For SHAME!

Fenella: i hate it when guys try to talk to me at bars during the game
can't they clearly tell i'm not there to meet boys but to watch the game?!!!!!

Andrea: OMG THAT IS THE WORST

Fenella: THE NERVE!

Andrea: I HATE THAT! they get in the way of the television: it's like, not only are you going to talk to me and interrupt me --you're also going to STAND in front of the television?!

Fenella: yeah,omg it's especially bad when say.... you're watching the game and....gmu is up to by 2 to uconn in the elite 8 with 3 seconds left in the game, and uconn has the ball.
WHY YOU GONNA TRY TO TALK TO ME THEN?!?!?!!!!!!

Fenella: this is why i choose to go to hooters: they have lots of TV's, their wings are decent, and big boobies distract boys from hitting on you!

ESPNRadio's Colin Cowherd reports on show "Brett Favre did not die"

Sticks and Stones may Break my Bones…
We never thought Hank Steinbrenner would be more entertaining than his father, but he plans on “restoring the Universe to order.” Was it out of order to begin with?! Is part of this restoration being inducted into Red Sox Nation by Boston’s owner John Henry?

FINALLY!
Brett Favre retired! We all agree – he’s a classy, nice guy and he for sure had a nice, illustrious career, and we did enjoy watching him, especially those epic Monday Night Football games. But well…these are our thoughts:

Andrea: BRETT FAVRE RETIRED.
praise jesus!
Fenella: thank the lord!
i mean he's great and all
but
IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME

Dear Brett: May you have an enjoyable retirement, filled with pleasure and relaxation, and devoid of cameos in movies. You’re a terrible actor. Let’s face it, we can’t all be Peyton Manning.

Who will be the object of John Madden’s man-crush now??

Because Tom Brady Always Gets What He Wants
Randy Moss is staying in New England, so for you free agency junkies, cross another one off your list. Guess that whole Randy Moss – Daunte Culpeper reunion thing won’t happen. However, Asante Samuel left the Pats for the Eagles….Hmm, weren’t the Pats supposed to be working on improving their D?

And Speaking of Money…
Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger just got a bigger paycheck. (Bigger?! Get it?!) We’d take $36 million guaranteed. Who are we kidding, we’d take $36 guaranteed! Congrats Big Ben!

Big Red make the Big Dance
For the first time since 1988, a team other than Penn or Princeton secured a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Congratulations, Cornell! On the other end of the spectrum, outlook not so good for Harvard. Just ask Tommy Amaker. Are we surprised they are accused of cheating? Actually, no. Just look at their history of grade inflation. Just because it’s hard to get accepted, doesn’t mean you should work like a candy a** once you get there.


Countdown to March Madness: 15 DAYS

Back in Business

Stuff that’s happened since we last updated the blog

-Kelvin Sampson: gone.
-Roger Clemens: probed. And we don’t mean in the “alien abduction” sort of way.
-Tennessee: short-lived number one men's team in college basketball.
-Yao Ming: out for the season.
-Caron Butler: worse off than we thought.


-Dwight Howard: Superman.
-Jason Kidd: a Maverick.
-In Memoriam: Myron Cope.
-NFL Scouting Combine: don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
-New CK Campaign: Tom Brady in his underwear. Droooool....
-Fenella: still deciding which haircut to get.




Countdown to March Madness: 22 Days!!!!

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Lots To Talk About

What a week in sports! If the Super Bowl weren’t enough, this week there was the Shaq-Shawn Trade, Bob Knight resigns, Rivalry Week in college ball including Duke-UNC, AND the ‘Skins finally hired a head coach. We had to write another blog to keep up!

