I know this sounds like a crazy question, but there's simply too much evidence backing it up not at least mention it. It's kinda like "NBA is rigged" phenomenon that we just witnessed. The officiating in the postseason was so bad for so long that an idea that was once so laughable built up into an actual topic of debate. Well, the Sacramento Kings organizational decisions have been so bad for so long that it's impossible not to question the intent behind them. As far as I can tell, the only thing that every last one of them have in common is that they have pissed off their franchise player. It's almost as if the Kings GM doesn't consider his job well done unless he puts the phone down after completing a transaction, immediately logs onto Twitter, and sees a vague, yet aggressively passive aggressive DeMarcus Cousins post. Pete D'Alessandro can't comfortably lay his head to rest unless he knows his star center is wide awake, angrily staring up at the ceiling into the wee hours of the night. Do we really need further confirmation that the Kings have devoted an era of their franchise history to making their best player's life a living hell? Last year, with the #6 pick, they drafted an offensive blackhole - at the same position Cousins plays - that needs more seasoning than the Cleaver's turkey dinner. They followed that up by keeping the most hated man within the franchise -the head coach - around for the entirety of the year. I am pretty sure there was at least 3-4 times last season where George Karl already had every single one of his belongings packed and a flight booked. Usually General Managers have to call up coaches to let them go, but the Kings had to call up their head coach to make sure he knew he was still employed. Then, they finally let the snake in the grass slither pack out to pasture, and they decide to draft YET ANOTHER offensively inept big man that to clog the lane in which DeMarcus Cousins makes a living? It feels as if they are willingly trying to shoot his trade value through the basement floor, but I'm pretty sure they don't even want to trade the most valuable asset they possess - they want him to have a complete mental breakdown instead. The way the Sacramento Kings have been structured makes no sense if their primary goal is to win a championship in the next decade, but it makes perfect sense if their primary goal is to make DeMarcus Cousins commit suicide. Let that marinate for a second before you call me a halfwit.
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Perfect. The perfect response. Got just enough of a taste of his instinctual reaction while still restraining himself from endangering the life - or innocence - of a child. The simple utterance of the Patriots and "I'm a..." just jumps right off Steve Smith's lips. If only we knew how his brain originally wanted to end that sentence. I'm a kill you? I'm a fuck you up? I'm a make your parents regret having you? When you think about it, the possibilities really are endless. You merely mention something that Steve Smith doesn't like and there's already a threat barely hanging on to the tip of his tongue. Doesn't matter if you are a member of the opposition, an old drunk rooting on the opponent from the front row, or a snot nosed brat playing devil's advocate at summer camp. Steve Smith has a menacing comment waiting and if he's not careful he won't hesitate to use it on anyone of any age. If I were that kid I would put a little hitch in my giddy-up and get across that field, because it's all fun and games until the wooden spoon breaks out and someone's icing up their butt on the sidelines. I Could Watch This College Hoops Player Attempt To Dunk Over 7 Kids From Now Until Forever6/23/2016
I'm back! I'm back in on dunk contests! Okay fine, I guess I am really only back in on junior college players showing up at summer camps and trying to dunk over an entire classroom of kids, but I'm back regardless! I thought the Zack Lavine/Aaron Gordon showdown during NBA All Star Weekend was the highest possible peak when it came to entertainment value derived from impressive feats of athleticism, but boy was I wrong. This elementary schooler taking a grown man's scrotum to the chin got me off the couch like the most emasculating of 'And 1' Mixtape crossovers. I'm trying to disregard the fact that this poor kid is going to be seeing stars for the next week and a therapist for the next decade, because the second that dick meet head I HOWLED in excitement. I'm going to be perfectly honest, the only reason I feel bad is because I don't at all feel bad. I should be scolding myself for the amount of laughter that involuntarily came from my mouth as I watched this on loop, but this kid is the last in line and he's throwing out salutes and has to be told to turn around? Fuck that. If I were in his position I would have had my knees partially bent just waiting to dodge oncoming testicles. This isn't Vince Carter we are talking about. It's some local JUCO player. You undoubtedly pray for the best, but you absolutely have to be prepared for the worst. That's how you avoid getting put on a poster... TMZ- Chris Brown has more legal woes ... the guy he hired to rehabilitate his image after the Rihanna beating is now suing Chris for allegedly doing the same to him. Mike G claims he was hired in 2012 not only to change Brown's image but to get him out of debt and off drugs. Mike G says he did well by Chris, who had a resurgence in popularity. Things allegedly turned bad last month, but Mike G claims without provocation, Brown took him in a room, brutally attacked him with repeated punches to the face and neck, which landed him in the ER. The lawsuit claims Brown, rather than being remorseful, began mocking Mike G on social media and bragging to friends about the beating. Mike G says Brown had the audacity to tell people