The Roundup: Peter King Stinks at Fantasy Football, and the Pirates Find a Coach
Uncategorized November 5th. 2007, 8:33am
Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny is a lucky, lucky bastard to be with Eliza Dushku … after reading about what Google is going to do to books, and then reading about how great it would be to work there, we have decided that for Christmas, we are buying one share of stock in the company … we’re always behind what’s happening in Japan and technology, so please make note of this (unless you want to buy an I-Mac; they rock) … Rudy G still can’t pull away to get the Republican nomination. Our crystal ball (which is mediocre on gambling and less so when it comes to fantasy football) is 100% sure it will be Hillary vs. Rudy …
Hiestand finally makes a good point. Our guess is that CBS higher-ups read blogs and realize everyone likes it when the Networks KISS it – Keep is Simple, Stupid! (USA Today)
RIP to the Olympic long distance runner who collapsed and died this weekend. (NYT)
A 49ers fan is down in the dumps. (Niners Nation)
Some guy at the Beaver County times is the first to report the Pirates have named John Russell as their next coach. (Bucs Dugout)
David Beckham is now without a coach in the MLS. (LA Times)
Picking apart Peter King’s fantasy football advice. (The Lefty Call)
Easily the most disturbing college non-revenue sports story we read about all weekend. (Deadspin)
Nice scoop for Jeff Goodman: Lute Olsen is taking a leave of absence from Arizona. Bet Chase Buddinger is thrilled with this news. (Fox Sports)
We’re playing fantasy basketball, but we missed the draft, and our team blows. But we’ve got D Wade. (Cousins of Ron Mexico)
A spectacular job telling everyone what shows will be affected by the Hollywood Writer’s strike. YES, LOST WILL BE IMPACTED. (LA Times)
NASCAR ratings are in the the tank. (Fanhouse)
Did college basketball 2k8 put Oden’s body and Durant’s head on the cover? (Scott Van Pelt Style)
Redskins’ swiss army knife man Antwaan Randle-El talks to a blog. (Riggo’s Rag)
Our Browns are now 5-3, but it’s too bad nobody saw the victory. (Halftime Adjustments)
We are guilty of this, and it’s because we’re too lazy to bookmark eight million blogs. (Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Blog)
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November 5th, 2007 at 9:05 AM
Ugh, I think I am scarred for life after reading that DeadSpin piece on the NC State male tennis player. That might be the most disturbing thing I have ever seen on the world wide web. My head hurts. Yes, I know TBL, you did warn me…
November 5th, 2007 at 9:21 AM
Lost AND Friday Night Lights will be affected by the writers’ strike. And wouldn’t you know that The View is one of the few shows that will not be impacted. Life isn’t fair.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:23 AM
That shit never happened when I was on a high school tennis team with Maria Sharapova.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:05 AM
Andy Roddick shuffles his feet nervously….
November 5th, 2007 at 10:09 AM
Niners fan doesnt mentioned that they traded this year’s #1 to the Pats. So they may go 4-12, then have to hand over the fifth overall pick to the SB champs. And you thought drafting Alex Smith was their worst move.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:11 AM
hillary vs rudy no way it will come to that
sad to say that Obama and his obama girl will win
it will be a sad day in america when that happens
November 5th, 2007 at 10:29 AM
The Colts/Pats game was definitely an example of a very enjoyable KISS game. If only someone else was paying attention.
However, why did they have to take a page out of the Fox playbook and create a ridiculous scoreboard on the top of the upper deck of the RCA Dome to show first half highlights? Why can’t they just show the damn highlights and not digitally create a bogus scoreboard on the top of the stadium?
November 5th, 2007 at 10:59 AM
TBL, when did you become a Browns fan?
I don’t even have to read that 49er blog, this season sucks, I might be crazy but I am still holding out on the hope that we are only 2 games out of the division lead, and we have Seattle next Monday night.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:33 AM
Something tells me Rev’s Al and Jesse aren’t touching that Raleigh arrest.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:50 AM
cbh, forget it. I went to the opening MNF game, and even then I could tell our OL is easier to penetrate than (insert slut-joke here); Brady or Manning couldn’t help the team right now. I wish I was dead. At least the Warriors will probably be rad again.
By the way, I have friends that work at Google. Everything you hear is true; they work 50% as hard as normal folks and make 100x the money.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:17 PM
et tu, big lead?
November 5th, 2007 at 1:41 PM
It’s far far far too early to tell who the Presidential nominees will be. You can’t look at national polling numbers, because nominess are not decided upon nationally, they are decided upon by the early primary states. Bill Clinton came out of nowhere to win the nomination in 1992 and he didn’t even attempt to race in the Iowa Caucus. McCain nearly grabbed the Republican nomination in 2000 with a surprise win in New Hampshire, only to get smothered by Bush’s operation in South Carolina shortly thereafter.
The simple fact is that Hillary only leads Obama by 5 points in Iowa at the moment and that primary is still two months away with lots of time for mistakes to happen. Guiliani hasn’t gotten the same attention by the other Republican candidates yet, but once they do focus on him, his past positions on gay marriage, abortion, and gun control WILL bring his numbers down amongst Republican primary voters.
TBL, I don’t mind the political/economic subject matter, but please don’t try to forecast who’s going to be in the general election before one primary has even taken place. It makes you look like an idiot.