Air Jordan II

Why in the world would I ever pay attention or write about a Central Florida vs Stetson college basketball game? The answer is Michael Jordan.  Well not exactly Michael, but his son Marcus who plays for Central Florida.  Marcus looked like his father on this ridiculous dunk and has become a YouTube phenomenon.


Not too bad having those genetics.  The ref gave him a technical foul for taunting after the dunk.  He must not know who his father was.  My guess is Michael never had a ref do that to him.  This dunk by Marcus made me think about a classic Michael dunk on Patrick Ewing. 

Jets Feast on Thanksgiving

The Jets overcame a pathetic first half against the awful Cincinnati Bengals and won the game 26-10.  For some reason they have major problems getting off to good starts, especially in their own stadium.  It seems like they sleep walk through these games.  Jet fans who came out on Thanksgiving night, sitting in a cold rainy stadium, showed their displeasure by booing the team off the field at end of the first half after a Nick Folk missed field goal and a 7-3 deficit. 

Thanks to an incredible second half performance by Brad Smith, they won comfortably.  Smith scored two touchdowns in the second half.  The first was on a 53 yard run and the second on an incredible 89 yard kickoff return where he lost his shoe and that still did not stop him. 




The string of games against bad teams has now ended.  They go into New England next Monday night with first place in the division and conference on the line.  The Patriots will seek revenge from their week two defeat to the Jets.  The Patriots have been one of the hottest teams in the league and their offense has been unstoppable. If the Jets play like they have the past view weeks, they will not win.   Playing like crap for most of the game and coming back at the end does not work against a team like the Patriots.  They need to finally put together a full 4 quarter performance.

Addition note- Can we please put an end to the incredibly awful flying like a Jet celebration.  Mark Sanchez and Santonio Holmes need to cut off their wings and come up with something new.

Getting A Little Messy

The Yankees are playing hardball with Derek Jeter, telling him to see what he is worth on the open market.  Yankees GM Brian Cashman stated, "We've encouraged him to test the market and see if there's something he would prefer other than this. If he can, fine. That's the way it works."  What he is really saying is, Jeter is not worth the $15 million a year the Yankees are offering him, and no other team is willing to pay him close to that.  Cashman might be right, but this might be a battle he should not be fighting.  This is Derek Jeter, 5 time World Series champion, team captain, and Yankee icon.

Jeter is not worth $20 million a year anymore, but since when are the Yankees such penny pinchers.  This is a team that has more money than God and throws it away like it's paper (A.J Burnett, Carl Pavano, Kei Igawa, etc.).  They are probably going to offer free agent pitcher Cliff Lee over $100 million.  Now is when they choose to be financially responsible when it comes to Derek Jeter's contract? 

Big deal if they over pay him.  Almost the entire Yankee team is overpaid.  It's not as if paying Jeter an extra $5 million a year will prevent them from getting other players.  They are not the Pirates.  They charge a fortune for tickets and make 20 times the revenue of any other team.  It seems like the Yankees have no problem overpaying other teams players, yet become cheap when paying their own. 

Injury Bug Continues to Hit G-Men

The newest Giants injury is a huge one.  Star wide receiver Hakeem Nicks is out for at least 3 weeks with a lower leg injury.  They already have numerous offensive line injuries and have been without their other star receiver Steve Smith.  Smith says he will be back for the Redskin game in two weeks, and with Nicks out, they desperately need him back.  Without Nicks and Smith, the Giants lose their two best weapons on offense. 

The team also continues to struggle because they are a human turnover machine.  They turn the ball over more than any other team in the league.  It is amazing they still have a winning record.  Watching Bradshaw fumbling the ball gives me flashbacks of Tiki Barber. 

They take on the Jaguars on Sunday in a very important game.  If the playoffs began today, they would not be in them.  They need to win this game and prove to everyone they are not on one of their typical late season collapses.  Despite being 6-4, the Jaguars are not that good, and the Giants should beat them at home even with all their injuries. 

