Tonight's the Night

Ok, it's time for our Fantasy Football draft tonight. I might blog a little during the draft to let you know which one of my friends is the craziest. Last year we had someone take the Arizona Cardinals defense in the 4th or 5th round.

This year, I get lucky because I get the #1 pick and Adrian Peterson, from the Vikings, here I come. I gotta win this year because I have to reclaim that trophy. It's been a few years since I've held the Fantasy Football trophy and I miss it. We'll see how this season goes.

Any advice for me? After A.P. it becomes a trap shoot. I may need all the help I can get.

When Things Fall Apart,....

Michael Beasley, of the Miami Heat, has checked in to a Houston area Rehab facility. This really caught everyone off guard since Beasley was supposedly working out in the Houston area in order to 'get away from it all' in Miami and Washington, DC. Reports say that Beasley is being treated for several issues, including depression.

Eyes were raised Friday when pictures of Beasley were posted on his Twitter account showing off his new tattoo on his back, 'SuperCoolBeas'. There was also a small bag of something (unidentified) on the table that could be seen in the picture. Along with this picture, Beasley posted some rather peculiar tweets about not:

'Feelin like not worth livin!!!!! I'm done, not feelin this at all!!!!!'

Beas, whatever you're going through, I hope that you do what's best for you and your family. Hopefully the time in this rehab center will be for the best. Good luck man, that's all I can really say.

Feeling Bad for Plax

When this first all went down, I do admit, I was probably one of those people that said 'you brought a loaded gun to a night club and shot YOURSELF in the thigh, and you want sympathy?'. It was funny to say the least. Then when the law got involved it got much trickier. Antonio Pierce, your wing man for the night was being investigated and possibly was going to go down on the same charges as Plaxico. The politicians wanted Plaxico to be punished to the fullest extent of the law and things seemed to go down hill from there.

Yesterday, Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty and accepted a plea deal that will make him spend the next 2 years of his life in jail. ...........That's a tough pill to swallow after he shot himself. Antonio Pierce didn't get any time (which is right). So, Plaxico will be sitting in a cell doing nothing for the next two years. I was waiting for the Sheriff of the NFL (Roger Goodell) to suspend him another year on top of that, but he informed us all his thoughts in his letter stating that Plaxico can not sign with a team until his sentence is served. I'm still thinking that he'll be suspended, but that's not what we're hearing at this moment.

I have to say that this 2 year sentence is outrageous. Yes, Plaxico was stupid for bringing the gun into the club. Yes, he showed bad judgement. Yes, he tried to cover it up and use a fake name at the hospital, but so what? What do you think would have happened had you (yes you Mr./Mrs reader? Do you think that they would have given you a 2 year sentence for shooting yourself? Donte Stallworth killed a man and got suspended for a year, but he's out of jail after less than 30 days, think about it.

What do you think about Plax's punishment? Over the top, or just enough?

He's Back (Pretty Much)

Brett Favre is en route to Minny to sign a 2 year deal (at about $10M to $12M a year) with the Vikings. It looks like sitting on the couch and watching the Vikings play in the preseason has driven Favre to come out of retirement. Sucks to be Sage Rosenfels and Tavaris Jackson right now, but hey, he may get you a Super Bowl ring.

Is this the right thing for the Vikings? Favre has been playing hokey pokey with the Vikings for the past few months, does he really want to play? Is this still about beating the Packers?

Catching the Tiger by the tail

The scene, that 91st PGA Championship in Chaska, MN. Going in to the final day, Tiger Woods had a 2 stroke lead and was 14 of 14 when leading on the third day. Everyone knew this would simply be a Tiger coronation and his 6th win of the year. Everyone except the 110th ranked played in the world. Y. E. Yang, came into the day tied with Pedraig Harrington but he ended up in the final twosome with Tiger. The course had gotten some rain the night and morning before and some thought this would be a great day for scoring with the greens a little wetter, thus allowing shots to stick a little better.

Yang battled Tiger, who for some reason forgot how to putt today, the entire 18 holes. Yang chipped in an eagle on the 14th to take the lead. That lead would prove to be enough for Yang to become the first Asian born player to win a major championship. Tiger battled back to within 1 shot and should have been out of it at the 17th. If Yang would have sunk his putt for par it would have been all but over. However, Yang and Tiger both got bogeys on 17 and set up a dual on 18. Tiger's putter let him down and Yang ended up winning by 3 strokes at -8.

Congrats to Y. E. Yang on winning the PGA Championship. He didn't lose to Tiger, he beat him. Now, the question is, is Tiger a mortal now? Can this be the day that all golfer have been rooting for, or is this a blip on the radar screen?

Gone in 10 seconds

What can you do in 10 seconds? Is that a lot of time? Well, Usain Bolt has showed us what can happen in 10 seconds, or for that matter, 9.58 seconds. In Berlin, Bolt set a new world record by beating the field, which included American Tyson Gay. Gay even ended the race with a new American record at 9.71, but was 2nd to Bolt. The way this guy runs, he just seems to have another gear. I mean no one even had a chance to catch him. Take a look,....

The sad part is that he feels that he can get to the 9.5 range. The guy is scary. He actually makes watching Track and Field feasible.

What do you think about Bolt? Is he just that good? Can he go lower?

