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Today marks the end of the Stephen A Smith era at ESPN, so they had him doing the rounds including this snapshot from his First Take segment . He just looks demoralized, it's kind of sad. Get the man some cheese doodles stat.

Cody Ransom was placed on the DL over the weekend with a strained right quad. By the time he gets back to the club, if he does get back to the club, Alex Rodriguez will be back. It certainly doesn't look good that Cody is ever going to see his batting average above the Mendoza line this season.

The Jets Retro jerseys are just so damn ugly. Mustard Yellow and Navy Blue? What an awful combo. Plus a boring plain helmet. I can't stand when they throw those hideous shirts on and not the beautiful green. And well, Gang Green is going greenless in three different games next year . One game at home against the Titans with the normal throw up retro jersey we're used to and two games on the road against the Dolphins and Raiders where they'll wear retro white jerseys. Oh joy. Can't they wear retro Namath jerseys?

I have a bunch of sites feeded through my google reader, one of which is the AOL Fanhouse . I peruse that feed daily and one thing always astonishes me, every time I see a title that is douchie it's Jay Marrioti . This morning we get, Rondo in, Howard Out: Double Standard . Because a foul is obviously the same as turning around and throwing an elbow at somebodies head in frustration. Let's play Fire Joe Morgan and pick a part pieces of his article. Rondo leaped, popped him in the mouth, drew blood when Miller's tooth cut his lip, forced him to get a stitch job and left him so woozy that his eyeballs were peeking out of his eardrums. It's called a foul. Sometimes you get hit in the head in basketball. Ask Grutt, I go for the ball all the time and probably smash him in the face 2 or 3 times a game. It should have been whistled as a flagrant foul, which would have given the Chicago Bulls two free throws and possession of the ball. With Miller in no condition to atte...

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David Wright is a New York Met. He's always been a New York Met. He's always been a fan favorite. But now the tide is turning, the whispers of disappointed are starting to become screams. The lynch mob is gathering steam and could be on Wright's door step in just a matter of months. David Wright is a great player. He's a .300 hitter. He hits 30+ home runs. He steals bases. But while he continues to put up these numbers year after year, Met fans are slowly realizing that after years of saying that they'd rather have David Wright over Alex Rodriguez because A-Rod isn't clutch, that Wright suffers from a similar case of the yips in big at bats. Over the past two seasons the Mets have collapsed in September and while David Wright isn't the only issue with the Mets, he certainly contributed. His numbers were significantly worse with runners in scoring position and he seemingly never picked up a big at bat in the final weeks of the year. 2009 unfortunately has bee...

Yovani Gallardo was dominating on the hill against the Pirates. In the 7th inning he had 9 Ks and had given up just 1 hit and 1 walk, yet the Brew Crew sat deadlocked at 0. So what does he do? He says fuck it, and goes deep. Yovani 1 - Rest of the Brewers 0 - Pirates 0. Here's highlights of Yovani's awesomeness.

Speaking of Hockey, How the hell do you have two game sevens and the one network that shows hockey games doesn't show either? How exactly is that promoting the game at all? I was able to watch parts of the Rangers game because I get MSG but couldn't find the Devils game anywhere despite desperately wanting to watch its closing minutes. I get Versus, I get the NHL Network , the god damn NHL Network and I couldn't find the game. Apparently, the game was on MSG+, which I "get" but was showing a black screen. Maybe I'm the moron but neither of these games were on Nationally right? You have a game 7 featuring the best hockey player in the world and a game 7 featuring one of the most startling and quick comebacks in NHL history and neither could be watched by anybody but New Yorkers and New Jerseyites. Don't let people watch the best games of your season. Now that's just a plain stupid way to promote your league.

With 2 minutes to go all things pointed to a satanic celebration in New Jersey. The Devils looked like they were going to advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs and more importantly my Streak for the Cash was going to reach 7. And then Martin Brodeur decided to forget that he's one of the greatest goaltenders of all time. Within 1 minute of regulation the Devils went from in the 2nd round, to ready for overtime, to gotta schedule that tee time tomorrow. So what do you think a hall of fame goaltender coming off his worst ever defeat is doing today? The weather is a nice cool 63 in Newark , so its neither beach nor heavy smog weather. He could spend it outside golfing, but that seems a bit too casual. He could spend time banging his wife, who used to be his sister-in-law. Perhaps he's beating up homeless people ala Clockwork Orange to blow off some steam. Or perhaps he's just crying and watching this YouTube clip... Whatever he's doing, I can't imagine that today is...

