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.

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...

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - Pacman Likes Him Some Hooters

-U of T defeated U of Waterloo in CIS football to end their drought of 49 games without a win. Now that's a long losing streak.
-An article titled Vincent Lecavalier hopes to be ready (for the regular season), for his ridiculous contract's sake, he better be...
-B.J Ryan sure knows how to make the end of games interesting doesn't he?
-I swear that I didn't see the NBA.com headline about Patrick Ewing Jr. with the same cliche.
-Michael Phelps will be making a cameo in a future episode of one of the better shows on television, Entourage. The show returns September 7th - note to self, get HBO.
-KC Royals GM is promising major changes before next season's spring training. I think we, and all 10 of the Royals' fans, have heard that line one too many times to deem it credible at this point.
-Roy Halladay was one of four pitchers to take 4 games from the boys in pinstripes at Yankee Stadium in their stadium history.
-Canadian Jamaal Magloire has signed with the Miami Heat, hoping to revitalize his hurtin' NBA career - and get back on track with help from Dwyane Wade, Michael Beasley and Shawn Marion. Side bar, two Canadians on one roster, is that a first?
-Where was Pacman Jones at the time of when he was reinstated? A Hooters restaurant.
-According to this guy's blog, the name of the Oklahoma City team will be the Thunder. The other choices for the team name were equally brutal, I mean the Marshalls? Even the Raptors are a better team name.
-Video of the day/week - classic PTI moment with Phil Jackson, commenting on the then recent Kwame Brown trade...

Sunday, August 3, 2008 - I've Got 99 Problems...

-When asked whether Manny Ramirez was aware that #99 was symbolic of another player in the sport of hockey (and coincidentally one who played in LA at one point) - Man-Ram shrugged it off, saying he knew nothing about hockey. General unwritten rule of sports tells you not to choose a couple of specific numbers, regardless of particular sport, but I guess that's "Manny being Manny", whatever that means...
-On the BS Report with Bill Simmons podcast, Danica Patrick revealed that her dog's name was Ricky Bobby. She also said that she received a speeding ticket a short time ago, for clocking over 17 of the limit. She told the officer that she was a race car driver, and knew what she was doing. To which he replied,"I don't know who you are, and I don't care."
-an 84 year old man from Quebec biked more than 800 KM from his home to Montreal so he can catch a plane to Beijing. This is his 12th time doing this.
-EA Sports chose Brett Favre to be on the cover of Madden 2009 - coming out in August. He will be wearing a Green Bay Packers uniform.
-Manny Ramirez stated that he feels like he will play in LA for the remainder of his career (not very likely). Gotta love it when players use that cheezy line, especially before even playing one game with their new team.
-Team that made the best move before the trade deadline? LA Angels picking up Mark Texeira. Great teams don't wait for other teams to make moves and react, they make the risky moves and make others react to them. And Texeira and Guerrero just sounds a heck of a lot better than Izturis and Guerrero, don't 'cha think?
-Adam Jones has decided that he's changed his mind, and that everyone can go back to calling him Pacman, instead of Adam or Mr. Jones. Not that anyone cares, or even considered his first request...
-In the epic (and well publicized) battle of the beards, Deshawn Stevenson outlasted Drew Gooden and finally won the bet.
-Cowbell Hero blows Guitar Hero out of the water.
-Link of the day: add Ron Artest to your Myspace! (and listen to him Crank That - remix).