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We suppose, if they have to play a game on Christmas Eve, we appreciate that it’s a game that doesn’t really matter. Maybe there’s a few fantasy stragglers counting on it, but that seems about it.
Yeah, Chargers vs. Broncos. Monday Night Football. We’d give considerably money to see Jimmy Kimmel sneak into the MNF booth in a Santa outfit.
Keep the elves away from Tirico!
Continue Reading December 24th, 2007
So, you’re about nine hours from Christmas, and you still haven’t bought anything. You’re screwed, pretty much. Shame, too; if you had thought ahead, you could have had some hideous New York Yankees gear.
Seriously, the Yankees — as well as a lot of MLB teams — have all kinds of nasty team-branded wear. How bad? Here’s their terrifying poncho.
oor weather or not, though, I simply cannot envision any person possessing marginal pride and/or dignity putting this sucker on in the presence of other humans. For starters, it appears that the bottom of the poncho was cut by a drunk one-handed man or woman with electric scissors that misfired, resulting in a jagged, un-hemmed edge. Additionally, that sweet V-shaped red border dividing the white top with the blue lower half appears to be directly folks’ eyesight towards the wearer’s belly button, which is always sexy. Finally, let’s take a gander at the “arms” of this poncho. This thing is clearly intended to be worn only by people with stumps for arms, which really isolates a grand portion of the potential market.
A-Rod, of course, owns five.
It’s The Annual NON-DENOMINATIONAL HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE!!! [Yankees Chick]
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In case you haven’t seen the Roger Clemens steroids denial video, here it is. It’s pretty entertaining.
Our immediate observations, mostly of a hopefully amusing nature:
• He has a few weird facial ticks, and stumbles a lot, which is odd, considering the video is edited and could have been re-filmed.
• Thankfully, he doesn’t have the streaks in his hair anymore.
• He’s appropriately forceful and unequivocal, we think, and it’s worth pointing out, like he does, that the Los Angeles Times story from last year about his appearance in the Jason Grimsley document, the one he vehemently denied, turned out to be false after all. He’s denying even more fiercely here.
• Our favorite mental image, by far, is of one of Roger’s children attempting to teach him how to use YouTube. WRClemens, “age 45,” just joined on Saturday, and this is the only video. We’re fairly certain this is the first time Clemens has ever heard of YouTube, and he’s probably spent the last 48 hours getting caught up on Peanut Butter Jelly Time, the Star Wars kid and all the other Internet memes of the last five years. It’s probably been a fun few days.
Continue Reading December 24th, 2007
There is some sort of perception that, somehow, we’re making fun of Bears quarterback Kyle Orton for his induction in our Hall of Fame. Nothing could be further from the truth. We cheer for Orton full-heartedly and with complete sincerity; it’s easy to root for a guy who’s obviously having that much fun.
Since the Bears put Orton back in the starting role, they’re 1-1, and he has outplayed playoff quarterbacks Tavaris Jackson (maybe) and Brett Favre. Yesterday wasn’t inherently pretty, but who cares? Orton probably should have had three touchdowns, on a ridiculously cold day. (Illinois is bone-chilling right now.)
The local paper here even ran a column endorsing Orton to take over the starting spot next season. No Griese, no Sex Cannon, no McNabb. Orton. Doubt the man at your own peril.
Continue Reading December 24th, 2007
There is some sort of perception that, somehow, we’re making fun of Bears quarterback Kyle Orton for his induction in our Hall of Fame. Nothing could be further from the truth. We cheer for Orton full-heartedly and with complete sincerity; it’s easy to root for a guy who’s obviously having that much fun.
Since the Bears put Orton back in the starting role, they’re 1-1, and he has outplayed playoff quarterbacks Tavaris Jackson (maybe) and Brett Favre. Yesterday wasn’t inherently pretty, but who cares? Orton probably should have had three touchdowns, on a ridiculously cold day. (Illinois is bone-chilling right now.)
The local paper here even ran a column endorsing Orton to take over the starting spot next season. No Griese, no Sex Cannon, no McNabb. Orton. Doubt the man at your own peril.
Continue Reading December 24th, 2007
Tiny tidbits and news niblets from Week 16 of the NFL …
• You want to know the real genius of Bill Belichick? (Other than that hair.) It’s that he has somehow made his team’s games boring at the very moment we should be reveling in their streak toward history. The last two Patriots have been mostly uninspiring slogs … and he seems to have designed it that way. Fortunately, the season finale will be on the NFL Network, so no one will have to watch it.
• We’re not going to get into the Packers-Bears game yet … because we’re still too stunned. Such honor to be bestowed in this game … it’s getting its own post later, because someone totally deserves it.
• What a novel concept: When the Giants don’t count on Eli Manning to do anything, they win. It’s a shame, though; we had been secretly rooting for a Giants collapse. It’s hard to turn down yearly collapses from a New York sports team; people completely lose their minds.
• Not a good day for Derek “Horse Balls” Anderson; we’re begging them to win this week, because we’d so rather see the Browns in the playoffs than the Titans. No chance for a home game, sadly. If the Browns end up missing the playoffs, do they keep Anderson around for next year, or do they suck it up and do the Quinn handoff? Brady Quinn danceparty, everybody!
• Jamarcus Russell fever, like catch it … like you can.
• We haven’t checked with Drew today … but we can’t imagine Vikings fans are doing backflips. That potential Washington-Seattle first round game seems awfully scary for a Seahawks fan. And if they won that — if they make it, of course — we could have a Redskins-Cowboys playoff game. Excellent.
• We suppose we should be displeased that Arizona won yesterday; it could hurt the draft pick business. But we go through this every year, and we always root for the Buzzsaw late, long after they’ve been eliminated from the playoffs. (By the way, that 49ers game officially cost them a spot. Grr.) But the Buzzsaw can be at .500 for the first time in nearly a decade with a win next week. Baby steps.
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Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, Driving, Sports
Proving that not all in-game advertising is used solely for evil, the Scottish government plans to spend £10,000 on virtual billboards to discourage drunk driving, the BBC reports today. The campaign will place anti-drunk driving messages in Xbox 360 racing games like Need for Speed: Carbon, Project Gotham Racing 4, and sports titles like Pro Evolution Soccer 2008.
The Scottish government is elated that the campaign will be going forward, as it believes that video games are a great way of reaching younger audiences. We couldn’t agree more, and think that this is one of the smartest uses for ad dollars we’ve seen in a while. Kudos to the Safer Scotland campaign.
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