I know, it's been 2 weeks since the Patriots blew perfection and got punched in the teeth, but this stuff never gets old. I'm sure sometime in the next year, we'll see Bill Belichick and Tom Brady standing in front of Congress explaining why they needed to film opposing teams' practices/walk throughs. We're all sick of the controversys off the field which have been the media's main focus of attention since the Mithchell Report. Everyone constantly wonders why our tax dollars are going to investigations in the sporting world and not focusing on gas prices, war, the economy, etc. Well, let me ask you this, did you think you would ever spend 4 1/2 hours watching a congressional hearing? Would you rather watch a congressional hearing on the economy or one with uber famous athletes being grilled by Congress? Would you rather spend your Monday afternoon in a court room or at RFK Stadium taking in an afternoon baseball game? (I know, the last one might be a toss up).
But come on, this is must see TV. This is reality TV at its best.
Jason Kidd finally gets his wish. Kidd will be part of an 8 player mega trade, involving the Nets and Mavericks, sending the triple double machine back to where he started his career. Mark Cuban thought he needed to make a move after watching the Lakers and Suns try to improve their teams for the second half of the season. This should make the Mavericks serious contenders to compete for the Western Confernce Title. Oh Yeah, and really fun to watch. Complete details from the NY Post.
Keep your eyes upon thee. With last night's 72-69 win over No. 3 Kansas, the Texas Longhorns have now beaten three Top 10 Teams! Previously, the Longhorns beat then No. 1 UCLA and current No. 4, and very nice looking, Tennessee. These are 3 possible No. 1 seeds. Look at the Longhorns (20-4) losses: No. 10 Michigan St., a one point loss to No. 15 Wisconsin, and setbacks at Mizzou and College Station to the newly ranked Aggies. What's all this mean? That the Longhorns are better without Kevin Durant? (Not likely.) That the Longhorns are serious National Title Contenders? (I think so.) Or, the Longhorns are good enough to play with any team in the nation, but will still lack consistency down the stretch? (Most likely.) The Longhorns punched their ticket to the Big Dance? (Most Definetly.) Watch the Longhorns drop their next game (Saturday, 2/16) at Baylor.
Okay, I am in love with this girl! She's small town, she's original, she's real, she likes to shoot whiskey, play pool, and, oh yeah, she is so freakin hot! She only seems to get hotter and sexier everytime you see her. Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!!!!!!!
This one was pretty much a no brainer. Chris Paul (Wake Forest), maybe one of the top 5 players in the NBA, helped his New Orleans Hornets improve to 3-0 against the pre-Shaq (still not sure if this is good or bad, the jury's still out) Phoenix Suns. The Hornets won a 132-130 double OT thriller last Wednesday (2/6) night. The 2005 NBA Rookie of the Year's line read: 50 minutes, 18-33 fg%, only 2-3 from the line, 9 assists, 8 steals, 5 rebounds, 42 points and only 1 turnover! Pretty sick!
Happy Birthday to Leslie Nielsen! Nielsen, one of the funniest guys ever, turned 82 today. "Like a midget at a urinal, I was gonna have to be on my toes", and "Like a blind man at an orgy, I was gonna have to feel my way through", are just a couple of quotes from Nielsen that seem to last forever and get funnier over time.
Here's clips from Airplane!, another movie that has passed the test of time.
Everyone on the flight was deathly sick from the fish, of course Nielsen had the lasagna.
UCLA's legendary Pauley Pavilion was host to ESPN's College Gameday last Saturday. The Bruins had no trouble crushing Pac 10 rival Arizona 82-60. Digger Phelps tried to get the crowd excited by reminding them (cause none of them had been born yet back in 1974) that his Norte Dame team ended the Bruins' 88 game win streak in a 71-70 shocker. Sorry, no Erin Andrews pictures here, hell, you can find them anywhere. Britney happened to check in to the UCLA Medical Center last weekend. And I fell in love with the Bruin cheerleaders. UCLA owns a record 11 NCAA Championships. They won 10 in 12 seasons (1964-75). 7 straight from 67-73. Undefeated 4 times-64, 67, 72, & 73. 88 regular season game winning streak. WoW!
