The QTRFinals just ended and here is a preview for the semi-finals. Enjoy! remember that I'll be calling Class AAAAA and AAAA semifinal games LIVE from Gwinnett Arena this Wednesday and Thursday.
Boys AAA
Benjie Wood, coach of the North Hall Trojans has been to the Final Four before, though it was with the Johnson girls basketball team in 2005. This will be the Trojans first trip to the Final Four and seniors Robert Humphrey and Chase Syfon will try and get the Trojans two more wins to truly make North Hall history. Trevor Ross had eight points in the 53-49 win over Riverwood in the quarterfinals. Robby Hill will be back after missing the Riverwood game. The Trojans will play undefeated LaGrange. Dionte Mains led the Grangers with 16 points in the quarterfinals 59-51 win over against Dougherty. Mains is one of eight seniors that are experiencing their first success in the playoffs. Jamius Gunsby is a force down low in the post and fellow senior Antione Green lights things up from the backcourt. Finally, don’t sleep on the impact that undersized forward Qua Hardy provides.
The Columbia Eagles managed to run away from Elbert County and have now reached the final four for the fifth straight season. The Eagles won the 2006 and 2008 titles, and came up short in the 2007 title game. The Eagles might just make it three titles in five years with JerShon Cobb in shooting guard. The future Northwestern Wildcat is joined by Chris Grier in the backcourt and the frontcourt is anchored by 6’8 center Darnelius “Tank” Sessions. If the Eagles are to advance to a fourth title game in five years, they must beat Westover. The Patriots knocked off the defending state champions in South Atlanta and now the Pats will need even more from guards Anthony Ball and Malcolm Sapp as well as forward Onochie Ochie. Chris Wheeler is also a threat to explode, as he did for 32 against Cairo earlier this season. Coach Dallas Smith had his team in the finals last year, this year he wants to win that game.
girls AAA
Carver-Atlanta advanced to the semi-finals after besting Franklin Co 43-38. For Coach Cedrick King, his Lady Panthers have won at least twenty games in back to back seasons and now Carver is trying to win at least one more and will start against top-ranked and undefeated Kendrick, who beat Spalding 61-28 in the quarterfinals. The Carver Panthers have a standout junior in Bria Dorsey and two outstanding freshmen that get significant minutes. Meanwhile, Kendrick has a plethora of scorers that can explode at anytime for points. Simone High, Janae Merritt and Deshanti Lewis all reached double digits for Kendrick in the second round against Peach County and with its win over Spalding, the Lady Cherokees improved to 30-0. This is the third trip to the final four in four years and the team is seeking its second title in three years.
LaGrange beat Northside-Columbus 66-64 on a Arneshia Williams basket with 7.6 seconds left. Williams finished the quarterfinal game with 16 points, and in the semis, expect Williams to be joined in the scorer’s book by Angel Penn and Steara Mitchell . The Lady Grangers, Region 2-AAA three-seed, will play Columbia, who beat East Hall 46-17. The Lady Eagles led from nearly the jump in the quarterfinals against East Hall as 6’5 senior center Akila McDonald scored 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, with Zuri Frost adding ten points. Columbia will be difficult to top on the boards as they have a knack for finding the rebound. The Eagles defense really turned up against East Hall in the quarters, shutting out East Hall for an entire quarter. The Eagles have won 19 straight for coach Chantay Frost. The semifinal may come down to whether LaGrange can force enough turnovers from Columbia, leading to fastbreak points.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Georgia High School basketball quarterfinals!!!
The quarterfinals are here for the GHSA playoffs for roundball and Score Atlanta and GPB are once again on the scene. Here is the Class AAA preview which you can pick up at any of the sites that are hosting games tonight and tomorrow. Next week, log on to http://gpb.org/basketball on Wednesday and Thursday to catch THIS GUY calling the Class AAAA and Class AAAAA semi finals, LIVE from the Gwinnett Arena. I'm doing two games Wednesday and two games Thursday, both days starting at 7! (Though I could be doing the 5:30 games on both days too. Check back with SBF for more details or follow me on Twitter, at the top right corner of this page!)