Something in the water…
Firstly, either Steve Kerr is a genius or is drinking the same water as Memphis GM Chris Wallace. In possibly the biggest trade since…Pau Gasol went to the Lakers last week, the Phoenix Suns acquired an aging Shaquille O’Neal from the Miami Heat and sent an unhappy Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to southern Florida. Shaq’s definitely the inside presence the Suns so desperately need, but he’s big and slow and we’re not quite sure how he’s going to fit into the Suns’ speedy offensive pace. Charles Barkley's take on Shaq's age and the trade: “If it don’t work, use Viagra” (we have no idea what he means either but it's funny).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr-Q5V0J9Mg&feature=related

Meanwhile, D-Wade welcomes Shawn as the Heat begin their rebuilding year…midway through this season.

Pat Knight Takes Over for Dad
After 902 wins, Bob Knight resigned as head coach of Texas Tech. Resigned, mind you, not retired. We wouldn’t be surprised if he popped up verbally abusing kids and yelling at the media from another bball location. But his resignation came out of nowhere, so we’re not sure what’s up with him. Son Pat Knight takes over as head coach, and notched up his first losses against Baylor (Wednesday night) and the Cornhuskers of Nebraska (Saturday afternoon).

Tar Heels and Blue Devils “Duke” it Out
It’s Rivalry Week! The week kicked off with meeting of the rivals of Tobacco Road – Duke-UNC. It also marked the return of Dick Vitale to the broadcasting world – hooray for the return of the voice of college ball! It’s just not the same without him, bay-by! UNC was really missing superstar Ty Lawson immensely and they couldn’t make a shot to save their lives, while Duke drained about 99% of their 3s, spread their offense, played good D and were able to show their depth as they easily won in Chapel Hill. Tyler Hansbrough had a monster game, and eclipsed one MJ in scoring, but it wasn’t enough for the Tar Heels, as they lost to the Blue Devils, 89-78. Duke continued to roll in the Atlantic Coast Conference, with a 90-80 win over Boston College on Saturday while UNC needed double overtime to beat Clemson on Sunday.

Redskins Find Head Coach by Lazily Promoting Offensive Coordinator
To the shock of, well, everyone, the Washington Redskins promoted Offensive Coordinator Jim Zorn to the head coaching position. Will the West Coast offensive survive in Washington? Will Jason Campbell survive his seventh offensive system in eight years? Will Daniel Snyder ever come to his senses?

Wrapping up the season, NFL’s best gathered in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl. This must be the least-watched All-Star game of all sports. Well, in case you missed it, the NFC came back from a 24-7 deficit to beat the AFC 42-30. Rookie sensation Adrian Peterson ran for 129 yards and 2TD’s in the come-from-behind victory. That’s NFC 2 AFC 0 in 2007-08. Enjoy the offseason, guys!

The AG Drinking Game

http://www.nbc.com/americangladiators

The American Gladiators phenomenon continues. To add to the fun, we’ve created a drinking game to go along with it:

1. Every time Hulk says “brother”, drink 1 (this will get you drunk in the 1st 10 minutes)
2. Every time a contestant says she or he is doing it for their mom or dad, drink 1
3. Every time a contestant says she or he is doing it for their kids, drink 1 for each kid
4. Every time Wolf howls, drink 1
5. Every time someone gets injured, drink 1
6. Every time a contestant ends up in the water, drink 1
7. Every time a gladiator ends up in the water, drink 2
8. After each round, drink 1 for each advantage point a contestant has for each other (e.g. after round 1, if contestant A is up 6-4 over contestant B, drink 2; after round 2, if contestant A is up 10-4 over contestant B, drink 4; etc.)

Happy Drinking!

The Little Eli that Could...Could!

