The Roundup: Marko Jaric and Adriana Lima Engaged
Athletes and Celebrities, Blogging, College Basketball, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, NFL, NHL, Soccer, Tennis, Video June 13th. 2008, 8:00am
Date for less than a year and out comes the ring - good luck, kids! Do you think he’s making the Lou Gehrig “luckiest man alive” speech this morning? … Metallica is a joke and hates bloggers … We love us some Ashanti, but she’s now performing for the Sabercats? … we’d love to do something like this for athletes, if someone has any clue how to draw up the graphic, let us know … dirty judge busted in LA … by popular demand, Cheryl Cole! … idiot steals forklift, can’t find a place to hide it … clowning Cassell in public is just harsh …
Jaric of the T-Wolves and Lima of your dreams are engaged. (People Magazine)
Go and submit questions to Ana Ivanovic’s online chat. Looks like fun. (On the Baseline)
Ovechkin reveals his fashion line in Toronto. (The Red Skate)
No live-blogging from NFL press boxes. (Pro Football Talk)
Get your Obama throwback! (Steady Burn)
Poor Tom Crean - there’s nobody left in the Indiana hoops program. (Rush the Court)
Video of Wayne Rooney’s $10 million wedding. (Reuters)
The Carolina Panthers have some Beatles in them. (Cat Crave)
A screengrab of Michelle Tafoya’s head. (Sports Hernia)
Presented without comment: ESPN’s Hollinger ranks D Wade’s 2006 Finals performance as the greatest ever. (ESPN)
Budding Chiefs star Dwayne Bowe talks to a blog. (Arrowhead Addict)
Anna K gets her fist-bump on with a former President. (Wonkette)
The National ended 17 years ago today. (TMC)
Papelbon eggs on the Rays. (Red Sox Monster)
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June 13th, 2008 at 8:02 am
There needs to be some serious hate going out to rumeal today for calling Rondo one of the worst PG in the league yesterday. Rondo is the reason that the celts came back…that and the lakers might be softer than the Mavericks.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:03 am
probably not, but more likely it is the Lou Gehrig “luckiest man alive” speech.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Not even going to finish reading that bullshit by hollinger. The whole thing is based on stats that lead to PER. Garbage. You can’t make a list based just on stats. NEVER. There has to be a inclusion of fan rating to really know what the best performance was. Where do they find these guys.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:08 am
I am so sick of Hollinger and his retarded PER. Look at Jordan in 91. 31 ppg on almost 56% shooting, AND 11 assists!
June 13th, 2008 at 8:08 am
thanks, Sparty.
SAND - Thank you (re: Hollinger). I’ll say it again: Baseball fans have turned the game into being all about stats, and that works because it’s largely 1 on 1. You can’t do the same in the NBA, which is a team sport.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:10 am
If I had to guess, MJ had at least three outings in the finals that were better than Dwayne Wade’s. Don’t want to take anything away, but he up against like all the finals ever played. There’s no way he’s even close to number 1, and that’s without any stats coming into play.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:10 am
no prob TBL. It was a very long night and a lot of Dewars. Did you stay up for the Tom Cruise double feature and watch Eyes Wide Shut?
June 13th, 2008 at 8:10 am
TBL, before you copy Vanity Fair’s matrix, you may want to give credit where credit is due.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Once Doc brought Rondo back in I called it a night. The only reason that the Lakers put 57 on the board was because Rondo was on the bench for so long. Once he came in he shut down Fisher and Farmar, and starting getting the ball around the court to his team. Was an excellent example of how important even a second tier PG is to a winning team.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:13 am
And at this point I don’t even know if Rondo is second tier anymore. He is clearly the MVP of this team.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:13 am
sandi,
they are a completely different team with Rondo out there. I guess they no exactly what they need to address in the off-season, back up PG. Ty Lawson anyone?
June 13th, 2008 at 8:14 am
*know
June 13th, 2008 at 8:14 am
They could even make a run at Michael Redd.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Because if it doesn’t fit with your preconceived notions, then it’s not the best? Great stuff.
