In what is becoming routine, the Walton Lady Raiders tennis team won yet another state tennis title, its seventh straight and its 133rd straight match. This year though was not quite the cakewalk waltz straight to the title as years past have been. After not dropping a single match-point last year, the Lady Raiders ran into a bit of trouble against quarterfinal opponent (and state-ranked No. 2) Peachtree Ridge and in the finals against Centennial. The Lions of Peachtree Ridge took an early lead against Walton before the Lady Raiders steadied the ship and won 3-1. In the finals, Centennial pushed Walton to the limit before Coach Roberta Manheim’s squad walked away with a 3-2 match win. “This year was a little bit different for us since [we] had ten returning juniors. With all of them so close in rankings, they were the ‘bread and butter’ of the lineup this year.” Manheim called this a unique season in that the roster was senior-less, but that didn’t deter the girls. “I really don’t look at grade but rather ability,” says Manheim as she shrugged off her lack of seniors. “Everyone on the team knows she is a part of something special.”
The players who make up the Walton team all come in as experienced tournament players with a mental toughness that Manheim describes as “unequaled.” “They are [on the team] because they have the ability to be part of the team and need to be ready to play.” Manheim stresses team, team, team and it shows. Whatever players are not on the court playing are on the sidelines cheering, and Manheim believes that everyone plays an important part in every victory. “They care about each other and don’t want to let their team members down.”
Against Peachtree Ridge when the Lions grabbed an early point, Walton didn’t panic. “Peachtree Ridge was the challenge we knew it would be; however, the girls believed in themselves and in each other. After Maxie Weinberg fell in No. 2 singles, Walton recovered to take the No. 1 doubles point as well as the No. 3 singles point thanks to Stephanie Falcon. Emily Zabor won a three-set thriller at No. 1 singles 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to ice the match for the Raiders. The girls never panicked and breezed through the semi-finals. In the finals, the girls once again faced adversity but once again the mental toughness of Walton prevailed. “They have three years invested in this streak,” said Manheim, “and no one wants to be the one to see it end.”
Manheim constantly stresses to focus on the now. “You can’t look back and you can’t worry about what’s to come, you have to play what’s in front of you.” One point, one game at a time, one set and one match at a time. That theme has worked for Walton for seven straight titles and 133 matches, and with potentially ten juniors and two freshmen returning as ten seniors and two sophomores, this streak is sure to set a new state record and could end with an eighth title next season.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
What is sad is that apparently the state needs these
Have you heard the messages from the Georgia Meth campaign (or anti-Meth, i guess it should be)?
In one, a teenager cries because she got her friend hooked on meth and the friend then died and the friend's boyfriend blames the first girl.
In another, a girl feels her teeth breaking while chewing gum and her eyelashes fall out.
In another, a guy hits his pregger girlfriend (not wife, mind you. His girlfriend)
In another, a guy steals a motorcycle and crashes it and wishes he had died.
In another, a guy talks about how he doesn't remember a bunch of stuff.
In another, a Gainesville chick (Georgia, not Florida) talks about how she broke into her parents' and grandparents' houses to steal money to buy meth.
All of them end "sadly" with people wondering why they ever got into meth. They issue a warning that meth is bad news. Ummmm, did you really need to TRY METH TO FIGURE THAT OUT?
I would not put anything into my body that some white-trash hillbilly risked blowing his trailer up to make. Sorry, that isn't happening.
Why are people doing this stuff? So you can get high for 10 minutes before your teeth start falling out?! Cool, I don't have teeth or hair, but I was high for 7 whole minutes!
The sad thing is that people are doing this stuff. And someone feels the need to make these commercials. I should feel sorry for the people, but I usually end up laughing at them. How stupid can you be to do meth?
Make THIS your commercial!
In one, a teenager cries because she got her friend hooked on meth and the friend then died and the friend's boyfriend blames the first girl.
In another, a girl feels her teeth breaking while chewing gum and her eyelashes fall out.
In another, a guy hits his pregger girlfriend (not wife, mind you. His girlfriend)
In another, a guy steals a motorcycle and crashes it and wishes he had died.
In another, a guy talks about how he doesn't remember a bunch of stuff.
In another, a Gainesville chick (Georgia, not Florida) talks about how she broke into her parents' and grandparents' houses to steal money to buy meth.
All of them end "sadly" with people wondering why they ever got into meth. They issue a warning that meth is bad news. Ummmm, did you really need to TRY METH TO FIGURE THAT OUT?
