The Roundup: An SEC Network Must Have Verne
Baseball, College Basketball, College Football, Fantasy Sports, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, Soccer May 29th. 2008, 8:00am
Evangeline Lilly because the season finale of Lost is tonight, and instead of an NBA post to close the day, we’ll have one about Lost … there’s a bear in the pool! … this Rachel Ray story is nearly too absurd to discuss … the word is: Inflation … Dan LeBatard and his radio show become one with Jai Alai … you nitwits with computers! …
Lenny Dykstra’s magazine isn’t paying its freelancers. (NY Post)
Looks like Dallas will likely be hosting NBA All-Star weekend in 2010. (DMN via Sports Buisness Journal)
Not really round-up worthy, but it’s nice to see former Boston Globe writer Peter May getting some freelance work. (NYT)
If the SEC gets its own network, it must take Verne Lundquist, because he IS the SEC. (AJC)
The NBA says Derek Fisher fouled Brent Barry. So there. (LA Times)
Bobbleheads out, giving away funerals in! (Sports Point)
We told you last week that this year’s Home Run Derby looks awful - well, doubly so if you’re Canadian. (Lion in Oil)
Foreign owners in English football: Good or bad? (Cloud 9 Sports)
So pissed we didn’t get Clayton Kershaw in fantasy. The Baseball Friend did. (Driveline Mechanics)
Following up on yesterday’s, ‘What’s up with Georgetown’ post. (Washington Times)
Julian Tavarez seems to have misplaced his Wolrd Series ring. (Red Sox Monster)
The media loves a good comeback, and Josh Hamilton’s incredible season certainly qualifies. (Tampa Tribune)
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May 29th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Sweet fancy Moses!! Evangeline Lilly is in my top 5.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:24 am
the homerun derby will be fucking awesome….
AL - ortiz, giambi, man-ram, lowell
NL - soriano, wright, chipper, utley
sincerely,
peter gammons
May 29th, 2008 at 8:28 am
I loves me some Kate.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Too much makeup
May 29th, 2008 at 8:33 am
I wonder if the island get ‘moved’ tonight
May 29th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Are they going to let Brent Barry shoot free throws and put a second back on the clock today? No? Then the NBA should shut up.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Too much makeup? Well, too much gay for you!
*Sigh* - sometimes it’s so refreshing to go back to 2nd grade humor…
May 29th, 2008 at 8:38 am
I’m with CRM - what’s the point? It just pisses EVERYONE off (SA fans because they lost, LAL fans because they disagree with it and it cheapens their win, referees because they’re completely undermined by the league). What’s the fucking point?
May 29th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Thirded. It’s like umpires who say, ‘yeah, that was a home run, sorry.’ Nothing gained.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:41 am
the point is to let these refs know that they fucking suck, and they should be publicly excoriated for their shit work.
the foul call on chauncey last night with 1:36 remaining was far worse than the no-call on fisher. i’ll save my rant for ballin’ though.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Too much clothing.
Kate is hot, even if she is getting banged out by a hobbit.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:47 am
About the Hamilton story. The writer claims Cincinatti drafted him in the rule V draft. It was the Cubs that actually drafted him. I believe they traded him for 10 wood bats at the time.
If only we had that guy still, sick to imagine what the Cubs lineup would be like…
May 29th, 2008 at 8:49 am
GDP revised upward to 0.9%. Where is that recession you were talking about TBL?
May 29th, 2008 at 8:51 am
verne lundquist isnt the SEC…the SEC is SPPPEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!
May 29th, 2008 at 8:52 am
@Johnny B.
I think the cubs and reds had a deal in place. the cubs werent going to draft him otherwise
May 29th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Somebody has a crush on Clayton Kershaw… my God.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I disagree completely. This is what the NBA has been lacking. Taking some responsibility. Hell the NFL has a show where the head of officiating discusses calls throughout the week
May 29th, 2008 at 8:54 am
looks like idiot neo-cons like Malkin are being way too PC and overly sensitive. Which is what they like to accuse everyone else of being all the time. What a hyporite. A scarf in a dunkin donuts ad. Yeah that screams terrorists, and jihad.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Did the NBA follow up on Duncan’s eight-step dunk at the end of the first quarter?
May 29th, 2008 at 9:00 am
There’s something about Rachael Ray that I can’t quite describe. She’s average looking, and a little pudgy, yet if I see her on TV, I have a hard time looking away.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:01 am
yea, they said it was sweet.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Somebody has a crush on Clayton Kershaw…
i do, he’s dreamy
plus his K/9 ratio will give any fantasy player a chubby
May 29th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Not that I’m complaining about the pic, but Evangeline had about 100 better than that one. She DOES look better with less makeup too. Solid, solid, solid.
NBA officiating is a joke. It is terribly uneven and inconsistent. Yearly, it inevitably comes down on the NBA officials when they blow a call in a big game in the semis or finals. If they would actually call games the right way throughout the season and in the playoffs, they would (rightfully) take less heat.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:02 am
she doesn’t mind cooking and her big birthin’ hips are well suited for some rough-housing in the sack. it’s a deadly combination.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Can’t stand Rachel “The Joker” Ray. The voice grates like fingernails on the chalkboard.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Wally…you mean you don’t like it everytime she says “EVOO” and “HOT POT?” yea that shit drives me nuts.
/never stranglebaited to 30-minute meals…swear to god.
