Yep, Tony Dungy was able to lead his NFL Football teams to the playoffs for a remarkable seven straight seasons now, going on eight with the Indianapolis Colts this year.
He is as respected as any man in the game, both as a person and for his coaching ability. And yet, not only has he never won a Super Bowl, he has never reached one. And not only has he never reached one, but there are those who whisper he never will because he lacks the one thing a Super Bowl-winning coach needs, the killer instinct to push aside everything else.
What’s the problem? The man lacks emotion.
The cameras never catch coach Dungy shouting his lungs out. Cameras never catch coach Dungy talking to his players in a manner Dallas Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells does. And yep, cameras will never catch coach Dungy cursing under his breath.
Is the guy just too nice to be an NFL Football head coach?
Tony Dungy is still going through a personal tragedy, the suicide of his 18-year-old son, James, last year, Dec.22. However, in spite this tragedy, Dungy was able to turn it into a social cause, reaching out to those trying to prevent…
Knicks-Nuggets brawl? BAH! Carmelo Anthony suspension? BAH! Kenyon Martin issue? BAH! (Nuggets powder blue unis?) BAH!
Yep, apparently, the Denver Nuggets literally found the ANSWER to all their troubles in NBA Basketball. After we saw the ”alleged” George Karl – Kenyon Martin feud unfold last season, after watching the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets kick each other’s ass the past few weeks and after seeing how the NBA slapped Carmelo Anthony with a 15-game suspension, all’s well in the rocky mountains of Denver.
For weeks, the Denver Nuggets were searching for an answer to all these bumps on the road for an NBA Championship. After completing a trade with the troubled Philadelphia 76ers, the Nuggets found an ANSWER, literally.
Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl is finding that the addition of Allen Iverson from Philly has brought much more to his team than 25 points and 11 assists a game, MVP-type stats in their own right.
Since joining the Nuggets, Iverson has shown he can talk a good game, too. His constant chatter with teammates has added a source of energy and positive thinking the Nuggets were missing, Karl said.
”It’s definitely an asset I didn’t know was there,” George Karl said. ”I hadn’t heard that about him. I heard he was a good teammate. His positive energy is…
The only thing bringing me joy as the Skins lose to the Giants to put the Burgundy & Gold at 5-11 and Big Blue in the playoffs is that NBC/NFL Network microphones picked up Bryant Gumbel burping on air twice during the game; once near the end of the third and again at the beginning of the fourth.
The first belch occurred during a brief break in the action, and it was unclear whether it emanated from the pie hole of Gumbel or his booth, Cris Collinsworth. But then the second one burst forth while Collinsworth was talking, and a mark was made.
Update: With 6 minutes left in the fourth the following exchange occurred …
Gumbel: Let me just make note that we do not have indigestion up here. We had a mike open somewhere. We heard a couple of noises that were not of our doing, shall we say.
Collinsworth: Thank you. I was wondering if those ribs impacted a little more than I knew.
If the Giants lose tonight, tomorrow’s NFL day gets a lot more interesting and confusing. If they win tonight, a playoff spot is theirs, most likely. If they lose, though, there are four other teams, all of them terrible, that could claim the spot tomorrow. I don’t care much about either of these teams, but for the sake of an intriguing Sunday… come on, Redskins.
And it’s an NFL Network game, which God does not want you to see. Might as well get a head start on the NYE drinking and settle in here with people as bitter and as lonely as you are. Enjoy!
A Las Vegas buffet is as stuffed as it gets, unfortunately for the popularly bulimic like Lindsay Lohan.
Gal pals Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, and Paris Hilton are known as the poster girls of all bad things adolescent girls can possibly emulate from their celebrity role models — including eating disorders. It may keep them on top spots at online searches and sports betting props but they are sorely missing out on Las Vegas buffets. The girls go shopping in Sin City but forego some of the best Las Vegas restaurant dining deals by trading eat-all-you-can for nothing but water and alcohol.
Luxor, Pharaoh’s Pheast. Breakfast: $11.99, $8.99 kids. 6:30 to 11 am daily. Lunch: $13.99, $9.99 kids. 11:30 am to 4 pm daily. Dinner: $19.99, $13.99 kids. 4 to 11 pm daily.
