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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NBA General

NBA Power Rankings Roundup for Feb 16 2006

Lots of jostling back and forth between the first 3 teams but everyone agrees that the Suns are the 4th best team and that the Knicks are the worst. Also, since they never seem to update on time, we’ve replaced Yahoo with Teamrankings.com.

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

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

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General Sports

Odds and Ends for February 15 2006: See ya Mike and Milicic

[SI]: Mike Davis resigns, will stay on through end of season

[AP]: Pistons trade Milicic to Magic

[Canucks OpEd]: No Charges against Janet Jones

[TrueHoop]: ESPN cross promotion? No!

What will the folks at Free Darko do now?

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MLB General

Spring Training starts today!



Woo hooo!

Well baseball junkies, today is the day you’ve been waiting for. It might still be snowing in your neck of the woods but down in Florida, pitchers and catchers report today. I think it’s God’s little joke that the people most excited about spring training are fans of teams destined for another year of disappointment.

A Cub Fan Rants

THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IN CUBS CAMP

[Cubs] Spring Training Questions

[Phillies] Camp starts now

[Phillies] Did you see it?

[Tigers] Four warming words

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New York Knicks

Knicks are desperate



ruining Knicks basketball
for next 10 years

I remember driving from Boston to Philly when it was announced that Isiah Thomas would take over the Knicks. It was the best news that I could get as a Sixers fan. (Although Billy King isn’t anything to be proud of either.) How is it possible that everyone on sports radio on the east coast knew hiring Isiah would be the biggest pigfuck in the history of the Knicks (except this idiot), yet MSG went ahead and gave him full control of the franchise?

As we head for the trade deadline, Zeke and the Knicks are scrambling to get a backup point guard (they just never got around to it I guess) and there are two names floating around, Earl Watson and Steve Francis. To get Watson, they’d have to package Channing Frye, who they say is untouchable and/or take a bunch of really bad contracts in exchange. It’d be typical for Isiah to trade an expiring contract in Penny Hardaway to get a huge contract like K-mart’s and his bad knees.

As for Steve Francis, this is a guy who wears out his welcome wherever he goes, who refused to go back into a blowout game. That’s going to work out great when the Knicks lose their 20th in a row. Marbury and Francis in the backcourt together would be must see TV. The Magic are saying it won’t happen, but I’d like to see this trainwreck take place.

I’m not sure how much more pleasure I can take in the Knicks being this bad. On one hand, it’s fun as hell. On the other hand, Isiah Thomas doesn’t deserve a job.

[NJ.com]: Knicks notebook: K-Mart could be part of deal
[NY Daily News]: FRANCIS MAY END UP IN NY

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All Other Sports

Rufus wins Westminster Dog Show


I don’t know the first thing about dog breeding and dog shows so I’ll just post some links to some people who actually do and had comments on Rufus winning Best in Show. I just wanted an excuse to post my favorite quotes from the movie. (I do hear that there’s a huge uproar at the show cause Bill Leavy was the head judge.)

Sherri Ann Cabot: We have so much in common, we both love soup and snow peas, we love the outdoors, and talking and not talking.We could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about.

Hotel Manager: We have you down for a queen.
Scott Donlan: What are you suggesting… my dear man.

Buck Laughlin: And to think that in some countries these dogs are eaten.

Hamilton Swan: We met at Starbucks. Not at the same Starbucks. We saw each other at different Starbucks across the street from each other.

[Happydog]: Rufus Wins, or Happydog’s Annual Westminster Report
[Jademyst]: Rufus wins!
[Woof Woof]: “It’s like having Lance Armstrong for a son”

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All Other Sports

Hazing isn’t gay at all



Being the catcher sucks.

I guess like celebrity deaths, homoerotic hazing rituals come in threes. First, there were these two incidents, and now Limestone College in South Carolina has disciplined 34 players on their baseball team for a hazing incident. The Saints also had to forfeit three games.


Reports described players wearing boxers or jock straps, then being covered with chocolate, molasses and flour. Some players also were given hair cuts.

Jockstraps, chocolate, molasses and flour? I believe that’s called Halloween in the Castro. And I don’t even want to know what kind of haircuts they were given.

I assume that jocks are sports fans. And I assume that some of you will read this entry. For the love of Peter Griffin, please stop this hazing. Unless you’re gay. Then by all means, carry on.

Sorry I don’t have the actual photos for you. But you know what? I’m not gonna look that hard for them either.


[Myrtle Beach Online]: Players disciplined over hazing

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College Football

The worst coaching hire of all time: Ryan Leaf



This will turn our franchise
around!

Someone really must have called in a favor or have compromising photos because West Texas A&M just hired Ryan Leaf as their quarterbacks coach. Who in their right mind would listen to Ryan Leaf?

This is a guy whose name is synonymous with “first round bust”, who had problems with teammates, who had problems with the media, who had a poor work ethic and a terrible attitude. Sounds like someone I want to be working with my QB. Your mentor is Ryan Leaf? Good luck, kid. Unless West Texas A&M plays flag football, perhaps they should reconsider this decision.

And yes, I realize that coaching hires include Rich Kotite.

[Yahoo]: Leaf takes coaching job at West Texas A&M
[SI.com]: NFL Pre-Draft: Leaf vs Manning (hah!)

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NHL General

NHL Power Rankings Roundup Feb 15 2005

Well it looks like the Yahoo folks are on vacation again so there’s no update on their power rankings. Here are the NHL Power Rankings by top sites this week.

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

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General Sports

Odds and Ends for Feb 14 2006: Who has $100,000 in jewelry?

[WIStv]: Duce Staley loses $100,000 in jewelry at a night club.

[Las Vegas Review Journal]: Janet Jones usually plays $1000 a hand blackjack.

[Washington Post]: NFL may play regular season game in Europe

[ESPN]: Student in Elway jersey fiasco transfers to another school

[Philly.com]: The Phillie Phanatic will be in the new Rocky movie

[WrestlingPod.com]: Fighting Spirit: Armless/Legless Ohio HS Wrestler Dustin Carter

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General Sports

Sports Illustrated 2006 Swimsuit issue is out today



Sharapova in a bikini? Sold!

Finally some good news in sports. The most widely read single issue of a magazine is hitting the newstands today. Did you know that 60 Million people read the swimsuit issue every year? And about 5 Million actually pay for it. At 6 bucks a pop, that’s almost enough to cover the paychecks some NBA players are stealing! And I tell you, it is worth every penny.

This year, in addition to the glossy, you can get content from the swimsuit issue on your cell phone. Or even better, you can download one of eight videos via iTunes to your ipod. Hot supermodels in bikinis beats hockey highlights any day. If you buy the magazine, you’ll even get a code to download one video for free. I knew the internet was making our lives better.

[NY Times]: So Many Models in Bikinis, So Many Ways to See Them

[SI]: Swimsuit Home