Read it, don't read it, I don't care...just needed to get some things of my chest.
In no particular order of chronology or importance...
1) Virginia Tech gave Duke a run at Cameron this weekend. They ended up losing in OT. Let's just say this. It doesn't matter what year it is or what personnel are on the court. You will NEVER go into Duke and get a win without playing an above average, smart, slightly lucky game. Their home court advantage is pretty magical over the years. Even though they have had a couple speedbumps and closer game this season, you still need to have the ball bounce a few more times to you, make a couple extra shots, and be SMART. VA Tech played a GREAT game. Ended up they were up one with about 40 seconds left. What happened? Whistled for an obvious travel before even setting up the offense. NOT smart. It ended up going in OT. Let Duke catch up with you at home and playing another 5 minutes? Done and done.
2) Constant rain allows me to watch the Daytona 500 in night racing on a Monday night. Not really, as most of you know if it very hard for me to tune in for a whole race. No right turns, someone always crashes when I watch it (not a large control group (1)-when I watched Dale Earnhardt die), and any rooting for Danica Patrick evidently ends up with her crashing yet again. I just flipped to it in between Family Guy and college basketball, they are on lap 45, and she has bit it again. I am not an expert, and not saying that the crash was her fault, but she sure seems to be in a lot of those crash things. If something seems like a pattern, it usually is, or however the cliche goes.
3) Ryan Braun said that the "truth prevailed" in his successful drug appeal. That is fine. Say it prevailed, and now shut up. We all know it was gray area rules and great lawyers who prevailed in this one. As. Ter. isk.
4) Damn love. First I lose angry Linkin Park and half of all of my workout music because the guy "matured" as a song writer. Now this. Chad Ochocinco is going back to Chad Johnson in July because he is getting married. I pray she is one of the girls who doesn't try and change a guy, because we NEED that guy in the news. Guess wrestling that alligator is now a distant memory though now.
5) UVA basketball gave UNC a solid run in Charlottesville. I know you don't need me to rehash the entire game. Three notes though. 1) John Henson is a 49% FT shooter? Weird. Stroke looks solid, and he made a lot of them against UVA at least. 2) Although I was happy how UVA ran their offense when Scott was on the bench with 2 and then 3 fouls, these are the games you have to win if you are going to advance to that next level as a team. You are at home. It is judgement week. You blew it. 3) That foul call on Scott when John Henson evidently was celebrating Oscar weekend by making his case for best actor, when UVA was still in the game, and that gave Scott his fourth foul...was bullshit. The other oddity of this game was that I had to watch the end of a NASCAR race while waiting for tip-off and still not being able to find that damn mysterious ESPN 3 channel.. A big crash happened at the end as I expected.
6) I don't get people who dislike Charles Barkley. I am not saying everything he says is gold, but he says some of the craziest, yet still making sense but no one has the guts to say it things. His line of the weekend in my opinion? Larry Bird was so good that people would buy his jersey in the ghetto. That is FUNNY.
7) Deep thoughts. I think that Peter Gabriel's song Solsbury Hill has the best lyrics of any mainstream pop/ rock song I remember. Even while sneaking in "Boom boom boom." Awesome song, awesome artist, and one of the best live performances I have ever seen. Lyrics? http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/peter+gabriel/solsbury+hill_20107506.html
8) It is very sad that a change of conferences for one team is ending one of the longest running and truest college basketball rivalries ever. Missouri/ Kansas, the border war, ended Saturday since Missouri is moving to the SEC. Sad. However, what a way to go out if this game doesn't happen any time in the near future. KU comes back from 19 down relatively late in the game, it goes to OT, and KU prevails. Odd ending though. Missouri had a final play with time, and didn't even get a final shot off. Looks like '92 UK/ Duke is safe once again.
9) 2.6 weeks have elapsed, and John Elway has randomly once again told the media that he supports Tebow and hopes he is long term. Thanks, John. Talk to you in 2.6 weeks.
