The Roundup: Kings Hire High School Coach of DeMarcus Cousins & Shawne Merriman vs. San Diego
Baseball, College Football, Death, Fans, Former Athletes, NBA, NFL, Sharks, Tim Tebow, Video July 30th. 2010, 8:35am
Irina Shayk, AKA Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend … so they’re saying the bailouts worked? … Iowa teacher investigated for “misconduct” … Ellen Degeneres has left American Idol, Jennifer Lopez has joined the show, and Kara DioGuardi has also been jettisoned, supposedly to be replaced by Steven Tyler … this is old, but new to us … headlines that anger: “Pentagon loses track of Iraqi billions” … Chelsea Clinton’s getting married this weekend … Bristol Palin upset her fiance may have knocked up his ex-girlfriend … wouldn’t you try to dodge the taxes, too? … that’s destroying a lot of weed …
A few weeks ago, three men with guns tucked in their waistbands showed up at the house of Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife. It is unclear if they are connected to his homicide; ditto for the cars that he sold to a drug kingpin in 2008. [Commercial-Appeal, Yahoo]
Smart move by the Sacramento Kings – they hired the high school coach of 1st round pick DeMarcus Cousins. [Inside Hoops]
Big day in Baltimore – Buck Showalter is the new coach, and Miguel Tejada was traded to the Padres. [Sun]
Like the tough talk here from Texas A&M. Would the Aggie leave? [Chronicle]
Tim Tebow signs a 5-year, $11.25 million deal with the Broncos. He’s guaranteed $8.7 million. [Denver Post]
The LA media is easily won over by that snake Lane Kiffin. Remember how they swooned for Manny Ramirez, too? [LA Times]
The first thought of many after the Phillies traded for Roy Oswalt yesterday – so, they’re admitting they botched Cliff Lee, huh? [Inquirer]
Don’t mess with Texas. [KC Star]
Shark week begins Monday. [Discovery]
If you care about the “attention-seeking dope” who wore a LeBron jersey to a Cleveland Indians game. [Cleveland Frowns]
Sounds like the Chargers and Shawne Merriman have a lot of things to work out. [Union Trib]
Two photos from retro night at Citizen’s Bank ballpark. [700 Level]
Christina Hendricks took a bath. Then, at the 2:30 mark, one of the news guys forgets how to speak when attempting to talk about said bath.
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July 30th, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Trying not to get my hopes up, but this would be nice
July 30th, 2010 at 8:40 AM
Let’s see, Randy Jackson, J-Lo and Steven Tyler?
/goodbye ratings
July 30th, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Damn. Bravo to you, Ronaldo.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:42 AM
I’ve never seen so much coverage for something that was supposed to be “top secret”. This thing is being treated like a royal wedding.
The Hillary Clinton Marketing Machine never stops. Nothing like Hill pimping her daughter’s wedding as a way to get free publicity for herself.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:43 AM
never heard of this chick before and i’m sorry i haven’t. WOW!
July 30th, 2010 at 8:43 AM
We left for a better job and twice the salary. What a snake bastard.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:45 AM
now THAT’S a roundup pic.
keep brooklyn and marissa and bar…irina’s the GOAT.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:45 AM
That John Kerry story has been big in Boston. I wish my wife had ketchup money, boat looks pimp. Its understandable people are pissed, I mean a US company couldnt have built that boat? Then to dodge the tax on it, come on man.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:45 AM
That is the best I’ve seen that Mad Men chick look before. She should have her hair down like that more often.
I have no clue who “we” is. That was supposed to be “He.”
July 30th, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Well the problem is, you aren’t keeping a boat out of a state that has elected you to a high profile job for the last 25 years just to save a couple bucks on taxes that would help said state.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:47 AM
i couldn’t pick this ronaldo character out of a two-person lineup.
the girlfriend is another story.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:47 AM
i think this is the first time i have ever heard christina hendricks speak. my god she is an angel.
/tgif
//wants to take a bath now
July 30th, 2010 at 8:47 AM
John Kerry, a man of the people: taxes for thee, not for me.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Yeah. He has billions right? Pretty sure the PR hit wasn’t worth the tax savings. Though he probably doesn’t care about PR as he will get re-elected always and forever in Mass.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Damn I missed Jersey Shore (rolls eyes)
Who’s the chick that got punched in the face last year?
I hope it happens again, with a baseball bat, to each of them.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Damn, Pauly D’s done well for himself.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:48 AM
stay tuned for more at 11.
/disappeared quietly
July 30th, 2010 at 8:49 AM
Re: 5 things to know about dating a journalist–
Can we get Mrs. TBL on the record for this one?
Oh wait, she married you–does this still apply?
July 30th, 2010 at 8:49 AM
it’s stories like this that get so much play that ruin our country. So many Americans do crap like this. I can’t stand Kerry, but I don’t give a hoot about this.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:49 AM
So is this why Steven Tyler left Aerosmith? To join American Idol?
July 30th, 2010 at 8:49 AM
Ronaldo has his choice, and what a fine choice that is.
It’s going to suck to read about all the bad shit Wright was into after we got the “he’s one of the good guys…” pieces the last few days.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:50 AM
“It is easier for the camel to pass through the eye of a needle, then a rich man to enter the gets of heaven”
I think some dude named Jesus said that.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:51 AM
the Lorenzen Wright story is tragic. the guy makes it out of the bad side of Memphis but keeps himself firmly entrenched in it, ultimiately leading to his death.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:51 AM
I just want to know how swift Kerry’s boat is.
/be here all week
//it’s Friday
///I’ll be here today
July 30th, 2010 at 8:51 AM
I think it is fine for an average American to do shit like this…hell I like a sports team whose owner finds loopholes to not pay taxes on hunderds of millions of dollars.
It is the fact that he is an elected official that bugs me quite a bit about this.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:52 AM
Jersey Shore begins Season 2. The end of times is upon us…
July 30th, 2010 at 8:52 AM
The LA media is easily won over by that snake Lane Kiffin. Remember how they swooned for Manny Ramirez, too?
We left for a better job and twice the salary. What a snake bastard.
agreed (who knew?). I hope he kicks the shit out of that little ferret in UCLA and the rest of the “PAC11″
July 30th, 2010 at 8:52 AM
*shrugs shoulders* I don’t care.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:52 AM
Cmon people, only 1250 more comments to go!
July 30th, 2010 at 8:52 AM
Sparty, the point is he’s a hypocrite.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:52 AM
V4L, that entire journalist story was hilarious and self aggrandizing. Ohh we’re brilliant and driven and super important, ha, right.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:53 AM
But at least no gay people are in the cast, right?
July 30th, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Jesus christ my managing editor is a fucking idiot. We’re doing a football tabloid and I have to come up with a theme. Seeing as how I cover rich white kids who aren’t good at football, I chose a theme based on getting respect. He calls and says it’s too negative for a theme and needs to be more uplifting. I want to shoot someone.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:53 AM
I know what the point is. And they all are. But this is so low on the radar for me.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Anyone else get the feeling those women going to 80’s night had those clothes in the closet still?
July 30th, 2010 at 8:54 AM
It is terrible, but unfortunately it’s also true for many other athletes as well. They have a tough time jettisoning the old crew and hood and wind up paying for it.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:55 AM
TBL! I saw your comment late last night about how to get Diddy off my mind–saw that Twitter link-very funny.
But the calvary arrived later–listening to Fox Sports, they played “Into The Night” going to commercial. Do you remember that song–Benny Mardones? Classic. I forgot about Diddy in an instant.
/”she’s just 16 years old, leave her alone they say…” Gold.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:55 AM
Whoops–the previous comment is directed at JPQ–
July 30th, 2010 at 8:56 AM
has a completely different meaning now.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:57 AM
That’s sad. These dirtbags are screwing up our country and people like you will keep electing them (presuming you can be bothered to vote).
