Category: Sports

  • Battles that are Brewing

    Battle_3It seems like there are some interesting battles brewing. I don’t mean like nations that are about to start new wars, I mean within the culture I live in, there have been and will be some gauntlet’s thrown down.

    Here’s a summary of the ones that I’m watching.


    youversion vs. Gospel.com
    Youversion
    I happen to be a beta user of both Web 2.0 utilities and while they are significantly different, both will be battling for the attention of Christian internet users. So far, I see the power in both of them. Youversion is a little more "open" as anyone can bookmark things. The flipside is that Gospel.com is only allowing Alliance members to bookmark content which means that all the content on Gospel.com will be more trustworthy.

    Emergent vs. Evangelicalism
    Robbell
    This recently heated up in what I’ll call "The Battle for Mars Hill." Jonathon Herron talks about Mark Driscoll calling Rob Bell a heretic. A few weeks ago Doug Pagitt and John MacArthur tangled on Headline News. Go ahead and grab a box of pop corn and get ready for fans of all sides to listen to the artists drop some game and scream, "Oh no he didn’t!" As Doug points out today, it’s already getting personal. Come on boys, no shots below the belt.

    Iran vs. America
    Iran
    OK, so this one isn’t as fun to watch as the rest. This could get really ugly really fast. Iran’s president is either completely oblivious to the fact that American’s don’t like him very much or he thinks he can win the American people with his charm. New story. The Scott Pelley interview that was on 60 Minutes last night was quite interesting.


    Lloyd Carr vs. Charlie Weis
    Charlieweis
    Who is in the hottest water with their team? Michigan fans have been quieted… but both groups of fans are not happy with how the season has gone. Lloyd Carr lost 4 games in a row before beating Notre Dame and Penn State. While Charlie Weis has list 5 in a row including 3 games where his offense failed to score a touchdown. That said, neither is in as imminent danger as 2006 Super Bowl quarterback Rex Grossman.

    Anyone else see battles brewing?

  • Dedicated to Michigan Fans

    Since this is Michigan country and I’m a Notre Dame fan. I’d like to dedicate this video to the Michigan football team and the most embarrassing loss in College Football history today as they lost to Appalachian State 34-32.



    They are HOT HOT HOT!

    p.s. The best part for me is that Notre Dame is on television in the Detroit area, but Michigan is not because Comcast hasn’t reached an agreement with the new Big 10 Network yet.

  • Barry Bonds and the media

    Barry Bonds and the media

    It’s only a matter of time before Barry Bonds hits the 756th home run to own the “all time” record.

    There is an odd relationship going on with this story and the media. On the one hand, it’s a slow news cycle and ESPN doesn’t really have much else to cover. On the other, there seems to be a growing sentiment that Bonds may lose the record in a forthcoming investigation. My estimation is that ESPN has decided to make money on the chase to beat a record they plan on making even more money to be a part of the removal of the record.

    I like baseball. It’s not my favorite sport but it keeps my attention until the college football season. This whole thing with “Did Barry Bonds use steroids or not?” is just a joke. It seems there is a better drug testing policy in high school and college baseball as there is in the Major Leagues. Why can’t they just test everyone then do some random testing?

    Along the same lines. What is happening in the NBA with the referee gambling on games… this could be the nail in the coffin for the NBA. Outside of the major markets, does anyone watch the NBA?

  • Brandon Inge Lays Out

    Inge
    Here’s the video. (This isn’t the picture from the game, it’s from a previous dive at Comerica.)

    Jaw dropping play there.

  • Because nut shots are just funny

    It doesn’t get any better than this. All you need to know is that 1 tennis ball fired at 130 miles per hour hitting you in the nuts… hurts!

    Frenchman Marc Gicquel had to retire after just one set of Friday’s
    quarter-final at the ATP Halle tournament suffering from the
    after-effects of Thursday’s injury to his testicles.

    Gicquel,
    30, lost the first set 6-4 to Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen before asking
    for medical treatment and admitted he was suffering from being hit in
    the most delicate of areas by a serve clocked at 208 kilometres per
    hour.     Story

    So, that was cool. He went on to win the match too. But then this is the second part of the story.

    But having spent Thursday night feeling ill and vomiting, the
    Frenchman said he did not have the energy to carry on against Finland’s
    Nieminen and had to withdraw.

    "I am very disappounted for
    sure," said a pale-looking Gicquel. "But I spent most of Thursday night
    not feeling well and I was sick a few times. I think it might have
    something to do with my injury on Thursday.

    So he wasn’t a superhero after all. I know getting hit down there can sometimes be delayed in its effect… but man… you know you got hit hard when you don’t get sick for a few hours.  Ouch! His opponent also apparently likes puns… because this is what he said:

    Nieminen was disappointed to have got through to the semi-final without
    being tested, but was looking forward to the extra rest against the
    fourth-seeded Czech.

    Note to self: Don’t play tennis against that guy without a cup on.

  • A man of his word

    I caught this on ESPN’s website. It’s too good to not be true:

       Wiese, a die-hard fan of the Chicago Bears, signed a pledge in
    front of a crowd at a Decatur bar last Friday night that if the
    Bears lost Sunday’s Super Bowl, he’d change his name to that of the
    man who led the Indianapolis Colts to victory.

       Final score: Colts 29, Bears 17.

       So Tuesday, Wiese went to the Macon County Courts Facility and
    started the process of changing his name.     Link

    What an idiot. I mean, Peyton Manning may have led his team to a Super Bowl championship… but changing your name to Peyton Manning? Yuck.

  • Da Bears

  • Peyton still sucks

    PeytonsucksWell, I wasted my time photoshopping this one up. I figured that Peyton would manage to choke away yet another big game. But, he beat the wrap and for the first time in his career is in a championship game. Congrats to him. Too bad he has to play the Bears!

    For the next two weeks we’ll hear about how it’s "Peyton vs. the Bears defense" and "the pairing of the first two African-American coaches in the Super Bowl." Both of those are somewhat interesting. But two weeks of hype is a bit much to stomach.

  • Da Bears!

    Pretty much, I’m excited about the game today. He’s some happy memories from days gone by.

    Man, happy memories there. Hoping that today brings new ones.

  • Four reasons to keep my World Series Ticket

    I was fortunate enough to buy a single ticket to Game 2 of the 2006 World Series at Comerica Park. The story of that ticket will one day be finished enough to tell, but let’s just say that getting that ticket at 10:50am made no logical sense. It was a Ticketmaster fluke I suppose.

    So, the dilemma begins. Do I go to the game and make a great memory or do I sell the ticket? Part of the problem is that I like the Tigers… but I really think that a die-hard fan should go instead of someone like me who just likes the team. Noble, eh? Of course, part of the problem is that I feel that if I go it would be some sort of gluttony.

    So… the fact is that my ticket really is for sale on Stubhub.com. Simple as that, eh? Well… it was simple until I found a couple videos on YouTube. Don’t know if it will be enough to change my mind… but these make me want to go real bad.