Here I go, here I go, here I go again (now imagine a guitar just kicked in)
152 = The Post-Hardcore band Taking Back Sunday also have a use for the number 152. It appears on the cover of all their albums (most notably Tell All Your Friends), as it was the number of the turn off lead singer Adam Lazzara took on the way to/back from concerts for refreshments and a rest. The number appears in the forms of:
Tell All Your Friends:Picture of the road turning.
Where You Want To Be:The sign states 152 miles.
Louder Now:$1.52 entrance charge.
140 - http://www.maison140beverlyhills.com/ - rooms start at just $207.
134 -
*In 134 A.D. a university opened teaching rhetoric, law and philosophy in Rome, called the Athenaeum.
*The World's tallest thermometer is 134 feet in height and it is located in Baker, California.
The Bulls smacked the Knicks around (98-69) and it was over after the 1st quarter (21-10). They helped themselves in many, many ways. First, the Bulls remain the #2 seed for the playoffs. They have three games remaining, and if they win out, they clinch the #2. The Cavs have 4 games remaining (3 home) and the Raptors still have a chance.
Also, with the loss, the Knicks are most-likely out of the playoffs, which means the Kevin Durant era is about to begin in Chicago ... or perhaps another lottery pick, if the Bulls don't get the overall #1 pick. Yes, since the Knicks don't make the playoffs, the Bulls get their 1st round draft pick. Eddy Curry, thanks again.
Remaining games: Friday = Bobcats, Sunday = @ Wizards, Thursday = @ Nets
*Most people wouldn't think Kevin Durant turning pro after one year, and Pacman Jones getting suspended for an entire year from the NFL, aren't related. I think it's the same ballpark. It's still the same ballpark if Durant never for one second does anything wrong. It's all about the money. Durant should go pro, the money being talked about is huge and Durant has been looked upon to be the financial provider for his family. Try to think about yourself at the age of 18-20, and think what you would do with millions. I would go insanely overboard, and I wouldn't have any family or friend depending on me for money (but I'm sure they would want some). Our system is broken and Jason Whitlock helped me see that a little better.
*Money is currently not buying wins for the Cubs (3-5). But luckily, no one in the Central is winning (4-4 is the best record). Once the weather changes the Cubs will hit more home runs.
*Speaking of the weather ... it's snowing sideways in Chicago. I assume the Cubs will be getting the day off.
Noah Baumbach ("Kicking and Screaming") has a short film on YouTube.
127 - http://www.127band.com/
Film Reviews
"Meet the Robinsons"
"Blades of Glory"
Florida will beat UCLA. Both teams are breaking defensive records. Florida has held opponents under 60 points 10 of the last 14 games. UCLA is letting their tournament opponents score 50 point per game ... So with that in mind, look for Joakim Noah to get fouled in the closing seconds, and make one of two free throws giving the Gators the win 27-26.
Ohio State will lose to Georgetown. Even though I have picked the Buckeyes to beat Georgetown, I am now reversing it. Georgetown is a team of destiny. They were on TNT's NBA Halftime Show last night and gave Kenny Smith a jersey. These things don't happen, unless you make the finals. Otherwise, you just look foolish ... (this is an attempt at a reverse jinx - of course I am not changing my pick. As long as they get enough electricity pumping through Frankenstein (Oden) then the Buckeyes will win 73-66).
If the Chicago Bulls only played the 1st and 3rd quarter of each game, they would dominate. But rules state they must also show up for the 2nd and 4th ... so that's what they do, show up -- but just barely. The Bulls stunk, especially in the 2nd quarter where they shot 4 of 22 from the field and received technicals on separate instances (one by Hinrich, the other by Skiles -- also known as the team leaders).
After all that complaining, you might be surprised the Bulls won by two last night in Chicago against the Eastern Division leading Detriot Pistons (83-81).
It was a must win, and thanks to Hinrich drawing a foul with 2.8 seconds left, and hitting 2 of 3 free throws, the Bulls escaped with a victory.