The Class AAA boys basketball playoffs feature multiple teams with a legit shot at the 2010 state crown. Defending champion South Atlanta may no longer have Derrick Favors manning the paint but three juniors have Coach Michael Reddick’s Hornets in a position to repeat. Nick Jacobs (6’8), is a beast underneath with Rashuad Bell (6’6) flanking him at forward and versatile Dominique McKoy (6’7) doing a bit of everything from strong defense to scoring. The Hornets will face Westover, having won 23 games and is led by guards Anthony Ball and Malcolm Sapp and forward Onochie Ochie ….Columbia once again seems poised for a long run in the playoffs, especially with JerShon Cobb sparking the offense from the backcourt. Columbia would likely love nothing more than to get a rematch against South Atlanta in the semi-finals after losing in the title game last year. The Eagles face Elbert County and Rod Rucker. The 6-5 senior routinely goes for 20+ points and 20+ rebounds…Dougherty knocked out Liberty County in an exciting 59-58 second round contest. The Trojans will face LaGrange, the undefeated champs of Region 2 and current No.1 team in Class AAA…Finally, North Hall has lost just twice since opening up the season with a loss and Benjie Wood’s team looks ready to move on to the semi-finals. The Trojans whipped Central Carroll in the first round and took care of Franklin in round two. Riverwood benefited from a second-round home game in its 55-52 win over Johnson (Gainesville). Riverwood’s run has been inspired and another victory may just be in the cards for the underdog Raiders.
A new Class AAA girls champ will be crowned after Carrollton is not in the hunt this season. The 2009 runner-up Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe also went down in round two, falling to Carver 54-38. Coach Cedric King’s Lady Panthers has won 16 of its last 18, with the only two losses coming either in OT or by just two points. The Lions of Franklin County may have been the Region 8 runners-up but they are capable of popping off for huge points, as the Lions put 75 on the board in the first round against Grady and 88 earlier this year against Hart County….Spalding needed overtime to knock off the Golden Hawks of Washington County, and will need Shay Williams and Shakeva Richards to step up if the Jaguars want to make the semi-finals. Spalding will face Kendrick in a David v Goliath matchup. Kendrick is 29-0 and the Lady Cherokees’ closest win this season was 7 points. Kendrick clocked Liberty County 66-45 in round one and Peach County in round two…Northside-Columbus staged a furious rally in its win over Westover, coming back to win after scoring just two points in the first quarter and now the Patriots will face LaGrange. The Lady Grangers upset Region 3 runner-up Baldwin in round one 51-41 then edged out Monroe 66-55. Jan Jones’ crew has won twenty games and is looking for lucky number 21 against Westover…Region 5 champion Columbia crushed Hart County 65-27 and followed that up with a convincing 55-37 win over Flowery Branch. Columbia has won 18 straight games and is looking to grab its 25th win against East Hall/Stephens County.
The Class AAA boys basketball playoffs feature multiple teams with a legit shot at the 2010 state crown. Defending champion South Atlanta may no longer have Derrick Favors manning the paint but three juniors have Coach Michael Reddick’s Hornets in a position to repeat. Nick Jacobs (6’8), is a beast underneath with Rashuad Bell (6’6) flanking him at forward and versatile Dominique McKoy (6’7) doing a bit of everything from strong defense to scoring. The Hornets will face Westover, having won 23 games and is led by guards Anthony Ball and Malcolm Sapp and forward Onochie Ochie ….Columbia once again seems poised for a long run in the playoffs, especially with JerShon Cobb sparking the offense from the backcourt. Columbia would likely love nothing more than to get a rematch against South Atlanta in the semi-finals after losing in the title game last year. The Eagles face Elbert County and Rod Rucker. The 6-5 senior routinely goes for 20+ points and 20+ rebounds…Dougherty knocked out Liberty County in an exciting 59-58 second round contest. The Trojans will face LaGrange, the undefeated champs of Region 2 and current No.1 team in Class AAA…Finally, North Hall has lost just twice since opening up the season with a loss and Benjie Wood’s team looks ready to move on to the semi-finals. The Trojans whipped Central Carroll in the first round and took care of Franklin in round two. Riverwood benefited from a second-round home game in its 55-52 win over Johnson (Gainesville). Riverwood’s run has been inspired and another victory may just be in the cards for the underdog Raiders.