10) Gronkowski came to the defense of his post Super Bowl/ pre-surgery dancing exhibition this week. Check out the story. Here is what I got out of it. Blah-blah-blah. Yada yada yada. "I try to get over things as soon as possible." Blah-blah-blah. Thanks, Gronk. http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/rob_gronkowski_defends_post_super_bowl_antics/10103752
11) I am not saying that I am hip. I miss things. That being said, I wasn't too familiar with who Kevin Hart was (not good with celebrity faces/ names/ who they are married to, etc.). Anyway, I watched the celebrity basketball game for All Star Weekend. Kevin Hart predicted he would get 40 and 10 in the game. He didn't. I got a taste of his acting when he threw some semi-fake temper tantrum near the end of the game. He threw a nice alley-oop to J. Cole for a dunk. Kevin is also pretty popular, as there was no way he deserved MVP. Arnie Duncan, our Secretary of Education, is a bball stud. He hardly played the second half, but that was because he probably wanted to save himself for games against Obama and they were up 30 at the time. If we get in a war situation with another country, and if Obama can talk them into playing basketball for conflict instead of going to war, we are in good hands. Arnie can flat out ball.
12) You don't think I cover all sports? How about this one? There is an annual race up the stairs of the Empire State Building. Some dude won it this month for the SEVENTH straight time. That is a hell of a run for a random race up some steps. That was cool, but THIS is what I found interesting. He doesn't own the record even after all of those wins. Nope. Record was back in 2003, with some dude busting out a 9:33, a good :45 better than this 7 year in a row chump. What happened to that guy? Did he die? Did something happen to him? Or. Maybe he pulled a John Elway and rode off into the Empire States Building run-up-the-steps-race sunset. Yup. That must be it. Moving on.
13) Rangers Josh Hamilton needs to take a break on talking to the media. Here is what happened with him JUST since Thursday.
-Josh Hamilton hopes latest alcohol relapse is his last
-Josh Hamilton says "I don't owe the Rangers" (talking about hometown discount for his upcoming resigning).
-Josh Hamilton clarifies "loyalty" statement.
Dude, I love ya, but take a break from the mic for a week or so.
14) In my "I am so glad I am retired from betting" hook, Ohio State basketball lost to Wisconsin at HOME Sunday. Wouldn't have seen that one coming. At Madison? Sure. In OHIO STATE'S crib late in the season? Not.
15) I was pumped to see my cool church play Van Halen "Jump" this weekend. It didn't turn out like I hoped. Not only did they play/ get it out of the way before service actually began, it was probably the worse version of Jump I have ever heard. No keyboard solo, which I can do in my sleep (should have gotten me up there), obviously nothing close to Eddie on guitar, and the the kicker was this-the keyboardist couldn't even match up his keyboard sound with Jump. The song came out in 1984 on an ancient DX-7. Surely, even if you can't play the song, you can at least match up the synthesizer sound. Geez.
16) In case you care, T.O. had 3 TD's in his IFL debut. What's that? You don't? You are right. Nor do I. Sometimes I take a hook and literally JUST report a story. I am assuming I could think of a funny acronym for IFL, but I will SAVE m y dumb jokes. You have to have goals, dammit.
17) Well, I thought the Nats would make noise this season, and they really didn't do much at the winter meetings. This weekend, they locked up Ryan Zimmerman for 6 years, 100 million. You know what this is? This is called KNOWINGLY overpaying your present superstar to make your fans feel like you are trying to build something. Kid IS good, but that salary is pretty steep.
18) Did I miss something or did the Oscars stop announcing the Best Director right before the Best Picture award? Confused.
19) I just flipped to the Daytona 500. They are halfway done. Is it me, or does anyone else think it might be fun for someone from Queens to announce a NASCAR race? Just saying.
20) For all of you who missed the part of the NBA All Star Weekend with the real players:
-the "dunkometer" is stupid. Dumb.
-I foresee a monster Geico commercial coming next year. Last year, Blake jumps over a car. This year, Derrick Williams jumps over a motorcycle. If it matters, I would pretty impressed by someone jumping over a boat.