Ben Wallace had 19 rebounds and Tyrus Thomas (and his oodles of energy) had 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Ben Wallace is helping friend Stephon Marbury promote his new sneaker, the Starbury. It's not another story about a selfish athlete. Starbury's come out April 1, and are being sold for $14.98, and Marbury isn't making millions in this deal. http://www.starbury.com/
"Kids don't really understand what it takes to go out and buy a pair of $300 pair of shoes," Wallace said at a news conference on Tuesday. "We don't understand the pressure we put on our parents when we're growing up. This is one of the things where I think the parents will appreciate it a lot more than the kids right now because it eliminates so much stress from the parents. All parents want to see their kids have nice things."
I am looking forward to putting on a pair and seeing if they are worth it. This is the best story to come out of the NBA this season, it deserves TONS of coverage. Everyone should appreciate this ...
LeBron James doesn't appreciate this ...
James took a little shot at Marbury's $14.98 kicks, saying he couldn't imagine endorsing a sneaker that cheap. "No, I don't think so," James said. "Me being with Nike, we hold our standards high."
*Just a very interesting story -- http://www.friendlyatheist.com/
I just received a copy of his book - "I Sold My Soul On Ebay" and interviewed him.
*Chris Farley for an ESPN commercial - recreating the shot that Christian Laetnner had against Kentucky (while he was still alive). click here
*The best kissing cam of all time ... even if there is one scene that HAS to be staged ... make sure to stay until the end and watch Wade and Shaq. click here
*The Spider-Man 3 soundtrack will feature songs by The Flaming Lips, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Snow Patrol and more.
*April Fools is Sunday - this might help you get in the mood- http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/
123 - a pretty creepy looking Web site - http://123.org/.
First off, just an amazing comeback by Georgetown. North Carolina was nailing their free-throws, but nothing else. They were 1 for 23 from the field over the last 15 minutes of the game. And I loved every minute of this simply because I had Georgetown over North Carolina in my bracket ... a brack I had left for dead, which was terribly wrong of me ... by the way Mike D - how did that feel? You still going to try and find a North Carolina National Championship hat?
I have 3 of 4 teams left, and though I can't win, when Florida meets Ohio State in the championship, I will finish in the top 5 and respectability will be MINE!!! Plus, I've seen the prize and I'm kind of glad I am not winning.
The driver's seat belongs to Andrew Edwards (AE, bad shoulder, Elijah's little brother, UFC Fan, Sondre Lerche fan). Later this week I will crank up the senario generator and get WAY too involved in over-analysis.
Georgetown vs. Ohio State. Florida vs. UCLA. Big men are the key to three of these teams.
*Kobe Bryant is off his game, only getting 43 points last night, and ending his streak of 50-point games are 4. Let the embarrassing comparisons to Ricky Davis begin, this guy has clearly lost a step.
*Tiger Woods is good. He won at Doral for the sixth time. Again, logic says to take him against the field for the Masters.
*Joe Thiesmann is gone on Monday Night Football. In all likihood, Ron Jaworski will replace him.
*Anthony Adams is a Bear. The DT from the San Francisco 49ers just signed with the Bears for 4 years. ESPN.com had him ranked 25 on the list of free-agent veterans. Until he plays I really have no feelings about this. Though I do like that Tank Johnson can now rest comfortably in jail, knowing his position is taken care of.
*I haven't finished watching Peyton Manning on SNL, but so far, it looks like a thumbs up. The United Way commercial was just amazing. Click here to watch
*Monday Box Office
1. TMNT - $25 million - the top three seem about right. Lots of action at the box-office.
2. 300 - $20
3. Shooter - $14 - I gave it a C-, but I am starting to think I want to watch it again ... so I can laugh at it.
4. Wild Hogs - $14 - if you people make me go see a sequel I will KILL. Stop spending money on this movie!
5. The Last Mimzy -$10
*Premiere Magazine just released their list of the best 25 movie posters of all time. And only "Silence of the Lambs" came out in my lifetime. Click here to read
122 - The oldest age any person is known to have lived to (Jeanne Calment was born in 1875 and died in 1997).
