? they're both good teams, obviously, to have made it this far. Dee: San Antonio went 14-0 against the East this year! 14 and 0! 14? and 0! Sue: That's cuz the East is weak! Same team in the Finals every year! No, I'm totally kidding. I don't know what's gonna happen. And don't take this the wrong way, but I don't really care. I love women's basketball? obviously? but when we're not here (in the Finals), I'm just rooting for my friends. My answer is "Go, Kelly Schumacher!" That's the most profound thing I can say about it. Dee: I want Detroit to win because we beat Detroit last year. No, I'm kidding. I don't really care either. I think the best team will win. Honestly, I watched about a quarter of Game 1. And the reason is that when you're not there, it's hard to watch teams playing when you think you should be there. I just can't bear it. It hurts too much. Sue: Yes. Too much hurt. It's not because we're not fans. It's just a professional thing. Dee: So moving right along, we're getting set to head back to the homeland this coming week. Mother Russia. I'm leaving the 8th and Sue's leaving the 10th. And our first game over in Moscow is Oct. 16.We have about a week to get ready and then a week before we're playing. Sue: And we have the same setup that we had last year. The house. Dee: Kelly Miller is coming over to play with us. Lauren, three Russian national teamers, we have the young Serbian of the year? Sue: Sylvia Fowles? Dee: Oh yeah, did I forget Sylvia? Sue: Yeah, we're gonna suck. Though the other big team there has Penny Taylor, Tweety, Cappie, Candace Parker, Kristi Harrower, Svetlana Abrosimova. Dee: Yeah, I miss Svetty. How is she? ? Yeah, Svetty's the shizzle. Sue: Svetty's a free agent. Dee: I hope she comes to the West. I need her to take me to dinner. She has many shekels. Sue: Shekels are Israeli. Dee: Right, I forgot, Miss Israeli citizen. "Hava negila" to you. Sue: And a "baruch atah" to you... Challah! Dee: If they have hummus, I'm there. Sue: Hummus and pita: fast track to fatness. Calories galore. Dee: Oh, I want to bring up the L.A. Times article and my response to it. Sue: Yeah, let's talk about that. Dee: What she wrote was so wrong. Now I'll preface this by reminding you that I don't have cable, so I've been reading and writing a lot. So I read the article and I thought, "Someone needs to be proactive about this." So I set up a meeting with my creative team and they put it together. Sue: Yeah, you consulted your creative team. Dee: Yeah, we worked together to shut that woman DOWN! She may never write again! Sue: It's that UConn education coming through. Dee: Sociology major, represent! No, honestly, my creative team went to really good colleges. You just get tired of reading articles like that. And especially for a woman to write that? Come on! She's a hater. She's a big hater. She was so wrong about it all. She kept making all these comparisons to the NBA. Well, we're NOT the NBA. We never will be the NBA. Because we're not guys. But we do have the best female basketball players in the world. We could have brought three USA teams to Beijing and we would have swept the medals. Our bench could easily have won gold! It's the truth! So when are people going to start mentioning how well we do and all the good things we do for women's basketball? We've won four straight gold medals. That's pretty cool. But this woman's mad that we can't dunk? Shut up! We don't get paid as much as the guys? Shouldn't that make you like us more? We're playing the game for the right reasons! I feel some times that people don't actually know how much work we put into it. I think some people see it as just a summer league. You know? "Sign up to play this summer in the WNBA!" But we are professionals! This is my job! Sue: She should come try and play. Dee: She SHOULD come play. We practice a lot against guys, and I think they always have a very different perspective on how we play after they play against us a little bit. We play a lot against D-II players, I-AA players, and they're always saying, "Wow, we never knew you guys were that good." Sue: Remember those guys we played against with the USA team at Stanford before we went to China? Dee: Yeah, we whooped 'em! Sue: Well, except that huge guy in the middle. He was like 6-7 and hitting fadeaway three-pointers. We were thinking, like "Yeah? this is realistic competition?" Dee: It is kind of funny that as we're writing this, ESPN is showing Jim Rome-- Sue: Burning? Dee: Yeah, he definitely is burning. So what about Warren Sapp on Dancing With the Stars? He's good, right? He can shake it. He's good, dude. Sue: He's nimble for a big guy. Dee: So who are you putting your money on? Sue: Misty May-Treanor. Dee: I heard she's terrible. She's a little stiff, isn't she? Sue: Well, she has a lot of muscles. From the volleyball. Dee: Yeah, being at the Olympics was fun. Oh, what about Lauren running up and trying to talk toYao during the Closing Ceremonies! Sue: That was hilarious. If you haven't seen it already, please go YouTube it right now. "How am I gonna live without Yao?" Dee: I think she's kind of infatuated with him. She talks about him a lot. They're good friends through basketball. In a non-romantic way. Sue: Yeah, he's married. To a former Chinese national team player. Dee: Yeah, but she's no Sui Feifei. Or Miao. Miao was BALLING at the Olympics. Sue: Miao was balling. Dee: So, speaking of foreign policy, I'm all about tax cuts this season. I don't know about you, but I'm voting Obama for yo mama, McCain insane. That's it, print it. I actually watched the VP debate a few nights ago, but I was in a sushi restaurant and it was on mute. Did Palin hold her own? Sue: I don't like talking about politics. Dee: If I hear the word "bipartisan" one more time, I'm gonna kill myself. Sue: The one that kills me is the whole "hockey mom" thing. Dee: The thing I love is that when they say, "My friends, you can trust me?" If you believe them, there's something wrong with you. And it's always, "My friends?" Sue: And what about Tina Fey as the Vice President? Dee: What?!? Sue: She does a spot-on imitation of Sarah Palin. She's done it a couple of times on Saturday Night Live. Haven't you seen it? Dee: I don't have any freaking TV! I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone. Sue: I'll send it to you. It's really good. "I can see Russia from my backyard!" Dee: I do love her accent. It's almost a Minnesota accent. Sue: "Ohhh yahhhhh, we share a maritime border!" ? "Can I call ya Joe?" Dee: Every time Palin was talking, Biden was laughing. That's a bad sign. But Palin's suit did look nice. Sue: OK? since we've made fun of just about everyone in America now, we'll let you enjoy the rest of the Finals. Dee: And maybe we'll check in from Russia this winter. Wouldn't that be fun? Sue: Yeah, and we'll really be able to see Russia from our backyard! Dee: Yeah, Birdie! Good one!