July 30th, 2010 at 8:57 AM
ALL politicians are. I agree that he was stupid to do it, but I also agree with Sparty. I just don’t care abotu this crap. I care more about that idiot Rengel (Rangal…I have no clue how to spell it). Dude needs to be booted out for being an dumbass.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:57 AM
not to mention they bring the POTUS into it POLITICO
July 30th, 2010 at 8:57 AM
Holy hell, I butchered that one miz. Clearly someone was watching.
/clearly
July 30th, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Slut
July 30th, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Luckily for me, I will never find out.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Ron Ron in the house!! Hide your gays.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Saved By The Bell: The College Years is horrible.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:58 AM
And the winner of TBL troll of the year goes to…
/unfolds envelope
July 30th, 2010 at 8:58 AM
say something about their motor.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:59 AM
What happened to putting your name on personal attacks? I enjoyed that.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:59 AM
*holds breath*
July 30th, 2010 at 9:00 AM
+1
July 30th, 2010 at 9:00 AM
I think this entire thread needs a glass of this.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:01 AM
I too, have my hopes up for the gambling bill. i’m confident it’ll get passed, too
July 30th, 2010 at 9:01 AM
obviously you have not been around long enough here to understand that 1. I do vote. 2. I would have never voted for Kerry. 3. I’m in the tank for Ron Paul.
my point is that something like this wouldn’t sway my decision either way.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:01 AM
wouldn’t you try to dodge the taxes, too
it’s bad when anyone does it, but a rich elected official? Where’s the self-awareness?
I have a bigger problem w/ corporations that move HQ’s offshore to avoid Fed taxes. A former employer did that, and I used it against them when I tried to close deals against them
July 30th, 2010 at 9:01 AM
We’ll never get over 1,200 comments that way.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:02 AM
First Female to die from kickboxing
July 30th, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Any West Virginia fans?
/bannin’d
July 30th, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Fuck off cleet. Does that about cover it?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Sorry, but when you’re one of the top guns in the party that ran it’s economic presidential platform on the idea that paying higher taxes are “patriotic,” then yes, it’s a big deal.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:06 AM
Reading it now Husker. Best part of my day. LESS THAN 39 HOURS UNTIL AUGUST! Feel the excitement.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:06 AM
she would confirm. still dont know how i got her to marry me
July 30th, 2010 at 9:06 AM
most of that weed that was destroyed was illegally grown by the mexican drug cartels. they’re DANGEROUS assholes who will maim or kill people that stumble upon their crops they grow in national parks and, even though im against weed getting destroyed like this, in this case, it’s just.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:06 AM
No, but your comments yesterday should suffice.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:07 AM
+1
If your not smart enough, have enough guile to not do this, how good are you on capitol hill?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Sparty – what about Rangel?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5guL87z4PHsrubvj02ZL9F_bAKF2wD9H9C7FG0
July 30th, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Don’t mess with Texas.
who would confuse a high school in Kansas with U of Texas?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:07 AM
God I hope someone quietly disapears..
July 30th, 2010 at 9:08 AM
Jose = UCM/WVU/some other school fan
July 30th, 2010 at 9:08 AM
It really would be nice if Internet Gambling reform took place. That said, it isn’t like I have a hard time currently with a. gambling online and b. collecting my money from said sites.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:08 AM
TBL — July is almost over, mobile TBL all set to deploy as you thought?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:08 AM
I gotta put the Climpson one together over the weekend. I hate having to be objective about them.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:08 AM
You’re standing at the edge of tomorrow … TODAY!
July 30th, 2010 at 9:09 AM
It’s a bit deal….for those in Massachusetts. For the rest of us, we shake our heads and go “wow, that was really dumb”.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Faggy-ass Texans.
Agree. Legalize it, tax it and take the power away from the cartels.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:09 AM
I guess I haven’t, but this behavior from elected officials is sickening. From Rangel to Kerry and all of these other crooked bastards, their behavior shouldn’t be swept under the carpet.Good for you at least for being involved in the process.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
no, but i met with them this week (that’s why i was out Wednesday).
sorry.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Coolest guy in rock?
I say either Lemmy or Henry Rollins.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
TBL: Rangel is the slimiest of slimeballs. NY politics is just one big crime syndicate.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Cleet, what do you have to defend this point?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Havent tried collecting yet, but I made a deposit into Sportsbook and my fricking checking account flagged it as suspicious activity and put my account on hold. I shouldnt have to worry about shit like that, it’s my money and I’m not hurting anyone.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
I will do Texas and it will be easy to be objective, but I will probably tag it with “Texas is gay.”
/because they are
//nttawwt
July 30th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
V4L: hope it works! Lol
Benny Mardones: funny you mentioned him. He played at a small charity fundraiser in my town last month (career is booming!) He has Joan River’s face now. Yikes
only sadder thing was going to my next door neighbor’s house for a “Millenium NYE Party” and Connie Francis, her pianist and her new face were singing songs in their living room
July 30th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
SBTB does not belong on primetime television. TCY was a disgrace, but not as much as The New Class was.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:11 AM
Tebow’s deal was a Max $33 Million Contract, so when they throw him in this season he is going to get paid.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:11 AM
henry rollins is cool…im going with bruce dickinson.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:12 AM
The Ace of Spades
July 30th, 2010 at 9:12 AM
This fucking WhatIf sports shit is addicting. I just stole ‘62 Altworth for peanuts.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Happy Bear-bonnais Day!
July 30th, 2010 at 9:13 AM
Faggy-ass Texans.
what a waste of time. high school in little ol Kansas doesnt have the money to battle it out with UT. the mascot is the Trailblazers and their colors are blue and white.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:13 AM
I don’t think they are even the same.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:13 AM
but think about the children!!!!1!!!
/throws up
seriously, I think it’s about time to at least consider it. missing out on a HUGE tax base here.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:14 AM
huh?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:14 AM
I will NOT be reading Bill Simmons new column. What a fucking whiner.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Fast Eddie Clarke > Henry Rollins
July 30th, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Big Puma is gonna look like the Babe in pinstripes. Strictly from a body mass perspective, not talent obviously.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Yes. Why did you post this? Am I supposed to be offended?
/seriously
July 30th, 2010 at 9:17 AM
You’ve seen Henry’s impression of Bruce, right? It’s fantastic. Rollins is a force of nature, he’s awesome.
WhatIf taught me that the 86 Giants defense is way overlooked in terms of best defenses ever. They won me at least a couple titles.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:17 AM
finally, a morning roundup boner!
coolest guy in rock in mr neil young
July 30th, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Fucking David Lee Roth!
“I came out of the womb, flipped the doctor a quarter and said, ‘which way to Hollywood’”
July 30th, 2010 at 9:18 AM
I will NOT be reading Bill Simmons new column. What a fucking whiner.
it’s about baseball, so me neither. Baseball sucks and Bill Simmons on baseball really, really, really sucks.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:18 AM
cj – if you are referring to me, it ain’t gonna happen. Sorry if you can’t handle anyone having a different opinion than yours. You wouldn’t want to be accused of hatred and intolerance now would you? You and I are of two different generations so I doubt we are going to agree on much that is non-sports related. But if TBL puts items like that up there, I may have an opinion on it.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Truf
July 30th, 2010 at 9:18 AM
isn’t he the guy who wanted to pass the bill making it a law that every ‘Merican citizen had to serve a mandatory 2 years of “service”?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:18 AM
I got flagged when I opened an account on sportsbook. It was because my mailing address did not match my billing address, so I had to change my mailing address to wheremy ATM Card is linked to and voila, they lifted my restriction.