A new Class AAA girls champ will be crowned after Carrollton is not in the hunt this season. The 2009 runner-up Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe also went down in round two, falling to Carver 54-38. Coach Cedric King’s Lady Panthers has won 16 of its last 18, with the only two losses coming either in OT or by just two points. The Lions of Franklin County may have been the Region 8 runners-up but they are capable of popping off for huge points, as the Lions put 75 on the board in the first round against Grady and 88 earlier this year against Hart County….Spalding needed overtime to knock off the Golden Hawks of Washington County, and will need Shay Williams and Shakeva Richards to step up if the Jaguars want to make the semi-finals. Spalding will face Kendrick in a David v Goliath matchup. Kendrick is 29-0 and the Lady Cherokees’ closest win this season was 7 points. Kendrick clocked Liberty County 66-45 in round one and Peach County in round two…Northside-Columbus staged a furious rally in its win over Westover, coming back to win after scoring just two points in the first quarter and now the Patriots will face LaGrange. The Lady Grangers upset Region 3 runner-up Baldwin in round one 51-41 then edged out Monroe 66-55. Jan Jones’ crew has won twenty games and is looking for lucky number 21 against Westover…Region 5 champion Columbia crushed Hart County 65-27 and followed that up with a convincing 55-37 win over Flowery Branch. Columbia has won 18 straight games and is looking to grab its 25th win against East Hall/Stephens County.
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The NFL combine was a busy place last weekend and the NFL Network was on the scene for the whole event. NFL fans got a chance to watch future professionals in the largest job interview in the world. Players such as Tim Tebow, CJ Spiller, and Jahvid Best all likely improved their draft stock with impressive 40-yard dash times while Mitch Petrus and Georgia defensive lineman Jeff Owens likely shot up draft boards with their bench press results. Watching the NFL combine workouts has its moments of excitement such as when a tailback busts a sub 4.40 forty-time or when a lineman falls in a three cone drill, but for the most part, the drills are not that exciting. Several high school football coaches told me that they enjoy watching the drills as they have picked up a few things to implement into their summer practices. Otherwise though, I would just keep the channel locked to college basketball and catch the “highlights” on ESPN instead of wasting a Saturday afternoon watching dude in their tighty-whiteys.
The Winter Olympics came to a close last weekend with a fine closing ceremony that more than made up for the opening ceremony which was quite lacking. Before the closing of the Games though, the US Hockey team squared off against the host Canadians in what might have been the most watched Winter Olympic event ever. Several NBC hockey commentators predicted that close to 35M of Canada’s 40M residents were likely watching the game, not to mention the several million folks in America that tuned in to see if the underdog Americans could pull off another “miracle.” Canada clearly failed to “Own the Podium,” like they tried to do (and even created a campaign to try and do so) but the Canadians won more gold medals than any other country, including the medal-leading United States. The game last Sunday was a chance for Canada to claim the manifest destiny of winning the gold medal on home soil, and sure enough the Canadians pulled it off…in overtime. The Americans scored with less than thirty seconds left that had to have sent NBC execs high-fiving into the other room as the largest rated event ever likely just got even bigger ratings. Radio shows across the county including Fox Sports Radio were all over the story, even bumping a college basketball guest back to stay live with the hockey from the two co-hosts. On CBS you could hear the Purdue fans chanting USA, USA after the late equalizer from Zach Parise to force the OT. All of the networks and sports fans alike realized how big this game was, even if it didn’t have the draw of the Cold War ala 1980, it was still perhaps the biggest game the Olympics has seen since that day in Lake Placid. The Canadian team was more or less the 1992 US basketball Dream Team but on skates. The best player in the world Sidney Crosby scored the game winning goal in OT to give the host team the medal and NBC was likely high-fiving again, knowing that Crosby will probably be scheduled on multiple games on the Peacock network for its NHL coverage. Hockey will also see a bit of a bump much like soccer did back in 1994 after the World Cup when the US did relatively well. And in this day and age, hockey needs all of the help it can get.
Finally, Chuck Dowdle was named to the Braves post-game coverage on the Braves radio network. Dowdle participates in the Georgia Bulldog football broadcasts and also hosts the Mark Richt show as well as the Mark Fox show. Dowdle worked with WSB for 24 years before retiring last December. The postgame show will feature Dowdle working with a rotation of Mark Lemke, Tom Glavine and Don Sutton.
