Personally, I love the fact that Stephen A wrote a column about how the NBA's "dream season" has basically been ruined/tainted by this. Seeing someone put it into words just makes it more real and more satisfying. The NBA got exactly what they desired, but wouldn't admit, then they got taken out back behind the woodshed and got blindsided & pummeled. Yeah man, the truth can hurt like a bitch. (Just ask your girlfriends.) It's much better to just manipulate a series or two and be able to get those dream matchups instead. The NBA is dead to me. Sadly, most pro sports are becoming this way.
In general, I used to care but I don't think I can anymore. At least not in the same way I did when I was kid, that's fo' sho'. Oh sure, I still watch and still love rooting for my favorite teams.. but my love and devotion to sports has waned in my later years. (Yes, I'm so world weary at the ripe old age of 28). Basically, I can understand why non-sports fans think sports are such a joke. Why would anyone care about this stuff anyway? I started packing up some of my shit and throwing other things out, cause I'm moving to Nashville in a couple weeks, and inevitably I ran across some sports related memorabilia. To be honest, alot of that shit was not hard to chuck. I was no longer sentimental. Even though the stuff was cool and I still liked the items, I look at them and see lies. I see false hope. I see something that I once thought was pure and I see it dirty and with spots like the detergent couldn't warsh it. Yes, this may be slightly overdramatic, get over it. Those are the feelings that come to mind when I think of sports now. I finally admit that I see it for what it truly is and has always been.. a business. Not that this is breaking news or anything, but it's the moment where you have to finally explain to the kid in you that all the stuff you once believed in is fake. Like the Easter Bunny or Jesus or Mohammed. Some might say part of this could be due to "growing up". Some could attribute this to the disgusting display of cheating in EVERY FREAKIN SPORT and therefore, being jaded is a natural reaction. So far we haven't found cheating in hockey, so I'm still holding out hope. More false hope, cause judging from some calls in the Cup Finals I wouldn't be surprised. Really dough, you are either super badass or super juiced when you can take a slapshot to the face and come back 5 minutes later (See: Playoff hockey).
I think I have a love/hate relationship with everything. In this instance, I love the sports but hate the business/ownership. I think this applies to most things in my life. It's a strange way to process thoughts. I am a little off, but in a good way.
The fact that so many sports have cheating and fixing was pretty much inevitable. With that much money floating around, someone who isn't getting in on the action will eventually find a way to get themselves in on it. Doesn't matter who it is, what sport it is or what the steps are to get there (roids) people will go to those lengths to get what they want. Some get caught, most won't.
I feel like Mitch Albom. God I hate Mitch Albom. But he is even more dramatic than this. He is like this times 30. I could amp it up, but I will choose to take it down a notch. Sports and cheating.. whoopdeedoo! Like I said, not like this is surprising, it's just sad. I like to think of these things from a historical perspective. How are the current moments going to reflect in history? I think you acquire a better insight to the role of certain circumstances and then they don't seem so bad once you view them in the big picture. You can frame them and they basically seem necessary. Whether it be cheating in sports, CEOs stealing massive amounts of money or a black/female El Presidente, things need to happen. Eventually. So while Tim Donaghy is the scape goat, somebody had to do it. Somebody had to take down the machine. We just didn't want to admit it and then be forced to watch it.
So to you I say goodbye, purity. Thanks for the moments that we shared.
-Just for good measure.. PooHoles got hurt. Lick scroat, Weazy.. wherever you are.
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i like how david stern ignores all of this with the standard "he's a convicted felon"
cheating sucks
baseball used to pure
then danny almonte came along and fucked everything up
little spic bastard
yeah, this explains why the nuggets never make it out of the first round, it was rigged.
i hope to meet Carrie's underwear like STAT.
good luck on the nashville thing but i dont think they have decent pizza there
"then danny almonte came along and fucked everything up'
yeah, he was a major 'roid dealer
you can hang with MVN, he lives in the 'ville
nashville = look up Martin Van Nostrand
that was weird
MVN could hook up a sweet Temeducation
RIP MVN
never trust the spic'kles. you always have to walk around and make sure they finished the hedging & trimming.
MVN also plays the guitar musak, so a hookup might be in order.