Through 3 1/2 weeks of the season Chien-Ming Wang has been the worst pitcher in major league baseball. He was so bad that the Yankees basically just told him to go on the Disabled List with "Hip abductor muscle weakness". And by that they mean incredibly bloated ERA. Last night marked a potential crossroads for Wang. Phil Hughes, the Yankees top prospect, filled in and threw a gem. Hughes last 6 innings, struckout six and gave up just 2 hits and 2 walks total. If Hughes goes out and has a few more solid outings than where does that leave Wang. Hughes is the Yankees top prospect, if he goes out and pitches well, in reality there's no reason the Yankees should take him out of the rotation even if Wang is theoretically back to the 19 game winner of 06-07. Obviously, Burnett and CC aren't going to the bullpen anytime soon. Andy is likely to old and prideful to accept a demotion, and is 2-1 with a 2.96 ERA thus far this season. Thus that leaves either Wang or Joba t...

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Just when you thought that it was all done there would be no more rumors about Brett's return to the NFL the Jets go and throw this in your face . Brett Favre is released, he is a free agent, free to sign anywhere on the planet, [cough] Minnesota [cough]. Over the weekend it was pretty evident that the Jets had moved on. When they traded up for Mark Sanchez in the first round it was entirely certain that even if Brett wanted to quarterback the Jets next season that it wouldn't have happenned. And since the Jets still owned his rights as a football player than if he wasn't going to play for the Jets he wasn't going to play period. It was a certainty. And Now? Not so much. Apparently Favre had asked the Jets for his release a long time ago and the Jets just finally got around to granting him it this week. This begs the question, "If you're a retired football player with no intention of ever coming back to play again, why the hell do you need to be a free age...

After just one home stand the Yankees have decided it's time to fix the glitch and are restructuring their prices for premium seats. They have cut the prices of behind the plate seats from a way to damn expensive $2,500 a game to a way too damn expensive $1,250 a game. Most notably to me they have cut the prices of the empty seats in the above photo and the two sections next to it from a mind blowing $1000 a game to a mind blowing $650 dollars a game. So, they've admitted defeat just three weeks into the season. Also, to not piss off the filthy rich customers who already paid the ludicrous previous prices, the Yankees are giving them extra tickets in the premium seats, because well they have plenty of them to spare. So they have laid out a dozen or so bullet points of if you bought this than you'll get that. I won't bore you with the details, cause it's not going to affect your life cause anyone who reads this blog isn't dropping $850 on a seat. To me, a 26 yea...

Think that the Happy Gilmore swing doesn't add length to your tee shot? Well you're just doing it wrong. I can't wait until someone starts doing this on the tour, and it's just a matter of time. Courtesy of Devil Ball

These are from last year, so don't you think you are more interested in the 2010 College Football Helmet Schedule Glossary? All Football Bowl Subdivisions Helmet Schedules, from the ACC to the WAC, are completed and ready to be downloaded online. So what are you waiting for? Download the Entire Spreadsheet ( Backup Download Site ) In addition download the Featured Game Spreadsheet , for your look at the 5 biggest games each week of the 2009 season. Also if you're looking for more schedules, Download the NFL Helmet Schedule or the NFL Cheerleader Schedule . Updates: Corrected Nebraska schedule (5/27), Corrected Rutgers & Ball St. (6/10), Corrected SEC (7/1), Corrected Ole Miss & Pac 10 (7/13), Corrected KState (8/4), Corrected Northwestern (9/3) If you find any other errors please email me at SimonOnSports at gmail.com and I'll fix them ASAP! If You're Having Trouble With the First Link, Here's a Backup Download , click free download. It's...

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Darren Rovell of CNBC recently had an interview with Rick Smith , the agent of Cincinnati Bengals 1st round draft pick Andre Smith. It's time to translate what he is really saying. Darren: I know you have only been with Andre for days, but how did he manage to salvage what could have been a monumental loss of money for him? Smith: It started with team officials understanding the fact that he responds well to the type of discipline that Nick Saban gave him at Alabama. And he doesn’t do as well when he’s off on his own. They knew that when he was in a structured, disciplined environment, he would be a star. Translation: The kid is lazy and fat. Finished the football season and lived at a Krispy Kream. What do you want kids always hungry? I just had to convince people he could be less fat, and obviously the Bengals were the easiest team to convince. Darren: What did it for Cincinnati? Because we didn’t see anything that would have made it obvious. Smith: It was really the surpr...

