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The Minnesota Vikings waived quarterback Donovan McNabb on Thursday. Meaning the availability of the Chicago native had certain Chicago media folks and fans pondering the possibility of McNabb being the savior to replace injured QB Jay Cutler and restore Super Bowl dreams. All of which is very unlikely to happen — the acquisition of McNabb and the Super Bowl.
April Rose warms up things for those of us in cooler climates than Colombia, where she was for a recent photo shoot. Credit: Brian B Hayes
If McNabb is available on waivers, it means most of the teams in the NFL have passed on picking him up. Of course, some teams don’t need a quarterback who is past his prime. The Bears, with backup Caleb Hanie elevated to starting staus, have a QB who may not have an NFL prime. But if McNabb is the answer, then the question probably should be: Name a former Syracuse quarterback who has not played particularly well for the last two seasons and probably won’t play well regardless of where he ends up.
One of these days the editorial staff at elliottharris.com will figure out a more efficient way to orgainize daily postings. Maybe reserve Fridays for April Rose, who has enough activities to fill up this space by herself.
As a public service, more April Rose. Credit: Brian B Hayes
The Maxim 2008 Hometown Hotties winner has something going on with SpeedTv.com, among other projects. Check out Dream Ride here. This very well could conclude any sports connection for today, although there is a sports component to her “Maximum Exposure” video.
Not that having a sports link is necessary when April is concerned. She is welcome here any time. Plus today’s post can serve as part of the portfolio for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (or its cyberspace equivalent). Speaking of such things, there was some news that might make such an honor for this site less unlikely than you might think.
Nieman Journalism Lab reports:
The Pulitzer Prize board announced changes to the awards competition, with the headline being: Pulitzers will now require entries to be submitted digitally, saving dozens of poor newsroom clerks the labor of cutting and pasting newsprint onto 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheets. That’s news in itself, but more interestingly, they’re also altering the Breaking News category to emphasize real-time reporting.
It’s a step away from the punctuated publication cycle newspapers were tied to in print, and an acknowledgement of breaking news becoming real-time news, even at a news organization that still buys ink by the barrel. When a crisis happens, be it natural disaster, tragic accident or man-made calamity, we’ve come to expect consistent updates, whether through a liveblog, raw streaming video, or live tweeting.
So this site is moving ever so close to one of journalism’s greatest honors. Well, just as soon as they consider the prize for public service — and that they consider such coverage/uncoverage of fetching females falling into the realm of public service.
As long as we’re at it, we might as well include some video from the fine folks at Maxim who are conducting their Hometown Hotties contest (which closes Dec. 3, so if you want to vote, time is running out — gee, that sounds like another public service, don’t you think?):