Archive for March, 2009

Gary Matthews Jr. Is Doing Just Great

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

On the heels of our Andruw Jones update, we give you the sad tale of Gary Matthews Jr. Gary Matthews Jr. is in the third year of a five year, $50 million contract with the Angels. That dollar amount sounds as crazy now as it did then. Fifty mil for a ...

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Monday, March 30th, 2009

Calipari is going to Kentucky - ESPN Calipari isn't going anywhere - Moon Dog Sports The Rape and Pillage of Memphis Basketball - Tomb of Doom Jay Cutler has left Tennessee for ... - F Juice Announcers assume game is cancelled, leave early - Awful Announcing Jeff George still wants into the NFL - No ...

Slap Your Problems Away

Monday, March 30th, 2009

In case you haven't heard yet, the fella who does the ShamWow and Slap Chop commercials was arrested recently after he beat up a prostitute. "Hi, it's Vince with Slap Chop. You're going to be in a great mood all day because you're going to be slapping your problems away with ...

Tiger Won. Again.

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Anyone remember this? That was at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2008. Tiger nailed a long putt on the 18th hole to win the tournament by one stroke. At the time, it was just evidence of Tiger's incredible greatness and seeming invincibility. A US Open win, a bum wheel, and a few ...

Put Some Pants On, Pops

Monday, March 30th, 2009

So this commercial for Guitar Hero: Metallica (a game you can bet your ass I will be buying) debuted last night. I, for one, thought things were going horribly, horribly wrong at the beginning. That's basically the stock reaction most sports fans should have when Coach K comes sliding into ...

Finally Some Good News For Michigan

Monday, March 30th, 2009

It's taken quite some time but the state of Michigan finally got some good news. As I'm sure you've heard, Sunday afternoon the Michigan State Spartans knocked off Louisville to win the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Region and head to the Final Four in Detroit. In the process, the Spartans made ...

Now We Can All Officially Stop Rooting for Seth Curry

Monday, March 30th, 2009

We probably should have seen this coming. It wasn't possible, after all, for another Curry to spend his college basketball career at a mid-major, now was it? News came in the last week or so that Stephen Curry's little brother, Seth, was going to transfer from Liberty in favor of a ...

Link Dump!

Friday, March 27th, 2009

You're fucking LINKED! Billy Donovan is NOT going to Kentucky - My Fox Orlando I will now spend my entire week off work talking like Eric Cantona in this commercial - Off the Post Flight of the Conchords the movie? - Sharapova's Thigh UConn may have made mistakes? You can NAWT be facking serious! ...

Alderson Out, Moorad In For The Padres

Friday, March 27th, 2009

A lot has been made around these parts about the ineptitude of the San Diego Padres. And, fairly or not, much of the blame has fallen on the shoulders of CEO and emotionless cyborg, Sandy Alderson. The guy made completely awful decisions over the past few years. So bad were ...

Well If It Wasn’t Creepy Before…

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Wednesday I did a post about how having the 17-year old Shawn Johnson on Dancing With The Stars was creepy. In the comments the sentiment was largely against my view. It was even insinuated that I was "Puritanical" by one of my fellow writers. Then this was reported yesterday. You see? ...