The era is over. It wasn't good. It lasted a year. It's time to realize those Brett Favre items on clearance aren't going to sell no matter how cheap you make them. Just donate it all to Nicaragua. Thanks.

~Quality over Quantity was the Jets motto. And well they better be quality cause they only made three draft picks. An insignificant 6th rounder for O-line depth, Mark Sanchez, and Shonn Greene. Shonn Greene might be really good but where the hell does he get snaps next year? TJ had his best year and Leon already doesn't get enough touches. Where the hell is Greene getting carries? The Jets still lack offensive deep threats, so the offense may still be suspect. ~I obviously don't know much about token 6th round offensive guards, so I'm not going to be able to say this Abilene Christian player is going to be really really good. So when I look at a draft I look at top picks and think they improved or they didn't and to me I absolutely positively love the Eagles first two picks. The entire offseason the Eagles looked like they accomplished nothing to further McNabb's available weapons and within the first two rounds they are looking good. I've already proclaimed my ...

On the final lap, a little Ricky Bobby action. Man if I knew this would happen the final lap of every race I would actually sign up to watch 30 seconds of NASCAR a week. And nobody died or was seriously injured. Flying Car + Nobody Dying = Awesome

Kellen was lucky enough to be Mr. March in the 2009 Jets Calendar. For some reason I don't think he's Mr. April and beyond.

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In a word, no shit. They pop up 12 career blown saves against the Sox on the screen and say that he's blown more saves against Boston than anybody else as if it's newsworthy. Who the hell did you think he was going to blow more saves against? The Royals? The Red Sox are consistently the best team the Yankees play year in and year out. They are the team they play more than anybody during the regular season. The vast majority of their games are close so when the Yankees are winning he gets plenty of save opportunities. In a world with plenty of 'No Shit' statistics, just chalk this one up as another. Mariano in his long career has pitched against the Red Sox more than any team other than the Baltimore Orioles. He's had more save opportunities against the Red Sox than any other team other than the Orioles. He has more saves against the Sox than any team but the Orioles and Rays. He actually has 12 wins against the Sox which is more than against any other team. ...

The Jets showed balls, the wanted one man and they went out and got him. They believe he's going to be the franchise quarterback. They believe he's the quarterback to lead them in the future. So they went out gave up two picks and three players to get one guy. Mark Sanchez is now Gang Green. As a franchise they are extremely excited, the future is now. As a fan my expectations are tempered. Do any of us know what Mark Sanchez is going to be? He's only played one season in college and first round quarterbacks aren't necessarily automatic. The potential is there, the franchise loves him, but in reality he's still a wildcard. We still have no idea what the future holds. Are the Jets any better today than they were 3 days ago? None of us really have any idea. Additionally, the've now as a franchise fully admitted that Kellen Clemens is a sunk cost. In 2006 they utilized their 2nd round pick on the quarterback from Oregon and through 3 seasons he's never ...

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When a player single handedly sinks your teams chances in a playoff game by throwing 5 interceptions and tacking on a fumble to boot, how the hell do you give him a 5 year extension ? This may amount to the absolute dumbest of the offseason. Jake Delhomme is a mid-tier quarterback. He threw 15 touchdowns and 12 interceptions last year. These numbers are nothing to write home about and don't even include the debacle in January where he almost hit Cardinals d-backs as many times as he hit his own receivers. To make the deal even worse, Delhomme isn't exactly a young man. He's 34 years old. In five years he'll be 39. If he isn't very good right now, how the hell do you think he's going to be good in 5 years? I don't know the structure of the 5 year, 42 million dollar deal, perhaps the 20 million guaranteed is frontloaded but regardless there's no way Delhomme is a viable Superbowl quarterback in 2014. Absolutely positively no way. So how the hell d...

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Chien-Ming Wang has been everything but good so far this season. He's singularly lost three games for the Yankees through fifteen games. So naturally the Yankees do not want to pitch him against the rival Red Sox and are going to skip his start. So if you're not doing anything for a week in the big leagues what does an MLB pitcher do? Apparently go down to Florida and throw 7 innings . Huh? So let me get this straight. You can be on the active 25 man roster and both not be on the team but actually start games for a different team within the organization. That must have been a solid pitch. He Wang, you suck, go to Tampa and start against some little leaguers and then maybe we'll bring you back or maybe we'll just put you on the DL and bring up someone that doesn't have an ERA of 34. The worst part of all of this nonsense is that not only did he have to go down to Tampa and pitch against scrubs, but he still managed to give up 5 runs in 7 innings. And to pro...