//ok, maybe i have, but it was a spur of the moment thing.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:10 am
@Wallys World is spot on. You set an awful precident when you call a game a certain way in crunch time and for “star” players. You really don’t see that in any other league and it takes away from the game and it is so frustrating as a fan. P.S. Garnett had a 3 after the shot clock went off last night and they counted it. Sour grapes, but it is a rule and they didn’t even give the call a second glance.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:10 am
will someone please get the fucking serta sheep off of my screen
May 29th, 2008 at 9:10 am
does anybody have a link to this supposed terrorist commercial? I checked youtube and gave up after 3 tries and getting nothing but ppl ranting about it.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Did the NBA review the non-goaltend-goaltend or the fact that the shot clock wasn’t reset after it hit the rim on the Laker’s last possession?
May 29th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Isn’t CBS the SEC’s personal network? Or does it just seem like that…?
May 29th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Dallas in 2009? Is that a fun city? I’ll be there.
The NBA forced Heat/Hawks to replay the last 1 minute and change when the clock guy fucked up. If the NBA is ADMITTING fault again, they should replay it. Otherwise, just shove that press release up their ass, because it just pisses everyone off.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:23 am
People that don’t admit to their mistakes are the worst type of people in the world. Oh yeah you are too fucking proud. The NBA fucked it up and it is really nice to see them admit it. They should send out a press release for every shitty game they throw out there. They have a ref who looks like the freaking Crypt Keeper and some other dude who looks like Jonny Two Times in Goodfellas. It is a joke. The league has some problems it needs to fix starting with the terrible officiating system.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:26 am
justinsands
Dunkin Donuts pulled the ad so it might have disappeared…
May 29th, 2008 at 9:28 am
I would rather fuck a donkey then look at Rachael Ray. Probably make less noise.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Nick…Dallas rocks.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:39 am
I’d fuck Rachel Ray in a heartbeat. C’mon guys.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Dallas does rock. The only thing I don’t like about it is that everyone that lives there thinks it’s the greatest city in the world, and they NEVER stop telling you that. Gets a little annoying.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Nick, Dallas is the most manicured city you’ll ever visit. Especially North Dallas. It’s nice enough, but it’s nothing to write home about.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:41 am
That Rachel Ray ad was disgusting and demonstrates how much liberals hate America.
/PurdueMatt
May 29th, 2008 at 9:42 am
/made RWH’d
May 29th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Verne Lundquist has been doing SEC football for 7 years. How does that make him THE SEC? Nobody associated with the SEC gives a fuck about Verne Lundquist, or especially associates him with the SEC. If any announcer IS the SEC, it’s Tim Brando.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:45 am
yea, i mean, it’s understandable, it’s a great place to live and everything. but it’s no Austin, that’s fo sho.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Jay V - Tim Brando? Really? Why not just pick Dave Neal?
May 29th, 2008 at 9:47 am
The SEC already has a tv network. It’s called Jefferson Pilot, I mean Lincoln Financial, I mean…whatever the hell they’re calling it this year.
It’s great coverage too.
/not at all sarcastic
//ok, really sarcastic
May 29th, 2008 at 9:50 am
@Hef: What are the % of conservatives that live in Dallas? That’s how I determine if a ciy is worth its salt.
/PurdueMatt
May 29th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Yeah, Raycom/JP/Lincoln Financial is pretty brutal. My favorite part is when the tornado hit the Georgia Dome during the SEC Bball Tournament. The guys were clearly grabbing at straws to find something to say during the delay. The following things happened:
Dave Baker (sideline announcer dude) said something along the lines of “Many of you probably already know this, but my day job is a sportscaster for the local affiliate in Lexington, KY, and I talked to my weatherman colleague there, and he said that it was most definitely a tornado that has struck the Georgia Dome; however, he expects that the worst is over.”
Also, they got some old dude who works in the rafters and interviewed him (for some ungodly reason) and it went a little like this:
Dave Baker: So Bill, tell us what happened.
Bill: Well, me and ol’ Jimmy Reese was up top and we heard this sound, it go BOOM! and we thought ‘we gettin’ the hell outta here!’”
May 29th, 2008 at 9:53 am
The NBA admitting the refs fucked up is nice but like CRM said did they reveiw the goaltend non goaltend (which could have been a foul) the Fisher shot or Tim Duncan pulling a space jam? Its over Spurs lost move on.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Here is an image of Rachel Ray from the Dunkin Donuts add.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/image/16411454/detail.html
May 29th, 2008 at 9:55 am
@atl - but ol’ Jimmy had a bum ankle so I had to save him.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Like 70% conservative. So shit, man. Move on in.
May 29th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Rachael Ray is clearly a jihadist. Yummo!
May 29th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I only bang enemies of our government. My wife worked for the radical wing of GreenPeace.
May 29th, 2008 at 10:12 am
http://wwtdd.com/photo.phtml?post_key=7201&photo_key=17841
Thread jack for some biscuits for the morning coffee break
May 29th, 2008 at 10:22 am
People are morons. The Rachael Ray ad has a woman in a multi-colored scarf. That’s it. Yeah, I would hit it. She needs some breast augmentation, to match that dumpy build.
May 29th, 2008 at 10:26 am
/that movie still makes me laugh…sorry
May 29th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Nice find, Superjarks.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:06 am
The NBA is doing a CYA.
Spurs lost because they couldn’t hit a big shot the entire game, not because of a “no-call” in the final seconds.
May 29th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Oh Kate how I love thee
Sporting some fantastic side-cleavage as well
May 29th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
The American Right: Proudly dictating what women can wear since 1776.
May 29th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I hope Josh Hamilton keeps it up. I read the other day in my local paper about how he started back up at a camp in Clearwater FL after being away from the game. He was only 3 months sober and dedicated himself back to the game he loved. He was doing everything from landscaping the fields to taking out the trash. They even talked about how he slept on a air mattress in a tiny office without AC during his stay at the camp
It is a uplifting story