Evening Rumblings

A few links and stories to read by the nighttable light this evening:

• Shockingly, Jason Whitlock decided to write an article that makes sense. After his insanity regarding the firing of Willingham, I know this may come as a quite a surprise to most of you. Of course, the article had to be about race, but at least this time his argument actually holds together.

• Carson Palmer will play in his first game on Monday. Anyone else think this ends badly?
  

• Fantasy draft alert: apparently Mike Vanderjagt might be in danger of not making the Cowboys. I find this one hard to believe.

• Finally, I heard an interesting story the other day from a friend of mine who is British and a huge World Cup fan. We were discussing soccer/football, which basically consisted of me peppering him with inane questions. He said that he had heard an explanation of the Zidane headbutt episode from one of his friends in Europe, and I thought I'd pass it along. Apparently, it was a not so well-kept secret that Zidane's wife was sleeping with one of the Italian players (we'll call him Player X). When Materazzi kept pulling his shirt, Zidane said "if you want my shirt I'll give it to you after the match." Materazzi's response was that if he wanted Zidane's shirt, he would just go to Player X's house. I have no idea if this is true, but it does bring up an interesting explanation for why neither Zidane nor Materazzi would reveal what was said on the pitch.

• Until tomorrow, cheers.