Read it, don't read it, I don't care...just needed to get some things off my chest.
In no particular order of chronology or importance...
Let's hope we don't have a "lack of communication..."
1) Kentucky men's college basketball. A scary, talented, young team is now scarier, still talented, and pretty much approaching sophomore status at this point in the season. For a bunch of freshmen who are supposed to be still cocky from them being McDonald's All-American team members, they are playing some SERIOUS defense. Nice 15-2 run against a very solid Mississippi State team to win comfortably...at the other team's crib. The kids have picked up Calipari's dribble drive motion offense and run it very well. Their transition game is fluid. They have some kid named A.D. in the middle about to break all the college block records. All that being said, here is my hook on this. A.D. might become player of the year in college, Teague might run the show, and Miller might be the starting lineup experienced guy who keeps it all together. I get it. They are a great team with all of these guys. I personally think the guy who will be the difference if they make it through the 6 game gauntlet is Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. He is a freshman who plays like a senior, has solid ball skills, and has a knack for making the big play at the right time. To think. He was the runt of the litter of top 50 recruits in that class.
2) Copied and pasted from last year's paper at about this time. "Greg Oden is out for the year." and "Greg Oden has no plans on retiring." I am rooting for you kid (still feels weird calling a player "kid" when he looks like a grandfather), but knees were not made to play basketball just so you know, and you got some extra faulty ones, man. Good luck in rehab again, Greg. Like a Favre comeback story, we will hear from you next year.
3) Besides a mole removal, it still seems weird to see the word "surgery" and the phrase "two weeks" in the same sentence. But. Here you go. "Wings Datsyuk will have knee surgery and miss two weeks." Wow, technology.
4) Poor Kris Humphries. Dude gets married to the popular girl, she wants a divorce a month or so later, and then Landry Fields does this to him. Right next to "vicious" in the dictionary, you will see this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiDDx_eBfhA
5) England. Thanks for the hearty laugh you gave me this week. Not much is funnier than some huge project being completed and realizing you forgot one small item. You build a $767 MILLION stadium for the Olympic Games. Everything is perfect, right? Wrong. In a country where they pride themselves on their love of soccer, they made the stadium wrong for their own freaking soccer league. Yup. As soon as the Olympics are done, the thing will have to be literally ripped apart because it doesn't meet the code/ standards of the Premier League. They forgot the "under-soil heater," which I guess is pretty damn important in soccer. Couldn't forget an outside lamp post, could you? Nice.
6) Binghamton basketball almost caused celebratory riots on campus this week. They were 0-26 before they knocked off conference leading Vermont 57-53. I was happy for them. Really. I was actually more happy about finding out where ex-Temple and former NBA player Mark Macon was these days. NOW I can finally get some sleep at night with yet another mystery solved.
7) Hold the phone. What?? A couple days after Matt Kemp announced that he didn't want the MVP if Ryan Braun lost his drug suspension appeal, the unthinkable happened. He DIDN'T lose the appeal. Wow. Was it a bad sample? No. Us, the fans, got the explanation we would expect should he become the first player ever to win an appeal against a drug suspension. TECHNICALITIES. Evidently, the urine sample was in the "chain of custody" gray area. It sat in the Fed Ex shop over a long weekend. If I suddenly get rich, suddenly become a bad person, do something bad, and then get caught, I am giving THAT lawyer a call. And getting that judge to try it also. Feeling like I am in the sports version of The Devil's Advocate. Give me Braun's lawyer and Kevin Lomax (as long as we can replace Keanu Reeves as Kevin in this dream scenario-dude sucks).
8) Florida Gator basketball is evidently on a mission to start 5 guards at once on the floor. Sure, they are having a solid season with their sometimes 4 guard lineup, but losing any people with "F" or "C" in front of their name just isn't good for them long term this year. Being a closet Gator basketball fan, I am ready to admit they don't have any Final Four potential this year after the loss of F Will Yeguete.
9) In the cards. Woods drops his match to Nick Watney in the Match Play tournament. Notice I finally did NOT pick Tiger to win the tournament this weekend. I didn't forget about it. I love the event actually. March Madness feel. But. He has had good rounds here and there, but this event demands that someone get hot and have a lot of luck...for six straight rounds. Tiger has showed no signs of being hot or even solid for consecutive rounds yet. He sure as hell hasn't had any luck on his side. What actually surprised me most was this. He didn't lose by a margin that was definitive. Ironically, he had a chance to square up the match on the 18th hole with a 5.5 foot putt that he made in his sleep in the early 2000's. He missed it, thereby deserving the loss. I actually kind of hoped that if he was going to lose at all, that he would lose in the FIRST round, because then it would have been a 12 beating a 5 which would have started me salivating about March Madness. Wow. That was a long sentence. Anyway, maybe he won't get it back (slumping shoulders). Nah, he will (straightening up and smiling). Yeah. We got the Masters coming up in a month and two weeks.