It's time for a change. It's time to accomodate the kids. It's time to create a horrendous mascot . But St. John's can't do it themselves, no they want fan input on the given options. So they give you quick snipits of what each mascot stands for. 1. Thunderbird is a mythological spirit of thunder and lightning... 2. Thunder Horse is a redesigned and improved version of "Thunder," the horse mascot of the 1990s. 3. Red Storm Bear: Black bears are native to New York State and can be some of the fiercest animals in the world. 4. Red Storm Dog: The Red Storm dog is a faithful, loyal and protective companion. 5. Storm Hero: Dressed in St. John's colors and adorned with thunderbolts, this superhero exudes strength, courage, confidence and tenacity. 6. Thunderbolt: A traditional expression for lightning or a symbolic representation, a thunderbolt has been a powerful symbol throughout history, and has appeared numerous times in mythology. My vote is for Ro...

Why do a helmet schedule for the NFL when so many squads don't have solid vintage helmets? So instead you get a cheerleader schedule. Why? Because I'm guessing you like scantily clad women. Click on the pick to see a full size image. Check Out the Other Schedules: AFC East , AFC West , AFC South , AFC North , NFC East , NFC West , NFC South , NFC North Or Download the Entire Spreadsheet

Dear Fantasy Owners, Hello friendly fantasy owners, this here is your favorite fantasy second baseman Ian Kinsler. I'm here to congratulate those who were intelligent enough to draft me and laugh at those who said I was an injury risk, blah blah blah, I'll just wait for Alexei Ramirez in the 5th round. Silly jackass. I'm ranked #1. Ramirez? He's 817. Good choice. And just to rub it in, I'm not going to get injured and I'm not going to stop being awesome. I'm gonna hit 30 homers. Steal 35 bases. Hit .315. Drive in over 100 and score over 100. At 2nd base no less. Suck on that. I AM FANTASTIC, Ian Kinsler Ps. You wondering why it was actually the dumb Jewish kid who knows nothing about baseball who stole me in the early 2nd round? I'm 1/2 Jew, that's why.

Why do a helmet schedule for the NFL when so many squads don't have solid vintage helmets? So instead you get a cheerleader schedule. Why? Because I'm guessing you like scantily clad women. Click on the pick to see a full size image. Check Out the Other Schedules: AFC East , AFC West , AFC South , AFC North , NFC East , NFC West , NFC South , NFC North Or Download the Entire Spreadsheet

So the draft is two days away and not the Jets trade winds are starting to swirl up up and away. And they all have to do with either a quarterback or a wideout. Apparently the Jets are in the Browns marketplace and are contemplating trading around for Hero of the Homosexuals Brady Quinn and/or Braylon Edwards. Those could happen, Mangini does hate quarterbacks, receivers and offense in general. Good ole Sal Palontonio thinks that the Jets may be in the Jason Campbell sweepstakes especially if the Redskins do their typical nonsensical insanity and trade up for Mark 'Dirty' Sanchez. Oh and the Jets are of course in the sweepstakes for 'Dirty' Sanchez themselves . Trades trades trades trades, YAY trade rumors. So what do we expect the Jets to do? Pick someone to add to this video of course. It already needs to be updated with Vernon Gholston why not just add another name to the list. And why trade up for a quarterback when Brett Favre is obviously just gonna come...

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Why do a helmet schedule for the NFL when so many squads don't have solid vintage helmets? So instead you get a cheerleader schedule. Why? Because I'm guessing you like scantily clad women. Click on the pick to see a full size image. Check Out the Other Schedules: AFC East , AFC West , AFC South , AFC North , NFC East , NFC West , NFC South , NFC North Or Download the Entire Spreadsheet

So I've already elaborated on the pathetic attendance in the lower levels but here's a run through of some of my other thoughts on the stadium. ~First and foremost the stadium is HUGE! It's massive. The concourses are 2 1/2 to 3 times bigger than they used to be. You can walk around field level and see the field from basically anywhere in fair territory. The only time you're shielded from the light of day is when you walk under the bleachers. It's immeasurably better than the old stadium in maneuvarabilty. I could basically sprint around on field level to the food if I wanted to, and I was pretty close to doing that. ~When you walk in the stadium there's really a wow moment and then from there, you'll get some things that take away from the wow feeling. ~The first thing that kicks you in the groin is that everything is ridiculously expensive. I walked around the entire field level searching for something that I didn't think would require me to cu...