Last night, three games game down to the final seconds. And it is starting to be standard for Ohio State to be apart of one of them.
The Buckeyes were down 20 at one point in the first half. In fact, the most important play was probably the 3-point play they got at the buzzer at the end of the first half, decreasing the lead to 17. Tennessee can look at the free-throw line to figure out where they blew this one, and Oden's big paw. Tennessee went 8-17 from the line, and Oden (only scoring 9 points) had a block on the final Tennessee shot. Ohio State won 85-84.
Southern Illinois couldn't hold on against Kansas, but as soon as I saw Jim Belushi in the crowd I knew they were a goner. Can anything this guy attaches himself to be great? So. Ill. played some amazing man-to-man defense but had to heave a half-courter to try and tie it. Kansas wins 61-58.
Memphis squeaked by Texas A&M and UCLA won pretty easy over Pitt.
Steve Alford is done coaching the Iowa Hawkeyes. And we didn't have to fire him (which would have cost millions). Alford is headed to New Mexico because he wants to be at a school where basketball comes first. Well, ideally academics comes first - then whatever program is winning comes next. Alford came to Iowa the same time as Kirk Ferentz. Everyone I remember thought Alford was a brilliant hire, and no one knew who Ferentz was (we were still upset about not getting Bob Stoops).
Time has shown Alford can't do anything great. He isn't a fantastic recruiter. His coaching is sub-par, and when the Hawkeyes had off-the-court problems, he never inspired.
Here's what my friends had to say about his departure -
*I'm all broken up about it. (sarcasm)
*Yeah I saw that this morning.... What a shame. (sarcasm)
*He clearly was not a fit for Iowa. If we were supposed to be bad, we were. If we showed some promise, we drastically underperformed when it mattered (e.g., biggest upset of the tourney last year).
*At least with Dr. Tom we would make it to the second round.
*I'm just happy I'm a Tarheel now. I can't wait to get my 2007 NCAA champions hat. (This last one was from Mike D - the NFL picker who moved to Chapel Hill last week)
It looked ugly with seconds left last night against the Nuggets. A loose ball, a bad shot from Gordon, a tip between Deng and Carmelo Anthony, then Tyrus Thomas tips in the game winner. Anthony said he would have rather lost by 100. Twelve games left. Bulls are 40-30.
I was almost done with Prior. Then he went and pitched 4 innings, giving up 4 hits and 1 run. It's like I'm George and he's Lizzy. I need to forget yesterday every happened. I mean, I married to a big, rich girl. I need to forget the past, and move forward even though Lizzy/Prior has been amazing before. OK, that's the last time I compare the Cubs with "Grey's Anatomy," I swear.
*Kobe Bryant - The man had 60 last night in a win over the Grizzlies. That is three 50-point games in a row, and he is one of three to have 4 or more 60-point games. I love watching this offense right now, but I find I am still in the stage of thinking half the shots (that end up going in) are bad ideas. He is the most fun train wreck to watch in sports right now.
*Coach Tubby Smith just made the Big Ten a little tougher ... I think, although he could simply be burnt out at Kentucky and looking to retire. Minnesota seems like the type of program where he could still earn his millions but not worry about pesky things like wins, and NCAA tournaments.
*Jonathan Papelbon is back as a closer for the Red Sox. He said he was losing sleep thinking about wanting to be back in the bullpen as the closer. This would have been good information before my baseball draft.
*Tony La Russa is an idiot. If you are rich, and like to drink far away from where you live ... Get someone else to drive you. It's that simple.
118 - This is the most interesting thing I could find - 118 ways to save money for college. Wow, hope this isn't an indication of how boring today can be.
*Kobe Bryant is good. He went for 65 points on Friday night and followed it up with 50 points last night. He and Wilt Chamberlin are the only ones to do that.
*50 is also the number of points the 76ers got beat by last night. The Rockets won 124-74.
*Our Leader (in the 1st Annual The Daily Score NCAA Tournament Pick'em Competition Spectacular) is Kevin Sketch (aka Plausible Deniability). He has picked 38 out of 48 for 50 points. Two girls are tied for 3rd and I am 16th.
