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Words of Wisdom Wednesday: Adam Schefter is a funny guy

"So I guess Brett Favre can now drive Brad Childress to the airport." 

- Adam Schefter, via Twitter

Jets=Biggest Frauds in sports.

Where to begin with the New York Jets? I think I’ll by stating that they are the biggest frauds in all of sports at the moment, as their 8-2 record should be 4-6, but a ton of luck against low quality opponents has allowed the Jets to stay in the race for home field advantage in the AFC. Let’s examine what I’m talking about.

Andy Reid Was Always Fat and Bad

 

Look how huge he was! The kid behind Reid is half his size.

Week 9 Power Rankings

Teach me how to dougie. After jump.

Thank god Calvin was there to save Brees from being hit by that ball.

The Celtics Have Such Wonderful People On Their Roster

Rondo is the dirtiest, not the good "dirty," player in the NBA now that Bruce Bowen is gone.

Paul Pierce is the biggest actor, flopper and cry baby in the NBA.

Garnett elbowed another player last year in the face when the guy called Pierce out on his flopping.

Now this.

Garnett called Charlie Villanueva a "cancer patient" because of his lack of hair. I guess he didn't realize that Villanueva has alopecia universalis, a variation of alopecia areata, an autoimmune skin disease. This results in hair loss on the scalp and/or elsewhere on the body, according to sources including the never-wrong Wikipedia.

"KG talks alot of crap, he's prob never been in a fight, I would love to get in a ring with him, I will expose him," Villanueva Tweeted.

I'd like to see that happen, but include Rondo, Pierce, Kobe, and other NBA All Asshole Team starters in the beat down.

God only knows how class acts like Ray Allen and yeah, SHAQ, ended up on that team.

The Raiders are Still Retarded

Big things. That's what the Raiders promised everyone before the 2010 NFL season began, as they had one of the most productive off-seasons in the league. Not only did they finally ditch modern day Ryan Leaf, Jamarcus Russell, but they were able to get Jason Campbell from the Redskins for next to nothing. Combine this with their first smart draft in years, and Oakland now has a chance to win their division. Of course, things did not turn out that way as the season began. The Raiders lost two of the first three games of the season to Tennessee and Arizona, eventually leading to the Jason Campbell being benched in favor of Bruce Gradakowski.

Week 8 Power Rankings

FANTASMIC after the break.

How To Not Be A Douchebag: Hipsters

In the first addition of our new segment, How To Not Be A Douchebag, we address the newest douchey trend, hipsters. These segments will be quick and to the points. Open for arguments and comments between yourselves, arguments which I will not participate in because I am already right. After the break, hipsters. Note, these images are from all over the internet, there are many hipster venting outlets and I am just bringing them all together in one place.

Week 7 Power Rankings

Okay, so it's been a while. I now have a computer, Ted now has less midterms, we are back people. BACK.

The NFL is now impossible to determine who is the better than who. Each year teams get closer and closer as there is more and more talent in the league. So I'd like to remind everyone that Power Rankings are not "who the best team is, for the whole year, and the #1 team is who should win the Super Bowl." They are a ranking of who has the most POWER right now. Who is hot, who isn't. That's why they are made every week and flex every week. MMKAY?

After the break. You know whats there.

Brady Throwing Another Hissy Fit

Tom Brady, well known for creating the "tuck" rule and throwing child-like temper tantrums every time he is hit on and incomplete pass, now throws hissy fits even during completed passes and in games his team wins.

Check out this post on KSK for a gif and another article.

Best of the Week 2010: Week 3-5

First off, Apologizes for missing out on the past couple weeks. I've had my hands full with school and studying so I have not had time to put together Best of the Week until now. Of course that means 3 weeks worth of goodness!

Many of you may be asking what in the world is going on the NFL this season. Teams speculated to do well are performing poorly, and franchises which have been in the toilet so long people forgot about them are rebounding to the top of the charts. There's also the former superstar turned dog killer regaining his status as a feared competitor, while his white-hype teammate has fallen to his backup. Of course the events in the actual games have been just as awesome/bizarre. Hit the jump to check out the best of the best from the past two weeks.

