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All Other Sports

Flying Frank – he’s the dog with a blog

This blogging thing is getting out of control. Flying Frank is the latest internet celebrity that makes no sense. He’s a greyhound who has his own blog (interests: “I just chill with me bitches. Oh yes and I like dogging”), a column for the Sun, and has launched a campaign to save his race track from a greedy housing developer.  There’s a rumor that the developer is dressing up as a ghost to scare the locals away but that is unconfirmed.

The scary thing is that dozens of British celebrities have joined in his cause including Simon Jones, Brian Lara, Teddy Sheringham, and other people we’ve never heard of. I suspect it’s only a matter of time before attention whore Curt Schilling makes his way across the pond to toss his 2 cents in about this issue.

Sadly, this is only the second worst dog blog we’ve ever seen. But we don’t like housing developers taking away the people’s right to drink and bet their money… unless they’re building a casino. So go ahead and sign the petition.

[Savethestow.com]: Petition to save Walthamstow Stadium
[BBC]: Dog with a blog

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MLB General

WBC now officially a joke

I understand Selig is trying to take a page out of David Stern’s international revenue book but this thing is turning into a disaster. The WBC today announced rules for the tournament that only served to make it more laughable in the minds of American baseball fans. The pitch count rule is designed for one reason only and that is to make sure that the cash cow of MLB will not be compromised by WBC play.

As set forth by World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI), pitchers will be limited to 65 pitches in Round One games, and be ineligible to pitch for four days following any outing of 50-plus pitches. Pitchers will have to lay off one day after throwing 30-plus pitches, obviously meant as a safeguard for long relievers. And, to prevent closers from being over-used, pitchers won’t be allowed to work more than two consecutive days.

The WBC also acknowledged the huge disparity in talent between teams with their mercy rule, which stops the game if a team is up by 15 runs after 5 innings or 10 runs after 7 innings. I guess when you have to round out the tournament participants with teams from Italy and the Netherlands, you don’t want anyone to be embarassed. Like the mercy rule isn’t embarassing enough. By the way, check out the shameless propaganda on the last link below.

[Talking Baseball]: WBC now resembles Little League

[MLB.com]: WBC announces rules for event
[MLB.com]: Reasons aplenty to buy WBC tickets

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NFL General

Now watch this! You don’t think everyone hates Paul Maguire?

Today, Dr. Z handed out his ratings for NFL announcers and the ESPN Sunday Night crew got 0 stars. If only there were a way to give out negative stars. Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, and Paul Maguire have ruined Sunday night football games so much that I sometimes hated having the good matchups on Sunday Night. Oh, and I can’t even begin to describe how annoying Suzy Sunshine Kolber. Thank god ESPN is breaking up this team next year.

I remember the last game of the season when the three stooges were reminiscing about their time together and even brought back Pat Summerall to speak incoherently. Meanwhile, the rest of the nation was celebrating the fact that we would never have a game announced by these fools again. Here’s a typical exchange:

Maguire: Now watch this block. You don’t think he really loves to block? [The replay actually shows the fullback merely glancing off the shoulder of a linebacker but that doesn’t stop Paul.] Bam! That’s one hell of a block I tell you.
Theisman: I tell you what, Paul, if the Redskins want to win this game, we are going to have to get a TD here.
Patrick: Let’s throw it down to Suzy Kolber.
Kolber: I talked to the assistant trainer and _____ is definitely hurt. Back to you, Mike. [Meanwhile, a whole play has gone by while we have to watch Suzy squint.]

[SI]: Dr. Z’s TV Commentator Awards

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New York Knicks

Trading for Marbury bites Isiah Thomas in the butt

And we’re not even talking about the fact that the Knicks have gone 70-98 since trading for Marbury or that they’ve gone 30-61 since Starbury proclaimed himself the best point guard in the NBA. Nope, the problem that Isiah has is that Marbury’s cousins, Hassan Gonsalves and Tasheem Ward, seem to be key names in the sexual harassment suit filed against him.


MSG President Steve Mills told Browne Sanders in the fall of 2004 that MSG chairman James Dolan wanted her to create jobs for Gonsalves and Ward, even though both men were “completely unqualified,” the lawsuit said.

