A few months ago, when the controversy over Ohio State players selling memorabilia blew up, something didn't seem right to me. I wasn't sure exactly what it was, but I did make the comment (prompted by Jim Tressel's claim that all the players were returning in 2011) that: "Sometimes (Tressel) really reminds me of a car salesman, or at least an SEC coach." What I meant, and have stated in the past, is that I don't trust most of what Tressel says to the press, and since that's the only way I know him, basically I don't trust him all that much. I took some heat for the comparison, perhaps for not being a blindly loyal homer, or for daring to question the coach. But truth be told, I'm not a cynic, and I certainly don't wish ill on my alma mater Ohio State. But when something smells fishy, something usually is fishy.
According to a report Monday from Yahoo! Sports, the SEC comparison might have been too close for comfort.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Uh Oh. Report suggests big trouble for Tressel, Ohio State.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Epic summary of the Heat by Jim Rome...
"Fans just don't like stars shutting it down in the playoffs, and then stabbing an entire city in its back by announcing on live TV that they're 'taking their talents to South Beach.' Fans are funny that way."
Sucks to be a Browns fan in Berlin...
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Kim Kardashian vs. A Gummy Bear
I have to take a few moments to stop protesting against today's NBA athlete and ask an important non sports-related question:
Is it me or does Kim Kardashian's new song "Jam" sound a lot like my 5 and 2 year old's favorite You Tube sensation "The Gummy Bear Song"?
Below are both songs for your listening pleasure. "The Gummy Bear Song" can get a bit annoying after playing it five times in a row.... but seeing your kids dance and sing along makes it a little tolerable. If my kids dance and sing along to Kim Kardashian's "Jam" they will be locked in their rooms for a long time.
Listen to both and decide. They sound awfully similar to me:
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
At least we're not Detroit
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Thanks to last week’s trade with the Clippers for Baron Davis and more importantly an unprotected draft pick, the Cavaliers finally seem to have some direction in what had been a season in purgatory.
You could argue as some gloomy national scribes have about Davis’s cancerous locker room presence as well as an upcoming NBA draft deemed to be the worst in years, but naysayers aside and as awful as this season has been, at least the franchise has some ever-so-tiny bit of momentum going forward.
If you want to feel better about the Cavs in the meantime, train your tired eyes north, past Lake Erie and to the Palace at Auburn Hills. There plays a team in worse straits, arguably far worse, than Cleveland's. The once proud Pistons, a club that hosted a Larry O'Brien trophy not long ago, are now dealing with an alleged player revolt by a roster of over-the-hill veterans.