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There's a lot of stuff out there that I don't feel like attacking full throttle but rather just some quick notes. ~Cedric Maxwell telling the lone female ref in the NBA to go back to the kitchen and make some bacon and eggs . Quite classic, would love to find the audio. ~Barry's increase in size is quite humorous. From size 42 to a size 52 jersey; from size 10 1/2 to size 13 cleats; and from a size 7 1/8 to size 7 1/4 cap, even though he had taken to shaving his head. From 1 1/2 circumference testicles to 1/2. Ok made that last one up. But come on a 2 1/2 increase in shoe size in your mid 30s, I had no idea HGH was that friggin powerful. I don't particularly find this as news worthy though, we all know he took steroids and HGH, these are just interesting tidbits to clarify what they can do. ~Steelers trainer dropping 150K on HGH at a pharmacy in Florida. For his older patients. How laughable is that? I have no idea how expensive HGH is but I'd imagine 150K gets yo...

Just happened to stumble across this article this morning while perusing SI.com. Apparently all who attended the yearly Sports Illustrated Swimsuit party were exposed to Hepatitis A because low and behold an employee / food handler of the Wolfgang Puck Catering company was diagnosed with the fun viral infection which just happens to be transmitted through methods such as contaminated food. Yummy. All who attended the party were informed that if they ate any raw food, which most likely there was plenty of, that they should get checked out. "Health officials and event hosts were also contacting attendees of three smaller events between Feb. 14 and 20 that were within the 14-day window during which immune globulin can be administered to prevent illness." SI.com Lucky for them, that's today, hope you're not busy Mrs. Swimsuit models. Delicious Sushi.

As Spring training is now here why not reflect on one of the most interesting moments in Spring Training History. Sure the explosion of feathers looks cool, but in the slow motion shot check out how far the bird flys after getting hit and its body bouncing on the ground.

I'm a bit late on this but earlier this month two of my least favorite things in the world, the Red Sox and NASCAR have teamed up . John Henry and the Fenway Sports Group dropped $50 million to become a 50 percent owner in the Roush Racing team, now the Roush Fenway Racing team. [Vommitting] I'm not quite sure how this partnership vastly benefits either side, as New England is not exactly the prime market for NASCAR, although New Hampshire is developing. And the truth is I don't think there is much cross benefit between the two organizations, maybe a few risidual extra fans for both organizations, but it is simply an effort by Henry and the Fenway Group to expand their possible revenue sources so they can shell out more dough on Japanese Pitching acquisitions. Much like ESPN force feeding NASCAR down our throats the past few weeks due to their new contract Red Sox fans can expect somewhat the same. "So you'll see highlights on the Jumbotron here at Fenway, you...

Not Sure if the NFL would be too pleased with that celebration, especially if Pacman was the one who scored the touchdown.

Randomly stumbled across this from September of last year. The dude is 6 foot 7 and he has the bicycle kick in his repertoire, pretty impressive.

I bet taking a full throttle kick from a soccer fullback to the chin would hurt like hell. I wonder if his head is still ringing pretty hard right now.

This is getting some pub throughout the media but not enough, Lebron is having a significantly worse season statistically. The Cavs currently have the third best record in the East, not that big of an accomplishment, but Lebron's backwards movement this year has to concern the Cleveland public atleast mildly. In all previous seasons Lebron for the most part improved from year to year, and one easily could have predicted a 33 points per game output from Lebron this season, but that has not happened. Stat Notes ~Lebron's Free Throw % has gone down in each of his 4 NBA seasons from 75.4 to 75.0 to 73.8 to 67.8. ~Lebron's sophomore campaign, 04-05 had universally better per game averages. 27.2 to 26.5 points. 2.2 to 1.6 steals per. 35.1 to 32.7 3pt %. 7.2 to 5.7 assists per. 7.4 to 6.8 boards. ~Lebron's 05-06 had significantly better stats as well. 31.4 to 27.2 points per. 48 to 47.2 FG %. 6.6 to 5.7 assists. 3 less shots per game. 1.4 less free throws per game. ~Playing al...

