I love sports to the point where I spend each morning watching Sports Center as I get ready for my day. I go to Espn.com 3-4 times a day so I can keep up. Now, I am not going to say that I don’t follow the stories about DUI’s and scandals that they participate in. But am I alone in the fact that I am sick and tired of it stealing all of the headlines… all of the time?

If you look at the picture above you will see that there is not one story related to scores, games, or standings on the front page of ESPN.com. I guess you can blame the athletes for creating the news… But how much of it do we really need to be fed?

I am at the point now where I am sick and tired of it getting in the way of what I really want to know about. The action. Mike Vick and his dogs frankly don’t mean as much to me as who won, how, and if there were any records broken.

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There was a time where athleticism was displayed by hand to hand combat. There was a time where the heroes of the time used swords and other weapons. There was a time that these heroes fought lions, tigers, and even each other. Not only did they fight for fame and fortune, but they fought for their lives. They were gladiators. One has to wonder though, how many times do you think a gladiator said something like, “I want to fight a tiger, no, a lion, no a tiger… Give me the sword I want or I will quit!”

 
In civilized society, our gladiators are our athletes. The guys who put on the uniforms of our home town teams and compete against other cities. They are far and away more physically gifted than 99% of the population of the planet, and are revered and idolized for those gifts. But damn, they are becoming a bunch of sissies.This week Kobe Bryant said that he wanted to be traded from the Los Angeles Lakers. He was asked by Steven A. Smith on two separate occasions if there was anything the Lakers could do to change his mind. On both occasions, he said no. The next day, Kobe said he wasn’t going anywhere and that he was going to retire a Laker?

What?

 
Brian Donovan accepted a 5 year $27.5 million deal with the Orlando Magic on Friday. A deal that would obligate him for 5 years, force him to leave the University of Florida where he had won 2 strait national titles, while making a shit load of cash. After careful consideration, he accepted. Then two days later, changed his mind.

What?

Because of Donovan, two press conferences were organized, one in Orlando, and one in Gainesville. Ton’s of reporters spent their day reporting a story that this goofball hadn’t even truly thought out. Donovan’s job as a coach is to lead and manage a roster of players. Call me crazy, but if this guy flip flops like this over a $27.5 million personal decision that will effect his life the next 5 years, why would you want him to coach your team. I’m sorry, but despite his two national titles, one has to think that a guy who treats career choices like a blonde does shorts or a skirt has a limited run of success in his future.

 
Kobe destroyed the Lakers by forcing Shaq out the door. He had a pivotal role in the formation of the players around him, but when it all fell apart? He wants to run. Kobe is lying in a bed that he made. So fine, he wants to run…ok. So he says it, then backs off 24 hours later? “I don’t want to go anywhere, this is my team.” Oh, so the team if “yours” but you are prepared to leave it every time things don’t go your way despite that fact that the Lakers have catered to you in everyway. Very nice. That’s the guy I want leading my team for sure.

 
Both of these men are in positions of leadership, and both have the decision making ability of 3 year olds. Then you have guys like Tank Johnson throwing thousands of dollars up in there air at a strip club and then beating up strippers for going after the cash. Why can’t these grown men make decisions and hold their ground? Why can’t they understand the gravity about what they say or do before they say or do it?

 
It’s sad, but these are out modern day gladiators. Over paid, over glorified, babies who are bi polar.

America’s Pastime is back.

There are many sports those love and follow. It’s a matter of opinion as to which one the best is. But there is something about baseball that is different, stronger, and smarter. Baseball may not be the most exciting, non stop action packed sport… But it is by far, the best story sports can tell.

The story of the 2007 season begins now.

Did the Cubs buy themselves a World Series?

Will people be happy if Barry Bonds breaks Aaron’s record?

Can The Unit and Glavine win their 300th games?

Can the Yankee’s pitching staff hold up?

Can the Tigers finish what they started last year?

This story will be told with the sheer poetry of a double play. The magnificence of a bending curve ball that paints the outside corner for a called strike three. Diving catches in the outfield, hit and runs, and gunning someone down at the plate from the outfield.

Lets not forget the most exciting play in professional sports… The home run.

The story that baseball tells every season is different and more memorable than the last. It’s always filled with subplots of what individuals can accomplish feats that have stood the test of time to immortalize themselves in just a small chapter of baseball. Then there is the fight for the brass ring at the end of the season for one team… just one… to last sports longest season and win The World Series.

Runs, hits, and errors… Let’s play some fucking ball.

On ESPN.COM 18 panelists predicted 9 different World Series Champions. It is going to be a wild year.

2007 Predictions

N.L. East- Philadelphia Phillies
N.L. Central- Milwaukee Brewers
N.L. West- Los Angeles Dodgers
Wild Card- Chicago Cubs

A.L. East- Boston- Red Sox
A.L. Central- Detroit Tigers
A.L. West- Los Angeles Angels
Wild Card- Chicago White Sox

World Series- Tigers over Dodgers

What are your predictions?

Back in the day, you would go to hockey games to see fights and the occasional goal would happen. Now, it’s a bunch of pussies figure skating trying to score goals. What happened to that bloody sport where guys lost teeth and kicked the shit out of each other?

Well here is a fucking throw back to what I want to see on the ice from now on. Well, that or Tanya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan in a no holds barred street fight on skates. Since thats not going to happen, I will take some throw back moments like the one above.

This just in: Ron Artest of the Sacremento Kings is a piece of shit.

“Deputies arrested Artest on suspicion of domestic violence and using force or violence to prevent his victim from reporting a crime, sheriff’s spokeswoman Dena Erwin said.
“He and the female were in the house and separated,” Erwin said. “The deputies interviewed them and took Mr. Artest into custody.”
Artest was booked into the Placer County Jail and released later on $50,000 bail.
Erwin said she could not disclose the woman’s injuries or characterize her relationship to the player. She said Artest was cooperative when deputies arrived at his home.
“We are aware of the situation and are in the process of gathering information,” Kings spokesman Troy Hanson told the Sacramento Bee.”- AP

If it is not cool enough that this guy gets to play basketball in the NBA for a living, he is completely above the law in every way shape and form. All I know, is if I continually physically attacked my competitors, never listened to my boss, attacked my customers, and was guilty of spousal abuse… I would probably get shit canned at some point. Ron? He has a millions of dollars of pay checks waiting for him. And this is the kind of mother fucker who says we live in a racist society. 

Tiger Woods has won his 7th strait PGA tournament. When you play in a sport where the difference between 1st place and 20th is 8 shots over 4 days…That’s fucking crazy.

It’s also his third time winning the Buick Open in a row, along with the fact that Buick already pays Tiger a gazillion dollars to endorse their shitty vehicles.

When a guy leads a life like this, and it’s blow job time…

He snaps at his bitch.

He points at his dick.

And keeps watching himself on TV.