Road Warriors

How about those Knicks.  After their 6 game losing streak, the team was under fire and many wanted the coach gone.  Now after winning 3 straight on their West Coast road trip, happiness is back in Knick land.   It wasn't like they beat the Lakers, Spurs, or Jazz, (they beat 3 crap teams) but wins against any team are important for them.  After the moves they made in the off season, it is imperative for them to be improved and make the playoffs.  This team has expectations that have not been there the past few years.

The Knicks still do not play any defense, allowing the Clippers to score 115 points.  They are 28th in the league in points allowed.  Their offense is the reason why they are winning.  Raymond Felton has played very well during the win streak and even Danilio Gallinari has began to play well.  Amare scored 39 and actually grabbed 11 rebounds in the Clipper game, and he is beginning to play up to the huge contract the Knicks gave him. 

The biggest story from the game though was Clippers rookie Blake Griffin.  He is an absolute beast, scoring 44 against the Knicks.  You have to check out these two dunks he had in the game.    


The Knicks are showing improvement.  Wins are wins are they need them no matter how they happen or who they are against.  This is a team that lost home games to the Sixers and Rockets.  They now need to start winning at home.  They have been terrible at the Garden and until they begin winning at home, the fans will not believe in this team.

Rex Calls Out Fans

Rex Ryan decided to open his big fat mouth again.  This time he is calling for Jet fans to be in their seats at the beginning of the game to cheer on the team. He is implying Jet fans are not giving the team a home field advantage.

Maybe if they actually scored some points in a home game, the fans would be more into the game.  They had nothing to cheer for in their last home game in which they were shut out by the Packers.  The game was an absolute snore fest.

You can also throw in the fact that most real fans were priced out of their seats and no longer go to games.  Half of the crowd is filled with people that could care less about football and have no interest in the game.   Rex should just worry about coaching football and not so much about what the fans are doing.

Girls Gone Wild

This is only supposed to happen in the NBA or a Miami Hurricane football game.  These are not your classy broads.  Either they were all on their periods, or they just do not like the sight of one another.  These women punched like men.  My guess is some of them are probably hiding their penises under their cups (We all saw the classic soccer movie Ladybugs).  Obviously they are not American either.  The American girl is a much classier and more delicate breed.

This was even better than the jockey fight at the Breeders Cup.  Female athletes in a full out brawl is definitely more entertaining to watch than midget jockeys in a shoving match.  I have now learned just how tough a bunch of foreign soccer girls can be.  And lets face it, who the hell would be talking about womens soccer if this fight did not happen.  Next time lets just get out the pool of mud and make the women much hotter.

Holding Penalty Kills G-Men

I thought this was the biggest play of the game.  Some might point to the Eli pick 6 in the end zone that turned a 9-3 (or a 10-9 game if the Giants score a touchdown) game into a 16-3 game.  The holding penalty called on this play was a joke.  I love how the refs subjectively call holding on certain plays.  The Giants had momentum and if that touchdown was not called back, they might have ended up winning the game.  The unfortunate breaks in an NFL game.  They were doomed in the game from that point on.

Obviously on the next play, Eli fumbled.  I have no clue what he was doing on the play.  It was almost as bad as his left handed pass earlier in the season against the Titans that was intercepted.  The Giants went from being the hottest team in the NFL, to a team that people are questioning whether if they are that good.   That is the typical week to week story in the NFL.  Great one week, not so great the next.  I still think they are one of the best teams in the NFL and would not be surprised if they go into Philly on Sunday night and beat them.   

THE BEST 3-6 TEAM IN THE LEAGUE

There are so many things wrong with this organization it is tough to know where to start. But here we go:

According to Coach Mike D'antoni, the Knicks are the best 3-6 team in the league. By the end of the season they will be the best team NOT in the playoffs. There is always an excuse with this organization. Now they aren't playing well because Ronny Turiaf is hurt. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Ronny Turiaf is now the excuse.