working on his tour, if they got out of line he'd beat them just like he beat Mike G. Mike G says Brown's rage was drug-fueled and the suit mention concern for retaliation from Brown's "gang member friends." Do I have any doubt that the guy in the following videos beat the piss out of his life coach in a drug fueled rampage? This may come as a shock to those of you that have followed Chris Brown's career, but no - I do not. In fact, I am pretty certain the person in question - that looks like he's been on a month long diet of nothing but the remnants left after a line of cocaine - was high as shit when he posted these rebuttals... That said, none of this is his fault. He took the burden off his shoulders when he hired a life coach. You know why the entire coaching profession is even in existence? So that it's easier to blame one specific person when shit hits the fan. The term 'coach' is synonymous with the word 'scapegoat'. If it wasn't then every team LeBron James has ever played for would cut that position from the annual budget. I know it's impractical to think that Mike G. could have potentially made sure that Chris Brown's crazy ass was sober at all times, but that's the responsibility he accepted when he took the job. It sucks that he got his ass whooped by a dude who looks like he could use a massive influx of protein and a rehab facility, but it likely wouldn't have happened if he had upheld his near impossible duties as a life coach. Byron Scott got his butt metaphorically kicked in the media all year and you don't see him filing lawsuits. Sure, the task of molding elephant shit, donkey shit, and Swaggy P into a respectable basketball team was implausible, but that doesn't mean he couldn't have done a better job of doing so. Bottomline? You can't let the guy you were supposed to keep off drugs beat you into oblivion while high, because when you follow the chain of blame to the end you'll be staring down at the mirror that Chris Brown probably just snorted heroin off of. You're the coach and that means you take the rap before we even think about looking at the quickly deteriorating star with a drug problem and a history of violence. Don't believe me? Just ask Mike Pettine. Former Porn Star Christy Mack Created An Emoji App Complete With Images Of Domestic Violence6/23/2016 TMZ- The former porn star who claims she was attacked by her MMA star ex-boyfriend has launched a new line of emojis using images based on the brutal photos of her injuries ... TMZ Sports has learned.
The woman behind the concept is Christy Mack -- who claims ex-UFC star War Machine beat the crap out of her in 2014 ... nearly killing her in the process. Mack says she was recently approached to develop an emoji app and wanted to use the platform to bring attention to victims of domestic violence ... so she created MackMoji. "The decision to include a few emojis with a black eye, bruising, and so on is a way of bringing attention through shock value," Mack says. "I'm willing to risk some people using them in a negative way to get the point across." "So many are afraid to speak out, often times because they’re scared their partner will see history of their cry for help. This simple emoticon could save a life. I want everyone to know they’re not alone." MackMoji will be released Thursday with a portion of the proceeds going to the Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence foundation. I think we can all agree that domestic violence is in dire need of as much attention as possible. Thanks - in large part - to the NFL's long standing failure to acknowledge the frequency in which it takes place amongst athletes, women have been on the ass end of far too much physical abuse and there's not enough that can be done to put an end to it. That's why I admire what former porn star Christy Mack - a victim of the horrific crime in question - is trying to do by bringing attention to it in her emoji app, but just because you admire the thought process behind something doesn't mean you see the logic in it. First of all, I have no idea what demographic a former porn star's emoji app is aimed at, but I would imagine it's mostly men. Men that haven't been victims of domestic abuse and - more importantly - men who have an undying infatuation with videos in which women are bound, gagged, and pilfered with penises. I have never even paid to watch porn. Never mind been so enamored by one of it's participants that I opened my wallet to see computerized representations of her. I don't want to say the guys that will are ripe for a cell, but I will say they probably aren't picketing on behalf of women's rights. I understand that she's willing to take the risk of some people using cartoonish images of a battered woman to joke about the severity of domestic abuse, but what exactly is the reward? She could just as easily donate all the profits to 'Break The Silence Against Domestic Abuse' without including her animated injuries as an option. It's not that I am made uncomfortable by them. In fact, they are far easier to stomach than the actual injuries they symbolize. I just don't see any scenario where they could possibly be used positively. Is a freshly beaten women going to use her porn star app to fire off a digital black eye to her friends to let them know she's in danger? Is a scared, vulnerable female going to alert the police via a computerized cut lip? The amount of man minutes it took to create those particular emojis undoubtedly outnumbers the amount of times they are going to be used in a way that deters violence against women. The term "shock value" means making something sound or look worse than it is, and these emojis simply don't do spousal abuse any justice whatsoever. Turn Down Your Volume Before You Listen To The Call Of The GWG In Iceland's Biggest Win Ever6/23/2016
