Real to Reel: A weekly film-flam session

By Chris Cluff  |   Monday, October 08, 2007  |  Comments( 0 )

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A group that led a movement to legalize marijuana in Denver put up a billboard promoting the idea of the Broncos bringing suspended running back Ricky Williams to the Mile High City.

Apparently, that group did not know the home team already has a pothead at running back in Travis Henry, who has failed a league-administered drug test, reportedly for using marijuana, and faces a one-year suspension.

Informed that the Broncos already had an herb-friendly rusher, the pro-weed group reportedly had a one-word response: "Doh-pe."

As for Henry, he claimed the positive test had to be a mistake. Kinda like the nine kids he has fathered by nine women.


LEINART GOT HIS WISH

Apparently, the St. Louis Rams heard Matt Leinart's complaints about having to platoon with Kurt Warner because linebacker Will Witherspoon put a quick end to it by breaking Leinart's left collarbone on a sack Sunday.

The irony of this is that Warner regains his starting position in Arizona thanks to the team that discarded its two-time NFL MVP in 2004.

And now Warner starts while the two guys who replaced him, Leinart and Marc Bulger in St. Louis, are sharing time on the injury report.


QUICK HITS

**The city of Oceanside, Calif., ended talks with the Chargers about building a new stadium for the team on the city's 72-acre golf course. Apparently, the city didn't think the team's performance was up to par.

**Jacksonville lineman Khalif Barnes was cited for careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident after a one-car crash last weekend. We hear his attorney is going to argue that Barnes was only performing according to his job title: left tackle.

**Kenton Keith's success in relief of Joseph Addai on Sunday should not have been a surprise. After all, running backs with first names for last names have done pretty well. Shaun Alexander and Edgerrin James come to mind. And of course, there was Keith's cousin, former San Francisco star Roger Craig.


STAT LINES

**Dallas QB Tony Romo must have had some sympathy for deposed sprinter Marion Jones because, the day the admitted doper gave back five medals from the 2000 Olympics, Romo gave back five passes to the Buffalo Bills. Of course, unlike Jones, Romo gets to keep the win.

**Tampa Bay has now lost three running backs to injury - Alstott, Williams and Pittman. The Bucs have to hope their next game isn't a Graham cracker.

**While trying to block Houston defensive lineman Travis Johnson, Miami QB Trent Green suffered a Grade 3 concussion. Then, unconscious, Green was subjected to Johnson's third-grade tantrum.


LAST CALL

We know you just made a game-winning field goal, but right before you did, we yelled ...

TIMEOUT!
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About Chris Cluff

Chris Cluff spent 10 years as an editor and sportswriter for The Seattle Times. He was a key figure in the newspaper's coverage of the Seahawks, particularly during their Super Bowl run in 2005. He also has written two books on the Seahawks: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Heart-Pounding, ...
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