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The below image is from the wonderful the506.com , who each week puts together a map of the US and their corresponding NFL broadcasts. As you can see in the image below Detroit fans are getting punched in the nuts. The Lions did not sell out their game, and why would they with the Lions and Rams combining for 1 win, thus the Lions game is blacked out in the local market. What sucks the most is that not only do they not get to watch the Lions game, who cares really, but they don't get to watch any game on FOX, instead they are just stuck with the Cleveland vs. Chicago game, wooo. Can't we just be nice to Detroit and let them watch the Eagles Giants game? I think they have been through enough.

The first 4-1 week of the year came last week so why not improve it to 5-0 this week. 1. Denver Broncos (+3 1/2) at Baltimore Ravens I've lost on the Broncos I think every week this season, so we're changing gears, the Broncos are great all hail the Broncos. They are being disresepected, give them 3 1/2 points? They won't need it they will win by 1. 2. Detroit Lions (-3 1/2) vs. St. Louis Rams The Lions are favored in a football game, the world is about to melt into its core. It actually does make sense though, they are at home and the Rams are that bad. 3. Minnesota Vikings (+3 1/2) at Green Bay Packers Simply put the last time these two teams played it was evident that the Vikings were the better team. The Vikings offense was able to move the ball behind Brett Favre and Jared Allen was able to knock Rodgers on his ass at will. I don't see how a change a of scenery has given the Vikings 3 points. 4. Cleveland Browns (+13.5) at Chicago Bears The Browns are terr...

Well he was until he broke his leg. Next season I bet Leon requests his picture be represented on the Jet calendar during and offseason month.

Let us set the stage... The Montreal Expos are in disarray, they are owned by Major League baseball and there have been ample talks about contracting both them and the Minnesota Twins. The Expos find themselves in the Wild Card race with the opportunity to add Bartolo Colon, one of the best pitchers in baseball, who also happens to be in the 2nd to last year of his contract. Colon with the Indians in the first half of the season was 10-4 with a 2.55 ERA, but the Indians were out of it and looking to build for the future. In an attempt to try to get the Expos into the playoffs Omar Minaya made the splash move for Colon, also acquiring Tim Drew (brother of Stephen and JD) while giving up three prospects and Lee Stevens in the process. Fast Forward Three Months... Bartolo Colon absolutely did his job for the Expos. He replicated his 10-4 record he had with the Indians in the first half of the season and pitched to the tune of 3.31 ERA. The problem was the rest of the rotation did not ...

The Degrees of Loss Separation is a simple concept, I go out and find a highly rated team with some losses playing against a crappy team with lots of losses. Next I find a chain of losses which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt (not at all) that the underdog is going to pull the major upset and storm the field. The Final Outcome is calculated simply: Add up the scores of the losers, add up the scores of the winners in the degrees of loss separation and divide both by the # of degrees. The Game: Southern California Trojans vs. Oregon Ducks With 5 games left in the season this game might as well be for the Pac 10 championship. The two teams are currently 1&2 in the Pac 10 and given that USC doesn't typically lose more than 1 game in a season, it's likely that if they beat Oregon they will run the table. Meanwhile an Oregon win puts them two games clear of the Trojans with just 4 to play and with only 3-1 Arizona standing in their way, an Arizona team that still has to host ...

Well the Pac 10 is up for grabs, and Mark Richt could use a big win. Other than that the weekend would be entirely more interesting if Dez Bryant wasn't suspended. 5. Central Michigan at Boston College Eagles Is this game big? No, but it at least has some intrigue. The Chippawas are on the cusp of being ranked and they get another BCS team on the road to join the top 25. The Pick: Eagles by 2 4. West Virginia at South Florida Am I reaching a bit with this game too? Ya a little bit, but WVU is still undefeated and has a solid chance of reaching the a BCS bowl game. South Florida is just one opponent standing in the way. The Pick: South Florida by 3 3. Texas Longhorns at Oklahoma State Cowboys The truth shall set you free Dez. Can't the NCAA just reinstate him for this game and this game alone? I really don't care about the rest of Okie State's games, but I'd really like them to beat Texas, something they most likely will not do without Dez. The Pick: Longhorns ...

