All other stories are trumped by the sad news of Chris Henry. Who knows why Henry was in the back of a pickup truck that his fiancee was driving? Domestic dispute? Joy riding? Either way, he was tossed to the ground and died from his injuries. At 26. It’s easy to forget how young these guys are. Unlike the aged 34-year-old Tiger Woods, Chris Henry really was a ‘kid’.

Unemployment, Tiger Beat and Football Fever With The Girls!

Episode 196

Here at Fantoo, we have always said that fantasy football is not for us. It takes away from rooting for you team and makes you into a football geek following individual players with a stalker-like obsessiveness while your phone is blowing up. Apparently, Fidelity Investments feels the same way. Just remember, fantasy football nerds, you need to vest in that 401K before engaging in behavior likely to terminate your employment.

Speaking of fidelity, our ‘Tiger Beat’ gets you updated on all the recent goings-on in the world of the AP’s ‘Top Athlete of the Decade’. Yes, just to be clear, Tiger Woods has earned the distinction of Top Athlete of the Decade OVER Lance Armstrong and Roger Federer. He must be good, depending on your definition of ‘athlete’. Will the AP reconsider if Dr. Anthony Galea turns out to be Tiger’s drug connection for PEDs? At the end of the day, Tiger and Pat the Patriot will have much to talk about. And to think, all their shenanigans would have gone unnoticed if it weren’t for those pesky police and TMZ.

The Phillies are becoming the new powerhouse of the NL. But can someone please tell us why they took Roy Halladay and shipped off Cliff Lee? Robin goes quasi-berserk - as only a locked-in season ticket holder can - on her fave team, the Flyers, for being the opposite of their season moniker “RELENTLESS”. They should be called “RelentMORE”. Or “Hungry For Less”. Or, well, you take your pick… She’ll still be at the Winter Classic, however.

We travel over the nascent NBA season and get right to Football. We already told you the Patriots are going nowhere due to their mascot’s involvement in a prostitution sting, but we also suspect their pristine coach-subordinate caste system is coming apart at the seams. Also fraying at the edges are the Pittsburgh Steelers. Or is it simply Big Ben’s noggin that is falling apart? The Cowboys are suffering under the weight of working in December. Playing so close to the holidays is just too much. They must have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads.

Stay tuned for what could be a 9-3 December record under Phillips when they travel to the 13-0 Saints this weekend. We wonder if the undefeated Colts will rest their players and how it’s possible (cue Kevin Garnett) that Favre is getting better at the end of the season - even without TO’s magic elastic bands. All football drama aside, the Girls are happy to watch DeSean Jackson of the Eagles body bump Andy Reid and day of the week - as long as Reid does not land on Jackson.

In this week’s It Has To Be Said, we discuss when more becomes too much. So grab your Canadian HGH, your winter cap and your marbles, it’s time to talk sports with The Girls!

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