In honor of the fact that it looks like Texas Tech will be running off their pirate savant coach Mike Leach despite the fact he's the most successful head coach they've ever had I'd like to post some pearls of wisdom from the mad pirate himself:
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
The Top Ten Ugliest Men is Sports
There are many candidates for this prestigious list, but just ten make the cut. Most are current, whilst a couple made their way back from retirement with their smashing looks.
For some it's a sign of endearment, and others a wakeup call to purchase a mirror.
1) Bryant 'Big Country' Reeves - This is the face of the Vancouver Grizzlies. (Whose idea was this? I hope he's unemployed.) The fate of Kevin Bookout's career was sealed when he was given the moniker 'Big Country v 2.0.' Today, rather than that ghastly Vancouver Grizzlies uniform, Big Country is most likely to be found wearing a mossy oak camouflage hat and jorts.
2) Mike Ricci - He'll always be loved in Denver, where he won The Cup with the Avalanche in 1996. But Lord have mercy, what happened to this guy? He actually looked worse when he cut the mane. One of the best stories I've ever come across was when Queen Elizabeth visited Canada in 2002 and dropped a ceremonial first puck with the team captains prior to a Canucks-Sharks game. Ricci, the acting Sharks captain, put in his teeth for the spectacle out of respect for Her Majesty. He might be ugly, but he is a good looking hockey player who knows how to honour royalty.
3) Franck Ribery - The dude's French, hideous, and a damn good footballer.
4) Chris Kaman - Since he cut his hair, Encino Man more closely resembles Neanderthal than Homo habilis, with the hope of one day catching up to the rest of mankind. By this time I’m sure Homo sapiens will have evolved to robots.
5) Randy Johnson - Never has the Kentucky Waterfall flowed so gracefully from underneath a New Era cap.
6) Sam Cassell - Uncredited for his role as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
7) Adam Morrison - Despite what some photographic evidence tells you, he was not drafted in the 1970s. Perhaps the only part of his game uglier than that 'stache is that he couldn't get off the bench in Charlotte.
8) Mike Tyson - I don’t know what makes me more afraid of him: that facial tattoo, the fact that he chewed off Holyfield’s ear, or his desire to eat Lennox Lewis’ heart and children.
9) Joakim Noah - Originally crowned ugliest female in sports until tests confirmed he possessed the Y-chromosome of human males. (I'm not the only one who thought he was some butch chick the first time I saw him play for Florida.) Noah now debatably beats Anderson Varejao as the most effeminate NBA player.
10) Ronaldinho - The man's been blessed with some of the best moves on the planet. Magnificent. What he may lack in dental alignment is more than made up for with footy skill.
For some it's a sign of endearment, and others a wakeup call to purchase a mirror.
1) Bryant 'Big Country' Reeves - This is the face of the Vancouver Grizzlies. (Whose idea was this? I hope he's unemployed.) The fate of Kevin Bookout's career was sealed when he was given the moniker 'Big Country v 2.0.' Today, rather than that ghastly Vancouver Grizzlies uniform, Big Country is most likely to be found wearing a mossy oak camouflage hat and jorts.
2) Mike Ricci - He'll always be loved in Denver, where he won The Cup with the Avalanche in 1996. But Lord have mercy, what happened to this guy? He actually looked worse when he cut the mane. One of the best stories I've ever come across was when Queen Elizabeth visited Canada in 2002 and dropped a ceremonial first puck with the team captains prior to a Canucks-Sharks game. Ricci, the acting Sharks captain, put in his teeth for the spectacle out of respect for Her Majesty. He might be ugly, but he is a good looking hockey player who knows how to honour royalty.
3) Franck Ribery - The dude's French, hideous, and a damn good footballer.
4) Chris Kaman - Since he cut his hair, Encino Man more closely resembles Neanderthal than Homo habilis, with the hope of one day catching up to the rest of mankind. By this time I’m sure Homo sapiens will have evolved to robots.
5) Randy Johnson - Never has the Kentucky Waterfall flowed so gracefully from underneath a New Era cap.
