Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - Basic Arithmetic

-Rogers has been taking a lot of heat from Raptors fans for the TSN2 controversy, and with Sunday's game against the Miami Heat being the first of what will be 25 games aired exclusively on the network, I sure don't envy the folks working at their customer service call centers.
-Albert Pujols wins his second NL MVP award despite the Cardinals' 4th place finish and despite Ryan Howard's monster numbers for the World Series Champs. I think you get the point that I'm trying to make.
-I'm calling it right here, Kevin Youkilis of the BoSox wins AL MVP this year. Well, that's who I would have chosen anyhow.
-It's been four games and Pacman Jones is still awaiting the reply of commissioner Roger Goodell to be re-instated into the NFL.
-Mark Cuban gets caught pulling a "Martha Stewart" in a civil suit, so no jail-time - and somewhere Bud Selig is grinning. A perfect reason not to sell him the Cubs.
-Shaq has always been one of the more confident sports personalities, but his recent remarks on him and Kobe being the best Lakers duo ever, definitely puts him over the top. Sorry Shaq, but basic math tells me that 5 'chips is greater than 3, so I'm giving the nod to Magic and Kareem.
-Former Orangeman, Demetris Nichols was waived by the Chicago Bulls yesterday. I always hate to see any player out of 'cuse cut.
-Don Cherry was up to his usual Canuck slurping antics on Coaches Corner, with this nearly predictable quote regarding Brian Burke possibly coming to the Leafs: "We'll finally get some Canadians on this club and win some games"

Forget what I said about PTI full epi's in the last entry, that's only for insider's apparently...

Sunday, August 24, 2008 - Redemption

-Tiger Woods is closing in on the $1 billion mark by 2010. Come the same year, teen actress Miley Cyrus will be worth that much. Funny how things like this work out sometimes.
-Manny Ramirez compared coming to LA from Beantown, to having "20 lbs less on my back". On a completely different note, a story surfaced that Man Ram "forgets" to tip the boys that provide him with necessary services, and his teammates pitch in to pay for him.
-Angel Matos gets the jackass-of-the-week award after his kick to a referee's face after getting disqualified in the taekwondo bronze medal match. Can you say lifetime ban? Give his coach one as well.
-A private research group said that Fantasy Football will cost U.S employers close to a total of $9.2 billion this year, due to time being wasted. While they feel that if they ban all sports-related websites, this could lead to reduced morale and loyalty. A catch-22 for them, it would seem.
-2:30 a.m tip-off time for the gold medal game between Spain and the U.S. Yours truly watched the first half (too tired to finish the game) and the Spaniards were hitting big shot after big shot to keep the game within range of an upset. Close game at the end but USA is back on top of the basketball world.
-Still on the topic of Team USA, there's an article on SI.com comparing the 1992 Dream Team to this year's, and how the '92 team would squash the Redeem Team. Thank you, Captain Obvious. The team's starting line-up had Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, and a couple of other HOF'ers. Oh, and coming off the bench, some guys named Larry Bird and John Stockton etc...
-"There is no deadline for the investigation." for the Chinese gymnast scandal, meaning this will more likely than not continue even after the Olympics are over.
-An article raised the thought of Usain Bolt playing in the NFL. Well he's got the speed, and a heck of a lot of it, but he would have to learn to catch and be willing to get-hit hard on occasion for it to work.
-John Mayer and Jennifer Anniston are splitsville, after 4 months - hollywood equivalent to 4 years.
-Katy Perry was once a Christian singer. So how does one go from singing gospel songs to oh-so-catchy lesbian kiss ones? A total 180.

Saturday, August 9, 2008 - B-b-brett and the Jets

-The Beijing Olympics are underway, and China and Czech Republic gain one gold medal for the women, in the count.
-Here's something you might not have been aware of. Jason Bay has a sister, named Lauren Bay, who will be pitching for Team Canada.
-Cito Gaston has been given the go-ahead as the Blue Jays' manager for next season. The Jays are 23-17 since Cito's arrival.
-The Toronto Raptors season sched. is out, and there looks to be a lot of road games in the first little while - so expect a less than average start.
-Kobe Bryant on possibly leaving the NBA, to play in Italy (where he grew up) - "I'd go. I'd probably go..like Milan or something like that, where I grew up or something like that? Peace out." His reasoning? "Do you know any reasonable person that would turn down 50 (million dollars)?"
-Once again, another awesome performance by the Brewers' C.C Sabathia, throwing his fourth complete game and second shutout since his arrival in Milwaukee. I said it before, and I'll say it again, CY Young no question, if he keeps up this pitching tear.
-And so, the summertime soap opera ends with Brett Favre, as he has been introduced to the New York Jets.
-The LA Lakers have signed the "Chinese Magic Johnson" Sun Yue. No doubt this nickname will be dropped very quickly in the NBA...
-U.S president George Bush says that there's a possibility that he may be attending the opener between the United States and China.
-Rumours that Thierry Henry could be headed to the MLS are surfacing.
-Jenna Jameson will be expecting her first child. There's one kid guaranteed to have a bit of a rough childhood, without question.