Oh, Michael Vick. So talented, so elusive, so … FRAKKIN’ STUPID. Here’s Michael Vick’s train of thought: “Gee, since I make millions and millions throwing a little pigskin around and doing commercials, why don’t I dabble a little in dog fighting? Because, you know, that’s fun and whatnot.” You dumb ass moron. Michael Vick has gotten himself a 23-month sentence for dogfighting charges in a Virginia courtroom earlier this week. He’ll probably be able to make parole in half that time (if not less), but will the NFL take him back? Or more to the point, will anyone not living in Atlanta take him back?
5 December 2007
If you ever wanted an excuse to tell your buddy who believes in the BCS Bowl System that his precious system “blows”, this is your chance. How in the hell did Missouri get left out of the BCS Bowl, but Kansas got in? That is simply unacceptable. Yes, Missouri has one more loss than Kansas, but they lost twice to Oklahoma, the powerhouse team of the Big 12. And who did Kansas lose to? That’s right, Missouri. And who did Kansas beat throughout the season? Um, how about almost no one. The only ranked team they beat all year was Kansas State, and I saw that game, it was tight to the very end, and Kansas got lucky with a win. Again, in case you didn’t hear me: The BCS Bowl System is bullshit.
4 December 2007
You know, I’ve been watching football for a long time now, and I’ve been watching college football for even longer than the pros, and I swear I’ve never heard a referee call someone on a penalty for “giving him the business” to another football player. I kid you not. That’s what ACC ref Ron Cherry described a penalty he called on a North Carolina State player during this 11/24/07 game between the Wolfpacks and the Maryland Terrapins. Listen to the crowd go nuts and the announcers trying not to laugh themselves to death. What the hell is “giving him the business”, and how many yards is that again, chief?
3 December 2007
Nobody knows how good Utah Jazz point guard Deron Williams is than Houston Rockets fan. Williams torched the Rockets good in last year’s play-offs, and this year he’s back at it again. Check out Williams, doing his second tour of duty in the NBA, handing out two killer cross-overs on former teammate (and current L.A. Lakers) Derek Fisher. One word: SICK. You gotta wonder what Fisher said to Williams later: “Dude, we used to be teammates! How could you do me like that!” Or something like that.
16 November 2007
Most people have no love for Ricky Williams, but I gotta admit, as a fellow ex-Longhorn, I’m more than willing to give the guy a second chance. Okay, so maybe he did sort of sabotage his own career by refusing to lay off the chronic in favor of playing football for gazillion millions of dollars a year, and that sort of makes him something of a bloody moron. But then again, he IS an ex-Longhorn, and I like to think that we ‘Horns stick together. So, the news out of the NFL is that Ricky Williams has been allowed to return to the NFL, and will be rejoining the hapless Miami Dolphins by Monday next week. It’s good news for the Dolphins, who are so bad this year it’s ridiculous, and good news for Williams, who really does have an amazing natural talent for the game, that when he blew it two years ago everyone was shock. Welcome back to the NFL, Ricky. Don’t blow it this time, you jack off. Below are some of Ricky’s greatest hits.
7 November 2007
Let’s face it — no matter how many times you see it, in however many situation or variety, it’s still funny as hell. You show it three times in a roll, from three different angles, and it’s still funny. I’m talking about things hitting men in the crotch by accident, of course. Such as a soccer player sliding into a goal post. With his crotch. Hitting the goal post at full speed. OUCH. Shown from three different angles. Yup, it hurts more and more with every angle you see. But hey, if God didn’t want to have guys get hit in the nads every now and then with an inanimate object, he wouldn’t have made it so gosh darn funny.
1 November 2007
Dude, cheerleading is dangerous! Besides having to get thrown into the air like a pinata, you gut those big football players trying to run you over. Okay, so maybe they weren’t trying to run her over on purpose, but boy, did they put some bruises on the poor girl! According to the news report of the incident, the cheerleader ended up with a broken jaw. And get this — she was the homecoming princess for the football game, too! Wow. I especially like how the newscast kept replacing the point where she gets run over over and over again. You gotta love local news. Now remember, cheerleaders — dating me is dangerous, but working those football games are practically life and death!