Look, there's no excuse for hiring the kid crying in the candy aisle as the commentator for an International futbol team. However, if ever there was a time when it was acceptable to put a newly pubescent boy - fresh off an argument with his irrational teenage girlfriend - behind the mic it would be during extra time to announce the game winning goal of his country's biggest victory of all time. I want to say that Iceland could have found someone better to convey the magnitude of this moment, but with the moment in question being so big I am not sure any biased party could have maintained even an iota of their composure. Iceland hasn't even qualified for the tournament in which they just won a game to advance in forever. That's not metaphorically speaking either. It's literally been... This performance by Iceland makes the United States victory over them in 'Mighty Ducks 2' look predictable, except this actually happened in real life. Cristiano Ronaldo basically called them a bunch of small minded pussies, and they turned around and finished with a better round robin record than his powerhouse of a futbol program. Suck one Portugal, because Iceland and their ludicrously small population just made history, and if they want to scream into a microphone in an unbearably high pitch that I would imagine is the human equivalent of a dog whistle then - just this once - they have earned the right to. That face. That face right there. The one that sheepishly tells you all you need to know about that call. The one that basically translates to the word "yikes". That's all we - as fans of fair play - need to see. Sports in general would be so much better off if players just subtly acknowledged when an injustice goes their way. I don't need to see a basketball players flopping only to enthusiastically hop up like they accomplished something when the whistle blows . I don't need hockey players taking a non-existent stick to the face only to lay on the ice repeatedly checking for blood they know isn't there. I certainly don't need to see a wide receiver trip over his own damn feet and and start giving himself a round of applause when he finally sees the yellow flag fly. I tip my hat to Trevor Bauer because he displayed something that almost every other athlete is too subjective to, and that is self awareness. Gratitude for being the beneficiary of the doubt. This doesn't hold true for the play in question, but all athletes - to varying degrees - do their best to get one over on the officials. Is it too much to ask that they flash an expression of confirmation in the general direction of the camera when they are successful? In my estimation there is nothing worse than being ungrateful when gifted something you didn't earn. It might not look like it, but that concerned frown that came across Trevor Bauer's face was one of appreciation. Deadspin- Adam Lindin Ljungkvist was in the middle of a match in which he’d already picked up a yellow card when, as he described it, a tummy ache caused him to rip off a nice big fart. The referee overheard the rumblings from below, and was so perturbed by them that he showed Ljungkvist a second yellow and sent him off.
“I asked the referee, ‘What, am I not allowed to break wind a little?’ ‘No,’ he replied … I don’t get it but maybe he thought I farted in my hand and threw the fart at him. But I did not. [...] I spoke to the referee afterwards, I was annoyed, but there were no bad words. I just said he was a buffoon.” Opposition striker Kristoffer Linde told the paper: “I was standing a good distance away but I heard the fart loud and clear. It’s the strangest thing I’ve seen on a pitch, and I’ve been playing football since I was eight years old.” Later asked by a local paper to explain himself, the referee, Dany Kako, described his thinking and pointed out that he has a history of punishing similar (in his perception) incidents strictly: “I perceived it as deliberate provocation. He did it on purpose and it was inappropriate. Therefore, he received a yellow card. [...] Once there was a player who stood and peed next to the pitch. I showed him a yellow card, too.” I want to be on the side of the farter in this situation. I really, really do. After all, it's absolutely ludicrous to give a guy a second yellow for letting one rip while exerting energy during athletic competition. That goes ten-fold when your only explanation for doing so is comparing it to a player pulling his dick out and giving the crowd a bird's eye view of what it might be like to be on the receiving end of his golden shower. Just absurd to believe that every bodily function is created equally, although I guess it is good to know that dropping a sideline heater is no more than a yellow card in this guy's eyes. That said, I kind of agree with the referee busting out the red card and unceromoniously sending this guy back to the locker room. It's not the act of farting that I think is punishable, it's the idea that the fart in question was so loud, so powerful, and so distinguishable that an official was able to single out one man - out of 22 - on a 100 yard, open aired pitch. Sometimes you just got to let one go, but would it kill this guy to at least try to mask it a bit? Farting in and of itself is not worthy of any sort of discipline. Farting so obnoxiously that it makes someone who is intently watching the game stop and go "hey you, yes you, what the fuck man?" is a different story. That's a total disregard for others and I have no choice but to believe he intentionally threw a little hot sauce on his flatulence for good measure. When the origin of a fart is so easily detectable the person responsible needs to be publicly shamed. The only way to shame players - that have no qualms with claiming they fractured their fibula on a blade of grass - is to make them take the long, arduous walk back through the tunnel alone.
