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One for my NBA Playoffs checklist, Bulls sweep Heat

Monday, April 30th, 2007

He he… I told you Miami’s title-win last year was nothing more but a goddamn screw-job.

With Dwyane Wade unable to attack the basket and give the refs a chance to screw the Chicago Bulls in the 2007 NBA Playoffs by giving Wade all those free throws, the Miami Heat folded, FOUR TIMES IN A ROW, falling to the Bulls like no other NBA Champion has. A fucking sweep.

Yep, the Chicago Bulls SWEPT the Miami Heat in convincing fashion, winning by at least five points in all four games the Bulls fucked, bitch-slapped and virtually destroyed these guys who were suppose to be ‘’defending NBA Champions.'’ He he… Champions? Gimme’ a break. They looked more like old and tired morons to me, trying to catch the younger and faster Bulls in all the four games that they lasted.

nba_playoffs.jpgIn Game 1, the Bulls beat the Heat, 96-91, in probably the closest Miami has been with the Bulls all series. In Games 2, 3 and 4, Miami just can’t keep up, losing to Chicago 107-89, 104-96 and finally, 92-79, ending what has been a futile attempt to defend the title they stole from the Dallas Mavericks after that screw-job in Texas.

Oh yeah, in case you haven’t guessed it yet, I’m having the time of my life writing all these stuff. Hell, I was so gleeful writing this article that I ALMOST fail to find the exact words how to begin what would be my final bashing of the *stupidly stupid* (yep, there it is again…) Miami Heat.

Fast forward to the second round. Ben Wallace will return to the Palace of Auburn Hills as he leads the Chicago Bulls against my boys, the Detroit Pistons. And as much as I love these Bulls for bitch-slapping the Miami Heat for me, I breathe Pistons baby and yes, you can bet your ass I’d be rooting for them Pistons.

It will definitely be my personal favorite best-of-seven battle throughout the entire 2007 NBA Playoffs when Ben Wallace goes up against…


Barbaro makes some noise again, merely days before Triple Crown series begins with 2007 Kentucky Derby

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Yeah, they sure love Barbaro in the sport of horse racing.

With only a few days left before the 2007 Kentucky Derby gets out of the gates, former 2006 Kentucky Derby champion, Barbaro, stirred the loudest of noise as horse racing fans celebrated what would be the former champion’s 4th birthday.

Happy birthday Barbaro. I guess Barbaro is taking all the headlines away from the Kentucky Derby favorites FROM THE GRAVE eh? He he… Yep, it’s still all about Barbaro and no one is getting tired of it yet.

barbaro_birthday.jpgFans traveled from around the world to pay tribute and honor Barbaro at Delaware Park on Sunday on what would have been the Kentucky Derby winner’s fourth birthday. Strangers who had only chatted on Internet message boards hugged like old friends, connected by the colt who became a symbol of strength and courage before he was euthanized in January.

‘’I never would have anticipated anything like this, this time last year let alone four years ago when Barbaro was born,'’ co-owner Gretchen Jackson told nearly 600 fans at the track’s grove.

Gretchen, along with co-owner Roy Jackson, were mobbed like rock stars as some Barbaro fans wore shirts with a halo around the ‘’B.'’ Oh yeah, these guys were in tears too, all because of one goddamn horse. He he…

‘’It’s made it a great deal easier for all of those connected and close to Barbaro to go day-by-day and go through this whole journey,'’ Roy Jackson said. ‘’I would implore you, as we’re going to do, to continue to work on his legacy. I think that’s…'’


FINE, hand the Patriots the Super Bowl already…

Monday, April 30th, 2007

In the aftermath of the recently concluded NFL Draft, the Patriots may have signed the biggest name of all.

Jeezuschrist… These guys just signed now former Oakland Raiders wideout, Randy Moss. Yep, the Patriots just kept on signing big names coming to the brand new 2007-08 NFL Football season.