Looked up Youtube cause I may go to a Comedy Act tonight to see this guy, anway this one was pretty funny.

So Dominic Rhodes the Colts Superbowl hero got a DWI last week, not necessarily notable news. DWI's happen all the time. But then it gets interesting. "After failing two field-sobriety tests, Rhodes told Hafez he had consumed two or three alcoholic drinks. While sitting in the police car's front seat, Rhodes urinated on himself, the report said. Later, Rhodes' blood-alcohol level tested at 0.09, just over the 0.08 level at which an Indiana driver is considered drunk." IndyStar So within a month he goes from Superbowl champ to pissing himself in a police car after getting busted. 0.09 might be too much liquor for your brain to function everything you need while driving but you certainly should be able to keep urine in your body. If I was the Colts I think I would let him explore free agency this off season. Solid work Dominic. *Ode to Jimbo Jones a college roomate who had more advanced and reoccuring bladder problems.

Every spring you go outside and the birds are chirping and the flowers are blooming and then come winter everything is dead and starts back up again come the spring. Manny Ramirez is one of those birds. The stories stop in the winter when he's away from the game and then they start up again come spring training. Is it really a story if it happens every single season? Is it very surprising that Manny wants to show up late for camp? He's done it before he will do it again, and it has never been a big deal with regards to his production. He goes out he clubs his 35 home gets 135 rbis and then it starts up again the next spring. Throughout the year we're guaranteed to hear Manny Ramirez trade talks about 3-4 times none of which ever have any validity and for good reason. Manny Ramirez may be a little headache if you let him be. But its happenned so often that the Red Sox organization should be able to ignore it and just let it slide. He puts up the numbers, without him...

In a very dull day of sports the world of hockey shines through with a nice 12 man brawl. My favorite part is the malicious smile on the Ottawa goalies face that just screams, "Dude I'm going to beat the piss out of you right now, I've been waiting my whole pro career for a fight, your done." Than he's taking punches in the face and smiling the whole time. Ray Emery is officially the coolest player in the NHL.

So the only blockbuster move of this entire trade deadline was former Indiana Star Alan Henderson getting traded for a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos? Well that's friggin lame. All that talk about Jason Kidd, Pau Gasol, Vincanity, all the speculation and this is what we get. It's not really surprising but it is kind of annoying how they spin all this nonsense to create stories which really don't exist. All hype no action. Oh and for the record Alan Henderson was traded from the 76ers to the Jazz and the two flip flopped 2nd round draft picks. So one could easily argue that a bag of Cool Ranch Dorito's is more valuable.

It's a seven minute clip but the only relevent sports part is from about 1:45 to 3:00. If I had software / knew how to edit the video I would, but I don't. Anyway I'm a fan of Gabrielle Union, perhaps she could be the mascot for Union College in order to spread diversity. She could do the people of Schenectady proud. Watch out for the Claymates Kidd they're after you. They will hunt you down in Miami, Paris and especially San Francisco. Think Tim Hardaway hates the Claymates? I'd wager yes. ... ... ... Lots of Youtube today, hopefully someone gets traded so I have something to talk. about.

Typically come March I jump on a bandwagon, mostly cause Michigan sucks every year and I like to root for a team. Well this year I think it's gonna be the Hokies and this video certainly doesn't hurt.

Enough with the PC bullshit already, why is everyone in this world so friggin sensitive. Sure Redskins might be a little rough but the nicknames or Illini, or Seminoles or Chiefs what the hell is wrong with any of those names or characatures. Is there really any negative connotation now with these names? How many people walk around see a Native American and think to themselves damn there's a Redskin or a Redman? The word Yankee had a negative connotation for much of the country during the Civil War, should they be renamed. And as for characatures and mascots, aren't all mascots a little ridiculous looking? Have you seen the USC Trojan, or the Minnesota Vikings mascot? Both don't where one of those giant Barney costumes but both look absolutely ridiculous. So should people of Modern Day Turkey or Modern Day Nordic region dial up the NCAA and NFL and file complaints? Should men in Massachusetts with premature ejaculation problems protest the nickname Minutemen because...