I'll tell ya what, I kind of love the fact that Cleveland won it's first championship in 50 years and there's nothing you can do to convince them that some sort of curse hasn't been broken. You've got Browns players going from hopeless to having Super Bowl aspirations in one block of Andre Iguodala layup. You've got the Indians stealing ideas from early 90's sports comedies presumably because that's exactly what their corresponding basketball team did before the started their run to a title. I knew Cleveland loved it's sports teams, but I had no idea the city was this cohesive. The best basketball player in the world wills his team to a title and all the sudden every franchise whose home venue resides within a 10 mile radius has already decided it's their year. It's actually kind of endearing when you think about. In a weird way, that might be the best thing for them. There is literally no other reason for the Browns or Indians to think they have any shot of hoisting their sports' respective trophies other than it being destiny. That's why I love the idea of Indians setting up a 'Jobu' shrine. If a World Series is all but a foregone conclusion then they are going to have to have some cool stories for the media when they get there. Is there a better way to make headlines than channeling the spirit of an alcoholic VooDoo doll used by a parodied version of your baseball team over 25 years ago? I suppose there might be, but I would save your words because Cleveland fans are currently about as receptive to the opinions of others as Jesus Christ is to a curveball. Excuse me, is you saying something? Naaaaah, you can't tell Cleveland nothing! P.S. The name of the trophy given to the World Series is called 'The Commissioner's Trophy'? Jesus Christ baseball, no wonder I don't watch you.
Let's not take away from this moment. It is absolutely a once in a lifetime memory for a disabled kid to get hoisted up in the air by NBA Champion (smh) JR Smith in front of the entirety of the Cavaliers faithful. That said, his father didn't exactly hand him over to the sure hands of Rafiki. You just know that when this Dad gave his precious little boy to the world's most unpredictable person - that probably hasn't sobered up since Sunday night - he had a knot in the pit of his stomach as he did. If there is a professional athlete that you have to worry about dropping a defenseless child while standing on the edge of a stage it is JR Smith, and if there is a time you have to worry about him doing it it's the ass end of a 3 day bender. This moment is forever immortalized by television cameras and will likely go down as one the coolest things to happen during the celebration of Cleveland's first championship in half a century, but let's not act like it wasn't a fatherly moment of truth. He looks like 'Dad Of The Year' now, but it's not too hard to imagine a scenario where things take a turn for the worst and the whole world is asking why any sane person would turn over responsibility of their handicapped child to JR Smith. His kid will remember this forever, but this guy will never forget the uneasiness he felt as he let - a likely inebriated - JR Smith have full control over his son's entire 'Circle Of Life'. Swish. The dude can't miss right now... Six People Drown In India Trying To Save Their Idiot Friend Who Fell In The Water Taking A Selfie6/22/2016 IndiaToday- Clicking a selfie turned out to be fatal for a youth as well as six of his friends, who drowned in the Ganga today while trying to save one another, police said.
The incident happened when six youths from Juhi area and one Shivam from Colonelganj area of the district had gone to take a bath in the river after rainfall, SSP Shalabh Mathur said. Shivam was clicking a selfie while bathing following which he lost his balance and started drowning in the river. Maqsood tried to save Shivam but he too lost his balance due to the high water level and high current following heavy rainfall, SP (West) Sachindra Patel said. All the other friends jumped one after another to save the others but drowned in the attempt, the SP said. If you want to blame one super narcissistic kid - that absolutely had to capture the perfect selfie despite being one slip away from swimming up Shit's Creek without a paddle - for the demise of his 6 friends then be my guest. In reality, that self involved idiot was really only responsible for his own death. The blood of the other six? That's on the hands of the first friend to jump in an attempt to rescue him. He's the one that set the precedent by trying to be a hero. He could have just made a pact with all parties present to tell anyone that asked that there was nothing they could do. Nope. He just had to risk his life for another person, and he ended up creating a domino effect between all his friends. I bet the last 5 didn't even want to jump in. They just felt obligated to out of fear of being labeled the bad friend(s) that did nothing to help. Just look at the difference between these two stories... - "We all turned around and Shivam was nowhere to be seen. We looked and looked, and by the time we saw him he was too far down river to be rescued. We called for help but it was too late." Or... - "We all turned around and saw Shivam frantically splashing around in the water,. Maqsood immediately jumped in after him and soon after he started flailing around too. The rest of us figured it was too dangerous so we just stood around with our quivering dicks in our hands like a bunch of pussies until help arrived to dig our dead friends out of the river." That first story sounds totally legitimate. Sure, watching your friend drown right in front of your face without doing anything could cause you a lifetime of trauma, but maybe - just maybe - it saves 6 lives that didn't need to be taken. Maqsood's dedication to being selfless inevitably forced 5 others to plummet to their eternal sleep, because you simply can't be a survivor of that second story and still look like a respectable person. Don't forget that the next time a friend puts himself in a precarious position by being a jackass for Instagram likes. Brian Windhorst Expertly Reported On The Marijuana Use Taking Place At The Cavaliers Victory Parade6/22/2016 As the Wind-horst blows baby! Windy, you dog you! Who knew the big boned son of a bitch that's made a career out of chasing LeBron James tail was a pot smoking pro? You notice the ease with which he slipped that into the broadcast? Made the NFL Draft dorks that reported Laremy Tunsil's gas mask picture look like a bunch of narcs. I'm telling you, someone without a couple bong rips in their past does a far worse job commenting on the public consumption of recreational drugs. No one casually brings up the smell of weed unless it's something they are all too familiar with. No one publicizes the newly approved legality of marijuana unless it's something that excites them. You hear that high pitched happiness in his voice when he started to talk about it? Almost sounded like he was next up in the rotation. He was one pass to the left away from a taking a pull off a well deserved dutchie. You know how stressful it must be to cover a guy that can't talk or tweet without it becoming a news story? Cavaliers parade day must be a goddamn blessing for Brian Windhorst. Probably the first time in 13 years where he doesn't have to worry about LeBron making a passive aggressive comment that needs to be addressed by the media in a timely fashion. Someone give the man some pierogis and point him towards JR Smith so he can enjoy this celebration - in all it's glory - one inhale at a time. Lord knows he's earned it. P.S. Seriously though, sneakers with that outfit? Vintage stoner move. Keep the shades on Windy! P.P.S. Now it's alllllll starting to make sense... WSMV- A campaign sign in Polk County is stirring up a lot of controversy.