Yep, only two months after signing Adalius Thomas from the free agency market, the New England Patriots may have finally outdone themselves THIS TIME. In a move I still can’t understand, the Oakland Raiders traded away Pro Bowl wide receiver Randy Moss to the New England Patriots for one goddamn FOURTH ROUND PICK. (Kudos to the Patriots organization for making the Raiders agree to such a moronic deal…)

randy_moss1.jpgPuh-lease Oakland? Moss for a fourth rounder? Man, that’s almost as pathetic as the Miami Heat… The Patriots, now with probably the BEST quarterback – wideout tandem there is in NFL Football, (well… there’s still Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison anyway…) should be coming into the brand new season as the heavy favorites to win Super Bowl XLI.

Unless of course, this shit happens…

In any sport, be it basketball, baseball, or in this case, football, there’s always that one guy who can destroy a team’s chemistry no matter how talented that guy is. In basketball, we have the dumb moron named Ron Artest, baseball we have Barry Bonds (NOT because he’s a troublemaker but because he just can’t get enough of them steroids…) and in football…




Forsberg retiring after Predators exit from NHL Playoffs?

Monday, April 30th, 2007

seth-edward-oneal.jpgPeter Forsberg, for those of you new to the sport, was once NHL’s Most Valuable Player.

Now, Peter Forsberg is simply a guy on the brink of retirement. And yeah, his Nashville Predators exit in the first round of the 2007 NHL Playoffs sure didn’t help Pete to think otherwise.

You see, the Nashville Predators were hot at the start of the 2007 NHL Season. Hell, they were able to sustain it for the rest of the season too as they await the day when their star Peter Forsberg gets back to a hundred percent. Alas, the Predators were eliminated early in the first round, putting a disappointing end to what has been a very promising season.

Peter Forsberg, whopeter_forsberg.jpg turns 34 in July, became an unrestricted free agent when the Predators’ playoff run ended in the first round. He reiterated Monday that he would take a few months to rest and see if he could resolve the foot problems that limited him to 57 games this season.

‘’I had some problems with my foot there all year, especially at the beginning of the year,'’ said Forsberg, who is a native of Sweden for all ya’ll who gives a flying you-know-what.

‘’I don’t want to rush it. I just want to make sure everything is fine and I can play at the level I’ve been playing at. That’s kind of what the decision’s all about.'’

Peter Forsberg had 55 points this season, 15 of those after Philadelphia traded him to Nashville in February for two players and two draft picks. Nashville was 10-4-3 when he was in the lineup, but he could not…


Chelsea chasing Manchester United in the Premiership

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Catch me if you can.

That is probably the battle cry for Manchester United as they keep rival Chelsea behind them in the closing stages of the 2007 English Premier League season. Yep, it’s a foot race for the title this year.

Chelsea has been winning this thing with ease the past two seasons. Hell, they had more than an easy time winning it all last year. This season, Manchester United is looking like it’s itching to dethrone them from the top of the Premiership food chain, and with only a few games left, we might very well see just that. Of course, Chelsea big boss Jose Mourinho is not happy about it. Hell, he’s already starting to blame the game officials for it.

Jose Mourinho just lost it when Chelsea was denied two penalties against Newcastle. That’s after he saw rival Manchester United escape defeat from the hands of Middlesbrough.

According to Jose Mourinho, Lee Dong-Gook of Middlesbrough should’ve been awarded a penalty kick against Man-U when he was felled by John O’Shea in what could’ve been the penalty kick that would’ve broken the 1-1 draw at Old Trafford. While Mourinho was bitching and moaning like he always goes, Man-U just kept on winning games, putting them at the top of the Premiership.

So just who is responsible for all of Manchester United’s success this season? Easy. After giving up on superstar David Beckham, No.7 Cristiano Ronaldo has really taken over the reigns at Old Trafford and is playing like a madman for the Red Devils.

This guy has just been phenomenal, to say the least, making Manchester United look real geniuses for giving up on Beckham and invest on the young and fiery Portuguese superstar. Cristiano Ronaldo scored 20 goals this season, that’s No.2 in goals scored in the Premiership, but what’s more impressive and surprising are his…


FIA still evaluating F1 night races

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

seth-edward-oneal.jpgAt least we won’t see how bad the pathetic BMW Williams will finish in F1 night races right?