Wow that kid needs a diet, but he does have the fat jiggle down.

So I didn't touch on this earlier in the week but perhaps you heard about it earlier, two players on Liverpool, Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise got into a little scuffle after a night of vigorous karaoke. The two were arguing over a karaoke competition and the obviously short fused Bellamy took a golf club to Riise's legs. Quite humorous if you ask me. He did get fined 155,000, hopefully he won that amount in his karaoke competition. Well anyway Liverpool headed to FC Barcelona today to face the defending European Champions, aka the best club team in the world for the uninformed, in their Champions League draw. And what did the two of them do? Well Bellamy scored the equalizing goal in the first half to make the score 1-1. And then in the 74th minute Bellamy assisted Riise to put The Reds in the lead for good. And there's a lesson for you folks if you want to gain extraordinary performance from individuals in your organization here's a plan of action. 1. Short Fused ...

Apparently you're supposed to wait for the other team to get set up and there's a big hissy fit going on in France (good) that Man U. cheated their way to a win. The France weenies wanted to walk off the field afterword, ha. Personally I think it looked like perfect strategy. And it obviously worked, they won 1-0. Good for them, down with France.

Laila Ali, Clyde Drexler, Apolo Ono, Vincent Pastore and Steve Sanders. What do they have in common? Well but of course they will all appear on the next season of Dancing with the Stars. Breakin it Down Big Pussy / Vincent Pastore - For some reason I'm under the assumption that a vastly overweight Italian Man who played a gangster on the Soprano's will be unable to triumph in a ballroom dance competetion. Can I put money down in Vegas that he's the first eliminated? What would those odds be? Laila Ali - She punches women in the face for a living, chances she's eloquant on her feet or in a dress? Clyde the Glide - The guy is huge. Where are they going to find a women who will be appropriately sized for a 6 foot 7 inch man. Steve Sanders / Ian Ziering - Steve had no moves on 90210, and how is he still a celebrity didn't this show end about 10 years ago and stop running in syndication early in this decade. I say he gets bounced early. Apolo Ono - He's got t...

Jason Kidd to the Lakers: This move makes perfect sense for the Lakers however they for some reason are unwilling to let Bynum go and to me if the Nets do not get Bynum then there is no purpose in making this trade. They would quickly sink their franchise, and receive nothing for it. That makes no sense. I understand that the Lakers don't want to give up a 2nd year player out of high school who has played very well this season, but just come out and admit you have no intention of beating the Mavericks or Suns, because getting Kidd gives you that chance. Expectation: Kidd remains Vince Carter to the Clippers: Trading Vince Carter makes sense for the Nets, he can opt out of his contract at the end of the season and most likely will. So unless you can gain assurance that he will be back for the next two seasons than get what you can for him. Which most likely won't be much as I'm sure any other suitor wants some assurances he will be around the next two seasons as well. Appare...

Unless you like the PussyCat dolls, you're going to want this on mute. All in all a relatively unimpressive uninventive showing. The most unique was Howard, but not that difficult. Personally I liked Nate's dunks the best, but he once again took about 40 tries to get the last 360 dunk and thus lost for good reason. Tyrus Thomas dunk over Ben Gordon was pretty sweet as well. The end result of Gerald Green winning was pretty predictable.