I would not put anything into my body that some white-trash hillbilly risked blowing his trailer up to make. Sorry, that isn't happening.
Why are people doing this stuff? So you can get high for 10 minutes before your teeth start falling out?! Cool, I don't have teeth or hair, but I was high for 7 whole minutes!
The sad thing is that people are doing this stuff. And someone feels the need to make these commercials. I should feel sorry for the people, but I usually end up laughing at them. How stupid can you be to do meth?
Make THIS your commercial!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Big B's UGA Big board for the Class of 2011
Big B Brian Jones gave us his Big Board of uncommitted prospects that UGA could very well be targeting. He debuted this last night on Score Atlanta's Official Visit. For more, tune in next Monday from 7-9pm! Enjoy!
10) James Wilder Jr.: 6-2, 219-pound DE/RB out of Tampa. Has offers from everyone. Probably top player in the country. Has a top five of Florida, Bama, Georgia, FSU and Miami.
9) Lonnie Gosha: 6-2, 270-pound DT out of Union County, Florida. Formerly committed to FSU, but opened things back up and calls Georgia, FSU, LSU and Bama his favorites. Great size, speed and agility. A dominant pass rusher and a very physical athlete. Can play DE or grow into a DT.
8) Charone Peake: 6-3, 195-pound WR out of South Carolina. Interested in Clemson, Georgia and Florida. Good friends with LeMay. Explosive with the ball or a player his size. Tremendous speed. Big target with great hands, and good adjusting to the ball. Will commit before senior season.
7) Quan Bray: 5-11, 178-pound athlete out of Callaway. Offers from Bama, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Tech, Tennessee, Stanford, N.C. State, and UNC among others. Bama, Clemson, Georgia battle. Incredible athlete that can play receiver, db or rb.
6) Xzavier Dickson: 6-3, 238-pound DE out of Griffin. Top five of Bama, Tech, Georgia, Auburn and Florida. Tough to read. Great speed and agility on the defensive line, but not strong or great at getting off blocks. Could be a dominant TE.
5) Watts Dantzler: 6-7, 315-pount OT. Has named Bama, Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee and Vandy as his top five. I like Georgia here. Has it all on the field.
4) Jay Rome: 6-6, 240-pound TE out of Valdosta. He likes Georgia, Florida, Clemson, Tennessee and Alabama. Physical, impressive blocker and good athlete with great size, but not as explosive as you would expect.
3) Antonio Richardson: 6-6, 310-pound OT out of Tennessee. Has offers from everyone in the south. Very early in his recruitment, but Georgia is clearly in the running. Plays a lot of guard. Quick off the line, physically punishing and great against the run. Great balance and aggression.
2) Nick Marshall: 6-2, 185-pound QB out of Wilcox County. Offers from Arkansas, FSU, Tech, Georgia, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. Has a top three of Georgia, Georgia Tech and FSU. Quick release, with great accuracy and good at passing outside of the pocket. Decent arm strength. Would like to see him become a more impressive runner. Loves Bball and says FSU is recruiting him harder for basketball than Georgia.
1) Ray Drew: 6-5, 243-pound DE out of Thomas County Central. Tremendous size, athleticism and explosion, but just dominant against the pass and the run. FSU, Tech, Georgia, USC, Florida, Auburn.
Interestingly enough, Big B left off James Vaughters of Tucker as well as Isaiah Crowell, the uber-talented tailback from Carver. He also failed to include CJ Uzomah, North Gwinnett's QB. We talked to CJ last night on The Official Visit and here is a bit of what he said...
The North Gwinnett football team is gearing up for a huge season-opening tilt against Crenshaw (CA) and quarterback CJ Uzomah says that the team is looking forward to making a statement. "We're working on team chemistry. We got down on ourselves last year against Camden and started pointing fingers. We're looking to improve our attitude." Uzomah said that he himself is working on being consistent as well as his passing, though the Bulldogs may have a twist on offense for their opponents. "I've worked on playing some receiver this spring. We're trying to mix that in to give defenses fits this season." As far as the season opening game, Uzomah says that the high profile matchup will be a statement game. "[The game] helps us as we can show everybody across the southeast that we're going all the way."
10) James Wilder Jr.: 6-2, 219-pound DE/RB out of Tampa. Has offers from everyone. Probably top player in the country. Has a top five of Florida, Bama, Georgia, FSU and Miami.