6) Sam Cassell - Uncredited for his role as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
7) Adam Morrison - Despite what some photographic evidence tells you, he was not drafted in the 1970s. Perhaps the only part of his game uglier than that 'stache is that he couldn't get off the bench in Charlotte.
8) Mike Tyson - I don’t know what makes me more afraid of him: that facial tattoo, the fact that he chewed off Holyfield’s ear, or his desire to eat Lennox Lewis’ heart and children.
9) Joakim Noah - Originally crowned ugliest female in sports until tests confirmed he possessed the Y-chromosome of human males. (I'm not the only one who thought he was some butch chick the first time I saw him play for Florida.) Noah now debatably beats Anderson Varejao as the most effeminate NBA player.
10) Ronaldinho - The man's been blessed with some of the best moves on the planet. Magnificent. What he may lack in dental alignment is more than made up for with footy skill.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Hope
In some ways, this article by Rick Reilly from this past December reminds me of The Doob's post regarding priorities from "way back" in 2008.
I just stumbled across this article tonight, I never saw it when it was actually published so it's a bit off-season; given that it's about Christmas hope and we're only three weeks away from the beginning of Lent.
I found it because in a different place on ESPN.com Rick Reilly says that Roger Goodell invited the coach of Faith to the Super Bowl after Troy Aikman heard the story and passed it on up to the commissioner.
The coach, Kris Hogan, had this to say.
"I hate it that this thing that we did is so rare," Hogan said. "Everybody views it as such a big deal. Shouldn't that be the normal?"
Great message. Sports and hope go hand in hand. Sports can deliver a larger message. But why does it seem so rare that someone use sports to spread hope for a person's character and life, rather than hope for a fat paycheck, hoes in every area code, and a trophy? If every one of us sports fans were to be sure directed our passion for sports to passion for changing the life of someone who desperately needs to know they are not on the margins of society, what would happen?
Perhaps I'm over stating the issue, but hyperbole often returns results.
At least, I hope so.
I just stumbled across this article tonight, I never saw it when it was actually published so it's a bit off-season; given that it's about Christmas hope and we're only three weeks away from the beginning of Lent.
I found it because in a different place on ESPN.com Rick Reilly says that Roger Goodell invited the coach of Faith to the Super Bowl after Troy Aikman heard the story and passed it on up to the commissioner.
The coach, Kris Hogan, had this to say.
"I hate it that this thing that we did is so rare," Hogan said. "Everybody views it as such a big deal. Shouldn't that be the normal?"
Great message. Sports and hope go hand in hand. Sports can deliver a larger message. But why does it seem so rare that someone use sports to spread hope for a person's character and life, rather than hope for a fat paycheck, hoes in every area code, and a trophy? If every one of us sports fans were to be sure directed our passion for sports to passion for changing the life of someone who desperately needs to know they are not on the margins of society, what would happen?
Perhaps I'm over stating the issue, but hyperbole often returns results.
At least, I hope so.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
N-B-A H-O-R-S-E
Okay - so two NBA posts in one night...it's a bit much. I really don't even like the NBA outside of the Nuggets, but this is awesome. So before the NBA All-Star game, they're going to be doing a game of H-O-R-S-E the night before. This is the setup for the game (it's not going to be in the arena) and the rig behind the court can go up 14 feet and from what I've read seems like it could be used for shots.
So I have two questions:
- Who should be the three All-Stars playing?
- If you could play H-O-R-S-E with any other set of two people, who would they be?
The Knicks
Alright, so I'm not saying that New York is good by any means...though given the fact that they are in the East, that means they're one game out of the playoffs. However, because it is the East, they could probably be 12 games under .500 instead of just six by the end of the year and still have a chance at making the playoffs. I digress, the point that I want to make is that while everyone is trumpeting Kobe's heroics and now LeBron's - my first thought is "wow they're good" and my second is "wow the Knicks really suck!" Honestly, for a group of professionals - I would be pretty embarrassed if I were them to get worked by one guy like that. Then again...if I were paid millions of dollars and Kobe scored 61 on me, I probably wouldn't be heartbroken.
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