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Hey, we’re still writing good things about Eli! In a low-scoring thriller, the New York (football) Giants beat the New England Patriots, 17-14, and thwarted the Pats 19-0 season. Eli Manning’s two touchdowns garnered him Most Valuable Player honors, just like brother Peyton did last year, making this the first time brothers have won a Super Bowl AND the MVP award AT THE SAME POSITION in consecutive seasons. We’re so proud of Eli! The beginning was exciting, the end was exciting, and the middle…was very defensive, so we admit there was a lull for a while. Halftime performers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers didn’t exactly make things more exciting either. Ever since the Justin/Janet fiasco, half-time shows just haven’t been as…fun, at least for the under 40 crowd. (Paul McCartney, Prince, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty = 100% chance no boobies will be shown ever again. Except for maybe Mick Jagger’s…)

Poor Bill Belichick looked like he was ready to cry in his post-game interview. It almost made us feel sorry for him. Almost. Considering how pissed the Pats were after Spygate, do you think they’ll so pissed off next season that they’ll run the table again? Probably not, but we bet Billy’s gonna be scheming over the summer.

Other headlines we considered for this:

-A “Giant” Win or A “Giant” Upset
-No “Giant” Win for God’s Team
-18-1, or 19 and None
-Return of the Red Hoodie Jinxes Belichick and the Patriots
-New England’s Perfect Season wishes “Booted”
-Bostonians not-so”Randy” after Pats Super Bowl Loss
-What do the Kardashian sisters and Oompa Loompas have in common?

Wizards Continue Slide
UGH. The Washington Wizards lost their third straight, with a 103-91 win by the Los Angeles Lakers. They’re getting tired, we think. We need the Hibachi back! We miss you, Gil.

The LA Lakers made their big trade, but not what many people had thought. They sent man-child, player-with-talent-that-does-the-least Kwame Brown to the Memphis Grizzlies for Pau Gasol, some rookie and a couple draft picks. Are you kidding? We know, Memphis was sucking, he wanted out, they wanted to rebuild and get his salary cap outta there, but Kwame for PAU GASOL?!? When Andrew Bynum comes back, “the Lakers are going be sick”, as our friend and biggest Laker fan ever Floyd happily described. Not for the March 30th rematch, when Hibachi and the gold jerseys are back!

Super Bowl Preview

Everyone else is doing it…why can’t we?

Injury Reports are Complete Jokes
After Bootgate, the New England Patriots injury report listed Tom Brady as having an injury (or “injury” wethinks) to his right shoulder. And in what hopefully doesn’t turn into another Dewey Defeats Truman, New York Giants Plaxico Burress predicted a Giants victory in Arizona this Sunday. No one knows what will happen, but we do think that if any team has the best shot against Tom Brady and company, it will be the G-men.

In other Super Bowl-related news, Tom Brady was voted the #7 hottest QB in the NFL. Yes, you read that right – number 7. Fellow Super Bowl QB-er Eli Manning ranked atop Brady on this list, and Kyle Boller of the Baltimore Ravens earned the top spot as Hottest QB in the NFL. Kyle Boller?!?! Who participated in this poll? We believe we are more than qualified to take a closer look at these startling stats and rebuff them. In fact, a poll conducted of our own concludes that Tom Brady ranked #1 hottest QB in the history of the NFL among females, as well as #1 most hated NFL QB among males (i.e. “we’re jealous because not only is he really good at football but he’s also really good-looking and has a hot girlfriend”). We put Tom and Kyle to the test, and ask you…which one is hotter?

(Style.com)


vs.

THERE IS NO COMPETITION


Wild for the ‘Cats in Manhattan (Kansas, that is)
Like the poster said, 25th time is a charm, as Kansas State beat archrival Kansas 85-76. The best bit of all was actually BEFORE the game, when K-State wunderkind Michael Beasley proclaimed “We're going to beat KU at home. We're going to beat them at their house. We're going to beat them in Africa. Wherever we play, we're going to beat them." One down, two to go. Although, we don’t foresee the NCAA scheduling any games outside the United States anytime soon…

Hanging in there, but for how long?
The Washington Wizards are only 3 ½ games behind Southeastern division leader Orlando, but will the gap continue to widen without Caron Butler? The Wizards showed that they need their potential All-Star, as they were consumed by the Toronto Raptors, 122-83. And speaking of consumption, perhaps Wizznutzz should put the official popcorn of the Washington Wizards in their game-day food pyramid.

