Hank Baskett Colts

The Indianapolis Colts will sign former Philadelphia Eagles receiver Hank Baskett on Thursday, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

The Colts have been in the market for a receiver since losing Anthony Gonzalez to a knee injury.

After releasing Marvin Harrison in a cost-cutting move in February, the Colts expected two former first-round picks, receivers Reggie Wayne and Gonzalez to step up.

But Gonzalez sprained ligaments in his right knee Sunday and is expected to miss several weeks. The Indianapolis Star, citing a source, reported Thursday that Gonzalez won’t require surgery and hopes to return after the Colts’ Oct. 18 bye — meaning he will miss four games.

Baskett was one of seven receivers the Eagles carried on their 53-man roster through Week 1. He became expendable after Philadelphia selected Jeremy Maclin in the first round of April’s draft and added Brandon Gibson in the sixth round.

Baskett had 72 catches for 1,052 yards and six touchdowns in 48 games with the Eagles.

Via ESPN

Ernie Anastos Chicken

During a light-hearted exchange with WNYW Fox 5 colleagues, Anastos told weatherman Nick Gregory to “keep f—ing that chicken”.

Gregory did his best to shrug off the inexplicable aside, but Anastos’s co-presenter Dari Alexander visibly recoiled when she realised what had been said.

The slip-up occurred during the evening news show on Fox 5 in New York where Anastos – an Emmy-award winning presenter – has worked since 2005.

After weatherman Gregory had completed his segment on the programme, Anastos complimented him by saying: “It takes a tough man to make a tender forecast, Nick.”

Gregory laughed awkwardly and replied “I guess that’s me”, but the words had barely left his mouth when Anastos followed up with his bewildering encouragement.

Anastos is no stranger to on-air gaffes having once mispronounced his network’s own website as myFoxNY. cock, but his latest blooper has attracted particular attention because of his bewildering choice of phrase.

“Keep f—ing that chicken” appears to have no widely-understood meaning, with commenters on US blogs suggesting that he probably meant to say plucking.

via Telegraph

Annie Le Update

Ther have been some Annie Le updates online, as you may know, Annie Le is the missing Yale student that was found stuffed in a building wall.

A Yale graduate student found stuffed in the wall of a research center had been suffocated, the medical examiner reported Wednesday as police awaited DNA tests on evidence taken from a lab technician who worked in the building.

Police call Raymond Clark III a “person of interest” in the slaying of Annie Le. Authorities hoped to compare DNA taken from Clark’s hair, fingernails and saliva with more than 250 pieces of evidence collected at the crime scene on the Ivy League campus and from Clark’s Middletown, Conn., apartment.

Police served two search warrants – for DNA from Clark and for items in his apartment – late Tuesday. They served two more Wednesday morning, for more items from the apartment and for Clark’s Ford Mustang, Police Chief James Lewis said.

Investigators said they expect to determine within days whether Clark should be charged in the killing. He was escorted in handcuffs from his apartment and released early Wednesday into the custody of his attorney, police said.

Lewis said Clark and several other people are under constant police surveillance. He said police expect to seek an arrest warrant for anyone whose DNA matches evidence at the crime scene.

Clark is not talking to police, Lewis said.

“At some point he may be willing to answer questions, but at this point he has invoked his rights,” Lewis said. “He has an attorney. We couldn’t question him if we wanted to.”

Clark’s attorney, David Dworski, said his client is “committed to proceeding appropriately with the authorities.” He would not elaborate.

Via the Huffington Post.

Burt Reynolds Enters Rehab

Burt Reynolds has entered rehab, it seems he has been having trouble with addictions after a surgery he had.  The case reminds us of Melanie Griggith who also had a similar experience with a treatment.

Burt Reynolds has checked himself into the best little sober house in…well, Florida, apparently.

“After a recent back surgery, Mr. Reynolds felt like he was going through hell and after a while, realized he was a prisoner of prescription pain pills,” his rep tells E! News. “He checked himself into rehab in order to regain control of his life.”

The news comes after the National Enquirer published a photo of the star supposedly on the grounds of the Hanley Center, a Florida-based nonprofit rehab facility.

“Mr. Reynolds hopes his story will help others in a similar situation,” his rep said. “He hopes they will not try to solve the problem by themselves, but realize that sometimes it is too tough to do on their own and they should seek help, as he did.”

via E! Online