http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2014/12/15/7399601/north-florida-loses-to-tennessee-tech-by-2-after-pregame-dunking SBNation- If you dunk in the 20 minutes before the game starts, you will get assessed a technical foul. We wrote about this when it happened during the NCAA Tournament. North Florida dunked in the warmups before its game against Tennessee Tech. Fast forward a few hours, and -- oh no: I can't in good conscience blame the ruling of two pre-game free throws for the outcome of this game. Yeah, Tennessee Tech was given two points for essentially no reason and the game ended up being decided by two points. I would consider this a coincidence more than anything else. Anyone who has played competitive sports knows a game can't be decided in the first thirty seconds. Especially a basketball game, the deficit that North Florida had to endure could have been made up in one possession. They didn't seem to have a problem overcoming the lead when they carried a 9 point lead into halftime. Still, the coincidental nature of the final score draws more attention to the absurdity of the rule, and for that we should all be thankful. Is the NCAA as a whole just the biggest buzzkill of all time? It takes a certain set of unfortunate skills to think up a penalty this stupid. I'm genuinely impressed by the lack of intelligence it took to implement this rule. What genius came up with the arbitrary amount of time prior to tip off that college basketball player would be prohibited from dunking a basketball? Regulating dunking is like regulating Odell Beckham Jr. from catching balls one handed in warmups. It's like regulating hockey players from excessively stick handling during pre-game skate. It's like regulating soccer players from juggling the ball with their feet and head before the match. All these scenarios recreate game time situations and also happen to be rather flashy. They may draw the ire of the crowd, but they are also intrinsic to their relative sport. Maybe we should ban baseball players from hitting home runs in batting practice as well. Seems on par with the rationale of the NCAA. I don't think college basketball players should be having full blown dunk contests during their warmup, but I certainly don't think they deserve a punishment when, or if, they do. Giving a team free throws for something that didn't happen during a game may be the most preposterous ruling in sports. Free throws are the closest possible thing to guaranteed points. There is no other situation that doesn't involve a fight of some nature where a team is granted an advantage before the game even begins. Could you imagine a referee giving out penalties prior to kickoff or puck drop? If a college's goal is to turn boys into men then why are we treating these Division II athletes like they are prepubescent boys in a recreational league?
I fundamentally don't understand why the NCAA felt they has to enforce a punishment that could directly affect the outcome of the game. Couldn't they just fine the players responsible? Oh wait, those hands never get near the cookie jar of the multi-billion dollar industry they are responsible for. Just to be clear, I know that North Florida and Tennessee Tech aren't pulling in seven figures for college sports, but it's the principle in the matter. I watch sports for entertainment. College sports, professional sports, doesn't matter. The only reason we tune in or shell out money to attend is to be wowed. A college player executing a proper lay-up isn't getting a rise out of me, or anyone else that doesn't run a boy's basketball clinic. The NCAA needs to concern themselves less with Hitler-esque "playing the game the right way" penalties, and more with the countless law suits that are undoubtedly coming their way. For an organization obsessed with child-like rules, they are forgetting the first one; Always have fun.
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Brooklyn Nets Superfan Jumps From Second Story Window And Dies Weeks After Being Carried out Of MSG12/16/2014 http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/12/15/nets-superfan-jeffrey-gamblero-dies-after-fall/
CBS NY- Jeffrey Vanchiro — better known as Jeffrey Gamblero, the dancing Brooklyn Nets superfan — died Sunday after a reported fall from a second-floor window. He was 38. Vanchiro made headlines earlier this month when he was carried out of a Nets-Knicks game at Madison Square Garden without his prosthetic leg. His fiancee, Kristi Evans, told ESPN that he “was a completely different person” after the incident at MSG. “He was paranoid. He was erratic,” she said. “He was frightened. He was horrified. He was a bit delusional. And he was having a lot of trouble sleeping. He couldn’t sleep at all. When he would sleep or try to sleep, it would only take about 10 to 15 minutes before he would wake up screaming, covered in sweat.” Although from on the surface it looks like it, I will stop short of calling it suicide. Who knows what really happened? The fact of the matter is this is a very strange and very sad story. Out of respect to the deceased I will not repost the video for which the article refers to. The video of the Nets' super fan being carried out of MSG for causing a disturbance, which according to many parties was greatly overblown. I don't want to play psychologist, despite my general expertise in the field (B+ in General Psych). Fact is, I can't imagine him getting carried out, with prosthetic leg in hand , causing as much anguish as it apparently caused. I watched a movie earlier (Disconnected) that was base loosely on a high school kid getting tricked into sending a naked picture then eventually attempting suicide when the picture spreads around school. I see the logic behind that. Being embarrassed in front of people you have to spend every day with. Students that judge every little thing that happens and refuse to let things go can be cruel. That's why I am kind of foggy on how this public incident could take over Jeffrey's life. Generally speaking, he doesn't personally know those that saw him get carried out of MSG. He doesn't know a majority of the people that posted the video and wrote articles about it online. I'm as diehard a Devils fan as they come, but I can't imagine anything they do affecting me in such an inconsolable way. I already know I have very little interest in what the majority of Devils' fans think. I am sure he watched everything posted on the internet about the incident. Maybe he thought it was a bigger deal than it was. I think I can speak for most when I say I forgot about it mere days after it happened. Watching sports and attending games are supposed to distract us from the negative aspects of life. The deaths, the sicknesses, the financial worries are supposed to be forgotten come tip-off. When that is not the case and they cause so much anxiety in a person's life it is very concerning. Sure, there have been nights where I have suffered through a bad mood due to my sports teams. There have been games where I have been escorted out for doing dumb shit. It all comes with the territory of caring too much about the outcome. I could never see it affecting my sleep cycles, or causing mass panic, or changing my mood and personality for days/weeks on end. I don't know what was going on in Jeffrey's head, that much is evident. I think the takeaway here is at the end of the day we just have to have the ability to laugh at our most embarrassing moments and never forget that sports, though they seem so important, are just an entertainment mechanism. RIP to Jeffery and my condolences to his family. From a fellow Nets' fan (though far from a super fan) I can say the Brooklyn fan base and community will miss the enthusiasm you brought to the Barclay's Center. Real cool move on behalf of the Nets….. Best Buy Having To Apologize For Their Serial Tweet Is Everything That Is Wrong With Society12/16/2014
Fucking 2014. Everyone has to apologize about everything. If you haven't been paying attention to the Serial podcast that has been sweeping the nation, you probably have no idea what I am talking about. However, that tweet from Best Buy is actually hilarious. Best Buy is in the business of selling things. They are in the business of getting the consumer's attention. They are in the business of catering to what is popular. There is nothing currently more popular than the Serial podcast. Couldn't have given Best Buy a better opportunity for product placement. A funny tweet I can relate to is much more appealing to me than 10% off last year's LCD TV. I think I can speak for a majority of people in my demographic when I say that.