-Tony Parker wins the Skills Challenge over "the younger ball handlers of the NBA." Wow. Although grouped with Ginobli and Duncan as the big three, he is FREAKING 29 YEARS OLD. Stop writing this guy off. Guy gets divorced from a hottie and suddenly is OLD.
-West gets the best of the East 152-149. Look at the score, and it looks pretty ridiculous, but it was pretty solid near the end. I always say. Watch the first 10 minutes for fun dunks and behind the back passes. Watch the last ten minutes to watch the transition in their eyes when they really want to win. The ending was entertaining. You can say what you want. The NBA All-Star game is really the only one worth watching. Watching the END of the MLB one makes sense since home field in the World Series is oddly on the line.
-Paul George jumping over two people as opposed to one person sounds stupid, but then I remind myself that jumping over ANY person is pretty badass.
-I thought the best dunk was Jeremy Evans dunking two balls thrown in the air to him was the best dunk.
-Love the remakes and tributes. Chase Budinger did the Cedric Ceballos blind-folded dunk. Still works.
-Jeremy Evans dunking over Kevin Hart was cool now that I learned who he actually is.
-Kyree Irving winning the Rising Stars game's MVP is actually accurate. He is most likely the best rising star.
-Kobe overtakes MJ as all time leading scorer in All-Star game history. Well, at least he is better than him in SOMETHING.
-I like trivial examples to demonstrate larger, deeper points. Look at today's top 3 point shooters as an example of the evolution of the game since the three-point line was put into play. Dirk Nowitki, Kevin Love (this year's winner), and Kevin Durant. All VERY large dudes, and all your recent best long range shooters. Chicks do evidently dig the long ball still.
-Watching the skills competition made me realize that the NHL does have one thing over the NBA event. The skills competition for the NHL is SO badass. NBA? Not so much.
-Now that the All Star game in Orlando is over, prepare yourself for an onslaught of media Dwight Howard trade rumors that will make you wish that Brett Favre is making a comeback this year.
21) In case you are worried about Derrick Rose's financial future, which I know we ALL are, I give you this tidbit. Derrick Rose quietly signed a 14 year, $250 million contract with Adidas. Yup, I think he will be good.
22) Evgeni Malkin had a weekend hat trick. I know I am wishing that Sidney Crosby comes back for the benefit of this generation's hockey fans, but they are still as set as Derrick Rose's financial welfare. Like I have said before, without Crosby, the team can still win a Stanley Cup. With him, they. Are. Downright. Scary.
23) Have you ever noticed things you start loving WAY late in life? Let me give you some examples to jog your memory. Off the top of my head without overthinking it and then making this hook really long, here are a few things I am surprised how late it took me to like. Cholula, deviled eggs (I am not allowed at parties to be near this brought appetizer-I can kill an entire plate without even thinking-won CONTESTS and BETS...what is amazing is that my brother and dad had them in house ALL the time-weird), dijon mustard, and lox and eggs. Who would have thunk?
24) Robert Griffin blazed a 4.38 and 4.41 at the NFL combine. Well, I will still do SOMETHING stupid SOMEWHERE if somehow he is drafted above Luck, but I think that pretty much solidified his #2 status. At this point, the Rams (who already have Sam Bradford) are literally licking their chops at who they can pull with this monster trade.
25) The Wings home winning streak ended this weekend. Feels like months I have been writing about this. Maybe I have. Wouldn't it be ironic if they lose a couple and then DON'T have home arena advantage in their first round? And lost?
26) In ski news that has been going on about as long as the Wings home win streak, Lindsey Vonn won again. Not only does the US have a ski star oddly enough, but she is just destroying people.
27) Sometimes an article stirs something up in me and makes me pay attention. Well, on this I am sold. Apparently, Rashad Evans and Jon Jones will be fighting soon in the UFC. I am finally in on this shit. Great story about how student became better than teacher, and then how Dana White literally created friction between the two out of nothing. I will watch it, and will root for Rashad Evans just because of the whole Mr. Miyagi thing. Teacher HAS to win.