The NFL combine was a busy place last weekend and the NFL Network was on the scene for the whole event. NFL fans got a chance to watch future professionals in the largest job interview in the world. Players such as Tim Tebow, CJ Spiller, and Jahvid Best all likely improved their draft stock with impressive 40-yard dash times while Mitch Petrus and Georgia defensive lineman Jeff Owens likely shot up draft boards with their bench press results. Watching the NFL combine workouts has its moments of excitement such as when a tailback busts a sub 4.40 forty-time or when a lineman falls in a three cone drill, but for the most part, the drills are not that exciting. Several high school football coaches told me that they enjoy watching the drills as they have picked up a few things to implement into their summer practices. Otherwise though, I would just keep the channel locked to college basketball and catch the “highlights” on ESPN instead of wasting a Saturday afternoon watching dude in their tighty-whiteys.
The Winter Olympics came to a close last weekend with a fine closing ceremony that more than made up for the opening ceremony which was quite lacking. Before the closing of the Games though, the US Hockey team squared off against the host Canadians in what might have been the most watched Winter Olympic event ever. Several NBC hockey commentators predicted that close to 35M of Canada’s 40M residents were likely watching the game, not to mention the several million folks in America that tuned in to see if the underdog Americans could pull off another “miracle.” Canada clearly failed to “Own the Podium,” like they tried to do (and even created a campaign to try and do so) but the Canadians won more gold medals than any other country, including the medal-leading United States. The game last Sunday was a chance for Canada to claim the manifest destiny of winning the gold medal on home soil, and sure enough the Canadians pulled it off…in overtime. The Americans scored with less than thirty seconds left that had to have sent NBC execs high-fiving into the other room as the largest rated event ever likely just got even bigger ratings. Radio shows across the county including Fox Sports Radio were all over the story, even bumping a college basketball guest back to stay live with the hockey from the two co-hosts. On CBS you could hear the Purdue fans chanting USA, USA after the late equalizer from Zach Parise to force the OT. All of the networks and sports fans alike realized how big this game was, even if it didn’t have the draw of the Cold War ala 1980, it was still perhaps the biggest game the Olympics has seen since that day in Lake Placid. The Canadian team was more or less the 1992 US basketball Dream Team but on skates. The best player in the world Sidney Crosby scored the game winning goal in OT to give the host team the medal and NBC was likely high-fiving again, knowing that Crosby will probably be scheduled on multiple games on the Peacock network for its NHL coverage. Hockey will also see a bit of a bump much like soccer did back in 1994 after the World Cup when the US did relatively well. And in this day and age, hockey needs all of the help it can get.
Finally, Chuck Dowdle was named to the Braves post-game coverage on the Braves radio network. Dowdle participates in the Georgia Bulldog football broadcasts and also hosts the Mark Richt show as well as the Mark Fox show. Dowdle worked with WSB for 24 years before retiring last December. The postgame show will feature Dowdle working with a rotation of Mark Lemke, Tom Glavine and Don Sutton.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Taking basketball stock...
Remember that girl from high school that was uber-hot but uber-religious that was always planning on waiting for marriage and got so tired of turning down everybody's advances that she started dating the still-closeted gay guy that needed a beard and so she started dating him so she could say she was dating someone and they made the decision together to wait and then she still was flirting with everyone, ("playful," she would say) but then you graduated and went to college where you nearly forgot about her, until you went home after your sophomore year to see her in the video/grocery store and she looked just worked over, to the point that you might want to strap a board to your butt so you don't fall in aka like throwing a wrench into a coat closet, and you WANT to say something to her, but then you realize that all of the turned down guys from school won and she lost and most likely she feels the worst about it because she feels like she let God down and suddenly, she isn't as hot anymore?
Remember her? HA!
You know what else is funny? The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Seriously guys. You can't win a road game? Seriously? (I know as a Georgia fan, I shouldn't be talking, but hey, WE didn't start the year ranked, spend most of the year ranked and have the best high school player from last season who is a future top ten lottery pick, AND have another lottery pick on the squad AND have three more freshmen that should be on the All-ACC freshmen team AND a coach that once took you to the Title game. No, Georgia didn't have that, but our new coach IS 1-0 against you guys. Hey, I can take a page out of Paul Johnson's book, right? Oh, wait, that's right. CPJ is 1-1 vs. Georgia. I nearly forgot.)