The rest of us will be over here where the world isn’t flat.
Also:
Housing crisis worsens as number of US homes facing foreclosure in May up 48 percentPay no attention to the economy behind the curtain. It’s doing great!
/PurdueMatt
June 13th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Nick - I fail to see how idiots getting into mortgages they can’t afford constitutes a “housing crisis”.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Sandi-don’t just look at the list on the first page, thats not Hollinger’s order. He ranks Jordans ‘98 performance 2nd all time (craziness i say). Look, the steal from Malone and the push off shot following it is basketball lore, but that series against Portland was downright silly. He couldn’t even believe what he was doing in that series as highlighted by the shoulder shrug he gave the camera and crowd.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:21 am
it’s not a preconcieved notion…it’s an absolute fact that just because you get a bunch of stats, cram them together and give them a fancy name, doesn’t make one performance the best ever. Greatest performances ever should never ever be put into a list. You’re an idiot if you do it.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Because 412 they didn’t know what they were doing, its all the big evil banks fault…
sarcasm
June 13th, 2008 at 8:21 am
+1 Nick for spot-on PurdueMatt impersonation
June 13th, 2008 at 8:22 am
I always thought and hoped the next time Tom Crean would be on a Big Ten sideline it would be to replace Izzo when he finally left. He’s a Hoosier right now, not gonna feel bad for him.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:23 am
he puts wade first….I decided to stop reading there because I knew that the rest would be a joke.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:24 am
I’m gald someone else noticed that everytime tafoya does an interview her head is dominating the camera. It’s like they set the shot up for it to dominate.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Did you forget to add the sarcasm tag?
June 13th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Doesn’t Wade’s performance get discounted a little bit, seeing as how Bavetta’s refereeing is so bad that two refs have been questioned by the FBI regarding him.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:27 am
i found it funny when Tafoya asked Jackson what happened between the 3rd and 4th he said “I don’t know.” I love it when reporters get stupid answers for even dumber questions.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:29 am
In other Obama news, a Dem senator breaks rank and supports McCain.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:30 am
There were a lot of shady realtors pushing houses onto people who could not afford the house they were buying. These were people who did not know the ins and outs of how different mortgages worked, all they knew was that a realtor was showing them they could afford a house. I would not throw the word idiot around lightly. Here in Florida the way mortgages were set up, people were buying way out of their league, but didn’t know. Your dealing with people who just wanted to buy a home and were taken by every mom and pop realtor under the sun. Not in all cases, but a lot.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Hollinger works for ESPN, therefore, he finds no problems with any refs except for Dongahy.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:30 am
No. I wasn’t being the least bit sarcastic. It’s not a “crisis” and it’s not my problem–until Comrade Obama decides that I have to help bail these assholes out.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Agree.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Fuck Metallica. I was going to try to see them this weekend at Bonnaroo, but instead I’ll go to another stage and just wait for 2 hrs for My Morning Jacket to start.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Nick,
The housing sector is no doubt struggling. That is just one part of the overall picture. Here is another…Retail Sales Rise Much More than Expected in May.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:33 am
I agree that we shouldn’t be bailing them out, but calling them all idiots is a bit harsh. When anybody under the sun can sell a house, you get people trying to sell to anyone regardless of whether they can afford it or not. It should be a lesson learned for sure.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Perhaps the funniest thing you’ll see all day. Never mind the CAPS, typos and grammatical errors. I say we all chip in and get it for Spence.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:35 am
I leave in three hours for Bonnaroo. With backstage passes. Not sure if I mentioned that yet.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Metallica fucking sucks. Used to be a fan, but when they started bitching and moaning about how fans sharing music was taking money out of their overstuffed pockets I quit listening. Completely understand where they were coming from, but they didn’t have to spend 5 years bitching and suing everyone. They should have found a way to work withing the medium.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:35 am
TBL, they already did a hierarchy of taste. Your chart used a similar format.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Sandi,
It was insane what was going on in Florida. I know a lot of people from the time that I lived down there that are fucked up financially that over-extended themselves. Partly because they were misled by the reality market down there, but mostly for being morons and not doing better homework.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Yep, he’s so liberal he lives in Oklahoma and no ones ever heard of him.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Holy shit! Vanity Fair stole that idea from Leitch!