30 October 2007
If you’ve been watching college football for as I have, you’ll realize just what a miracle this video of Trinity College’s win over Millsaps is. To start off with, the score is 24-22, with Trinity behind. There is just 2 seconds left on the clock (yes, two seconds) before the game expires, and Trinity gets one last play, with the ball on their own 39 yard line. So what do you do? Throw a hail mary? One last shot for glory and hope a Doug Flutie saves you? Or do you do an endless series of laterals until you get to the endzone? Um, they’re going to go with the latter! And guess what? They make it! Holy cow. See for yourself. (P.S. Listen to one of the color commentators basically snickering in the background.)
23 October 2007
Major League Baseball picture Randy Johnson is a baaaaaaaaaad man. He’s a towering inferno (hey, they don’t call the guy “The Big Unit” because he drives a big car, you know), and he pitches 100 miles per hour on a bad day. And to complete that great resume? The guy can nail a bird at 95 miles per hour. No, really. Here’s that infamous video of Randy Johnson on the mound, pitching, when a poor bird flies right across the plate and — BOOM!!! White bird feathers everywhere as Johnson’s fastball nails the sucker and literally EXPLODES the animal. It’s either the greatest baseball pitch in history, or the most sad, depending on how you feel about, well, taking out birds with a baseball. You decide.
12 October 2007
Man, I love Steve Francis. Not in the Brokeback Mountain sort of way, mind you, but in the, “Wow, I dig this guy’s game,” sort of way. Steve Francis started his career as a Houston Rocket before he got shipped off to Orlando, New York, and God knows how many other cities he ended up before finally returning to Houston this year. Welcome back, Stevie Franchise! We’ve missed you, bro! Now check out this monster put-back dunk by Stevie against the New Orleans Hornets. This was a pre-season game from earlier this week, and the basket didn’t count — they called a foul on Stevie. Can you believe that? No one calls a foul on the guy who pulls the put-back dunk! It’s like, an unofficial NBA rule or something. You just don’t call that foul, you zebra idiots! Great dunk anyway.
10 October 2007
Last week’s Houston Texans – Miami Dolphins football game was some pretty exciting stuff, not least of which because Dolphins quarterback Trent Green took one for the team — or more specifically, took a knee to the head, resulting in an injury that will, in all likelihood, put the kibosh on his NFL career for good. Making matters worst is that Green was going for a low cut block on Houston Texans player Travis Johnson, who nearly broke his neck when he went down as a result of Green’s tackle. It was an ugly scene in more ways than one, least of which because Johnson got up and started taunting Green, and then later, after the game, continued his tirade against what he perceived to be Green’s cheap shot. It’s a mess, and lost in all of it was the fact that Kris Brown of the Texans kicked a game-winning 57-yard field goal with 1 second left on the clock!
10 October 2007
I gotta tell you, if I knew the women who plays tennis nowadays would look like Anna Kournikova, Maria Sharapova, and Serbian tennis babe Vojislava Lukic, I would have taken up tennis. Well, okay, I tried to play tennis for a while, but that was only because I was really bored and my brother happen to have a couple of rackets, and he never had anyone to play with, so I sort of filled in every now and then. But man, if I knew the girls that would be populating the tennis tour would look like Vojislava Lukic? Holy mother of God. I would have hired every tennis pro I could find to teach me how to play just to rub shoulders (and other body parts, ahem) with these women. Tennis rocks!
8 October 2007
So this is a little bit tricky. Who do you believe: the douche bag that cheats on his wife, or the mistress who knowingly joined in the cheating with him? That’s the question at the heart of this debate about whether to believe what Barry Bonds’ former mistress, Kimberly Bell, says or not. According to Bell, Bonds “spoke to her about using steroids to repair an elbow injury in the late 1990s”. Obviously this goes against what Bonds says, who claims he never used steroids, EVER, and if he did, then he wasn’t aware of it. Also according to Bell, Bonds’ steroid use “led to physical changes that only a lover would see, including occasional faltering sexual performance.” Again, who do you believe? The guy who cheated on his wife, or the girl who willingly cheated with him? You decide.
