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Updated November 5, 2008
♠ The Tampa Devil Rays lost. I would like to work up some sadness… but I’m happy they had a good run of it and I think this season is going to change Rays Baseball forever anyway.
♠ NOW can I go back to my all time favorite… Basketball? Thank you!
♠ In case you want me to make mention of my progress in fantasy football this season… I won’t. My heart’s not in it. That’s what I’ll say about the demise of my team. My heart’s not in it. ♠ Oh yes, and since I’ve been covering the election as a sport. I am pleased to announced that America has it’s first black president… Barack Obama.
October 18, 2008
♠ The Tampa Devil Rays… Somebody explain to me how you can be up like 7 runs in a damn baseball game, people are heading to their cars, and everyone wakes up in the morning to find out that you lost? I’m officially retiring my RayHawk (um… no… not for real. You know me better than that.)
♠ I’m getting my ass handed to me in fantasy football. I admit it. So what? You want to fight about it. A note to anyone proposing a trade. NOPE.
♠ OK… sooo, I’ve been trying to figure out what the deal is with all of these LEGO video games. You know, like LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Batman, etc. In the interest of scientific research, I purchased and have begun playing LEGO Star Wars the Complete Edition. Let me also add that I purchased it for 14.99 at Blockbuster. Even though it’s not exactly a new release, I never have a lot of hope for a game I purchase that costs less than 40 bucks. NEVER MIND ALL THAT. I started playing this game and I am so hooked it’s ludicrous. The game is super easy, super cute, and fast paced. There’s no mature violence and… did I mention those little block characters using the force are soooo cute. If you want something fun and addictive like SuperMario in the late eighties or Spyro in the early 90s… I swear the LEGO games will do it for you.
♠ I was going to add a note about the biggest game of all… The Presidential Race, but I don’t think I have time. It would take days. I’d have to… ahem… suspend my site in order to focus on it. But, rather I’ll turn my sites to another great game: the stock market. For one, I don’t believe in any way, shape, or form that people should be forced to invest their retirements (401Ks) rather than putting them in an interest bearing savings account with withdrawal penalties. Having said that, I’ve been checking balance daily, and I feel like I’ve been violated under the bleachers at an away game. Bailout Schmailout. I still have a mortgage to pay and gas prices are down but still top high. That’s why I’m going to Vegas. I’ve got to recoup my losses. Wish me luck!!!
September 30, 2008
♠ You know, I could post something about fantasy football right about now… but I won’t. Why not? Because I’m a sore loser, that’s why! I do not appreciate—at all—the fact that I am getting my kiester handing to me this season. I could say that it’s because my heart hasn’t been in it from the beginning, but does that matter? Does it? I am still going to get vile, vile things posted about me on my league. Horrible things! ROFL! And what can I do? To the winners go the spoils… oh yeah, and the bragging rights.
♠ The WNBA is still showing games and the Devil Rays are in the MLB playoffs. I can’t seem to get excited about either (yes, as I’ve mentioned many times, I *played* basketball and I respect the WNBA, I’m just not watching and I need to do some soul-searching about it… not today though).
♠ Lance Armstrong is racing again… Two things on that 1) Now is not then, Lance. No matter how you perform, the stigma and speculation of performance-enhancing drugs will follow you. It will always follow you because we have no way of proving one way or another whether you doped or not. Sad fact, but fact just the same. 2) Saying that that you would say you thought you could win years ago or that you are not at your peak physical condition is not doing you any favors. On a brighter note, I suspect he will earn a lot of money for cancer research.
September 6, 2008
♠ It was a fine Wednesday night. I worked late (as usual) but I never mind that. I had a meeting at 6:30 that was very productive. I cooked dinner (because I always cook dinner. I love to cook dinner almost as much as I love to eat dinner). I settled in for some Project Runway action. Then, I went to an online chat to support my fellow authors. All was well. All was sweet. Then, at 10:30 PM on last Wednesday night, my Fantasy Football draft started. Quel horreur!
Y’all know that normally I am on top of my game. Being a relative newbie to this “sport” I’ve done well in five leagues in three years. I took the top honors twice was a runner up twice, and the other one was rigged. But it ain’t looking to good for the home team. I blame alcohol. My mother went home after the holiday. The house was all quiet and calm and my own again. So there was a little imbibing. Just a little. Couple that with the fact that I really had planned to stay away from football this year, thus hadn’t kept up with NFL news… You got trouble.