28) Hunter Mahan beats Rory McIlroy in the final match in the Accenture World Match Play Championship, denying his bid at taking over the #1 spot in the world. I am not sad he lost. I am more surprised. So many times, someone wins that I have to look up his first name (Hunter Mahan is pretty much mainstream, well above Kevin Hart in the golf world in status). Not this time. A decent player beats the next thing coming in golf.
29) See??????????????????????????? I KNEW it. I just turned to the Daytona 500 again. A truck is on fire on the track, and jet fuel is spilling down the track. AND. The guy announcing it says "I don't think I have EVER seen this before." Wow. I tune into 2 races in 15 years, and both times something that has never happened in a race...happened. I really should just quit while I am behind. The announcer just said these words. "That is the most bizarre thing in racing I have ever seen."
30) Here is my dumb question that I refuse to look up. Why the HELL is truck on the track?
31) To pile on with the announcer who messed up talking about Linsanity, here is one I DIDN'T see coming. Ben & Jerry's had to apologize this week for their contribution. I don't know about you, but I never thought I would write THIS line. "Racist ice cream flavor."
32) TNT decided to count down the best dunks in the contest of all time. I was relatively ok with the list, except that I was slightly confused. Are we talking independent dunks, or performances OVERALL? Here is the list:
10-Nate Robinson (jumping over Spud Webb WAS pretty cool, but he was also the beneficiary of that eternal 60 seconds to do ONE dunk-not the same...overall performance)
9) Blake (jumping over a car is cool, and landed him a car contract for life)
8) Dee Brown (agree. not overall performance. his dunk was flat out nasty)
7) Isaiah Rider (yup. More people do it now, but he WAS officially to go between the legs on a dunk)
6) Jason Richardson (powerful, not original)
5) Dr. J (how the f$^& is the original free throw line dunk #5??)
4) Spud Webb (overall performance by a short guy...NOT an individual dunk)
3) Dominique Wilkins (pick one. any one.)
2) MJ (kind of offended that he is #2, but...)
1) Vince Carter (give him SOMETHING since he is tailing off. In his prime, not saying I would rank ahead of MJ, but I GET the debate)
33) At least someone likes and thanks Kobe. ARod thanked Kobe for sending him to the medical clinic across seas. That's it. Just think it is fun when someone puts Kobe in a positive light. It doesn't happen often.
34) One last thing on the dunk contest and another round of LeBron obviously going against his media person's advice. LeBron came out this weekend and said he WOULD be in the dunk contest next year IF...the winner got $1million. Really? You are making this about the money, bro? Do you need to borrow money from Derrick Rose? Say something relevant in the next two weeks and I will be happy.
35) In my "now you can get some sleep" hook, the Kings might have figured out a way to stay in Sacramento. Sleep well, people. Might have been different had they pulled a championship when they had that early 2000's squad. Do they still have bad dreams about Robert Horry?
36) Calhoun's surgery was a success and he is hoping for an early March return. Glad he is better, and judging by the flow chart in front of me, I expect some sort of NCAA violation coming VERY soon. How did you get Drummond, again, coach?
37) Miami basketball, if they get into the tournament, is NO ONE anyone wants a part of. They destroyed a solid FSU squad over the weekend. They got a couple guys back midseason, I said it here that would be dangerous, and they might be scary in the ACC tourney. Scary #11 seed? Yup.
38) Judgement week. A healthy WVA team takes on a depleted (due to self imposed penalties) Marquette team. What happens? Marquette wins at WVA. Hey, Huggins, winning with players who aren't thugs and graduating a zero % in a year a little tougher for you? Glad you are at your alma mater though. Fuzzy feeling galore. Nick Van Exel and Kenyon Martin are NOT sitting at the end of your bench, just so you know.
39) Peyton Manning update. Nothing. Nothing new at least. Something is coming though, people. Very soon. Wait for it. It could be power shifting in the NFL. A very good possibility of a change in equilibrium in the NFL.