How is this at all over the top? It isn't the least bit offensive. It doesn't take sides on the murder scandal that happened in the podcast. All it does is reflect back to the most minor of details in the story. Basically all this tweet does is acknowledge the existence of a widely popular podcast. Even if this tweet did take sides, we are talking about a murder case that is 15 years old. Anything can be funny after 15 years. There is no such thing as "too soon" just because a case that is a decade and a half old has been brought back to the forefront. I could make a Princess Diana joke and garner about 50% laughter right this instant. Society needs to stop being so goddamn sensitive. Just because someone died doesn't mean something can't be funny if viewed through a humorous angle. Shit, the show "10,000 Ways To Die" was hilarious when it was still on television. There is a time and a place for semi-politically incorrect jokes, and I am pretty sure 15 years after the fact falls into that time frame. If you polled everyone involved in this case (Adnan, his parents, Jay, and every other loose string involved in the murder of a young girl) not a single one of them would take offense to this tweet. I would think it would be much more offensive for a producer of a podcast to be delving into a very difficult period of time in their lives for entertainment's sake. But if they don't mind, I certainly don't, because it sure as hell is riveting. If you have been listening, you agree, and you also probably laughed at Best Buy's tweet. Anyone That Thinks The Browns Fan That Denied Jeremy Hill's Touchdown Leap Was Wrong Is An Idiot12/16/2014
Under no circumstance should a fan initiate contact with a professional athlete. They shouldn't throw beers, or paraphernalia, or do anything to cause harm to players that are just out there doing their job. These athletes are there for our entertainment, and just because you paid an arm and a leg to sit front row does not mean you have the right to touch the players.
With that said, this Browns fan was well within his rights to shove Jeremy Hill. He's actually lucky. 50/50 chance a die hard Browns fan in the Dawg Pound is carrying a switchblade. You want to leap in the crowd in your own stadium, that's one thing. However, if you do it in one of the most well known hostile environments in professional sports you are asking for whatever is coming your way. The Browns finally had a glimmer of light this season only to see it washed away during the past three weeks. Their fans just had a glimpse of the future of their franchise. A person that was supposed to change the entire perception of what it means to be associated with the Cleveland Browns, and it was an abject failure. Not to say Johnny Football won't get better, but for now I would avoid jumping into a pit of frantic Browns fans. He could have celebrated like an asshole 3 inches from this guy's face and the guy would have to sit back and take it. However, once Hill leaves the playing surface and tries to jump into his seat he loses all credibility in my book. I would be a hypocrite if I criticized the fan for defending his 'turf'. I would do the same damn thing if a professional athlete of a rival team came charging at me in my own stadium. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Bears-Chairman-George-McCaskey-Pushed-by-Saints-Fan-285994871.html
NBC Chicago- Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey was pushed by a New Orleans Saints fan during Monday night’s game at Soldier Field, the Chicago Bears said Tuesday. Police said the incident took place around 10 p.m. Monday night when officers were called to the stadium for an altercation. McCaskey was pushed in the back by a Saints fan and that fan was then tackled by a Bears fan, according to Vice President of Communications for the Bears, Scott Hagel. Hagel said security then arrived and the fan was ejected from the stadium. The best way to not get your seat taken is by not sitting amongst the simpletons. Seriously, why is the Bears owner anywhere near a seat that a Saints' fan could steal? There shouldn't be a Saints fan in the building that could see Mr. McCaskey's seat without binoculars. You ever see Jerry Jones getting into shoving matches in Section 105? No. He is too busy sitting in his plush throne giving butterfly kisses to Chris Christie. That's where owners are supposed to be. If you are rich and you are important you don't put yourself in a position to get in a physical altercation, despite whether you did something wrong or not. There is one slight exception to that rule. If the Bears were like REALLLLLY good, and the owner wanted to mingle with a celebratory fan base, I could see him stepping down from his ivory tower, a la Mark Cuban. I think, after last night, we can pretty safely say that is not the case. What was he, a glutton for punishment? Everything about the Bears organization currently stinks to the high heavens and the weather was awful last night. He's lucky he only ended up in a shoving match. There were Bears faithful there last night that have talked about doing much worse, I am sure. You can't really blame the Saints fan here either. I'm not a big advocate of stealing seats. We can't just be sitting wherever we want. We don't live in a lawless society. This is professional sports, not Southwest Airlines. However, there were 11,000 empty seats at Soldier Field last night. McCaskey could have scooted down a few rows and become a VIP guest at the Jay Cutler pity party. You don't need to be such a stickler for the rules. You sit amongst the alcohol infused fans of two 5-8 teams and you might just get your seat stolen. It was a stupid move for the Saints fan to lay his hands on him. Although, the fact that the Saints fan felt comfortable enough to two hand shove an owner of a major sports franchise is a sign of how far the mighty have fallen. This entire incident is a microcosm of what is currently wrong the Bears franchise. The only damn person putting up a fight in the whole stadium was a random Bears fan. You got the team who quit and is getting pushed around on the field, a coaching staff who couldn't be more lost if they were cast members on 'The Blair Witch Project', and an owner getting emasculated by a fan in the stands. In the 80's that same fan would have been buried on the sideline by the two minute warning. Just a team taking after it's owner... The Ultimate Bro Gets In Screaming Match With Police Brutality Protestors During SantaCon12/16/2014 The absolute worst type of person. The person that gets drunk and wants to start discussions that have political and social ramifications. There are so many things about this guy and his buddies that make them the worst people on earth. First of all, he's trying far too hard to be funny. Use the "put your hands up" joke again bro. It's sure to be a crowd slayer. Is this thing even on? Then the other guy yelling about amendments and rights. Dude, I am pretty sure "Eric Garner rally" wasn't the next bar on the list. Even if these guy were right, you automatically lose an argument when you are dressed as fucking Santa Claus.