You pretty much KNEW that your NCAA bid is on the line when you went up the Klimpsen, and you laid an egg. Wuzzup wit dat? If GT loses to VaTech at home and then falls in the first round of the ACC, they won't make the dance and that prolly means Hewitt is GONE. So I guess I am rooting for him to win against VaTech, but lose in the ACC so maybe the boosters feel like "Tech was screwed!" they keep him around and Mark Fox continues to own him. Actually, Tech fans, if you DO go to the NIT then lose Lawal and Favors, just remember the last time you had a big-time one-and-done and could only make it to the NIT: you went to the title game the next season! There is HOPE!
Georgia got crushed last night by Kentucky-awesome-but they did show that perhaps they won't go down without a fight. They rallied back from down 18 to within 8 at one point, but they just ran out of steam. Georgia will get better with another year under Fox and I think that next year, worst-case will be an NIT run but I do think that if Thompkins and Leslie stick around, these Dawgs will be dancing come March 2011. This is the beginning. I am starting to feel like I did under Harrick, only with Mark Fox's son giving away TVs and money. I guess one thing I really like about Fox is that he always has his team ready to play (except for the missing shoes, but that wasn't his fault) and I would be willing to bet the mortgage payment that they'll win at LSU to wrap up the regular season, because his teams have rebounded from losses all year long. Oh, and another thing, he develops players. OH, and he seems like he is actually coaching them instead of glaring at them when they mess up or yelling at them when they come out of the game. Nope, instead he instructs them, tells them what they did wrong and then teaches them the correct way to do it. His players don't seize up when they make a mistake, KNOWING they will immediately come out like they did under Felton. You don't think that gives the players the confidence to know that Coach has their backs? You make a mistake, he'll let you try and correct it or he'll take you out and teach you the right way when on the bench. More butt slaps and high fives than under the previous reign (of terror). He gives the Georgia fans a rainbow after the rainstorm that was Dennis Felton's neverending rebuilding project. See Dennis, this is how easy it is to do well WITH YOUR PLAYERS at Georgia. Just saying...
Maryland looks like it will be a player come Madness time. They had a HUGE lead over Duke, let it slip away and Duke led, but this Terp team wouldn't go slowly into the night. They rallied back and Maryland won on senior night. I wouldn't be surprised if Maryland doesn't spoil Duke's bid for a top seed in the ACC tourney and with the General out there, the Terps could be the last ACC team dancing in the second Saturday/Sunday of the tourney.
Speaking of Duke, hey maybe they DO have a different core of what they've had the last few seasons. Zoubeck and the twins offer some bigmen help to Scheyer on the outside. Maybe Dook makes the sweet sixteen. Could be.....
I still stand by Kentucky as the 2010 champ. John Wall, I watched him last night, will take over a game when necessary and he is SUCK a freak...and I mean that in a good way. He will not let them lose come tourney time. And if he isn't going, Cousins, Patterson, Bledsoe, Ligon, etc can go to work. But why wouldn't Wall be going? Come on. superstud.
Syracuse has done nothing to make me think they aren't the top seed entering the tournament. They might even edge out Kansas for the final game...to lose to Kentucky. But on the plus side, when Coach Cal leaves for Sacramento in 5 years and Kentucky has to vacate the title, that means the Orange will have another title, right? Isn't that how it works?
Boy is Texas sucking these days. Rick Barnes is an AWESOME coach, isn't he? Wait... he is F-ing up a sure thing that was No.1 in the beginning of the season. What are you DOING Rick Barnes? Why is he still employed at Texas? Actually, I don't want them to fire Barnes because they might come after Fox.
Remember her? HA!
You know what else is funny? The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Seriously guys. You can't win a road game? Seriously? (I know as a Georgia fan, I shouldn't be talking, but hey, WE didn't start the year ranked, spend most of the year ranked and have the best high school player from last season who is a future top ten lottery pick, AND have another lottery pick on the squad AND have three more freshmen that should be on the All-ACC freshmen team AND a coach that once took you to the Title game. No, Georgia didn't have that, but our new coach IS 1-0 against you guys. Hey, I can take a page out of Paul Johnson's book, right? Oh, wait, that's right. CPJ is 1-1 vs. Georgia. I nearly forgot.)