June 13th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Hef - is that chart for real? if so, how the fuck does a raisin in the sun make highbrow, brilliant?
June 13th, 2008 at 8:39 am
There’s nothing the least bit frightening about any of this…
June 13th, 2008 at 8:40 am
RE: Retail Sales up.
No shit, when you give $300 to $1200.00 to people that are already financially irresponsible, of course retail sales are going to be up. “should i pay off some debt? nah, I can buy PS3 now!”
June 13th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Sparty - def a lot of morons that didn’t do homework, and I don’t think we should be bailing them out….but calling everyone who’s in trouble and idiot would be a hug mistake with how some of these home sales went down.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:40 am
sandi, yeah that chart is for real. Granted it was made before Raisin in the Sun aired so they didn’t realize how crappy it was. Perhaps they were referring to the original version.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Yes, the Approval Matrix is a weekly feature in New York.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:41 am
the national was a great, great publication. when i worked in chicago i read it daily. it was the best.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:42 am
The clowning of Cassell was hilarious
June 13th, 2008 at 8:42 am
wow, and Mike Tyson make brilliant? I suppose if people are still interested, but I didn’t think that was the case.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Can’t blame Jaric for locking that down.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:43 am
I love how in that Vanity Fair link that the DailyKooks are “arguably now the new Democratic establishment.”
June 13th, 2008 at 8:45 am
TBL - Up and at them right on time this morning. How’s the head?
Calling all of the people who took risky mortgages idiots might be a little harsh, but not far from the truth. There are alot of people out there who took 80/20 ARMs, baloons and interest-only (Zoidie wants to buy on margin, ON MARGIN). All to get more house then they could actually afford. When things took a turn, they had to pay the piper. Of course now, there are too many people who think the entire country should bail them out.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:45 am
the cassell shit was too funny, so was the tell your mom to stop calling me line…
June 13th, 2008 at 8:47 am
one thing I don’t understand is how the bank lets these people who get these 80/20’s. They have credit reports, income history….it’s clear these people can’t afford what will be the price in the future. Or are the banks just happy to be giving money away.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:51 am
I will argue that basketball is turning more into a one on one game then it ever has been. At least NBA level basketball. Half of the plays are iso’s for the “star” on either team. How many times have you seen LeDouche get the ball at the top and just “make a play” it happens all the time and Hollingers garbage is becoming more based on truth, which is garbage.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:56 am
@sparty: Exactly. 1 or 2 months of impulse buying with “free money” does not a recovery make.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:57 am
i fell asleep at the start of the third quarter. i am jack’s sense of utter disbelief.
this friday the 13th is already turning out badly, what with the lakers losing, the housing crisis worsening, and my g/f refusing to go watch the happening with me.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:58 am
@nick - shhh… don’t tell that to the speculators.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Dear PurdueMatt/The412/anyone else who isn’t buying into the housing crisis,
FoxNews
ABCNews
CNN
Stop trying to sugarcoat reality and trying to make it a liberal vs. conservative issue. That is all.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:59 am
The foreclosure crisis is definitely an individual problem but the declining value of homes, the rise in home taxes in respect to the assessed value of homes and the banks loss on default loans and how the government bails out both the individual and the bank constitute a housing crisis. Fo Shizzle
June 13th, 2008 at 9:00 am
i thought all chicks liked going to movies that scared the hell out of ‘em.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Well “Comrade Obama” is just trying to extend what George Bush started. Bush has tried repeatedly to help bail out these “assholes.”
