THAT STORY WILL NOT HOLD UP THIS GAME

There has to be a more appropriate time to interrupt a live news broadcast than during the phrase “raping a 31 year old New York woman”.  Yes the reporter had probably gone over his allotted time, yes the game start time was getting pushed back by a minute or two, but there’s no way in hell that you walk into that shot at that moment.  Even though I think the umpire was wrong, why was the reporter going into a rape story on the field at opening day?

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THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE FUNNY, GEORGE STEINBRENNER

A so so takeoff on the Seinfeld Steinbrenner. If Ace would have hit The Boss with the bat, then they mighta been on to something. If nothing else, the video gives me a chance to talk about Time magazine’s Ten Most Notorious Presidential Pardons.

The list was made before Scooter Libby got a pass, in anticipation of Bush looking out for his boy. To my surprise, George Steinbrenner came in at #7. I had no idea George was rollin like that.

Indicted on 14 criminal counts on April 5, 1974, the owner of the New York Yankees plead guilty to obstruction of justice and conspiring to make illegal contributions to President Richard Nixon’s re-election campaign.

Steinbrenner got let off the hook by Ronald Reagan in ’89, proving that he really is a Boss. Ah, 1989.. One year after the Yankees traded Jay Buhner.

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BLOGGAS BE TYPIN’

Ya boy made Blog Show. Courtesy of Mr. Irrelevant

Another Tupac conspiracy laid to rest. Courtesy of Nah Right

LeBron dissed by Miami club. Courtesy of Nation Of Islam SportsBlog

Let Chief Wahoo stay in Cleveland… And the Black Eyed Peas are sellouts. Courtesy of Bugs & Cranks

Breaking down DieHard and Transformers. Courtesy of Dallas Penn

Colt .45 is making a comeback. Courtesy of USA Today’s Pop Candy

Vote for the Home Run Derby winner. Courtesy of Babes Love Baseball

The state of Florida will not get an All-Star game. Courtesy of The Serious Tip

Is Federer/Nadal the best rivalry going? Courtesy of FanHouse’s MJD

K-Ci’s not looking good but he’s feeling himself. Courtesy of Bossip

ZIP SET, ZIP SET, ZIP SET

The Zips, originally the Zippers, have a kangaroo  as their mascot. W.T.F.? That’s just as stupid as the Stanford tree. As for the song, I’ll give J20 some credit for holdin it down for his kanga. Some Cam’ron style lyrics with kangaroo or Zips repeated 72 times woulda been classic, but not everybody can create a masterpiece.

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KOSAR VS. DAWKINS, LOCAL ADVERTISING SHOWDOWN

Part of being a big time athlete are the endorsements you get. There’s the shoes, sodas, and video games. Everybody can’t be “on the cover” so that leads to athletes teaming up businesses in the local community.

Brian Dawkins seems excited about his opportunity:

I’m an Eagles fan but that’s hard to watch. Here’s Bernie Kosar slangin add-on heat pumps.

I guarantee Charlie Frye is trying to order an add-on heat pump as I type this. Bernie’s a pretty bad actor, but he nailed the “it’s pure comfort”/toss ball to self part of the commercial.

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