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!