Why do people all of a sudden love the Oakland Raiders? Aren't they a scummy team who has a lot of trashy players, half of whom were close to the other side of the law.
Ever since Al Davis passed away, there's been this little love affair with the Raiders.
Exactly how many playoff games have they won in the last 15-20 years?
2000: 1
2001: 1
2002: 2
Total: 4
They're living off of the past. Yes one can say the same thing about the San Francisco 49ers, except that they're classier and have 5 rings and DeBartolo never threatened to move the team to Los Angeles.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Fox Sports Pathetic, Fox News Great
For as much as I like Fox News for news and political coverage, I can't stand Fox Sports, particularly Joe Buck, the Fox NFL Sunday crew, and Tony Siragusa. I feel like my brain lost some cells after watching a NFL game on Fox, especially with that silly robot of theirs.
NBC Sports is actually pretty good, with nice NHL Coverage with Emrick and Olczyk and decent NFL Coverage. Now that Keith Olbermann (or as Mark Levin calls him, Keith Overbite) isn't there, I like it. Don't like seeing Rodney Harrison as an analyst, because he's a Patriot or Cheatriot, but that's small potatoes.
NBC Sports is actually pretty good, with nice NHL Coverage with Emrick and Olczyk and decent NFL Coverage. Now that Keith Olbermann (or as Mark Levin calls him, Keith Overbite) isn't there, I like it. Don't like seeing Rodney Harrison as an analyst, because he's a Patriot or Cheatriot, but that's small potatoes.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sports thoughts week of October 7-10
After finishing up with the Holiday of Yom Kippur, and the conclusion of the first round of the baseball playoffs, here are my thoughts.
1) Philadelphia choked, or was over-hyped and Charlie Manuel was out-managed by Tony LaRussa. How a team with four really good starting pitchers lost to the Cardinals is beyond me.
2) Jose Valverde is someone who reminds me of Jose Mesa, Mitch Williams and other good regular season closers, who is bound to blow a big save in the playoffs.
3) Stanford is really good, LSU and Alabama are good. The BCS Title game will be LSU and Oklahoma. Stanford will play Wisconsin or Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
4) Thom Brenneman is better than Joe Buck for football, IMHO. Fox Sports is quite annoying, and after watching the Seahawks beat the Giants, I felt like my IQ went down ten points.
5) Jim Nantz and Phil Simms are OVERRATED!! As a matter of fact, CBS Sports is a waste of time, too Northeast-centric for my taste.
1) Philadelphia choked, or was over-hyped and Charlie Manuel was out-managed by Tony LaRussa. How a team with four really good starting pitchers lost to the Cardinals is beyond me.
2) Jose Valverde is someone who reminds me of Jose Mesa, Mitch Williams and other good regular season closers, who is bound to blow a big save in the playoffs.
3) Stanford is really good, LSU and Alabama are good. The BCS Title game will be LSU and Oklahoma. Stanford will play Wisconsin or Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
4) Thom Brenneman is better than Joe Buck for football, IMHO. Fox Sports is quite annoying, and after watching the Seahawks beat the Giants, I felt like my IQ went down ten points.
5) Jim Nantz and Phil Simms are OVERRATED!! As a matter of fact, CBS Sports is a waste of time, too Northeast-centric for my taste.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Steve Jobs, RIP
I am a consumer of technology, so I don't know enough about the inner workings of the technology world. However, I saw a good comment about his passing from someone who commented on Pamela Geller's blog, Atlas Shrugged.
"Steve Jobs dropped out of college after six months, and went to work creating. Contrast what he did with the young people in lower Manhattan, many with college degrees, protesting Wall Street, and their failure to find employment."
"Steve Jobs dropped out of college after six months, and went to work creating. Contrast what he did with the young people in lower Manhattan, many with college degrees, protesting Wall Street, and their failure to find employment."
Sunday, October 2, 2011
All Seattle Sports Journalists unworthy of their job
It seems to me that all of the Seattle Sports Journalists, Local TV Anchors, KJR Hosts, KIRO Hosts and Team analysts are a bunch of house men or yes men (and women/tomboys) who should not be employed as sports experts because they're house men and cheerleaders.
For example, there were articles in the Seattle Times last week about the bumper crop of young players who are just ready to bloom like a rose, to use a phrase from Kellie Pickler. However, we have one of the higher ticket prices among the 30 MLB teams and to use that as a positive from another 90 loss season is silly.
Until further notice, I will not take the opinion of the Seattle Sports media seriously.
By the way, is there an unwritten rule here that only tomboys can work as sports reporters? Do we have any really attractive women here who know a thing about sports other than trying to snag a date with a jock?
For example, there were articles in the Seattle Times last week about the bumper crop of young players who are just ready to bloom like a rose, to use a phrase from Kellie Pickler. However, we have one of the higher ticket prices among the 30 MLB teams and to use that as a positive from another 90 loss season is silly.
Until further notice, I will not take the opinion of the Seattle Sports media seriously.
By the way, is there an unwritten rule here that only tomboys can work as sports reporters? Do we have any really attractive women here who know a thing about sports other than trying to snag a date with a jock?
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