Recent story I found on Digg.
“I’m going out there a week early, if that tells you anything,
” Rodgers told Yahoo! on Saturday in his first extended interview since Favre requested his formal release in a letter the Packers received Friday. “I’m just excited about that first night’s sleep in the dorms, going out and practicing the next day and all the things that will follow”
The Jerk’s take…
While Reggie Bush may not be the fastest man in the NFL, he’s close to it and his name is synonymous with speed; that is why I elected him as the first NFL player to participate in this challenge. It is beautiful in its simplicity and in fan involvement, as well as raising some money for a good cause.
Bring on Cheryl! Bring on any woman sports commentator in the known universe! I cannot take Reggie Miller anymore.
The title of this article is somewhat of a misnomer, in that there is no list, because there needn’t be a list when one commentator is so far ahead of the rest with respect to horrendousness. I feel bad right now, eviscerating another man with words, but this needs to be done.
Twenty years ago, a box seat in Yankees Stadium cost a measly $10. Next year, in the new Yankees Stadium, a similar seat will cost only slightly more - about $2,500.
At least that $2,500 includes free food.
And good luck trying to take a family outing to a ball game. You might as well go to Disney World. It would probably be about the same price, but neither option is worth the money.
It’s comical that even though the economy is in the shitter right now, fans are still willing to shell out some serious cash for their beloved teams, i.e. the Yankees and Yankees’ fans.
Whatever happened to $5 tickets and $1 brewskis? Those were the days.
Just a friendly reminder… You can get your 2008 Summer Olympics updates from SurplusThoughts.com starting on 8/08/08.
Basically, the criteria that will be shared will be gold medal winners, schedule of events, medal counts, etc. etc. If you have any more suggestions, please leave a comment to this post. In the mean time, strap on your red, white, and blue jumpsuit. Do some stretching and calisthenics. And put on your USA game face. The OLYMPICS are just around the corner.
Uploaded are excel spreadsheets containing all of the vital information. Comment if you have a problem with the formatting.
Every day I listen to the Tony Kornheiser Show on 3WT radio broad casted out of our nation’s capital (or you can download it as a podcast from iTunes). As you all know Tony is a co host of the ESPN show PTI. He’s much older, wiser, sport educated, and humerus than myself. Despite his fairly liberal views I’m a huge fan of Tony K. However there is one recent comment I disagreed with fully, and thought I would bring it to the table.
A few days ago Jeff Van Gundy made a comment during the Mavericks Lakers game. He said that Kobe’s 81 points on January 22, 2006 was more impressive that Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 points, scored on March 2, 1962. Tony completely disagreed with Jeff basically saying you would have to be a moron to think this. They then went on in an objective manner saying it’s simple: Kobe had 81, Wilt had 100, Wilt’s record is more impressive.
Do you honestly think that Wilt Chamberlain could score 100 points in the past 10 years? There’s no chance. In 1962 nobody had ever heard of double teaming someone, the lane was much smaller, zone defense didn’t exist, and the level of play has increased tremendously. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a huge Kobe fan but can you imagine if during that game in 2006, the defense could only put one man on him? He’d have 346 points. True during Wilt’s time there was no 3 point line. Kobe hit 7 threes during that game against the Mavericks, obviously giving him 7 more points than he might have had in 1962. It doesn’t matter. Rumor has it during the final minutes of Wilt’s record setting game, the opposing team was intentionally fouling in order to give Wilt more chances at a record setting score. Too bad this game was before the glory of video cameras at sporting events. Now that I think about it I bet everyone in the stadium made it up. I bet they all have sworn themselves to secrecy and the whole thing could be thought of as a conspiracy like JFK and the moon landing.
I will continue to listen to Tony’s show for as long as it’s on the air. His clever dialog and destructive rants will always having me come back for more. However I think his old age could be starting to get to him.
NJIT, or N.J. Tech if you prefer, has completed their abysmal season with a record of 0-29. Yes, 0-29. No, seriously, 0-29. Tech finishes this year’s campaign with a 341 RPI ranking out of a possible 341 teams in Division I.
I kinda feel bad for these guys. I cannot imagine being on a team that bad. When you are 0-29, you make this year’s 1-15 Miami Tuna Fish look good.
Since joining the Division I level, NJIT is 5-53.
Hey Tech, I know I’m not a distinguished alumni, an administrator or even a current student, and I know little-to-nothing about your fine institutution of academia, but maybe it’s time to move back down to a lower level of competition, like Division II. Or maybe just drop the program and start a men’s lacrosse team instead.
In typical Frenchie-Canadian fashion, Eric Gagne, now of the powerhouse Milwaukee Brewers, issued a half-assed, lame “apology” of sorts on Monday.
Gagne couldn’t handle the pressure of the playoffs last season with the Sawks so it’s fitting that he landed in Milwaukee, because who knows the last time they had a meaningful playoff run. Let’s see, top criteria for Eric Gagne in the offseason…