The nice thing when reform does come is just being able to have money put into your account directly, sort of like your job does for direct deposit. It was like that pre-2006 and it was wonderful, you would have your money in like 24 hours…now it takes two weeks and it is a physical check.
Did you at least get the 50% new account bonus?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:18 AM
I’m in the tank for Clapton and Robert Plant.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:19 AM
Because I wrote it and I wanted people to read it.
/shameless’d
July 30th, 2010 at 9:19 AM
Reading now….wonder how he’d feel living his life as a Royals fan.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:19 AM
I enjoy Bill Simmons on the NBA, Las Vegas and movies/TV. Everything else appears to be outside his comfort zone.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:19 AM
this is awesome. ive enver seen this before…thx meng.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:19 AM
WhatIf taught me that the 86 Giants defense is way overlooked in terms of best defenses ever.
they existed in a shadow, even then. As good as they were that year, everybody was still talking about the Bears and that 46.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Good article in this month’s GQ on this very subject. I also can’t believe no one can come up with a way to legalize it and cash in. It is no different than alcohol to me.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Agreed, I can’t wait for his Friday NFL columns to start back up, there’s always two or three good laughs in those, either intentional or unintentional.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:22 AM
Got it, sounds about right. One of my good friend’s brother played LB for them last year, rode the bench. Maybe you could tell me if he will be starting this year. Not sure if he was Senior last year or not, don’t get to watch very often living in Oklahoma. Name is Cooper, Zack.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:22 AM
coolest guy in rock in mr neil young
/pours out a TBLAD cocktail for Vladdy
//you’re cool w/ me, no matter what they say
July 30th, 2010 at 9:22 AM
The Big 12 as currently constituted is not going to last very long.
In a related story, A&M could be really good this year.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Because the alcohol and tobacco lobby spend a lot of money making sure it doesn’t get legalized.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Careful, Tubbs got in trouble for saying that.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Great write up Husker. I think they take the Big East this year.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:23 AM
I love how people complain about the length of baseball games. Yes they are long, but they are playing 9 innings! What do you expect? How about we complain how it takes about 10 minutes to play the final 2 minutes of a basketball game with all the time-outs and fouling.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Him bitching about time of games is amusing, this is what happens when you watch the Red Sox and how they play…last night the White Sox played a game in 2:43 that saw 14 total runs scored
July 30th, 2010 at 9:24 AM
Derek Smalls is the coolest guy in rock.
Also, the story of how Henry Rollins landed his role with Black Flag is likely the coolest in rock history. Donuts to Dollars, bitches.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:24 AM
Ugh. Anyone else tired of hearing about Chelsea Clinton’s wedding?
“I noticed you have a braces. (pause) I have braces, too.”
Quick, who said that? And to whom?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:24 AM
I normally welcome his seemingly once a year column on baseball. I understand he loves basketball and football more, but its such a copout to say this team is uninteresting. YOu’d be interested if you were a baseball fan, jackass.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:25 AM
COACH > Buddy Ryan = Fake Rex Ryan > Rex Ryan
July 30th, 2010 at 9:25 AM
Rangel is the slimiest of slimeballs. NY politics is just one big crime syndicate.
Chicago, IL and Jersey would like a word with you.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:25 AM
How about we complain how it takes about 10 minutes to play the final 2 minutes of a basketball game with all the time-outs and fouling.
there is something to complain about in every sport Sunnysideup
July 30th, 2010 at 9:25 AM
Butt-Head to a youthful Chelsea
July 30th, 2010 at 9:25 AM
Anyone else excited to see TO go across the middle and get lit the fuck up by Troy P?
/Steelers fan’d
July 30th, 2010 at 9:25 AM
When somebody starts bitching about the length of baseball games, I immediately tune out. Here’s a solution: don’t watch. Also, a lot of these same people are bemoaning this “year of the pitcher” and cracking jokes about “bring back the steroids”, which, of course, would lead to longer games.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:26 AM
s1rweeze…THAT WAS AWEESOME!!!
July 30th, 2010 at 9:26 AM
What’s funny is hearing about all the folks who thought they were tight with the Clintons only to find out that they didn’t merit an invitation.
/boo hoo
July 30th, 2010 at 9:26 AM
I love how people complain about the length of baseball games. Yes they are long, but they are playing 9 innings!
Idiotic. You’re saying that stepping out of the batter’s box and readjusting every single thing you have on is necessary between every single pitch?
They used to play 9 inning baseball games in under 2 hours on average.
I didn’t say they were too long, I said baseball sucks.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:26 AM
Name doesn’t ring a bell. I focused on the DB’s after reading some stuff on the team though.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:26 AM
I’m in the tank for Bill Simmons. I just read the first 3 paragraphs and he does seem like a whiner. His team is 14 games over .500, ravaged by injuries, and they have the 4th best record in the AL. He does need a tall order of STFU today.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Did you at least get the 50% new account bonus?
what site is that on? i do sports.com, and have been a little displeased with them.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:27 AM
ok…i take it back.
henry rollins is truly the coolest guy in rock. from hagen-daas to black flag? AWESOME.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:27 AM
“What do you know about nachos, Daria”
“Yeah! Heh heh, diarrhea!”
July 30th, 2010 at 9:28 AM
scratch my neil young- after reading midnight rider, it has to be gregg allmann.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Exactly right. It has 5 years at the most I think.
Jersey: Thanks. Before I read a word about WVU and Pitt, I assumed Pitt would be better. Now I think West Va can take that league.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:29 AM
I think it’s that time of year again where I tell the people on this board to use Matchbook.com for all their gambling needs.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Fuckin right Jersey! I cant believe the shit Ive been getting from Phillies fans here lately. “Oh, how’s 3rd place treating you? You must be ready for football season huh?” BITCH the Sox have a better record than the PHillies, shut the fuck up!
July 30th, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Didn’t say it was the only one. C’mon, look at who you’re talking to.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Agreed. I had never seen that before. Love the Albatross song process story.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Henry’s the best. Funniest most awesome live standup ever, definitely go if you get a chance, he’s got a million stories and he hardly ever repeats them. The guy’s got a natural energy and charisma that’s incredible.
Here’s one of my favorites, Henry on Morrisey
July 30th, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Speaking of the Bears 46 defense, I’ve never really thought of Mike Ditka as great coach, just a mediocre one, and downgraded to a sucky coach in NO. I mean Buddy Ryan practically got them the Super Bowl.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Is Troy P going to be healthy enough for this type of activity?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:30 AM
I hated when she got her own show, she was the worst character on there, and that show sucked big time. Who cares about some Emo chick with glasses who mopes around all day and challenges the establishment, ZZZZZZZZ.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:30 AM
I had to step out of the box after every pitch when I played. I couldn’t just stand there the entire time waiting for the pitcher to get the ball and get ready. I didn’t feel comfortable. Had to get out of the box and take a practice swing
July 30th, 2010 at 9:30 AM
I covered the guy Baltimore got in return. Wynn Pelzer. Slider is his best pitch. But a good fastball and change. He needed to work on a curve this season. Not sure how far he got with that. He’s an effervescent guy. Was the life of the clubhouse during his time in Fort Wayne.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:31 AM
Wasn’t Simmons first book on baseball? Thought he was a fan. Or is he a male pink hat?