Tom Brady's Hair continues to cause problems

The recent trade of all-star Wide-Out Randy Moss to the Vikings has many people questioning the motives of the Patriots. Why would a team send out one of it's biggest offensive weapons so early in the season? Could it have been due to Moss' poor performance against the Dolphins, or was the biggest factor that it was the last year on the future HOF's contract in New England? Though these are all valid reasons, a leaked story about a confrontation between Randy and Tom Brady has come out recently, which could have been a strong reasoning in the trade. The question now is, what could have caused NFL's most dangerous duo to squabble like kids on the playground?

The answer of course is obvious: Tom Brady's hair. When your quarterback has a career as high profile in modeling as he does on the field, his looks are just as important as his play. The Patriots knew this and saw to it that instead of making Brady get a haircut they would have to trade away their #1 receiver. However, is this an isolated incident or will Tommy Boy's do cause more problems for the rest of the team?

Words of Wisdom Wednesday: Cafuffle

"The Packers looked like they were in... a cafuffle out there." - Steve Young

NFL Power Rankings: Week 4

Is that Plax?!

Still no Illustrator! This week the only undefeated teams to come out alive were the Bears, Steelers and Chiefs. Who would have thought? Does that make them the best teams in the NFL? Find out after the jump.

Best of the Week 2010: Week 2

I'm just going to cut straight to the chase this week since i'm very busy this week. You're here to view the good stuff, so let's cut to the good stuff:

Week 3 Power Rankings

This picture is from last week, but the list is new. It's going to be ugly too, hopefully next week I'll have Adobe Illustrator back. Read more by clicking...Read More. 

Words of Wisdom Wednesday: "He Standin' There Like Jesus" NBA Elite 11 Demo

"He be standin' there like Jesus. This shit is crazy"

NBA Elite 11 promised to be more realistic and less "roll the dice" on shot percentage and player movement. AKA it wanted to be like NBA 2k. The results were the opposite. Check out "Hard8times" playing the demo on youtube. I started it at the 2:20 mark as that's when it gets real.

Power Rankings

Unfortunately I am without a computer that has Illustrator right now so this weeks Power Rankings will be a boring lame stupid text list, but it will be coming tomorrow.

Culpepper is mad

he finally threw A decent pass on 3rd down and it was dropped

Part 2

Sacramento finally gets a field goal at least.

Andre Dixon's in a running well.

culpepper threw deep. way off target again but the WR got nailed after the play and a 15 yard penalty occurred..mad booing

 Watch "Colonials game 1.1" on YouTube

Location : Wilbur Cross Hwy, East Hartford, CT 06108,

Location : Wilbur Cross Hwy, East Hartford, CT 06108,

Colonials first game live blog

Happy to see Josh mccown, culpepper, Dennis green and Andre Dixon.

Mccown made a sweet loft pass down the left side line with 9 min left in the 2nd. 

Blocked kick at 7:04 2nd quarter in Sacramento territory by 34 mcduffie.

14 yard scramble by #11 Ryan perriloux

Culpepper honestly looks terrible. Another 3 and out with 4 min left in the half

Fucking cannons

Sacramento can't catch either. Culpepper throws on the run way out of boundS. Next pass deep and int by # 40

Nice run by Lorenzo Booker. But I want Andre.

Halftime comes. Walking to Burger King. Wait. B.o.b. performance

Videos coming after the game in full recap.

Awesome 70 yard screen pass to Lorenzo Booker to start 2nd half

Wow. Sacramento actually got passed the 50. In the red zone!

Location : Wilbur Cross Hwy, East Hartford, CT 06108,

Location : Wilbur Cross Hwy, East Hartford, CT 06108,

Location : Wilbur Cross Hwy, East Hartford, CT 06108,

Location : Wilbur Cross Hwy, East Hartford, CT 06108,

Location : Wilbur Cross Hwy, East Hartford, CT 06108,

Week 2 Power Rankings

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY

Just click read more

Best of the Week 2010: Week 1

It has returned. The NFL is back people, and with it of course brings one of our best features: Best of the Week. This season though look for some changes in your favorite segment, as we'll feature less .gifs than last year. This of course will mean faster page loading for everyone, so you can get to viewing the good stuff faster. In it's place will be a larger assessment of youtube videos, which will load much faster on most browsers.

This week of course brought with it many epic moments. Big hits, bad calls, and Phillip's patience falls, all this and more after the jump.