Age 36 vs. 26 Height 5'9 vs. 5'11 Weight 127? vs. 127 Hair Brown vs. Blond Rating 67 vs. 14 Pregnant Yes vs. No Descent Irish vs. Brazilian Networth 10 million vs. 150 million Hmm, I wonder why the move... Not like Gisele has the advantage in almost every single category or anything. Scumbag Hero Imagine if Tom Brady actually broke up with Moynahan immediately following her telling him she was pregnant. Then went out found one of the hottest/richest women on the planet, 10 years her junior and paraded all over America with her. Is that not the cruelest thing you could possibly do to a woman. If true, would he not go down as a hero for all scumbag men out there? Even if you were to find it despicable one would have to admire the extent he went to in order for an upgrade. There may be women who you could argue you find more attractive than Bundchen, certainly an arduous task, but the chick is worth about $150 million on top of that. Can't say that about many other women in t...

Yesterday was a sad day as it marked the passing of true genious. Without his services and his innovation Americans would be lost in the land of Direct TV and Digital Cable. We would be less informed of the worlds events, less entertained, less glued to the TV and perhaps not as culturally overweight. Robert Adler the inventor of the Television Remote flicked to his final channel at the age of 93. Tonight as I change from Prison Break to How I Met Your Mother during commercial breaks it will all be in thanks to Mr. Adler. So here's to you Robert, may you go down in the history books as a brilliant engineer, an innovator, and mostly, a true american.

"I don't usually let women interview me unless they fornicate with me first"

They hold the biggest race of the season, the most prestigious race, the "Superbowl" of racing, to open the season. And it has no major effect on who wins the seasons championship. Well that makes friggin sense. Why not open the season with Wimbledon or the Master's and then not count the results on the season ending money list / rankings. Perhaps because it is moronic. Throw out the fact that NASCAR is only good for the massive wrecks, which can be easily viewed fully on a highlight show, NASCAR's season is set up miserably. So after yesterday its pretty much either congrats you won the biggest race of the year, now the rest are insignificant. Or you just wrecked in the biggest race of the year, you're a loser, have fun for the rest of the stupid races this season. ~PTI getting bounced for NASCAR now is extremely annoying. PTI = ESPN's best show. NASCAR = Mind Numbingly Boring. By simple deduction of logic PTI should never be pulled for anything, especially d...

After all these years of perfect humanly existance, despite the massive amount of hope he would get runover by a bus , Tom Brady has finally had a little slip up. Mr. Brady forgot to do the ole wrapping job and has left his mark on his ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan, she's three months pregnant . They broke up in Decemeber so a little bit less than three months ago, how ironic would it be if it had been their last time together. Poor Tommy, he had moved on to one of the hottest girls on the planet and was the envy of all men around the world. He was even in an imaginitive battle between Jeter and Timberlake to see who could pull the finest piece of tail, Timberlake is dominating, and now the moral dilemna. Does he pull a Matt Leinart and seemingly not mention it at all in the media, nor care at all. Or does he run back to his former love to comfort her during her pregnancy and to become the Dreamboat daddy. One way or another finally a twist in the road for America's QB.

The biggest mystery of both this season in the real and fantasy worlds will be the production of Daisuke Matsuzaka. He comes over as the most heralded Japanese pitcher ever. What should Red Sox fans expect? An Ace, a middle of the pack starter, what's the worst case scenario? For fantasy owners around the country, when do you pounce on Matsuzaka, is he going to be a keeper for years? Much of this is guess work, but lets try to wade through and come to a moderate conclusion. Let's first look at three prior Japanese endeavors from a range of spectrums. Hideo Nomo was good for a while, Kaz Ishii was moderately succesful for a awhile and Hideki Irabu pretty much sucked. Nomo's First Full Season: 13-6, 2.54 era, 236 Ks, 1.056 WHIP, Rookie of the Year Ishii's First Full Season: 14-10, 4.27 era, 143 Ks, 1.578 WHIP Irabu's First Full Season: 13-9, 4.06 era, 173 IP, 126 Ks, 1.26 WHIP Noticeably all three pitchers had moderate to great success in their first season in the ...