/doesn’t read Simmons
July 30th, 2010 at 9:31 AM
Awesome Lemmy quotes:
On his goal when he started playing music,
Of the genre debate itself Lemmy was more forthright when Joel McIver spoke to him for an interview published in the January 2000 edition of Record Collector. He asked him if he thought some people get confused between hard rock and soft metal and all the other categories. Lemmy replied
July 30th, 2010 at 9:31 AM
Fuck the Phillies. Braves need to win that division.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:32 AM
He is. Simmons’ level of fandom goes 1. Celtics 2. Red Sox 3. Patriots 4. (sometimes) Bruins
July 30th, 2010 at 9:32 AM
Ol’ Hank Garfield was meant to sing “Clocked In.” Although Dez remains my favorite Black Flag frontman, because he sounded like he was always about 20 seconds from beating someone over the head with a Variflex skateboard.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:32 AM
What we are in the middle of is something we should have seen coming. Too many awesome teams in the AL East. He’s having the same season the Yankees had in 2008. That team wasn’t boring, just outmatched. You can’t have the most awesomest team every single time, why doesn’t he get that?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
Who would win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or God?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
I’d say thats a good description. His baseball book was just a collection of every column he had written about the Sox. It kinda seems like he stopped caring as much when they finally won.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
He’s not a pink hat, but he does acts like one a lot. Not a good combo.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
You take it back right now or I’ll bury you next to the Senator’s hookers.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
Didn’t say it was the only one. C’mon, look at who you’re talking to.
I know, I was just throwing it in there. I can’t remember the last competent NJ Governor.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
You didn’t know that, spence?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
henry rollins on morrissey is just as awesome. he’s my new hero.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
I’m loving the Texas Rangers this year. Getting Cliff Lee and trading for Jorge Cantu
July 30th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
thanks for the correction. i was thinking dunkin’ donuts since he had to be at work early in the morning.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
I think he will be fine this year, let’s hope so or it will be a long season. Best safety in the league is hard to lose on defense.
/homer’d
July 30th, 2010 at 9:34 AM
It was basically a collection of his columns on the Sox. It wasn’t terrible, if you’re a Simmons fan, which I am. This crusade he’s been on to shorten games is a recent development.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:34 AM
He’s more of a Red Sox fan than a baseball fan. He readily admits he knows very little about the NL as he doesn’t follow that league.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:34 AM
William Livingston?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:35 AM
Speaking of the Bears 46 defense, I’ve never really thought of Mike Ditka as great coach, just a mediocre one, and downgraded to a sucky coach in NO. I mean Buddy Ryan practically got them the Super Bowl.
that team had really great offensive line, I mean really great, but they were never always healthy. I can name 4 of them off the top of my head (thayer, bortz, jim covert and van horne). They could run the ball forever. That year, they were really something else. And it was Walter Payton back there.
It wasn’t all on the defense, although their defense was fantastic. They were a great all around team.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:35 AM
Yeah thats true- Im pretty sure he’s mentioned he’s in an AL only fantasy league
July 30th, 2010 at 9:35 AM
He’s serving right now.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:35 AM
mike- why matchbook.com?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:36 AM
hawkeye…i had no idea.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Simmons is becoming ESPN’s wet dream, hating on baseball while propping up soccer…he’s been broken like Winston Smith
July 30th, 2010 at 9:36 AM
I only play poker online, but its basically all the same.
I am playing right now actually.
That said, I haven’t deposited in years, but when I withdraw they will direct deposit it into my account in three days. The deposits always come through a third party that appears in my account under something different everytime and has nothing to do with gambling. I love it.
The laws need to pass to get more people online playing cards and soften the games up a bit. Will just boost everything and the government can go back to doing something else more worthwhile with their time.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Ummmmmmm….you guys do realize that the Internet Gambling bill that is moving thru Congress (and indeed, is likely to pass) applies to poker and other NON-sports gambling (i.e. ripoff online casinos). If anything, this bill is actually going to crack down on sports betting on the internet. I play a lot of poker online, and I wanted to support the Poker Players Alliance (the lobbying group that is largely responsible for even getting this bill to committee in the first place), but in advancing their cause, they have very strongly villified sports gambling. If you ask me, they need to be allied with the sports gambling lobby…but unfortunately the only sports gambling lobby lies with the casinos. The casinos don’t mind online poker…it actually drives customers to casinos that otherwise wouldn’t come. Sports gambling doesn’t have the same effect.
So, unless you guys are optimistic about this bill for the poker aspect of it, then your optimism is very misplaced.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Idiotic. You’re saying that stepping out of the batter’s box and readjusting every single thing you have on is necessary between every single pitch?
They used to play 9 inning baseball games in under 2 hours on average.
The pitcher is the one that dictates the speed of the game. Guys like Buehrle always make the game go by quicker just because every time he gets the ball thrown back to him, he is already set. He lets the guy adjust his gloves and kick his cleats, and the game still will be under 2 1/2 hours if it is a good night.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:36 AM
They really were. Good enough for a slappy like McMahon to start his career with some ungodly winning percentage–can’t recall what, but I remember it being ridiculous. And the ‘86 version was almost as good.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Kean was great throughout the 80s, the crime wasn’t too bad. And then Florio happened, ugh.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:37 AM
+1 to Lefto and butters for nailing that one.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Sox fan here. This team is uninteresting. NESN ratings don’t just take a nosedive for no reason. Personally, I think it’s almost entirely due to the injuries. Nava fever was great for a few weeks but the constant parade of AAA players doesn’t make casuals want to tune in.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:37 AM
spence – sounds like you have a new book to add to your summer reading list.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Klosterman called him on it. Said he was the soccer Manchurian candidate. I did enjoy the Mike Lombardi podcast the other day where he ripped the Jets. That was fun.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Not rock, but give me some Hank Williams Jr. I’m guessing he’s forgotten more stories than he remembers, but the ones he has have got to be good.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:38 AM
Same here. AP/UB does a nice job with this.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:38 AM
That’s a trick question. Lemmy is God.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:38 AM
The DLR quote in there is so great, he’s the best. “Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a boat big enough to sail up right next to it.”
July 30th, 2010 at 9:38 AM
Yeah, dude. That guy is no bullshit.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:38 AM
Lemmy’s mole.
/moley, moley, moley, moley…
July 30th, 2010 at 9:39 AM
Well, shit.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:39 AM
Coolest guy in music = Tom Waits.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:40 AM
This is very true. I follow them on MLB Extra Innings, and I missed most of last week when they were on the West coast. I tuned in on Sunday for the day game, and didn’t recognize almost half the lineup.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Yep, I don’t know if Don Cooper instructs them to work quick but generally the guys in the rotation oblige (not Freddy Garcia so much but he’s 62 years old so he gets a pass)…all for games against Seattle clocked in under 3 hours
July 30th, 2010 at 9:40 AM
I’d go with Ryan Adams, but at least part of that is because I have a thing for his wife. If we can extend guy to guy(s) I’d say the entirety of Explosions in the Sky.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:41 AM
There are two frontmen in Motorhead. Lemmy, and Lemmy’s mole.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:41 AM
My Vision Gator deck laughs at the thought of Variflex.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:41 AM
OK, I think the 5th lineman was named Hilgenberg. It was something like that. Hilgenberg, Thayer, Bortz, Covert and Van Horne. Certainly Ditka gets a lot of credit for the running game/offensive line, since he himself was a lineman when he played (albeit a TE). You have to give him credit for the mindset of the team, the use of William Perry, and having a team play that well with such a shitty QB.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Willie Gault FTW!
July 30th, 2010 at 9:43 AM
Really we’d have to make a starting lineup. Waits, Rollins, Lemmy, DLR, Slash. They could even play the most annoying pricks in music: Bono, Axl Rose, Lars Ulrich, et al
July 30th, 2010 at 9:43 AM
My friends Dad played for the 85 Bears, Otis Wilson
July 30th, 2010 at 9:43 AM
But you are FOURTEEN games over .500. I don’t get it. The team is winning, and you have a problem with if they are entertaining or not? A lot of people would agree with me for saying this is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. If they were in the AL Central, I bet no one would complain how boring they are.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:44 AM
Heh, I just saw yesterday where Gator is up for parole in September.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:45 AM
Man, if only Joey Ramone was still alive…
July 30th, 2010 at 9:45 AM
i dunno…i think DLR should be in the pricks part. EVH can join him there.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:45 AM
As much as I don’t want this to turn into a wrasslin’ thread, this is pretty cool.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:45 AM
my good friend’s brother played LB for them
My friends Dad played for the 85 Bears
you exist in the area somewhere between name alluder-to-er and outright name dropper.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Its like some Boston fans are spoiled or something. I for one found the Mcdonald and Nava success in their first games to be very entertaining. I just dont get it. Now everyone’s about to get healthy, which will make things even more interesting.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Wilson was a bad man in ‘85. He came from anywhere and everywhere to kill your QB.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:46 AM
I can’t remember the last competent NJ Governor.
