Lots of random stories floating around from the past few days, and none of them really deserved their own story, so I thought instead I'd crack open my handy little notebook and let you have a peak inside. But be warned, it can get a little weird in here...
-Congrats to the Phillies, and more importantly, congrats to their fans. It has been far too long for such an irritable city to not have a title (sorry Bon Jovi, the AFL doesn't count). Let's hope it cheers all the angry phine Philly pholks up a little bit (highly doubtful, in fact they'll probably be griping about the Eagles by kickoff on Sunday). Still, they needed it, and to all my Philly phriends, enjoy this moment, you never know when the next one might come.
-On a related note, do yourselves a favor and check out some of the riot footage on YouTube and on the Philadelphia Inquirer's website. Here are a fewlinksforyourenjoyment. There are many more out there, so look around. Wonder what the property damage estimates will be?
-Hey, believe it or not, we are going to have appearances from John McCain and Barack Obama! On TV! Who would've ever thought that would happen right before the election? That's right, they are going to be interviewed on Monday Night Football (is there no safe haven anymore?) at halftime of the Steelers-Redskins game. I can't say I'm too thrilled about this because we are getting bombared with election coverage and sports, I had personally hoped, would be the one safe haven. Unfortunately, no. And I didn't even mention the worst part yet. If I were to ask you who the one media personality from the Sports Universe is that you don't want to hear in a high-profile interview, what would your answer be...
No, no, it's not Skip Bayless. How about the second worst...
No, dammit, it's not John Madden. Okay, fine third...
Jesus, lord, it's not Tim McCarver, though after suffering through another fall with him, I understand why you'd guess that. Man, there are a lot of annoying sports personalities. Okay, fine, the interviewer I was referring to is...
Chris Berman.
You may now cringe. Just imagine the intros: (Channeling my inner annoying Chris Berman) "And now, the Senator from..." Tom Jackson then screams "ILLINOIS!!!!" and immediately disappears like the weather guy from Family Guy. "We Will We Will Ba-ROCK Obama You. And his opponent, the underdog, from..." Cue Tom Jackson again "ARIZONA!!!" "Let's give it up for John The McHURRICANE"
Needless to say, I won't be partaking in the halftime show. No thank you.
-Michael Vick is getting out of prison!!! But only to travel to Virginia to enter a guilty plea to dogfighting charges, and then he is going back to prison. Why is he being forced to travel halfway across the country to enter a guilty plea when he petitioned to enter it in through videoconference? You've got me. This seems like a very strange decision by Surry County circuit judge Samuel Campbell. Sure, such a thing has never been done before in the county, but it has been done many times before in the legal system, and would make the process go a lot smoother. To me, this reeks of the judge wanting to publicly embarass Vick even further then he already has. Let the guy do his time in prison, and we'll talk about his athletic relevance when he's done with his time in a year and a half (or whatever it is).
-David Beckham is heading to back to the mother country. Well, mother continent, anyway. Is anyone really surprised by this? Of course not. Everyone knew he wanted to stay in the running for a spot on the English national team, and middling along in the MLS is no way to prove himself. Granted, this loan will not have any effect on his MLS career, as the loan begins in January and ends in March, in time for the MLS season's start-up. Soccer's a funny sport with the way their contracts are structured, so you can't really compare this deal to anything else in sports except to other soccer teams, and this isn't really that big of a deal it seems. What I found interesting was the "technical partnership" that the Galaxy entered in to with AC Milan. Are we really supposed to believe this is about anything but money? Because I sure don't. Becks was signed to an exorbitant contract and with the current financial world crumbling around us, they likely wouldn't mind getting some monetary relief, and it certainly seems Becks doesn't mind either. I will be very interested to see what happens with the Beckham contract if the financial state of our country does not improve.