MVP: Steve Nash, it's really not much of a question. The Suns are terrific with him and lose to teams like the Sonics and Blazers without him. Anyone who mentions the fact that he is surrounded by incredible physical talents completely forgets that the team had the same tools when Marbury was there and they sucked, and when he doesn't play they suck. He makes that team special. 3-Peat. Best Team: Mavericks, they play defense they play offense, they're healthy and I still stand comfortably behind my championship prediction . Dallas over Detroit. Best Trade: C-Webb, sure the guy can't move. Neither lateral or vertically, and sure I'm incredibly biased, he's been my favorite player since the fab five days, but he's been terrific for the Pistons. Remember when Peja tore it up in Sacramento and everyone thought he was terrific, and than Divac and Webber left and he no longer got open shots and you realized he wasn't that good. Well, Rip Hamilton is a good ...

Keith Foulke has decided to retire after feeling pain in his throwing elbow at the start of spring training. Foulke had an up and down 10 year career but he should forever go down in Red Sox lore as one of the biggest heroes in ending the Sox World Series drought. During the one postseason where Mariano was mortal Foulke slid in and took his place. Foulke threw 14 innings in 2004 and gave up one lone run in the World Series. Against the Yankees Foulke threw 6 innings in 5 games and didn't give up a single run. He was unhittable. Perhaps his Red Sox career was brief, perhaps a three year career in Boston marred with injuries the final two seemingly is undeserved of honor. But for that one October Foulke was the best pitcher on the planet, the backbone of that Curse Killing Roster, and personally I think he deserves a day in Fenway to be honored for his accomplishments that one October. Now lets all look forward to the Joel Piniero, Red Sox Closer, era.

Bernie Williams Debacle Brian Cashman messed this one up. Bernie hit .281 last season with decent power numbers and is a historic Yankee and instead of honoring him with the final spot of the roster he signed Dougie Minkowitz. Now Bernie is either going to be relegated to play for some scrub team or retire, all in all not a very quality deal for #51. I'm annoyed by it, mostly because Andy Philips and Minkowitz are terrible hitters, but once the season starts it will fly right over my head. Give Mo the Money If Mariano Rivera says he wants money, then give him the friggin money. Tell him 3 years 15 per then you can fade off into the sunset. Prior to the season would be the smart idea, but for some reason the Yanks don't do contract extensions prior to the season. How about an exception for the most important player on your roster for the past 10 years? I don't think that would have that major of an effect on future situations where players have extensions. In the long...

For the most part people will chime in this morning grilling Tim Hardaway on being homopohobic or mention the fact that he has the right to say whatever he wants. And if he wants to tell the world that he hates gay people so be it. And while I believe both of those points of view its not that that pisses me off. If Tim Hardaway hates gay people so be it, let him expose himself as a fool, and as for free speach sure he can say whatever he wants. But its the half-hearted apology that ticks me off. "Yes, I regret it. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said I hate gay people, or anything like that. That was my mistake." Now a days it seems like every day you get a stupid comment from some athlete around the world and then the next day after a few pokes from his PR guy he comes out and says that he's sorry and that he really didn't mean it. Bullshit. Tim Hardaway you don't like gay people, you said it, you elaborated on it, you showed yourself as a Bigot now le...

So I'm driving into work and my cars making a nice little squeeky noise. Then about a mile and a half away from my office poof on comes the break light and the battery light and off goes the power steering. Ouch, so I get off the next exit and take the backroads to my office. Bare in mind in Connecticut yesterday we had a pure ice storm and no one showed up to the office, about 10% at best. So I begin my self diagnosis of what the problem would be, aka I google up all the symptoms. I come to the conclusion that my Serpentine Belt is done. So I call Triple A and tell them I need my car towed from Danbury to the local shop I typically bring my car to in Ansonia. After some fun talk with the AAA lady she infroms me that the roads are too "icy" in Danbury, and that they are focused on accidents. So basically she told me to f* off, and she told me places in Danbury I could bring my car. Ok fine, not the best option but I'll do it. So I drop off my car at the shop gi...