9) Lonnie Gosha: 6-2, 270-pound DT out of Union County, Florida. Formerly committed to FSU, but opened things back up and calls Georgia, FSU, LSU and Bama his favorites. Great size, speed and agility. A dominant pass rusher and a very physical athlete. Can play DE or grow into a DT.
8) Charone Peake: 6-3, 195-pound WR out of South Carolina. Interested in Clemson, Georgia and Florida. Good friends with LeMay. Explosive with the ball or a player his size. Tremendous speed. Big target with great hands, and good adjusting to the ball. Will commit before senior season.
7) Quan Bray: 5-11, 178-pound athlete out of Callaway. Offers from Bama, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Tech, Tennessee, Stanford, N.C. State, and UNC among others. Bama, Clemson, Georgia battle. Incredible athlete that can play receiver, db or rb.
6) Xzavier Dickson: 6-3, 238-pound DE out of Griffin. Top five of Bama, Tech, Georgia, Auburn and Florida. Tough to read. Great speed and agility on the defensive line, but not strong or great at getting off blocks. Could be a dominant TE.
5) Watts Dantzler: 6-7, 315-pount OT. Has named Bama, Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee and Vandy as his top five. I like Georgia here. Has it all on the field.
4) Jay Rome: 6-6, 240-pound TE out of Valdosta. He likes Georgia, Florida, Clemson, Tennessee and Alabama. Physical, impressive blocker and good athlete with great size, but not as explosive as you would expect.
3) Antonio Richardson: 6-6, 310-pound OT out of Tennessee. Has offers from everyone in the south. Very early in his recruitment, but Georgia is clearly in the running. Plays a lot of guard. Quick off the line, physically punishing and great against the run. Great balance and aggression.
2) Nick Marshall: 6-2, 185-pound QB out of Wilcox County. Offers from Arkansas, FSU, Tech, Georgia, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. Has a top three of Georgia, Georgia Tech and FSU. Quick release, with great accuracy and good at passing outside of the pocket. Decent arm strength. Would like to see him become a more impressive runner. Loves Bball and says FSU is recruiting him harder for basketball than Georgia.
1) Ray Drew: 6-5, 243-pound DE out of Thomas County Central. Tremendous size, athleticism and explosion, but just dominant against the pass and the run. FSU, Tech, Georgia, USC, Florida, Auburn.
Interestingly enough, Big B left off James Vaughters of Tucker as well as Isaiah Crowell, the uber-talented tailback from Carver. He also failed to include CJ Uzomah, North Gwinnett's QB. We talked to CJ last night on The Official Visit and here is a bit of what he said...
The North Gwinnett football team is gearing up for a huge season-opening tilt against Crenshaw (CA) and quarterback CJ Uzomah says that the team is looking forward to making a statement. "We're working on team chemistry. We got down on ourselves last year against Camden and started pointing fingers. We're looking to improve our attitude." Uzomah said that he himself is working on being consistent as well as his passing, though the Bulldogs may have a twist on offense for their opponents. "I've worked on playing some receiver this spring. We're trying to mix that in to give defenses fits this season." As far as the season opening game, Uzomah says that the high profile matchup will be a statement game. "[The game] helps us as we can show everybody across the southeast that we're going all the way."
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The Killer Gs...Glavine and Glaus
As of today, no one on the Atlanta Braves roster will ever wear No.47 ever again. The announced today that Tom Glavine will have his number retired this August 6 after Glavine officially hung up the glove and cleats earlier this year to take a position with the organization. Glavine won two Cy Young awards with the Braves (1991, 98), along with 244 games for Atlanta and 305 games overall. Glavine’s No. 47 will be the seventh number retired with Atlanta and comes one year after Greg Maddux had his number retired at a Braves game last summer. Glavine was a ten-time all-star and pitched 17 years for the Atlanta Braves with five years with the New York Mets thrown in for good measure. The lefthander was the starter in the World Series-clinching game six against Cleveland in 1995 when the Braves won the team’s lone title during the franchise’s incredible run of division titles. Glavine also finished with 20+ wins five times with Atlanta and is 21st all-time on the most-wins list.