Donnie Walsh got them under the cap, which any reasonable person with no executive experience could have done. And then he blows the cap space on Amare, who no other team in the league considered giving a max contract to. He signs Felton to a two year deal which hamstrings the Knicks until he becomes an expiring contract next year. He trades David Lee, the first good draft pick the Knicks made since Mark Jackson (who of course the Knicks also traded), for a talented turnover machine (Anthony Randolph), a guy who may not play for the Knicks because he was hurt before the acquired him (Azuibukke), and the now gem of the deal Ronny Turiaf. Walsh admit tingly did not scout Brandon Jennings. He passed on Russell Westbrook for an un-athletic tweener in Gallinari. Not saying Gallo will not be good one day, but the Knicks needed point guards. Walsh also traded another first round pick clearing cap space for a run at Lebron. Lebron clearly was never coming to the Knicks. Walsh should of done his homework and figured out that Queen James did not have the testicular fortitude to lead a team, and especially in a city like New York. He should have held on to the cap space and let New York fans brass themselves for another year of despicable basketball. Then he could have made a run at Carmelo and others. Now Knick fans are enduring another year of awful basketball anyway. Hopefully Carmelo wants to play in New York for the sake of playing here because this team has shown no signs of being a playoff team, let alone being a contender.

And now back to D’antoni. Is anyone else sick of seeing that dumb look on his face that says he has no idea how to make this team play better. Or are you sick about hearing about his so called doghouse? He says he cannot coach defense because the Knicks have no defensive minded players but anyone who knows basketball knows the coach has to make his players play defense. The Knicks ran Larry Brown out of town because he tried to make them play defense. Now the Bobcats are a playoff team as one of the top defensive teams in the league and the Knicks are not close to sniffing the playoffs. My level respect for Steve Nash has grown tremendously after watching D’antoni coach a few years. Nash should have won a few more MVP awards. D’antoni is clueless and if he hadn’t had one of the best players in the league running the show he probably would be back in Europe coaching by now.

The Knicks have some young talented players; (Douglas, Chandler, Gallinari, and Fields) but will any ever develop into winning players under D’antoni? The Knicks have been losers for so long you have to wonder what it will take to turn this organization around. Amare is not the answer. Felton is not the answer. TURIAF is not the answer.

NO MORE EXCUSES MIKE!!…WIN OR GO HOME!!!

By Michael Farbman

Same Old Story

They did not get LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Paul, or Melo in the off season.  Instead they got Stoudemire and Felton, and still gave Knick fans hope and optimism for a much better season than they have recently experienced.  Many even thought they would contend for the playoffs.  So far it has not looked very good.  They come off a loss on Friday night to a terrible Minnesota team.  They are off to a disappointing 3-6 start and look like the same awful team we have seen for years now.  Many are already calling for the job of head coach Mike D'antoni, but I will not go there yet.  It is still very early in the season and they have time to turn it around.  However, if it does not happen soon, D'antoni might be looking for a new job.

What was most disappointing about Friday nights game against Minnesota was they blew a 21 point 3rd quarter lead and allowed Kevin Love to score 31 points and grab 31 rebounds.  How do you let an individual player have 31 rebounds in a game?  Knock him down, hit him, do something to try and stop him.  It was the first 30 point 30 rebound game in the NBA in 28 years.

They paid Amare Stoudemire a shit load of money to be the man and he has looked nothing like it.  I really thought he was going to be a dominant offensive force.  I even predicted he would lead the league in scoring.  Right now he is averaging 20 points and 8 rebounds.  David Lee produced more than that.  The 100 million dollar man needs to step up his game and lead this team to the playoffs this year.  There is no reason why that can not be done in a crappy Eastern Conference.  He needs to be the one to take it upon himself and not allow a guy like Kevin Love totally dominate his team.  Forget about firing the coach right now, the Knicks need the guy they paid to be their franchise player to play better .  If he doesn't, it will be another miserable season in MSG. 

The Riley Countdown

So how much longer will it be until Pat Riley takes over as the head coach of the Heat?  The Heat have been extremely disappointing so far.  They lost to the Celtics again and this time is was in their own building.  They are now 5-4 and do not look like the juggernaut many thought they would be.  So much for 70 wins and multiple titles.  They look more like a team competing for the 8th seed. 

