Does this have something to do with me being a Giants fan? Maybe. Does it have to do with me venting after the Giants yet again lost to the Eagles? Perhaps. But honestly it’s really not that. America’s team my ass. The Saints are America’s team.
I just take satisfaction in seeing the Cowboys lose. I don’t know why. Actually I do know why. First of all, I’m convinced that Jerry Jones is evil or possibly a white supremacist. What in the hell has that guy done to his face in the last five years? And does he not remind you of some ignorant jackass homoerotic abusive fraternity brother? It’s kind of like George Bush Jr.
The Miami Heat’s Udonis Haslem and Dorell Wright seem to have learned from this entire Tiger fiasco. Either that or they were smarter than I had previously given them credit for. With VH1 set to produce a reality show called Basketball Wives, Haslem and Wright both decided that maybe having their significant others on the show isn’t such a hot idea.
Soon after VH1 released details of the proposed show last week, Haslem and Wright both executed a fast break to deny the involvement of their significant others.
“We changed our minds,” Haslem told The Miami Herald. “It had nothing to do with me anyway. It was about her. With her being my partner, I support everything she does, just like she supports me. But it was just my standpoint that I don’t like reality TV. I don’t Twitter. I don’t Facebook. I don’t MySpace. I don’t get involved in none of that stuff. I expressed that, and she decided not to do it.”
Wright said he also objected.
“There was no way we were going to be doing something like that,” Wright said after a recent Heat practice. “No way.”
Really – the whole Tiger deal must have affected their decision, right? At least in Wright’s case it must have.
I love the difference between the two quotes from Haslem and Wright. It’s pretty clear that Haslem is a private guy who’s not into gay social networking or self-promotion. He just wants to play ball and live his life without any interference. It’s the principle of reality television that led to his objecting.
Wright on the other hand, well, he seems a bit more adamant, like there’s something going on. Would you really want people from around the world watching your girlfriend show off her goods and stick her tongue down dudes’ throats? And if she’s not doing that when you’re off playing the Bucks or whatever, she’s going to reveal some very private things about you to the audience. Wright knows this, and he knows to keep his bitch in check.
A fucking reality show? Ugh. I think I’d rather have my girlfriend appear on some obscure gangbang website than on reality TV.
Of all the days to have a record-setting performance, Brandon Marshall just had to pick yesterday.
The Denver Broncos Brandon Marshall set a new NFL record for receptions in a single game today with 21 against the Indianapolis Colts. His efforts came in vain in however as the Broncos fell by a score of 28-16 to Peyton Manning and his 13-0 Colts team.
Marshall had 200 yards and 2 touchdowns to go along with all of those catches and he is certainly playing his way towards a big time contract, and hopefully an extension with the Broncos.
This little nugget of information is relevant to just two types of people: those who care about NFL records, and those who are in points per reception fantasy football leagues. I happen to be in the latter group, and I happened to be playing against Brandon Marshall yesterday. Once again, it’s proven that fantasy football is all luck, and I’ve got none of it.
My starting running backs were Michael Turner and Ronnie Brown, both out with injuries. But apparently the fantasy gods didn’t think pissing on me was enough; they wanted to shit on me, too. So it figures that of all the days for Brandon Marshall to make 21 catches in a game, it happens the day I play against him in the fantasy football playoffs. Like, of fucking course it does. And who participates in a point per reception league? Obscure, right? Just another way for me to get burned. I should have seen it coming. People wonder why I’m always so bitter and here’s a great illustration of why. It could be raining money and I’d somehow have a nickel go down my throat and choke me to death.
One of the dynamics of any sporting event is that you essentially have two worlds within one event. You have the world of everything going on inside the ring (meaning the athletes themselves and the game itself) and you also have the world of everything going on outside the ring (i.e. the stands).
It’s rare that those worlds collide. But when they do it’s always a site to see in the world of sport. Whether it’s a player, a hockey stick or even a shoe, moments when the stands and games mesh are always entertaining.
Enjoy moments when stuff winds up in the stands at sporting events
Click on the photo for more on Tiger’s leave of absence heard ’round the world.
The one thing I actually sorta, kinda, but not really paid attention to in golf is officially gone for the time being. I’m mildly affected.
I will ruin you if you don’t go to our Unathletic Facebook Page.
The Press
Morgan Freeman gets his Mandela on – [BroBible]
Your girlfriend has a higher number than you – [RegretfulMorning]
Mack Brown gets more green – [WithLeather]
Phillies top ten ballers ever – [HoopDoctors]
Urban camouflage is pretty sweet – [Uncoached]
Ya gotta go, ya gotta go… Goalie pees VIDEO – [Gibbs12]
Parents not getting the “parenting” part down – [CavemanCircus]
Stop calling people out on facebook – [MildlyRelevantThoughts]
Hey, Tiger! You’re not Don Draper – [RumorsAndRants]
Calvin and Hobbes for your desktop – [HighDefinite]
Welcome mat is straight and to the point – [DeadDog]
Not much to say about this one that you can’t gleam for yourself in the video. Since he’s a former Gator, I root for Brewer. He still can’t shoot worth a lick, but he hustles, plays real good defense, always manages a steal or two, and has been known to hit the boards. He’s hella streaky, though, but he’s also real young. Maybe he’ll turn into a defensive force with a moderate offensive game at some point. In the meantime, he’ll have to settle for dishing out facials like Peter North.
If you’re not rooting for this guy then you suck.
It’s not that the guy showing the bike is in fact shorter than the bike, it’s that there’s a little bell on the handlebars.
