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Jonathan Babineaux Better Watch His Ass
By Jay Busbee | March 19, 2007
Last week, while the rest of us lay snuggled in the warm embrace of our brackets, several NFL players, including the Falcons’ Alge Crumpler and the Buccaneers’ Shelton Quarles, traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan to tour military bases and pump up the troops. We’re always impressed when guys like these or Kid Rock do these kinds of tours — if anybody wanted to see a sp
orts blogger in action, we’d do it — but this trip came with an extra-special benefit. Seems the military trains its attack dogs every bit as well as certain NFL stars, and Quarles got an up-close demonstration of what these dogs can do. Jonathan Babineaux, please take note:
While Shelton may be used to colliding with ball carriers on the football field, the force of the impact with Kisma, the attack dog, indeed “housed” him. Shelton hit the ground and Kisma began dragging him through the dirt with the grip of her teeth as the other NFL players cheered her on. “I used to be a dog lover,” Shelton said when he finally made it to his feet. “But it is time for me to reevaluate that.”
Ron Artest, you’re next.
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