But, please, don’t take this as a complaint. I got so great picks… I got some not so great picks as well, which just means I have to work extra hard today on the “drop/add” period. These first games are going to be critical to pick up Ws. My running backs are OK, my kickers superb, my defense is questionable, and my wide receivers and running backs are half and half, half good and half what-the-hell-was-i-thinking. Tony Romo and Eli Manning are my QB’s and if I can’t get Peyton, I’m pretty satisfied with those guys. I didn’t get my Reggie Wayne this year, but that’s OK. I also did not get Ahmad Bradshaw, which upsets me, that kid is a beast. And there’s that criminal record… Go ahead, check out my story on THAT one here.
I’d also like to mention that I live in Tampa Bay… Anybody know where the Super Bowl is taking place this year? Yeah… it’s like that. :D
September 1, 2008
♠ So, yeah. I said it. I said that I was not going to play fantasy football this year. Why? You ask. Because it brings back painful memories, reminds me that my heart is broken. (how can fantasy football possibly remind me that my heart is broken? Never you mind.) So, I said screw it! No NFL watching for me this year. I was going to go back to the way I was four years ago and had never watched an entire football game before in my life. Then my cousin sent me an email. “Hey, you gonna join up?” My answer: “Hells yeah.” What does this say about me? Beyond the fact that I am competitive in almost unhealthy ways, I’m not sure. :D Yeah, to quote Riley from the Boondocks “I’m coming for that ass again!”
♠ Another one of my all time favorite quotes from that show is: “That’s a bitch move, Santa!” OK, so what does that have to do with the price of tea you ask? Well it is exactly what some of my comrades are saying about John McCain’s choice of running mate. Now, y’all know I have struggled with this election from the get-go, but OMG, I don’t care what anyone says, the move was brilliant. Brilliant. Even if she can’t tie her shoes and I have to see her in that home video talking about not knowing what a VP does every day for the rest of my life, my hats off to the republican party for offering an answer to some of the bitter Hillary fans, to the age factor (McCain’s that is), and to the experience issue (she doesn’t have much, but hey, neither does Obama). Plus neither Palin or Obama are particularly great at basketball. Well plaid, Republicans, well played. Can I also mention that she has five kids and has been a life long member of the NRA. She’s also an anti-abortionist who went ahead with having a child diagnosed with cerebral palsy (I think that’s it, but don’t quote me) while in the womb. I need popcorn and lots of Lindemann’s Peche Lambic for this!
August 17, 2008
♠ OK. Get ready for it. Get ready to clutch the pearls… I haven’t been watching the Olympics this year. I know, I know! How is that possible you ask? Well I don’t know what you want me to tell you, I can’t explain it either. Even with the phenomenal scandals, I haven’t watched. Speaking of scandals, oh my goodness! The little Chinese gymnastics team has been accused of being embryos, Michael Phelps is apparently a “Hey Bruh” according to what’s on his iPod, that really angry guy who lost his second Olympic gold in Greco-Roman wrestling when he threw a fit when Italy won… Wait a minute… back up people, back up! What happened you ask? Ara Abrahamian, a Swedish (Armenian born) wrestler got stripped of his bronze medal Saturday for throwing the medal down after a disputed loss to Italy. He was accused of “violating the spirit of fair play” during the medal ceremony. Apparently, the match was decided by the disputed call and he would have gotten a gold instead of the bronze had it gone in his favor. To add salt to injury, this was the second time this has happened. It happened in 2004, too. So this guy will probably never have the chance to get a goal. Now, kids, I don’t want to encourage bad behavior, but hell! You gotta see where this guy is coming from. ♠ The Williams sisters won gold in tennis. But hey, Slovakian brothers Peter and Pavol Hochschorner won in kayaking and canoeing, so take that Williams sisters! LOL
♠ I am *not* commenting on the Spanish basketball team’s ad.
August 10, 2008
♠ Jet Favre.
♠ Madden ‘09—I’m sorry people, I just can’t be moved to care. What is it about sports games that I don’t like? Is it that I can’t the hang of passing to myself? It really doesn’t make any sense. You folks *know* how much I love sports. So what is it? Give me Heavenly Sword, Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid… but I swear if you throw anything in that involves a ball or the word Turismo, I can’t handle it!