And congrats to Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison, who were both named to the East All-Star Squad! Their places as two of the best in the East are well-deserved, as they have kept our Wiz in the playoff hunt, despite the loss of Agent Zero.

Further Proof that TMZ knows all!
Turns out Tony and Jess aren’t broken up after all. You gotta start questioning the credibility of ESPN when it considers OK! Magazine a credible source. This further proves Andrea’s theory that if it isn’t on TMZ.com, it just isn’t true.

A Dedication to Eli...

…Because who knows when we'll ever write anything good about him ever again

A Manning is in the Super Bowl two years in a row. We just thought Peyton would repeat. But the Little Eli that Could and the rest of the New York Giants (yes, even you, Lawrence Tynes!) defeated Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers, 23-20 in the NFC Championship. Eli was cool, calm and collected in leading his team to the Big Game while mighty Brett Favre choked and single-handedly blew it for his team. Let’s repeat, in case it never happens again: Brett = Really Bad, Eli = Really good!

Fortunately for the rosy Tom Coughlin, the Super Bowl will be played in Glendale, Arizona and not in the North Pole. Queries for Tom Coughlin’s frostbitten face are so popular on the internet that Google and Yahoo! are unable to run the search.


http://bladesofblue.blogspot.com/2008/01/congelatio.html
Two Words, Tommy: SKI MASK

Victory and Looks…to “boot”
Is Tom Brady’s ankle sprained that badly? How will it affect him in the big game? And what designer made his cowboy boots?! (He was just messin’ with us.) Those are the questions we ask ourselves after the New England Patriots’ victory over the San Diego Not-So-Charged, 21-12. Philip Rivers and LT didn’t do much. Despite having more scoring drives, all San Diego could come up with were field goals. So Phil was less than average, but we give him props for trying, especially since he had knee surgery seven days beforehand, which is more than we can say for LT. Had they not been so beat up, the Chargers would have probably won the AFC Championship, especially since Tom Brady decided to suck ass that day. (Was Bridget Moynahan in the house?) Oh well, at least Norv Turner is doing SOMETHING, which is more than we can say for his tenure at Washington.

Their Swag is Phenomemal…even without the Hibachi
Without Gilbert Arenas, the Washington Wizards continued their magical play, second in the Southeast division behind the Orlando Magic and fourth in the East. They’re not just beating any old team, they’re beating actual contenders, like the Celts and the Mavs. They’re so good, it prompted Fenella’s friend to text her, demanding the Wiz be tested for drugs. It’s still the ugly gold jerseys – works 90% of the time! We hope that they continue to play like they did against the Boston Celtics, and not against the New York Knicks. We would also like to take this opportunity to once again state how much we hate Queen James and the Cavs.

UNC is number one no longer after a stunning upset loss to fellow-ACCers Maryland Terrapins....
But at least Tyler Hansbrough can dunk on someone who is 7’7”!

No “Love” for UCLA, or O.J. Mayo
Across the country, Trojan fans rejoiced as ONCE AGAIN USC prevailed over crosstown rivals UCLA …this time in basketball. Super Freshman OJ Mayo helped his team over Kevin Love and the Bruins. Of course, when your namesake/USC alum is currently in a Vegas jail, it only seems natural to follow suit, as NCAA is investigating OJ’s courtside seat appearance at the Lakers-Nuggets game, given to him by his “friend” and Denver Nuggets Forward Carmelo Anthony. We think they're making a little too big a deal over it. They've known each other since middle school! For a college freshman, that's like...half his life! And coach said so.

Another Corny Andrea Joke
Fenella: so apparently tony romo dumped jessica!
Andrea: i did NOT hear about tony dumping her
where did u get that from?
Fenella: extra mustard on sportsillustrated.com
Andrea: ahh....i bet he got pressured
get it?!
"pressured"
i crack myself up!

Cue Fenella shaking her head...