It takes a lot to make a group of thousands of people who are blocking traffic, and causing no social change in the process, look like the good guys. Know your role. Just be the drunk idiot and continue on about your business. Grab another drink dude. Let these people wander meaningless through the streets if they so choose. Turning it into a confrontation does nothing but somehow make both sides look more idiotic. This is just a case of the stereotypical drunk wanting to stir up controversy. It's the same guys that turn a innocent run-in at the bar into a full blown fist fight. Here's a tip, if you can't conjure up more than two different sentences during an argument, you shouldn't be arguing. Ultimate "when world's collide" moment. Let's take a look at the two sides in this altercation. A bunch of drunk white bros arguing on behalf of the cops, and a bunch of hippie white people arguing on behalf of the victims. Hell, there was only one black person involved in this argument and he didn't say a word. Must have been quite the out of body experience for him, watching a bunch of white people argue about a racially charged situation. I really wanted him to raise his hand and say "ummm, aren't I the one that's supposed to be upset here?". Just like ginger beard, the troll, and the pigeon lady aren't going to accurately portray a solid argument on behalf of the black delegation, a bunch of piss drunk morons aren't going to accurately tell me how cops acted within their rights. Sometimes it's better when certain people aren't on your side, and I am pretty sure that goes for every single person in this video. P.S. The Asian guy taking the picture like "look at the meathead in his natural environment" was laugh out loud funny. No further proof necessary that this whole situation has turned into a zoo. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/13/dont-jerk-and-drive_n_6319968.html
Huffington Post- Jerking isn't a joke and they know it. Unfortunately for the South Dakota office of Highway Safety, some people think their new safe-driving campaign around the slogan "don't jerk and drive" was a bad idea. The ad campaign, intended to keep people from over correcting and jerking their steering wheels in icy conditions, struck some as offensive because of its allusion to masturbation. If you didn't immediately see this and think it was about jerking off then we either aren't, or should cease to be, friends. So yeah, if this was really meant to reference 'jerking the wheel' then I guess canceling it is the right move. However, that's not really the point. Male or female, if you have never 'put it in manual' while driving, or at least thought about it, then there is really only one explanation. You are an asexual asshole who needs to get off your high horse. Let's keep it real. Exhibitionism is fun. There's just a better thrill to getting your rocks off in public then to do behind the safety of your bathroom door. So if you can't find a nice young lady to 'keep you company' in the church bathroom, or a woman of the highest ilk to go down on you on the Turnpike, then you might have to throw it in cruise control from time to time. I would say the number one culprit of masturbation is boredom. There are two places I can promise boredom. In my car and in South Dakota. The fine legislators of South Dakota should just be happy that people aren't running their cars off the road in attempted suicides. I am pretty sure that's the alternative. One of the biggest geographical inquiries I have ever had is why there are two Dakotas. Not a shot in hell there is enough happening in either state to warrant a second. I'm sure there is very historical, logical explanation. If I lived in South Dakota I would be chaffing everyday of life. Do they even have color television there? I would like a poll taken to see how often the average citizen gets off on a day to day basis in the Dakotas. I bet if you took a black light to South Dakota it would blind people in South America. Really, let's just keep focusing on texting and driving. Far more dangerous. Of all the distracting things people do in cars that would cause them to jerk the wheel, jerking off isn't even in the top three. Texting, doing makeup, looking for things in the back seat, fiddling with the radio. All of those require far more visual attention. P.S. Think before you jerk couldn't be a more diabolical request. No one can think straight with one in the chamber. Two minutes for spearing? Oh, okay stripes. Solid call. As my brother so eloquently put it, "Zidlicky getting speared in the nuts is the best thing he has done all year." He might not be right, but he's definitely not wrong. What a metaphor for the game and the season. Just a swift shot to the dick with nothing to show for it.