♠ The Olympics have started, YAY! That Phelps dude got a gold medal. YAY! Now I am more comfortable watching commercials in which he is featured. :) Should I talk about the “Dream Team”? Only to say that it’s time they stopped calling it that!
♠ I need a new Fantasy Football League!
August 5, 2008
♠ Now, I know I really shouldn’t spend a lot of time on Brett, but people if you know me, then you know I can’t help it. I think I shall do it in the form of a timeline. ♠ March 6. 2008: Brett Favre tearfully retires from the National Football league, hereinafter referred to as the NFL ♠ June 25, 2008: Brett Favre turns into a whiny freakin’ baby who can’t let the illustrious life of football go. I’m convinced someone was whispering devil-thoughts into his ear like “You deserve to win a Superbowl. How can the Packers treat you this way after all this time? A POX on Lambeau Field” . LOL OMG ♠ August 1, 2008: It’s reported that frickin’ Brett Favre was offered $20 million to STAY retired. I would like to earn just one million dollars for not showing up some place. I’m NOTORIOUS for not showing up places. This is my job and I want Brett to stop bogarding it! ♠ August 5, 2008: In an ESPN story by AP reporter Chris Jenkins today, Packers coach Mike McCarthy was quoted as saying: “The football team’s moving forward. The train has left the station, whatever analogy you want. He needs to jump on the train and let’s go. Or, if we can’t get past things that have happened, I have to keep the train moving.”
♠ In other news, Paul Pierce got handcuffed at the airport. It was for mere seconds but… well… I’m sure it sucked. Still, I go back to my last post and this is definitely some food for thought.
July 16, 2008
♠ You know, you take a little break from writing your thoughts on sports then all Hades breaks loose. I mean really. Paul Pierce is in trouble for throwing up gang signs during games, A-Rod is apparently infatuated with the Material Girl, and Brett Favre is suffering from retired athlete dementia. Let’s take these cases one by one.
♠ “Paul Pierce, what are you going to do when you win the Championship?” “I’m going to Gangland!” Seriously people, all I can say is that talent in one thing does not equal talent or greatness in all things. I am reminded of Michael Vick and a ton of other athletes I could list at the drop of a dime that made it big but never let go of the street. I’m not saying that everyone should tie Lacoste sweaters over their Brooks Brothers’ button downs, but I am saying that if you work very, very, very hard to get something, you should work hard to protect it as well. Money and life.
♠ A-Rod… Alex Rodriguez’ wife Cynthia Rodriguez is apparently leaving him and there are allegations that this has something to do with his relationship with Madonna. Yes, THE Madonna. The nouvelle British, 50-ish pop tart best known for the breakout film Shanghai Surprise. The rumor has it that Madonna is staying in her West Central Park condo and is estranged from director husband Guy Itchy… I mean Ritchie. The source for this—and I can’t make this up—is supposed to be chatty Kathy doormen at the property gossiping about frequent late night visits from A-Rod. Curious.
♠ Oops I, did it again to your heart! Brett. Seriously. Retire already. Now you’re just embarrassing yourself. This guy won’t go away. I read on Yahoo that he said he should show up to practice to call the team’s bluff of saying that he would not be the starting quarterback if he returns. I am convince that he is having early onset of professional athlete retirement dementia. He think it’s about ten years ago. Now, I have said kind words about Brett, and I meant them, including the fact that I find him quite handsome, but enough is enough. Have some dignity, man! Back away from the shoulder pads!
July 8, 2008
♠ Venus won Wimbledon! YAY. I am ecstatic. My mother was pulling for Serena, I was pulling for Venus and yay, she won.
June 26, 2008
♠ There has been so much going on in the Sports world, that I have to be honest with you, I’m not sure where to begin. Tiger Woods is retiring due to sever golfing injuries (no hate mail please, yes, I know he’s a real athlete and all, no my sarcasm is absolutely not called for). Venus Williams was seated 7 at Wimbledon even though she was the reigning champ… I know how the rankings are calculated, but still 7? Terry Bradshaw, whom I love, has admitted that his whole team was using steroids back in the day, AND Candice Parker dunked in a game. Whew. Y’know… I’m not going to talk about any of that! I’m going to look for an uplifting sports story (Candice’s dunk is uplifting… but not nearly as uplifting) Check this out:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-winfield060408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
June 18, 2008
♠ What can I say? Celtics in 6… I’m really happy for those guys. But what does it say for the upcoming presidential election? Nothing, you say? But, of course it does. The Celtics, while having a good season, faltered every step of the way. They barely made in and they’re from BOSTON a conservative city if ever there was one. In come the Lakers, they had some set backs, some infighting, but managed to pull off a comeback we could believe in. The West overall had better stats and showed strength against an East that had lost its way. I was sure of a West victory though my old standby, the Spurs, didn’t win. The Spurs just weren’t as sexy as the Lakers and the fans rallying behind the MVP cry. And they are from LA! What place in the U S of A is considered more liberal, more decadent. Boston in 6? *sigh* Boston in 6.