The sign, located off Highway 411 near Benton, says "Make America White Again" and was put there by Rick Tyler, an independent candidate in the race for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district seat currently held by Chuck Fleischmann. Several Channel 3 viewers have called or sent messages to our newsroom, saying the signs do not reflect the feelings of the entire county and that they want them down. Tyler said, "I respect their right to have an opinion. I believe the majority of the people in the county like it." "I saw people taking pictures beside it right after I posted it," added Tyler. Before we start criticizing Rick Tyler for being a socially unaware bigot that makes Donald Trump look like Malcolm X let's take a second to try to understand where he is coming from...
See, I knew this was a simple misunderstanding. Rick Tyler doesn't hate black people. He just refers to them as a name that was predominantly used during a time period in which they had no rights or freedoms. He doesn't want to do away with African Americans or Mexicans (okay fine, maybe he's not big on Mexicans), he just wants to eliminate all the terrible felonies that they - and they alone - are responsible for committing. If you want a world with less break-ins and violent crime then Rick Tyler is your man. Ignore the blatantly white supremacist overtones of his campaign slogan. He's not that great with words, but from my understanding he's not going to get rid of all the black people - he's just going to start making them act more wholesome and caucasian. Sounds legit. Who wouldn't want to go back to the 60's when the entire world was at peace and accepting of one another? Of course society would be better off taking a page out of the script of 'Leave It To Beaver'. All the bad things that happened on that show were cleverly cleaned up in a half hour's time. Say what you want about the importance of equal rights, but I'm pretty sure I saw a black extra smiling while drinking from a second-class water fountain in one scene. It that doesn't tell you how much better off we were when the white man ran every aspect of civilization then I don't know what will. Rick Tyler is simply a historian looking out for the well-being of all races, colors, and creeds by promoting the superiority of the fairer skinned. Why don't you take notes Obama? P.S. Wait, what are those flags surrounding the White Hou....Oh. A Mother Shared A Picture Of Her 6 Year Old Son Wearing A Tutu To Prevent Teasing...Or Something6/22/2016 Metro- A mother is hoping to encourage others to be more accepting of others by sharing a photo of her six-year-old son wearing a tutu.
Devon almost had a change of heart when her son returned home from school and told her that kids were teasing him for wearing nail polish. She said this was the first time ever that she had started considering whether to talk him out of wearing it – and into ‘hiding that part of himself’. Devon said: ‘For the first time ever I was scared that he would be gunned down one night when he was out having a good time with his friends. ‘In that moment I was so terrified that I wondered if it would be better to stop appeasing him.’ ‘Because nothing hurts more than seeing your child truly sad. Because pretending to be someone you’re not to please other people only leads to self-loathing. ‘[It can lead] to depression and to suicide. And that too made me afraid. Why do I have to fear for him because of what he likes and who he cares about?’] Well we made quite the jump there, didn't we? One second we are talking about a 6 year old boy getting picked on for wearing nail polish and the next second we are talking about him getting gunned down late at night if - and only if - the impending depression doesn't force him to commit suicide first. Seems like this woman is getting a litttttle bit ahead of herself. I know we are on the heels of a mass murder which took the life of 49 homosexuals and the innocence of hundreds of thousands more, but can we maybe just accept that first graders poking fun at each other's appearance isn't malicious bullying? I totally agree that this kid should feel free to be himself - especially considering the LGBT friendly society in which we live nowadays. That said, boys who wear nail polish to school are going to get made fun of - especially when they are only six years old and their peers don't know any better. That's just life. If they weren't teasing him about his girly hands they would be teasing him about his hair or his clothes, because that's what 6 year olds do. They childishly mock and harass each other verbally because they are - might want to sit down for this - CHILDREN. It just so happens that those with painted fingernails and penises are going to attract that negative attention first. Hopefully one day that changes, but what's not going to change is the fact that kids are always going to bust each other's balls. Posting a picture of your son on the internet in a tutu isn't going to "fix" that, and neither is overreacting like he's already been the victim of some sort of hate crime. Boys will be boys, and even if this woman's son eventually becomes her daughter she'll have a stronger sense of character and a thicker skin because of it.
