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They do things a little differently in hockey. Take celebrating championships for instance. While Americans tend to riot, loot and plunder when their NFL, NBA, MLB or college team wins the big one, in the Canadian Hockey League, they just smash the championship trophy and call it a day.
Chris Webber has got to be feeling a little less lonely after that.
We’ve heard of some pretty zany giveaways at minor league baseball games with the most recent coming in the form of a Larry Craig bathroom stall bobblefoot doll. However, Craig’s tapping toes can’t hold a candle to the Lake County Captains latest freebie.
The Lake County Captains in conjunction with Monreal Funeral Home of Eastlake will be giving away a free funeral at Classic Park this summer. Fans can fill out an entry form at all Captains home games this year at the National City Fans First Center which is located dead behind home plate at Classic Park. Fans can also mail in their entry. The prize is valued at over $6,000 and the winner must be over 21 years of age. The prize will be awarded to the lucky winner after a game in August. The Monreal Funeral home has been in business for over 116 years and is across the street from the ballpark.
The free funeral consists of free service charge, free basic casket, free basic vault. A burial plot is not included and terms and conditions apply. The prize has no cash value.
“When I brought the idea up to my father (president-Bill Monreal) about giving away a free funeral he thought I was crazy. Once it sunk in he liked the idea”, said Funeral Director Jeff Monreal.
“Life is difficult when you lose someone close to you, you need an experienced funeral home during your time of loss, Monreal Funeral Home has been serving the Cleveland area for over 116 years. Giving away a free funeral is one way we can say thank you to the community” added Monreal.
Hey, it’s better than their first idea which was free urns with the Captains logo on them to the first 500 through the gate.
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[LakeCounty.Captains.MILB.com]: Captains to Give Away a Free Funeral
If you think sports have always been as dapper as they are now then you’re sadly mistaken. Obviously, you’re new to the game because there have been some absolutely horrid fashion trends that swept through the world of sports. Sure, at the time they seemed like the coolest thing ever, but with time comes wisdom. And embarrassment.
Here’s the Top 10 Worst Sports Fashion Trends over the past two decades according to The Love of Sports.
10. Starter Jackets
9. Visors
8. Pink, Red and Green Apparel
7. Hats With The Tags Still On
6. Jersey Dresses
5. Spandex
4. Reebok Pumps
3. Coed Naked Shirts
2. Umbros
1. Zubaz
You’ll get no argument for us regarding the Zubaz. Completely appalling in all ways. However, we’re going to go down swinging in regards to the jersey dresses. Fat chicks defiantly bring their stock way down, but cheerleaders across America more than make up for it. Yea, we’re talking about you, UCLA.
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[The Love of Sports]: Top 10 Worst Sports Fashion Trends
If you’re anything like us then you waste at least 10 hours a day listening to ESPN podcasts. And we’re just scratching the surface on the pile of podcasts produced everyday by the Worldwide Leader in Sports. Most of the time, nothing juicy happens. Mike Tirico blabbers to Scott Van Pelt, Barry Melrose gets interviewed by some hockey dork and if you’re lucky then you’ll hear someone make fun of Stu Scott’s lazy eye. So, why do we even bother listening to this stuff? It’s all for moments like this between football yapper Jeremy Green (son of “If you want to crown their asses then crown `em” Dennis Green) and annoying douches Matthew Berry and Nate Ravitz.
Damn, a couple more minutes and we were bound to have a situation like this on our hands.
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[Awful Announcing]: ESPN Fantasy Podcast Fights Are Fun
The bobblehead craze has gotten out of control. You can basically pick any professional or semi-pro league in the nation, choose a game, walk through the gates and it is almost certain that a bobblehead will be placed in you hand. Frankly, it’s beyond a craze and has officially entered epidemic mode. Personally, it’s not our style, but that could be changing. Why? Well, it’s because one imaginative baseball franchise went off the board, deciding to give away a headless bobblehead.
At Sunday’s game, they’ll give 2,500 fans a miniature bathroom stall with a pair of lower legs and feet – one of which is springloaded so that it taps.
A Saints press release notes that, “It doesn’t matter if your tapping style is done with a ‘wide stance.'”
That’s a not-so-subtle reference to Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig, who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after an undercover police officer arrested him for allegedly soliciting sex in a bathroom stall at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Rumor has it that the New York Mets are following a similar path, giving away Eliot Spitzer bobblepenises to the first 10,000 fans through the gates.
Links:
[KTVB.com]: Minnesota baseball team giving out Sen. Craig `bobblefoot’ to fans
This has absolutely nothing to do with sports, but there is no way we weren’t going to post this. Here’s a video of a fat, drunk idiot knocking himself out by jumping down a flight of stairs with the intentions of landing on his head. Hey, some college guys play beer pong, others intentionally give themselves brain damage. To each is own.
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Hunting, fishing and the great outdoors are a direct contrast to our sleeping, drinking and the great indoors mentality. However, we occasionally venture over to our local Bass Pro Shop and soak in the beauty of what nature must be like. We’ve discovered the best part about that place is that we can get our swim on without having to worry about the sun’s harmful rays or pollution in the water.
http://view.break.com/503746 – Watch more free videos
Winning an award can be a nerve-racking moment for anyone. Hell, in our pee-wee football league we about pissed our pants when we had to get up and accept the awards for “Best Benchwarmers” at Chuckie Cheese. So, we gotta admit that we feel for Kyle Busch as he takes to the stage in front of a sold out house and a worldwide television audience. But, dude, you should have wet your trousers before doing this.
Erica. Eva. Eric. Whatever your name is, pack you stuff and hit the road immediately because this guy is a total douche. Actually, hold off on that. Marry him first and then take half because this guy is a total douche.
Listen up all you guys with wives and girlfriends. With new episodes of American Idol and The Real World running tonight, you’re going to have to be pretty clever to pry the remote control out of your ol’ lady’s hands. Let’s face it, you know you want to watch the pair of Game 5’s in the NBA tonight and you know you want to watch them on the big screen. So, if you need a blueprint for how to get the tube to yourself then just watch this.
Now that we’re a good ways into the NBA playoffs, those damn split-screen commercials with a pair of All-Stars yapping about the importance of winning it all are really getting annoying. But they’re still better than some of the others ads athletes have taken part in and we’ve found a list of The Top 25 Hilarious Bad Athlete Commercials to prove it.
Here are our personal favorites:
Our one complaint with the list is, where the hell is the Peyton vs. Eli lick-off?!?
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[The Angry T]: The Top 25 Hilarious Bad Athlete Commercials
