Since my cityrat son is already slacking off on helping me with HIS blog and since Marty earlier did a blog on what music we listened to before Sports events to get us in the mood so to speak and since I enjoyed that to death, let's do it again but with a twist from what he did. 

Before I start I just want to say that I was a Jr in high school when the Beatles came out and the "British Invasion" followed quickly of course. One of those groups was the Dave Clark 5 and they had a song called "Catch me if you can."  I was a punk in sports if I found out I could get over on you. Didn't matter, football as a receiver getting over on a cornerback,  Guard in basketball, if I could get by you,  Batter in baseball, if I could hit you, I used to sing that song with slightly altered lyrics and seriously pi-ssed a number of people off over the years.  Even did it in slow pitch softball and flag football in later years.

"Here I come again...mmmmm uh mmmmmm....catch me if you can....gotta getta move on...you were tryin with all of your might....catch me if you can, catch me if you can". Heh.

Anyhow, this is for the older crowd. America had a phenomonen called "Southern Rock" and "Country Rock". Only real difference was if you were from the South or not. And this music was HUGE. What I'm going to do here is start listing HITS. Bona fida HITS from the era of country and southern rock and I bet I can name 50 of them. And I bet you can name some more. Let's do it.,

Lynyrd Skynyrd:  Sweet Home Alabama, Freebird, That Smell, Whiskey Rock and Roller, Saturday  Night Special, Gimme Three Steps, What's You Name, Gimme Back My Bullets, Down South Jukin',  You Got That Right,  Double Trouble (11)

The "Gods" of Southern Rock, I'm sure there were more here. I'm working just from memory.

The Eagles:  Witchy Woman, Tequila Sunrise, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Take It To The Limit, Already Gone, New Kid In Town, Lying Eyes, James Dean, Best Of My Love, Hotel California, I  Can't Tell You Why,  Desperado, Wasted Time, Victm Of Love, Long Run, Heartache Tonight (16)

The "Gods" of Country rock. Again, seems like there are more but we're already up to 27 total. Hmmm......23 to go.

ALLMAN BROTHERS:  Ramblin Man, Midnight Rider, Melissa, Statesboro,  In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, (5)

Bluers mixed with country mixed with rock guitar this was the first "Dirty South" sound.

Black Oak Arkansas: Jim Dandy

Ozark Mountain Daredevils: Jackie Blue, If You Wanna Get To Heaven

Molly Hatchet:  Flirting With Disaster, Ramble, Whiskey Man 

 (my apologies Marty they had Three chart  hits, actually looked this one up. Sorry dude)

The Outlaws: (Ghost) Riders In The Sky, Hurry Sundown

Marshall Tucker: Heard It In A Love Song, Can't You See

The Band: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Weight

Pure Prarie League: Amie

Wet Willie:  Keep On Smilin', Dixie Rock

Blackfoot: Train Train, Highway Song

Mountain: Mississippi Queen

And there you have it, 50 Southern Rock/Country Rock Hits. I purposelly did not include Charlie Daniels Band since they came a little later by about 5-7 years after the inital wave of this kind of music but you can include them if you want. And yes, I cheated, I went first and listed all the songs most anyone old enough to remember this music would know but I bet Marty and  and some others (wanna bet on Lisa? She knows everything LOL) will know tons more. This was fun. Let's ROCK!!!!

HOODRAT (huuuud raaaaat) Human in appearance,  vermin in actions.  Definations include: "You could take them anywhere and be ashamed of them",  "Not rowing with both oars", "I'm gonna drop 50 on McMillan" and "I did not try to commit suicide, I was just getting high and it's none of your business but let me tell you all about it 3,000 times"

CATEGORY:  "DUMBER THAN A POST"    WINNER:  TERREL OWENS

From literally destroying the Philly Eagles football team to joining the Cowboys,  T.O. managed to start a quarterback controversy in Dallas immediately, to leading the league in dropped passes, to becoming embroiled in a "did he or did he not attempt suicide" fiasco, to whether "did he or did he not take a dump in the sink of the locker room" (and thereby disrupting the focus on the Cowboys only significent run of the season), to running his Coach out of town, to writing a childrens book about "sharing" while also winning the most selfish player in the NFL award the same year, this 5 time NFL winner is a true hoodrat. No amount of talent he posseses will ever equal his ability to disrupt every team he plays for and his ability to make sure the attention is focused soley on himself.