He’s serving right now.
I like that guy (or at least as much as someone can like a politician not named Obama)
July 30th, 2010 at 9:46 AM
just had a John Ward flashback and it got dusty in here.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:47 AM
Oh how quickly some people forgotten where they’ve come from. I agree with Jersey. Gimme a break, entertaining? Try watching the Cubs. Or better yet, the Pirates, Royals, Nationals, Orioles or Indians.
/nods and Spencer, Billy, ill, the Pittsburgh contingent and jck49ers
July 30th, 2010 at 9:47 AM
Especially when there are a ton of division games left.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:47 AM
After the scandal I won’t play on UB.
I am on FTP.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:48 AM
Menarky- my 50% new account bonus was on sportsbook.com
Johnny B- Are you playing on Full Tilt? I spend most of my time on PokerStars…haven’t deposited in years either, but the cash outs usually come from some Canadian bank. I don’t have problems cashing them, it was just nice back when neteller would get money into your checking acct. electronically.
And in terms of the internet gambling reform, I am a lot more concerned about poker as I am pretty sure I can’t beat sportsbooks like I can sit n gos. Poker has long had to push that it is a skill game and thus different from other gambling…but I agree that sports betting is also, very clearly, a skill game as well.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:48 AM
They would lose to newly self-proclaimed “super group” YOSO. Take the guitar player and drummer from YES, add a dash of TOTO frontman, and boom…YOSO.
/i wish i were joking about that group’d
July 30th, 2010 at 9:48 AM
That Bret Hart-DBS match in ‘92 gave me chills. Shame it was paired with that shitty Macho Man-Warrior match as a “co-main event.”
July 30th, 2010 at 9:48 AM
I can’t remember the last competent NJ Governor.
He’s serving right now.
He just started, so I can’t judge yet but I like where he’s going though.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:48 AM
1) SBTB College Years defense: Leslie Burke was hot
2) TBL pleassssse give us a CFB post today
July 30th, 2010 at 9:48 AM
Wilson was a bad man in ‘85
who was the other OLB. I have Carl Banks’ name stuck in my head, and when I try to clear it, I get Dennis McKinnon. Both of those are obviously wrong (one’s a giant, one’s a receiver on the 85 bears).
July 30th, 2010 at 9:49 AM
Singletary and Wilber Marshall
July 30th, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Wilber Marshall
July 30th, 2010 at 9:50 AM
whoever he is, he was # 58, and he was awesome.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:50 AM
I don’t have a problem with it, I’m a diehard. I watch every game I can. But you really think expecting entertainment to be entertaining is the “dumbest shit” you’ve ever heard?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Thanks. I almost killed a few minutes going down that tangential internet search. I’m old enough to also have had the other baddest looking deck, the original Tony Hawk.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:51 AM
He was a monster, and he also won a second Super Bowl ring on the most underrated team of the past 25 years, the 91 Skins.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Sox fan here. This team is uninteresting. NESN ratings don’t just take a nosedive for no reason. Personally, I think it’s almost entirely due to the injuries. Nava fever was great for a few weeks but the constant parade of AAA players doesn’t make casuals want to tune in.
have you seen the fucking Twins lineup this year? Valencia, Matos, Ramos, Casilla, etc. They are doing the same and yet they are number 2 behind the cardinals in ratings. I attest it to the fact that the Red Sox fan base is was a bunch of bandwagon people who liked pink hats and the trend of loving the Red Sox.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Apparantly the Red Sox are supposed to do standup between innings to keep folks interested
July 30th, 2010 at 9:52 AM
I plyed Little League baseball with his son Quincy, who went on to break every WV rushing record in HS, then played for WV. Never got to meet his Dad because he lived in Chicago, but Quincy used to talk about him, his sister too, she was in the same grade as me.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Can’t overstate how awesome that HBK comeback match was. He’d hadn’t wrestled in 4 years, everyone knew his back was screwed up but didn’t know how bad. He had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand, a virtuoso performance. Brock/Rock from that same show was also great fun. Also…
I was at this match and can vouch for it. The crowd was RABID for this, Test got an Austin-like reaction for his win. They really blew it with him, they had something. A great forgotten match.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:52 AM
I think Wilber was one of the first guys to bite it when they dismantled that team. If I recall, my old man said he had a major contract dispute after that season.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Yes. I mean, what exactly do you want them to do, besides win, which is what they are doing?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Wilber Marshall
July 30th, 2010 at 9:53 AM
Willber Marshall: best defensive player ever to play for the Gators. Guy was an absolute BEAST
July 30th, 2010 at 9:53 AM
That team was awesome. I feel so terrible for those early-90’s Bills teams. They were better than a lot of teams that have won the Super Bowl. I blame it on their punt returner.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:53 AM
Living in Boston and being from Los Angeles, I can tell you what it is about Sox fans…they know jack shit about the game. Yes they are great fans at the ML level, but baseball just isn’t the year round phenomenon that it is in places like California, Texas and Florida. It is merely a seasonal game here. Hockey on the other hand, people here know there shit and thus, Bruins fans are really pretty good.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Late to the party and everyone has probably moved on from sleezeball politicians…
/gets on soap box
//turns on patriotic music
In my opinion the shrugging of the shoulders towards those slimeballs is exactly why they keep getting elected. If people actually would take a stand against that shit we probably wouldn’t have so many assholes in positions of power. You can’t eliminate it entirely, but stop being so fucking complacent and voting for what you know.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:54 AM
There’s a long list of guys they’ve done that too over the last 15 years.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Talk about a contrast…the two biggest names in skating in the mid 80s boom were Hawk and Gator. One became a huuuuuge mainstream star, the other went to jail for murder. I guess you could throw Christian Hosoi’s name in the mix as well, and he provides another contrast…also went to jail for meth, but came out as a mega-bible thumper.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Eh, they brought it on themselves, Shotgun Jim just couldn’t bring home the big one, like Marino.
/Norwood’d
July 30th, 2010 at 9:56 AM
I don’t know, ask the people who’ve stopped watching?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:56 AM
And yet every Red Sox fan I meet here in the Midwest could give a shit about the Bruins. It’s really a shame. The Bruins have been contenders for 3 years now, too.
Again, I blame the pink hats. And Red Sox Nation for making people pay some stupid fee just so they can have their name on a baseball card.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Eh, they brought it on themselves, Shotgun Jim just couldn’t bring home the big one, like Marino
Machine Gun Kelly
July 30th, 2010 at 9:57 AM
HA, I remember we went to a bar that offered the pay-per-views, all my friends were in the tank for Lesnar and gave me endless shit about him winning and how he won. I had to remind them that the outcomes were predetermined.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Wasn’t he in Tom Petty’s Free Fallin vido?
