After being on special project assignment at the day job, a crashed laptop, and a vacation the sports freak is back. There are plenty of items to catch up on from the home run derby to the skins and nats trades to looking at the upcoming season of hockey and football. So let's get started!
On Pardon The Interruption, what seems to be an annual vacation during the month of July for hosts Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon appears to have begun this week, starting today June 30. While there is no official word that the two regular hosts usually take most of the month of July off, I’d be surprised to see them together again for another four or five weeks. I hope that Bob Ryan can continue to fill in and that they don’t have to resort to using Patrick McEnroe like they did last year.
There's never really a time when sports can't permeate its way into your viewing pleasure. Never was this more apparent than when Big Money Tony and I caught up and watched Vacancy. It's more of a scary suspense rather then a true horror movie. Now for those that don't wish to know how the movie plays out this is your opportunity to wait like the Olympic Results during the news and for all other please feel free to click below.
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Last Thursday McDonalds gave away their new McChicken sandwich for free with purchase of a drink. I stopped by for lunch near where I work. I couldn't help but think how professional athletes have had run ins with the law and even brandished a weapon in the back of McDonalds. I'm happy to report that I didn't bump into Marcus Vick or Maurice Clarett.
No, not me, Big Money Tony. Tony Kornheiser accepts a buyout from the Washington Post. He of ESPN's Pardon the Interruption and Monday Night Football. Also less known for his radio show on 3WT Radio, which is one of my "go to" radio shows even though I live and die on the iPod. In previous versions of the radio show, I blasted the show, which in hindsight, I was blasting that radio station. Even possibly less known about Mr. Tony is that he is a regular panelist on Full Court Press, a local show hosted by former sportscaster George Michael (not the singer) and also his more than occasional stints on the Redskins Report, also host by the same George Michael on WRC4.
To follow up on the initial story of Feel The Power, I had taken a trip to Orlando a little over a week ago and when I looked for towels to dry my hands I noticed something. I didn't see any towels, but what I did find was the competitor. The dryer isn't as strong or fast as Feel The Power. I guess now we know why the name fits, because anything less wouldn't be powerful enough.
As the NFL Draft approaches on April 26th, scouts may want to take a greater look in the DC Metro area. I happened to be taking the metro to work this week and found myself sitting on the outer seat in one of the older model cars. The woman in the single seat across from me moved her legs aside as did I in order to allow a woman into the inner seat. She then proceeded to bang me in the head with one of her two huge bags, talk loudly on the phone, and then spread her legs apart to max capacity to use them like a table as she placed her enormous bags on top of them.
As I continued to angle my body towards the aisle to create more space as I read the paper, she scraped up every inch I gave her. She must have thought this was a three legged race at a picnic. This ride to work should have been videotaped by Walsh and submitted to the commissioner. The illegal contact during the game was greater than the total number of fouls in the classic Bulls Knicks playoff series.
There were so many neutral zone infractions and encroachments that I had lost count before my ride was even half over. Her medium size umbrella attached in the pocket of the smaller bag occasionally jabbed her neighbor across from her as she moved. Finally as she stood up and left the car, I felt as if I was free and could breathe easier. I mentioned this to the woman in the single seat who essentially said that woman was awful and that she felt cramped and crowded too.
"21" the movie adaptation of Bringing Down the House about a group of MIT students taking down casinos in black jack for millions of dollars should score big in the box office. The recent explosion of poker on tv and in movies has even spawned a black jack tv show. The thirst for the quick fix and gambling bug should have this movie raking it in with a solid story and stellar performances by Lawrence Fishbourne and Kevin Spacey.
As I was watching one of my HD channels, one of my favorite recent sports movies was on TV. How can you not watch Roy Hobbs come through in the clutch? He could have been the best there ever was if not for Barbara Hershey.
March is a perfect time where college basketball/basketball and the grapefruit leage in MLB intersect. The NFL draft isn't far behind in April, so you can plug in Rudy or Brian's Song anytime. This started me thinking what are some of the best sports movies in recent years.
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My doctor happens to be located near my folks and as I recovered at my folks place from the flu and sinus bug that's been going around with a fever as high as 103.4 I came across a PBS advertisement for the show Nature. I typically don't scan through PBS at home because it's not in the path of my usual sequence of channels that I scan that does include HiDef PBS but not low def. Believe it or not my folks don't have cable. The show would be about Polar Bears, as well as, how the grizzly is infringing on the polar bear's territory. I couldn't help but think that this would be a good show to watch and really see who would win in that showdown.
This prompted a conversation at the end of the work day with my boss. He firmly believed that a polar bear would win. Another co-worker stopped by before leaving so we asked him and as he thought the question was out of the blue he replied I don't know I guess polar bear. Well after searching on the information super highway and sifting through rumors and blogs my boss said...well before I reveal the answer I'll let everyone ponder this question. Please imagine some fine elevator music playing in the background. Much like the Olympics, please don't click any further if you don't wish to know the results.
It was the end of August as Stu, BMT, Q, & I were driving down to Charlotte, NC where our 2007 Keeper Fantasy Football Draft was held. Every year twelve of us get together for a weekend at one FFL Owner's house for draft weekend festivities that have included in the past such items as a grill out, pool, Phillies Game, Pat's & Gino's Cheesesteak, Tony Luc's, all night poker, a bachelor party, minor league baseball, Chinese food cooked by a fabulous chef, and Sonny's sweet bbq.
Somehow along the long drive out of Virginia traffic on a Friday night we stopped for gas and stopped in to use the restrooms. This was not the cleanest of stations, so when Stu went in first and I heard some extremely loud leaf blowing machine or something emanating loudly from the restroom for nearly a minute I wanted to yell - Stu are you ok?!
Some people might not consider chess a sport. I'm borderline on it, but I think Bobby Fischer is important enough to justify a short entry. He passed away today, in Iceland. His last few years seemed to be off.
This isn't the American Gladiators that you remember from the '80s. In the very first event one of the contestants was knocked down so hard by a gladiator that her knee buckled. She went down and was down for the competition. A substitute was brought in to finish the show.
With so much occuring in sports recently such as the NFL Playoffs, Patriots going undefeated, the BCS, college basketball, and steroids in baseball, a story about an athlete banned for allegedly using cocaine hit the wire ESPN/AP Story. This report seems shocking when considering the sport and drug involved. Also of note was a quote by Hingis within the article, "I believe that I am absolutely, 100 percent innocent."
Happy Holidays to all! Looking forward to a great new year. Just to let you know, we will be posting new entries when appropriate, and reading comments through the holidays. Special upcoming reports will include...
Is there anything that the sports media makes a bigger fuss over nothing about than a guarantee of victory from a player? Is it really so bold for a player to say that he thinks his team will win a game? If the players don't have the confidence and belief in their mind that they can win a game then they have already lost. So why does the media make such a big deal about it when a player expresses this confidence publicly? Does the other team really believe that it is disrespectful to think that their opponents believe they will win, or does the media simply want them to believe that in order to drum up a story for the pre-game coverage?
Last night after Monday Night Football, Kenny Mayne and Scott Van Pelt were anchoring the Sports Center Desk.
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