No way he’s incognito in this baby
Does your local sports bar have 23 television screens? It does?
Does it have wheels?
Richie Incognito’s does. The second-year St. Louis Rams center is the not-so-proud owner of a 2006 BMW 750 that is outfitted, by way of a slick-talking stereo system technician, with 23 TV screens -- located from the trunk to the visors to the headrests to even the gas cap door.
Incognito was having a stereo installed when the technician suggested a few TVs here, a few TVs there, TVs almost everywhere. Incognito, a 6-foot-3, 305-pound immovable wall on the field, was a pushover at the stereo store.
“It was a rookie mistake,” Incognito sheepishly told USA Today Sports Weekly.
Yes, over-buyer’s remorse has set in.
“It was the coolest thing ever when I first got it,” Incognito said. “Now I don’t even turn the TVs on anymore. I’m like, ‘Someone please steal this thing!’ ”
Trivia time
How many copies of Ron Artest’s album “My World” were sold the first week?
Six of one ...
While wondering if Matt Leinart will win one before the Indianapolis Colts lose one, Briefing makes today’s NFL picks:
Chicago over New York Jets as the Bears continue their quest to sweep New Jersey. Next: Rutgers.
Carolina over St. Louis: At 5-4, Panthers need help jumping their stalled Super Bowl express. Where’s Mike Martz when you need him?
Indianapolis over Dallas: Two quick facts about Super Bowl V, in which the Baltimore Colts defeated the Cowboys, 16-13, on Jan. 17, 1971: The Colts
haven’t been back to the Super Bowl since that game. And nine years after it, Tony Romo was born.
New England over Green Bay: Team captains convene at midfield in stunned silence to contemplate the 10-year anniversary of Desmond Howard actually winning Super Bowl MVP.
Arizona over Detroit: If General Manager Matt Millen ever hired Dennis Green as head coach, would the franchise go back in time?
Seattle over San Francisco: “Second-place San Francisco?” Yeah, but in the NFC West, they grade on a curve.
... Half a dozen of the other
As the Raiders struggle with the notion that they are two quarterbacks shy of a quarterback controversy, Briefing stirs it up with more picks:
Miami over Minnesota: In August, Daunte Culpepper-against-the-Vikings seemed a must-see game. In November, Culpepper must see this one while standing on the Dolphins’ sideline.
Houston over Buffalo: And why is Culpepper standing on the sideline? He lost to Houston. And he lost to Buffalo.
Kansas City over Oakland: Damon or Trent? Is that a quarterback controversy? Or the high school chess club arguing who’s going to win next week’s big semifinal?
New Orleans over Cincinnati: Last week the Saints and Bengals combined to score 72 points and went 0-2.
Washington over Tampa Bay: New Redskins starting quarterback Jason Campbell should have a productive career until he makes the inevitable Chunky Soup commercial.
Denver over San Diego: Three for 16. Marty Schottenheimer’s record in games his teams have played in Denver? Or Jake Plummer’s first-half stat line last week against Oakland?
Trivia answer
According to Soundscan, 343.
And finally
New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan, when asked on the “Best Damn Sports Show Period” if he’d ever been slapped by a coach: “No, and that’s why I’m not in prison.”
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