When Damon Seversen, a player that I personally have clamored for to shoot in the shootout, had the puck on his stick and 90% of the net to shoot at, you just knew something was going to get in the way. Call it nerves on Damon's part if you want. I call it divine intervention. In fact, when the Devils sent out Tuomo Ruutu as their first shooter, I really wanted to say "why the f…." but I stopped myself. When it comes to coaching decisions, the one thing I refuse to question is the shootout lineup. Quite frankly, they are all completely inept. You could put a blind folded chimp up there and post a nearly identical success rate. Not to sound like a broken record, but I genuinely do not understand how a group of professionals can be so poor at a one on one situation with a goalie. Why? Why can't they just lose in overtime? This was now the second time in four games that the Devils have killed off one of the more dominant power plays in the league (Blackhawks, Islanders) in overtime only to inevitably lose in the shootout. As a diehard fan, I would really enjoy if they made losing less painful. Just let the the opposition score. Prolonging the game only prolongs the pain. In the least surprising move of all night, the Devils blew another two goal lead. Full disclosure, I was not able to watch the game in full. I was too busy watching bad football instead. However I was "fortunate" enough to watch them take a 2-0 lead. I knew right then they were losing 3-2 in a shootout. If you didn't I refuse to call you a Devils fan. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That's why I refuse to be optimistic when this team somehow grabs a lead. The pessimistic view has not been working too well either, but I have no choice but to succumb to the suck. It's a pretty unbelievable realization when it becomes evident that you can't be happy during a hockey game until your team is celebrating after the final buzzer. 1-0, 2-0, and 3-0 leads just feel like a precursor to a soul crushing finish. More often than not, they are. Cory Schneider is the best player on the New Jersey Devils. As of now, the second and third best players joined the team no more than two weeks ago. Gomez, a player that was cut by THE FLORIDA PANTHERS has been the best player in a Devils jersey the last few weeks. Keith Kinkaid, the backup goaltender, who has now had to suffer throughout two great personal performances only to lose in the shootout…again, has been another bright spot. Who knows why they weren't playing in New Jersey earlier? Honestly, at this point, who cares? I guess I will just try to enjoy the compiling of 'loser points' and the one or two wins they manage every 5 games. Never has a team made losing close games so anticlimactic. It was nice to see the Saints win. It was nice to see them stop someone on defense. It was nice to be resting easy and contently sipping a beer in the fourth quarter. With that said, you can't take ANYTHING from that game. Well, you can take a current spot atop the NFC South, but that could be short lived depending on which Saints team shows up to play next week. Either way, this Bears team stinks. They have CLEARLY quit on their coach. Doesn't mean I won't enjoy this win. Doesn't mean the rest of the Who Dat Nation shouldn't either. Just take it for what it's worth. An ugly game, but a W for the good guys.
If I told you before the season the Saints would be in control of their own destiny with two games left you would take it. You probably wouldn't think that they would be 6-8. You probably wouldn't think they would 0-4 in their last four home games. You probably wouldn't think they would be 3-0 in their last three away games. Truly as bizarre as a season as you could have imagined. Whatever. I just want more Saints football, and the only way to get that is by taking care of business against two division rivals, the better of which is at home. If the Saints can't show up for a home game against their hated rival for a chance to clinch the worst division in football then they are more gutless than they looked against Carolina last week. Don't let Matt Ryan crush my dreams of winning the worst division in the history of football. Just don't. Let's get a W and ride the wave of momentum into a postseason game in the SuperDome. I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's just smack that fairy Roddy White and go 1-0 next week. Coming for that ass Atlanta, WHO DAT!?! http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-sex-predator-lottery-winner-millions-20141210-story.html
Orlando Sentinel- At the Florida Lottery headquarters, Timothy Poole, 43, posed for a photo with an oversized check after claiming his $3 million Scratch-Off prize. But when the image hit the Internet, others recognized the 450-pound man as a registered sexual predator. In 2001, the Orange County Sheriff's Office arrested Poole on charges of sexual battery on a victim under 12, records show. Before that, he was arrested in 1991 for stealing almost $20,000 in food stamps from Safeco Inc. of Ocala, where he worked as a guard. In all, Poole has been arrested 12 times in Florida on charges ranging from grand theft to forging a check, records show. Poole served three months in prison in 1996 and did a second stint from 2003 to 2006, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Well, this looks like a big L for religion. God must have fallen asleep at the wheel on this one. Must have had one too many drinks the night before. Maybe napped through his alarm and missed the lottery drawing? Or maybe God does just work in mysterious ways. That's a saying, right? It's in one of those Psalms or something. I don't know, google it, it's there somewhere. Sure, it doesn't look too just to see this big 'ole kiddie touching perv standing up there with a check that could easily finance the rest of his life. I mean, given the eye test, he doesn't look too high maintenance. Probably have to go on a major spending spree to blow this kind of money. However, the biggest concern with sexual predators is their proclivity to repeat those same horrific acts. What better way to occupy the time of a sexual predator then by giving him more money than he could possibly imagine? Well, prison I guess, but looks like the justice system screwed the pooch on that. It would seem like a much easier decision to touch a twelve year old when you have, quite literally, nothing to live for. Put a couple million in his pocket and I bet he will work his way around his sickness. Hell, he could hire a live-in midget prostitute and make he/she talk like a baby to him with that kind of money. How exactly does someone get arrested 12 times? I don't blame him for playing the lottery. Can't imagine it's easy to find a job with that rap sheet. Isn't there a point of no return? Ten arrests and we just take you out behind the barn and shoot you in the back of the head? If we are dumb enough to let this man walk freely amongst society then we certainly can't take away his freedom to play a couple scratch-offs. That blood is on our hands. This fat bastard was lucky enough to be free after committing a DOZEN crimes, it was only a matter of time before he won the lottery. Must have the luckiest rabbit's foot of all time. P.S. Pretty smart of him to take it in one lump sum. You know everyone and their mother would be looking for a way to cut off those annual payments. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2871526/Teacher-35-left-three-children-ages-four-12-home-partying-TATTOO.html#ixzz3LiZpnIsw
