As if the NFL couldn't make us any sicker...

Would this be illegal?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6223700

No one knows what the hell is going with the on-going quarrel between the owners and the players. A lock-out seems inevitable and to your average fan...this is not the nonsense we want to hear on our Sportscenter every day. Its already tough enough to like Adam Schefter when he's talking about players and games. But, like many others, I am going with the notion that everyone will realize they don't want to stop an 9 BILLION  dollar baby and that there will be football come september.

What my gripe in this blog is about is actually something that we all saw coming last season, and as football fans, made us sick: The pussification of football. All the helmet-to helmet stuff was heavily discussed as were illegal hits and other things that make the game fun to watch but are obviously perilous to the players health. I am not going to argue against making the game safer but do it without turning it into soccer for Christs sake! In the ESPN report linked above the AP reports the following offenses will be deemed "illegal hits" punishable by not only fines but potential suspensions:

ILLEGAL HITSNFL to be more aggressive with suspensions for illegal hits next season. Rules defining defenseless players expanded to eight categories:
• QB in act of throwing• Receiver trying to catch pass
• Runner in grasp with forward progress stopped
• Player fielding punt or kickoff
• Kicker or punter during kick
• QB after change of possession
• Receiver who receives blind-side block
• Player already on ground

Look at the one I highlighted. QB IN THE ACT OF THROWING?! Maybe I don't understand this correctly, and I really hope that I'm retarded and that I don't. Does this mean that any Quarterback who is throwing the ball is hands off? If I am reading this literally, as I'm sure the NFL means it to be read, this means that any player who touches the QB while he is throwing will not only be flagged but possibly fined and suspended. As if it's not hard enough for the defense to play now the QB's don't have to worry about getting hit while they're throwing?

How many potential, game-changing, sacks is this going to erase. That whole tuck-rule bullshit with Tom Brady years ago now becomes irrelevant. Under this updated mandate, the Raiders would have been penalized. Listen, if a quarterback has the ball and is looking to throw, he is not defenseless. He knows that a hit may be coming, its part of the game. It's one of the most interesting parts of the game. It's different that a reciever, whose body is in mid-air, who gets ambushed by a helmet from a spearheading safety. If they officiate this rule to its literal sense I have to believe there will be millions of unheard cries from the public as they watch America's favorite game turn into women's volleyball. This is a disgrace!

The Situation's career in comedy ends before it begins at the roast of Donald Trump

Sorry about the video quality but I couldn't find a better one. Mike "The Situation" from the Jersey Shore may have ended his brief and pathetic career last night at the Roast of Donald Trump. Just watching it made me uncomfortable as it did everyone else in the room. The embarrassment didn't end there as all the real comedians then shit all over The Situation. I think Donald Trump may have even said "Nice Try greaseball" as The Situation exited the stage. Hopefully this will be the last we hear from him.

LeBron James Is Gay! Shocking Interview on "The Decision" Announcing He'...

This shit is hilarious

Who the hell does Hasnbrough think he is

Who the hell does this guy think he is?

Is this a fucking joke? Seriously, someone slap me and wake me up. I know Tyler Hansbrough did not just go off against the Knicks two nights in a row? I thought we were supposed to never hear about this farm-boy hick from UNC who does the robot in clubs after he was drafted in the first round by the Pacers. I thought they were crazy then but maybe they were on to something. (I know he was a NCAA God but did anyone really think he would be a good NBA player?!) Word is he is in the works to play Simple Jack in a Biopic.

Another side of Hansbrough

In the two back-to-back games against the Knicks he has scored in successive nights against the Knicks 29 and then 30 tonight. Both Career highs. Hansbrough's young career has going mostly unnoticed because he's in Indiana. After averaging a modest 9.5 ppg and 5 rpg throughout his first his career but in the last 10 games he has averaged 17ppg and 7 rpg. It seems that he may actually turn into a very good player after all as the NY Knicks ca surely attest to.

As for the Knicks...Can they get this shit together. D'Antoni needs to do something to make them understand that defense is not an optional part of basketball. Carmelo and STAT need to find a way to mesh with themselves and the rest of the team or the Knicks will be in danger of slipping to the 7th seed. Don't look now but the Nuggets are 8-2. That won't mean much until we see how they react in the playoffs but at this point in time, based on results, looks like they got the better deal. Just saying.

SNY Mets Opening day Montage- CHECK IT OUT

http://vimeo.com/21073810
This is pretty sick...it almost makes you forget (just for a second) what a disgrace this team is. It must be hard for the Mets employee's to continually come up with new slogans to amp up fans about each new season after the slogan from the year before fell right on its face. "Baseball the way it oughtta be" "The Magic is Back!" and anyone who says the "Amazin Mets" should be slapped upside the head. Last years slogan was (No this is not a joke) "Prevention & Recovery" That worked out pretty well for Jason Bay. "We gonna get high. In fact we might be high" is probably the best of all time. I saw a page of suggestions for this upcoming season and I think the best I saw was simple and to the point: "Man Up and Play Better." I'll drink to that.

Ravens' Zbikowski redefines man

Tom Zbikowski is definitely the ultimate bad ass. This dude not only stars at safety for Notre Dame and then goes on an plays an important role for the Baltimore Ravens but then he goes out and knocks dudes the fuck out. Yes, Zib is not only a professional football player but also a professional boxer. While his 2-0 (2 KO) record is pedestrian I'm sure that no one, maybe not even Ray Lewis, is fucking with Zbikowski in the Ravens locker room. Zib even said that he knows he could beat everyone on the team except maybe Ray Lewis (his intimidation factor is off the charts).

The actual fight with Richard Ryant was not so impressive. There weren't a lot of punches thrown in the 1 round of the fight and Zibs KO punch was really just a hard tit shot so I'd like to see him fight someone whose not as soft as a goose-down pillow but at the end of the day....RESPECT

(Wouldn't mind my Cowboys getting someone with this type of swagger...Alan Ball would shit himself.)

Knicks need to find consistency

Its great that the Knicks have finally escaped from their decade-long, Isiah imposed, tomb and returned real basketball to the Garden, but let me temper all of that enthusiasm right now. This team, even with Melo in tow, is not making more than a splash in the playoffs, and it certainly won't be a cannonball splash. They are talented and by that I mean beyond the obvious contributions from Melo and STAT. They have a stable of players who can score and their depth is probably at least on par with half of the playoff contenders. What this beat down they got tonight from the Pacers (106-93) proves is that this team is not ready to be consistent. They are not ready to fully commit to defense and their evolution as a team is still in its natal stages. Hopefully in time these collective lapses in cohesiveness and effort will subside but their inconsistency will be their ultimate downfall this year.