And why, why would the NHL give Gary Bettman a raise? Bettman - pictured right apparently displaying his sobriety - was given a $2 million pay raise from the owners because of his… okay, I don’t really know why he deserved a raise other than the fact that he is the commissioner and the […]

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Okay, so the forces of nature have aligned themselves to present us with two drastically different parenting approaches.
It’s All On You Junior
It’s really comforting to know that professional athletes are driven by the sheer need to compete, succeed, and excel at their sport. And I suppose, as was the case for Barry Bonds, if […]

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“I’m not worried about the Hall. I take care of me.”
With Barry’s home run slump, its given me some time to sit back and think more about what’s really at stake here, and who exactly the villains of the story are. Right now we have about a 50-50 split on fans for and […]

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Believe it or not, no inspiration for this post came from Show and Tell with Sean Salisbury. Really, none.
But I was negotiating a trade in another league of mine and it got me thinking about all the douchey fantasy managers out there and the jack-assery they exhibit at times when trying to negotiate a […]

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This is just so sad, its comical. In Sweden, a conference between Muslim imams and Christian priests was supposed to conclude the talks and events with a soccer game and show the world that people of both faiths can get along.
Church of Norway spokesman Olav Fykse Tveit said the imams refused to play against […]

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I think parents are getting a bit too caught up in their kids sporting events…

An angry soccer mom who left her teenage daughter alongside an interstate was ticketed for neglect, Lincoln police said Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Katherine Finnell confirmed this account from police reports:
The 42-year-old Lincoln mom was miffed about her daughter’s poor play on […]

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I don’t need to explain much, everyone knows what happened yesterday, and it never should have. But what really gets me upset is that I wake up this morning and front page of Yahoo! is a back story on the shooter. Honestly, why are we giving that piece of shit the time of […]

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No wonder he did not want to play for the Bucs. It took me a while to figure it all out, but the pieces to the puzzle finally fell into place. I’m onto you Jake the “Snake”…

Bobcats’ Morrison [or should I say Plummer?!?] fined $25,000 for obscene gesture (AP)

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A lot of happenings this week, and a lot of good reading for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
I have no idea what’s going on with radio shows and announcers lately. Colin Cowherd essentially breaks the law, shuts down The Big Lead, and there’s already a petition to have him fired. Don Imus thinks the […]

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This topic has been well covered on the blogoshpere, but I wanted to lend my support to express how shady Colin Cowherd’s actions were in shutting down a fellow blogger and likely costing them some cash as well:
“We occasionally, once a week…we’ll mention a website, our listeners will flee to it, and we’ll shut it […]

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