July 30th, 2010 at 9:57 AM
He basically started modern free agency in the NFL. He was the first guy to change teams via free agency under the modern plan.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Oh yeah….kind of like they are doing now with Kofi Kingston.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Sigh. I dont disagree. I knew far too many people when I was living in New England who couldnt give 2 shits about sports, but liking and going to Red Sox games was the ‘cool’ thing to do.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:58 AM
I hated the Bills, but I loved owning Jim Kelly in fantasy when I was like four years old.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:58 AM
I work in an old office building, and if someone flushes a toilet anywhere in the building while you’re washing your hands, you get scalded. really fucking annoying.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Eh, they brought it on themselves, Shotgun Jim just couldn’t bring home the big one, like Marino.
not really fair. In the other conference, money was no object, between NY, Washington, San Fran and later Dallas. But those were all also ball control teams with awesome defenses.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:58 AM
And see, this brings me back to the original point. Ratings suck. Ratings is never a good indicator of anything good, just popular. You know who have stopped watching Red Sox games? Bandwagoners. They see a team in third place, and all of a sudden don’t care. Fuck em. Red Sox are good, really good. I’ll see if I could talk to Rex Ryan and get him to be a 3rd base coach up there.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:59 AM
i haven’t had much of any time this season to watch games, been busy and have lots of other things to do during the evenings. I’d watch if i could, but they aren’t my #1 priority like they used to be.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:59 AM
That team was awesome. I feel so terrible for those early-90’s Bills teams. They were better than a lot of teams that have won the Super Bowl.
now I feel sad, mad, nauseous and depressed
/like I did for 4 years a looong time ago
July 30th, 2010 at 9:59 AM
In other news, water is wet, the sky is blue, and TBL has awful taste in TV.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Gee, no John Cena matches on that list either. Hmm…
July 30th, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Yep…and so was the girl he murdered.
July 30th, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Oops, sorry. I always hated that team just for the fact I got tired of seeing them in the Super Bowl.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:00 AM
I had a great poster of the Hasoi Air pose. At one point, I had a beautiful, grey stained (so you could see the wood grain) Hosoi Hammerhead deck. Guess I need to fire up Dogtown in the background while I work.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:00 AM
He basically started modern free agency in the NFL. He was the first guy to change teams via free agency under the modern plan.
remember Plan B free agency? Aka – feel free to sift through our dumpster. Jay Novacek was a plan B free agent Dallas got from Phoenix.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:01 AM
I’m a little late on this one, but the 1986 New York Giants were one the best, most dominating teams I can remember. I think being sandwiched between the 85 Bears and the general dominance of the 49ers gets them lost in the shuffle.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:01 AM
I hate Ray Handley.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Tom Petty’s Free Fallin video
CAMEL TOE!!!!!!!!
July 30th, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Here is an example from Simmons about just not really knowing the mentality needed to grind a 162 game season.
Look, baseball, unlike sports like football, it is almost imperative to keep within yourself and not be an “emotional elevator” where you get really fired up for successes and really down for failures. It just makes the game a lot harder to play when you are like that.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Sounds like Red Sox fans are no different than any other team’s fans… Good = watch. Not good = don’t watch. Spoiled, spoiled, spoiled.
Waiting for the Red Sox fans to completely disagree because they are Red Sox Nation!
July 30th, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Don’t worry JPQ. 70 days until Millercles happen again in Buffalo. And this time, there won’t be a skate in the crease.
What is this?
July 30th, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Which is sad. Because again, they are good. 14 games of .500 good. And no one is watching. Things that make you go hmmmm…
July 30th, 2010 at 10:04 AM
Yeah.
So…every team’s fans are…spoiled?
July 30th, 2010 at 10:04 AM
Talking about Tom Petty made want to watch his Super Bowl Halftime show.
It was really good.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:04 AM
I’m, like, sitting right here.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:04 AM
I hate Ray Handley.
Parcells has something in common with Amanda Bynes. He didn’t stay retired for long either.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:05 AM
I like Simmons’ take on the lack of hunger of Red Sox fans following the World Series wins in ‘04 and ‘07. We’ve seen a lot of that in Gainesville actually… the stadium just isn’t what it used to be and I think it’s because the fans are spoiled
July 30th, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Whoa, lets keep things in perspective here. Ratings are down, yes. But still 5th in the MLB. People are watching, just not as many as before.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:06 AM
No… Most cities wouldn’t abandon their teams when they are 14 games over .500 and 5.5 games out of the playoffs because they were “boring”.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:06 AM
More proof that Rocky Wirtz is one of the best owners in sports. Spent so much to make the team better and recover from the wreckage that were his father’s days that the Hawks didn’t even turn a profit last year.
Yeah, season tickets prices are going up, but he’s spending even more this year to maintain a winner.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:06 AM
Oh, my bad CJ. And only real fans are watching.
/Throws curled looseleaf ball at CJ.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:06 AM
All of this, applies to all sports with a long season…I liked the video of Magic Johnson’s first game in the league where Kareem won it at the buzzer and he’s jumping around and Kareem’s just looking at him perplexed since he knows there are 81 to go
July 30th, 2010 at 10:06 AM
Chan Gailey to the rescue! (sorry, couldn’t resist)
July 30th, 2010 at 10:06 AM
And yet every Red Sox fan I meet here in the Midwest could
give a shit about the Bruins. It’s really a shame. The Bruins have been contenders for 3 years now, too.
SC: not true, imo. When I lived there, it was a Sox, Celts, Bruins& Pats town, w/ Bruins pretty close to the other two. Then, they had 15 years of suck, which is an entire generation of fans, at the same time the Pats won 3.
Look at your Hawks. Nobody cared until Wirtz died, they marketed better, and got good
July 30th, 2010 at 10:06 AM
They had a dominating running game with Joe Morris, no really good WR’s the greatest defensive player (and maybe player period) of all time in LT at his peak and the best linebacking corp in the game. They weren’t flashy or charismatic like the Bears. They just brutally beat you up on both sides of the ball.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:07 AM
But you just said, “Sounds like Red Sox fans are no different than any other team’s fans… Good = watch. Not good = don’t watch.”
July 30th, 2010 at 10:07 AM
And they both have rocking tits
July 30th, 2010 at 10:07 AM
SC…basically, it was the forerunner of restriced free agency. You got to protect most your players (I want to say 35 or 37), and they could negotiate with other teams, but you had the right to match. The other guys were left unprotected. It got shot down as violative of antitrust laws (and was the subject of a question on my Professional Sports Law final, taken 12 years ago.)
July 30th, 2010 at 10:07 AM
Yeah, I exaggerated a little bit. Mea culpa. I’m not finishing this Simmons article. It’s just so bad.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:07 AM
What is this?
a version of secondary free agency where the guys at the very, very end of your roster could be stolen, but the guys in the middle were your property. The guys in the middle were stuck there, and basically restricted free agents. guys around 40-50 were fair game if they weren’t under contract. It was bad news for the players, and it was gotten rid of.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:07 AM
And no one is watching.
On the plus side for the real Sox fans though is that the ones not watching were the pink hat majority. My wife asked me the other day if she could get a pink Twins hat.
/meeting with the divorce lawyer next week
/have been married about a month
July 30th, 2010 at 10:08 AM
dont’ read mine, read Jay V’s. Ignore mine.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Well yeah. But why? Could be the third place bit but I don’t think that explains everything. A three way race for the AL East should increase viewers not do the opposite.
Completely agree, and they’re only going to get better. Beckett looked solid in his first start back this week.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:09 AM
I think the problem is the media or whatever propping up Boston fans as being extra special, so when something happens to show theyre just like everyone else, everyone points and laughs extra hard.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:09 AM
So only 1,000 more comments and we beat yesterday’s roundup. Who’s with me?
[cricket noises]
July 30th, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Parcells has something in common with Amanda Bynes. He didn’t stay retired for long either.
but is the Tuna addicted to the Soul Pole like Bynes is?
