Sunday, November 23, 2008 - Personal

-Early Sunday start for the Toronto Raptors as they host the Celtics at the ACC. Props to Jin from Raptorschat for the inspiring graphic.
-Quirky fact of the day: Manchester United's Gary Neville's father's first name is Neville.
-The New England Patriots are 6-0 in games where they have won the coin toss, and 0-4 in ones that they did not.
-Not nearly as hyped as the Superbowl, but Canada's own Grey Cup kicks off tonight - Canadians can watch the game online.
-Wendel Clark Night is a huge rip-off of the Yankees' Jason Giambi mustache promo. And retiring the jersey of a blue collar fan favourite, c'mon, who's next Tie Domi? Just for that, I'm glad the Leafs lost. And how fitting it was, that they used the song Dream On to go along with the "highlights" of #17's career.
-P.J Carlesimo was fired by the Oklahoma City Thunder after a dismal 1-12 start for the newly named franchise. I guess you could say he "choked".
-Michael Vick put family pets in rings with pit bulls and "found it funny" when they would get seriously injured according to a witness. This man is just seriously disturbed.
-Idiot(s) of the day goes to the students tossing snowballs at the Notre Dame football players in the game against Syracuse. And it didn't just stop there, the tools started to throw them at the NBC cameramen and even the county police officers. How on earth do these jackasses get into college?
-Stephon Marbury "refused" to suit up when the Knicks were with all but seven players after the big day of trades, according to Mike D'Antoni, but Starbury has a different take on the story.
-Terrell Owens is standing by his criticisms of the Cowboys' offensive schemes and how adjustments haven't been made to adapt to teams. Toss up: who's the bigger problem to their team at this point, T.O or Ocho Cinco?

Thursday, November 20, 2008 - Welcome Back, Pac

-Word is the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are both bidding over the services of A.J Burnett, who reportedly is looking for a hefty 5-year deal, and the Yanks are playing it big with their offer. May the best team win. Wait, was "best" the word I was looking for?
-So Dustin Pedroia was named the 2008 AL MVP, hey, at least I got the team right!
-It's all speculation at this point, but with the Yankees' recent addition of Nick Swisher, and the Rays need for a left-handed DH - Jason Giambi seems to be a perfect match, no?
-George Karl has really been ripping A.I now that the Nuggets finally have a legit floor general, here are just a few of the verbal jabs directed at the Answer: "There are less bad plays, more solid plays," Karl said. "I think the wasteful, cheap possessions that we used to have 10 to 15 a game, they don't exist very much anymore."
-I don't know what's worse, Donovan McNabb not knowing a tie was possible in the NFL, or Chris Webber's infamous time-out back in his Fab Four days.
-The Boston Red Sox have acquired Ramirez...Ramon Ramirez for Coco Crisp from the K.C Royals. Did I fool you for at least a second?
-Not that it's important, but about a few days ago, Alex Tanguay had a little more than double the votes than Sidney Crosby. Credit that to the fact that there are just too many hockey-obsessed fans in Montreal.
-Pacman Jones is back with the Dallas Cowboys, and will have to police himself as there will be no team bodyguards this time around.
-The Moose has retired from the game of baseball after 18-years in the big leagues. For some reason, I think the C.C Sabathia and Lowe-Burnett headlines might overshadow this...
-Cleveland fans booed Lebron James for not throwing up a shot at a chance to break the century mark, which would have given everyone one free taco.

This "the video you requested is not currently available" mumbo-jumbo is getting annoying. ESPN should keep the videos on the net for at least a week...sheesh.