June 1, 2008
♠ You don’t have to say it. Really, you don’t. My bracket is dead in the water. Yup. Hell, I should have foreseen this. The NBA is never short on drama and what could be more dramatic than a Celtics/Lakers match up. Epic proportions people. Epic.
♠ Let’s talk about party etiquette and sports. Last Sunday night, I watched the Spurs victory over our friends the Lakers in game number… never mind, doesn’t matter which game :(. Anyhow, I identify this game as the one where Manu Ginobli turned into some sort of wild basketball beast… Soooo, I was trying to watch the game when my peace was continually disturbed. People kept wanting things, they kept asking me about the food on the grill, my cousin wanted to complain about the number of couples at the get-together. When I explained to her that I was not in a couple, she gestured to a fellow sitting where I had been comfortably sitting which is when I told her that didn’t count! But that’s another story for another page. Anyhow, all of this to say that when a woman is watching the playoffs, leave her alone. Nobody bothered the five fellows sprawled all over the well-appointed sectional. Nope women kept appearing to exchange their empty beer cans for new, cool, crisp ones. Those fine gentleman got to sit there and watch the game without hassle. I, too, would like that one day.
♠ Mike Vanderjagt, hailed as the NFL’s most accurate kicker ever is in the news again for his return to the CFL (Argonauts)… I must honor this guy by listing some of the highlights of his career: · Missed a 46 yard field goal in the 2005 NFL playoffs with like 18 seconds left in the game. Score: 21-18 Steelers over Colts. Yep, he could have tied the game. Could have forced overtime. · Granted, this is not a character trait… but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Peyton Manning referring to his then teammate as an “idiot kicker”. That makes me laugh so hard my stomach hurts still when I think about it. · Also, have to mention that he “didn’t like” doing the kick-off. Seriously, his job is “kicker” and he’s above “kicking” the ball. Does it really matter at what part of the game this is happening? This guy got a multi-million dollar contract to kick something and he didn’t want to kick something. Really? Come on… really? · Bill Parcells who picked him up for the Cowboys (from the Colts) said: "I don't have a Dr. Livingstone's frozen elixir. I don't. I don't know what I can do. This guy is 36 years old and has been kicking for a long time. He has his way of doing things. Hopefully, things get a little bit better." He was pissed about Vanderjagt’s boneheaded groin injury during his abbreviated season with that team.
May 21, 2008
♠ Hey people! Memorial weekend is coming up and I plan to have a libation or two, watch a game or two, laugh at a player or two and relax. I know you’ll miss my posts, but you always have my return to look forward to. (Aub’s a ham). Anyhoo, on to the sports!
♠ OK people. I've heard you loud and clear. I'm willing to address your questions. I will have to do so in text only because I went looking for action footage but suspiciously only found film of him sitting on the bench looking at the scoreboard. Ahem: 1. Yes, Ray Allen only got 4 points in game one of the Boston/Detroit series 2. No, he is not lost either in the Alaskan wilderness or in Australian Outback 3. Ray Allen has not been secretly banned from the playoffs 4. As far as I know Ray Allen has not been the butt of any wagers with past teammates that preclude him from showing up to a game. 5. Finally, no, Ray Allen is not dead.
Ray Allen proved that he was present by having 5 fouls in tonight's game before the end of the 3rd quarter. Was that fell0w a little frustrated... hmm? As my cousin would say, "Oh, you mad now?" lol.
♠ Tonight, the Spurs are going to beat the Lakers. Take it to the bank. They were a little tired game one, but that’s O-V. Mark my words! Kurt Thomas is going to bust this thing wide open (after applying various liniments)
♠ If I haven’t said it before, I love this game!
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