Manly Mondays: Phoning it in

Yeah, this is a total cop-out. Too bad, I'm really busy since the NFL season started and I'm in college and all. Just read this article found at Cracked.com. Here's an example of its manliness:

Team Outlooks: AFC East

These lists will go in order of last years division standings, and I will not be predicting standings here. This is just an objective view on what has happened with these teams over the offseason and a general educated guess of how they will fair in 2010.

Take the Bills out of the equation and the AFC East could be the best division in football. In all honesty, either the Jets, Dolphins or Patriots could win this division, and whoever wins this division will be battle tested for the playoffs and be a team no one wants to face in the Divisional Round. More after the break.

Team Outlooks: NFC South

These lists will go in order of last years division standings, and I will not be predicting standings here. This is just an objective view on what has happened with these teams over the offseason and a general educated guess of how they will fair in 2010.

Almost every season the NFC South has a new division champion. Even though we have the Saints at #2 in our Week 1 Power Rankings, by season's end it is possible someone like the Falcons could take over. More after the jump. 

Team Outlooks: NFC West

These lists will go in order of last years division standings, and I will not be predicting standings here. This is just an objective view on what has happened with these teams over the offseason and a general educated guess of how they will fair in 2010.

For the 8 millionth year in a row, the NFC West may be the worst division in football. More after the break.

Week 1 Power Rankings

And we're back! Congrats football fans! You made it through another grueling offseason. Thursday night marks the open of the 2010/2011 NFL Season. We get to watch a rematch of the NFC Championship as the Vikings and Super Bowl Champ Saints battle it out. Hopefully, and most likely, Drew Brees will mess up the Vikings and win big. 

Besides Thursday night, the NFL has blessed us with a bunch of great matchups for week 1. There's Colts-Texans, Jets-Ravens, and Bengals-Patriots, among others (vote on the poll!) But that's not what this post is about, let's get to the Week 1 Power Rankings right after the jump.

Team Outlooks: NFC North

These lists will go in order of last years division standings, and I will not be predicting standings here. This is just an objective view on what has happened with these teams over the offseason and a general educated guess of how they will fair in 2010.

The NFC North holds the divisions two biggest power houses, or does it? More after the jump.

OchocincO's

Yes, they may just be Honey Nut Cheerios with a funny box, but they are still funny nonetheless.

On a serious note, some of the proceeds will go to Feed The Children

Manly Mondays: Sweetness

"Never Die Easy." 

-Walter "Sweetness" Payton

Team Outlooks: NFC East

Who would have expected this? Me, Matt Sasso, starting a series of columns with the division that contains the New York Giants. I know what you're thinking, and yes I AM always this unpredictable.

These lists will go in order of last years division standings, and I will not be predicting standings here. This is just an objective view on what has happened with these teams over the offseason and a general educated guess of how they will fair in 2010.

Lets get this started. The NFC East has been very up and down the last few seasons. At one part of the season they will look like the best division in football, the NFC Beast, then later on they will all look terrible with the exception of one random team a year. Who will it be this year? More after the jump.

2010 Pre-Season Predictions

On the rise

-Jason Campbell and the Raiders
If you had told me a year ago that the Oakland Raiders could be favorites to with their division I would have laughed in your face. It's funny how quickly things can change. If any team dramatically improved in the off-season it would have to be Oakland, as they adressed nearly all of their problems. They cut the tumor that was draft-bust Jamarcus Russell from their roster, and acquired the young, talented Jason Campbell from the Redskins. That by itself would have been a significant improvement, however the rouges of the NFL didn't stop there as they did something that nobody would have guessed: They had a good draft. When the Raiders announced their first pick in the draft, everyone across the country was fully expecting yet another poor pick, one on Matt Millen level of awfulness. However, instead of another Jamarcus, the Raiders made a smart, safe choice and drafted LB Rolando McClain. The rest of their draft was on a similar tone of making smart choices, nothing mind-blowing, but players who they can help to rebuild their franchise with.

Brett Favre "Retiring!"

According to reports Vikings QB Brett Favre is retiring...again. I'm sure more definite news will be out soon but even when it does come out one has to ask, "will it stick this time?"

UPDATE: Favre has stated he will play this season if he is healthy...so much for that

Colonials 'Big' Announcement

Via @theufl Twitter account: The Colonials are announcing a new player and they claim it is big news. We will have to wait until noon today to hear what it is. Check in later!

Colonials Debut New Uniforms

I like 'em. What do you all think?

