Author: Vin

Vin is a Philly boy who shouldn't be invited into your house because he'll judge you on your book and music collection. He owns Dawkins, Utley, Iverson, and Lindros jerseys, which is all you really need to know about him. He can be reached at [email protected].

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NFL General

Bad day for NFL parasites



loves his agent

…I mean agents.

Carl Poston, the agent for Lavar Arrington will be suspended for 2 years for negligence, failing to cooperate with the union’s investigation of the matter, failure to report violation of the contract, concealing contract information from the player and fraud.  For those following the Redskins, you know that Lavar Arrington has always maintained that the Redskins owe him $6.5M in bonus money that ‘disappeared from the contract’.  Well, apparently, Poston never bothered to proofread the contract and poof goes Lavar’s $6.5M.  Somehow, Poston has convinced Arrington that it wasn’t his fault because Lavar hasn’t fired him yet. I guess athletes aren’t that smart after all.

In other news, one of Randy Moss’s agents was arrested for crack possession when police were called to his hotel room to investigate a disturbance. No word on whether Marion Barry was present at the time.  

[Washington Post]: Arrington’s Agent Faces Suspension

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NBA General

NBA Power Rankings Roundup for Mar 15 2006

The Kings are everyone’s darling this week.  They’ve cracked the top 10 in all the polls and even as high as #7 in the Foxsports rankings.  The Kings are red hot at 8-2 in the last 10.  We’ll see if it keeps up.  Once upon a time in this season, the Hornets were hot too.

Here are the NBA Power Rankings by top sites this week.

Rank NBA.com ESPN FoxSports Sportsline SI TeamRankings
1 Spurs Pistons Mavericks Pistons Pistons Pistons
2 Heat Spurs Suns Spurs Spurs Spurs
3 Pistons Mavericks Heat Suns Heat Mavericks
4 Suns Suns Pistons Mavericks Suns Suns
5 Mavericks Nets Mavericks Heat Mavericks Heat
6 Clippers Clippers Nuggets Clippers Clippers Clippers
7 Nuggets Nuggets Kings Nets Grizzlies Grizzlies
8 Pacers Pacers Clippers Nuggets Cavaliers Nuggets
9 Kings Kings Cavaliers Grizzlies Nuggets Cavaliers
10 Cavaliers Cavaliers Nets Kings Kings Kings
11-30 more more more more more more

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NHL General

NHL Power Rankings Roundup Mar 14 2006

Well, everyone is back from the Olympics and we’ve played enough games to affect the Power Rankings.  Here are the NHL Power Rankings by top sites this week.

Rank TSN.ca ESPN FoxSports Sportsline SI Yahoo
1 Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings Hurricanes
2 Senators Hurricanes Senators Sabres Senators Red Wings
3 Stars Sabres Hurricanes Senators Hurricanes Stars
4 Sabres Stars Sabres Hurricanes Sabres Senators
5 Rangers Rangers Stars Stars Stars Rangers
6 Hurricanes Senators Predators Flames Rangers Sabres
7 Flyers Flames Rangers Rangers Predators Devils
8 Ducks Kings Flames Predators Flames Flyers
9 Flames Canadiens Flyers Ducks Avalanche Oilers
10 Canadiens Devils Avalanche Flyers Flyers Avalanche
11-30 more more more more more more

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General Sports

Sportscolumn.com Weekly Sports Roundup Podcast for March 14 2006

We’re back this week for our second installment of the weekly podcast. This week, guest Scott Reisenbigler joins us to discuss his ebay Daunte Culpepper auction and the Vikings outlook next year. If you’d like to be a guest on the podcast (which is recorded Tuesday nights) drop me a line at [email protected].

You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 40 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, go to the advanced menu, click on “Subscribe to Podcasts” and enter this url: http://feeds.feedburner.com/scweeklyroundup and iTunes will take care of the rest.

This week’s topics include:

  • March Madness discussion: Duke, B.C. Villanova, 5-12 upsets
  • Allan Ray’s horrific eye injury video
  • Daunte Culpepper ebay auction and Vikings outlook with guest
  • Edgerrin James sells out
  • “Ashley Cole” + “gay”
  • Women We Love nominees
  • George Bush visits austistic basketball kid

Hope you guys enjoy the podcast and let us know what you think.

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College Basketball

2006 NCAA Tournament All-Names Team

One of my favorite parts of the NCAA tournament are the weird, random, and cool names that inhabit the brackets.  God Shammgod will always have the best name in college basketball history, followed closely by Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, but here are this year’s best names in the NCAA tournament.  Some of them are funny, some are cool, and some make us giggle because deep down, we are immature and stupid.

1st Team
F: Magnum Rolle, LSU – How’d you like to walk up to a girl and say, “hi, I’m Magnum Rolle.”  
F: Pops Mensah-Bonsu, George Washington – just a great name.
C: John Oates, Boston College – I wonder if Darryl Hall can ball as well.
G: Pee-Wee Gash, Tennessee – Do you know the joke where the punchline is  “I do too, mine’s as big as a milk pail”?
G: Jonathan Bluitt, Oral Roberts – I would love to see the headline, “Jonathan Bluitt misses game winning layup”. And yes, I stayed away from the obvious Oral Roberts joke.