They look great against a crap team like the Nets, but when they play good teams like the Celtics, Jazz, and Hornets, they have not won.  I will go easy on LeBron and Wade despite the fact they look lost on the court while playing together.   I am sure both guys will eventually figure it out and just need more time to get used to playing with one another.  I will kill Chris Bosh.  The guy is making 100 million dollars and is averaging 15 points and 6 rebounds.  How does a guy almost 7 feet tall only grab 6 rebounds a game?   He is also the softest player in the league.  Take a look at Rondo dunk on him as he basically stared at him instead of stepping up to try and stop him.



You now have LeBron questioning the amount of minutes himself and Wade are playing.  "For myself, 44 minutes is too much," James declared. "I think Coach Spo knows that. Forty minutes for D-Wade is too much. We have to have as much energy as we can to finish games out."  These guys are both young and get paid over 100 million dollars and he is complaining about playing too many minutes.  Go cry about it.  Who else is supposed to play on that team?  They have no team outside of LeBron and Wade.  Can you imagine Michael Jordan complaining about playing too many minutes.  Oh that is right, we learned that LeBron is no Jordan. 

Rex the Cross Dresser

With the wig on, Rex looks like a fat Wisconsin chick.  The Jets play the Browns on Sunday and Rex's twin brother is the defensive coordinator for the Browns.  That was the purpose of his SNL like parody at his press conference.  He really did lose a lot of weight because based on how he looked last year, there was no need for a pillow to be put over his stomach.  Thank goodness for modern technology and fat removal surgery.   


I give him credit for being very loose the week of a game.  He is always having a good time and joking around with the media. So many of these NFL head coaches are uptight assholes and take life and their job way too seriously.  Rex is this big fat jolly man, just like Santa.  He is very likeable and gives the Jets character and takes the pressure off his players.  We will see if he can out coach his brother and former Jets head coach Eric Mangini.  Cleveland has played much better and will be a dangerous opponent.

Free Lap Dances at Cowboys Stadium

Who needs luxury boxes at stadiums when you can just get this to happen to you at a football game.  I don't know what's funnier, the girl giving the dude a lap dance in the crowd, or the pervs sitting behind them putting this on video and laughing hysterically.  I like how the guy said "put it on YouTube" and then made a Brett Favre reference.  All that was missing from this was a picture of Farve's junk.  After the guy took the body shot, I was waiting for the wod of singles to pop out.  Finally some of the guys in the crowd began holding them up.  Unfortunately she was probably so wasted that she did not even notice it.   

Lets face it, they were at a Cowboys game, and there is no reason to watch those losers play.  However, I now would want to go to Cowboys stadium for some in your face action.   Does that come with the personal seat license?  I might throw down a couple of thousand for that.  What you did not see on the video was after the lap dance, she went to the owners box and blew Jerry Jones.  His old wrinkly ass has to settle for average looking drunk chicks rather than the smoking hot cheerleaders he used to slam back in the day.    

The Cowboys are so awful, Jones might as well start paying the cheerleaders to go into the crowd and perform lap dances.  He already has them dancing around on poles.  It will be Scores Dallas Cowboys style.  Lets also bring back some of the early 90's Cowboy players to supply the coke to snort off their chests.  Why not make Cowboys stadium into a whore house?  They already made the classic 70's porn Debbie Does Dallas, based on the Cowboys cheerleaders.  Maybe our horny friend in the video was auditioning for the sequel.       

Family Guy Makes Fun of the Mets Again

Even Family Guy is making fun of the Mets now.  I guess you can look at it as a compliment when a hit television show makes fun of you.  The joke was actually somewhat accurate because that is usually how the season goes.  It is over before it really begins.  Although recently it starts out pretty decent and we get our hopes up only to result in pain and suffering. 

This was actually not the first time the Mets were made fun of on Family Guy though.  Peter referred to them as garbage being thrown on his front lawn.


You learn to expect these type of things as a Mets fan.  You laugh about it like you think it's funny, but really you just feel the hurt and pain inside.  I am sure this will not be the last time the Mets are a part of some type of joke.   

