Week 4: Boobs & Cheeseheads

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The NFL supports breast cancer awareness month.
Courtesy of Perry Knotts.

If you watch any football games today, you will notice the color hot pink on some of the players and coaches.  Every year, the NFL shows its support of breast cancer awareness month in October by wearing pink ribbons on helmets and wearing pink equipment.

This year's campaign called, "A Crucial Catch," is being promoted with players using pink towels or wearing pink shoes or gloves.  Coaches will wear special hats and pink ribbons.  Even the officials have pink arm bands and pink lanyards for their whistles.  All the pink apparel worn by players and coaches, as well as special footballs and pink coins, will be auctioned with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.  You can buy pink items, bid on the auction items, and read more about the campaign at www.nfl.com/pink.
   
The Mane Event

Brady downplaying his new haircut.
Courtesy of Chris Forsberg, ESPN Boston.

Tom Brady cut his hair!  You may remember last season when the Patriots' QB grew his hair long and was compared to Justin Bieber.  (The Biebs has long since cut his hair and caused pre-teen girls to mourn the loss.)  This spring Brady's hair was news again when he was spotted with a ponytail in Brazil with his supermodel wife.  Then last Wednesday, he appeared in a hat for a press conference and there was obviously neat, short hair underneath.  Not like his hair really matters, but I think no man should have long hair (except Troy Polamalu).

Big Ben Has Issues

If you know me and have read this blog, you know I'm not a fan of Ben Roethlisberger.  I would describe him with not-so-nice words that begin with a D and a B.  I have no idea how he convinced someone to marry him.

Case in point: he missed one day of practice this week to deal with an ongoing civil case in which he is a co-defendant.  Ben is accused of raping a former hostess in his hotel room while at a celebrity golf event in 2008.  The victim is asking for almost half a million dollars in damages.  Apparently, the NFL has asked him to settle the case but he maintains his innocence.  He says the case hasn't distracted him from playing football, but I'm sure his team would like any negative press toward the QB to be over.

The cheesehead still lingers.
Courtesy of Wisconsin State Journal.

News of the Weird

If you're driving to Lambeau Field on Highway 41, you'll see a billboard picturing the Grim Reaper discouraging the consumption of cheese due to fat and cholesterol.  On top of his head, there's a faint outline of a foam cheesehead.  The original design featured the cheesehead crowning Mr. Death's head.  When the company who makes the iconic cheeseheads found out, they threatened legal action against the physician group who sponsors the sign.  The cheesehead makers want it to be perfectly clear - they support the cheese industry in Wisconsin and don't want their trademarked products being used to send a negative message.

Personal Note

Now that Blogger tells me how many of you click on my blog, I feel so proud that people are reading this silly thing.  Last year I made my husband create a Google account so I could have at least one follower.  I hate when people do this, but could a few of you comment on the blog and tell me if you think I'm dumb, funny, or brilliant?  Thanks for reading and go Cowboys!