July 30th, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Just saw that the Twins traded for Matt Capps to take over as closer.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Easy – because up until mid June, they hitched on to the Celts and Bruins bandwagon instead. Then they look back over at the Sox bandwagon and see it is the 3rd car on the road behind the Yanks and Rays car and they think well shit, that doesnt look ‘interesting’.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Red Sox fans claim they are SPECIAL. The point is that they aren’t. They are just like any others.
And, in fact, since they are “so used to winning”, they get “bored” watching a team with a decent chance of making the playoffs.
Simply, I’m saying that Red Sox fans aren’t God’s gift to the world, which is what they think they portray.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:11 AM
especially without speed.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:11 AM
His actual name is never to be typed or said.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:11 AM
I mean, he and Keyshawn did have a very strange connection… but Bynes LOVES the soul pole.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:11 AM
Thanks Jay V.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:11 AM
Who does this? Seriously.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:12 AM
One of their strangest deals I can remember. He’s a hair better than Rauch, yippie. And they could’ve gotten a lot more for Ramos.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Intriguing… Link?
/TBL’d
July 30th, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Oh, shut it.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:12 AM
I think fetch has kicked 15 puppies, spit on 13 babies and raped six 13 year olds since that happened. He is on major suicide watch. Actually, he’s on Bill Smith murder watch.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Not gonna happen today, not enough zip.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Red Sox Nation?
July 30th, 2010 at 10:13 AM
You know what all this proves? Football season needs to hurry up and get its ass here so we can make sweet love until February.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:13 AM
400!
July 30th, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Damn!
/spencer’d
July 30th, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Not gonna happen today, not enough zip.
Agreed. I used a month’s worth of zip in yesterday’s Roundup.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:14 AM
*makes joke about Pitino not being able to make it to mid August*
July 30th, 2010 at 10:14 AM
400!
Damn!
/spencer’d
Well done.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Amanda Bynes looks like hell in that Easy A movie. And how many years has that Cam Giganet (sp) guy been in high school?
July 30th, 2010 at 10:15 AM
damn. Yanks vs Rays sold out this weekend
July 30th, 2010 at 10:15 AM
JPQ – Fuck Bill Wirtz.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:15 AM
You know what all this proves? Football season needs to hurry up and get its ass here so we can make sweet love until February.
dallas’s training camp has been open for a week now. Most everybody’s is opening up real soon. The good stuff is coming.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Clearly Sydney White was her best movie.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Agreed. I used a month’s worth of zip in yesterday’s Roundup.
there was plenty of time for napping, that thing has a yuuge lull in it.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:17 AM
dallas’s training camp has been open for a week now. Most everybody’s is opening up real soon. The good stuff is coming.
College football teams have been in “optional” workouts since the beginning of this month.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:17 AM
Half of the Florida West Coast are New Yawkas… This is a surprise?
Aren’t these the only sell-outs Tampa gets?
July 30th, 2010 at 10:17 AM
But….but….INEAY!
July 30th, 2010 at 10:17 AM
but is the Tuna addicted to the Soul Pole like Bynes is?
Intriguing… Link?
/TBL’d
I’m mobile (?!(‘b%<^#), so I can't, but google her & Twitter & boyfriend. I read a HuffPo article about 4 mos ago where she said she's basically addicted to it
/Jersey furiously googles
July 30th, 2010 at 10:17 AM
Inception meets Pixar. Contains spoilers. Funny.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:17 AM
keith richards is the coolest. folds arms and puts an end to it
/you don;t move me anymore
July 30th, 2010 at 10:18 AM
But What I Like About You is her best work period.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:18 AM
Volchok!!!
July 30th, 2010 at 10:18 AM
I just hope Polian gets all his picks signed by midnight the night before, per usual.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:19 AM
You signed the DROY yesterday.
/high fives sanders
July 30th, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Did you just read the Simmons article? He just spent 3,000 words doing exactly that.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:20 AM
Half of the Florida West Coast are New Yawkas… This is a surprise?
Aren’t these the only sell-outs Tampa gets?
im surprised the entire series is sold out. i was just looking for tickets. and yes, a lot of Yanks fans in Tampa
July 30th, 2010 at 10:20 AM
He gets his ass beat my White Bread #1 from Life as We Know It. The short-lived ABC show where Kelly Osbourne got some deep dicking and Missy Peregrym rose to prominence.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:20 AM
The odds for this weren’t even put on the board in Vegas. And she is going out with Kid Cudi. I like him more every second.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Not gonna happen today, not enough zip.
Agreed. I used a month’s worth of zip in yesterday’s Roundup
once the glow wears off, i think we will all agree that the record post is still lakers title post. when i think back, the only great thing to come from 1200 comments was dirt’s story. i found myself thinking about his gay crippled brother hours afterward, and also wondering what dirt does to earn money
July 30th, 2010 at 10:21 AM
You know it. Pat Angerer – 170 tackles, 15 sacks, 12 forced fumbles.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Gonna be a good series. Big series.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:22 AM
From Simmons
Look asshole, you guys are the ones who chased Manny out of town.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:22 AM
His wife has like six jobs.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Yeah, after all the August shit. Training camps and preseason NFL are the worst time of year IMO. Everyone thinks they are better than they are, people try to make season predictions based no games where the starters only play a quarter or two and not at maximum effort and the most significant developments are injuries. I’d rather watch slow pitch softball on ESPN than a preseason NFL game.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:23 AM
Missy Peregrym
pretty girl. Absolutely perfect nose job nose.
wondering what dirt does to earn money
nothing. Sometimes I sell trees, sometimes i rent space, but mostly, my wife makes money and I stay home.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:24 AM
I disagree, I like training camp battles. I like hearing who is looking good and who is not, how the rookies are shaping up. Lot’s of o lines and d-lines are put together during this time or destroyed during this time. It’s the prologue to a great novel.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:25 AM
I like that desire son. Your killer instinct is showing. We’re going to nickname your Kilgore.
/slaps Jersey on the ass… HARD
July 30th, 2010 at 10:25 AM
Cleet is right, though, about injuries being the most significant development.
/R.I.P. Booger McFarland
July 30th, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Yeah, after all the August shit. Training camps and preseason NFL are the worst time of year IMO. Everyone thinks they are better than they are, people try to make season predictions based no games where the starters only play a quarter or two and not at maximum effort and the most significant developments are injuries. I’d rather watch slow pitch softball on ESPN than a preseason NFL game.
word. i listened to a jay cutler interview from camp this morning and he said if I see that fucker SC around here today i’m gonna throw an intercpetion up his ass
July 30th, 2010 at 10:27 AM
Jersey: Ouch!
July 30th, 2010 at 10:27 AM
I disagree, I like training camp battles. I like hearing who is looking good and who is not, how the rookies are shaping up. Lot’s of o lines and d-lines are put together during this time or destroyed during this time. It’s the prologue to a great novel.
Me too. I like it when veterans get cut in camp, because the new hotshot rookie comes in and they can no longer compete. I like hearing about the development of offensive linemen, and O line depth on particular teams. That shit interests me. i like it all the way till final cuts, when a few good players get cut off of one team, and then everybody cuts these no name rookies and other teams swipe them up for their practice squads.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:27 AM
I’ll be in Bear-bonnais tomorrow.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:27 AM
Gonna be a good series. Big series
yep. the Los Lobos are playing after the game tonight. part of the Rays concert series. La Bamba
July 30th, 2010 at 10:27 AM
nothing. Sometimes I sell trees, sometimes i rent space, but mostly, my wife makes money and I stay home.
godd on ya mate. maybe youd me are the only stay-at-home dads here. so read my blog and feel at one with me (tho i have three preschoolers and you have one, and they go to daycare three times a week lately cuz i’m getting more freelance work)
July 30th, 2010 at 10:28 AM
once the glow wears off, i think we will all agree that the record post is still lakers title post. when i think back, the only great thing to come from 1200 comments was dirt’s story.