Mandalay Bay, Bay Side Buffet. Breakfast: $13.99, $10.99 kids. 7 to 10:45 am daily. Lunch: $16.99, $12.99 kids. 11 am to 2:30 pm, Mon to Sat. Dinner: $23.99, $20.99 kids. 5 to 10 pm daily. Champagne Brunch: $23.99, $20.99 kids. 7 am to 2:30 pm, Sun.
Mandalay Bay, House of Blues. Gospel Brunch: $39.00, 10 am to 1 pm, Praise the Lord & Pass the Biscuits! Sunday.
But he is no less entertaining, albeit in his own special Slava way. Medvedenko just signed with the Atlanta Hawks, so you’re not likely to ever hear from him again. But the good news is that the Hawks gig puts him in closer physical proximity to Joe Kines, upping the chances of the two of them having a conversation. If that were to happen and make its way onto YouTube, I would retire, just so I could sit at home and watch it 250 times a day.
Washington’s win over divisional foe Orlando to put them into first place in the division and a No. 3 seed in the conference provides ample opportunity to assess the Wiz heading into ‘007. After a 4-9 start with a struggling superstar, they’ve won 13 out of 16 and Arenas is averaging 35 points for December. Magic guard Kenyon Dooling had this to say after their 112-111 loss at the Phone Booth:
“They got a little bird down there by the name of Gilbert who’s just bad. He’s one of those guys who’s special. He’ll go down in history as one of the greatest and he showed his greatness in the second half — he just turned it on. It’s almost impossible to guard him.”
Mr. Dooling is wise beyond his years. He, and you, should get your Agent Zero tees and Hibachi tee now before everyone else does. And aside from Zero Hero, Tough Juice (Caron Butler) is having a career year, and Antawn Jamison (who named his newborn boy Antwan — w before a — so as not to confuse) is his usual floaters-and-threes making self.
Wiz GM Big Ern Grunfeld also added athletic DeShawn Stevenson to the guard mix, combining with Green Hornet (Antonio Daniels), Arenas to give Washington the most lethal backcourt in the NBA. All told, the roster is putting up 108 points per game and pacing towards 48 wins, which would be the franchise’s highest total since the near-championship season of ‘78-79. So what’s the problem?
First, they’re giving up a league-high 106 points per game. Sure, that’s less than the 108 they’re scoring, but a two-point differential does not a champion make. Second, they don’t have anyone in the frontcourt. Sure, Jamison plays the 4 in this lineup, but he’s not a post scorer nor is he a post defender. And here’s who they trot out in the frontcourt: Brendan Haywood and a cattle call of guys who probably shouldn’t be in the NBA (apologies to Cal Booth). Third, this is the exact same formula that the Wiz played with the past two seasons when they made it to the second and first rounds of the Eastern Conference playoffs when they lost to Miami and Cleveland, respectively.
So, yeah, the team is barely (if at all) better than it’s been during the Arenas-Eddie Jordan-Grunfeld Era, but the difference this year is that the East is really, really bad. I mentioned point differential earlier and how the Wiz, at +1.7, aren’t very good. Well, only Chicago (+5.2), Cleveland (+3.0) and Detroit (+2.9) are any better, and I’m not sure Washington couldn’t beat any of them in a seven-game series. They all have their weaknesses, just like the Wiz. Unless Shaq comes back healthy the conference is wide open, and that, in concert with a traditionally horrible franchise heading towards it’s third playoff birth in a row, is enough to make any D.C. ball fan smile.
Seven straight seasons.
The cameras never catch coach Dungy shouting his lungs out. Cameras never catch coach Dungy talking to his players in a manner Dallas Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells does. And yep, cameras will never catch coach Dungy cursing under his breath.
Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl is finding that the addition of 
If the Giants lose tonight, tomorrow’s NFL day gets a lot more interesting and confusing. If they win tonight, a playoff spot is theirs, most likely. If they lose, though, there are four other teams, all of them terrible, that could claim the spot tomorrow. I don’t care much about either of these teams, but for the sake of an intriguing Sunday… come on, Redskins.
A Las Vegas buffet is as stuffed as it gets, unfortunately for the popularly bulimic like Lindsay Lohan.
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