Dec 2009
Beginning of the End for Artest? We Can Only Hope
12/26/09 17:14 Filed in: NBA
Do the Lakers think we're all idiots?
The guy that instigated the most despicable incident in NBA history, the guy who recently announced to the world that he used to down a few shots at half-time of games while he was playing for timmy's Bulls, the guy the Lakers sought out rather than re-signing Trevor Ariza, shows up with a head injury, a concussion, and a banged-up elbow, and they expect us to believe him that he TRIPPED OVER A BOX AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS AT HOME?????
Oh, come on.
Where did this really happen, and how did it really happen?
And, when he was taken to UCLA Med Center, did they do a blood alcohol and/or drug test?
Stay tuned. I can hardly wait for the next chapter.
The guy that instigated the most despicable incident in NBA history, the guy who recently announced to the world that he used to down a few shots at half-time of games while he was playing for timmy's Bulls, the guy the Lakers sought out rather than re-signing Trevor Ariza, shows up with a head injury, a concussion, and a banged-up elbow, and they expect us to believe him that he TRIPPED OVER A BOX AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS AT HOME?????
Oh, come on.
Where did this really happen, and how did it really happen?
And, when he was taken to UCLA Med Center, did they do a blood alcohol and/or drug test?
Stay tuned. I can hardly wait for the next chapter.
theHoundDawg
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Sign of Life Spotted in the Moribund Bruins
12/24/09 10:40 Filed in: College
Basketball
After several games reminiscent of the play seen
during stretches of the Larry Farmer and Walt Hazzard
coaching years, not to mention Steve Lavin's last
season, the Bruins almost resemble an actual
basketball team over their last few games, despite
wins only over the likes of New Mexico St. and
Colorado St., to show for it.
But, the great improvement and now consistent play of a couple of young guys, Malcolm Lee and Reeves Nelson, and finally some good play and leadership from seniors Michael Roll and Nikola Dragovic, do give some small level of hope for the Pac-10 season that is about to start.
A couple of weeks ago, I would have expected UCLA to trudge through the Pac-10, winning maybe a half-dozen games. Now, .500 seems a possibility, with a finish near the middle of the Pac pack.
And, if we can see some increased playing time and similar contributions from probably the most talented player on the roster, Tyler Honeycutt, and from the likes of Bobo Morgan and Brendan Lane, by the end of the Pac-10 season, this may actually become a team.
At this point, though, a NCAA Tourney appearance is still little more than a dream.
But, the great improvement and now consistent play of a couple of young guys, Malcolm Lee and Reeves Nelson, and finally some good play and leadership from seniors Michael Roll and Nikola Dragovic, do give some small level of hope for the Pac-10 season that is about to start.
A couple of weeks ago, I would have expected UCLA to trudge through the Pac-10, winning maybe a half-dozen games. Now, .500 seems a possibility, with a finish near the middle of the Pac pack.
And, if we can see some increased playing time and similar contributions from probably the most talented player on the roster, Tyler Honeycutt, and from the likes of Bobo Morgan and Brendan Lane, by the end of the Pac-10 season, this may actually become a team.
At this point, though, a NCAA Tourney appearance is still little more than a dream.
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More Disgrace in the NFL - Eagles Vote Vick "Courage" Award
12/24/09 08:46 Filed in: NFL
Compounding the further disgrace of awarding this
scum of the earth animal torturer/murderer millions
of dollars to sit on the bench, Philadelphia Eagles
players have unanimously voted michael vick to be
this year's Eagles recipient of the Ed Block
"Courage" Award. The award is given annually to a
member of each NFL team, who is considered to best
exemplify commitment to the principles of
sportsmanship and courage.
"Sportsmanship and courage"? "Sportsmanship and courage"? Sportsmanship and courage in getting CAUGHT running a for-profit criminal enterprise, causing pain, suffering and DEATH to untold numbers of helpless dogs, over a period of years, being sent to PRISON, and then being rewarded with a new contract for MILLIONS OF DOLLARS? Since when does being caught committing numerous felonies and then stepping back into a world of privilege and adulation constitute courage, let alone sportsmanship?
Remember, this award was voted on by the players, who gave it to vick unanimously. What kind of idiots do the Eagles have running around in those uniforms?
As aptly stated in the PETA Blog post, if there were an award for Cruelty, give that to vick, unanimously.
"Sportsmanship and courage"? "Sportsmanship and courage"? Sportsmanship and courage in getting CAUGHT running a for-profit criminal enterprise, causing pain, suffering and DEATH to untold numbers of helpless dogs, over a period of years, being sent to PRISON, and then being rewarded with a new contract for MILLIONS OF DOLLARS? Since when does being caught committing numerous felonies and then stepping back into a world of privilege and adulation constitute courage, let alone sportsmanship?
Remember, this award was voted on by the players, who gave it to vick unanimously. What kind of idiots do the Eagles have running around in those uniforms?