10) I saw a Fiat 500 commercial. The car looked really cool. I googled the Fiat 500 shortly thereafter. It is an ugly version of the Austin Cooper car. I officially got totally tricked by a commercial.
11) The grass is green, the sky is blue, and....what? It's NOT? Rex Ryan has made it clear that he will NOT make any Super Bowl predictions this year. Damn, bro. We are coming up on the time of year that I just EXPECT it. Losing, internal player conflict, and a pretty boy QB not producing wearing on you a bit, aye?
12) THIS is getting RIDICULOUS. I get it. We live in a society where you have to sue SOMEONE in EVERY situation. But, there HAS to be a line. I also get that concussions are the hot button in the NFL. But, this is over the line. Dave Duerson, ex-football Bear player who committed suicide, had concussions coincidentally also in his career. His family is suing the NFL over his DEATH because they say those same concussions made him kill himself. Come on, people. If I get rich ( I guess that this would have to happen in the next couple months-LOTTO???), Duerson family, I will GIVE you money to not do this. It sucks that both things happened, but I am not a believer that the horrible thing happened directly BECAUSE of the concussion thing.
13) I think the US soccer team plays a friendly against Italy soon (I obviously didn't open the article since it does not involve World Cup). I am still confused by this whole friendly thing. Do they tell jokes? Do they fake less injuries? Is it not for points in the FIFA rankings? Is it a glorified practice (insert Iverson interview...NOW)? If I hypothetically was a hard core soccer fan, do I enjoy these, or are these like preseason NFL football? Confused. Moving on.
14) Not a proud day being a UVA guy. Ex-lacrosse player George Huguely got 26 years in prison for killing lacrosse player Yeardley Love. Google it. Horrible story. Deserved the sentence from what we know. Oddly enough, UVA has an honor code that kicks you out of college if you cheat on a test. Guess George went there simply for the lacrosse, because he grossly misjudged what that is all about.
15) I still like catching Laker games on national TV. Because of Kobe? Hell, no. Because maybe Hubie Brown might be announcing it? Kind of, but that is not it either. I just chuckle every time Metta World Peace does something on the court. I have made it a game. To see how many lines that would make sense if he weren't a player and we were actually talking about world peace. Like "World Peace is in now," or "World Peace has a shot!" etc. I know I am easily entertained, but I think it would be fun for all of you basketball fans to play my game.
16) For you long time readers, that guy in my apartment complex STILL orders out EVERY night. It wasn't a fad. I haven't caught him taking out his industrial sized trash bags recently, but at least I know there is still a chance of seeing it.
17) Kevin Durant will be, barring injuries, one of the best players of all time when it is all said and done. As great as he is and will be, this will occasionally happen in basketball. It is what it is. Avery Bradley is a guy you might not recognize...because he is another one of those college players who went pro about one year early (not as premature as Corey Maggette, but still early). He went to Texas also if you are curious. Anyway, Kevin? Meet Avery. Ouch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdPW7hFiucE
18) Simple Sportscenter line that I involuntary laughed out loud at. Scott Van Pelt said "The Washington Wizards do something each night that is inexplicable." That is funny, and true. He actually had another one talking about the Match Play golf tournament. His co-anchor said that Scott was sad about Adam Scott losing, because if he had won, he could have said that the next match in the tournament was Scott-Van Pelt (Bo Van pelt won by the way). Like I say. I am easily entertained.
19) Thanks. Way to make this even more exciting. The wire took space saying that the Colts GM is not ready to decide about Peyton Manning yet. What? Irsay takes a media break and you decide we are lonely for attention on the topic? Whatever. Anyway, in your tidbit of the week and my conspiracy theory that I don't actually believe, Oliver Luck (Andrew's dad) actually backed up Archie Manning briefly in the NFL. See? This is all Oliver's doing! He doesn't want to ever have to utter the words in relation to football, like fathers, like sons.