Dan Hawkins is definately a nutjob. He's into all that Zen nonsense and enjoys living in Montana and Colorado. Well now that he's losing, 2-10 with the Buffs last year, he enjoys jumping off the deep end. Well he received an anonymous letter from a parent coplaining about the fact that he has reduced the weeks off from finals to summer workouts from 3 weeks to 2 weeks. And ya he went off. Here's the Clip . "Go Play Intramurals Brother" Courtesy Of CGB

The ACC expanded their conference by adding Miami, Virgina Tech and BC with the sole purpose of improving the conferences football, aka cash cow. What they didn't expect was for BC and VaTech to immerge as front runners in their Men's Basketball league and for VaTech to go out and sweep their matchups with UNC. I will give and take some credit to myself right now. At the beginning of the season when I laid out my predictions I picked VaTech as my sleeper team . But that was to make the tourny and I said they would get knocked off in round 1. In all actuality the Hokies have a shot to win the ACC and advance deep into the NCAA tourny. I don't think they're a potential champion, but would you be absolutely stunned if a team that managed to win in Cameron Indoor and the Dean Dome in the same season somehow made it to the Final 4. Regardless of the fact they used to be basement dwellers in the Big East and have yet to make the tourny as members in the ACC, this team ...

Perhaps I'm an optimist, perhaps I'm avoiding the truth, perhaps I'm an idiot but I feel there is a legitimate chance with a few tweaks on the roster, front office, coaching some luck and intelligence down the stretch run of the season the Celtics could easily win the Atlantic Division next year and contend for the Eastern Conference Title. Step 1: Keep Ainge and Doc for the Remainder of the Season There is absolutely no reason to fire a coach or a GM during the middle of a season where you have no chance of going anywhere. Why create additional controversy on top of the current record setting losing streak? Step 2: Keep On Losing And who better than Doc Rivers to continue the most important portion of this process. The Celtics need to lose, they need to have the greatest opportunity to win the lottery possible. Winning only hurts this. There will be a huge difference between the impact you will be getting at pick 2 and pick 3. Surpass the Grizzlies in record and there...

1) Why the delay in the fire why now? There have been reports that the relationship between Marty and GM AJ Smith was dysfunctional for almost the whole season, so what the hell happened between the Pats loss and today that magnified this? 2) One of the rumored reasons is that Marty was allowing his position coaches go around the league and interview for O and D Coordinator positions, and it was within his right to deny them such opportunity. Was this really that big of a reason? Doesn't it seem like a dick move for a coach to deny his employers opportunity for advancement? AJ when dialed up by Wade Philips for this position coaches, when with the no soup for you reply. 3) Anyway that this firing came out of spite? Had Schottenheimer been fired weeks ago, while there were positions on the market, i.e. Miami, he almost would have certainly been hired. He does win wherever he goes. Anyway AJ decided he really wanted to screw him over for a year? 4) In the process it seems like...

Kristin (Kris) Benson, wife I mean husband of Anna Benson is done for the year with a torn rotator cuff . This could have come from said "offseason" throwing regimate or perhaps it came fending off all of the pimps attempting to employ his tramp of a wife. Have you ever met a guy named Kristin before? Is it pronounced like Christian or like the gals name Kristen? How long did it take him as a kid to assume the nickname Kris, weeks, days or minutes of ridicule? And does having a feminine name as a guy makes you more of an injury risk. I mean he has needed Tommy John and now a torn rotator cuff? Drew, kind of an ambiguous name, had a torn rotator cuff and labrum last season and dislocated his elbow during the pro bowl. Coincidence or the fault of their parents? Hmm... Now it looks as if the Orioles might have to look into the services of Steve "The Trashbag" Trachsel. Or bring up some pitcher who isn't ready to compete in the AL east. It really doesn'...

vs. My money is on Green in the Dunk contest, what about yours?

