I had to go unplug the alarm clock (w/ radio) and bring it into the living room. These chuckleheads providing commentary on TV are especially stupid tonight, and don’t even deserve to be named. Someone like Dan Deirdorf f can make the mute button an option for me, but over time I’ve been able to develop a callus for the Gumbel/Simms tandem and a few others. As the NFL encores following a day of college games, the heady commentary slowly dies throughout Sunday, on dialysis by the 8:30 ESPN game and six feet under by halftime Monday night.
Patrick Pass broke a few runs and took a five yard pass for twenty yards, so the title phrase is spoken. Not that I have anything against Patrick Pass. In fact, he’s one of my favorite players. It’s the way these commentators sound like used car salesmen, with 75 percent of the insight coming in the form of stats, montages and scripted anecdotes on whatever player made the last good play.
A football game, this American creation that’s just naturally dripping with material from play to play to riff on, is cheaply dressed up and pimped out. There’s a reason why NFL Films only uses clips from the radio coverage. It wouldn’t work with a soundtrack of, “here’s why you like this guy who just made a play, here’s why you like this guy who just made a play, here’s why you like this guy who just made a play, here’s why you like this guy who just made a play…”
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@NYG -2.5 / GB +9 / @DAL -9 / @CAR -7.5 / CLE +2 / CHI +3 / OAK -1 / JAX -3 / KC +6 / MIA +2.5 / @SF +11 / PHI +3.5 / @PIT -9
Chris is 56-49-1 on the season (8-5 this week)
Mark is 67-48 on the season (8-6 this week)
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Within this document you’ll find language that matches to the word what I pointed out a while back in, Rove’s Crime is Obvious. Read the rest of this entry »
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I’m running a fantasy basketball draft, taking care of the kids on my own today…so the big news is passing me by as of right now. Anyone wanting to get into it - here’s an open thread. Peace - Chris
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“They are targeting programs for poor people to pay for tax cuts for rich people,” said Rep. David Obey (news, bio, voting record), D-Wis. Once those tax cuts are passed, Obey added, deficits will be increasing again. Read the rest of this entry »
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Round 11:
#10 - Ricky - Delonte West
#9 - Murray - Ryan Gomes
#8 - Phil - Nick Collison
#7 - Chris - Adonal Foyle
#6 - Ritch - Earl Boykins
#5 - Eric - Brent Barry
#4 - Frank - Smush Parker
#3 - TJ - Mike James
#2 - Nick - David Wesley
#1 - Mark - Keith Van Horn
Round 10:
#10 - Ricky - Kwame Brown
#9 - Murray - Kenny Thomas
#8 - Phil - Shaun Livingston
#7 - Chris - Grant Hill
#6 - Ritch - Darius Miles
#5 - Eric - Martell Webster
#4 - Frank - Chris Anderson
#3 - TJ - Marquise Daniels
#2 - Nick - Nazr Mohammad
#1 - Mark - Mark Blount
Round 9:
#10 - Ricky - Matt Harpring
#9 - Murray - Jim Jackson
#8 - Phil - Vlad Radmanovic
#7 - Chris - Primoz Brezec
#6 - Ritch - Doug Christie
#5 - Eric - Antonio McDyess
#4 - Frank - Sebastian Telfair
#3 - TJ - Lorenzen Wright
#2 - Nick - Ike Dougu
#1 - Mark - Joe Smith
Round 8:
#10 - Ricky - James Jones
#9 - Murray - Jameer Nelson
#8 - Phil - Luol Deng
#7 - Chris - Mike Sweetney
#6 - Ritch - Brendan Haywood
#5 - Eric - Eric Dampier
#4 - Frank - Samuel Dalembert
#3 - TJ - Raja Bell
#2 - Nick - Sam Cassell
#1 - Mark - Rashad McCants
Round 7:
#10 - Ricky - J.R. Smith
#9 - Murray - Eddie Griffin
#8 - Phil - Michael Finley
#7 - Chris - Gerald Wallace
#6 - Ritch - Raymond Felton
#5 - Eric - Mike Dunleavy
#4 - Frank - Marvin Williams
#3 - TJ - Jamal Tinsley
#2 - Nick - Juan Dixon
#1 - Mark - Mike Miller
Round 6:
#10 - Ricky - Stromile Swift
#9 - Murray - Udonis Haslem
#8 - Phil - Jerry Stackhouse
#7 - Chris - Antoine Walker
#6 - Ritch - Bonzi Wells
#5 - Eric - Josh Childress
#4 - Frank - Eddy Curry
#3 - TJ - Chris Kaman
#2 - Nick - Shane Battier
#1 - Mark - PJ Brown
Round 5:
