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!