Now that's funny stuff.

Dennis Rodman is still alive and he wants in to the Hall of Fame and I personally think he should be enshrined. As a man sure you could bring up a vast amount of oddities and in most cases I don't think you would want him representing whatever business you are a part of but the fact remains he was a hell of a basketball player. Statistics wise there's only one thing that anyone can knock Rodman about and that was his poor scoring, and to that I have a few comments. A) He played with prolific scorers at every stop from Detroit with Ike and Dumars to San Antonio with the Admiral and the Bulls with Pippen and MJ, he didn't have to score and of course you would rather have those other guys shooting the ball, why hold it against Rodman. B) Scoring is such an overvalued statistic in the NBA, some players are there to put the ball in the hoop others are there to stop people from putting the ball in the hoop. Rodman was obviously the latter, and won the defensive player of the...

You know what I'm talking about, well perhaps you don't but some of you do. That one random weekend when you're watching ESPN and the bottom line comes on and you see that the leader of the current PGA Golf tournament is sitting at +25 and you're thinking to yourself damn I could shit a +25. Then you tell your buddy who's smarter than you, someone like me, and he tells you that they're using some bogus point system called the Stableford system . Basically to sum it up it's some drunk guys scoring system which gives 5 points to eagles 2 points to a birdie and negative points to bogeys and such. Now you know what I'm talking about, still no, well don't worry about. This weekend The International the only PGA tournament that uses this system got canned due to lack of sponsorship . Any wonder why they couldn't get sponsorship? Random guess why a golf tourny in this day in age can't get quality sponsors? How about the fact that Tiger Woods...

Well I had a wonderful weekend and got a nice nice little cherry on top last night when oh joy oh joy another Duke loss. Make that 4 in a row and then hopefully when the ole rankings come out we'll be absent Duke in the rankings. The longest losing streak in 11 years, since the years after the exodus of Grant Hill, this is glorious. 4 of their next 6 are on the road so lets keep this losing brigade going Coach K. Ya so I have no real analysis on this topic, just expressing joy.

So this last flare up in Italy was a bit rough, especially since someone died, but this one was more light hearted and involves a Brazilian getting drilled in the head.

Hey sure it's early to start thinking about fantasy baseball, but february is a terrible month for sports and the Rotisserie Baseball League I am in is pimp. Anyway the way it works is we have 2 players for each infield position and 5 outfielders, and from the previous season you get to protect 5 players. My problem, I have more than 5 guys who are worthy to keep. Note that there is no limitation on how long I can keep players, so you have to balance the issue of winning this year without sacrificing a player who could be elite in the future. Gary Sheffield, OF, DET - One of my keepers last year, basically kicked me in the nuts with the injuries. He could put up huge numbers this season, he's always been good with a chip on his shoulder, but he's old provides no real benefit past this season or next, he killed me last season, aka Im bitter, and he's more of an injury risk than anyone else on this list due to his age. Felipe Lopez, SS/2B, WAS - Another one of my keeper...

Not sure I would have picked LBJ at #1 as I thought both VC dunks and the 2nd Kobe dunk against the Celtics were more impressive, but still a solid show.

Why the Eurotrash Uniform look though? The white box with the names below the jersey, disgusting. But you have to give them credit for hitting two incredible shots.

So who enjoyed the fact that Duke collapsed in the second half after having a 10 point lead, I did, I did. Ideal Turn of Events for Remainder of the Season 1. Duke loses a few more games in a row and falls out of the top 25 for the first time in a long time. As much as Connecticut falling out of the top 25 gave me joy, the collapse of Duke out of the top 25 would be reason for celebration and perhaps a few pints. 2. If said few more losses in a row comes than the lose the remainder of the games and not make the tournament run will be on. This will be almost impossible, considering they have quality wins over G-Town, Gonzaga, Airforce and Clemson and most likely only need 20 wins to get in the tourny, but a collapse from 18-3 and ranked 10th to falling out of the tourny would be epic. Worthy of a Millenium Party, and possible flight to Chapel Hill. 3. If neither of the two above happen, which would not be surprising, then simply Duke being bounced out of the 1st weekend of the tourn...

