As we type, another network is pushing a segment on Title Town. Ok, them is fighting words, Vern. This is as stupid as claiming which NCAA football conference is the best. Several conferences need to travel TO bowl games instead of playing at home stadiums before the masses will offer total respect. Remember the four-letter network's terrible "Who's Now" segment last year? I'm still hosing down the living room to remove the stench. This is more of the same refuse.
No city owns the Title Town moniker and plenty of fine citizens will offer to fight over the name.
Green Bay was ONCE known by that name; it's lame to make a claim to a name that has applied only ONCE since the late 1960's. Let it go, Green Bay. Be happy you still have an NFL franchise. Los Angeles will be sniffing for an NFL team in a few years.
Please feel free to toss replies with team/franchise nicknames that really piziss you off. Yes, I live in DFW; I grew up despising the Cowboys, since Pearson pushed off on the Hail Mary pass against my beloved Vikes!
What franchise do you hate and why? Here are the leading contenders.
NFL-
America's Team! That was a name created for a NFL FILMS video. Tex Schramm and his Cowboys cronies jumped on it and the flea bag media and fans kept it going. Hey! Every sport needs a Dr. Evil franchise for everyone else to hate. Philly fans should be happy it's not them the rest of the leagues hates and is jealous of, too.
In the 80's the SuperStation, TBS, a Turner commodity, attempted to bogart the name, America's Team, for the Braves. Didn't work, did it. How can a team from a city that can't build a freeway to loop the city be hated? Well, unless Ray Lewis has a weapon, I'm not worried!
The New England Pats are rising on the hate charts, courtesy of the video camera and three, lame three point SuperBowl wins(?).
MLB-
The prissy Yankees and their astronomical payroll win in an uncontested match. How can we not hate the Yankees! It's as easy as ' A squared + B squared = C squared.' The highest payroll in the western hemisphere can't buy titles any more. I love it. Red Sox fans, quit your crying. You're the second most hated franchise in MLB, since your 'Johnny come lately' fans have a huge sense of entitlement. Go back to worshipping Dennis Leary, please. Anyone know who's the daddy of A-Rod's kids?
NHL-
Let's face it, Detroit is the bomb. This is the Title Town of the NHL. I respect the pizza franchise dictator's running of the Red Wings. This only leaves teams with dirty players and that leaves Sean Avery, dirtbag-turd. The NHL created a rule, during the playoffs because of this swine. Wait, he just signed with the Stars. Whoops! I'm not impartial any more. Fans are more jealous of the Red Wings than anything else.
NBA-
That's beyond easy, since Kindergarten kids hate the Lakers. There's nothing more to say. At least the Police Blotter has not included Lakers lately.
The lyrics will cause the Conspiracy Brothers to blog like crazy about the truth or consequences of this GREAT video. Prepare for the Laker bloggers to jump on this like it's Area 51. Shaq can be seen this Saturday on Soul Train, rapping his new #1 hit.
TMZ had the tape and ESPN showed it today.
I'd "pay a dollar" to hear that! (RoboCop reference, sorry!) I did like the tune.
It may be that Shaq and Kobe aren't the great friends the media makes them out to be.
Aftermath:
Shaq-Lost his Special Sheriff badge in AZ, due to "language, etc." in the video. I feel safer already.
Kobe-Ordered a special screening of Kazaam for L.A. area youths, which highlight's Shaq's real talent.
Suggestion: Check out the 2007 article on Kobe's tossing Shaq out of L.A. Link below:
In silent protest of the media's NBA game preview saturation and game fixing discussions, I boycotted the first half of Game 4. Hey, a guy's gotta watch a golf major and have dinner! I'm sick of the Stern talking head appearing, stating how much of a slime bag a certain, former official is. (Stern's job is to protect the league, period, not tell us any potential truths or lies that we may not know.) What could I miss in the first half, since the officials were sure to give the Lakers a huge lead.(That was a joke.)
"Click!" The U.S. Open is over for the night, time for some third quarter basketball.
"Whoa, L.A. has a huge lead!" Shocking.
A 20 point lead went boom in the third quarter and the Celtics likely locked up the title. (Note, I said 'likely.') The final eight minutes were entertaining as Kobe and the Three Bears pulled a big, fat, ahoga.
