Good Thursday morning to you all. I hope your week has gone well to this point and the downhill side of Hump Day treats you well. Oh, and Happy NBA Draft day! Are we all in consensus that it’s basically Blake Griffin at #1 and then a free-for-all? As a Grizz fan, I’m glad they finally got a pick as high as #2, but I have no idea who they shuld take. Hasheem Thabeet with all the defense and a knack for disappearing on offense? Or, Ricky Rubio who weighs in somewhere around 87 el beez and has no desire to go to Memphis? Maybe they’ll trade the pick to the Lakers for $7 and Adam Morrison? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see tonight.
In the meantime, grab some coffee and hit up these links.
I’m gonna keep this as simple as possible for all the fellas out there…DO. NOT. CHEAT. ON. YOUR. WIFE. Really, just don’t do it.
Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra will skip her latest attempt at avoiding the glue factory the Breeders’ Cup.
Apparently, Manny Ramirez sucks when he’s not roiding. Kinda like Big Papi and A-Rod and Sammy Sosa and Raffy Palmeiro and… At least the wigs are selling well in Albuquerque.
Speaking of disgusting hair, Vlad sheds dreads.
The historic US > Spain victory? It was the gameplan and the successful execution of it, not just luck.
Dear UGA and UF presidents, get this deal done and keep the game in Jax.
Dookie hoops freshman transferring…to Memphis?
Jeffrey Jordan is hanging up his Air Jordans and replacing them with McGraw Hill’s, for good.
Rick Hendrick gives Dale Jr. an A for effort.
Sasha Pavlovic + Ben Wallace + 2nd Round Pick = Shaqdaddy to Cleveland. If you think that the Lakers winning the NBA title a couple of weeks ago has nothing to do with this move for Shaq personally, then I think you’re silly.
A preview of the 2009 Oklahoma foobaw Sooners.
I was unaware the Coack Krzyzasdkjghtabuiski was compensated as well as he apparently is.
Jeff Kent likes spending his free time with heffers. Better than with Bonds, eh?
NASCAR drivers are as ridiculously superstitious as beisbol players?
Ed Thomas, a legendary Iowa high school football coach, was shot and killed inside his school’s weight room yesterday. You may have read about him before.
Congrats are in order to the LSeaux Tigeauxrs for winning the College World Series last night over Texas. I just happened to be watching when LSU broke the 4-4 tie in the 6th inning for good…the reaction from the stands was just further proof that, regarding fan support/passion, college sports > pro sports.
BRETT FAVRE!!!! (one liner approx 6 sentences from the end)
Hey, at least this guy didn’t name his kid after a mascot…looking at you and your firstborn, bossman.
Some of the funniest/most quotable one-liners ever have spilled out of the pie-hole of Mike Tyson. Add this latest one to the list:
“I read lots of classics in jail and you know what? Leo Tolstoy was a square.”
Mountain West Conference to the BCS: “I’ll be bock.” (typed in and to be read in best Terminator voice)
Just one more reason not to attend beisbol games…off-duty cops WILL shoot you if you throw them chin music in the parking lot.
I cannot wait for this series to start. Too bad I don’t live in Knoxville anymore, huh?
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More on Shaq later. GatorTrey(Quote)
so we can’t talk about how shaq is planning to ride the coattail of another superstar? sparty(Quote)
Nah go ahead. I’m focusing more on how it won’t mean much…with stats! GatorTrey(Quote)
That hooker is what they call ‘Knoxville hot’. knightwhosaysni(Quote)
Shaq is a corpse. Ilgauskis is better at this point. knightwhosaysni(Quote)
What a load of crap spewing from the mouths of university presidents. I guess they all need to die off before I can get the playoff I want. knightwhosaysni(Quote)
i often say to my wife: “come with me if you want to live,” in my best arnold voice. sparty(Quote)
If you’re lucky, they will trade down to Minnesota’s #5 or #6 pick. …but you have Chris Wallace as GM, so it’s probably safe to pre-order your Thabeet jersey. john(Quote)
Better than popping her full of lead and saying “Consider that a divorce” ala Total Recall. GatorTrey(Quote)
The Grizz has fan? knightwhosaysni(Quote)
As a Sox fan, what can I expect from Smoltz’s first start in 14 months tonight? The hype up here is 7 shut-out innings and then comes back in the ninth to record the save, then turn the gatorade into wine (even the blue gatorade) Boston Nozzel(Quote)
Two words: perfect game. john(Quote)
I rip off a lot of classic movie lines during my daily routines.
When I come back with an extra big package from Costco I use the Gone with the Wind line, “As God as my witness, we will never go without toilet paper again!” (Also works with mayonaise or bulk size raisin bran.)
Also from the line in Airplane, “I like my men the way I like my coffee – black.” I use that when I ask if the dish washer is clean, “I like my dishes the way I like my women – dirty.” My wife told me to stop saying that in front of the kids. cycledan(Quote)
As a Syracuse fan, I am kind of curious to see how high Jonny Flynn goes. Only knock on him is height at 6′ even. You can get by at PG if everything else is good at 6′. Two other Cuse players declared for the draft but will be lucky to get in the developmental league.
Eric Devendorf was an academic senior but had a year left of eligibility due to missing a year with an injury but he has to provide for his baby and baby’s Moma.
Paul Harris was Flynn’s high school teammate and highly recruited coming into college. He never developed an outside shot and is considered too small to play power forward. However he went early since he was in Coach Boeheim’s doghouse, was losing his boy Flynn to feed him the ball and the coach said that a transfer coming in was more talented that he was. Hmmm. Time to leave. He might play in Europe somewhere. cycledan(Quote)
The cop was assaulted in the parking lot while with his wife and kids. He was hit over the head with a bottle or club and sustainged a serious head injury. He pulled out his service gun and shot the two punks who attacked him. Only thing he did wrong is leave them alive. At least one is in critical condition. The other guy is just wounded. cycledan(Quote)
I would love for someone to make the arguement that Big Z is as valuable as Shaq. Just try. You won’t get any help from the stats, I’ll tell you that. guyinthecorner(Quote)
Hear! Hear! knightro(Quote)
I already did. Shaq sucks right now. He’s a complete stiff. Also he can’t make his free throws. knightwhosaysni(Quote)
Shaq can’t run the floor, doesn’t play particularly good defense and misses half his free throws. How is that a good fit with a guy like Lebron? It isn’t. Big Z is better for Lebron. knightwhosaysni(Quote)