Weekly Rant

1) I hate the fact that there's no way to change Sunday night and Monday night football games (or any games for that matter) to appeal more towards the masses. Last night, Vikings-Saints (who cares) next week, Giants-Browns (no contest, the Browns are awful) . Right there we have 2 weeks of Monday night football that are useless and no one cares about. I'd rather watch Tina Fey impersonate Sarah Palin for 3 hours than watch either of those games

2) I love the Red Sox and the way in which they on last night. I equally love watching the entire city of Chicago fall into deep depression...call me a sadist. Baseball in October is great. It can get boring in the middle of the season when things don't seem to matter as much, but come on. Who can tell me they wouldn't like to see L.A Dodgers (with Manny and Torre to boot) vs. the Red Sox. It would be a cataclysmic event: Manny leaves the Red Sox only to meet them in the World Series. He is coupled along side Joe Torre who was run out of NY by management (but is still loved and revered by most Yankee fans) facing the Red Sox who, if they manage to win this year, could be in line to make run like the Yanks did in the 90's. That's some good sports drama.

3) I don't like NASCAR. I don't know why, but it's just not cool. The idea is cool (going real fast in cars and trying not to crash, while people who aren't actually participating in the race get hammered) and the sponsorships are cool. What other sports throw in a mixing bowl of advertisers like Tylenol, the National Guard, Mountain Dew, Budweiser, DirectTV, Dominoes Pizza, Old Spice, NicoDerm, and Allstate (anyone else see the irony in having a car insurance provider as your sponsor in NASCAR?). The girls are usually dumb and hot, which adds bonus points. However, even with all that it is just BORING to watch, at least on TV. "Ohhh blal blah wins the NEXTEL Cup." Who cares.

4) Hockey season has begun and I look forward to actually being able to root for a team (Washington Capitals) who have a legitimate shot at being a contender. Realize that I'm from CT where were continuously disappointed by our old NHL team, the Hartford Whalers (now Carolina Hurricanes) so this opportunity is a big step for me.

5) Bowling is only fun when you're getting drunk and the Bowling Alley looks like a disco. Other than that is it lame. There should be a rule that, at the very least during football season, I should NEVER turn on a sports channel and see bowling being portrayed as a sport. Name me one bowler in the, I'm not kidding, PBA? You can take bowling up with Curling, Synchronized Swimming, and the WNBA for sports I could care less about.

I don't have the energy for more right now. I'm tired from a weekend of watching disappointing and uninteresting football (I'm not a Redskins fan otherwise the weekend could have been salvaged).

Derek