As aptly stated in the PETA Blog post, if there were an award for Cruelty, give that to vick, unanimously.
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With Two Weeks to Go .....
12/21/09 10:34 Filed in: NFL
-The King of Interceptions is rounding into form, and
taking his Vikings down with him. Over the last three
games, Favre has thrown four key interceptions, and
compiled QB ratings consistently in the 70s. The
Vikes will split their last two regular season games,
limp into the playoffs, and be blown out. Then we'll
have another summer of Favre retirement updates,
culminating with the King coming into camp the week
before the first game.
-The Overrated brain surgeon quarterback contingency had a great 0-3 week, with the overrated carson palmer losing to San Diego, the empty uniform in KC losing to Cleveland, and the overrated m sanchez accounting for all of seven points in a loss to Atlanta, and getting knocked out of the playoffs by virtue thereof. On the same day, and against the stellar defense of the King's Vikes, ex-Bruin backup and one-year starter at Oregon State Matt Moore was dominant, passing for 299 yards. Moore has thusly elevated himself into contention for next season's starting job at Carolina.
-With Cleveland playing their best football in a couple of years, it appears that the end of the Eric Mangini era is imminent. The Cleveland truck is backing up in Mike Holmgren's driveway, ready to dump a shitload of cash. It's not the time to start over again. Mangini deserves another year, and a decent quarterback, to bring the Browns the rest of the way back.
-The Overrated brain surgeon quarterback contingency had a great 0-3 week, with the overrated carson palmer losing to San Diego, the empty uniform in KC losing to Cleveland, and the overrated m sanchez accounting for all of seven points in a loss to Atlanta, and getting knocked out of the playoffs by virtue thereof. On the same day, and against the stellar defense of the King's Vikes, ex-Bruin backup and one-year starter at Oregon State Matt Moore was dominant, passing for 299 yards. Moore has thusly elevated himself into contention for next season's starting job at Carolina.
-With Cleveland playing their best football in a couple of years, it appears that the end of the Eric Mangini era is imminent. The Cleveland truck is backing up in Mike Holmgren's driveway, ready to dump a shitload of cash. It's not the time to start over again. Mangini deserves another year, and a decent quarterback, to bring the Browns the rest of the way back.
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Bleak Start to Off-Season Player Moves
12/10/09 13:59 Filed in: Baseball
As last season ended, the future looked good for the
Dodgers and Angels, despite the disappointment of the
post-season. The past month, however, has been a
disaster, on all fronts.
As the season came to a close, the news of the McCorts' breakup and its effect on the team was an unknown poisonous cloud, darkening every aspect of the Dodgers' ability to improve for next season. At this point, they've lost Randy Wolf, and are totally silent on the free agent acquisition front, and the trade rumor mill is also pretty silent, save for the one mention of Cub interest in Juan Pierre. The Dodgers have a serious need to add two quality starters, and it does not look like they will be opening the McCort vault to pay for a Lackey, Pineiro, or Marquis, and after the first few free agent starters, the pickings are very thin, and full of injury prone Nick Lowrys and Erik Bedards, too similar to the Jason Schmidts and Eric Miltons they paid so dearly for over the past three years. Time will only tell if the Dodgers will pay out anything to improve the staff, or will Billingsly, Kuroda, and Kershaw be followed by the likes of Charlie Haeger and Eric Stults?
The Angels have now lost Chone Figgins, and do not seem to be making any headway in re-siging John Lackey. Instead, the talk seems to be of further depleting the now-thin infield with a deal for Roy Halladay that would see Erick Aybar, Joe Saunders and Mike Napoli all going to Toronto. Despite the benefits of an absolute stellar number one starter in Halladay, this trade would be a loser for the Angels. They would need to make several additional moves in order to maintain their great defense and vastly improved offense if they go into next season without Figgins, Aybar and Napoli, and in giving up the guy who is probably now their number one starter (assuming Lackey is gone) to get a number one, this still leaves the starting staff woefully short in the numbers game. From what we saw of Anthony Ortega and Sean O'Sullivan last season, neither one of them can fill a regular sport in a major league rotation. Maybe a Mark DeRosa, or even an Adrian Beltre, can fill the void at third, with Maicer Izturis taking over as the regular at shortstop, but this overall picture is a major step back from last year's team.
All of this is with the backdrop of the scumstripes ripping off not one, but two teams, in one of the biggest steals of the 21st century. I can see Detroit's rationale in giving away developing superstar Curtis Granderson for the pile of pitching they received, but what are they doing in Arizona? How can they possibly rationalize giving up one of MLB's best arms and top young pitching talents in Max Scherzer, and only receiving the overrated career dud and one-year-flash Edwin Jackson, and yankee-wanna-be/never-will-be Ian kennedy? As far as this affects the Dodgers, I'm very glad o have Scherzer out of NL West, and am ooking forward to feasting off of Jackson and Kennedy.