DailyMail- A 35-year-old teacher has been arrested after allegedly leaving her three young children home alone so she could go partying with her husband and get a tattoo. Laura Aguero, who earns $79,000-a-year at Middle School 88 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, reportedly abandoned her sons, aged four, five and 12, at her duplex in Sunset Park on Wednesday night. She then went to a tattoo parlor in Lower East Side to get an inking finished, before going out drinking in a nearby bar, police said. During this time, she got into a fight with her husband, Alfredo Bobe. Upon first read I thought that leaving a 12 year old boy in charge of his two younger siblings isn't THAT irresponsible. Then I thought about what I was doing at 12 years old. As you get older the memories of those younger years grow dimmer and dimmer. I can pretty clearly remember dissecting a frog, wearing sweater Old Navy vests every single day, and using a full bottle of gel weekly. I had a hair part so mean that it would make Moses proud. That Bob was not capable of being responsible of two other human lives. Pretty sure he was still picking food out of his braces. Thirteen year olds, however, they are completely capable of babysitting. At thirteen I had realized where my hair line was headed and shaved my head for good. At thirteen I had my first serious girlfriend. Shit, at thirteen I touched my first vagina. If you can convince a girl to let you poke around at her labia like a caveman playing with an iPhone then you can most certainly make sure your brothers don't die for a few hours. That's where this woman messed up. One year too early. The "-teen" at the end of thirteen may seem trivial, but it makes all the difference in the world. Just ask the Jews. You think the ancient traditionalists of Judaism picked the age of the Bar Mitzvah on a whim? Hell no. That's the age of manhood. Speaking loosely of course. As a teacher, this woman should have known that. As a teacher making 80K a year she should have been smart enough to hire a babysitter. I'm pretty foreign to the concept of getting a sitter on short notice, but it can't be that difficult. Loosen up the purse strings enough and you'll have plenty of teenage girls looking to make an extra buck. Lock one of them down, and you can go out, get inked, and slam as many whiskey shots as you want. Being a parent doesn't mean you can't be an irresponsible jackass, it just means you have to plan it out better.
Jersey's Team. Destroying blog headlines one shootout loss at a time. How perfect would "Let's Get Kinky!" have been. I'll tell you how perfect. More perfect than the glove save you watched above. Absolute stellar effort from the rook. No doubt about it, after waiting month after month to get a start, the kid deserved better. Keith Kinkaid was the first, second, and third star for your New Jersey Devils tonight. Your goalie being your best player is usually a recipe for success (Jonathon Quick and his Stanley Cup rings say hello). Your backup goalie being your second best player is decidedly not a recipe for success.
I get that this team is completely void of talent. That is only exacerbated when they average one higher end player going down to injury every single game. However, that's what this team signed up for. When your roster is more suited for a group home than a locker room you are bound to deal with a couple nicks and bruises. That's not what aggravates me. What's aggravating is that this team doesn't lose games because they suck. They lose games because they play scared. They lose games because they play dumb. If you are going to stink, you have to at least play smart. That's what never fails to astound me. Despite how bad they are, it usually takes a complete mental breakdown for this team to lose. Let's look at the goals against tonight. Both insanely avoidable. The first coming off a dumb pinch that turned into a 3 on 1. Inexcusable to give up a 3 on 1 to one of the more high powered offensive teams in the league. The second goal a result of losing track of one of the best offensive defensemen in the league. I realize it is easier said than done to shut down the firepower of the Chicago Blackhawks. However, a Norris Trophy winning defenseman walking in from the point untouched for an easy rebound goal can not happen. Especially in the waning minutes of a game you had played so well up until that point. I have never seen a team work so hard to keep the puck stuck in their own zone. There are multiple times a games where the puck's ability to stay in the Devils' end defies physics. Take the play in overtime for instance. Merrill has Gomez's stick (which he generously gave to him) with an opportunity to clear the zone after a hard fought shift. What does he do? Dribbles one to Gomez, who is obviously without a stick, only to eventually cause a Jagr penalty. Yes, a great penalty kill eventually sent the game to a shootout, but you didn't need a crystal ball to see how that was going to end. I feel bad for Kinkaid. I feel bad because he caught a raw deal tonight. Welcome to the life of being a Devils' goaltender. Schneider has lost years of his life thinking of all the points that could have been. I also feel bad because he hasn't gotten more playing time this year. After one period tonight it was already head scratching why Scott Clemmensen was ever even signed. Clearly the kid can handle the backup role. I'm not sure how much of a 'role' that is, given Schneider's workload, but it's pretty clear Keith deserves it.
P.S. If you didn't see the writing on the wall when Havlat's nifty backhand clanked off both post and crossbar, you clearly do not watch this team enough.