"Run through a ma-fucka face, and then you don't have to worry about him no mo." Words to live by. Tweet it. Instagram it. Hell, if you're really feeling frisky then tattoo it. Marshawn Lynch with the quote to end all quotes. Not sure what his next step is in life, but if it doesn't involve a microphone and an audience that will be the surest of signs that there is - indeed - no God. I just don't want to picture my life without Marshawn Lynch. Oncoming linebackers and safeties might not want it, but I certainly do. In fact, I don't even need to watch him run through mafucka faces over and over and over and over and over......and over and over and over and over again to appreciate him. I just absolutely have to hear him talk about it as much as possible. If I were a 'Make-A-Wish' kid my one request would be a 'Beast Mode' highlight video narrated and commentated by 'Beast Mode' himself. Every time the man speaks it's pure gold, and I'm not even talking about the custom grills lining both rows of his teeth. Let us not forget that even during the moments in which Marshawn Lynch was refusing to entertain the media he was still widely entertaining to the masses. He's got the gift of gab, and it would be downright blasphemous if he stopped sharing it with general public. DeadSpin- Darren Kramer, a winger in the Ottawa Senators organization who currently plays for the AHL’s Manitoba Moose, was arrested at approximately 1:16 a.m. Tuesday after allegedly fighting a police officer at Disney World and getting tased. According to police, Kramer scuffled with the officer so that his friend could make off with some bowling pins he had stolen from a restaurant.
According to the police report from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the arresting officer made contact with a man who identified himself as “Corbin” and was carrying a large display flag and a few bowling pins. I advised him that he was to drop the items. As I made contact, he held two bowling pins in his right hand and one in his left. I observed his face lose all coloring and turn white, which I recognized a threat to my safety. At that time, it appeared to me that Corbin would attempt to strike me with the items. I then reached out and grabbed the pins and ordered him to place his hands behind his back. He then quickly turned to his right and stated a long “Noo.” Corbin then fled from me on foot running through the complex passed [sic] the Raglan Road Restaurant. The officer then noticed Kramer, who was with Corbin when the officer first made contact, running towards him, yelling, “run, run!” The officer stopped Kramer and attempted to handcuff him, at which point Kramer allegedly resisted. Kramer has 600 AHL penalty minutes compared to just 33 points in three years of AHL action, but this is apparently one fight he did not win The officer was able to arrest Kramer after hitting him with the taser. Kramer has been charged with battery of a law enforcement officer, grand theft, and resisting arrest without violence. As far as we know, Corbin is still on the loose. It should be noted that the word prospect is in quotes because it's being used extremely loosely. A guy with 600 penalty minutes and 33 points in three seasons in the minors stands a better chance of - well - getting arrested at Disney World than he does of making an appearance in the NHL. That being said, it's still nice to see boys being boys. Classic hockey player shenanigans. Little binge drinking. Little thievery of relatively mundane items for which they probably had yet to conjure up a use. Little roughhousing with law enforcement. Little "catch me if you can" while resisting arrest. It was all in good fun. As they say, everything is good in moderation! If they had chosen anywhere else besides Disney World to do this then we would likely be praising them for keeping their presumably drunken antics harmless. Instead we got a bunch of rent-a-cops getting uppity with a couple guys that are just trying to do it for the story. Thanks a lot Walt. Way to create this cult-like environment where prehistoric reptiles can just run roughshod on paying customers, but 6th round goons that are destined for a career of long bus rides and inevitable head trauma can't innocently steal decorative bowling pins. What the hell are they supposed to talk and laugh about when they wake up hungover? Why don't you answer me that, Disney? What kind of "Mickey Mouse organization" are you running over there that a soon-to-be beer leaguer can't get his money's worth by taking home a souvenir? Maybe if you catered to all demographics you'd realize how stupid a 6'1, 200 pound man that fights for a modest living looks in mouse ears. P.S. If I showed you that mugshot and told you that guy was arrested at Disney World you would breathe a sigh of relief big enough to blow over a strike when I told you it was for being an accessory to the petty theft of bowling pins. TMZ- More troubling photos involving Johnny Manziel -- a car owned by the ex-NFL star was clearly involved in a bad accident in Dallas ... with the driver's side completely smashed in.