CATEGORY: "THERE IS NO TEAM IN ME MYSELF AND I"   WINNER: GILBERT ARENAS

Also Winner of "NBA's version of T.O" this alledged point guard of the Washington Wizards has become the poster boy for NBA fans wide and far who actually showed the lack of Hoops intelligence to even suggest this hoodrat be considered for MVP.  After dropping 60 on the "Only Kobe can even spell defense much less play it" Lakers and 52 on the "Nobody can spell defense over here" Suns, Gil proclaimed himself to be the Man. Not the son of the Man, not the best friend of the man, not the man who knows the man but the MAN ( the side splitting laughter of everyone with an NBA I.Q. of over 50 notwithstanding.)  Shortly thereafter Jamison went down on the Wizards leaving the Man Gilbert the opportunity to step up, back up his claims and he responded by stepping back.....in every possible way....scoring, shooting %, assists, rebounds. In every way except running his mouth. Now he's blaming his coach for "demanding I play defense".  We do have to thank Gil for proving that Jamison is the man on the Wizards but at the same time you have to give credit where  credit is due. Gil, you are a true hoodrat.

CATEGORY:  "MONEY DOESN'T AFFECT MY BEING  A LOSER"  WINNER: ALEX RODRIQUEZ 

Despite being the highest paid player in Baseball, despite being surrounded by the best team that money can buy, despite being named MVP several times for the regular season, despite wearing Yankee Pinstrips in the manner of more legendary players than any other team can boast, Alex has managed to cost the Yankees both regular season and every single level of playoffs, embarassing losses that nobody else in baseball has manged to accomplish. Alex can choke without motivation, provocation or invocation.  You will have to search high and low to find a bigger choker that Alex Rodriquez. Because we would not be suprised to read the headlines that teammate and actual best overall player in MLB Derek Jeter, grossly underpaid compared to Alex, had in fact taken choking to a new level and relieved the Yankess of this posers bloated contract with his bare hands....so therefore we rush to give you this award Alex.  You give new meaning to the phrase "You can pay a hoodrat more money than any hoodrat has seen before or will ever see again but he's still a hoodrat."  Good job. You deserve this award.

CATEGORY: "YOU THINK ARTEST IS THE BIGGEST THUG?"  WINNER:  STEPHEN JACKSON

Stephen Jackson had every right to be miffed. Artest got suspended for a year and had provocation both by Big Ben and a Fan throwing a beverage on him. Jackson has no provocation to go into the stands. Artest got suspended for a year and Jackson for only 25 games. With unfair suspensions like these it's practically impossible for a guy to get his rightful recognizition as Sports biggest brain dead  thug.  But Stephen if anything, is determined. He follows this up with capping off a clip outside a club in the parkind lot when his rudeness and arrogance caused a fight to break out.  Nobody in their right mind can any longer deny our boy Steph, may I call you Steph?, his dtetrmination, low I.Q., Ignorance and Stupidity. Stephan Jackson you ARE the biggest thug in the NBA. Congratulations on lowering the bar further even than Ron was able to do. (One word of caution tho Stephie. You try that nonsense in an Oakland club and your next award will posthumanous. Oakland isn't Indy. U feelin' me moron?)

Good Morning. I'm Dante Daulton and this is Outlaw Sports overnight where we take a quick look at what happened since yesterday morning and tell you what it means besides the obvious

In the category of "Fools Rush In Where Wise Men Fear To Tread" Washington Wizard point guard Gibert Arenas predicted he would drop 50 on the Portland Trail Blazers yesterday. Something about Nate McMillan being partially responsible for Gil being sent home (that means cut) from the Olympic team.   We're going to take a little extra space on this one since we find it so funny plus Gil is doing what he does best here.  Being his own worst enemy. He had a little MVP talk going there for a second but Gil has talked himself out of it. Even his coach has about enough and was dismissive of Gil's comments after going 3-15 overall, 0 for the game behind the arc and only getting 2 assists as the point guard.  He then blamed it on the coache's demand they play defense. The Wizards lost with their lowest point output of 77 points for the game. Gil is an idiot. No other way to put it.  He promised to put Kobe in his place, failed miserably in that pursuit and now this. Since Antwan Jamison went down the Wizard are 1-3 and not looking like much. Gil we have to say to you,  you're not the straw that stirs the drink.

The Lakers are finally off their long road trip at a very disappointing 3-5. Against the Cavs Kobe clearly dominated Lebron  going 12-24, 11-11 ft's, 7 rebounds 6 assists to Lebron's 5-16, 8-12 FT's, 8 rebounds and 5 assists yet the Lakers lost by 9. What all this means is pretty simple. The PG position got a whopping 4-19 from Parker and Evans.  The Lakers can't win with the PG esemble they have. We suggest trading Parker, Evans, Cook, Mihm's expering contract and Kwame for Jason Kidd who could play for five more years in the Triangle.