20) I am on a NASCAR streak for reporting...stuff. Anyway, I have been given the final straw to "steer" (that is funny to me...because this hook involves cars...and they have steering wheels) me away from watching the damn thing. I would have rooted for Danica Sunday, but she crashed in qualifying today. I am not looking it up, and I do not stand behind my knowledge on this sport, but I think that means she starts in the back. I can do a Google search about 2 hours in on Sunday to see if she is in contention, and then go about my day.
21) I have an idea for Mike D'Antoni. Everyone is wondering about how the starting lineup should look if Lin drops off. Here is your solution. You have two of the most talented knuckleheads on your team in the entire league (tough competition by the way-maybe I will take time and rank this someday). Just put them together and call it a day. I think Baron Davis and JR Smith, barring foul trouble or injury, should literally enter and exit games together EVERY time. It is fail-safe. You keep them away from the level headed players, have a second team scoring punch, and have a pool as to who does something dumb first. It is a win-win for everyone. Just think about it, Mike. Call me if you want to discuss.
22) Conspiracy theory #2 that I don't actually believe but think it is funny thinking about. UFC head guy Dana White called out Floyd Mayweather for his racial Lin tweets. UFC is still on the upswing. Floyd can't get the Pacquiao fight. Mayweather has a prison sentence coming up. Do you see it? DO YOU? It would be AWESOME. Have Floyd fight in the UFC when he gets out of his time. I LOVE it.
23) Do you have Twitter? No? Kind of? Well, if you did, and followed Packers TE Finley on it, you would have known nanoseconds before the all mighty ESPN that he had a new contract. That is what I look for on the wire...ESPN or CNNSI saying so and so "tweets" yada yada yada. It is a headline that says "yeah, we saw it, but we are not trusting it yet, so we will word it THIS way." The one tweet I thought was going to be bullshit? JR Smith saying he went to the Knicks. He actually backed up something. Wow. Technology...and JR actually doing the correct thing. Crazy.
24) I won't go into a long hook on this. I am scared of these new talking/ listening phones. Some people think they are cool and are probably waiting in line outside a Verizon store in a tent to get one right now. I am petrified to EVER own one of them. I call. I text. I get email. I occasionally go online before I get frustrated at the small writing. I will officially say there is only one place I am glad I own a "smart phone." I will give you a hint. It has what they call "stalls."
25) In yet another example of the changing of the power status of players and their power in sports, Roy Oswalt has announced he MIGHT wait until midseason to sign. I guess he got brainwashed by all of those Favre ploys of missing training camp, is getting old, and just wants to cash in with a team before the deadline at midseason. You are good, dude, but I don't think you are THAT good. Plus, your stock goes down with you throwing pitches with a high school team somewhere. That is assuming we are still on the Favre joke.
26) I am sad about this whole Tebow/ Brady Quinn conflict. I am mad I have to deal with Tebowmania in about 5-6 months, I am mad that it is my fellow church goer who is starting shit, and I am mad that he will be leaving our town soon, virtually guaranteeing that Tebow will be in for the long haul. Side note about my church. I have said how cool it is. I use the piano once a week and was there today. The message next week is "Jump." I happened to be playing the song, when the guys in the back came out and said they are actually busting out that song this week. Yay. So cool. Non-denominational, baptisms in hot tubs and pools, and Van Halen. Bring it.
27) The Cuse played South Florida the other night. South Florida went up surprisingly 20-7 early. They then went FIFTY REAL TIME MINUTES without scoring. 50 minutes. That is a LONG time. Oddly enough, Syracuse didn't exactly put it away. Barely won.
28) I am a Linsanity fan. I have supported him in this Rant. I will also say this. No one. NO ONE. In the history of the NBA has EVER had 56 turnovers in his first 9 games of playing. Sure, he is learning his position on the fly, but dude needs to scale back. Stop trying to either successfully be Pete Maravich or unsuccessfully TRY to be Pistol Pete like Jason Williams aka White Chocolate did. Relax, smart guy. Otherwise, we will sick Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on you. The joke is about Harvard. Smart guys. Bar.
29) I will try to find it in my reread, and was going to post the link, but if you can find Tennessee's Jordan McRae's dunk on Ole Miss on the internet, it is Ms. Jackson nasty ( Actually, I found it on the reread-it is about a minute in): http://volstothewall.com/board/index.php?topic=23160.0
30) Albert Pujols is objecting to the "el hombre" billboards being put up. I get his point, but I guarantee that this is the only story you know of where a guy who is being called the man on BILLBOARDS is complaining. Albert, I get your stance, but they are embracing you. You and Jeremy Lin should go out for some beers next time he is in L.A. Talk out your billboards, his turnovers, and make time to make fun of Floyd Mayweather.