And not to go all Mark Bradley on you here, but it might be time to lay off Troy Glaus. Last night the guy laid into a ball and crushed it to dead centerfield to give Atlanta a 2-0 lead in a game it would go on to win 8-2. While Glaus hasn’t provided the pop thus far that many thought he could, (I thought he’d be good for 25-27 home runs) that isn’t to say he isn’t going to finish with 20+ longballs. And he has played in all 32 games (as of Monday), which is tied with Martin Prado for the most on the team. He has the third highest batting average among regular starters and he has more hits than everybody’s favorite rookie Jason Heyward, aka the MVP of the season thus far. He is second on the team in home runs as well as RBI and he has really been clicking recently when it comes to RBIs, with ten already this month in just nine games. In fact, for the month of May, Glaus is hitting .400 with a .450 OBP plus a slugging percentage of .514. Glaus is slowly becoming the player Braves should have hoped he would be, and remember, he is coming cheap on a one-year deal because we don’t want anything blocking Freddie Freeman for next season. For those who say Adam LaRoche over Glaus, the stats are identical and Glaus is having the better May by a longshot. Oh, and Glaus is a power righty in the lineup to break up the Heyward/McCann lefty-train. Options. And Glaus is only getting healthier…
And not to go all Mark Bradley on you here, but it might be time to lay off Troy Glaus. Last night the guy laid into a ball and crushed it to dead centerfield to give Atlanta a 2-0 lead in a game it would go on to win 8-2. While Glaus hasn’t provided the pop thus far that many thought he could, (I thought he’d be good for 25-27 home runs) that isn’t to say he isn’t going to finish with 20+ longballs. And he has played in all 32 games (as of Monday), which is tied with Martin Prado for the most on the team. He has the third highest batting average among regular starters and he has more hits than everybody’s favorite rookie Jason Heyward, aka the MVP of the season thus far. He is second on the team in home runs as well as RBI and he has really been clicking recently when it comes to RBIs, with ten already this month in just nine games. In fact, for the month of May, Glaus is hitting .400 with a .450 OBP plus a slugging percentage of .514. Glaus is slowly becoming the player Braves should have hoped he would be, and remember, he is coming cheap on a one-year deal because we don’t want anything blocking Freddie Freeman for next season. For those who say Adam LaRoche over Glaus, the stats are identical and Glaus is having the better May by a longshot. Oh, and Glaus is a power righty in the lineup to break up the Heyward/McCann lefty-train. Options. And Glaus is only getting healthier…
Monday, May 10, 2010
Last week's THEFLETCH
Did you miss it on Friday? You DID? Why didn't you just go to QuikTrip and grab a copy of Score Atlanta? Well, here it is......enjoy!
The Atlanta Hawks finally were able to close out the Milwaukee Bucks last weekend and in Sunday’s ONLY Game Seven, surely the do-or-die game would get top billing on SportsCenter, correct? Well surely the do-or-die game would get top NBA billing on SportsCenter, correct? Well surely the do-or-die game would at least get mentioned by the NBA on ABC crew, correct? I mean Jon Berry lives in Atlanta, so he’ll HAVE to talk about the Hawks, right? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. As I watched the Hawks dismantle the Bucks last Sunday, I was thinking that FINALLY Atlanta would get its due on SportsCenter that night with all of the talking heads discussing how Atlanta was able pull through, having been down three games to two in the first round series. I figured maybe they’d talk about how the Hawks are back in the second round after three straight seasons of a first round Game Seven. Nope. The Lakers/Jazz series-opener got all of the top billing with the better play-by-play crew on ABC. On ESPN, the Lakers led the show and then after about 6 minutes of highlights, followed by four player interviews, the Hawks were given two minutes (maybe) of highlights. When the SportsCenter hosts kicked it to ABC, they discussed the Lakers with nary a mention of the Hawks game. No Hawks love?
I would feel more slighted by this if I had not listened to 790 and 680 last Friday where people were openly calling for the Hawks to lose Game Six. Callers wanted the team to lose to end the season and potentially blow the squad up to start over. What? Don’t you remember all of those years before the 2007-08 season? We don’t want those again. Chris Bosh isn’t coming to Atlanta, where he spent one season at Georgia Tech. The Houston Chronicle is reporting that the Rockets will make Bosh target No. 1. Do we think Dwyane Wade will come to Atlanta? Really? Amare isn’t coming here. Do we want to shell out for Boozer when Al Horford is already the undersized post player? No. This team has to stay as is (even if that means maxing out a guy that scored just eight points on 4-14 shooting), and hope that Josh Smith continues to get better.