You pretty much KNEW that your NCAA bid is on the line when you went up the Klimpsen, and you laid an egg. Wuzzup wit dat? If GT loses to VaTech at home and then falls in the first round of the ACC, they won't make the dance and that prolly means Hewitt is GONE. So I guess I am rooting for him to win against VaTech, but lose in the ACC so maybe the boosters feel like "Tech was screwed!" they keep him around and Mark Fox continues to own him. Actually, Tech fans, if you DO go to the NIT then lose Lawal and Favors, just remember the last time you had a big-time one-and-done and could only make it to the NIT: you went to the title game the next season! There is HOPE!
Georgia got crushed last night by Kentucky-awesome-but they did show that perhaps they won't go down without a fight. They rallied back from down 18 to within 8 at one point, but they just ran out of steam. Georgia will get better with another year under Fox and I think that next year, worst-case will be an NIT run but I do think that if Thompkins and Leslie stick around, these Dawgs will be dancing come March 2011. This is the beginning. I am starting to feel like I did under Harrick, only with Mark Fox's son giving away TVs and money. I guess one thing I really like about Fox is that he always has his team ready to play (except for the missing shoes, but that wasn't his fault) and I would be willing to bet the mortgage payment that they'll win at LSU to wrap up the regular season, because his teams have rebounded from losses all year long. Oh, and another thing, he develops players. OH, and he seems like he is actually coaching them instead of glaring at them when they mess up or yelling at them when they come out of the game. Nope, instead he instructs them, tells them what they did wrong and then teaches them the correct way to do it. His players don't seize up when they make a mistake, KNOWING they will immediately come out like they did under Felton. You don't think that gives the players the confidence to know that Coach has their backs? You make a mistake, he'll let you try and correct it or he'll take you out and teach you the right way when on the bench. More butt slaps and high fives than under the previous reign (of terror). He gives the Georgia fans a rainbow after the rainstorm that was Dennis Felton's neverending rebuilding project. See Dennis, this is how easy it is to do well WITH YOUR PLAYERS at Georgia. Just saying...
Maryland looks like it will be a player come Madness time. They had a HUGE lead over Duke, let it slip away and Duke led, but this Terp team wouldn't go slowly into the night. They rallied back and Maryland won on senior night. I wouldn't be surprised if Maryland doesn't spoil Duke's bid for a top seed in the ACC tourney and with the General out there, the Terps could be the last ACC team dancing in the second Saturday/Sunday of the tourney.
Speaking of Duke, hey maybe they DO have a different core of what they've had the last few seasons. Zoubeck and the twins offer some bigmen help to Scheyer on the outside. Maybe Dook makes the sweet sixteen. Could be.....
I still stand by Kentucky as the 2010 champ. John Wall, I watched him last night, will take over a game when necessary and he is SUCK a freak...and I mean that in a good way. He will not let them lose come tourney time. And if he isn't going, Cousins, Patterson, Bledsoe, Ligon, etc can go to work. But why wouldn't Wall be going? Come on. superstud.
Syracuse has done nothing to make me think they aren't the top seed entering the tournament. They might even edge out Kansas for the final game...to lose to Kentucky. But on the plus side, when Coach Cal leaves for Sacramento in 5 years and Kentucky has to vacate the title, that means the Orange will have another title, right? Isn't that how it works?
Boy is Texas sucking these days. Rick Barnes is an AWESOME coach, isn't he? Wait... he is F-ing up a sure thing that was No.1 in the beginning of the season. What are you DOING Rick Barnes? Why is he still employed at Texas? Actually, I don't want them to fire Barnes because they might come after Fox.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Midweek Entertainment report 3/3/10
Producer gets banned from Oscars, Erin Andrews to dance as a star, Hulu loses Colbert, Casey McCall tries another network, Palin is a barrell of laughs and Let's Get Idol!
Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is the MIDWEEK ENTERTAINMENT REPORT.....(Thanks Seacrest)
CLAPCLAPCLAP, tween girls screaming!
So the Oscars have banned one of the producers from Hurt Locker from this weekend's awards show. Apparently this dude was sending out emails to the voters, telling them to vote for his movie and to put Avatar at No.10 on their ballots. This is a no-no according to the Oscars. Let me get this straight...this guy invested money into this movie, and is now trying to get an award for it, so people will go see it again (let's be honest. see it for the first time!) and he can make money. Hmmmmmm, what a DICK he is being, trying to make money!