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Yahoo News- Columbia Law School will let students postpone their final exams if they say they feel traumatized by the polarizing grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Robert E. Scott, the school’s interim dean, announced the decision via email Saturday, citing policies to help students who feel their performance could suffer after distressing experiences. A tip of the hat to the irresponsible, hungover law school student that came up with this excuse. That has to be original mastermind behind this idea. There is no way Columbia Law just came out and decided that a large enough portion of their students are going through a traumatic experience caused by a national news story. We're not exactly talking about 9/11 here. We aren't talking about veterans that are back from overseas. We aren't even talking about a sick grandmother. We are talking about a situation that directly affects zero students that attend Columbia. I imagine some schmuck at the bottom of the curve walking in after one too many beers during a night on the town and throwing this excuse against the wall and praying it sticks. And guess what…It's fucking genius. Who is a law professor to say how a racial motivated incident should make a student feel? They had to give them the opportunity to postpone finals as soon as one student made a remark about it. Not only that, it directly ties into the content of the finals the students are set to take. A law student could absolutely make the claim that they no longer trust the legal process after both officers were let off without an indictment. It would be bullshit, just like when I told my professor I needed an extension because my car broke down on the way back from Spring Break, but it works just as well. I'm not saying that the grand jury decisions aren't enough to illicit an emotional response from students of all backgrounds. I'm just saying that calling it "traumatic" is a bit of a stretch. You can feel some type of way about the grand jury decisions without it affecting your day to day life. Maybe as a minority, or as a person that is close to someone in law enforcement, you could claim it is more disturbing to you. Still, traumatic is such an exaggeration. Let's save the trauma for the friends and family of the deceased. Let's not trivialize what they have had to go through. If you feel the need to picket and protest at the expense of your school work then you don't deserve to pass your finals. Plus, if you can't deal with one or two guilty officers walking free you may have chosen the wrong career path. If you plan on spending the rest of your life defending the innocent then chances are those finals are about to serve you a strong dose of reality. Consider these rulings a blessing in disguise and accept that you don't have the stones for the courtroom.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/12/rams-coin-toss-redskins-robert-griffin-iii
USAToday- In a game where Robert Griffin III, who the Redskins traded six picks to acquire with the second overall pick of the 2012 draft, sat on the bench until an injury to starting quarterback Colt McCoy forced him into action at the end of the game, St. Louis made a pregame show of the six players now contributing to their roster thanks to the deal. Generally I have always been pretty neutral on the Redskins. Don't really have any redeeming qualities, but I certainly don't harbor any ill will towards them. Holy hell though. I think I have to feel bad for them. Maybe not the team, but I got to feel for the fans in this situation. Cold blooded move by Jeff Fisher. Ice water in that man's veins. I didn't think he had it in him. I would say this is Jeff Fisher's way of getting the last laugh, but I am pretty sure he had the first laugh too. This wasn't a passive aggressive play. This was aggressive-aggressive. This wasn't just rubbing salt in the wound, this was curb stomping rock salt into a life threatening laceration. This was like your ex-wife showing up to your divorce proceeding with her new millionaire boyfriend on her arm. This was like robbing your neighbor then buying a sports car and using it to block his driveway. To think of it as adding insult to injury just doesn't seem to do it justice. As badly as I feel for Redskins fans, I still love this play. Gamesmanship on a hundred, thousand, trillion. Not sure the Rams needed to get into the Redskins' heads to beat them. Showing up and putting on equipment probably would have been enough. Can't hate it though. Do everything you can to win, even if it means emasculating every fiber of an organization's being. There is no way you can see that as a Washington player and have it not affect your morale. I'm surprised not one player walked directly up to RGIII and punched him in the teeth. The last thing this group of players needed before kickoff was a reminder of how much they collectively hate their quarterback. RGIII is the personification of a Ponzi scheme. The Redskins invested everything hoping for a organization changing return. It looked good for the first year. Solid return on investment. Then he was exposed as a fraud, and it was all for naught and the Redskins have nothing to show for it. He certainly gets as much criticism as Bernie Madoff. Has the same delusional outlook on life as well. Nothing about RGIII's personality says he realizes how much a criminal he actually is. Trading for RGIII was like going all in after the flop and hoping for a outside straight draw. Could return massive dividends or could bankrupt yourself completely. Going to take a lot of rebuilding to recover from that beating. Man, I guess it took Jeff Fisher strolling out the entirety of the trade for me to realize how badly the Redskins got hosed. Jesus, the players and assets the Redskins traded could probably beat the Redskins by themselves. At this point, RG3 probably isn't worth one single player in that deal. If only they knew they were trading for a running quarterback with the knees of a baby giraffe... http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2014/12/06/video-loss-leave-sabres-fuming/
Buffalo News- Terry Pegula was upset before the Sabres played Florida on Saturday night. He didn’t have much to be happy about at the end with a 3-2 loss. The Panthers incensed Buffalo’s owner with a pregame videoshown on the BB&T Center scoreboard. To highlight the difference between South Florida and Western New York, the Panthers interspersed clips of Snowvember with videos of Florida’s mascot lounging in the sun. “People died in that storm,” Pegula, a Florida resident, told Panthers General Manager Dale Tallon during a press-box conversation held within earshot of Miami Herald reporter George Richards. “That’s not funny.” Okay Buffalo, time to end this charade. Yes, the snow storm that absolutely rocked Buffalo was concerning. It was dangerous and I am glad the 'city' made it out fairly unscathed. However, we can stop acting like it was one of the biggest natural disasters this country has ever seen. At the end of the day it was snow. When you decide to live in Buffalo you accept and and all amounts of snowfall. It's not an off limits topic for jokes. There's no 'too soon' when it comes to a snowstorm, no matter the severity of it. I suppose it's fair for the Sabres' owner to be upset, but let's not act like this was the most offensive video since the uncensored 'Tip Drill' music video. He is right. People did die. That is sad. I have a soul. I am not lucifer. I feel for those families that lost people close to them. But how many people died? 10? 