Bon Jovi Gone Bad

Apparently Bon Jovi was at the Celtics game in the form of a nerd with glasses.  This guy really gave it his all performing "Livin on a Prayer".  He was singing, dancing, and showing his stage presence.  Like a true showman, he tried to include the audience in his performance as he held his pretend microphone, played his air guitar, and high fived and hugged others in the crowd.  All that was missing was Simon, Randy, and Paula judging the performance.  I was hoping he would fall down the steps, but unfortunetly that did not happen.  My guess is some were entertained, some were intrigued, and some were wondering exactly how much did this guy drink tonight.  This was a performance that could only be matched by a bunch of drunks at the Joshua Tree on a Saturday night. 

There is always one loser at a sporting event who is put up on the big screen and acts like they are some type of superstar.  Now because of YouTube, they become instant sensations and people like me give them more publicity by writing about them.   I personally hate everything that goes on at sporting events.  They have made sporting events into side shows, with sing-a-longs, kiss cam, morons shooting shirts into the crowd, and idiotic fake races between buses or trains.  What ever happened to just going to a game, to watch the actual game itself.  Have we become such an ADD society that the games itself are not good enough.  If it were up to me, I would ban it all.  Sit down, shut up, and watch the game.        

Heart Attack Jets

When the Jets were down by 10 in the fourth quarter against the Lions, I was ready to come on here and totally bash the entire team.  I was shocked that coming off a shut out loss at home to the Packers, the Jets did not come out and dominate the Detroit Lions. It looked like I was watching the same garbage I watched last weekend.  Dropped passes, stupid penalties, wasted time outs, and giving up numerous third down conversions.  I actually wanted to jump out of my window while watching this game. 

How can you lose to the Lions?   I know they are improved, but they are still the Lions.  A team that thinks they are as good as the Jets do, should never ever lose a game to the Lions.    Luckily for the Jets sake, they were able to come back and send the game to overtime, finally winning in the extra session.  They are now tied for first place with the Patriots who lost to the Cleveland Browns.  The Jets will actually now travel to Cleveland next week hoping to have a better outcome than the Patriots did. 

This was one of your typical heart attack Jet games.  Why does every game have to be so excruciating to watch?  All I want is a nice relaxing game.  I want to watch a game like the Giants had in Seattle with them killing them 41-7.   I really can not handle these nail biters.  I feel like I age 20 years watching a Jet game.  I guess I am surprised by this because I bought into all of Rex's hype about how good they were and expected them to be a dominant team. 

They are very far from being a dominant team.  They have shown that they are like most of the other teams in the NFL; a decent team that has received some good breaks in games resulting in a 6-2 record.   They need to step up their level of play though, because if they don't, the lucky breaks will start to go the other way.  If they play this way against Cleveland next week, they will not win the game.   

Jockeys Gone Wild

I am not a horse racing fan and could care less about Zenyatta, so normally I would have no interest in the Breeders Cup.  However, when there is a jockey fight, I am all about it.  That is must see TV.  Who needs all these horse racing movies in the theatre.  Seeing two squeaky voiced 100 pound jockeys going at it is almost as good as watching midget boxing.  Every horse race should have one. 

Jockey Calvin Borel went totally nuts.  They needed around 5 security guards to hold him back.  You would have thought he was The Incredible Hulk.  He had the crazy bug eyes thing going on.  If not held back, he might have killed the other jockey.  I think he could have taken out Ray Lewis with that adrenalin rush of rage.  He is a bad ass little fella.  Overall it was some funny stuff and I can watch this video over and over again.

No Moss

Randy Moss was cut by the Vikings.  The guy is nuts and got himself kicked off the team.  He took plays off and threw his coach under the bus after their loss to the Patriots.  It is always nice to have a guy on your team that does not try and then yaps his mouth after the game.  Total douche.  Pretty typical for Moss and almost every wide receiver in the NFL.  Basically being an asshole is a prerequisite for the position. 

This time he wore out his welcome only after a few weeks.  Usually it takes him a few years, but he must be getting better at his craft of being an ass.  The funniest part about this is how he got himself traded from New England because he would not sign a contract and now confesses his love for Tom Brady and Bill Belichick.  The guy can't make up his mind and will never be happy no matter what team he is on.  Maybe New England will bring him back.  Stranger things have happened before and nothing would surprise me.  If not New England, some team will pick him up, but I know if it was my team, there would be no chance of it.  The guy is a malcontent and a cancer to anyone around him.