*Of the 16 teams in the sweetness, UNLV (7) and Vanderbilt (6) are the lowest seeds remaining.
*Monday Box Office
People still like Sandra Bullock, but more people like blood.
1. 300 - $31 million - a solid B.
2. Wild Hogs - $19 - yup, i still hate this film.
3. Premonition - $18 - Roeper called it one of the worst endings ever.
4. Dead Silence - $8 - heard awful, awful things about this film.
5. I Think I Love My Wife - $6 - I thought this film would do better. It's not awful, but the subject isn't fun. I assume there were alot of women out there telling their men, "No, I don't want to see a movie about a man wanting to cheat on his wife."
*Saturday Night Live
Not good enough Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In fact, I can't remember laughing out loud once. The Italian sketch was OK. Never a good sign when both musical performances are the best parts (Snow Patrol). And yes, Chris Rock showed up for the opener, and then talked about black men getting hung back in the day ... not his best stuff.
For the season: 8-7
Funny: John C. Reily, Hugh Laurie, Alec Baldwin, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Rainn Wilson
Not Funny: Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly, Matthew Fox, Annette Bening, Jeremy Piven, Forest Whitaker, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
*New Shows
Raines - Jeff Goldblum. It's fine. I just don't know why I would watch it. I already have enough and it didn't give me anything mindblowing.
Andy Barker, P.I. - wow, this guy is destined to be someone I always give the benefit of the doubt to ... and he NEVER delivers. The show is weak.
109 - The registry number of the famous patrol boat PT-109, commanded by John F. Kennedy.
The Bears gave up the 63rd draft pick and Thomas Jones to the New York Jets and received the 37th overall pick. That's the deal. It almost seems not worth it. Jones would have had one year left on his deal, and hopefully would have felt compelled to show other teams he would be worth the money in 2008. Cendric Benson, the future is now ... or in July when you start two-a-days ... actually more like August when you start the preseason, actually they will rest you more than usual since you are now a premier back ... Benson, I'll see you in September, don't get fat.
Mark Prior threw 41 pitches and didn't look good. Three earned runs, four outs. That was his day. Kerry Wood threw 12 pitches, eight strikes and looked good in a one-two-three 5th inning. The Cubs are loaded with average pitchers, I will be incredibly sad if Prior isn't one of them. By the way, Carlos Zambrano has guaranteed the Cubs will win the World Series and he'll win the Cy Young. If "A" happens, then "B" is a distinct possibility but holding your breath on this one is not an option. Anybody have any suggestions instead of "Don't hold your breath"? I'm sick of using it.
*Ron Artest was arrested for domestic violence when he allegedly pushed a woman down and wouldn't let her live. She later threw a pot at his Hummer's windshield and shattered it. There was a three-year-old child in the house during the incident. Artest is vying for the presidency of "I'm not shocked by anything this man does." Look out Mike Tyson, look out.
*Yao Ming is back, and he didn't look good. He still managed 16 points and 11 rebounds so maybe it doesn't matter that he looked slow and uncoordinated, or maybe he always looks that way and since he's been out for 32 games I simply forgot.
*Travis Henry is a Denver Bronco. Ahmad Green is a Houston Texan.
*Monday's "Heroes" was a little disappointing. The main reason, these tiny previews they show when coming back from commercial are killing me. Why would I possibly want to see a scene that is about to happen 10 minutes from now? And you listed Malcolm McDowell in the opening credits as well. Why not save it for the surprise? By the way, the show won't be new until April 23.
*I'm probably the only one who cares ... Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz will be in Woody Allen's next movie.
*Shaquielle O'Neal will have his own ABC reality show this summer when he helps junior high school kids lose weight.
This was an insane roller coaster for a Bull's fan. First, a win in Cleveland, then a win at home against the Wizards. Then a two point loss in Detriot and finally a seven point loss at home to the Orlando Magic. All of this plus no trades. I was feeling OK about no trades until I read Bill Simmons and realized he has some pretty good logic.