TMZ Sports obtained pics of Manziel's 2015 Nissan GTR -- the same car he was driving during his alleged domestic incident with his ex-GF, Colleen Crowley, last year in Ohio. Multiple sources tell us the car appeared Monday night at a Dallas apartment complex where Manziel is supposedly staying ... looking like it had been T-boned. You can see in the pics the driver's side airbag was deployed. We've confirmed the car is still registered to Manziel. We don't know how it happened, who was driving, or if Manziel was even in the car at the time. Cops tell us they have no record of a crash involving Manziel. We're trying to find answers. Listen, I know the real story isn't the type of car Johnny Manziel was driving when he presumably got t-boned. The real story is that he got into YET ANOTHER accident, apparently fled the scene, and - to put it bluntly - is probably on the fast track to an early grave. However, that narrative is far too dark for a Wednesday morning so I am just going to focus on how stupid it is that he's still whipping the same Nissan GTR - with all black rims - that he is accused of beating his girlfriend in. Hey Johnny, I don't want to tell you what to do. I am pretty sure enough people have done that already and it clearly has fallen on deaf ears. I just want to let you know that driving the same all white car that you alleged committed a despicable felony (for which you haven't been cleared) in comes off as having waved the white flag on life. That ivory rice burner might as well be a white towel because it appears that you no longer have it in you to even try to protect yourself. I don't know what the bankroll looks like considering you're unemployed and at the club literally every single night of your life, but I would think about leasing something a little more understated until this all blows over. Hell - at the very least - I would think a paint job would be a worthwhile investment. I realize asking you to clean up your act is a losing proposition, but is it out of line to suggest that you insert some less distinguishable props into it? My first car was an Acura RSX and my parents told me I had to drive safely because I was a young kid in a sporty car. Pretty sure that goes 10-fold when you are a known alcoholic rolling around in the least subtle mobile crime scene of all time. Especially when that mobile crime scene happens to be a type of vehicle that has never been legally parked in a handicapped space. Metro- A man who claims he was a lover of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen has said that the massacre was a ‘revenge’ attack against men who had ‘used him’.
The man, who identified himself only as Miguel, told Univision Noticias in an exclusive interview that he had ‘cried like you have no idea’ since the atrocity, but rejects the claim that it was an act of terrorism. Miguel, wearing a disguise to hide his identity, said that he and Mateen had met on a gay dating app and had become ‘friends with benefits’. The pair had allegedly met between 15 and 20 times. Miguel never learned Mateen’s name, however. ‘He adored Latinos, gay Latinos, with brown skin – but he felt rejected,’ he said. ‘He felt used by them – there were moments in the Pulse nightclub that made him feel really bad. Guys used him. That really affected him.’ Miguel added: ‘The thing that makes me want to tell the truth is that he didn’t do it [the attack] for terrorism. In my opinion he did it for revenge.’ Attorney General Loretta Lynch did say that he had looked at extremist propaganda before the attack. ‘We believe that is certainly one avenue of radicalisation, but we want to know if there are others,’ she said. I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4wheel drive, Carved my name into his leather seaaaats Took a Louisville Slugger to both headlights, Shot a hole in 100 of his closest admirers Maybe next time he'll think before he fleeeees... I gotta say, I am extremely jealous of Omar Mateen's choice in fuck buddies. This dude Miguel - who I'm guessing just came forward because he's been living under a rock the last few week - is one loyal ass friend with benefits. The guy didn't even know the killers name, but he still felt indebted enough to shift some of the blame to the victims because they had a couple of no-strings-attached rendezvouses? If only everyone was lucky enough to find someone they can use for sex gratification that was willing to defend every terrible thing they did despite never going on a proper date. I wish I had someone that ignored all logic and rational to excuse everyone of my transgressions just because they've made me cum a couple of times. Doesn't sound like the worst kind of person to have on your side. In all seriousness, I can't believe that Omar Mateen was used by members of the homosexual community. Absolutely stunned there were no followup texts after he spent the night drunkenly slurring on and on about his homophobic father to love interests he had met 5 minutes prior. I would have thought he'd have all eyes on him walking into the bar as the guy that was clearly uneasy about his sexuality. Shame on the 49 deceased and 53 injured. Maybe they should have been a little clearer about their intentions when they started chatting up awkward strangers at a night club. Just jumping from lover to lover? This would never be an issue in the heterosexual community. Whatever happened to the age old concept of 20-something year old homosexuals settling for one penis and starting a family? Have they no respect for traditional American values? Don't they want the proverbial white picket fence? Look, I don't know what exactly caused this monster to open fire. I am assuming it was an amount of insecurity that would make the life of a prostitute seem safe. I do know that somewhere between the 2nd and 49th casualty - that all happen to be members of the LGBT community - that shit goes from an act of revenge to an act of terrorism. Especially when the person responsible has - at the very least - loose ties to the radical Islamic State. RawStory- Georgia church came under fire following the mass shooting of LGBT people at an Orlando night club after the pastor refused to take down a sign claiming that “Satan made gays and transgender.”