As of press time, FIA President Max Mosley has announced that they will sanction night races in Formula One only if they are assured that such events will be 100 percent safe to the drivers and their respective teams.

For all ya’ll living under a rock lately, talks about F1 night races began at the start of the 2007 Formula One season. And yeah, defending two-time F1 World Champion was quick to disagree with it.

‘’I did a demonstration in Valencia when we launched the car in January and it was at night,'’ the new McLaren ace driver Fernando Alonso said. ‘’And it was extremely difficult to see anything, to see the road.'’

‘’For me, it’s very hard to believe that they will have strong enough lights to see perfectly okay to have a race. But sometimes, you know, Formula One surprises you.'’

True that, and Formula One doesn’t give a damn what Fernando Alonso thinks anyway… So I guess the FIA will just give this entire thing a go just to piss him off a little bit. And by the looks of things, FIA President Max Mosley is keeping an open mind about the whole thing.

‘’We wouldn’t sanction night racing for Formula One without a very careful investigation,'’ Mosley said. ‘’There are all sorts of factors there, some of which have been highlighted and some of which haven’t yet, and we want to look at that very carefully before we sanction it.'’

‘’So far there hasn’t been an application but if there is a serious attempt to run a night race then we will have a very careful look at…'’


Tony Stewart feels like wrestling Triple H in NASCAR

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Apparently, Tony Stewart is confusing NASCAR Racing with professional wrestling.

Confused? He he… I was too when I first heard about the news. It turns out that Tony Stewart is irate about all these caution flags being thrown at every NASCAR race. He claims that there’s so much caution flags these days that NASCAR officials are already playing God, trying to decide the outcome of the races instead of leaving it to the drivers.

And yeah, for all ya’ll wondering what the heck does this have to do with professional wrestling, for all ya’ll who don’t know it yet, wrestling is fixed. And yep, Tony Stewart is starting to feel that Vince McMahon is starting to fix NASCAR races too.

Of course, being a pro wrestling fan myself, there’s nothing wrong with Vince McMahon running things. Hell, if Vinnie Mac do run NASCAR, we might see multiple championships being decided in each NASCAR race like a NASCAR Intercontinental championship and a NASCAR Cruiserweight title.

Hell, we might even see the WWE Divas shaking their asses before each NASCAR event. He he…

Of course, all these are only inside Tony Stewart’s sick and twisted mind. Heck, if he doesn’t like NASCAR anymore, he can always switch to something else. Juan Pablo Montoya did just that and maybe it’s about time he did the same. For what it’s worth, him comparing NASCAR to pro wrestling was funny.

‘’It’s like playing God,'’ Tony Stewart said, referring to the number of caution flags NASCAR officials have thrown through the course of the 2007 NASCAR season. ‘’They can almost dictate the race instead of the drivers doing it. It’s happened too many…'’


Can the Los Angeles Lakers survive the Phoenix Suns again in Game 4 of their first round series?

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

I guess the Lakers need Kobe to score 45 points to beat Phoenix.

Well, if that is the case, then I guess Tinseltown’s win in Game 3 was indeed a fluke. Hell, the Lakers are lucky if Kobe Bryant can at least still see open looks at the basket in Game 4.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m rooting for them Lakers. What I’m trying to stress here is the fact that the Los Angeles Lakers can’t win THIS WAY, especially when you’re playing a team like Phoenix. Heck, even more if it’s a NBA playoff game.

After a horrendous start, the Lakers, behind Kobe Bryant’s 45 points, rallied to beat the Phoenix Suns 95-89 Thursday night at Staples Center and regain solid footing in their opening-round playoff series.

A loss would have put the Lakers in a 3-0 hole in the best-of-seven series, a deficit from which no team has ever come back. Well, Kobe made sure that it won’t happen on that night. He just refused to lose this game, hell, he did score 45 after all.

But you see, the Lakers can’t just let Kobe do the scoring for them. As balanced as the Detroit Pistons are during the last couple of days, the Lakers have become polar opposites. One man can be stopped easier than five guys scoring a night. If the Phoenix Suns begin to clamp down on Kobe in Game 4, I guess there goes the season for Los Angeles eh?