Erin Andrews was revealed to be in the cast of Dancing with the Stars. Good for her. Now college fratastics won't have to imagine her in sexy, quasi-revealing outfits, they can just tune in to SEE her in them!
Comedy Central announced that it is pulling the Colbert Report and the Daily Show off of Hulu. Doesn't matter. Hulu is blocked at the office. Plus I can watch the reruns on Charter On-Demand at home.....if I watched those shows. I'm not really a news hound, even a comedic news hound. More of a sports guy, to be honest.
Casey McCall is getting another shot on network TV! His show Parenthood debuted last night and while the Promos made it seem like it was going to be a comedy, especially with the F-me santa Gilmore girl and Dax Shepard, the show was heartbreaking at times. I am assuming that is what REAL parenthood is all about. Plus it has COACH in it, so you KNOW I'm going to watch.
Sarah Palin was on Leno last night and she apparently is now a standup comic. Well, not really, but her writing staff certainly gave her a sackful of one-liners that she pulled off. Outdid Leno to be honest, but that isn't hard. Careful Sarah, if you do better than him, he'll steal your timeslot!
Finally, I missed Idol last night (I was watching West Wing DVDs. Santos v Russell v Hoynes v Al Bundy at the DNC! Fun stuff!), but I heard that the mullet kid, while not good, has the support of VOTE FOR THE WORST, so he'll stick around. For some reason the boys sang last night instead of tonight, whatever. I watched last week. Everybody stinks. Likely no memorable moments from this season. Cool! Another Jordin Sparks year!
Thanks everybody and be sure to log on to gpb.org/basketball starting at 5:45 for 2nd round BBall action!
Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is the MIDWEEK ENTERTAINMENT REPORT.....(Thanks Seacrest)
CLAPCLAPCLAP, tween girls screaming!
So the Oscars have banned one of the producers from Hurt Locker from this weekend's awards show. Apparently this dude was sending out emails to the voters, telling them to vote for his movie and to put Avatar at No.10 on their ballots. This is a no-no according to the Oscars. Let me get this straight...this guy invested money into this movie, and is now trying to get an award for it, so people will go see it again (let's be honest. see it for the first time!) and he can make money. Hmmmmmm, what a DICK he is being, trying to make money!
Erin Andrews was revealed to be in the cast of Dancing with the Stars. Good for her. Now college fratastics won't have to imagine her in sexy, quasi-revealing outfits, they can just tune in to SEE her in them!
Comedy Central announced that it is pulling the Colbert Report and the Daily Show off of Hulu. Doesn't matter. Hulu is blocked at the office. Plus I can watch the reruns on Charter On-Demand at home.....if I watched those shows. I'm not really a news hound, even a comedic news hound. More of a sports guy, to be honest.
Casey McCall is getting another shot on network TV! His show Parenthood debuted last night and while the Promos made it seem like it was going to be a comedy, especially with the F-me santa Gilmore girl and Dax Shepard, the show was heartbreaking at times. I am assuming that is what REAL parenthood is all about. Plus it has COACH in it, so you KNOW I'm going to watch.
Sarah Palin was on Leno last night and she apparently is now a standup comic. Well, not really, but her writing staff certainly gave her a sackful of one-liners that she pulled off. Outdid Leno to be honest, but that isn't hard. Careful Sarah, if you do better than him, he'll steal your timeslot!
Finally, I missed Idol last night (I was watching West Wing DVDs. Santos v Russell v Hoynes v Al Bundy at the DNC! Fun stuff!), but I heard that the mullet kid, while not good, has the support of VOTE FOR THE WORST, so he'll stick around. For some reason the boys sang last night instead of tonight, whatever. I watched last week. Everybody stinks. Likely no memorable moments from this season. Cool! Another Jordin Sparks year!
Thanks everybody and be sure to log on to gpb.org/basketball starting at 5:45 for 2nd round BBall action!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
that's two out of three!