-I'm always up for a review of good/bad advertising, and when it involves the eyes-bulging-out-your-head Marissa Miller, I'm even more up for it, so feast your eyes on this Gillette beauty starring Miller, a bunch of other gorgeous women and that lucky duck Ryan Braun of the Brewers. It's alarmingly lengthy, which explains why it isn't on TV, and as far as logic goes, it's, well, lacking. Severely lacking. Sex does sell, though, and they do make use of Miller's, err, assets. Heavy emphasis on that first syllable, of course.![]()
-Congrats to the Phillies, and more importantly, congrats to their fans. It has been far too long for such an irritable city to not have a title (sorry Bon Jovi, the AFL doesn't count). Let's hope it cheers all the angry phine Philly pholks up a little bit (highly doubtful, in fact they'll probably be griping about the Eagles by kickoff on Sunday). Still, they needed it, and to all my Philly phriends, enjoy this moment, you never know when the next one might come.
-On a related note, do yourselves a favor and check out some of the riot footage on YouTube and on the Philadelphia Inquirer's website. Here are a fewlinksforyourenjoyment. There are many more out there, so look around. Wonder what the property damage estimates will be?
-Hey, believe it or not, we are going to have appearances from John McCain and Barack Obama! On TV! Who would've ever thought that would happen right before the election? That's right, they are going to be interviewed on Monday Night Football (is there no safe haven anymore?) at halftime of the Steelers-Redskins game. I can't say I'm too thrilled about this because we are getting bombared with election coverage and sports, I had personally hoped, would be the one safe haven. Unfortunately, no. And I didn't even mention the worst part yet. If I were to ask you who the one media personality from the Sports Universe is that you don't want to hear in a high-profile interview, what would your answer be...
No, no, it's not Skip Bayless. How about the second worst...
No, dammit, it's not John Madden. Okay, fine third...
Jesus, lord, it's not Tim McCarver, though after suffering through another fall with him, I understand why you'd guess that. Man, there are a lot of annoying sports personalities. Okay, fine, the interviewer I was referring to is...
Chris Berman.
You may now cringe. Just imagine the intros: (Channeling my inner annoying Chris Berman) "And now, the Senator from..." Tom Jackson then screams "ILLINOIS!!!!" and immediately disappears like the weather guy from Family Guy. "We Will We Will Ba-ROCK Obama You. And his opponent, the underdog, from..." Cue Tom Jackson again "ARIZONA!!!" "Let's give it up for John The McHURRICANE"
Needless to say, I won't be partaking in the halftime show. No thank you.
-Michael Vick is getting out of prison!!! But only to travel to Virginia to enter a guilty plea to dogfighting charges, and then he is going back to prison. Why is he being forced to travel halfway across the country to enter a guilty plea when he petitioned to enter it in through videoconference? You've got me. This seems like a very strange decision by Surry County circuit judge Samuel Campbell. Sure, such a thing has never been done before in the county, but it has been done many times before in the legal system, and would make the process go a lot smoother. To me, this reeks of the judge wanting to publicly embarass Vick even further then he already has. Let the guy do his time in prison, and we'll talk about his athletic relevance when he's done with his time in a year and a half (or whatever it is).
-David Beckham is heading to back to the mother country. Well, mother continent, anyway. Is anyone really surprised by this? Of course not. Everyone knew he wanted to stay in the running for a spot on the English national team, and middling along in the MLS is no way to prove himself. Granted, this loan will not have any effect on his MLS career, as the loan begins in January and ends in March, in time for the MLS season's start-up. Soccer's a funny sport with the way their contracts are structured, so you can't really compare this deal to anything else in sports except to other soccer teams, and this isn't really that big of a deal it seems. What I found interesting was the "technical partnership" that the Galaxy entered in to with AC Milan. Are we really supposed to believe this is about anything but money? Because I sure don't. Becks was signed to an exorbitant contract and with the current financial world crumbling around us, they likely wouldn't mind getting some monetary relief, and it certainly seems Becks doesn't mind either. I will be very interested to see what happens with the Beckham contract if the financial state of our country does not improve.
-I'm always up for a review of good/bad advertising, and when it involves the eyes-bulging-out-your-head Marissa Miller, I'm even more up for it, so feast your eyes on this Gillette beauty starring Miller, a bunch of other gorgeous women and that lucky duck Ryan Braun of the Brewers. It's alarmingly lengthy, which explains why it isn't on TV, and as far as logic goes, it's, well, lacking. Severely lacking. Sex does sell, though, and they do make use of Miller's, err, assets. Heavy emphasis on that first syllable, of course.