So yesterday’s Roundup gets an asterisk by it?
July 30th, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Training camp is cool because almost every team will have some guy come from nowhere and beat out a fat and happy veteran. And while preseason games feature some terrible football, I still watch.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:29 AM
I disagree, I like training camp battles. I like hearing who is looking good and who is not, how the rookies are shaping up. Lot’s of o lines and d-lines are put together during this time or destroyed during this time. It’s the prologue to a great novel
i like mandatory tape of o-line/d-line brawls. there has to be a compilation somewhere, right?
July 30th, 2010 at 10:30 AM
yep. the Los Lobos are playing after the game tonight. part of the Rays concert series. La Bamba
the wolves are the tits, especially when they do songs in their native tongue. la pistola y el corazon is a fine album
July 30th, 2010 at 10:31 AM
beat out a fat and happy veteran
and then two or three other teams fall all over themselves to go get that fat happy veteran, and end up dismissing some kid off the end of their roster. It’s like a crazy game of musical chairs, with quite a few of the participants having horrible knees, painkiller addictions, and weighing 400 pounds.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:31 AM
(tho i have three preschoolers and you have one, and they go to daycare three times a week lately cuz i’m getting more freelance work)
Did you and your wife have triplets or something? Seems odd to have three children in pre-school at the same time.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:31 AM
So yesterday’s Roundup gets an asterisk by it?
up to the commish, but i say yea
July 30th, 2010 at 10:31 AM
Let me tell ya. Danny Whitehead made the Jets last preseason game in 2009 unforgettable.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:32 AM
So yesterday’s Roundup gets an asterisk by it?
it was no less shitty that that Lakers thread. That thing was also hot garbage. There’s 500 comments in it that are “the game is currently on my television and I just saw what happened” single word comments, and there are 300 more “almost to round whole comment number” comments
July 30th, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Did you and your wife have triplets or something? Seems odd to have three children in pre-school at the same time.
one girl then twins 15 months later, boy and girl. they;re cute now, but my nightmare is when they are 1) all doing homework (we also have a 10year-old from my wife’s first marriage) and 2) three in adolescence, two of them gals
July 30th, 2010 at 10:34 AM
one girl then twins 15 months later, boy and girl. they;re cute now, but my nightmare is when they are 1) all doing homework (we also have a 10year-old from my wife’s first marriage) and 2) three in adolescence, two of them gals
Also: college. Enjoying paying for that.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Exactly, revisionist history always makes the past appear better than it was…plus there were no stories about strip club brawls in that one
July 30th, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Ha. Oh man, who can forget the Danny Whitehead love from last year. TBL loved him some Danny Whitehead. Is he even going to make the roster?
July 30th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Ramses Barden!
July 30th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Look asshole, you guys are the ones who chased Manny out of town.
In fairness, Simmons had a decent article about the Manny departure.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
it was no less shitty that that Lakers thread. That thing was also hot garbage. There’s 500 comments in it that are “the game is currently on my television and I just saw what happened” single word comments, and there are 300 more “almost to round whole comment number” comments
so they;re both like boob jobs? how do we decide what a natural set of comments is? my guess is you eliminate folks trying to be such and such a number and folks encouraging more comments just to get a certain amount. but still, those are a small percentage. maybe our best posts have only been 500-600 strong stuff. i.e., the ones i’ve been a major part of
/taking this seriously
//i’m a blogger myself ya know
July 30th, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Ha. I was half serious, and half bustin TBL’s balls on that one. He was switched to receiver (dumb) and the coaches love him. I want to say he was called up from the practice team last year. But I would be shocked if he made the roster this year. And my bad, its woodhead.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Brooke Hundley, Ass Caliper and Roethisberger peeing on the golf course are three of my favorites. The ass caliper has been lost to the archives smoke monster.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Ramses Barden!
that guy scares me. He’s a big, strong looking kid. I hope he can’t catch a damned thing.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
This. Not to mention the Kobe love fest for his 6-24 MVP performance.
/recycled joke
//I hate Kobe Bryant
July 30th, 2010 at 10:39 AM
Also: college. Enjoying paying for that.
snicker. it is no law that parents have to pay for college. we’ll strongly encourage part-time jobs, military, athletic and academic scholarships and to take advantage of their 1/4 hispanic-ness. no way are we imagining footing anything but a small part, and by small part i mean we’ll send leftovers from our steak dinners enjoyed in our empty nest
July 30th, 2010 at 10:41 AM
The ass caliper has been lost to the archives smoke monster.
(stoic) it is what it is. i’ll just have to come up with something similar.i’m just happy to be here. i can;t worry about all that. just gotta move on and work hard
July 30th, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Yes, I am on FTP.
I actually had money tied up in Neteller for like 18 months after that all went down. I think I was literally in the middle of transferring it back to me through them, or I was using my card to withdraw, like a debit. Anyway, it was a massive pain to end up getting it. Up until then, Neteller was nice.
Its great though now with FTP. Just have to withdraw a min of $250 and its in my acct in three days. Usually with no fee even.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:46 AM
You must forgive me, as I am on the West Coast but Irina Shayk….is so hot it is almost depressing.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Love me some Ramses. Traded for him in my keeper league and hoping for big things from him. Pre-season is an exciting time of year for keeper leagues. That’s a chance for guys who pay attention to make some moves that can really pay off. With 32 freaking teams in our league, players are hard to come by.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Me too. At least until after week two.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:48 AM
that won’t be his problem. his issue will be getting off the line.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Also looking for big seasons from Laurent Robinson and Devin Aromashodu. If I get that, well, I may be pretty decent.
July 30th, 2010 at 11:00 AM
snicker. it is no law that parents have to pay for college. we’ll strongly encourage part-time jobs, military, athletic and academic scholarships and to take advantage of their 1/4 hispanic-ness. no way are we imagining footing anything but a small part, and by small part i mean we’ll send leftovers from our steak dinners enjoyed in our empty nest
They don’t exactly handout academic and athletic scholarships to all comers. Without going into what I do, I’ll just say I’m quite familiar with how that works at schools. My advice, start putting into a 529 or college savings plan now. Tuition only goes up each year. My senior year of college, tuition was around $27,000. 5 years later and it’s now above $37,000. To say nothing of things like room and board.
July 30th, 2010 at 11:02 AM
They don’t exactly handout academic and athletic scholarships to all comers. Without going into what I do, I’ll just say I’m quite familiar with how that works at schools. My advice, start putting into a 529 or college savings plan now. Tuition only goes up each year. My senior year of college, tuition was around $27,000. 5 years later and it’s now above $37,000. To say nothing of things like room and board.
i know ms, and i appreciate the advice. with me having been laid off last summer and wife working and me piecing together an income from freelance work, we can;t look that far ahead right now
July 30th, 2010 at 11:05 AM
i know ms, and i appreciate the advice. with me having been laid off last summer and wife working and me piecing together an income from freelance work, we can;t look that far ahead right now
I completely understand. My employer has great 401k matching and they keep encouraging me to put into it, but being part time in grad school and having a live in girlfriend who’s only working part time right now as she gets ready to be an elementary school teacher does not equate to having much cash lying around at the end of the month.
July 30th, 2010 at 11:08 AM
i got a bachelor’s degree with financial aid and some part-time work. my mom was a single parent who never made much, so yes, tuition is expensive, but it’s possible and i dare say the vast majority of students succeed by patching things together rather than scholarships or full parental sponsorships
July 30th, 2010 at 11:09 AM
and good luck ms
July 30th, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Thanks, same to you.
July 30th, 2010 at 1:05 PM
Aww nobody here to get it to at least 500, huh?
July 30th, 2010 at 4:19 PM
lol Palins.
And why the hell would they fire the DioGuardia broad? She’s the hottest woman on that show. Contestants included.