As the season came to a close, the news of the McCorts' breakup and its effect on the team was an unknown poisonous cloud, darkening every aspect of the Dodgers' ability to improve for next season. At this point, they've lost Randy Wolf, and are totally silent on the free agent acquisition front, and the trade rumor mill is also pretty silent, save for the one mention of Cub interest in Juan Pierre. The Dodgers have a serious need to add two quality starters, and it does not look like they will be opening the McCort vault to pay for a Lackey, Pineiro, or Marquis, and after the first few free agent starters, the pickings are very thin, and full of injury prone Nick Lowrys and Erik Bedards, too similar to the Jason Schmidts and Eric Miltons they paid so dearly for over the past three years. Time will only tell if the Dodgers will pay out anything to improve the staff, or will Billingsly, Kuroda, and Kershaw be followed by the likes of Charlie Haeger and Eric Stults?
The Angels have now lost Chone Figgins, and do not seem to be making any headway in re-siging John Lackey. Instead, the talk seems to be of further depleting the now-thin infield with a deal for Roy Halladay that would see Erick Aybar, Joe Saunders and Mike Napoli all going to Toronto. Despite the benefits of an absolute stellar number one starter in Halladay, this trade would be a loser for the Angels. They would need to make several additional moves in order to maintain their great defense and vastly improved offense if they go into next season without Figgins, Aybar and Napoli, and in giving up the guy who is probably now their number one starter (assuming Lackey is gone) to get a number one, this still leaves the starting staff woefully short in the numbers game. From what we saw of Anthony Ortega and Sean O'Sullivan last season, neither one of them can fill a regular sport in a major league rotation. Maybe a Mark DeRosa, or even an Adrian Beltre, can fill the void at third, with Maicer Izturis taking over as the regular at shortstop, but this overall picture is a major step back from last year's team.
All of this is with the backdrop of the scumstripes ripping off not one, but two teams, in one of the biggest steals of the 21st century. I can see Detroit's rationale in giving away developing superstar Curtis Granderson for the pile of pitching they received, but what are they doing in Arizona? How can they possibly rationalize giving up one of MLB's best arms and top young pitching talents in Max Scherzer, and only receiving the overrated career dud and one-year-flash Edwin Jackson, and yankee-wanna-be/never-will-be Ian kennedy? As far as this affects the Dodgers, I'm very glad o have Scherzer out of NL West, and am ooking forward to feasting off of Jackson and Kennedy.
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Poor Timmy Floyd, Picked on by Mike Garrett and the NCAA
12/02/09 17:25 Filed in: College
Basketball
The LA Times Sports department today devoted a
substantial amount of newsprint and web space to the
lament of crooked crybaby Tim Floyd. In the article,
Floyd makes it sound as if he were the official
scapegoat for the brain surgeon athletic
department. Well, actually, that part is true,
as I have written before. But, his assertions he
is innocent of documented allegations that he
dispensed cash for the benefit of former player
OJ Simpson Mayo and that Mayo lived in abject
poverty while attending brain surgeon u, are
preposterous. Do a little reading, Timmy, and
you'll see all that stuff about Mayo's dorm room
full of high-priced electronics, not to
mentioned the statements, under oath, made to
the FBI and other governmental agencies, not
just to the NCAA, by the currier you charged
with delivering the funds.
It's all hilarious, except for the fact that the brain surgeon criminal enterprise is still running scott free, YEARS after some of the most egregious violations of NCAA rules ever described, not to mention possible violations of criminal statutes, and for that one bit of truth from Timmy's lips - that he and the basketball program have been set up to take the fall for petey and his band of money-churning reprobates in the football program.
Another note about Timmy. Professional reprobate, and so unfortunately a current Laker, Ron Artest has rocked the pro basketball world with his assertions that while a member of the Chicago Bulls, he regularly had a sip or two, or three, or .... of Cognac during halftime of games. A quick perusal of the record books shows that he was with the Bulls from 1999 to 2002. Guess who was Coach of the the Bulls during those years? Why, yes, none other than Timmy himself.
Yep, he's a great coach, an honest person, and he should still be in charge of a major program, or THE guy at his new location in New Orleans. Yea, right.
It's all hilarious, except for the fact that the brain surgeon criminal enterprise is still running scott free, YEARS after some of the most egregious violations of NCAA rules ever described, not to mention possible violations of criminal statutes, and for that one bit of truth from Timmy's lips - that he and the basketball program have been set up to take the fall for petey and his band of money-churning reprobates in the football program.
Another note about Timmy. Professional reprobate, and so unfortunately a current Laker, Ron Artest has rocked the pro basketball world with his assertions that while a member of the Chicago Bulls, he regularly had a sip or two, or three, or .... of Cognac during halftime of games. A quick perusal of the record books shows that he was with the Bulls from 1999 to 2002. Guess who was Coach of the the Bulls during those years? Why, yes, none other than Timmy himself.
Yep, he's a great coach, an honest person, and he should still be in charge of a major program, or THE guy at his new location in New Orleans. Yea, right.
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