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?

Sunday, November 2, 2008 - World F'n Champions!

-After being caught on camera dropping the "F-bomb" on heckling fans at the All-Star game, Chase Utley makes it a little more obvious on live television, seen here.
-A zamboni driver hit with a DUI. Sad world we live in.
-The Green Bay Packers have locked up Aaron Rodgers through til 2014. How's that for a vote of confidence?
-Ilya Kovalchuk to the Leafs? How exactly are the Leafs one of the front-runners for his services (if the rumours are true), I mean, what player or package of players could they offer?
-Ben Reiter ranked A.J Burnett as the 5th most valuable free agent this off-season, and 3rd most covetted pitcher after C.C and K-Rod. He performed well in a contract year and has all of the talent in the world to succeed, but the dude's made of glass.
-Nice to see Rod Barajas get extended for the starting job next season after a solid campaign behind the plate. And, this seems to be the end of Greg Zaun in Toronto.
-Texas Tech with the last second touchdown in an incredibly exciting finish, and shocker of a win over top seeded Texas. It honestly doesn't get any better than that, as far as endings go in sports.
-The Angels count for players filing for free agency has reached 5. The last man to file will be Fransisco Rodriguez, who will no doubt get a couple of calls this off-season.
-If the Knicks are really tanking, why use benching Stephon Marbury and Eddy Curry as proof? Alright, I'll stop with the Starbury hate.
-The editing of the NHL record book will have to wait - as Martin Brodeur will be out of the pipes with a bruised elbow.

Saturday, August 16, 2008 - Stay Classy, Sweden

-Chad Johnson stated that he knew a few guys (back home) including himself, who could beat Michael Phelps. What a nut.
-Nothing says true Olympic spirit like "Little girl, you're too ugly - so we're just going to take you out of the picture and let someone else bask in the glory (that you should have received)"
-Stephon Marbury says that once his contract is done, he's bolting to Milan to play for the Italian team.
-Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian puts the "ass" in "class" as he tossed his bronze medal in anger that he didn't come home with the gold.
-Sarunas Jasikevicius has called out his former coach, Rick Carlisle, and teammates for his short stay and eventual departure from the NBA, but stated that Stephen Jackson of all people was different, and was "one of my best teammates". Now there's a shocker.
-Brandon Webb's wins just keep stacking up, as he improves to 18-4 after his victory against the Astros.
-Canadian Donavon Bailey recently praised Usain Bolt (and what an appropriate name), basically saying that the kid has some mad chops, and could possibly break some records.
-Tune into the Golf Channel to watch a reality television show that will feature Charles Barkley trying to fix his golf swing, by going under the wing of Tiger Woods' swing coach and Hank Haney.