31) My traffic is increasing, but I just realized something. If I ever hit a certain number, and if the right friend reads it, Floyd Mayweather is going to come to Denver and KICK MY ASS. Good news is this. If I somehow survive that, I will have plenty of new blog material. I will hide my laptop before he starts pummeling me. Note to self.
32) Criminal Minds this week. My rating: D. You guys are tanking. This week? Better than the bartender being the bad guy, but very much a lack of creativity in how you ended it this week. This is not glam rock, where there are only SO many notes to repetitively hit with the same drum beat and feather hair. This is not Dokken trying to figure out if they slow down Burning Like a Flame, they have a new song. This is not Poison, wondering if they speed UP Every Rose Has Its Thorn if they have a totally new song. You are PROFILERS, examining serial killers. There are LOTS of different ways to kill someone. Sit down, brainstorm, and come back with the same plots as two years ago, when you hit your prime. Either that, or pull a Whitesnake and Ratt, release a best of CD, and END IT. Ratt. LOVE them. If I busted out my favorite glam rock bands of all time, they might not make the top 5, but I will say this. Doing karaoke on a table singing "Lay it Down" is pretty damn fun. I did my contests with Still of the Night and Sweet Child Of Mine, but I will always have a soft spot for Ratt.
33) NBA dunk contest. Iman Shumpert, a guy you hardly know, is out. Who takes his place? JEREMY EVANS!!! Yes. I am SO happy. Just kidding. This is coming from a guy who plays a game while watching NBA games and has to name every college, European League, or high school that each player went to before the NBA. I get about 97% of them, sometimes just by last name alone. ANYWAY, I guess what I am saying, and in my continuous dismay about the quality of an event that used to have MJ versus the Human Highlight Reel, is this. I had to look him up. I admit it. Here you go (he even has less than a page on Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Evans
34) No matter how old I get, and maybe it is because you just don't think it can happen, I am ALWAYS surprised and empty handed when I run out of chapstick or deodorant. If I had a dime for every time I went into a grocery store and JUST got one of those things and then went through that self checkout line, I would be...less broke. I never will learn.
35) Flow chart needed. Jim Calhoun is out for back surgery now as coach of UCONN. That poor man. Between health problems and NCAA violations, that dude has NO free time.
36) The NHL trade deadline is near. I still love hockey. Swear. But this has as much excitement as when us guys found out that an old Meg Ryan had a nude scene in the movie "In the Cut."
37) Flux capacitor needed. I will do my part and grab the DeLorean. Joel Pryzbilla will be back in a Trail Blazers uniform. This guy is like the Case Keenum of basketball, without the accolades (if you don't get the joke, you have to read this on a more regular basis...then it will be funny...well, funniER)
38) Article I didn't need to open. The sky is blue, the grass is green, and a radio talk show person would make a Lin racial remark. "Knicks radio announcer disciplined in show remark." Let's go play Trivial Pursuit, because I truly don't understand all of these bubble boys. You people are taking the DeLorean back to the wrong part of the country in the wrong part of time. Grow up.
39) Temple will be joining the Big East in all sports. Is this such a good idea, guys? Think it through. I don't exactly regularly see your school in the Capital One Cup standings (that is the contest of being best school overall in all sports).
40) Shocker. SHOCKER. The "BCS bosses are in no rush for new postseason plan." Hate to be a downer for all of us playoff supporters (6 teams, 3 weeks, people).
41) Straight out of SNL's Jack Handy. Kobe has requested that the Lakers "either trade Pau Gasol or don't trade him." Deep. Reminds me of this one from SNL. " I was walking along the beach. I picked up a seashell. I couldn't hear shit."
42) Hook I am going to say again whether you like it or not. I have never been a carbonated beverage guy, but Coke Zero is the best tasting thing EVER. I feel like I am in that Seinfeld where everyone is eating the fat free frozen yogurt, and then it ends up being very fatty. A scam. There is NO way that thing has zero of ANYTING. Know this. If my traffic increases any more, and I get ad offers, Coke Zero and Ratt's reunion tour are first on MY list.