Did anyone else see that Danica Patrick crashed yet again? If she keeps crashing, the ratings will eventually go back down for the minor league NASCAR races, right? If people really want to see women wreck, couldn’t they just look to the side of I-85 to see soccer moms gabbing on their cell phones while the HERO until works on their cars? Honestly though, Patrick has finished one of three races thus far on the Nationwide Series, that being 31st out of 43 cars, with her other two races against some of NASCAR’s elite ending with crashes. Can we say the experiment failed yet?
HELLO? NASCAR?
Unless she starts driving around naked, I really don't care that much anymore. And I think she's been replaced by Lindsey Vonn as the sorta hot female athlete that gets considered hot because, well, she's an athlete and her competition is a female jockey
HELLO? NASCAR?
Unless she starts driving around naked, I really don't care that much anymore. And I think she's been replaced by Lindsey Vonn as the sorta hot female athlete that gets considered hot because, well, she's an athlete and her competition is a female jockey
Monday, March 1, 2010
Oh, Life was TOUGH, Jimmy?
Hey Smush-face, you might want to really think before you give your next interview. Really. Think really hard.
Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen, who left the Irish early to enter the NFL draft, yet didn't throw yesterday at the NFL combine because he is "injured" decided to instead give The Sporting News an interview. Hopefully he didn't use stock answers that he gives NFL team execs or hopefully those interested in drafting Clausen don't read the following comment he made to TSN Daily:
"It's a tough situation being in a fishbowl at Notre Dame." Umm, wow. It stinks that Notre Dame was the only school to offer you.
Wait.......
It also stinks that Notre Dame required you to show up to school in a stretch white limo.
Wait.......
It also stinks that life dealt you the cruel hand of having Notre Dame's schedule year in and year out, yet you could never get to a bowl bigger than the Hawaii bowl.
Wait.....
Clausen, you had the world by the balls coming out of high school. you could have gone to USC where they churn out NFL QBs and where you'd have just been one star among many stars, but you chose to go to Notre Dame, where your star would shine the brightest. You wanted your own network and you wanted to go play for the Fupa. You wanted all of the attention that the Notre Dame QB has. YOU CHOSE the fishbowl.
Dude, you are like the Real World roommates that always seemed surprised at how the show plays out. WHAT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU WENT IN A HOUSE WITH CAMERAS EVERYWHERE? Emu, what did you THINK would happen when you agreed to be Notre Dame's QB and guaranteed four titles and four heismans? You were walking into a situation where people WANTED you to fail and relished any struggles you went through. You CHOSE to go to a place where in Charlie Weis's first two years, he never won a big game. YOU DECIDED THAT WOULD BE SMART.
Smush-face, please don't talk about how tough it is to live in the Notre Dame fishbowl. You could have gone to ANY school in the country. You chose this. Live with it.
Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen, who left the Irish early to enter the NFL draft, yet didn't throw yesterday at the NFL combine because he is "injured" decided to instead give The Sporting News an interview. Hopefully he didn't use stock answers that he gives NFL team execs or hopefully those interested in drafting Clausen don't read the following comment he made to TSN Daily:
"It's a tough situation being in a fishbowl at Notre Dame." Umm, wow. It stinks that Notre Dame was the only school to offer you.
Wait.......
It also stinks that Notre Dame required you to show up to school in a stretch white limo.
Wait.......
It also stinks that life dealt you the cruel hand of having Notre Dame's schedule year in and year out, yet you could never get to a bowl bigger than the Hawaii bowl.
Wait.....
Clausen, you had the world by the balls coming out of high school. you could have gone to USC where they churn out NFL QBs and where you'd have just been one star among many stars, but you chose to go to Notre Dame, where your star would shine the brightest. You wanted your own network and you wanted to go play for the Fupa. You wanted all of the attention that the Notre Dame QB has. YOU CHOSE the fishbowl.
Dude, you are like the Real World roommates that always seemed surprised at how the show plays out. WHAT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU WENT IN A HOUSE WITH CAMERAS EVERYWHERE? Emu, what did you THINK would happen when you agreed to be Notre Dame's QB and guaranteed four titles and four heismans? You were walking into a situation where people WANTED you to fail and relished any struggles you went through. You CHOSE to go to a place where in Charlie Weis's first two years, he never won a big game. YOU DECIDED THAT WOULD BE SMART.
Smush-face, please don't talk about how tough it is to live in the Notre Dame fishbowl. You could have gone to ANY school in the country. You chose this. Live with it.
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