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19
Mar
09

Now THAT’s Bracketology

As loyal readers know, I hate college sports, I hate March Madness and I will not be participating in any bracket pools whatsoever, besides of course So Good’s Meat Madness. Were I to participate though, it would be in Fan IQ’s much more entertaining and pleasing Cheerleader Madness. Pitting each school’s cheerleaders against one another in the actual brackets is significantly more exciting then being forced to watch bad basketball and crappy players.

I might even pick a major upset, with Tennessee-Chattanooga taking it over #1 seed UConn, or maybe I’m just a sucker for tight pants…

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EAST Bracket

MID-WEST Bracket

SOUTH Bracket

WEST Bracket

[Fan IQ]

19
Mar
09

He’s a Dancing Fool

Celtics fans can’t stop themselves, they all just want to get DOWN when they enter the Garden. First we saw an overly exuberant Bon Jovi routine, complete with lip syncing and intense gyrations from Jeremy Fry, but now Jeremy has competition from a 7 year old who has all the moves and loves to get down.

Daylon Trotman goes to about half the games at the Garden with his mom, and when he’s there, he’s showing off his expansive tool bag of dance moves. This kid has got IT, and he is becoming more than just popular at the Garden.

Ellen Degeneres even had him on her program for him to show off his moves. And NOTHING wows a crowd of bored and lonely housewives than a little kid busting a move. Even better, Ellen gave the Trotman’s season tickets to the Celtics so that he can continue to pump up the crowd.

Quick, someone get me a kid to go with me to Red Sox games and he BETTER be a good dancer, Daddy needs some season tickets!

19
Mar
09

High School Coach Drives Drunk, Gets a Lift

elk-memorial-coachThey certainly take high school basketball seriously in Indiana, as evidenced when the police drove a coach to a game following his arrest for a DUI. Elkhart Memorial High School’s coach Mark Barnhizer was taken on Saturday from jail straight to the game on the authorization of Elkart’s assistant police chief and at the request of Elkhart Community Schools.

“We felt you shouldn’t penalize 10 young adults for the mistakes of one person,” Tim Balyeat, the assistant police chief said, who added that the ride from the police was warranted due to the impact the schools and athletics have on the community.

Barnhizer, in his 25 year coaching at Elkhart, made it to the game, with 4 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter, Elkhart ultimately lost to Munster 48-39. Good thing he made it! The team really benefited from his appearance.

The night before Barnhizer was arrested after a sheriff’s deputy observed him making an unsafe lane change. While he passed a blood-alcohol test he was arrested after being administered a “drug-recognition test,” whatever that is. Barnhizer also told the police that he takes a prescription for methadone.

While methadone is not used exclusively for heroin addiction–it is sometimes used for chronic pain due to its low cost–it’s a strange drug for a high school coach to be taking.

In his defense, Barnhizer said that he was reaching over for a gallon of milk that fell over and that caused the swerving. “I haven’t had a drink in 10 years,” Barnhizer said. Also, he has reportedly suffered continuing pain from foot surgeries several years ago; hence the methadone.

Yesterday Barnhizer was officially charged with driving while intoxicated and driving while suspended. This isn’t his first driving incident though. After the jump, his rap sheet: Continue reading ‘High School Coach Drives Drunk, Gets a Lift’

19
Mar
09

That’s Not a Dunk, That’s an Acrobatic Flip

Here’s Wyoming freshman Adam Waddell slamming down an emphatic dunk, turning himself ass over tea kettle. But he gets right up and has a big smile on his face, so don’t be scared, even though it looks like he landed on his neck and should be dead…

18
Mar
09

He Shoots, He Scores!

I guess it’s cool to have a pop-a-shot in your basement, but if you don’t win and tokens or stuffed animals, it loses a lot of the excitement for me.

Anyways, here’s a 4 year old who has much better shooting abilities than I do, impressively nailing shot after shot, recording triple digit scores in a minute. Of course, then there is his semi-overbearing dad to record the whole thing and get the kid ready to become a “Cougar.”

