Your daily quick-fix of the wacky world of sports, pop-culture and anything interesting (for the year 2007-08)

Showing posts with label Gary Payton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gary Payton. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - More to Love

-Mike Tyson has REALLY let himself go, hasn't he?
-On the topic of retired boxers, Floyd Mayweather to come out of retirement for one last match against Ricky Hatton? Talk about trying to milk the recent De La Hoya - Pacquiao "hype".
-Someone start a petition to requesting for NBA TV's Gary Payton and Chris Webber to be taken off the air - NBA analysis at it's worst...half the segments are with the two idiots laughing their asses off about who knows what, while Ahmad continually having to calm them down like a school teacher.
-The Washington Capitals' Web Site producer suited up for a game as their back-up goalie recently, due to their AHL call-up having a delayed flight. Just a great story.
-C.C Sabathia vs. Oprah...check out the salary difference.
-It's win or go home for Leo Rautins and the Canadian National Team, as the coach has recieved a contract extension with a catch being that he must lead them to the 2010 World Championships or be axed. Wonder if he regrets cutting Samuel Dalembert now?
-Weatherproof Garment Co. wants to team up with nine other companies in a Superbowl ad. Put another way, that's each company paying $300,000 for three seconds of air-time.
-General Motors will not be the auto sponsor for the New York Yankees next year. Toyota and Audi will take over as sponsors, which should tell you a lot about how the Big 3 are doing financially...
-Stephon Marbury sat courtside with Spike Lee at the Staples Center when the Knicks visited the Lakers the other night. Only in the NBA would a player to at a game as a spectator after being suspended by their team...
-How about the Top 10 Most Nail-Biting moments of the year in sports. And a few images to go along with that list.
-For those who care about Canadian soccer, FIFA ranked Canada 90th, dropping 35 slots from last year's 55th rank. Spain finished the year on top of the rankings, while Germany finished 2nd and the Netherlands swapped spots with the World Champs, Italy, to claim 3rd. The U.S of A moved up two spots to claim 22nd overall...
-Got a sports-related question for Weezy? E-mail him here, and he might answer it on his blog.
-When Auburn hired Gene Chizik as their football coach, Charles Barkley took a shot at his alma mater, indicating that race was plainly the only factor in the school's hiring. Regardless of whether Chuck was out of line with his recent comments, the lack of black football coaches would agree with him.
-Vince Young: "my name was straight jacked"

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 - Argentine Idol

-Michael Phelps will be hosting the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, with musical guest Lil Wayne on Sept. 13.
-On Sept. 3 the NBA's Oklahoma City franchise will announce their name. The possible candidates: Thunder, Energy, Wind, Marshalls, Barons and Bison.
-For athlete owned restaurants, urbanspoon.com's voters ranked the Glove's Kingfish Cafe as the number one dining joint, followed by Brett Favre's Steakhouse and Michael Jordan's Steakhouse.
-We all know that residents of China adore Kobe Bryant, but who does Kobe admire? A soccer player by the name of Lionel Messi of Argentina. He met the 21-year old in a lunchroom and said translated "You are the best".
-It doesn't take a genius, or even a Star writer to know that J.P Ricciardi's job as the Jays G.M is on the line...
-A New Jersey inventor says that he has come up with a new unbreakable wooden bat he named the Radial Bat, that is guaranteed to last at least one year.
-The LPGA is forcing it's players to learn English, or their memberships will be suspended. Even Angel Matos thinks that's just stupid.
-According to ESPN Insider, another team might be joining in on the Mats Sundin sweepstakes: the Colorado Avalanche.
-The Texas Rangers have traded Eddie Guardado for a Hamburger.
-After losing Baron Davis to the Clippers, the Warriors will also be without Monta Ellis for at least 3 months due to ankle surgery.
-Graphing the Miguel Tejada trade.
-Video of the Day: Vitamin Water ad: starring Brian Urlacher, Adrian Peterson, David Ortiz, Dwight Howard, 50 Cent and Carrie Underwood dressed as astronauts.
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