Whoops! Lakers fans have to be distraught after this choke job. It's time the Lakers have blown a lead, since they've often been the recipient of gobbling up a deficit this year.
Stay tuned for the "Conspiracy Posts" to populate blog-dom. The ghost of Red lives on.
Tonight the puck finally drops as the NBA Championship begins. The hypefest has been a runaway train on all the sports networks and media sites. Let's get on with the Basketball. I've had it with the preview shows and prognosticators.
While we remember and long for the days of "no easy layups," as seen in past Celtics/Lakers Finals, the NBA star system will protect the name brand players. The only question is how tightly the officials will call the game and will the star treatment be equal at the charity stripe.
In Boston, the cameras will pan on past Celtic greats, and in Lala land we'll be forced to see Hollyweirdos in prime seats, vying for camera time. We can't get enough of Jack! If Spike shows, someone slap him.
What subject will the television media wear us out with first, Bill Walton's loyalty to Boston and his son, the great Red vs. Phil debate, or Kobe is as great as MJ?
What I do know is that His Royal Highness, Commissioner Stern, will be perched in his booster seat, quietly reveling at the pomp surrounding this Finals. He'll smirk, yet barely smile knowing the ad revenue and overnight ratings will be huge.
Fans of the teams not in this Finals have to pick a team, like most of us do every year. This year it's easy. Just pick the team you hate and cheer against them from your couch, bar stool or cell block.
Beer? Check! Cheetos? Check! Remote? Toss it across the room!
When Kobe leaves the Lakers, it's not needed any more..
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I love my wife, Vanessa! I got you another ring!
That's the actual size, honey!
I love Chicago, too. Always have, always will.
NO RETURNS OR REFUNDS. I will accept an exchange if you become president of my fan club.
If all you got is a Bulls jacket, I'll consider trading for that...haven't seen one since 1998.
Long Live Tupac!
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This has been a great, long weekend for sports fans. There's been something for everyone.
Ping Pong balls were actually important. Look for new ping pong leagues to start in the great NorthWest, while the East Coast bans ping pong forever.
The Utah Jazz showed that "It ain't over till it's over."
LeBron showed up for game 3 and actually played in the fourth quarter. The young gent hadn't been seen in quarter 4 during games 1 and 2. The facial LeBron gave Rasheed was a beautiful sight.
Kobe is taking smack about wanting Jerry West or leaving the team. Look for Jerry to rejoin the Lakers, as West said, "I am open to the subject."
ESPN's Stephen Jackson's rants show that he is the illegitimate love child of Jessie. Please recite Green Eggs and Ham.(obscure SNL reference)
MLB's American League has the usual suspects at the bottom:
Texas(I may try out for the pitching staff. Grab your glove and come too!)
Kansas City(The best farm team for the other MLB teams is in the tank.)
Tampa Bay(Enough said.)
New York Yankees(Holy Schneike! Western civilization will fall. We must find a way to allow the Yankees to draft players from other teams now. It's not fair that NY fans might some how suffer low self-esteem as a result of this fiasco. Oh well. Clemens will come in and win 20 starting next week. It may be a long, hot summer in New York.)
Boston swept the Rangers and moved 12 1/2 games up on NY.
This just in, Ichiro wants to pitch! It's raining cats and dogs.
Johns Hopkins scored just ONE second half goal and still won the NCAA Lacrosse Championship over Doooke. Call this sport soccer with actual activity going on. The refs even call penalties. I like this sport.
The Indy 500 was cut short after 166 laps and Ashley Judd's husband was declared the victor. Put an asterisk on it. Maybe we need to put a roof over this joint! Racing junkies think of this race as the holy grail, so do something to make it a full 500 or I'll stop watching the beginning and ending while channel surfing. How about some tires that stop hydroplaning.
The NCAA Softball World Series was set. You couldn't avoid these games on the ESPN family of networks. Replays were shown on channels between the 2006 US Poker Open and the 2004 US Poker Open replays. I had to use my TV's favorite button to avoid the softball game reruns. 3am tv on a holiday weekend is strange viewing.