I've been a little quiet on the Yankee playoff front here, mostly because I don't want to celebrate until the deed is done. Thus, I haven't thrown up images of the Yankees celebrating or A-Rod hitting clutch home run after clutch home run. But since I'm a Yankee fan and this is the first time that they have been in the World Series since this blogs birth, it deserves at minimum a quick note post, so here goes... ~It's odd to think that it's been 6 years since the Yankees last appeared in the World Series. 6 years. Since that time the Red Sox have won the World Series twice and a lot of Yankee ALDS failure. 6 years shouldn't be a long time, but we were kind of spoiled in the 90s. ~It seems even more amazing that Jeter, Jorge, Mo, and Pettitte are all around still. Too bad Bernie is gone. ~Let's move to matchups... The Matchup Edges Lineup Advantage: Push ~These two teams have the best lineups in baseball. The Yankees goes 1-9 without an automatic out....

If you asked a typical Met fan to list his three most hated teams, I'm willing to bet that 90% of those lists would include both the Phillies and the Yankees. So now that the 2009 World Series includes both teams, which team shall the angry bitter Met fan pull for? The reason behind the hatred for the Phillies is obvious. They have been division rivals with the Phillies since their existence. The Phillies have been the NL East squad to overtake the Mets during their collapses of 2007 and 2008. The Phillies led by Jimmy Rollins have talked shit about the Mets for years. During a typical Mets Phillies game, about 47 brawls break out in the seats. Hatred of the Phillies is a given if you are a Mets fan. Hatred of the Yankees is also a given for a Mets fan. First of all their is the obvious jealousy factor. In my lifetime the Mets have 1 World Series win, when I was 3. Meanwhile the Yankees have 4 rings, including a win over the Mets in 2000 and countless more trips to the posts...

Over the past few weeks on Larry Johnson has made it very evident on his blog that he is looking forward to setting the All-Time Chiefs Rushing Record. Well thanks to the fact that he is an asshole , the rumor mill is swirling that the Chiefs are going to release Johnson over the next few days after they told him to get the hell out of the facilities yesterday . Good job jackass, I bet Priest Holmes won't mind holding onto the record a bit longer.

Before you yell and say where is so and so team, please read my polling philosophy and then yell afterwards. 1-7 No Movement Yes it's lame, but honestly none of the top 7 teams did anything too impressive. USC knocked off Oregon St. which was a nice win, but Washington lost yet again so I'm not ready for them to leap frog Texas, maybe if OSU hadn't lost to Purdon't. Also, we're still keeping Boise St. a notch above Oregon and keeping them above TCU because right now they arguably have the best win in the country. 1. Alabama - Quality Wins: Virginia Tech(n), @Ole Miss, South Carolina 2. Florida - Quality Wins: Tennessee, @LSU, Arkansas 3. Iowa - Quality Wins: @Penn State, Michigan, @Wisconsin 4. Texas - Quality Wins: TT, Oklahoma (n) 5. USC - Quality Wins: @Ohio State, Cal, @Notre Dame, Oregon St. - Bad Losses: Washington 6. Boise State - Quality Wins: Oregon 7. Oregon - Quality Wins: Utah, Cal, @UCLA 8. TCU - The Horned Frogs are the biggest movers in the po...

If there is a single fan base that will suffer the most at the start of tonights game, it most certainly will be the Cleveland Indian fan. CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee are the two defending AL Cy Young award winners. They both are slated to pitch games 1,4, and 7 of the World Series. They both won their awards in an Indian uniform but never lead them to the World Series. In 2007 the Indians led by CC Sabathia and Fausto Carmona won the AL Central and with the help of some handy midges defeated the Yankees in the ALDS. Unfortunately for them that would be as far as they would go. Unlike in 2009 CC Sabathia did not pitch 16 innings while just giving up 2 runs, he instead took two losses. Meanwhile, Cliff Lee didn't discover his brilliance until 2008 and didn't even pitch in the playoffs. At the start of the 2008 season the Indians were the AL Central favorite and had a rotation which consisted of both CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee. Unfortunately for them, Fausto Carmona shat the b...

When a man who is ripped as hell is sprinting at full speed in your general direction... Well that was a good way to end the day. Courtesy of The Big Lead

The NBA Season has arrived so here is the biased and contradictory predictions. NBA East 1. Cleveland Cavs, Central Champs - Lebron = Central Championship. Lebron = Best Record in the League. 2. Boston Celtics, Atlantic Champs - The Celtics need to keep KG, Ray Ray, Pierce, and Rasheed healthy all season. They aren't getting any younger. 3. Orlando Magic, Southeast Champs - I can't say I'm in love with the Vince Carter move, Hedo hit some very very clutch shots last season, but they shouldn't fall off too much. 4. Miami Heat - Dwyane Wade will get this team into the postseason on his back, but unless Jermaine O'Neal is a beast again, they will likely just get there and be a quick out. 5. Atlanta Hawks - If only the Hawks had drafted Chris Paul or Deron Williams. 6. Washington Wizards - Agent Zero is back which means the Wizards are bound to lose to the Cavs in the playoffs. 7. Detroit Pistons - The retooled Pistons will likely just sneak into the playoffs. 8. ...