When the media guide for the No Balls Association is released, I demand that John Paxson appears on the cover. At some point, you have to roll the dice, right? Not landing Gasol was inexcusable; the Bulls could have made the Finals with him (and if it meant sacrificing Luol Deng, Ty Thomas and the Knicks' pick, so be it). Instead, they did nothing ... which means they overpaid Ben Wallace when they already had a younger version of him for two-thirds the money (Tyson Chandler), gave away Chandler AND J.R. Smith for an expiring contract (P.J. Brown) because they wanted a trading piece for the deadline, then never ended up making a freaking trade.
I mean ...
Where does that rank among the most bizarre/inexplicable/head-scratching game plans in recent NBA history? Near the top, right? And if that's not bad enough, Paxson should have sold high on the Knicks' pick in December -- once the Celtics, Bucks, Hawks and Nets started getting crushed by injuries and the Iverson/Philly situation fell apart, everyone and their brother could see a 35-win season for the Knicks coming. What was the purpose of holding on to that pick? Are we even sure Paxson is alive? Has anyone seen him in the past three months? If he's missing or dead, I apologize for the last three paragraphs.
But here's the thing, Simmons entire logic is based on what had happened. Now, keeping Chandler made sense, but he had underperformed, was often injured and was not a leader. Based on the team this second, Deng has the most potential. So ideally, you don't get rid of him. Keeping P.J. Brown is the oddity here, but even more odd is the numbers he put up against the Pistons. He had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks, easily outshining Ben Wallace's return to Detriot.
The real problem right now is Andres Nocioni. In fact, this could be the reason no trade was made. He might miss the rest of the regular season. So if the trade would have happened, the Bulls would have been without a good small forward for the rest of the season, then team chemistry would have had to come together for the playoffs. Rolling the dice with this team seems to be the better option right now.
This week's schdule: WED - Warriors, FRI - Hornets, SUN - at Bucks.
I just don't understand why he can't get into the Hall of Fame. He has numbers, he is loved (at least in Chicago) and it clearly would make his life. The veteran's committee has been around for three years and still hasn't voted anyone in. It's high school popularity all over again.
Clipper's guard Shaun Livingston is done for the season. Just an awful knee injury. You can read and watch it here.
A little late, but here are some articles of mine... (yup, blatant self-promotion)
*Scorecard Review of "The Number 23"
*Quickcard Review of "The Astronaunt Farmer"
*Interview with Billy Bob Thornton
*Interview with Virginia Madsen
Ron Rivera left the Bears, but not the way we thought. The Bears chose not to rehire the defensive coordinator. Upon hearing this, Rivera took a position with San Diego, as the linebackers coach. Norv Turner was named the San Diego Chargers' head coach.
Lovie Smith didn't feel the need to retain a coach who would much rather be a head coach somewhere. For the Bears, who are always insanely cheap with coaching, this move fits.
Bob Babich, the Bears linebacker coach, is likely to take the defensive coordinator position.
The only way this whole situation is a problem, is if players on the Bears start speaking out. Otherwise, no worries.
Shaq can dance. Suddenly, I am incredibly happy idiot fans voted him into the All-Star game, otherwise this moment would not have happened. Plus, we get to see LeBron James run away because he's laughing so much. click to watch
Next: A New Music Show is the brain child of Chris Bro. If you want to find the next great song, tune in and sign up to the mailing list.
Chris Bro is also the one that introduced me to this video from No More Kings, if you like "Karate Kid" it's a must - one of the key moments comes at 5:58. John Elliott especially needs to watch. click to watch
I still love Legos. So this video of Spider-Man fighting Doc Ock made me pretty damn happy. click to watch
Look, I can talk about things besides sports and movies, here is proof. I even interviewed professors ... to talk about Simon Cowell. click here to read
Don't forget, I mainly write about sports and movies, which is why I created Beep's Scorecard Movie Awards. Voting ends this Friday. Look for final results on Monday the 26th, one day after the Academy Awards. click here to vote
I will be reviewing movies on a more regular basis, so expect to see one to two full-length movie reviews on Fridays, starting with "The Astronaut Farmer" and "The Number 23." Also by the end of the week, my Billy Bob Thornton and Virginia Madsen interviews will be up.
