Continue Reading May 22nd, 2006
NEWS: |WWE| Last Monday was not a good night for the McMahon men. One week later, Vince wants revenge…
Vince demands that HHH apologize for hitting Shane in the head with the sledgehammer last week. HHH apologizes, but Vince will only accept if HHH hits HBK with the sledgehammer on call later tonight.
Foley came out to […]
Continue Reading May 22nd, 2006
It’s true. Tito Ortiz sports a halter top on episode 7 of the Ultimate Fighter.
Maybe he’s marketing a new line of ladies fashion for the UFC, but I’d rather see a halter top on the UFC ring girls (either Amber Miller or Rachelle Leah would do).
Proof below, along with some likely thoughts in the minds […]
Continue Reading May 22nd, 2006
Boy, man, is Mark Cuban’s billion-dollar penis ever gonna come out and play tonight.
The Dallas Mavericks just beat the San Antonio Spurs 119-111 in San Antonio, in overtime, to win their best-of-seven series and advance to the Western Conference Finals. They will play the winner of the Clippers-Suns game, which, unless you’re west of Denver right now, there’s no way you’re making it all the way to the end of.
The key was a three-point play — three the hard way, as the rappers say — by Dirk Nowitzki at the end of regulation, tying the game with his obviously David Hasselhoff-inspired free throw. It’s a party in Dallas tonight; like Michael Irvin needs another excuse.
Live Blogging San Antonio-Dallas [TrueHoop]
(We’re going to bed, but True Hoop is live-blogging the Suns-Clippers game.)
Continue Reading May 22nd, 2006
Last week I shared Jones on the NBA’s list of the 20 best white American players of the past 20 years, and this week Jones proudly presents the 15 worst white players of the past 20 years. Making the cut are light-skinned luminaries like John Koncak, Greg Kite, Joe Wolf and others, and the post even includes a YouTube video of Shawn Bradley getting dunked on by Eddie Jones… twice in one minute. Of course, all of it is highly recommended.
In compiling this debate-worthy list, Jones comes to at least one startling revelation:
“GMs love to fall in love with and then overpay goofy, un-athletic white seven footers. Its one thing if the seven-footer is Andrew Bogut or Kevin McHale, and a whole other thing if the player is say Paul Shirley. The NBA and it’s fans need to have a campaign similar to the DARE to keep kids off drugs campaign. It should be something like just say no to seven foot white boys with army style crew cuts.”
See: Greg Ostertag. See also: Jim McIlvaine and Todd MacCalloch. Even if he did lump Bogut in with McHale, this guy’s one of my new favorite bloggers, which is why he’s this week’s SBL blog of the week. Kudos, Jones.
Continue Reading May 22nd, 2006
As noted earlier today on the Puroresu Power page, K-1 announced a World GP show booking for July 30th in Sapporo at Makomanai Ice Arena. Musashi vs. Ernesto Hoost is likely to take place on the show. The more interesting story comes from Nikkan Sports, which notes that Bob Sapp may end up […]
Continue Reading May 22nd, 2006
We know a few people, Midwesterners, mostly, sometimes with their own little biases, who claim to love college basketball but are left cold by the NBA. We don’t understand this, but even they can’t deny the beauty of tonight: Two games, both elimination, winners play each other in the conference finals. Back to back, Fred Smoot style. It’s a beautiful thing.
Since we can’t do much more to get you excited about this, we, as always, humbly suggest you check in with the following sites, throughout the night:
• Clipper Blog. Whether the news out of tonight is good or bad, it’ll be sober, smart and thorough.
• Blog Maverick. We’re crossing our fingers that the Mavs lose on a horrible call and Mark Cuban writes the world’s first $1 million blog post.
• Free Darko. Because it’s like getting a Master’s Degree, except useful.
• True Hoop. Because, deep down, it’s all about what William Wesley thinks.
Enjoy, all.
Continue Reading May 22nd, 2006
Pity the poor parents of anyone who might have been featured on ESPN’s coverage of track and field yesterday; we imagine them readying to watch their dear child heave the shot put or hoist a javelin, years of support and pride and sweat finally being showcased on national television … and then, hey, look, Barry Bonds is batting! Like everyone else, we’re eager to see Bonds finally pass Babe Ruth’s home run mark; we’d all like to get on with our lives.
Tonight’s showcase, of course, is Bonds playing alongside Albert Pujols, the supposed next-generation slugger, the guy whose official site is devoted a foundation to deal with Down’s Syndrome, as opposed to hawking gaudy merchandise. Both players have been complimenting each other of late, which Cardinals Diaspora translates into “bullshitese.”
When Bonds says “Now that I’ve got the record, why don’t you guys go watch Pujols, he’s the man this season,” he actually means: “Jesus H Christ, I’m so sick of you guys in the media I can barely take a piss without a front page story in the USA Today and a tell-all book from some hack sports writer popping up at Barnes and Noble. If I were a less proud man, I’d jump off the Golden Gate Bridge.” Or maybe you heard Albert say “Bonds is the best hitter in baseball right now. I just love watching him play.” He actually means: “How utterly ridiculous would my numbers be right now if that juiced up philanderer hadn’t double cycled and F’d up the record books. Seriously, I’m 1 game behind his pace of 73 HR’s in a single season AND I’M CLEAN!!” When you know how to interpret what these two are actually saying, it makes a lot more sense.
Should be a grand time. Hey, whatever it takes to make Yankees-Red Sox a sidebar.
Monday Ramblins [Cardinals Diaspora]
Continue Reading May 22nd, 2006
A black & white 8×10 team photo of the 1983 world champion Baltimore Orioles hangs like a sports fan diploma above my humble desk. I bought it on eBay for $7 five years ago, and I think I’ve finally found it’s match. Via Thighs Wide Shut (great pop culture blog, btw) come these eBay auctions of vintage NFL posters from the early ’80s. They have them for 20 different teams, with the Broncos one probably being the best and the Falcons one looking like one of Napoleon Dynamite’s t-shirts.
But I think we all know which one I’m after. Who wants to get into a bidding war on this ‘82 Redskins print depicting Theismann, Riggo and the Capitol Building?
We’ll also have to get the ‘84 Bears poster for Lush and the ‘85 Eagles poster for Erin to tack up in the SBL studio. And, sorry CT, there are no Browns posters in this collection to help you relive the glory days of Brian Sipe, but I’m pretty sure you already have you’re own at home.
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