2nd Team
F: Ryan Teets, Air Force – Imagine groundskeeper Willie saying his name.
F: Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, UCLA – In the Boumtje-Boumtje tradition.  
C: Idong Ibok, Michigan State – Sounds like an Apple product.
G: Jazz Williams, Southern – A much better choice than “Polka”.
G: Jamar Nutter, Seton Hall – Do I have to say anything?

Honorable Mentions:  Simplice Njoya, Acie Law IV, Maurice Gibbs, Mani Messy, and Mario “Superintendent” Chalmers.

What are your favorite names past and present?

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College Basketball

Allan Ray cleared to play in tourney

Willis McGahee’s knee injury in the national championship was pretty gruesome. Joe Theisman’s leg snapping goes down as one of the worst sights in NFL history. But nothing and I mean nothing was worse than Allan Ray’s eye popping out of his head.

Now that Ray’s been cleared to play in the tournament, I figure it’s ok to link to the video. If you’re squeamish, I don’t suggest you watch this. It’s worse than Kathy Bates getting naked in About Schmidt.

[AP]: Ray cleared to practice after scary eye injury

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NBA General

NBA Dance Team tournament


Finally a bracket we can all agree on. NBA.com has a competition featuring all the dance teams from both conferences squaring off tournament style. Everyone wins in this tournament. And by everyone, we mean all the guys out there. We’re a little late to this one (they’re already in the second round), but we’ll pick the Final Four anyway. This actually takes more time and research than the tournament but here are my predictions:

In the west, the Rockets Power Dancers lose to the Laker Girls. (Come on, they’re the Laker Girls! Like it was even close). In the east, we’ll go with the Heat Dancers over the Nets Dancers.

As for the finals. Well, picking between Lakers Girls and the Miami dancers just made my head explode.

I wish we could do a pool on this one.

[NBA.com]: NBA Dance Team Bracket

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General Sports

Odds and Ends for Tuesday Mar 14 2006: Vitaly Klitschko runs for mayor

This has got to be the greatest idea I’ve ever heard. First of all, he doesn’t need the money so there’s very little chance he’ll be corruptable. Second, he’s 6’8″ 245, you think anyone is going to intimidate him?

[AP]: Ex-heavyweight champ wants to be mayor

[SignOnSanDiego]: Our favorite lesbian cheerleader avoids jail by pleading no contest.

[Sydney Morning Herald]: Bettor loses $20k trying to win $200 on a “sure thing” in cricket.

[NJ.com]: Atlantic City honors Don King and names a plaza after him but he still can’t promote fights there.

[Off Wing Opinion]: Someone calls out Bill Simmons for his tired shtick.

[SI]: Minor league hockey team plans “Dick Cheney hunting vest giveaway night. Shooting other fans in the face optional.

[Philly Sports Net]: Worst trades in Philly history.

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College Basketball

Everyone hates the NCAA selection committee


I mean really, having the Lady Volunteers as a #2 seed in the same region as over #1 UNC? Oh wait, I’m sorry, I slipped into a parallel universe where I cared at all about the womens tourney. OK, back to reality.

Craig Littlepage, the chairman defended the 10 member selection committee against Billy Packer and everyone who jumped all over them. The committee does have its share of screw ups (Why is Air Force even in the tournament? Watch them get to the sweet 16 now.) but Billy Packer is an asshole. Don’t forget in 2004 ago when Bill Packer said St Joes didn’t deserve to be a top seed and then had the Hawks dispatch his alma mater, Wake Forest, to reach the Elite Eight.

Packer criticized the committee for having too many mid-major schools. If it were up to Billy Packer, the ACC would just get all the top seeds and then every other power conference would get the rest. The reason why March Madness is so great is that a team like Vermont can knock off Syracuse. The NCAA selection committee isn’t perfect but as long as Duke doesn’t get all the calls in the tournament, March Madness will still be the best 3 weeks in sports.

Here are some national and blog opinions:

  • [USA Today]: Conference called on tourney carpet
  • [Fox Sports]: Were these seeds made under the influence?
  • [Chris’s Sports Blog]: Every bit of criticism going the committee’s way until Thursday (because, let’s face it, nobody’s going to care whether Missouri State got in once the Tournament tips-off) will be self-inflicted. They screwed up big-time.
  • [Orange44]: Is it possible that the NCAA Men’s Basketball Selection Committee could be considered even more inept?
  • [Alan, Esq.]: The NCAA Basketball Selection Committee was apparently under the effects of crack cocaine yesterday when it selected several of its at-large bids.
  • [Two Four One]: The NCAA Selection Committee has to go. It’s not even a question. The entire process has become colluded by politics and no one cares about RPI, Quality Wins or strength of schedule.
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College Basketball

SC’s Official March Madness Pool

Ok folks, due to popular demand, we are having a march madness pool.  Here are the details:

I am conducting the pool on Yahoo. The scoring system is more points for deeper rounds (1,2,4..etc).  There’s no bonus for upsets.  

Yahoo Tourney Pickem
League ID#30443
Password is “massamino”

$10 entry fee via paypal or creditcard only. You must pay me by the start of the games on Thursday to be eligible for the prize pool. After you paypal me, I will put your name on the official list posted on yahoo. Only the official list of users will be eligible for the prizes.

Prize pool:
50% winner
30% second place
20% third place
last place gets their money back

All funds less paypal fees will go into the total prize payout. Join us in the chat room during the tournament.




Good luck!