Celtic Guardian

I'm pretty sure they'll still use the word 'wrestle', or variations there-of, as and when, don't panic. It's supposedly against the rules to use the word 'fan' anymore and Grisham used it about 6 times in one match on ECW last week that I noticed. I'm pretty sure he still has a job, right? When they change it to "World Entertainment Entertainment", we can all take the suicide pills. Until then, just keep telling yourself it's going to be okay. More like World Entertaining Entertainment to keep the tenses consistent. I'll just stick to World Wrestling Entertainment. It's simpler.

According to Meltzer, the term "sports entertainment" is now banned too in favor of just "entertainment."

I'm not so sure it isn't one. The constant references to workers as "entertainers" tears at the suspension of disbelief. It's one thing to know that pro wrestling isn't real. It's another thing altogether to have that fact forcibly shoved down one's throat.

In the Washington, D.C. area proper, the Redskins would obviously be #1 and it's not even close. The battle is for #2 where the Capitals may be jumping ahead of everyone else. I'd probably put the Wizards at #3, Maryland basketball at #4 and the Nationals as #5, that's being generous.

Whether Cade did or didn't do something wrong, JR's blog post is clearly a violation of Cade's medical privacy. JR should have simply left the firing as a private issue and not addressed it further. This kind of innuendo mongering is beneath him.

Another Cyber Sunday ballot item announced on WWE.com, a choose the tag team pair. ...only the top vote-getting match of the following three potential matches will take place.

I'd be a lot more impressed by Goodell's tough guy act if he'd crack down on non-players too.

Leno's guests are usually higher up the celeb food chain, even WWE can't land guests there very often. Maybe TNA would have a better shot at Kimmel or Ferguson. On the earlier note, the fact that TNA is doing its first non-Orlando based Impact should be a bigger deal in the headlines. I'm more than curious to see if the regular show can draw a paid audience so far away.

This firing "for cause" business seems like an open invitation for legal action and continued distraction.

It's time for the McCain/Palin campaign to be told to leave Bristol Palin alone too. No teen girl deserves to be hit from all sides like this.

And he didn't. Linehan fired, Jim Haslett bumped up to interim coach.

In most of the US, Smackdown will also be in partial conflict against the first presidential debate so I'm assuming a subpar rating anyway.

The fall of Rutgers continues, Navy comes back to take 'em out 23-21.

HHH's reference to Dr. Black was taken off Smackdown in editing before it ever hit the air.

Triple H has been cutting promo's on Jeff that mock his past drug issues and has made references to Dr Black, who was Benoit's doctor. Meltzer doesn't want to post anything that would be legally actionable but he's clearly throwing the hint out for those inside enough to pick up on it.

There's still not enough here to tell much of anything. Nobody with direct knowledge of the situation has publicly alleged yet that drugs have anything to do with it. Barring such a connection, we're left with (maybe) questionable behavior on an airline flight, not really third strike material. Jeff Hardy won't be bounced from WWE based on speculation, there needs to be something real and provable.

Well, they didn't play other teams that had bye weeks for one thing. There was no built-in competitive disadvantage.

According to Chris Mortensen/ESPN, Ravens/Texans has been postponed to Sunday, November 9 due to hurricane damage at Reliant Stadium. Bengals/Texans will be moved up from 11/9 to October 26 to make room. Goodell really screwed the pooch for not just moving Ravens/Texans to a neutral site days ago.

More fuel for the ACC really, really stinks point of view... Middle Tennessee State has gone up 17-7 on Maryland, midway through the 3rd. Edit: 24-14 MTSU finale.

Somehow please explain how the wife of the Democratic presidential nominee can be off-limits to political criticism but the minor daughter of the Republican vice-presidential candidate is fair game.

Neutral site football rules.

App St/LSU was originally slotted for main ESPN, the time change forced the move to Classic. ESPN will now simulcast ESPNU's Delaware/Maryland for the late afternoon instead.

Mick Foley agrees to terms says the Torch. The Torch mentioned possible scenarios as a commentator or on-air commissioner though I'd have to think that he would step into the 6-sided ring at some point.

For a significant portion of the WWE fanbase, Cena is a star, someone special beyond themselves. Turning him into a color commentator for an extended period would make him ordinary. WWE should not do that.

Look around you, she did spark it. Without the effort spearheaded by Gail Kim & Awesome Kong, we wouldn't have a successful TNA Knockouts Division or WWE's Divas Division response.