Sixth Man of the Year: Paul Millsap, Coming off the bench Millsap is a rebounding machine and a workhorse in the paint. Comeback Player of the Year: Gilbert Arenas, Agent zero shall return the Wizards to the NBA Playoffs and shall garner the comeback award. Coach of the Year: Flip Saunders, When the Wizards make the playoffs again Flip will get a lot of credit and will win the coach of the year award over those whose team were expected to be good. Rookie of the Year: Tyreke Evans, with Griffin out 6 weeks this seems like the logical choice. Defensive Player of the Year: Mickael Pietrus, Picking Dwight Howard just seems boring, so let's go with his teammate, lock down but french defender, Mickael Pitrus. Most Improved Player of the Year: Greg Oden, here's hoping the big man can stay healthy for the entire year and develop some type of offensive game. Most Valuable Player: Lebron James, Picking anyone other than Kobe, D-Wade or Lebron is straight up stupid. And we'r...

Wow You Guys Suck: A Whole Shit Load of Teams, Honestly have there ever been more teams that were absolutely positively brutal. Between the Chiefs, Bucs, Raiders, Rams, Titans, etc... you have a handful of teams that provide ugly boring football on a week to week basis. Runners Up: JaMarcus Russell finally benched woo, duh Bears defense. This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: Tony Sparano, Let's get the ball to start the second half up 14 after dominating on the ground and throw the ball 5 times on 6 offensives plays. A 3 and out and a pick 6 later and the Dolphins were on their way to falling into a deeper hole. Runners Up: And Reid cause how the hell did they lose to the Raiders, Eli Manning went INT happy. Cough Cough Cough: Miami Dolphins, You had a chance to re-enter the AFC East race, you had the undefeated Saints beat down and and reeling. You had an unstoppable rush attack. But you let up a late touchdown and stop playing defense in the 2nd half. Runners Up: Brett Favre helpi...

Congratulations Larry Johnson, you are rich. You were born incredibly athletic and were blessed to never suffer a career ending injury in the high school or college and lucky enough to be given good health else wise. Because of your athletic gifts in perhaps a better than average work ethic (might be debatable) you are a very very rich man. But you sir are an asshole, who if God was truly righteous and fair, would be broke within a calendar year. First Larry Johnson decided that Twitter was the best place to air his grievances against the Chiefs Head Coach Todd Haley: "my father got more creditentials than most of these pro coaches. … google my father!!!!!!!" "My father played for the coach from "rememeber the titans". Our coach played golf. My father played for redskins briefley. Our coach. Nuthn" Yep, his father should be his coach. Hoorah. Why? Because Todd Haley was too unathletic to play football, unlike his father who played at Elizabeth City Sta...

If you have no idea what to be for Halloween and you want a quick fix, here are ten ridiculously easy sports costumes relevant to 09 that you can get done in minutes. 10. Richard Gasquet - Walk around in white shorts, a white polo, a tennis racket, and powder powder rubbed all on your face and your tongue and tell people you ingest coke stictly by making out with females. 9. Mark McGwire Hitting Coach - Get yourself some baseball pants, a Cardinals jacket, and walk around with syringes, pills and cremes letting people know that you have the quick fix to curing the Cardinals home run issues. 8. Manny in the Shower - Get a dreadlocked wig, and a white towel and walk around asking people how well Broxton pitched in the 9th. 7. Kenny Powers / Mitch Williams - A Mullett wig, a pair of old beat up jeans, and a jersey of some minor league team that no one cares about. Than just make sure you say fuck at least once every sentence. The Powers is pulled off much better if you are fat. 6. ...

At the end of the day a win is a win. It doesn't matter the style of the victory or the final score, it's pick up the W and move on. This weekend the Hawkeyes and Crimson Tide were amongst the most notable achievers of survive and advance. The Crimson Tide with the help of two missed field goals by David Lincoln looked to be in control and cruising towards their 8th win of the season but sometimes football takes a few crazy turns. Hesiman hopeful Mark Ingram fumbled the ball away at mid-field to give UT the ball with 3:29 to go. No big deal though, the Crimson Tide still had a 9 point lead with their defense playing soundly as usual. But Jonathan Crompton woke up and with just over 1 minute left Crompton threw a td pass to cut the lead to just 2. No big deal, Tennessee needed to get an onside kick and that almost never works... except this time of course. So with their undefeated season on the line, Bama needed David Lincoln to miss his 3rd field goal of the day and he di...

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