Archive for November, 2009

  The NBA season is only a couple weeks old, but two teams have certainly raised a few eyebrows:   Phoenix Suns – Channing Frye gives the Suns a new dimension and Steve Nash has returned to MVP form.  The Suns have been the surprise team of the Western Conference so far minus the Big Cactus. Miami Heat  – One of the big surprises of the season to date.  Dwyane Wade picked up where he left off last year, but he’ll need some help pretty soon or the Heat will cool off faster than you can say “Eric Spoelstra looks like he should be coaching a high school junior varsity team.” Check out the Eastern & Western [...]

  Your intrepid lead blogger’s ex-wife, Brooklyn Decker, has graciously agreed to stop by and host this week’s edition of Hitting the Links.   Brooklyn and I are still on good terms so she should be back from time to time.  Here we go… The 10 most misunderstood professional athletes for one reason or another   Suicide Drills Despite LT’s troubles, my Chargers are now 5-3.  Check out the always entertaining Fantasy Football Fiasco   Chronicles Of Scott  San Diego high school basketball phenom Jeremy Tyler is having a few problems in Israel   N.Y. Times via Basketball Fiend Glenn Beck, Larry Johnson, Al Gore & more ranked [...]

Holy shit.  The new FX show “The League” is unfuckinbelievable (I just checked Dictionary.com and confirmed this is indeed a word).  If you like raunchy comedy and fantasy football then you should not miss this show under any circumstances. Nick Kroll caught my eye in a humorous Funny Or Die video called Rich Dicks a couple months ago and his character, Ruxin, is one of a half dozen standout performances.  Although Kroll is phenomenal, Jon Lajoie’s character, Taco, might have  been even better in the first episode.  Click here to see and hear Taco’s epic birthday song.  In fact, this song is so hilarious that the word ‘epic’ might not even be [...]

  Faux Twitter Tweet of the Day Brady & Sanchez do pretty well but nobody in the NFL gets more bootylicious tail than Big Daddy Andy! Andy Reid        November 6th Bonus Tweets from Andy Reid There is nothing better than coming from behind…and not just to win a football game.  My biggest inspiration in life is Sir Mix-A-lot.  Baby Got Back is the best song and video ever. When I deliver the money shot I always yell Jelly Donuts!  Is that TMI? Hitting the Links Although he isn’t writing as many columns these days, we are still fans of Bill Simmons.  Well, at [...]

  1. Tim Tebow – this could very well be the best Halloween costume ever 2. Brett Favre – Jon Gruden, Ron Jaworski, Tony Kornheiser and John Madden are the first four guys in a very long line.  Peter King is also back on #4′s bandwagon and he’s 12th in line with kneepads in hand.   3. Derek Jeter – Minka Kelly probably services Jeter quite admirably, but it pales in comparison to the mainstream media. 4. Barack Obama – The Chosen One’s magic touch is nearly gone though.  We tried to warn him about Pelosi and Company but he wouldn’t listen.  5. Will Ferrell – Once upon a [...]

  Unfortunately, I missed this event back on August 22nd but I understand Tom Cable also took on his ex-wife and former girlfriend in the undercard match.   In case you haven’t heard already, physical abuse/battery allegations were just levied against the pugilistic Raiders head coach. In a related story, Al Davis has reportedly signed Cable to 5-year contract extension.  Earlier this afternoon, Davis released a statement that said the following, “Tom’s commitment to excellence in the field of battering weak women has been exemplary and we want to keep him in the Raider family as long as possible.”  Raider Nation:  Do you agree with Grandpa Al’s decision?  

The San Diego Chargers have now won 13 straight over their biggest rival.  Hell, can it even be called a rivalry anymore if one team has won thirteen games in a row? Probably not, but one thing is for sure: It’s safe for the women and children to come out now because the Raiders and their fans have left town.  Check out this classic commercial from the good folks at King Stahlman Bail Bonds. 

  On Thursday we wondered what Rasheed Wallace would have to say after reading the following excerpt from former referee Tim Donaghy’s new book:  To have a little fun at the expense of the worst troublemakers, the referees working the game would sometimes make a modest friendly wager amongst themselves: first ref to give one of the bad boys a technical foul wouldn’t have to tip the ball boy that night. In the NBA, ball boys set up the referees’ locker room and keep it stocked with food and beer for the postgame meal. We usually ran the kid ragged with [...]