The Atlanta Braves were “streaking” according to AJC after just two games against Houston. The Braves finished off a horrible road trip on a nine-game losing streak and last weekend took the first two games of the three game set with the Astros. When I opened up the AJC Sunday morning, the Braves had started a “winning streak.” Um, I guess I have a different view of what a “streak” is, in that I take my definition from the movie Major League. To paraphrase, “you win a game, then you win the next day and that is two in a row. If you win the day after that, you have a ‘streak!’” I always thought that it took three straight games to have a streak of either wins or losses. Maybe I am just old school (or WAY too into pop culture), but that is how I roll. And I wonder if Mark Bradley still feels that this team won’t win anything as currently constructed. Hey Mark, it is the first week of May. You want to calm it down a touch? Wait, I forgot. You are the guy that said an April hit was the same thing as Francisco Cabrera’s NLCS pennant-winning RBI. That’s right. You are a gun-jumper.
The Kennesaw State University women’s soccer team and the Atlanta Beat will be playing in the country’s first soccer stadium built specifically for women’s soccer. Kudos to the Marietta Daily-Journal for covering the ribbon-cutting. While Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia get most of the headlines from the AJC, Georgia State and Kennesaw State both have big-time programs as well that the city paper sometimes misses. Score Atlanta is all over the city, covering events from not just high school championships and the pro teams, but the Panthers and the Owls as well. If you miss the big story from the AJC’s website, check our website at www.scoreatl.com. We had the link to the Daily-Journal’s story before most of Atlanta went to work.
After 680 The Fan’s Buck & Kincade and 790 The Zone’s Pollack & Bell go off the air at 7 p.m. weekdays, barring a baseball or basketball game, both stations typically go to network radio, either ESPN for 680 or Sporting News for 790. Usually I prefer the self-righteous Brian Kenney show on ESPN Radio, but last week on The Monty Show, the silly, scatterbrained host was quite funny that I laughed out loud in my car, something that is pretty hard to do for sports talk radio. The Monty Show was discussing the potential Tiger Woods divorce settlement for $600M and the host was going on and on about how Elin had done her part to “earn” that money. He wondered how many times Elin had scrubbed the marble floors in the Isleworth Estate with pledge or taken the cars in for an oil change. I’m not sticking up for Tiger here, but HE earned that money and just because he screwed around on the wife, that doesn’t mean she should win the divorce lottery. Did she help him earn the money? No. Did she keep the house while he earned that money? No. Did she take care of the kids while he earned the money? Interestingly enough, despite her background as a nanny, she had her own nannies to care for the children. I would have to agree with The Monty Show in regards to Elin not deserving that money. Do I think Elin should get something? Yes, but not $600M.
Hey ESPN, just a heads up: we don’t care about Lorena Ochoa’s retirement. If you didn’t have “W Golf” on the ticker beside her name, we wouldn’t even know who she is. Stop cramming her down our throats. And NO, it ISN’T like if Tiger Woods had decided to retire after the Tiger-Slam. We KNEW WHO HE WAS back then. Ochoa could have won 82 straight tournaments and I STILL don’t think I’d have a clue as to who she is. Just saying.
CAN YOU BELIEVE HE JUST SAID THAT?
“And the Yankees play the…Orioles. I hope the Orioles lose 100 games this year!” That was Leo Mazzone sort of introducing Mitch Williams onto the Rude Awakening last week. Leo, we get it. Things didn’t end well with you in Baltimore, though I believe the organization still paid you an obscene amount of money after you left the Camden Yards locker room. As listeners we can tell when some people “don’t like” programs or teams, but it is in jest. You however don’t hide your bitterness well and it is awkward to listen to. We also remember you left for the guaranteed contract (and to work with your friend), so please don’t ever be upset at an athlete that wants to get his because you went and got yours. Lost a golden goose situation, but you got yours, right?
The Atlanta Hawks finally were able to close out the Milwaukee Bucks last weekend and in Sunday’s ONLY Game Seven, surely the do-or-die game would get top billing on SportsCenter, correct? Well surely the do-or-die game would get top NBA billing on SportsCenter, correct? Well surely the do-or-die game would at least get mentioned by the NBA on ABC crew, correct? I mean Jon Berry lives in Atlanta, so he’ll HAVE to talk about the Hawks, right? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. As I watched the Hawks dismantle the Bucks last Sunday, I was thinking that FINALLY Atlanta would get its due on SportsCenter that night with all of the talking heads discussing how Atlanta was able pull through, having been down three games to two in the first round series. I figured maybe they’d talk about how the Hawks are back in the second round after three straight seasons of a first round Game Seven. Nope. The Lakers/Jazz series-opener got all of the top billing with the better play-by-play crew on ABC. On ESPN, the Lakers led the show and then after about 6 minutes of highlights, followed by four player interviews, the Hawks were given two minutes (maybe) of highlights. When the SportsCenter hosts kicked it to ABC, they discussed the Lakers with nary a mention of the Hawks game. No Hawks love?