Are the Sacramento Kings jinxed? Looks like Brad Miller is down again. Read something about it in passing. The Kings need to start over. Rahim is a nice guy, too old, Artest is a talent, too flakey, Miller super guy, too fragile, and Bibby isn't getting any younger. Hard to remember when Bibby wasn't around isn't it?

Dwayne Wade and the Heat are back, only 4 games out of the Eastern Conference top spot. The obvious here is the Eastern Conference is a joke.  What it also means is meet the new boss, same as the Old Boss. Assuming  Shaq holds up for the playoffs, and that's assuming a lot, the East will come down to either Miami or Detroit again.  As a side note, we notice Jason Williams is down with Injury yet again. If you Dwayne Wade isn't a top two player notice that along with his 26 points and 8 assits tonight in beating the Spurs (looking very old aren't they?) The Heat are winning again Fossilized Gary Payton "running" the Point and doing very poorly doing it we might add. Wade is a winner. 

Looking more and more like the Pacers got the better end of the deal in the trade with the Warriors. Mike Dunleavy has looked like a good player since and the Pacers are winning again. What this really means is there is no reason that Dunleavy couldn't have fit in the run and gun of the Warriors. What isn't a good fit is a certain coach out west whose time has past him and long gone. Pity the Warrior Fans. They've inherieted the latest version of the old Trailblazer's malcontents, no team playing, often injured thugs of the NBA.

Don't look but the Atlanta Hawks have won five road games in a row. JJ Johnson is the straw that stirs the drink in Atlanta. They have good young kids but this is the man for the Hawks.  In retrospect we're going to say we were wrong and JJ was right when he chose to leave the Suns. He could have never maximized his talent on the Suns with all their stars. This kid is a winner.

 Lewis, a volunteer at the Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester NY, was cleaning one of the monkey enclosures when he came face to face with an escaped orangutan named Lowell. Lowell, it seems, needed a hug, or had the urge to give one. He wrapped his long arms around Lewis' legs and held on for about five minute before letting go. But he wasn't done. He took Lewis by the hand and led the human back to the orangutan's home. I guess love is fickle, though, because, soon after, he pushed Lewis back out. Finally, the zoo vet came along to tranquilize the orangutan (who was again out of his cage). Since Lowell was asleep, they took the opportunity to cut his nails. Lowell is safe, back in his habitat, and hopefully hugging more willing individuals.

This is Dante Daulton for Outlaw Sports Overnight. Don't look for us. We'll find you. We're out.

Good Morning. I'm Dante Daulton and this is Outlaw Sports overnight where we take a quick look at what happened since yesterday morning and tell you what it means besides the obvious.

Two Gonzaga basketball players were arrested in Spokane after being pulled over for having no lights on in their car in the middle of the night.  Misdemeanor Marijuna was found along with Felony Magic Mushrooms.  For those of you not familar with the State of Washington this is the time of year that two lane blacktop backroads have 300 cars strung out  for ten miles parked on the grass and edge of blacktop  and not a soul in sight. They're out picking wild mushrooms.  I guess the moral to this story is you probably shouldn't be eating the mushrooms while picking them in the middle of the night then trying to drive. They're lucky they didn't head on someone with their lights out.

Much ado is being made by a few columists about the Jazz beating the Knicks in overtime and Okafur having a great game.  What this means is the Jazz are seriously hurting without Boozer. If they gutted it out against the Mavs we'd be impressed. Gutting it out against the Knicks says you got problems if you're think you're a contender.

The Nuggets beat the Bucks to go 2-0 on their short road trip despite Iverson and Camby out.  They should have since Redd is still out for the Bucks and without Redd you'd expect the Vienna boys choir to beat them.  Nene is slipping back into the picture, had 17 and 11. The thought crossed our minds, that Carmello just signed a max extension. Nene got the farm to resign last year without even playing, Iverson makes as much as almost anyone in the League,  KMart is drawing max type money to sit out injured and Camby is getting more than mid level, gotta know that. Throw in J.R. and Blake and the rest and we wonder just how far over the cap are the Nuggets? How did they swing Iverson?

Lakers stagger into the final game of their 8 game road trip 3-4 hoping to get out at .500 in the longest road trip left of the year.  This team has problems. Lamar isn't back in sync yet but he and Kobe really aren't the problems. Kwame Brown has managed to take half a year off with a sprained and bruised ankle (big suprise there huh?) Luke Walton who had been having his finest year went down the very night Odom got back after being out more than two months, and Radmonavitch and Sasha continue to be total detriments to the team. The latest loss in Toronto they contributed absolutely nothing in a close loss.