[Champions 365]

17
Mar
09

The Best Alternative Brackets EVER

With everyone agog with excitement for the NCAA tournament, the internet is buzzing with people trying to capture that zeitgeist and my very good friend Eick over at So Good Blog has come up with by far my favorite iteration of bracketology, Meat Madness!

Pairing 32 different meats in 4 brackets, eventually America will crown a winner who will reign over all of us, until next time. The brackets are: “Red” meat, Poultry, Pork and Seafood and there are some tough decisions to make along the way. Click on the brackets below to print it out and make your picks, surprisingly enough to my rabbi, I find the pork region to be the most difficult to wade my way through.

Obviously, it’s hard to go against bacon in anything, but pitting sausage versus ribs, in the first round, and putting ribs down as a 7 seed!?! That’s brutal! For me, bacon, sausage and ribs are the top three seeds in the pork region and to lose one right away is a real kick in the nuts.

My final 4: Steak, Chicken, Tuna and Ribs in an upset. MEAT MADNESS GET EXCITED BABY!

[So Good]

16
Mar
09

With a Prayer

High school basketball is exciting, don’t belive me, check out these two different last minute wins, impressive! The first, from Jereme Richmond is a nice half court shot as Waukegan beats Warren in an Illinois high school playoff game. The second one, much more impressively, features Will Bouton of Newburgh high school taking down the mighty Mount Vernon basketball powerhouse of Hudson Valley, NY with a crazy Hail Mary desperate heave that wins the game. Awesome, but just know kids that it is all downhill from here.

16
Mar
09

It’s All in the Name

xsmall_kickingstallionsims_chief_092308Not that I would under any circumstances anyway, but were I to watch the play-in game for the NCAA tournament on Tuesday between Alabama State and Moorehead, make no mistake, I’d do so to watch only one player. That would be number 42 in your programs, Grlenntys Chief Kickingstallionsims, Jr., the 7’1″ senior center who counts being awarded the Best Name in College Sports honor from Sports Illustrated as his greatest athletic accomplishment.
Now he’s someone I can get behind. I’m now rooting for the ASU Hornets to get in the tournament so that I get to hear his name at least a few days more. GO HORNETS!

13
Mar
09

Oh Man, LeBron is SOOOOOOOO GOOD

Not content with his third straight triple-double, LeBron felt it important to up his game a little, for example, when Jason Richardson tries to take it to the house on a fast break with a fancy 360 dunk, LeBron comes out of nowhere and blocks it. Awesome. AWESOME. AWWWWWWEEEESSSSSOOMMMMMME!

13
Mar
09

Are You F’ing Kidding Me?!?!

Marko Jaric, who we already looked at for his ineptitude on the court, likely caused by his marriage to the ridiculously incredibly hot Adriana Lima, is now being investigated for an OFF-court infraction, sexual assault. Allegedly, Jaric assaulted a Philadelphia women when the Grizzlies were in town playing the 76’ers on March 7th.

What the fuck Jaric? First off, assaulting a woman is never OK, but when you have a SUPERMODEL AT HOME! What the hell man, how greedy are you? I can guarantee that any NBA groupie doesn’t match up to your insanely hot wife, so why even bother. You were engaged to Lima, who was an avowed virgin, so presumably you were able to restrain yourself (or banged every girl available in the interim), but now you have the opportunity to bed your wife, do so. Why stray? If you can’t treat Adriana right, give me a chance! I’m a blogger with a heart of gold and on the Internet I talk a big game so…

[SI]

13
Mar
09

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

12
Mar
09

Will Perdue ALMOST Measures Up

Orlando Sentinel: You’ve spent your career complaining about floppers and how opponents aren’t man enough to guard you. Does this mean you’re not man enough to guard Dwight Howard?

Shaq: (Bleep) you. I have four rings. How many does he have?

OS: Will Perdue has four rings. Does that mean he’s as good as you?

Shaq: (Bleep) you again.

[Orlando Sentinel]




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