I would feel more slighted by this if I had not listened to 790 and 680 last Friday where people were openly calling for the Hawks to lose Game Six. Callers wanted the team to lose to end the season and potentially blow the squad up to start over. What? Don’t you remember all of those years before the 2007-08 season? We don’t want those again. Chris Bosh isn’t coming to Atlanta, where he spent one season at Georgia Tech. The Houston Chronicle is reporting that the Rockets will make Bosh target No. 1. Do we think Dwyane Wade will come to Atlanta? Really? Amare isn’t coming here. Do we want to shell out for Boozer when Al Horford is already the undersized post player? No. This team has to stay as is (even if that means maxing out a guy that scored just eight points on 4-14 shooting), and hope that Josh Smith continues to get better.
The Atlanta Braves were “streaking” according to AJC after just two games against Houston. The Braves finished off a horrible road trip on a nine-game losing streak and last weekend took the first two games of the three game set with the Astros. When I opened up the AJC Sunday morning, the Braves had started a “winning streak.” Um, I guess I have a different view of what a “streak” is, in that I take my definition from the movie Major League. To paraphrase, “you win a game, then you win the next day and that is two in a row. If you win the day after that, you have a ‘streak!’” I always thought that it took three straight games to have a streak of either wins or losses. Maybe I am just old school (or WAY too into pop culture), but that is how I roll. And I wonder if Mark Bradley still feels that this team won’t win anything as currently constructed. Hey Mark, it is the first week of May. You want to calm it down a touch? Wait, I forgot. You are the guy that said an April hit was the same thing as Francisco Cabrera’s NLCS pennant-winning RBI. That’s right. You are a gun-jumper.
The Kennesaw State University women’s soccer team and the Atlanta Beat will be playing in the country’s first soccer stadium built specifically for women’s soccer. Kudos to the Marietta Daily-Journal for covering the ribbon-cutting. While Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia get most of the headlines from the AJC, Georgia State and Kennesaw State both have big-time programs as well that the city paper sometimes misses. Score Atlanta is all over the city, covering events from not just high school championships and the pro teams, but the Panthers and the Owls as well. If you miss the big story from the AJC’s website, check our website at www.scoreatl.com. We had the link to the Daily-Journal’s story before most of Atlanta went to work.
After 680 The Fan’s Buck & Kincade and 790 The Zone’s Pollack & Bell go off the air at 7 p.m. weekdays, barring a baseball or basketball game, both stations typically go to network radio, either ESPN for 680 or Sporting News for 790. Usually I prefer the self-righteous Brian Kenney show on ESPN Radio, but last week on The Monty Show, the silly, scatterbrained host was quite funny that I laughed out loud in my car, something that is pretty hard to do for sports talk radio. The Monty Show was discussing the potential Tiger Woods divorce settlement for $600M and the host was going on and on about how Elin had done her part to “earn” that money. He wondered how many times Elin had scrubbed the marble floors in the Isleworth Estate with pledge or taken the cars in for an oil change. I’m not sticking up for Tiger here, but HE earned that money and just because he screwed around on the wife, that doesn’t mean she should win the divorce lottery. Did she help him earn the money? No. Did she keep the house while he earned that money? No. Did she take care of the kids while he earned the money? Interestingly enough, despite her background as a nanny, she had her own nannies to care for the children. I would have to agree with The Monty Show in regards to Elin not deserving that money. Do I think Elin should get something? Yes, but not $600M.
Hey ESPN, just a heads up: we don’t care about Lorena Ochoa’s retirement. If you didn’t have “W Golf” on the ticker beside her name, we wouldn’t even know who she is. Stop cramming her down our throats. And NO, it ISN’T like if Tiger Woods had decided to retire after the Tiger-Slam. We KNEW WHO HE WAS back then. Ochoa could have won 82 straight tournaments and I STILL don’t think I’d have a clue as to who she is. Just saying.