Bedazzled Undertaker invades Dancing With the Stars

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:14:34 -0500

Coming out to the Undertaker's music mashed with an incredibly confusing techno beat, Warren Sapp pays homage to Blade and performs a dramatic twist that somehow manages to make him look like he weighs 175lbs. Doing his best impersonation of...

Warren Sapp Continues to Embarrass Himself, Miami Football Program

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:44:14 -0500

Something called a "Griffin Matthews," which to the best of my knowledge is a gay Steve Urkel, "tussles with teddy bear Warren Sapp."

Misty May and Kim Kardashian to appear on "Dancing With The Stars"

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:19:26 -0500

There's a joke about Sir Mix-a-lot's "Baby Got Back" in here somewhere. It's true, the two-time gold medalist will appear on "Dancing With The Stars" along with Warren Sapp and sprinter Maurice Greene. "A record 13 dancers will compete on the show. Included are the program's youngest dancer ever ? 18-year-old Cody Linley of the popular Disney Channel show "Hannah Montana", and its oldest, 82-year-old actress Cloris Leachman. Others ...

Warren Sapp is Dancing With the Stars

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:42:51 -0500

Warren Sapp will be on the 2008 season of DWTS....because nothing is more graceful than a big belly.

Top Ten Reasons to Hate the Buccaneers

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:21:52 -0500

Carolina Panthers fans, we’re ready for part two of our hateration series! In this installment, we’re going to cover the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. There was a time, a long time, when the Bucs were the loveable losers of the NFL.

Oakland Raiders' Warren Sapp retires

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:20:50 -0500

In a move that is not surprising, defensive tackle Warren Sapp announced his retirement today. For 13 years the Qb Killa terrorized opposing quarterbacks racking up 96.5 sacks. The sack numbers don't fully tell the story of what a player like Warren Sapp means to his team. With Sapp always being accounted for, he would get double teams which would free up his teammates to get in the backfield and cause problems.

Warren Sapp's ejection-A Result of continous horrid officiating in the NFL?

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:24:41 -0500

Warren Sapp was ejected from the Oakland Raider-Jacksonville Jaguar tilt on Sunday after jawing with the officials. Considering that the officiating in the NFL is generally a step or two above the WWE despite Mike Pereira's protestations and justifications on NFL Total Access, it is not surprising that Warren Sapp finally said his piece to the zebras. He was ejected for supposedly bumping one of the officials, but somehow no video evidence of any contact with the zebra exists. The trouble ostensibly started when the officials called a holding penalty on the Jags but were prepared to call it declined without talking to Lane Kiffin or the Raiders first. That was probably just the straw that broke the camel's back.