WXIA reported over the weekend that residents of Buford were concerned that The Back to the Bible Holiness Church was dividing the community with its sign, which reads “God created man and woman. Satan made gays and transgender.” Pastor Bobby Wright explained to WXIA that he was not concerned about the sign stirring up hatred following the Orlando shootings. “I haven’t cursed anyone. I haven’t called anyone a name,” Wright told the station. “I’m a voice for the community.” He also insisted that LGBT people would be welcomed at his church. “The church is open for service,” he said. “They’re invited in.” Can we get a round of applause for the 'Back To The Bible Holiness Church'? It might be up made up of intolerable assholes, but they are intolerable assholes that know exactly what religion is all about. Ignoring the outside world - and the homophobic mass murders that are taking place in it - to continue promoting their hate filled messages? Picking and choosing limited phrases from a million year old book originally written in some biblical language that is only loosely translatable? Ignoring the rest of it's contents that support acceptance, understanding, and individuality? Refusing to give in to the idea that altering the definitions of right and wrong over the course of centuries is actually beneficial to society? Devout cult-like Christianity, ladies and gentleman! That's what it's all about! Grasping at the slimmest of straws just because you are afraid of change and have a phobia of the unknown. That's basically all it means to have faith...as long you ignore every word of it's definition. The members of the podunk house of worship might be terrible people, but they are great advocates for their obsolete system of beliefs. Who claimed they are a divisive entity? Pastor Wright said it himself. If those Satan whisperers want to come learn the Lord's teaching then his doors are open...as long as they agree to change the entirety of their lifestyle and start deriving pleasure from post-marital sexual encounters with the opposite sex first. Seems like a pretty small price to pay to practice theology at such a comprehensive and inclusive chapel if you ask me. Kevin Durant Will Confirm The Legitimacy Of Every Last Criticism If He Goes To The Warriors6/21/2016 Yahoo- According to a recent report from Frank Isola of New York Daily News, Durant definitely wants to, and his potential landing spots include a very recent foe.
Durant is expected to meet with prospective teams in Los Angeles when the free-agent recruiting period beings in July, according to a source. The same source maintains that if Durant doesn’t re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunderhe would prefer to join the Warriors, a team that has reached two straight NBA Finals and could rule the Western Conference for the next five years if Durant goes to the Bay Area. Let me first say that I put zero stock in Kevin Durant rumors. Mostly just because I have been hearing them since the moment that the season that just ended officially tipped off. Hard to take 'Breaking News' stories seriously when they are all conflicting reports about a guy who undoubtedly should have been playing in the NBA Finals with his current team. I find it exceedingly difficult to believe that Kevin Durant - one of the top 3-5 players in all of basketball - is going to leave Oklahoma City, and I find it even more difficult to believe he's going to do so to become a supplemental piece to an already completed puzzle. More than likely he just wants to have his dick stroked by all oncoming suitors like the rest of the upper echelon of NBA free agents. That said, if he does fly the coop to Northern California he will confirm every negative thing that has been said about him over the last few seasons. What exactly are those negative things? Well - for starter's - he's proven that one slightly off-color question from the media mutates him from a near 7-foot physical specimen into a mental midget. Watching him go mute on reporters following an absolute disgrace of a playoff performance felt like the equivalent of watching Eminem freeze up on stage during '8 Mile'. Nothing could quell the fear of answering to your failures quite like becoming the (at most) 3rd most quotable player on a team that lost 9 games all season, and was less than a minute away from winning back-to-back championships. Also, he has been far too passive when it comes to demanding the ball in the big spot. Granted, I know it's not easy playing "one for you, one for me" with Russell Westbrook in regards to shot attempts. Still, the fact of the matter is that - if anything - Kevin Durant needs the rock in his hands MORE often and that's not going to happen playing for a team that is already in desperate need of a second basketball. I guess I am just preemptively sick at the thought of KD telling me that joining the Golden State Warriors is a "basketball decision". It would only be a basketball decision in the sense that it would make the game of basketball exponentially easier on a player that has so much more to offer the sport than a depressurized role as a stretch four. Joining a historically great team wouldn't be about putting himself in a winning situation. He's already in a winning situation. Bolting to Oakland would be about making winning a forgone conclusion. It would be the coward's way out. It would be a move that makes LeBron's decision to go to Miami look selfless. It's one thing to leave a subpar team to make an average team a contender. It's far less excusable to leave the team that should have been the Western Conference champion for the team that oh-so-narrowly stole that title. None of this is to say that the Warriors shouldn't explore the option of adding him, but it is too say that he would be an absolute pussy to join the force that he couldn't beat. |
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