1 October 2007
It’s just not fair, I’m telling you. Peyton Manning is a Superbowl champion quarterback, he’s won tons of MVP awards, not to mention every single other award that is given out to NFL athletes — and yeah, he even plays QB in the NFL, basically the ultimate boy fantasy. And on top of that? The guy can be funny, too. Check out this Saturday Night Live skit he did a while back. It’s a parody on those United Way commercials you see all the time, except the Peyton in this one is one mean bastard. He uses kids to pick up girls, gives them tattoos in the yard, and teaches them how to break into cars with a slim jim; you know, what OUR role models failed to teach us when we were growing up. Easily the funniest SNL skit by an athlete EVER.
24 September 2007
Wait a minute, I didn’t know funny car races were supposed to crash and nearly kill the drivers. Isn’t that sort of like goes against everything Funny Cars stand for? I mean, how could a car by considered “funny” if the driver can actually die while racing them? But I digress. John Force, of the Force Racing Team, had to go through six hours of surgery following a wreck Sunday at the O’Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex (video below). I wonder if this is going to be on the Force’s TV show “Driving Force”, but probably not. You can see the video of the car crash for yourself below. Wow. I mean, damn, that thing just came APART. Jesus Christ, I’m shocked no one died in that crash.
20 September 2007
What’s the best indication of a mixed martial artist’s hotness? For one, if you don’t mind if she kicks your ass, just as long as you get to touch hers every now and then, than yeah, I’m gonna say that she’s a pretty hot girl. And Kyra Gracie, yet another in the long line of Gracies, aka the First Family of MMA, definitely fits that mode. The girl’s hot a rock hard body and, from the videos that I’ve seen, the skills to show off. Personally I’d have liked a better selection of pictures, but as the saying goes, beggars can’t be choosers. And anyways, what’s hotter than a hot girl in a, “I can sooo kick your ass” pose? You gotta love those Gracies.
3 September 2007
Dear mother of God, it’s finally happened. A Division I-AA team (Appalachian State) has finally defeated an Division I-A (Michigan) opponent in what might just be the biggest upset in sports history. Yeah, even more of a historical upset than when those Indiana farm boys did it in “Hoosiers” (based on a real story, that one). It was more than David versus Goliath, it was a High School football team playing their Middle School brethren. It’s not supposed to happen. It NEVER happens. Every year, powerhouse teams like Michigan schedules soft meat like Appalachian State to get into a groove. It’s a glorified skirmish. Michigan is SUPPOSED to win. How big was Michigan supposed to win? So big that the gambling sportsbooks didn’t even ALLOW betting on the game! Final score: Appalachian State: 34, Michigan: 32. So only one question remains: When is the movie coming out, and can we PLEASE not have Matthew McConaughy play the coach in this one?
3 September 2007
It looks like the kids are taking over the U.S. Open. But of course, in the world of professional sports, 18 year olds are barely kids, and are more like season vets. Just ask Maria Sharapova, who got bounced by an 18-year old, and now, our favorite tennis player, Martina Hingis, who also got bounced by her own 18-year old giant-killer, Victoria Azarenka of Russia. (Yes, another Russian tennis player. I wonder if she’s hot, too…?) In any case, in a tribute to Martina, here is a pictorial of her at the 2007 U.S. Open. Better luck next year, Martina. Still love ya, babe.
1 September 2007
Sure, I could spend this space telling you about what a major upset it was that the U.S. Open reigning champ Maria Sharapova, everyone’s #1 tennis babe, got upset by some 18 year old girl with braces, but why waste our time? You probably already know it, and if not, then you just don’t watch TV, because it’s been all over the news. Instead, I’m going to spend this space telling you about our newest tennis babe, Nicole Vaidisova, who was born in Nürnberg, West Germany, but calls Czech Republic her homestead. She’s nowhere near as famous or well-known as Maria Sharapova and the rest, but she’s definitely deserving of some attention. Check her out.
31 August 2007
For the non-gambling addicts among you, Bodog is a gambling site renown for their, well, gambling sportsbook and online poker. They also make some pretty snazzy commercials, including this one, where a guy is rudely interrupted in his bedroom by a super hot woman with — well, you have to see it for yourself. Basically, it’s football and boobs meshed into one for — super football boobs! Or foobs, if you will. Basically, someone has been listening to my fantasies and decided to make a commercial out of it. Genius!
11 December 2007