June 13th, 2008 at 9:01 am
not this chick, man. i think it’s the tension-caused-by-music. she wouldn’t be able to watch bunnies hopping if the jaws theme was playing…
June 13th, 2008 at 9:01 am
/pki’d
June 13th, 2008 at 9:01 am
That idea has been done for years. Probably decades. I’m just saying … i’d like to do my own. Can anyone handle the graphic? Come on … anyone?
June 13th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Oh and the loss of more jobs again this quarter, the significant rise in gas and the non-increase in cost of living expenses also point to a stagnant economy on a more real everyday level that the bullshit paper losses that happened in 2001…how many of us have big money stocks? How many of us fuel up a car and home and pay a mortgage? That’s where the economy is bad..it effect the real people not the corporations and the rich it did 6 years ago…that’s not political…that’s the truth. Fo Shizzle
June 13th, 2008 at 9:03 am
oh shit, today is friday the 13th
totally forgot!
June 13th, 2008 at 9:03 am
that doesn’t bode well for you, tbl.
/evil laughter
June 13th, 2008 at 9:04 am
TBL…I’m scared..its Friday the 13th..can you hold me with those big muscular arms until the 14th? Fo Shizzle
June 13th, 2008 at 9:04 am
@Roman: Right on.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:05 am
It’s amazing the things people do in the presence of celebrities, and the pack mentality makes it all the more ridiculous. I bet that if any one of those hecklers was on that street by himself, he would have been groveling to all of those players for an autograph.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Corporate welfare for rich white folks: Yay! Capitalism at it’s finest!
Stimulus for non-wealthy Americans: Boo! I hate bailing out these assholes!
June 13th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Someone lost a bet?
June 13th, 2008 at 9:07 am
412…Hef and his fucking D-bags
Fo shizzle
June 13th, 2008 at 9:07 am
damn, i didnt know the matrix thingys had gotten this popular
i haven’t seen one with a sports angle, though
but perhaps im just not looking hard enough
Tell that to Ed McMahon!
June 13th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Retail Sales up.
That would be nice if we didn’t have a negative savings rate on the whole…
I fail to see how idiots getting into mortgages they can’t afford constitutes a “housing crisisâ€.
Because when their houses foreclose it hurts the entire market, including you if you live in a heavily affected area. Plus, many of those ‘idiots’ were steered to those horrid loans by mortgage salespeople they thought were ‘advisors’. It’s a broken system that results when you let the banking industry cozy up with the investment industry.
It’s science.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:10 am
The Big Lead: At least five months behind the times when it comes to grids.
/new slogan?
June 13th, 2008 at 9:12 am
@rothlis:
Spence may not be interested
June 13th, 2008 at 9:12 am
June 13th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Clown is going to be so pissed at you for that. Your stealing his “baby’s” now?
June 13th, 2008 at 10:01 am
It sucks when someone get’s Mickey Mantle disease.
\TBL
June 13th, 2008 at 10:02 am
oh shit, today is friday the 13th
totally forgot!
According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute estimates 17 to 21 million people in America affected by a fear of this day. Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they avoid their normal routines in doing business, taking flights or even getting out of bed. “It’s been estimated that 800 or 900 million is lost in business on this day”
June 13th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Scot Pollard’s “Tell your mom to stop calling me” one to that Lakers fan was outstanding.
And TBL, today is Friday the 13th. Going to see The Happening tonight?
June 13th, 2008 at 10:56 am
i’m with ndub.. pollard was exceptional in that video, all the lakers fan at that point was yell, no comeback.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Scot Pollard telling kids to do drugs will always go down as one of the most idiotic things said on camera
June 13th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I am ALL FOR clowning Sam Cassell in public or otherwise.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
I know I am the only one here, but did anyone see the comment/link on that AnnaK/Bush thing on Wonkette?
Fucking hilarious.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Yea, Deion, I saw that and also thought it was hilarious. You have the wittiest insights and your attention to detail is commendable. Thanks for your valuable contributions to this website!