15? Based purely on my statistics, I would say 10-15 people die every day falling down the stairs. That doesn't mean I am not allowed to laugh when it happens. Percentage wise, I would say Buffalo did pretty good in terms of deaths related to the storm. It certainly never reached disaster territory. When the biggest problem that arose was moving a meaningless Jets/Bills game I would say it falls pretty low on the tragedy spectrum. I would feel bad if this video were played in front of the loved one's of the deceased. I can say with confidence none of those people were at a Sabres/Panthers game in Florida. That's just a numbers game. The average attendance in Sunrise, Florida is barely triple digits. I would be shocked if there were more than 3 people from Buffalo there. The only reason they would even get wind of this is because of Terry Pegula making a mountain out of a molehill. Sure, it may have been in poor taste, but you got to get the attention of the worst fan base in sports somehow. Plus, if only 100 people were there to see it live, does it really even count? http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/saskatoon/Customers+denied+diced+onions+throw+snake+Hortons/10450426/story.html
Calgary Herald- After a dispute over diced onions on a breakfast sandwich, two men threw a snake over a counter towards an employee of a Saskatoon Tim Hortons. According to Saskatoon police, staff members “fled the store in fear” after the incident, which took place Monday around 7:30 a.m. at the Tim Hortons in the 600 block of 22nd Street West. Truth be told, I can be picky when it comes to how I like my food. Generally speaking, I will eat most things, but when it comes to some condiments or toppings (mustard, mayo, tomatoes) I draw the line. That is one of the main reasons I do not frequent fast food places. I like to taylor my order exactly to my preferences. When you sit down at an actual restaurant, with actual chefs, that is much more feasible. When you are ordering a breakfast sandwich at a fast food donut shop you are entering into an agreement that whatever you get is what you are eating. You can attempt to order it how you want, but if they mess it up that's on you for being too difficult. Now not only demanding onions, but demanding them be prepared a certain way is a preposterous move. Talk about high maintenance. You would be lucky if they didn't pluck your onions straight off the bathroom floor. You don't go to McDonald's and expect anything other then eggs that you could clean your dishes with , and you don't expect finely chopped onions at Tim Horton's. It's called fast food for a reason. If the geniuses behind the counter had to specially prepare every order people would be waiting an hour and a half for coffee and a donut. Those people are more likely to cut off their own finger then properly dice your onions. I would imagine working at a place like Tim Horton's sucks. Don't make their job any more obnoxious than it is. Hell, if I was this worker I would thrown a fucking snake at the customer for making such a ridiculous proposal. This is my biggest problem with this story. It was clearly premeditated. There is only one reason you have a snake in your hand at a Tim Horton's and it's to throw it over the counter. Clearly these guys have had their onion request denied before. I think it is fair to say that is the first time someone walked into a Tim Horton's with a snake in their possession. They knew exactly what they were doing. There aren't too many situations where you can justify throwing a snake. Usually when it comes to hurling objects at people you optimize your surroundings. Throw a beer at a bar. Throw a horseshoe at a BBQ. I guess if you get in a fight camping you might be able condone launching a snake at someone. It certainly isn't okay to bag it and travel across town to carry out an orchestrated act of reptile terrorism. I'm calling foul on this one. Especially after the one guy reached into the other guy's pocket to grab the snake. That might actually be the weirdest part of this story. You can throw a non-venomous snake at me, but don't you dare try to reach into my pocket. Beyond strange. P.S. Non-Venemous=funny, Venomous=felony. I think cops are just trolling us at this point. Rubbing their authority right in our grill. You would think they would play nice in the face of all these allegations and riots. I mean, this jolly old Oregon fan looked pretty harmless to me. This is like when your neighbors call to complain you are making too much noise so you make more noise out of spite. Cops have just given up on giving a fuck. It's not like the officers that have been involved in deaths have been indicted, so what's the problem with a little baton to the back of the knee? Worst case is a torn ACL. Plus, who is playing attention to this when there are people getting choked dead in the street? Pretty easy to stay under the radar when the spotlight is shining elsewhere.
Are these real cops, or rent-a-cops? Legitimate question. They are at a college football game in Santa Clara, could very well be the B squad that pulled the short end of the stick. If so, that explains a lot. Never going to work your way into the majors if you aren't hitting in the minors. How could they expect you to patrol the streets from looters and criminals if you can't take down an innocent man at a football game. Got to start somewhere. How many minutes before someone posts this video to prove that cops don't see race? Like 3 and a half? "See look, cops don't discriminate. They ruthlessly take down citizens of all colors, shapes, and sizes. Law enforcement isn't prejudice, they act like entitled assholes with an authority complex to everyone". P.S. I have to applaud the "he's not fighting back" chant. Good try, good effort. Some situations aren't mean't for chanting, this was probably one of them. However, I have been wrong before. It could have very easily caught on and then I'm the asshole. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. P.P.S. "Better not choke him" and "hey, don't choke him out you fucking cops". Might be a little too soon. You knew someone was going to say it though. Actually took longer than I thought. http://www.brobible.com/life/article/man-stops-robbery-beer/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange
