End of the Week: 09/04/11- 09/10/11

Surely, you couldn't possibly have experienced a worse morning than the one this man had on Wednesday?


END OF THE WEEK:

Another week, another batch full of memories. For the 105th time since July of '09 (yes, I've counted), here are my picks for the best stories, videos, people and moments from the past seven days in the calendar.

Sports Game of the Week: NFL Week One- Green Bay Packers: 42, New Orleans Saints: 34
The 2011 NFL season finally kicked off Thursday in legendary Lambeau Field, and it did nothing short than kicking it off with a bang, and not just from the moving national anthem . 76 combined points, 876 total yards combined, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers averaging roughly 366 yards passing and 3 touchdowns, one 108-yard kick return by Randall Cobb (erasing the worry of the death of the kick return thanks to the NFL moving kickoffs to the 35 yard line), one Darren Sproles punt return (making every Saints fan instantly forget about Reggie Bush), some sensational catches (most notably Robert Meachem's TD grab in the 1st quarter), and the game being decided by a last second goal line stop with time expiring to help the Packers win in their home opener. Yup, I think it's going to be another fun five months of watching football.

Video of the Week: "Coastal Carolina Football Coach David Bennett Telling Players to be More Dogs Than Cats"
The craziest press conferences always come from the coaches you least suspect.



Stories of the Week:
- The Actual Story of the Week: Obama Announces $447 Billion Job Plan in Speech to Congress
According to a President, the bill is supposed to be a plan that both sides of Congress would like because it appeals to each of their concerns and wants in one way or another. With all due respect, Mr. President, unless that bill had a first draft written by Abraham Lincoln's bear hands, I have a feeling that bill will definitely be opposed by Republicans.
- The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Dutch Woman Called Ex-Boyfriend 65,000 Times
I don't think she handled the break-up very well.

Person of the Week: KARK Weatherman Brett Cummins
There's really no great way to set up the story other than just simply telling you it. So, here's Cummins' story from Wednesday via the New York Daily News:

An Arkansas weatherman didn't predict he would wake up in a hot tub with a naked dead man, but that's exactly what police say happened.

Now authorities are trying to determine what killed Dexter Williams, whose body was found with a "dog collar" around his neck, according to a police report.

The mystery began Monday night, when KARK 4 News meteorologist Brett Cummins arrived at the home of John Barbour around 11 p.m. in Maumelle, just north of Little Rock, the report stated. The 33-year-old weatherman brought Williams, 24, with him. Barbour said he did not know the doomed man.

"They then began to drink and use illegal narcotics," Officer Gregory Roussie said Barbour told him. "Mr. Barbour stated he was not sure of the drugs that they were using but that they were snorting them."

About two hours later, Cummins and Williams went into the Jacuzzi to have a drink, and Barbour later joined them, police said. Shortly afterwards, Barbour said he left the two and went into the living room, where he fell asleep on the couch.

Barbour told police he awoke about 8 a.m. Tuesday and could hear Cummins snoring in the hot tub, the report said. He proceeded to gather glasses in the bathroom and wake up Cummins before realizing Williams was dead.

"Dexter's head was lying behind Brett's left shoulder," Barbour told police, according to the report. "After Brett awoke they discovered that Dexter was not conscious and his face was a different color."

The meteorologist was horrified, the report indicated.

"Brett screamed and became ill and left the bathroom and vomited on the carpet in the living room," Barbour told police, according to the report. The weatherman then left the house, but insisted he would return.

"Cummins did return to the residence and gave a statement to investigators," Roussie said in the report. No details of what he said have been released.

When police arrived they observed Williams "lying on his right side in a fetal position, his face was blue and purple in color with a chain around his neck," Roussie said in the report. "The chain was silver in color and consistent with what I believed to be a dog collar."

Hmm, waking up in a hot tub with a dead man next to you wearing a dog collar after a wild night of intoxicated debauchery? Yeah, I would say that this is officially the hangover wake-ups of all hangovers wake-ups. Mr. Cummins, I hope that you recover from that morning which must have made you feel more awful than I could possibly imagine. On the bright side, at least you have a story that even Todd Phillips can't top, so there's that.


And that's the way it was! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone! Now, if you'll excuse me, I've gotta go. I've got a few football games to watch.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15





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