Words of Wisdom Wednesday: Kevin Durant

"I doubt im the next face; i'm just another guy helping to bring a gold back to the U.S. It's been a dream of mine since I was a little kid - Kevin Durant

T.O. And Ochocinco Team Up

Someone on Chad's crew whipped this up. Get your popcorn ready Ohio. Hit the jump for more.

T.O. to the Bengals

According to Profootballtalk.com, Terrell Owens has picked the Bengals to be his team this upcoming season. He will join friend, Chad Ochocinco to help make the team a more dominant force in the AFC.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/07/27/to-picks-the-bengals/

Maseo (Lil Mamba)

Remember when ESPN was following LeBron in high school and we all thought that was amazing? That's nothing! This kid is 8 years old and already he has received slight attention from Kobe Bryant. Black Mamba nicknamed him Maseo, which means Little Mamba. Kid's a baller and I find this video hilarious and very impressive.

Cheerleading Officially Not a Sport

Finally! We have officially knocked one off the list. Today a federal judge decided that it cannot be called a sport. The Reuters story is here as MSNBC. Now that we have that settled we are almost there! All we have to do is get rid of NASCAR, golf, swimming, dancing, figure skating, curling, poker, girls sports, WWE, billiards, ping pong, UFC, spelling bees...

Also, this website is AMAZING.

S.I.'s Fortune 50

Sports Illustrated released their annual report of the richest athletes for 2009. Topping the list yet again was Tiger Woods with over $90 million. LeBron was fourth on the list, and the highest ranked NFL player was Peyton Manning at number 8. The most obvious point we can deduce from this list is that if you are on the Yankees you have a good chance of being one of the richest sports people in the world. 

Find the whole article here at S.I.'s website.

Words of Wisdom Wednesday: Jordan On LeBron

"There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team.'" 

- Michael Jordan

The Fantasy Football Annex

One of the reasons for the slow updates lately is because fantasy.eighteen-one.com has launched! We call it The Fantasy Football Annex. There you will find all your fantasy football advice, strategy, rankings, cheat sheets and news. We've made it a one stop shop for all a fantasy football players needs because along with our own opinions and advice we have aggregated articles, rankings and news from top sites such as ESPN Fantasy, Yahoo! Fantasy, NFL Fantasy and FFToolbox. Check it out by clicking the red Fantasy link in our navigation bar up top!

Manly Mondays: The Expendables: A Call To Arms

Don't be a pussy, go spend 10 bucks on this movie August 13th! 

LeBron Owes Cleveland Nothing

The NBA is a business and this was a business move. Do you think Cleveland would act differently to a well loved and devoted player? Well they didn't. After being a fan favorite for 14 years they ditched Zydrunas Ilgauskas in a trade for Antown Jamison. They simply traded him away for a better player, a business move any team would make.

After Big Z was bought out of his contract by the Wizards he sat around not playing. Then Shaq went down with any injury and Cleveland scrambled to find another big man. Who did they turn to? Reliable ol' Big Z. He easily accepted their low salary offer because at least it was a job.

Mr. Professional, aka the most ridiculously uncouth owner in the NBA, Dan Gilbert, basically said "Hey Big Z, thanks for being the most loved player on the team for 14 years until LeBron took over, now get out...Oh crap one of our many mercenary players went down with and injury? Big Z come back we need you!"

What's the point of this story? LeBron treated the Cavaliers the same way they treat their players. No matter how special or loved they are, this is a sports business that is about winning and money. So go ahead and bitch LeBron out Cleveland, but you know you would do the same thing.


Side note: Big Z has signed with the Heat. I find that hilarious.
Side note 2: Don't worry Clevendars, there will be a rebuttal about why LeBron is a raging cunt coming soon.

NBA Thursday Night Smackraw

"Sources" have announced that LeBron will have a 1 hour special Thursday night at 9 ET on ESPN to announce what team he is going to. Who does this guy think he is, Brett Favre?

Also, Bosh has said he does not want to go to the Cavs so tough luck Cleveland with getting LeBron back. Chris Broussard, the man with the sources, said "the Bulls and Knicks are not dead yet."

