Here we go again! Here is the forum for you, the Joe Six-Pack Fan, to call out those sports personalities that so #### you off. I'm sure you have personalities that you so badly want to throw Under The Bus (Jerome Bettis Limited Edition, 850 hp) you can smell the burnt rubber and brake dust! I know I have a few!
NFL:
Cincinnati Bengals: for being WAY too permissive in drafting players with shady pasts (A.J. Nickerson, Chris Henry (more on him later), Odell Thurman, etc.). They have become the NFL's halfway house for shady characters. At one point last year, they were averaging one arrest a month. Now it's come back to bite them in the ####. Marvin Lewis had the reputation for being a disciplinarian, but where's the discipline? The Bengals and their bad seeds get thrown Under The Bus (as if they haven't got run over by Jerome Bettis and the Pittsburgh Steelers many a time over the years!).
Chris Henry: this thug just doesn't get it. He's had chance after chance after chance; now he's pissed it all away. His latest crime he's accused of? Punching an 18-year-old boy in the face and breaking his window with a beer bottle. Nice move there, ####. The judge in the case called Henry, "a one-man crime wave." Harsh, but true. After he gets out of prison, Henry gets thrown Under The Bus by his accuser.
Chad Johnson: in the SAME WEEK, he chirps again about not wanting to be in Cincy. The Bengals have said time and again that Ocho Cinco won't be traded. Do I detect a pattern here? It was a BAD week for the Bengals. Chad, let your game do the talking. You're one of the best WRs on the planet. When you score TDs and the Bengals are winning again, then you can do the River Dance. Until then, you go under the Bus.
NBA
Enver Nuggets: there is a good reason for this. There is no "D" in Denver. They blew a 22-point lead to Phoenix and lost. Hence, the "Enver". If they miss the playoffs, they can look to that game. For no "D" in the game at Phoenix, the Enver Nuggets go under the Bus.
New York Knicks: they brought in Donnie Walsh, supposedly to clean the mess that Isiah Thomas left. Now Walsh wants to EVALUATE Thomas before making a decision? Doesn't he know that the Knicks always catch fire at the end of the season and save Isiah's job? For not whacking Thomas, the Knicks and Donnie Walsh are to be thrown under the Bus.
Miami Heat: they're playing for the Derrick Rose Sweepstakes. (Rose is an UBER-stud who will be a great NBA player for the next decade and a half.) They've mailed it in. Just forfeit your regular games and let Pat Riley take his extended vacation. Until then, you go Under The Bus.
FORMULA ONE
Max Mosley: it's rare that F1 is mentioned on my blog. But I must mention it. Mosley has been accused of an orgy with five skanks, errrrrr, hookers in which #### role playing was part of the orgy. If Mosley wants to roll with hookers, that's his choice. The #### role playing went WAAAAAAAAY TOO FAR. Let him roll with hookers on his own time and NOT while he's running F1. Mosley gets thrown under the Bus for his indiscretion.
MLB
ESPN: they get thrown under the Bus for two reasons.
They glorified that patently absurd position known as the Designated Hitter. I call it the Disabled Hitter. Today marked the 35th anniversary of this "momentous" occasion. (Ron Blomberg was the first DH in MLB history on April 6, 1973) I've long been an advocate of eliminating the DH and replacing that slot with an extra player. For glorifying the absurd, ESPN goes under the Bus, along with the man who thought of the DH.
For endlessly hyping the first Yankees-Red Sox series of the season. It's only been in recent years both teams have been good at the same time. When the Yankees have sucked, the Sox have been good, and vice versa. Yes, it's a bitter rivalry, I get that. But don't act like they're the only two teams in MLB that matter. For that, and for perpetuating the hype machine that is the Yankees-Red Sox, ESPN goes under the Bus.
NCAA Football
Florida State Seminoles: for firing its college football color analyst Peter Tom Willis for no apparent reason. Why? Because he stepped on some toes with his brutal honesty regarding the Seminoles' program? Was it because Emperor, errrrrrrrr, Coach Bobby Bowden wanted him run because he DARED to criticize Jeff Bowden's handling of the offense? For more reasons, go to Lisa H's blog on this. She did a tremendous job on this! Florida State goes under the Bus.
Those are my nominees for the week. Feel free to come on in with yours! If you have someone in sports you want to throw under the Bus, feel free to do so here!
JON...NICE BLOG...DON'T MAKE ME GO ON ABOUT CHRIS HENRY.!
QUESTION...sorry for the caps...how do you hyperlink a blog like you did referring to my post and use a keyword to link it? (Ie...you used "blog" which was a link to my blog) Can you private message me on how to do this? There are so many bloggers I want to give credit to, but I need step by step instructions. Yes, I am completely lame on PCs.
Lisa, I emailed you about the hyperlink. It's in your messages. Thanks for the read and props!
goutdaddy, thanks for reading and commenting. Here's my clarification: by eliminating the DH entirely, add an extra player to the roster, making it a 26-player roster instead of the current 25 we have now.
Great blog entry. You hit a perfect-a trifecta with your NBA thoughts.
As for Max Mosley, I had the same feeling about how strange it feels to write about that particular organization. When I think of "F1," I usually think of the macro key above the "1" on my laptop keyboard.
Don't let Ocho Stinko out from under that bus anytime soon. Somehow his coming to the defense of Chris Henry, stating he was shocked that such a stand-up guy was cut, didn't surprise me. He's a spotlite #### that used a bad situation to his own advantage to aide in getting himself run out of town.
I am so putting Mike Hampton from the Atlanta Braves under, and not ever letting him out from under it! The guy is doing his pitching warm up the other night - for his first start in THREE FRIGGIN YEARS - and pulls a pec muscle. Scratched from start and put on DL. Throw Bobby Cox under too for keeping this guy on the roster.
Hey John, thanks for the read and the props. When I think F1, I think of that button between the Esc and F2 buttons. I don't usually think Formula One.
Hey Midnite, I'm not letting him out! For that quote that Chris Henry was a stand-up guy and that he was shocked he was cut, he deserves to be thrown under AGAIN and AGAIN.
Hiya Lori, DAMN, some guys can't catch a break! Both Hampton and Cox go under said bus! Late.
Jokerswild, thanks for the props.
Hey Mean, glad to see ya bro! How about that Enver NO "D" in that game against the Sonics? They go under AGAIN! Thanks for reading and the props!
blue@orange, gotta bust a call to either Bridgestone or Firestone for that bus! That's why I generally DON'T watch American League games. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Whatever!?! DH rocks! Its like saying the Play-off format hasnt improved the game. Plain silly
I am curious as to what you mean by "replacing that slot with an extra player.
Though that ESPN special was really lame, it seemed to end as a book plug for "The Designated Hebrew"...ubber weak! Throw shameless book plug under the bus too.
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