Bro Bible- According to Boston Police, the victim said two teens from a larger group of teens approached him and demanded his phone and wallet. He told cops that one of the teens even pointed a knife at him. Out of desperation, the swung a plastic bag full of three beers. Cops caught up with the hooligans moments later and charged two with armed robbery. Hey NRA, suck it. Yeah, we know, guns don't kill people. Know what else doesn't kill people? A couple cold ones wrapped in plastic. Who needs guns for protection when you can just violently swing around a 6er until you scare off any perpetrators? Far safer to keep in your home as well. How many kids have ended up dead or critically injured from getting into their father's beer supply? Scratch that, bad example, but still, I bet that number is dwarfed by the amount of children that have shot themselves or others by getting into the family handgun collection. Nailing someone with a bag of ice cold beers is far worse than hitting them with a pillowcase full of bars of soap. Definitely stings just as much as a sock full of quarters, and it's way more enjoyable afterwards. The first thing I would want after fighting off an attacker is a beer. That's called killing two birds with one stone….or two teenagers with 3 Keystones. Worst thieves ever. If you are going to rob or mug someone you better commit. When it comes to crime you should never half ass it. There's no such thing as cold feet when trying to pull off a misdemeanor. Did they expect this kid to just throw his wallet and phone at the feet of a couple high school punks? Someone's got to sacrifice and take a couple tall boys to the face so the other kid can pull off the heist. Lesson learned, some people just aren't meant to be criminals. When you go 2 on 1 and lose to a kid holding a couple brewskis you fall into the category. Cheers to the 'victim'! http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/lebron-james-protest-eric-garner-decision-brooklyn-article-1.2036908 NY Daily News- LeBron James is searching for a way to protest the Eric Garner decision, and he could display it Monday night in Brooklyn in front of the Royal Couple. Already outspoken about the death of Garner and a grand jury‘s decision not to indict the responsible officers, James was asked Sunday about a t-shirt worn recently by Bulls point guard Derrick Rose. The message on Rose’s shirt, “I can’t breathe,” is a reference to Garner’s words as he was choked while being arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes. We should all be so lucky that LeBron can't breathe. I hope he chokes on some bun less gluten free turkey dog before the game. Maybe that's too harsh. I hope he endures a permanent voice box injury tonight. Anything to shut him up would suffice. If there is anything that LeBron is better at than basketball it is getting the camera on LeBron. The guy craves attention like he craves air to brea….ehhh bad analogy in this situation. I don't have a problem with athletes, or anyone for that matter, standing up for what they believe in. I agree with the message it sends. The violence by law enforcement is a serious issue. Could we maybe put a little more thought into the shirts though? There are better ways to honor a man's life and stick up for his cause then by plastering his last words, spoken face first from a sidewalk, on a shirt. I'm sure his family and loved one's have already had to endure seeing the video of his eventual death like 3,000 times. The words "I can't breathe" probably haunt them daily. Christ, come up with a simple slogan like the NFL did with the "No More" domestic abuse campaign. It's pretty disingenuous to wear an "I can't breathe" shirt as you run around in the layup line. This subject deserves attention and support, and maybe I am over thinking it, but it seems to me that these t-shirts trivialize the severity of the tragedy. P.S. Who designed these shirts? Fisher Price. This is something I would draw up in 10 seconds if I was running for president of 8th grade student council. It looks like the sign for a day care center. Can we get some bold font to fit a bold statement? This font screams "I'm a big kid now". Jesus man, can we not leave the branding to Derrick Rose?
http://fansided.com/2014/12/05/lions-fan-busts-cheating-girlfriend-thanksgiving-game/
FanSided- It seems these days that the world is filled with people who are only looking out for themselves, but there are still a few good people out there. One of those guys was at the Detroit Lions game on Thanksgiving, and he was watching out for his fellow bro without him even knowing it. This anonymous Good Samaritan didn’t pull anyone from a burning car — unless you’re metaphorically speaking — nor did he rescue a bunch of kittens from a tree. Rather, he tipped off a guy sitting in front of him that the girl he was with may or may not have been cheating on him while they were at the game. Some people might say that it is not this random stranger's place to be ratting on old potbelly over here. Those people couldn't be more wrong. This is why I don't cheat. Well, not being in a relationship helps. But if I were in one, this is why I wouldn't cheat. Obviously, it's messed up to your significant other. It's also really fucking hard. Especially in this day and age. I would get caught cheating two weeks before I even thought about cheating. There are too many forms of social media. Everything is too public. I would get tagged, literally and metaphorically speaking, before I even engaged in any sexual promiscuity. In an ass backwards way, I kind of respect the people that can keep up a side relationship without being found out. That requires a level of work and commitment that I don't even want to put into the original relationship. Although in a woman's case it probably just takes a really oblivious husband. You can never be mad if you get caught cheating. Doesn't matter how your partner finds out. Could be his friend, your friend, texts, social media, straight up getting walked in on, or worst case, a complete stranger eavesdropping on you. Getting caught cheating by a stranger is like getting a DUI after getting pulled over for a busted tail light. You tempt fate and bad things are bound to happen to you. You can't be mad at that. That's the risk you took. You go cliff jumping you might land smoothly or you might shatter your ankle on impact, just have to hope the high is worth the pain (credit: T. Swift). Maybe don't be so obvious about it next time. Constantly turning off your phone in the presence of your husband? Someone's playing on a rookie level. It's a miracle your delirious husband hadn't already caught you. Maybe put off the cheating until after you push out the kid. The first dick a child sees should always be his/her fathers. Something about another man's penis being within inches of your husband's child doesn't sit right with me. What kind of awful human being cheats when they are 7-8 months pregnant? What kind of side piece is smashing out a woman whose water could break at any given moment? You don't want that mess on your hands, or on your sheets for that matter. Of course this guy could have totally read the situation wrong. Nothing about the texts he read is ironclad as far as being unfaithful is concerned. However, it is way more fun to think this preggo got busted cheating by the drunk ass behind her at a Thanksgiving football game. Whether or not he was right (let's say he was, for entertainment's sake) he still gets a tip of the cap from me. Better to be safe than sorry. Man code 101: Never let a fellow man get cheated on by a pregnant heifer with a pixie cut. Chances are he would be relieved to hear the news. Cut that umbilical then cut bait. You and your sausage fingers are another man's problem now. P.S. According to the analysis of his handwriting it's very possible he didn't read a single word of those text messages right. By the looks of it, he wouldn't have even passed a concussion test. Probably concocted the entire scenario in this head. Had an entire chart drawn up on the back of his ticket to who "Jason" could possibly be. Fuck it, it's the thought that counts. He could play for my team any day. |
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