Kobe Bryant is your All-Star MVP. The West won 153-132.
Jason Kapono hit 24 3's in the final round to win the 3-Pt Contest easily.
Dwayne Wade once again hustled to victory in the Skills Challenge. He is the only elite guard in the league that always want to show up and play hard.
Gerald Green won the dunk competition, jumping literally AND figuratively over Nate Robinson.
Of all my predictions, only one came true, kind of - The Chicago team with Scottie Pippen won the Shooting Stars competition, but Ben Gordon went out of order, disqualifying them and giving Bill Lambier and Detriot the trophy.
* I can't believe Willard Scott didn't call to wish me a happy 100. That is just ridiculous.
* If you follow any music blogs at all, PEEL is a must-have program, and it looks very similar to iTunes. click here
* Here is a full Arcade Fire concert - and a reason why NPR should always exist. click here to listen
I can't decide if I should party like it is the year 1999, in honor of my 99th post, or instead blow up 99 red balloons. After all, those balloons auf ihrem weg zum horizont, would be beautiful.
Lou Pinella has talked about a "Cubbie swagger" that he hopes to impart on the team. Pinella, meet the drama known as Kerry Wood. Wood is out four to six days because he slipped getting out of the hot tub and bruised his ribs. THIS is the reason letting Wood go in the offseason would have been a good idea. He is a distraction. Now, I like the contract, and I like that we don't expect anything out of him, but it is hard hearing anything about "Wood" and "injury." The man should be in bubble wrap 24/7.
Scottie Pippen will be at the All-Star game with one thing on his mind ... Call it a comeback, he's been gone for three years ... He used to be rocking his peers and putting suckas in fears.
Pippen, at the age of 41, says he is in great health and wants to be a point forward for some playoff team. I hope he makes a squad. You see, I loved Pippen. Him guarding Magic Johnson for the first Bulls championship, and the year he should have been MVP of the league (Michael Jordan's first retired year) were highlights of NBA watching life. Yes, I know he has had his moments, and is supposed to be the worst tipper in the world, but on the court he was something to marvel at.
Tim Hardaway actually said, "I hate gay people."
ESPN has the full story on why this is a story. click here to read
I am always amazed by the stupidity of individuals. Hardaway, on a radio show, didn't think his comments would be a problem.
It is good that this happens, because even though the majority of discussion will be pointless media blather, but there is a chance some quality dialogue will be had because of it. I feel sorry for Hardaway and his ignorance, and every person that had to listen to his comments.
While thousands of ladies go to Las Vegas to find a baby's daddy, the NBA All-Star game will also be happening...
*The Rookie Challenge: Look for the Rookies to upset the Sophomores. And as always, take the over.
*Celebrity Game: Carrot Top is on one of the teams, so this is a no-brainer. Not Carrot Top's team, so I have to go with Jamie Foxx and Jonathan Silverman (the West).
*Dunk Competition: Nate Robinson will win. Tyrus Thomas will have the best single dunk.
*3-Point Shoot-out: Dirk Nowitzki will successfully repeat as the champ. If only Steve Kerr would come out of retirement ... and Craig Hodges.
*Skills Challenge: The only one who thinks he has something to prove is Chris Paul. LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Kobe Bryant will barely show up.
*Shooting Stars: Now that Pippen is looking to unretire, he's going to take this game WAY too seriously. Team Chicago wins.
*All-Star Game: Since the West is clearly better, I will use reverse logic and go with the East.
*Rotten Tomatoes has a "Best of All-Time List" -- I have a problem with most of the top ten choices. click here to review
*The Arcade Fire will be joining Rainn Wilson on SNL ... Feb 24. Best SNL ever? Perhaps, but more likely is me actually breaking social plans to sit home and watch it "live" instead of on tivo, and then being insanely disappointed.
*Here's a little kid singing Akon's "Lonely" - It really gets good around the 2:10 mark. click here
*"The Dark Knight" - the sequel to "Batman Begins" is going to be top-notch. Aaron Eckhart is now set to play Two Face. Heath Ledger is already playing The Joker.
