Archive for December, 2009
• It makes perfect sense to schedule an undie run for November 20th in Montana, right? [Busted Coverage]
• The eight funniest Bobby Bowden videos of all-time. [Guyism]
• General Tao recaps the Grey Cup for us Americanos. [Food Court Lunch]
• John Daly tweets about how he would have handled the situation Tiger Woods finds himself in. [Waggle Room]
• Jay Cutler must not like the microphones NFL Network uses. [Mouthpiece Blog]
• New York Giant Antonio Pierce is out for the season with a bulging disk and the injury could perhaps be a career-ender. [Second-String Fullback]
Although it has been a hot topic of discussion and anticipated for many years, finally we have solid, real-world confirmation: courtesy of Sports Media Blog comes news that by mid-2010, Sky, a British satellite television service party-owned by Rupert Murdoch, will launch the Sky 3D channel and intends to begin broadcasting soccer matches in 3D, and one can only assume that we will see similar technology make its way to the United States shortly thereafter. Far out, man.
How does it work, you ask? Obviously, the technology is way over my head, but this article sheds some light on it.
Now that just about any person with previous coaching experience (Pat Summitt, you’re next) will have their name bandied about as a possible replacement for Charlie Weis as head coach of the Notre Dame football program, Tony Dungy has decided to launch a preemptive strike regarding the speculation that he will be a candidate to fill the rather large void created by Weis’ absence. In fact, Dungy doesn’t even care about mathematical principles as they pertain to his non-interest in the job. Via The Huddle:
“Is there anything less than a 0% chance of that happening?” Dungy said to ESPN. His comments echo those he made two weeks ago that he’s not interested in a coaching job at any level.
First, I am no mathemagician and I could be totally wrong about this, but I’m fairly certain that there is no such thing as a negative percentage.
Jeez, a person must really want to make a strong point to casually fly in the face of thousands of years of mathematical theory. To the souls and legacies of great mathematicians from Pythagoras to Sir Isaac Newton to that dude from A Beautiful Mind, Tony Dungy says “Screw you guys!”
Tony Dungy: ‘Less than a 0% chance’ he’ll become Notre Dame coach [The Huddle]
Okay, there is really no other point to this post other than to satisfy my curiosity as to why LowerMyBills.com would believe that using a photo of a shirtless Jesus-looking dude would entice me to click through to their site? (click on screen grab to enlarge) I mean, sure, if Tim Tebow was reading Sports Biz with Darren Rovell and saw that ad, it might cause he to be interested, but I doubt the average person would find that compelling.
If someone would have told me beforehand that ESPN The Magazine‘s “Body Issue” would have made a lot of money, I would have called them a liar, a cheat and a thief, although I have no idea why I would have called them a cheat and a thief. But apparently, the unthinkable has occurred: the “Body Issue” made so much money it will be back for at least another year, according to a post on Sports Biz with Darren Rovell:
Gary Hoenig, general manager and editorial director of ESPN publishing, told CNBC that the issue was the best issue, in terms of advertising, in the month of October since the Magazine launched in 1998.
Hoenig said The Body Issue sold “close to double” the amount that the magazine normally sells of each bi-weekly issue at the newsstand.
Who woulda thunk it, right? You know, I think I might hop on this gravy train and start publishing a magazine. It will be geared towards men between the ages of 18-35 and will primarily be filled with photos of semi-clothed woman – preferably attractive ones, like models and actresses, staged in provocative poses.
I cannot believe no one has thought of this sure-fire money-maker yet. Woodheads.
ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue: A Financial Success [Sports Biz with Darren Rovell]
Sometimes in anger during a moment of conflict, people lose control of their emotions. What separates most of us from the degenerates of the world is our ability to not act out when we temporarily lose control.
Unfortunately for Florida Panthers goaltender Tomas Vokoun, his teammate, Keith Ballard, was unable to stifle his anger after the Panthers yielded a goal to Ilya Kovulchuk during the first period of their 4-3 loss to the Atlanta Thrashers. Attempting to take a frustrated swing with his stick at the goal post, Ballard’s stick caught Vokoun in the head, giving him an ear laceration and sending his fallen teammate off on a stretcher for a trip to the hospital.
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• NFL. New Orleans Saints 38, New England Patriots 17. Drew Brees shredded the Patriots defense by throwing for 371 yards and five touchdowns while Tom Brad threw two picks as the Saints improved to 11-0. [Yahoo!/AP]
• NHL. Pittsburgh Penguins 5, New York Rangers 2. Mike Rupp had a hat trick as Pittsburgh swept a home-and-home series. Marian Gaborik scored both goals for the Rangers to push his NHL-leading total to 21. [NHL.com Scoreboard]
• NBA. Golden State Warriors 126, Indiana Pacers 107. Monta Ellis went 15-27 from the field and 14-16 from the free throw line to score 45 points to lead teh way for the injury-depleted Warriors. [NBA.com Scoreboard]
• Yeah, this is not a very sexy line. Jonathan Littel won the Literary Review’s “Bad Sex In Fiction Award” for a passage from his award-winning book, The Kindly Ones. Despite the Literary Review referring to the novel as a “work of genius,” they took him to task for the following line: “I came suddenly, a jolt that emptied my head like a spoon scraping the inside of a soft-boiled egg.” Yowsers. That’s not sexy at all. No way he is ever going to get a letter published in Penthouse Forum. [Yahoo!/Reuters]