#10 - Ricky - Marko Jaric
#9 - Frank (from Murray) - Brevin Knight
#8 - Phil - Jamal Maglore
#7 - Eric (from Chris) - Joel Prizilla
#6 - Ritch - Raef Lafrentz
#5 - Eric - Quentin Richardson
#4 - Frank - Eddie Jones
#3 - TJ - Steven Jackson
#2 - Nick - Donyell Marshall
#1 - Mark - Cutino Mobley
Round 4:
#10 - Ricky - Josh Howard
#9 - Murray - Deron Williams
#8 - Phil - TJ Ford
#7 - Chris - Al Harrington
#6 - Ritch - Jamal Crawford
#5 - Chris (from Eric) - Rip Hamilton
#4 - Frank - Morris Peterson
#3 - TJ - Chris Webber
#2 - Nick - Rafer Alston
#1 - Mark - Wally Sczerbiak
Round 3:
#10 - Ricky - Damon Stoudamire
#9 - Murray - Bobby Simmons
#8 - Phil - Desmond Mason
#7 - Chris - Damon Jones
#6 - Ritch - Luke Ridnour
#5 - Eric - Caron Butler
#4 - Frank - Troy Murphy
#3 - TJ - Antwain Jamison
#2 - Nick - Jalen Rose
#1 - Mark - Mehmet Okur
Round 2:
#10 - Ricky - Kurt Thomas
#9 - Murray - Nene Hillario
#8 - Phil - Tony Parker
#7 - Chris - Andre Miller
#6 - Ritch - Shareef Abdur-Rahim
#5 - Eric - Lamar Odom
#4 - Frank - Chris Paul
#3 - TJ - Tyson Chandler
#2 - Nick - Rasheed Wallace
#1 - Mark - Carmelo Anthony (Mr. STOP SNITCHIN - Bodymore, Murderland)
Round 1:
#10 - Ricky - Pau Gasol
#9 - Murray - Drew Gooden
#8 - Phil - Corey Maggette
#7 - Chris - Andre Iguodala
#6 - Ritch - Manu Ginobili
#5 - Eric - Joe Johnson
#4 - Frank - Rashard Lewis
#3 - TJ - Larry Hughes
#2 - Nick - Marcus Camby
#1 - Mark - Andrew Bogut
Keepers:
05-06 #1 DRAFT PICK (Mark): McGrady, Redd, J. Richardson, R. Jefferson - Wade
cheesecake (Nick): Pierce, Marion, R. Davis, J. Williams - Okafor
Swayze’s Army (Mr. Bell): Bibby, Kidd, Kenyon, Ratliff - Lebron
Brown’s in Town (Frank): Kirilenko, Nowitski, Duncan, Baron Davis - Korver
TITS MCGEE (Eric): Arenas, Ray Allen, Boozer, Prince - Howard
_________ (Ritch): Billups, Carter, Terry, Ilgauskas - Bosh
Al Swearengen (Chris): Iverson, Marbury, B. Wallace, J. O’Neal - Al Jefferson
DressCodeFan (Phil): Yao, Shaq, Artest, Randolph - Hinrich
the game (Murray): Kobe, Brad Miller, Francis, Nash - Ben Gordon
Green Dynasty (Ricky): Garnett, Brand, Amare, Peja - Josh Smith
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Thursday, June 10, 1999
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. George W. Bush said Tuesday that he would have voted to impeach President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
“I would have voted for it. I thought the man lied,” he said in response to a question posed during a news conference.
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Documents Contradict Comments on Holdings
BUSTED! Read the rest of this entry »
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Prez’s anger growing in hard times - pals
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She’s got nothing to say in terms of her reporting in the runup to the war. It’s he-said/she-said…I’m posting this because I honestly feel that this woman just doesn’t get it. The corpses in Iraq is what this is about, but to these people who aimed to turn themselves into legends without having to fire a single shot, it’s just a game. Read the rest of this entry »
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He’s just not that good of a quarterback. All day long he failed to move in the pocket, and consistently made terrible throws. While I heavily questioned the Cowboys play calling throughout the game (after the Seattle turnover on the punt, why run it on third and 5 inside the 10?), Bledsoe has to know at this point in his career what balls he can and cannot through in certain situations. On the pick that set up Seattle’s game winning field goal, Bledsoe’s receiver on the far right ran a fifteen yard out with one defender in man to man coverage and another playing zone in the exact spot the ball would have to go. Drew doesn’t need to see the tape, doesn’t need ‘coaching’, doesn’t need to beat himself up over it…he just needs to go away. Anyone who doesn’t think Parcells is kicking himself for taking Bledsoe over Jeff Garcia, Mark Brunell or Kelly Holcomb is in denial!
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