43) Paul George is in the dunk contest as one of your unknown participants who will NOT be jumping over a Kia. In game practice:
http://www.rantsports.com/courtcrusades/2012/02/23/video-indiana-pacers-paul-george-dunk-contest-practice/
44) Against Illinois, Jared Sullinger got called for a foul going up for a shot. In his follow-through, his elbow hit the guy in the face. This is wrong. Whether it is accepted or not, basketball is about getting to a spot on the floor first AND does have contact. Jared did it right. He was like Maverick in Top Gun. Screw the "hard deck." He got a foul for a "gutsy move." I hope Thad Matta did NOT yell at him about that play. Watching the replay, it was a strong guy going up with a strong move. Protect the players? Yes. Ruin HOW the game is played? No.
45) I was SO happy to see the NCAA back up Karl Hess (ref who threw out Corchiani and Gugliotta at an NC State game). Must be having a tough week at home, you over-reacted, and you kicked out the 2nd and 3rd best players publicly out of a home game. Get a grip, Karl. Go meet up with Albert Pujols and Jeremy Lin. I will have Marcus Vick as your driver just to try and mess the night up. Damn. That joke just NEVER gets old to me.
46) In the crazy Big East, inconsistent Seton Hall beat Gtown by EIGHTEEN points this week. In a "down" year for the Big East, the lower teams are playing like people on Celebrex, without the side effects. Death?
47) The Spurs 12 game streak got stopped by the Trailblazers??? Are we back in the late 90's? Did I leave the keys to the DeLorean in the car with it running? Damn. Speaking of the Spurs, check out this. Manu is out, and Tony Parker, without hot wife these days, is quietly sneaking into the MVP conversation. Along with the Heat's quiet win streak, he is the quietest big name person in the NBA making a statement.
48) I don't care if K State basketball flames out. Their win at Missouri this week solidifies that they should be in March Madness in my opinion. Or. Maybe, I am just scared of their head coach. Maybe a combination of both. Whatever. Martin is SCARY. If there is another Rocky (don't rule it out, people), he should either be Rocky's trainer or the guy he fights.
49) Is ANYONE else excited as I am to watch this? Check it out: http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2012/02/23/espn-to-present-2012-sprint-nba-all-star-celebrity-game/
50) Feels weird that Ichiro will not be a lead-off hitter this year. Maybe he is running the sprints as slow as I am. Dude is still the ultimate way to start the game and set others up in later game situations. How many 200 hit seasons does he have? Oh. My bad. He slacked to ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR hits last season? Come one.
51) In our splitting the atom hook, the Dodgers have announced that Clayton Kershaw will be their opening day starter. Thanks. I bet you Rambo was still standing in every movie too, right?
52) Weird. The Red Sox and Cubs just made a trade. Fly on the wall hook. Would have LOVED to been listening to THOSE negotiations. This is a Theo Epstein joke by the way.
53) I was not off on President's Day. I love working, so I am all good with this. That being said, I know that I should have a day off when an NBA game is being played DURING THE DAY. That is it. My definition. Yeah. And the presidents, too. Good job, guys.
54) Mariano Rivera has "hinted" this may be his last year. You are like a Hall of Fame Tim Wakefield. NEVER seen anyone make a career off of one pitch pretty much.
55) I hope you found this Rant "way cool junior." I am out. My next rant will be Monday night. Have a good weekend, people. Peace.
Blog links that are assisting my cause:
ttp://www.hotvsnot.com
here is another blog website:
http://www.ontoplist.com/join/
here is another one:
<a href="http://www.hypersmash.com/hostgator/" id="jA500">Hostgator promo</a>
here is another one:
<a href="http://www.blogdust.com/blog-directory/">Blogdust</a>
here is another one:
<a href="http://www.blogs-collection.com/" title="blog directory" target="_blank">Blogs Directory</a>
and another one:
<!-- Begin BlogToplist tracker code -->
<a href="http://www.blogtoplist.com/sports/" title="Sports">
<img src="http://www.blogtoplist.com/tracker.php?u=192620" alt="Sports" border="0" /></a>
<br /><a href="http://billigtboende.weebly.com/hotell-london.html">billiga hotell london</a>
<!-- End BlogToplist tracker code -->
and another helpful one:
<a href="http://www.topblogarea.com/sports/" title="Sports blogs"><img border="0" src="http://www.topblogarea.com/tracker.php?do=in&id=196100" alt="Sports blogs"></a>
and another one:
<a href="http://www.submitblognow.info/">Submit
another:
<a href="http://www.topblogarea.com/sports/" title="Sports blogs"><img border="0" src="http://www.topblogarea.com/tracker.php?do=in&id=196100" alt="Sports blogs"></a>
40)
No comments:
Post a Comment