 The Houston Rockets continue to win taking out the Bobcats last night with balance scoring, soldid defense and Deke Mutumbo (age estimated at anywhere from 42 to 62) and his elbows got 14 and 14. Lots of finger wagging was available. Yao who? What this means is that Jeff Van Gundy needs to stop trying to run a mixture of Yao and Tmac's games and go with Tmac's strengths and Yao has to adapt when he comes back. Virtually everyone on the Rockets plays better with a more uptempo game and with Deke thinking he's 22 again, just run him and Yao in and out. Can't hurt but slowing down the Rockets to that 1980's Van Gundy "the turtle loses to the snail" pace is not what this team needs

One night after going "hall of fame" on the Spurs, Magics Dwight Howard and the rest of team got beat by the Nets. While Howard remains our choice for the player of this decade by end, he's not there yet when he couldn't run wild over the Nets 103 yr old Mikki Moore.  Still got a ways to go. At least that's what the Spurs are hoping because if last night was real then the Spurs who Howard just dominated two nights ago, are in serious trouble in the backcourt defensivly.

Which brings us to another backcourt. What is the real story with the Pistons? Chris Webber signs for veterans minimum, the Pistons Rasheed Wallace instantly becomes the Sheed of old. Rainbow threes,  storming to the rim, rebounding, getting technicals and winning. Webber isn't setting the world on fire but he's doing Ok. Rip Hamilton is coming around all of a sudden and Chauncey looked like a happy point guard again last night.

Tysun Chandler had 15 pts and 16 rebounds in the win against the Grizz last night. Other than saying the Grizz has just hit rock bottom and destroyed Jerry West's last chance to go a winner, what this tells us is that Chris Paul is back and hitting on all cylinders. Much ado is made by some about Gilbert Arenas (although none are making as much ado about Space Cadet Gilbert as Gilbert makes about himself) and his shooting game at PG for the Wiz but if we're picking a point guard for the next 7-8 years we'll take Chris Paul (23 and 11 assists)

(We're checking to see if Bobby Jackson has broken the record for the NBA player to make the most money over the most years and not play the most games due to injury. We're not saying he is yet but we're about 10,000 players in and nobody is even close which is no small feat when you consider Camby and KMart's track records on the injury list.)

Twolves, er, Bucks, er Denver, er Sixer player Joe Smith reported to police 3 pieces of jewelry valued at 110,000.00 is missing fron his hotel room. As if it's not enough to have to wonder about the brain matter of someone who would leave 110,000 worth of jewelry in a hotel room instead of a hotel safe, Smith further complicated things for us by stating "No I wasn't robbed, it's just mislaid, I wasn't robbed". Correct us if we're wrong but do people usually call the police for mislaid items? Is there Jewelry sniffing dogs they send around the hotel to find out where he sat 110,000.00 down with his Starbucks to sign an autograph?

A snorkler in a Eugene Oregon river was shot in the head by a 60 year old with a .22 and survived due to the location of the head near the ear which was hit. The 60 year old was arrested for possession of an illegal gun and methamphetemines.  Said he thought the snorkler was a Nutria (swimming large rodent).  We have to wonder how old some people have to get to get a handle on what the Meth Monster is seeing is usually not what it is.

As first dates go, this one didn't end well. A male polar bear who was trying to court a female polar bear apparently pushed her over the edge of a 14-foot drop while playing this week, Memphis Zoo officials said. Cranbeary, the 5-year-old female, had surgery Saturday to insert two steel plates and 26 screws to repair a broken leg. Payton, the 3-year-old male, is on loan from the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois as part of a breeding program. This may be both bears' first romance, and it got a little awkward, said Matt Thompson, mammal curator.......Ya think?

While cruising the Fox Sports blog last night we were suprised to see someone calling himself Jesus2 bouncing from blog to blog defending Carmello's sucker punching a player by saying Kobe Bryant's "SMASHING PEOPLE WITH  ELBOWS LIKE HE'S DONE FOR YEARS AND YEARS  only got him a one game suspension,  and he's worse that Carmello".  We also noticed him saying he wasn't a "Kobe hater repeatedly".  Gives new meaning to the phrase "with friends like this Kobe sure as hell don't need any enemies"

This is Dante Daulton for Outlaw Sports Overnight. Don't look for us. We'll find you. We're out.