Milk Carton All-Star of the Week...6/29/2009

A few days ago, I took time out to say my farewell to Michael Jackson in the way that only I could(Thanks again, to everyone on Facebook who read the piece and showed me love. Much appreciated). However, when you're The King of Pop and the greatest musical talent EVER, you deserve more than a few glowing paragraphs on a website read by roughly eight people. Which is why we here at BoomRoastedSports couldn't stop at just one fond farewell, we had to double up.

In honor of the late great Michael Jackson, we decided to dedicate everyone's favorite weekly piece to.....Michael Jackson.......the football player(Only because we couldn't find any pro athletes named Billy Mays). Anyway, the man you see above is former Browns wideout Michael Jackson. Jackson was a 6th round draft pick of the original shitty Cleveland Browns team(the one that's now in Baltimore), not the current shitty Cleveland Browns team(the one that should be traded to the UFL). Jackson spent his college career at Southern Miss, where he caught passes from a young Brett Favre(who needed Michael Jackson....the singer...to die to keep his name out of the papers for a day or two. Don't fret, I'm sure Favre will weasel his way back into Sportscenter by signing with the Vikings by 4th of July). Once in Cleveland(and then, eventually, Baltimore), Jackson became the primary reciever for some lousy Browns/Ravens teams during the early-to-mid 90's. His best year came in 1996, when 6'4, 195 lb Jackson hauled in 76 catches for 1,200 yards and 14 TDs(which tied him for the NFL lead with former Charger/money launderer Tony Martin). Perhaps the most interesting fact about Jackson is that, in 1993, he tried to change his last name to Dyson(probably because it must be a pain in the ass to have the same name as global superstar who is also accused of molesting children). After having the name change rebuffed by the NFL, Michael went back to being a Jackson and played 8 seasons in the pros before injuries forced him to retire at 29. He finished with 353 catches and 46 touchdowns.

So let's give a heart-filled round of applause for the King of Flop.....Michael Jackson.....the reciever....not the singer.