40) I am saddling up, and riding a horse home like John Elway and Tony LaRussa did. I caught wind of a Seinfeld trivia contest in town next week. I have fielded a team the Dream Team would be jealous of. We are allowed 6 people, but we are taking only 4. I am not worried about winning the damn thing. I will be bothered if we miss ONE question. I have MJ. I have Larry Bird. Even though my friends think that I am the Seinfeld master, guess who I am on the team? I am thinking Chris Mullin. Still badass, but ranked #3 on my own team at best.
41) New Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine has officially banned alcohol from the clubhouse. What a domineering manager? Lol. How DARE he ban alcohol from a professional MLB team's clubhouse? Way to draw the line.
42) Quiet NHL move of the week. The Los Angeles Kings, on the outside looking in for the playoff picture but still in the mix, got ex-Flyer Jeff Carter this weekend. Nice move. I think they need to advance past the 7th or 8th seed to make noise so they can avoid Vancouver and Detroit in the first round, but nice move regardless. The Blue Jackets? Kind of just admitting they are dead in the water.
43) Someone told me Queen was a better rock band than Led Zeppelin this weekend. What???? The only thing they have going for them is they have a more "singable" song for karaoke (Stairway to Heaven should be off limits at ALL bars-sign of respect). Kind of like Kobe having more All Star points than MJ. My top ten rock bands improv?
1) Led Zeppelin (try to find a BAD Zeppelin song. You can't)
2) Beatles (not a huge fan, but I get their genius)
3) Rolling Stones (repeat first part of last description, add longevity and their own sound, and don't apply the last part (the genius part))
4) The Who (SO MANY staples)
5) Pink Floyd (awesome, and their own niche)
6) Grateful Dead (captain of the jam band genre)
7) Jimi Hendrix (he had other guys playing with him)
8) Queen (Chris Mullin of the Dream Team)
9) Van Halen (would be #1 in my book, but I am trying to be FAIR)
10) Bon Jov....I Can't??? I am from Jersey for Pete's sake. Oh. Ok. How about U2, Metallica, or Bob Marley?
(Notice I REFUSE to put the Eagles on this list. I don't know why. I HATE them...so much...apparently it is also a funny cabs scene in Big Lebowski)
44) The UK/ Vandy bball game was high quality. Vandy still couldn't close the deal, but they proved they can play at that level. They will be the scariest 5 seed in YEARS.
45) The grass is green, the sky is blue, and Bobby Knight's son is PROBABLY going to have a temper. He RIPPED his Lamar seniors at a press conference this weekend. The funny part of that hook is not him acting like his dad. The funny part is that he did it at his present place of work...Lamar. What???
46) I find it odd that although I love movies, I NEVER watch the "extra's." The last one I remember watching is the 40-Year Old Virgin. I was told about the...how do I say this..."Coldplay extensions." That was nicely said. I will stick with it, and you know what I am talking about it if you have seen the movie.
47) NFL scouting combine. Memphis DT Dontari Poe? SHHHH. I want the Steelers to get you at #24, but you running a 4.98 40 at 346 lbs is NOT helping that cause. I also hear that Justin Blackmon is doing well. Have you taken a LOOK at this guy. Dude looks like a badass linebacker, not a pretty boy receiver. Draft. This. Guy. Quickly. BADASS. https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=justin+blackmon+photo&pbx=1&oq=justin+blackmon+photo&aq=f&aqi=g1g-b1&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=1006073l1014569l0l1014868l41l21l0l8l8l7l540l3349l4.11.3.5-1l29l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=fcdc84a7d2cf260d&biw=1440&bih=799
48) Well, I could go on. Maybe I will squeeze in my midseason NBA analysis next Rant. Without taking the obvious Heat, I am sticking by my preseason picks-Bulls-OKC. The Spurs can't win it since we are in an even year. More college basketball? Since I haven't even figured out HOW I will do any blogs during the month of March, we will just go baby steps. I have a job, have done 48 takes, and need to get back to life. Next Rant is Thursday night. Check me out Friday morning. Hooks, lines, and sinkers, people. Peace.
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