After another disappointing loss last night I believe its got to be coming to the end of the line for Tommy Amaker, head coach of Michigan. The Wolverines inability to win games against quality opponents and their perennial collapse in Big 10 conference play over the course of his 6 year tenure are enough proof that he just isn't cutting it. Conference Records The biggest issue with the Wolverines under Amaker has been their miserable play in conference. Amaker during his 6 year tenure has only a single season where he lead the Wolverines to above .500 in conference play. Which was negligible because this was the season the Wolverines were on probation, banned from postseason play. The 10-6 was also less impressive given their out of conference record was 7-7. 2002 5-11 2003 10-6 2004 8-8 2005 4-12 2006 8-8 2007 4-5 Overall 39-50 NIT Success Hey the NIT is a nice tournament, helps young teams improve going into the next season and could be a real momentum builder heading into the n...

So I'm listening to Mike and Mike in the morning on my way into work and the mention the fact that the Celtics have lost 15 in a row and that it is to their benefit to lose as many games as possible down the stretch to increase their odds of landing either Durant or Oden, very true. Then Greeny went off and said this is a disgrace and that the NBA should reward teams for winning and not losing and thus he would implement a rule that would give the best team that missed the playoffs the #1 pick. Personally I think this would quite possibly the dumbest rule change in sports history. Heres why... Shifting the Benefits of Losing Contemplate this for a second, would you as a fan or GM of the Minnesota Timberwolves, currently 8th in the West, would you rather make the playoffs and get crushed by the Mavericks in the first round or would you rather tank a few games at the end of the season to match up Kevin Garnett with the superstar he's always needed, Durant or Oden. All your plan d...

The always fun lookback at how terrible the preseason predictions were . Playoff Teams 5 for 8 on Divisional Champs (Colts, Chargers, Pats, Seahawks, Bears) 7 for 12 on Playoff Teams (Divisional Champs + Giants & Cowboys) Misfires - Bucs, Panthers, Bungals, Steelers, Dolphins Had the Colts Pats in the AFC Championship game, whiffed on that. Seahawks Bucs, not a solid NFC prediction, but hey did you know Chris Simms was going to lose his spleen? Awards Predictions MVP: Tom Brady, Didn't know they were going to dump Branch and leave Brady with no one to throw to, and yeah who had LT scoring more points than whole teams. Offensive Player of the Year: Carson Palmer, he had a good year but not Brees or LT worthy. Defensive Player of the Year: Troy Polamalu, missed a couple of games and the Steelers were in the tank early on. Offensive Rookie of the Year: DeAngelo Williams, got hurt and didn't get enough touches. Defensive Rookie of the Year: DeMeco Ryans, Ding Ding Ding we ...

I don't know if I could possibly enjoy a basketball shot more than watching JJ Redick airball a wide open layup. That was glorious. Thanks for the memory JJ.

Little Miss Girl Next door had a bad day yesterday, see she's Canadian which means unlike people from South of the Border Hockey is important to her, and thus after she broke off her engagement with Timberlake's friend (That Goes Around Comes Around Song is about her) she started dating bad boy hockey player Sean Avery, voted dirtiest player in the NHL in an ESPN survey of NHL players.* Well Cuthbert has season tickets to the Kings to watch her bad ass boyfriend, but yesterday Mr. Avery was sent packing across the country to play for the Rangers. So all in all I think NYC wins out here in this deal, they get a psycho hockey player named the dirtiest in the entire league and they should get a hot young actress in the stands for many of their games. *Man that was a run on sentence and a half.