The NCAA Baseball playoff brackets were set. My team wouldn't make it, due to a 30-25 record. I checked the brackets this morning and some crappy 30-25 team made it in the Arizona State bracket. Hey wait, that's my CornHoler team.
Rory Sabbatini, who talked smack about Tiger and looked like a fool, won the PGA Hogan Colonial. I was waiting for Tiger to come out of the crowd and B-slap him. When Rory won in sudden death, his wife and kids came out to kiss Daddy. I'd kiss Daddy, too, if he just picked up a $1,000,000 check, thank you.
Chuck Liddell took an early nap as Jackson sent him to sleepy land in the first round. First Chucky loses his girlfriend to Mike Modano and now he's treated like a punk in the ring. Chuck's next stop will be the ESPN football booth with Keyshawn. Knock him out, Chuck.
ESPN has shown tape of an undercover informant, fingeringMichael Vickas a criminal, who is heavily involved in dogfighting, and a leading bettor in the world of illegal, cruel, criminal, dog fighting. How about we put Vick in the ring with Chuck Liddell and let them fight to the death. I'd pay to see that. Michael Vick's situation is worse than Pacmans, due to Vick being the face of his franchise.
Tonight, the Ducks and Senators begin duking it out in the NHL.
Curlin won the Preakness by a nose, which is about 12 inches if you're a horse or saw the replay.
The payout was $8.80 on a $2 bet.
I picked Street Sense to win; I didn't bet the race since the odds s-u-c-k-e-d. I won't take virtually even money on a favorite, ever. Too many bad things happen. Since I didn't bet the race, I bet myself I could drink two beers from the start to the end of the race. I still got it!
I don't expect many to respond to this instant BLOG and I don't care. Yet, I know Nostradamus will be here.
Some of us were fortunate enough to grow up near a track. In my case, it was Ak-sar-ben(Nebraska spelled backwards...rocket science from the Midwest and a popular Johnny Carson comment). The track used to have the largest mutuel handle in the nation, yet wasn' regarded as a national player. It was in Omaha, NE. I worked in a sporting goods wholesaler/retalier while in college and was fortunate enought to have plenty of doggy owners, er, racehorse owners come into the store and talk about their horses.
The first track bet I ever made was on the Maiden Race for a gelding. She went off at 40-1. I bet $50 on her twenty years ago. She won. You do the math. The owner said the horse set an unofficial track record. I mentioned this to the lawyer(####)brother of my best friend. Suddenly, I had lawyers calling me at home for racing tips. My Dad laughed his A-S-S off and my Mom was concerned.
Right there, I was hooked on horse racing(not harness racing, which is fixed...hahahahaha). When I hit that first bet, I went home and dropped $100 dollar bills in my Dad's hands, telling him that I was re-paying him for paying my college tuition. I told Dad that I would always pay him half of my winnings to pay for college.
You can watch movies about the racetrack and you'll laugh, yet the stereotypes are correct. Plenty of fools are hyping a horse they don't bet on. They're trying to increase their odds. That's the real world.
When I did graduate, the track had paid for my 4 years of college and I was proud every time I brought my Dad cash. I know he was really happy. I still remember the first and only time my Dad poured me a drink of Whiskey, three fingers and three ice cubes. His advice was priceless. "Put the same effort into becoming a better man as you have into paying Mom and I for your college."
Since then, I have loved horse racing.
I've gambled on Quarter Horses in Vinton, LA. I'm so ashamed.
To this day, I watch every Triple Crown race, hoping that some lucky horsey will win the big enchilada....all three races.
It's become apparent that winning the Triple Crown is harder than winning Back To Back NCAA Football National Championships.
This year, no horse will win the Triple Crown, again.
Statistics are a dangerous when handled by zealots.
I believe Burnt Orange isn't a color, it's a disease.
The DH rule should be elimintated.
I like cats and dogs...cats taste more like chicken.
Women are god's greatest creation.
Barry Bonds was detrimental to sports.
The month after the Super Bowl is sports HELL.
March Madness is the best elongated sports extravaganza.
The Masters is great watching, in spite of Jim 'nancy boy' Nantz.
Anyone spouting political commentary should be barred from this site.
This is a sports blog!
I need a soma.
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