Just Burns Her Up

New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker's wife, model Anna Burns Welker, caused a small stir following the Patriots' loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Sunday's AFC Championship Game. Burns Welker went for a bit of a sour grapes low blow by making incendiary comments about retiring Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis. Burns Welker effectively said that Ray Lewis tried to buy justice after two associates of Lewis were charged but later acquitted in a double murder case in Atlanta in 2000.

Miss Burns apologized but, of course, the damage is done. I could get on my soap box and talk about how people show you how much class they have (or lack) when they open their mouths, in this case venting about her husband losing a football game by invoking an irrelevant but delicate issue in an opponent's life. Instead, I'll present Anna burns in the best light: one in which we can use our eyes to take in the sight of her skin without hearing the sound of her voice or reading the thoughts in her mind.

We know who wears the crown in the Welker household. 1

♫ Wes Welker: "The La-dy in Red...is embarrassing me."♪ 2

I'm sure Wes met her one day when he had a craving for wings. 3

I would say that I don't know how he puts up with his wife putting him in a bad way with his peers. But I think we can all clearly see how he puts up with it. 4

And Wes sees more than we do! 5

Parties at the Welker house have got to be a "can't miss" event for all of Wes' single buddies. 6

1, 2, 3, 6) Images from www.usatoday.com
4, 5) Images from www.listal.com

Retweet of the Day - January 14, 2013

If you read regularly, you know that the Retweet of the Day is generally a chance to give a regular Joe in the Twittersphere his or her 15 minutes of fame for a clever use of 140 characters or less. Every now and then, someone in the public eye has a tweet that I felt compelled to share with you readers. There are two retweets, both by linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo (‏@brendon310) of the Baltimore Ravens.

The first tweet is to give you the flavor of the Haterade he's serving for the New England Patriots, whom the Ravens throw down with on Sunday at Foxboro, Massachusetts in the 2012 AFC Championship Game. The second is an apology by Ayanbadejo issued earliler, to give you an idea of the stir this has caused.

As I heard on talk radio, Ayanbadejo also offered up some criticisms of the Patriots' organization and threw some Spygate stink at the Pats. This is already a clash of two titans in the AFC, and not of the Tennessee variety. I'm sure Ravens coach John Hargbaugh cannot be crazy about the bulletin board material that the 10 year veteran served up to the enemy, but for us fans, it contributes to a great build up to what I expect to be a great game.

"New England does some suspect stuff on offense. Can't really respect it. Comparable to a cheap shot b4 a fight" (1/13/13 - 4:41 PM)

"I made selfish comments on twitter last night that reflected poorly upon myself, my teammates, and the organization. For that I apologize." (1/14/13 - 11:30 AM)

Fans deserve an encore after the abrupt end to last year's AFC Championship Game. 

Image from www.sportsjourney.com