Michael Crabtree has never cried
In an interview with FanHouse on Wednesday, 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree refuted claims that head coach Mike Singletary reduced him to tears during mini-camp last month. He was so vehement about the subject that he nearly cried.
“Anybody knows me, knows I’ve never cried. I don’t understand where this stuff comes from. Say I’m passionate about football. I don’t cry. I never had. I don’t know who said what but Michael Crabtree does not cry.”
Another Bay Area athlete who talks about himself in the third person? Bay Area Sports Blog likes it. Bay Area Sports Blog also finds it hard to believe that Crabtree has never cried, unless he is, in fact, a Cyborg. Let’s hope he deals with grief by catching touchdowns.
In other Crabtree news, he joins teammate Dre Bly as a member of Team Jordan and will wear Nikes as a rookie. The news prompted sneaker freaks to debate Jordan Brand’s decision to sign the rookie. Some argued he hasn’t proven himself yet. Others said he has huge upside. We’re talking about a shoe brand, right?
…Other linkage, not including the top secret video of LeBron being dunked on. We are, at last, all witnesses…
The Raiders’ Madden player ratings are out and, as was previously announced, Nnamdi Asomugha is rated 99. Darren McFadden is 79, Hey-Bey is 76, and backup QB Andrew Walter is 57, just in case you were thinking of benching JaMarcus Russell and Jeff Garcia. Merc
Anthony Randolph reminds one Western Conference scout of Lamar Odom. He also likes the shrimp dumplings at P.F. Changs. Yahoo!
Devin Setoguchi will fly with the Blue Angels at the California International Airshow on August 4. Let’s hope they don’t break out the Flying V. NHL.com
Denny Green says the ship that was his career as an NFL coach has sailed, but he’s excited to be back coaching football in the Bay Area. SFGate
Comparing Travis Ishikawa to Red Sox acquisition and rumored Giants trade target Adam LaRoche. San Francisco didn’t miss out on much. Bay City Ball
The Giants lose again and haven’t hit a home run in 235 at-bats. Merc
Scott Hairston and Matt Holliday had three hits apiece in the A’s 16-1 pounding of the Twins. Holliday stock watch: yeasty. Athletics Nation
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By Scott on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 at 6:00 am.
Tags: Golden State Warriors, Oakland A's, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, San Jose Sharks