Again, another tough decision, but I've got to go with Rookie Kevin Durant. The sensational rookie helped end the Supersonics team record of 14 straight losses last Tuesday night (1/29). Durant hit the go ahead jumper with 32.6 seconds left to give the Sonics a 88-85 win over defending Champions San Antonio. Here is his line: 26 points, 9-19 from the field, 7-7 from the line, 7 boards, 5 assists, 1 block, 1 steal in 36 minutes.
Bonus inside the Box score What do these numbers represent? 8 0 9 37 7 8 6 5 0 4 These are the total points for each player of the Cleveland Cavaliers in their 84-83 win last Wednesday (1/30) over the Portland Trailblazers.
Can you guess who scored the 37 points. This shows you exactly how much support Lebron has. Give this guy an all star to play with!
Wow! Where to begin? I'll start right off by saying this may have been the best Super Bowl ever. A lot of people won't consider it great because the score was 7-3 after 3 quarters and New England didn't make history. Oh, they made history all right. The game was hard hitting, smash mouth football. David vs. Goliath. Yeah, this Patriots team was great, but there's no way they deserved perfection. First, all year they were way too cocky. Even one time humble poster boy Tom Brady got into the act. And of course, spygate. This is a team not only accused of cheating, but openly admitted to cheating! Back to the game, how much fun was it to watch pretty boy get knocked on his back play after play. And this was just days before his remarks about Nostradamus, I mean Plaxico Burress' prediction.
I can watch this over and over. I love how Brady says "Maybe Plax should have predicted 45-42." I mean, the guy was that cocky! Talk about throwing your defense under the bus and pretty much stating you could see them give up 45 points. Hey Tom, I think your defense kept you in the game, you didn't do so hot yourself. How did you lose to the Giants when they only scored 17 points! Think about that everytime you visit your girl in NYC. Don't worry about picking up the tab in NYC anymore! And Bill Belicheat! I know you're cocky and all, but 4th and 13? Did you not have confidence in your special teams or defense? You make a field goal here and the game probably goes to overtime. I mean come on Belicheat, you've won 3 Super Bowls by a total of 9 points. If anyone should know the value of field goals, it should be you. Amazing how this team's cockiness finally caught to them, and the timing of it all. Total credit to the New York Football Giants winning this game and bringing yet another sports championship to NYC. In case your counting or wondering, this was the city's 54th major sports championship. Big Blue straight kicked New England's ass. They never gave up, especially on defense. The Giants front four played tremendous. So were the linebackers and DB's. Did you notice the Giants constantly rotating players in and out. I think the G-Men played 9 different defensive backs. And this Super Bowl had the
best biggest play ever with David Tyree's (Syracuse) catch with his helmet. That he even had to ball thrown to him in the first place, Manning somehow breaking all those tackles and scrambling around, was amazing! Being a Dolphins and Yankees fan (and hating Boston teams) this game was extra special. Yes, the '72 Dolphins are still the only undefeated team in NFL history and no one will ever get this close again in their lifetime. But if anything, this was payback from the 2004 playoff collapse by the Yankees. I had never felt so bad about a sporting event (hell, anything else that happened in my life for that matter) than the Yankees blowing a 3-0 lead to the Red Sox. I thought I would never get that god awful taste out of mouth. Leading up to the game, it never occurred to me just how big a Giants' victory would mean to NYC. This victory totally makes up for the Yankees 2004 melt down. I know how Boston fans felt this morning, the same way I felt 3 1/2 years ago. How's it feel Boston? The Sports Gods have spoken yet once again. Boston your reign is over. Hope you enjoyed it, I know you never expected it to happen this soon. If anything, the Patriots were always a for sure thing. This is just the beginning. Now, you have spygate and Congress to worry about. And this Patriots dynasty is already tarnished, and I have a feeling it's only gonna get worse. So yes, I was one extremely over the top happy Mo Fo last night. I drank champagne the rest of the night while watching post game Super Bowl coverage. I yelled and screamed, danced and sang, embarrassed my girlfriend, but god it all felt so sweet. This is why I love sports.
Best commercial ever! When they filmed this, I wonder if Reebok made two alternate endings. The one you see here and maybe they made an ending with the Dolphins welcoming the Patriots into Perfectsville, still population 1.
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