Bad Math Strikes Again

I know I'm late to the party on this one, but I just wanted to see what came out of this story. For those that don't know what I'm talking about, I'm talking about Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane and his cousin James Kane. These two young guys (20 and 21 respectively) hailed a cab after a night of drinking. Upon arrival to their destination there was some concern about a $13.80 cab fare. The two cousins gave the 62, Jan Radecki, $15 and demanded change. I'm talking about $1.20. When Radecki informed them that he didn't have the change, Patrick Kane took the money back and tried to leave the cab. Radecki locked the doors and demanded payment. The two cousins ended up bludgeoning the 62 year old man and left the cab with their money in hand and probably a little happy about the 'fun' they just had.

Let's turn the page. Patrick Kane is one of the Chicago Blackhawks stars, the top overall pick in 2007. He won the Calder Trophy, given to the best rookie in the NHL. He was going to be on the cover of EA Sports new hockey game (they are contemplating taking him off now). Radecki brought assault charges and theft charges (for stealing the fare) against Kane and I am sure that there will be a settlement (financial) for Radecki in all of this. So, I've beaten up Michael Vick and Michael Phelps for bad math and now I am on this guy. You are willing to sacrifice all of the money that you make and notoriety over a $13.80 cab fare?

Was this all worth it? If you're a millionaire, do you argue with a cabbie over $1.20? Do you beat a guy up over $1.20? Over $15?

Vick is back

The Philadelphia Eagles did what some thought would be suicide and have signed Michael Vick to a 2 year deal. Vick will get $1.6M for year one and their an option for year two for $5.6M. I for one am glad that Vick has been given a chance. It'll be tough in Philly, but I think the fans will end up supporting him. Lost in all of this is the fact that Kevin Kolb mildy injured his knee and is now out fora period of time.

Was this a good deal for the Eagles? Will PETA please get a life? Is Donovan going to cry about this at some point?

NBA Roundup 8-12-09

Lots going on in the NBA, so let's take a look:

Linas Kleiza - Leaves the Denver Nuggets and signs with Olympiakos for 2 years $12.2M. Not a bad deal for Kleiza. Sucks for the Nuggets who dearly need some bench support, but going to Greece for two years and playing for that type of money,......baby pack the bags we're heading for Europe.

Von Wafer - Leaves the Houston Rockets and signs with Olympiakos on a 2 year deal (money not released yet), but probably more than the $800K he was making last year. Does anyone see a trend here? It seems that these mid level players are taking their games overseas. The teams are paying their taxes on their contracts, they get a house and a car as part of the deal. Can anyone say cake up?!?!?

Kurt Rambis - He of the old looking glasses and hard nosed play has decided that he wasn't in line to get the Lakers gig after Phil retires, so he went for the Timberwolves coaching vacancy. It's a 4 year deal and he basically has the keys to the kingdom. The Wolves still have Al Jefferson and Kevin Love (don't they play the same position?), Ricky Rubio (if he ever comes over), Johnny Flynn (I like this kid), Corey Brewer (anyone beside me see a version of Pippen in this guy?), and a lot of cold weather. I actually think that Rambis can make this work and I guess we'll all get a chance to see.

Pau Gasol - While practicing with the Spanish National team, Gasol broke his finger and had surgery. I'm not too excited about this yet. He'll be out of commission for 3 weeks, which may be a good thing since he'll be working on his conditioning and nothing else. Or maybe even taking a break to get ready for what looks to be a long upcoming NBA season.

Glen Davis and Shelden Williams - Both of these guys were signed by the Celtics. This helps develop the bench for the Celtics and it makes them younger. Now they just need someone on the wing and someone to play point off the bench and we're good to go. The sad part for the Duke haters is that Williams is going to shine in this role with these vets around him. Maybe they can get a two for one for Williams and sign his wife, Candace Parker?

Rasual Butler - Traded to West Hell, the Clippers, for basically a ham sandwich (a 2nd round pick) in a salary dump deal. First Posey, now Butler, maybe I need to be in the gym working on my 3 ball for the Hornets.

Ben Wallace - Proving that you can always go home again, Wallace signs with the Detroit Pistons. Now he gets two checks this year, one from the Suns (buyout) and more money from Joe Dumars.

Leon Powe - A small coup? The Cavs snuck in and signed Powe to a 2 year deal for $1.77M. Powe had been one of the best reserves on the Celtics over the last few years but has had a terrible history with knee injuries. He's coming off of surgery and if you ever have a guy that you want to root for, he is it. Good luck Leon Powe.

Tiger Does it Again

The World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron this weekend started slowly for Tiger. He started the week at -1 and came into today 3 shots off the lead. Pedraig Harrington was going into Sunday with a 3 shot lead and looked strong as he had been pouring birdies in on Saturday to get to his lead.

All day today, Tiger and Pedraig battled back and forth. Both were grinding on the golf course. Tiger jumped out of the gate today and tied (-10) Pedraig after 4 holes with a birdie and an eagle. Tiger even took a 2 shot lead, but then followed that up with two back to back bogeys. Pedraig had a 1 shot lead going into the 16 hole. At the tee box, both Tiger and Pedraig were put 'on the clock' (a term meaning that they were falling behind the group in front of them and they needed to hurry up to get back on pace). Both of them made some wayward tee shots and Pedraig's second shot was quick and ended up on the edge of the sand trap. Tiger was able to get back into the fairway from his second shot. Then, the moment happened. Tiger, from 182 yards, hits an 8 iron over the pond within inches. Pedraig hits his shot over the green and into the rough. To make that worse, he then hits his next shot across the green into the water. Game Over.

Tiger wins by 4 strokes and gets his 70th career victory. He becomes the first golfer to win on the same course 7 times (actually he's won 7 out of 10 on this course) and it's just amazing to watch it all happen.