Of course, knowing Phil Jackson’s competitive drive, the Lakers head coach definitely can’t have that.

This guy has one of the most intricate offensive sets there is in basketball and unfortunately, the Lakers STILL can’t seem to know how to take advantage of it. One way or another, the Lakers NEED…


Can future stars in 2007 NFL Draft save your teams?

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

I’m hoping, oh you gotta’ believe I’m hoping.

After a full season of NFL Football when I turned my back on the pathetic Oakland Raiders and start giving love to Peyton Manning and the rest of the Indianapolis Colts basically when I started having Peyton in my fantasy team, (he he…) this is the time of the year when I begin to hope for Oakland again.

Forgive me, I can’t help it. Oh yeah, I did the same thing last offseason, and the offseason before that. (And of course, the offseason before that too…) Now, with Oakland having the overall No.1 pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, I’m certain these guys will get the right man to save their pathetic franchise. (Unless they do a moronic ‘’Houston Texans pick'’ of course… shit.)

Speaking of the coming 2007 NFL Draft which begins this Saturday, the top three prospects feature three of the most important positions in football. We have a wide receiver, a quarterback and a running back and the No.1 pick will depend on what the Oakland Raiders feel the need to improve on.

Of course, based on the pathetic showing these guys had last season, a quarterback should be at the top of their list. The Raiders started their 2006-2007 campaign with Aaron Brooks as their starting QB. They learned then and there that Brooks just fumble the football too damn much.

Oh yeah, backup Andrew Walter got the go-signal to takeover but the problem there was, Walter just doesn’t move well inside the pocket. Hell, he just can’t move period. It’s almost as if his dick was rammed through his center’s ass that he just stays there waiting for the opposing team’s defense to sack him five, six, seven times in a row.

LSU Tigers QB JaMarcus Russell should be their man. Russell was a first team All-SEC selection in 2006, throwing 3,129 yards, 28 touchdowns and just giving up eight interceptions, that’s how much Walter has in a month.

As for the rest of the NFL football teams looking to find their own messiah next season, the Detroit Lions have the second pick. And if the Raiders do draft Russell, then they should go get Calvin Johnson, the explosive wideout from Georgia Tech. Of course, just like the Raiders, one of the problems these guys have is at the quarterback position, the only difference is, their problems with…


Sir Alex Ferguson wants to marry Wayne Rooney

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

seth-edward-oneal.jpgAs of press time, there’s no definite date yet on the grandiose wedding between Manchester United star Wane Rooney and his boss, Ferguson.

He he… Yep, Manchester United big boss Sir Alex Ferguson just adores Wayne Rooney, especially after Rooney saved the Red Devils from a first leg loss in the 2007 UEFA Champions League semi-finals against AC Milan.

Although there won’t really be ‘’I do’s'’ between Ferguson and Rooney… YET anyway, Sir Alex Ferguson just can’t get enough of Rooney and Fergie probably believes Rooney will be the key for a trip to the Champions League finals.

You see, Wayne Rooney was BIG for Manchester United in their 3-2 win over AC Milan. Man-U did draw first blood, scoring in the first five minutes of action thanks to the stupidity of AC Milan goalie Dida, pushing a Cristiano Ronaldo kick through their own goddamn goal.

After that, it was all AC Milan, thanks to two goals from the 25-year-old Brazilian sensation Kaka. Of course, Manchester United needed two things as the game entered the 50th minute in the second half, the equalizer and the go-ahead goal.

Wayne Rooney provided both.

After scoring the equalizer from a Paul Scholes pass, Wayne Rooney put the Red Devils ahead in stunning fashion, scoring his second goal of the night merely seconds after the 90th minute of regulation. After all the chaos Rooney’s goal engineered, Manchester United was on top, 3-2, giving them a slight advantage as they head for the second leg in Italy where AC Milan awaits.

‘’Wayne was a threat to Milan all night,'’ Sir Alex Ferguson said.

‘’We played him up front on his own because we wanted to stretch their defense. It meant he wasn’t going to get the greatest involvement in the match but he still made some fantastic runs between the two central defenders and of course, the winning goal was an incredible hit. He didn’t take a touch on…




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