CAN YOU BELIEVE HE JUST SAID THAT?
“And the Yankees play the…Orioles. I hope the Orioles lose 100 games this year!” That was Leo Mazzone sort of introducing Mitch Williams onto the Rude Awakening last week. Leo, we get it. Things didn’t end well with you in Baltimore, though I believe the organization still paid you an obscene amount of money after you left the Camden Yards locker room. As listeners we can tell when some people “don’t like” programs or teams, but it is in jest. You however don’t hide your bitterness well and it is awkward to listen to. We also remember you left for the guaranteed contract (and to work with your friend), so please don’t ever be upset at an athlete that wants to get his because you went and got yours. Lost a golden goose situation, but you got yours, right?
Friday, May 7, 2010
new top name is troubling
I read a story on yahoo! about the new "top baby girl" name and it scares me a bit. The new top name is Isabella aka Bella and the yahoo! story is quoting some "name experts" (whatever they are) that Isabella may be popular because of the Twilight series.
I am scared because this means that a bunch of 14-year-olds are out there in America, having kids.
I mean, anyone over the age of 14 that is naming their kid after a tween movie character is pathetic, so it HAS to be 14-year-olds, right?
Honestly, people have decided to name their baby after Kristen Stewart's character? Why don't you just give them a wedgie yourself? Why don't you beat your kid up everyday yourself? Shove him into a locker yourself?
I liked the movie Jerry McGuire, but I am not naming my kid Jerry Proctor.
I liked the show Seinfeld, but I am not naming my kid Seinfeld Proctor.
I liked the movie What a Girl Wants, but I am not naming my kid Amanda Bynes Proctor
I liked the show The OC, but I am not naming my kid Atwood Proctor
I liked the movie The Dark Knight, but I am not naming my kid Joker Proctor.
Naming your kid after a character out of a movie? Why don't you just NOT have a kid and instead watch the movie again. Anyone naming their kid because of Twilight should be dragged behind a car on 85 during rushhour.
I am scared because this means that a bunch of 14-year-olds are out there in America, having kids.
I mean, anyone over the age of 14 that is naming their kid after a tween movie character is pathetic, so it HAS to be 14-year-olds, right?
Honestly, people have decided to name their baby after Kristen Stewart's character? Why don't you just give them a wedgie yourself? Why don't you beat your kid up everyday yourself? Shove him into a locker yourself?
I liked the movie Jerry McGuire, but I am not naming my kid Jerry Proctor.
I liked the show Seinfeld, but I am not naming my kid Seinfeld Proctor.
I liked the movie What a Girl Wants, but I am not naming my kid Amanda Bynes Proctor
I liked the show The OC, but I am not naming my kid Atwood Proctor
I liked the movie The Dark Knight, but I am not naming my kid Joker Proctor.
Naming your kid after a character out of a movie? Why don't you just NOT have a kid and instead watch the movie again. Anyone naming their kid because of Twilight should be dragged behind a car on 85 during rushhour.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Midweek Entertainment report 5/5/10
Lindsay Lohan is play a porn star, Miley and Christina getting dirrrty, Pirates #4 is gonna suck and when did American Idol get so cheap?
Ladies and Gentlmen, it's the Cinco De MAYO edition of the Midweek Entertainment report!
(Sombreros are being tossed in the air!)
An independent film producer alerted the press yesterday that Lindsay Lohan will play the lead character of Linda Lovelace in the soon-to-be-filmed movie Inferno. Lovelace was a porn star in the 1970s(?) that filmed Deep Throat, which many people believe to be the first mainstream porno. Lohan reportedly said that it was a good research role for her future career as a coked-out porn star. Seriously? Lohan thinks this is a good idea? REALLY? Who is her manager? Mischa Barton? Hey Lindsay, I know you've had some personal issues for the last 6 years, but let's start your comeback with you starring as a porn star in an indie flick! On a lighter note, Bill Pullman will star in the movie as Hef. Can't you just see Pullman looking exasperated and screaming, "Doesn't anybody have any boobies!?"
Have you caught Miley's new video yet? Well the Disney Channel certainly won't be airing it anytime soon. I guess she is trying to compete with Christina Aguilera's new video where Xina (remember when she tried to go by that for a while?) goes back to being dirrrty. Or maybe Miley was just shooting THIS video back for that Vanity Fair photo shoot. I get Christina doing a sexy video, but Miley? Hannah Montana? And the whole sexy Miley video thing is undone because they didn't fix her teeth. How can you be in a sexy video with those chompers?