Why do a helmet schedule for the NFL when so many squads don't have solid vintage helmets? So instead you get a cheerleader schedule. Why? Because I'm guessing you like scantily clad women. Click on the pick to see a full size image. Check Out the Other Schedules: AFC East , AFC West , AFC South , AFC North , NFC East , NFC West , NFC South , NFC North Or Download the Entire Spreadsheet

To be completely honest, I don't care much about this years NFL draft. I doubt highly the Jets will trade up enough to get Sanchez and even more highly that Maclin could plummet all the way to 17. Other than those two guys I'm a little indefferent as to whom the Jets select. For this reason, all I'm doing is a simple mock draft. Basically the Lions throw their franchise in Stafford's hands, the next few teams go conservative with lineman and Curry. Than Crabtree falls further to he should to the depths of Oakland. The Jaguars dreams come true and they trade out of the pick to somebody who drafts Sanchez. Maybe the Broncos. I get my hopes up that Maclin is falling and then some random team trades up to the Redskins and snatches him up. Then the rest of the draft is snooze fest.

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Last night I made my first ever trip to the New Yankee Stadium. It's massive it's grand and it's currently being horrendously embarrassed by the fact that they've priced their tickets in a range that nobody is buying and I mean nobody. I've highlighted three sections above all of which are at the worst seats at a given price range which you can see on the image at the bottom of the post. The most glaring hole is section 11 in the middle. This field level section AT MOST had TWO PEOPLE in it the entire game. Those two people were there from the third inning to the 7th inning. When I walked down to field level to get food, Section 29 which are essentially the same seats but on left field line HAD 3 PEOPLE IN THEM . Between two premium sections with a great view of the game there were FIVE PEOPLE . I felt like I was at a Pirates game. The other two sections I highlighted were for the most part less than half full the entire game. Why? Because they are obviousl...

Why do a helmet schedule for the NFL when so many squads don't have solid vintage helmets? So instead you get a cheerleader schedule. Why? Because I'm guessing you like scantily clad women. Click on the pick to see a full size image. Check Out the Other Schedules: AFC East , AFC West , AFC South , AFC North , NFC East , NFC West , NFC South , NFC North Or Download the Entire Spreadsheet

Why do a helmet schedule for the NFL when so many squads don't have solid vintage helmets? So instead you get a cheerleader schedule. Why? Because I'm guessing you like scantily clad women. Click on the pick to see a full size image. Check Out the Other Schedules: AFC East , AFC West , AFC South , AFC North , NFC East , NFC West , NFC South , NFC North Or Download the Entire Spreadsheet

It's just two weeks into your fantasy season and you're in dead last kicking yourself over how you didn't pick up Ian Kinsler in the second round when you knew he was going to be a stud. Instead you picked up Jimmy Rollins and his .150average. Let's take a look at some of the superstars that are pulling out the hair of their fantasy owners, hint many of them reside on my team. POWER JEW aka Ryan Braun - Came into the year with a Yahoo rank of 7 and like many of the Brew Crew is maligned in a power and contact outage. After 2 weeks POWER JEW has scored just 3 runs, hit one homer and is batting just .222. Prince Fielder - Seriously someone get him a fat juicy steak. Enough with this vegetarian garbage. You're a large man, act like it. And start hitting homers again. Just 1 homer and a .175 average and like Braun just 3 runs scored through 2 weeks. Jimmy Rollins* - Typically a slow starter but this is ridiculous. J-Roll isn't hitting at all. Through 2 we...

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Yesterday I took the plunge. I added Elijah Dukes to the fantasy squad and jettisoned Hideki "Bum Knee" Matsui. So Elijah lets try to hit baseballs and not women. No more death threats to your former girlfriend. No more autographs for little kids either cause apparently doing charity work for kids and showing up 5 minutes late for work gets you suspended and fined. Elijah set up a bunk bed in the clubhouse and start sleeping there.

Why do a helmet schedule for the NFL when so many squads don't have solid vintage helmets? So instead you get a cheerleader schedule. Why? Because I'm guessing you like scantily clad women. Click on the pick to see a full size image. Check Out the Other Schedules: AFC East , AFC West , AFC South , AFC North , NFC East , NFC West , NFC South , NFC North Or Download the Entire Spreadsheet