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Carl Nicks Was Pretty #^($ing Excited About Winning the Super Bowl

By | February 12, 2010 | Football, Talking Trash, Uncategorized, Unsportmanlike Conduct | 2 Comments

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Two things about this post before I get into it:

1) Yes, I know. What Super Bowl? The Olympics are starting today. Live in the now! And

2) It probably says something about me that this is the second post in so many weeks that I have written about someone in the NFL using some form of the F word. It’s a good word and applicable to many situations. What’s not to like?

Nonetheless, this is a pretty funny story that I know is helping me to chuckle through this weekend’s forecast (shocker: snow).

During a post-win interview with New Orleans radio station WWL, a reporter asked Saints’ offensive lineman Carl Nicks how he felt about defeating the Indianapolis Colts and adding the first ever Lombardi trophy to the Saints’ mantle.

Nicks was, understandably, ebullient and apparently not paying too careful attention to what was coming out of his mouth and whether or not it was kosher.

I haven’t heard anything about Nicks receiving any punishment for his blunder as it was pretty extraordinary circumstances. But I hope he does go to Disneyland and I hope he has a perfectly G-rated good time.

Rex Ryan’s $50,000 Finger

By | February 5, 2010 | Football, Unsportmanlike Conduct | 1 Comment

rex_ryanMan. Everything in professional sports is expensive. The water bottles are worth $25,000. And the going rate for middle fingers is apparently twice that, judging from the fine that was handed down to New York Jets coach Rex Ryan when he gleefully flipped the bird at a fan during a mixed martial arts event last weekend.

In a more innocent, less technologically connected time, such an incident would have simply passed into the ether of legend. But, of course, Ryan’s digit quickly spread all over the internet and resulted in a significant fine. The Jets, however, will not punish Ryan further.

With both this and the LeBron James incident, I understand why the fines were so high. The professional leagues have pretty narrow definitions of personal conduct and while they don’t always prevent jackass behavior, the low tolerance is a good policy and, in a perfect world, encourages low-key decorum…off the field or court at least.

$50,000 is a lot but I think gets the point across and ending the punishment there seems pretty reasonable.

Now we just need to question Ryan’s attendance at an MMA event. Those things aren’t exactly gentlemanly.

If you’d like to see what a $50,000 finger looks like, you can view it after the jump. Send the kids out of the room so that they’re not blinded by the sheer blinginess of it.
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Magical Kansas Basketball Court? Oz?

By | January 28, 2010 | Basketball | 1 Comment

joel_branstromThere’s something in the Gatorade in Olathe, Kansas, because two people have made two seemingly IMPOSSIBLE shots on Olathe High School’s basketball court.

The first was by Joel Branstrom, the coach for Olathe’s girls’ basketball team. He made a bet with the student body that if he made a basket from mid-court, while blindfolded, he would win tickets to the Final Four. The students decided to play a prank on Branstrom: they would cheer when he would, of course, miss the shot and make him think he had won. This would work out well because there were, in fact, no tickets to be had.

The only kink in this plan? Branstrom made the shot.

The students made up for the prank by giving their super-human coach a gift certificate to a Mexican restaurant. (In Kansas? Uh, no thanks). Fortunately, since the story has gone national, there have been offers to donate the tickets.

What makes this story even weirder is that a Kansas City, Missouri, reporter who was on location to report on the freak basket added some color to his commentary by tossing a basketball over his head, in a not-at-all serious attempt to make a backward basket.

He made the shot. No, really. And check out his face when the other people there tell him that he made it. He can’t believe it.

I think I’ve made a total of two baskets in my entire life. Maybe it’s time for me to pay Olathe a visit.

Tim Duncan to (Probably) Score 20,000th Point Tonight

By | January 22, 2010 | Basketball | 1 Comment

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Unless something goes horribly awry, San Antonio Spurs captain Tim Duncan will score his 20,000th point tonight in the team’s game against Houston.

The big moment should have come on Wednesday night, but Duncan fouled out during the Spurs’ game against Utah. There was a twinge of disappointment on his face, but the bigger concern was that this was the Spurs’ fourth loss to the Jazz.

However, if/when Duncan hits the milestone tonight, he will join a very elite club, as he will be only the 35th player in the league to accomplish it. Good luck, Tim!

Showtime Airing Jump! Documentary

By | January 15, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments Off

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If you have the Showtime channel, I strongly urge you to check out the documentary Jump! that they are airing throughout January. The documentary follows five competitive jump rope teams in their quest to the World Championship.

I’m particularly drawn in by the kids who are on double Dutch teams. Double Dutch is one of those things that I always wished that I could do but, despite being a ballet dancer for 14 years, was never coordinated enough to master.

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