*Mr. Belding gets on stage and sings. His beer gut is along for the ride. click here
The Bulls wore their red uniforms as a Valentine's Day tribute. It didn't work ... or maybe it did. They gave the Toronto Raptors a one-point victory last night, 112-111. Luol Deng led the Bulls with 30, but Chris Bosh had 25 points, 14 rebounds and hit two free-throws with two seconds left. The Bulls had gone on a 13-0 run to take the lead 111-110, but perhaps being in the loving spirit decided to hand the game back.
Tyson Chandler is having a better season than Ben Wallace. This is not a sentence I would have believed during the off season.
Chandler: 4.1 offensive rebounds per game, 12.1 total, 8.0 ppg
Wallace: 3.9 offensive, 10.3 total, 6.2 ppg
Carlos Zambrano said Carlos Zambrano wants a new deal. My only problem with this is the use of third person. Zambrano will be a free agent at the end of this year, and he has now said if he doesn't have a new contract before the season starts, he's walking. It's a bluff people. If the Cubs offer more money or more years than any other club at any time before/during/after the season, Zambrano will stay a Cub. Headcases are great. I wish there was someone keeping track of who uses third person, it's always amusing to listen to ... amusing in the kind of way that makes you want to shake the person uncontrollably.
*Ron Rivera will interview for the San Diego Chargers head coach position. I don't care. As long as the Bears replace him with coordinator that is one of those mean, yelling types, to help offset Lovie Smith.
*My intermural basketball team has now hit two game-winning three-pointers at the buzzer the last two games. The best part? Because of the insane snow storm in Chicago, we played with only 4 people versus a full squad ... and they were the other undefeated team in the league.
*Steve Nash, Yao Ming, Carlos Boozer, Jason Kidd and Allen Iverson are out of the All-star game with injuries. Now the world with finally get to know Mehmet Okur. Ray Allen's also been added ... shouldn't he be embarassed and decline?
*I can't explain it exactly, but I like following Bobby Knight's Texas Tech team. I don't like Knight, but I always seem to root for him to win. Loved them beating #6 Texas A&M at the buzzer last night.
*If you have the time, Gregg Easterbrook is probably the most intelligent football writer out there, here's his latest Tuesday Morning Quarterback column.
*Make your own candy Valentine - click here
*J.J. Abrams ("Lost," "Alias") might be getting ready to direct the Dark Towers adaptation by Stephen King.
*This weeks' "The Office" is directed by Joss Whedon.
*Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller look to be doing a movie about the grown up Hardy Boys.
*Rainn Wilson (Dwight from "The Office") will host SNL on February 24.
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It doesn't matter. Really it doesn't. But I really thought the game was going to be played on Sunday. I would have made my bet Sunday morning while watching "SNL." But no, suddenly I am confronted with an image of Devin Hester returning a kickoff in a hideous uniform. It couldn't be a highlight, it had to be the Pro Bowl. And of course that meant the NFC would cover and the under would hit. I could have retired ... bought a new car ... bought my fiancee that ring ... taken her out to dinner on Valentine's Day ... or maybe I would have just had a little more money to gamble next time. Ah, Gamblor (the God of Gambling) you have bested me again. But luckily, I won't give up.
Nothing like an NBA tripleheader to make you start realizing the NFL is finally over. Kobe vs. LeBron was good, though King James looks like he is just coasting right now. And the Bulls finished their seven game road trip with a record of 3-4 because they beat the Nashless Suns. One other thing that happens when you watch an NBA tripleheader, you start thinking "It's not about the hat," is one of the funniest lines ever. Thanks, Sir Charles.
Too much music. Forrest Whitaker broke into song about three times too many. There was some potential with the Man vs. Beast, but Whitaker is an awkward man, a great actor, but an awkward man.
For the season: 7-6
Funny: John C. Reily, Hugh Laurie, Alec Baldwin, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore
Not Funny: Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly, Matthew Fox, Annette Bening, Jeremy Piven, Forest Whitaker