“Gonsalves was ultimately fired by MSG, at Browne Sanders’ urging, because he engaged in repeated and flagrant sexual harassment,” the lawsuit added. “His firing did not occur, however, until he had sexually harassed several women on the staff and had on numerous occasions defrauded the company.”

Sources close to the team told the Daily News that Gonsalves threatened Browne Sanders after he was fired, telling her, “We know you have kids. We know where you live.

Ahhh nepotism at its finest. We’re glad it worked out so well this time.

[NY Daily News]: Marbury kin key players in harass fight

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General Sports

We Love Adriana Lima

Is there anybody who doesn’t love Adriana Lima? Women may gush over how beautiful Heidi Klum is but every single guy I know always names Adriana as their favorite Victoria’s Secret model. She’s Brazilian and of French, Portugese, Native-American, and Caribbean descent. I’m not sure what that all means except she’s too hot for you.

Maxim named her #57 in their top 100, which leads me to believe the guys at Maxim are insane. I am pretty sure you can’t find 56 women hotter than her.

Oh, and check out this Adriana Lima shocker.

Thanks to JDWC for the suggestion.




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Seattle Seahawks

Seahawks will win Super Bowl XL Part 2

On Tuesday, I talked about how the theory of scrabble-tivity suggested the Seahawks will win the Super Bowl. Well, here is a slightly more scientific reason. According to a sports psychologist who has developed a system (yeah, yeah, everyone has a system) that has accurately predicted the winner or team that will cover in the past three Super Bowls, the Seahawks will win.

Dr. John F. Murray’s “Mental Performance Index” calculates a rating based on every single play in the playoffs. On a scale of .000 to 1.000, he says the Seahawks outscore the Steelers .566 to .530. He says the Seahawks will win by 5 to 10 points. Hmmm, that’s +160 money line on the Seahawks is looking pretty good about right now.

[Seattle PI]: Hawks will win, shrink calculates

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All Other Sports

$50,000 Rock Paper Scissors Championship

I know this sounds like a bad movie but you can’t make this stuff up. Bud Light is sponsoring a nationwide tournament for Rock Paper Scissors with a grand prize of $50,000. So if you’re running a gym in financial trouble and you need to raise some money so the big corporate global gym across the street doesn’t shut you down, you may want to sign up.

Starting in January in bars all across the U.S., competitors 21 and older will have the opportunity to play the sport in a classic tournament ladder structure. In April, more than 500 finalists and their guests will be flown to The House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas to play for a grand prize of $50,000.

Check out the USA Rock Paper Scissors League website. I can’t tell if this is real or a hoax. Am I high?

[Georgia Sports Blog]: Bud Light Signs on with Rock Paper Scissors Championships

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Golf

It’s good to be the Tiger

Tiger Woods already had houses in Orlando, California, Wyoming, and Sweden (I wonder who talked him into that), but he just purchased a $38M, 10 acre estate in Jupiter Island, Florida.


Woods’ new property includes a 13,207-square-foot home, several guest houses and two docks, perhaps with enough space for his 155-foot yacht. Records show the main, two-story home includes eight bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, and another house has six bedrooms and seven baths.

Oh yeah, and Tiger just turned 30. Somewhere, the devil is just waiting to collect his soul.

[MSNBC]: Tiger buys oceanfront property for $38M

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MLB General

Cuba to arrive at WBC with 30 players, leave with 5

Castro today confirmed that Cuba will be at the WBC in Puerto Rico pending the necessary travel visas.

Cuba will play well, even though they have stolen many of our good players. I won’t say we are the best. We have proven it, we have beaten them,” Castro said. (Cuba won gold medals at the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta in 1996 and Athens in 2004.) “They have taken away a lot of the best pitchers offering them millions of dollars

The millions of dollars are helpful but maybe the players defected to get out of your crazy communist country with human rights violations and poverty. Sorry, didn’t mean to get all Bono on you guys.

[MLB.com]: Castro: Cuba will play in WBC

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NBA General

NBA Power Rankings roundup Jan 24 2006

Here are the NBA Power Rankings from the major sites this week. The Pistons are still on top but the Mavs have moved past the Spurs to the #2 spot in most polls.

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