A new challenger appears

While the biggest franchises in the NBA free-agent race are Chicago and New York, there is one team who is hoping to sneak under the radar and grab the biggest names in sports out from the noses of everyone. This team of course is well known to the public, and has been home to greats such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Of course I am speaking of the Harlem Globetrotters, who have entered the race to woo Lebron James and Dwyane Wade to their franchise. If they accept the globetrotter's offer they will both receive 51% of the merchandise revenue, as well as part of the team ownership. In fact the globetrotters are so confident that they will get the two superstars to join their ranks that they have begun selling their jerseys in their online store. If the globetrotters did somehow manage to nab the two biggest free-agents on the market I think it would be fair to say that Harlem should be allowed to play in the NBA, though i'm not sure where that would leave their rivals the Washington Generals. Perhaps they could try to pick up Chris Bosh.

NBA Free Agency Update

What we know so far:

• Everyone is meeting with everybody. 
• Rudy Gay is reportedly signing a long term deal to stay on the Grizzlies
• Joe Johnson is reportedly signing a long term deal to stay on the Hawks
• Paul Pierce may or may not have signed a deal to stay on the Celtics
• The "big free agents" will know their destination within the next few days
• Amar'e Stoudemire is reportedly close to signing a 5 year deal with the Knicks!
• The Knicks met with Dwyane Wade after talking with Amar'e and Wade has said he is "intrigued" 

2010 NBA Free Agency Preview

Note: These are not opinions of where we think players will/should go, they are just what we have heard.

The biggest free agency period in NBA history is only a little more than a day away. At Midnight Thursday morning EST, or 9 PM in the West, players and teams can start negotiating contracts. Not until a week later on July 8th can players actually sign any contracts. A complete breakdown of what we know about each star is after the break. 

Quick Recap of the World Cup's Group Stage

Here's 6 quick points about the Group Stage of the World Cup. Hit the jump for the rest.

1. FIFA refs are either garbage or corrupt, and they hate the USA. Neither "offsides" or "foul" calls that took away important USA goals weren't infractions and everyone but the refs agree.

Words of Wisdom Wednesday: ESPN

"His story is as well known as The Cat in the Hat.
He is as legendary in sports as Rocky Balboa.
He is as iconic as James Bond...


Brett Favre."

-ESPN

The NBA Finals Refereeing

I always joked about how "rigged" the NBA is. The word "Sternball" is thrown around a lot also. There was always some truth to that but I didn't think too much of it but now I am getting skeptical. If any part of this series of articles by former NBA ref (now rat) Tim Donaghy is true the NBA has a lot of explaining to do.

Words of Wisdom Wednesday: Michael Jordan

"Before you can succeed you must learn to fail."    -Michael Jordan

Vince Young Turns a Strip Club Into a Fight Club

Titans "QB" Vince Young was caught on video at a strip club in a private room attacking another member of the room. That's really all that is known as of now. The Yahoo! story can be found here.

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The World Cup has been infested by Bees

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English Tea Party

Watch Jozy Altidore of the USA National Team kick down a fruity little tea party.

There are no words...

There are really no words which can describe how awesome this past season has been. I would like to personally thank the Toews and the rest of the Hawks for bringing glory back to the franchise and the great city of Chicago. All that can really be said is, FUCK YEAH!

Oh and to all of Philadelphia, you guys are the worst fans in sports. Seriously, your team lost and you decided to boo the Blackhawks for beating them fair and square. Go back to watching Baseball you drunks.

Brits Are Stupid and Apple Fanboys

If you haven't read this list yet get ready to be angry. Tesco Mobile polled England's public about the greatest inventions of all time and they put the iPhone at 8th. That's higher than the toilet, cars, refrigerators, the combustion engine, the mobile phone itself, etc!

Britain be up on Steve Jobs nuts worse than America is.

STEPHEN "SAVIORBURG" STRASBURG (Oh, And Some Other Guys Too)

June 8, 2010 was a historic night for baseball. Strasburg's debut for the Nationals exceeded all expectations and possibilities. Despite his ridiculous hype analysts still predicted he would have a normal debut. The common line was about 6 innings, 3 runs and 5 strikeouts. Ha! Savioburg laughs at you non-believers! His debut after the jump.

The MLBs New Young Guns

Tonight is the long awaited debut of Stephen Strasburg. If you don't know who he is let me use a metaphor to describe this 21 year old kid from San Diego. Hit the jump.

We Have Eminem, England Doesn't

Eminem's new album, Recovery, leaked today. I'm still going to buy a hard copy after it releases, but I am excited to listen to it now. Download it here.