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is really going to suck now. Forget no Keira Knightley for a second, apparently the budget for the film was dropped by 1/3 and the shoot was moved from the Caribbean to Hawaii and London. WOW. Not that Hawaii isn't beautiful, but it isn't Pirates of Hawaii. Oh and the shooting days were dropped from 145 to just 90 days. I guess that means fewer takes. Well, it works for Eastwood. However, I am onboard with new director Rob Marshall over the director of the first three Gore Verbinski. Marshall did Nine and Chicago while Verbinski directed the video game that was No.2. (I never saw No.3 but people tell me it sucked.) Perhaps Marshall will SAVE the movie......no, Keira would have done that. Wait, is Taylor Townsend available?
Finally, the American Idol wannabes attempted Sinatra last night. (I am glad I didn't watch because I likely would have destroyed my TV for those untalented goobs attempting Frank. Now David Cook's season would have been fine, and last year was cool with the Rat Pack week). Let me ask this question though....when did AI get so cheap. While I do enjoy Harry Connick Jr., was Michael Buble really THAT MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE? Come on guys. Shell out the extra cash for Michael Buble!
Happy Cinco De Mayo everybody (you know, that made up holiday that Americans invented so they wouldn't feel like lushes for wanting to drink Coronas and Dos XX on a random Wednesday. If you want to drink, JUST DRINK. You don't need a made-up holiday! Childish, just like Sex rehab. No, Tiger, you're just a shithead, not an addict.)
Ladies and Gentlmen, it's the Cinco De MAYO edition of the Midweek Entertainment report!
(Sombreros are being tossed in the air!)
An independent film producer alerted the press yesterday that Lindsay Lohan will play the lead character of Linda Lovelace in the soon-to-be-filmed movie Inferno. Lovelace was a porn star in the 1970s(?) that filmed Deep Throat, which many people believe to be the first mainstream porno. Lohan reportedly said that it was a good research role for her future career as a coked-out porn star. Seriously? Lohan thinks this is a good idea? REALLY? Who is her manager? Mischa Barton? Hey Lindsay, I know you've had some personal issues for the last 6 years, but let's start your comeback with you starring as a porn star in an indie flick! On a lighter note, Bill Pullman will star in the movie as Hef. Can't you just see Pullman looking exasperated and screaming, "Doesn't anybody have any boobies!?"
Have you caught Miley's new video yet? Well the Disney Channel certainly won't be airing it anytime soon. I guess she is trying to compete with Christina Aguilera's new video where Xina (remember when she tried to go by that for a while?) goes back to being dirrrty. Or maybe Miley was just shooting THIS video back for that Vanity Fair photo shoot. I get Christina doing a sexy video, but Miley? Hannah Montana? And the whole sexy Miley video thing is undone because they didn't fix her teeth. How can you be in a sexy video with those chompers?
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is really going to suck now. Forget no Keira Knightley for a second, apparently the budget for the film was dropped by 1/3 and the shoot was moved from the Caribbean to Hawaii and London. WOW. Not that Hawaii isn't beautiful, but it isn't Pirates of Hawaii. Oh and the shooting days were dropped from 145 to just 90 days. I guess that means fewer takes. Well, it works for Eastwood. However, I am onboard with new director Rob Marshall over the director of the first three Gore Verbinski. Marshall did Nine and Chicago while Verbinski directed the video game that was No.2. (I never saw No.3 but people tell me it sucked.) Perhaps Marshall will SAVE the movie......no, Keira would have done that. Wait, is Taylor Townsend available?
Finally, the American Idol wannabes attempted Sinatra last night. (I am glad I didn't watch because I likely would have destroyed my TV for those untalented goobs attempting Frank. Now David Cook's season would have been fine, and last year was cool with the Rat Pack week). Let me ask this question though....when did AI get so cheap. While I do enjoy Harry Connick Jr., was Michael Buble really THAT MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE? Come on guys. Shell out the extra cash for Michael Buble!
Happy Cinco De Mayo everybody (you know, that made up holiday that Americans invented so they wouldn't feel like lushes for wanting to drink Coronas and Dos XX on a random Wednesday. If you want to drink, JUST DRINK. You don't need a made-up holiday! Childish, just like Sex rehab. No, Tiger, you're just a shithead, not an addict.)
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