Pats cheating
NBA playoffs are rigged
*Roids in baseball
sad
*Roids everywhere actually....
all troofs
i've always wanted to go to nashville.
i doubt iam would say the same.
why the fuck are you moving there?
sports are important and so are rivalries, see
gasol and odom are straight up dominating, layin nuts
s
the best LA could do was david cook? for the first game at home?
i am hoping to get into songwriting/recording studio work.
been there twice recently, nashville is beautiful. plus the nightlife seems cool
chris sheridan refers to ray allen as a superstar in his latest shit. he has lost his last 1% of credibility
nashville is the music city so you should find work easily
"i am hoping to get into songwriting/recording studio work.
been there twice recently, nashville is beautiful. plus the nightlife seems cool"
Who are you??!??!??
nashville
or as Juve once said "Cashville"
wody (sp)
only 2.3% asian so that's a plus
(no offense spiff, i'm sure your a cool non filthy chain-smoking immigrant who doesnt live 12 to an apartment, carry shit in red bags and blow snot rockets whilst walking down the street)
"For every 100 females there were 93.8 males."
that's 6.2 for you big man
get some
yeah, Nashville > Detroit probably
also you can take advantage of fun fares
later homies, meeting time.
Fuckin' bored
2002, Game 6
Kings/Lakers
that stings
if your a King fan
"2002, Game 6
Kings/Lakers
that stings"
that was one of the most bullshit games ever from an officiating standpoint. it's the one that a lot of conspiracy theorists point to. That's too easy Donaghy
haha, fucking kings fans , poor bastards, not that i GAF
EP, wft was spike doing at the game last night. he wasnt there just to be there, he was up and clapping and shit, getting hyped
even spike lee has abandoned the Knicks
maybe Clint Eastwood sent Spike his tickets
i wonder if anyone at the game told spike to shut his face
fried chicken sounds good right now
with some red rooster
i am in a 'win game 4 tickets' sweepstakes, i wonder how thatll turn out
the machine left some DNA on the celtics' face
i hope garnett keeps shooting jumpers and doesnt do that thing where he goes right around gasol and dunks, unless he wants to miss the dunk like last night
whats that marv albert saying where someone dunks and then marv says 'with _______ !"
something along the lines of 'with authority!" but i think he uses a different word
carrying this bitch to newer
not
pierce is a fucking pussy
authority
Spike is a basketball fan.
It's not hard to go to a finals game and get involved in the game.
oh, it was authority, alrighty then
marv is the best
but what does he do, root for the home team? or hope both teams score every time?
Old balls is in here complaining about a mailbox key he asked for and received on time. On top of that he sonds like he's trying to snake out of a $450 bill.
Fucking old people.
as a knicks fan, my guess is spike hates the celtics
"On top of that he sonds like he's trying to snake out of a $450 bill. "
send him to collections...H will set him straight
I dont know, my two guesses are:
1) he roots for Kobe because he's the best player in the game
or
2) he supports the Eastern conference and roots for the C's
I can't question his Knick love. Dude bleeds blue and orange. And when MJ played he was always at the Finals.
He was at the finals as Mars Blackmon though, to support MJ.
kobe admitted last night, that he does not have Laker flags on his car.
the cholos from riverside are pissed.
riverside is dump
the best LA could do was david cook? for the first game at home?
I made a comment about this last night. Who is that guy? I turned it on right at the end of the anthem and I thought he was a homeless guy.
NS
he's the guy who won american idol this year
someone needs to write a how to book for "how to pick up waitresses."
and not TJW. someone else needs to write the book.
excellent post FH, I ♥ Wednesday posts.
"i am hoping to get into songwriting/recording studio work.
been there twice recently, nashville is beautiful. plus the nightlife seems cool"
ns??? minor wft there.
H should move to Nashville
if anyone was to move to nashville i figured it would be me.
for now i am just assuming the nashville stuff is 100% joke.
i am putting it in the NFW category.
hopefully there is some absolute garbage singing the anthem for game 4 and game 5. if i was anyone notable at all, i would back out if i had to go after david cook
"riverside is dump"
bayside > riverside
eltardo's theme of today's article(if he posts one) will probably be:
the celtics played like absolute shit, pierce and garnet had spectacularly awful games, rondo was hurt and the celtics STILL could have won. he'll also mention something about no one expecting it to be a sweep anyways. hemight mention how ray allen has his shot back so the lakers in trouble. small chance he moentions that SH does anal.
flea sings game 4.
he never talks about SH now that they are getting a divorce.
"he never talks about SH now that they are getting a divorce."
hilarious
he never mentions SH because she ♥s kobe
"he never mentions SH because she ♥s kobe's dick in her ass"
*fixed
i figured that was assumed
I'm giving Billy Hall a spin today. Can't play Atkins against Lincecum
spiff dead on
"spiff dead on"
we don't just call him spiffg for grins
yeah, needless to say that is exactly what his article is going to say later.
it is nice of him to give us a heads up.
of course he will forget to mention that Gasol and Odom played like pussies last night, candace parker would have been a better option.
"yeah, needless to say that is exactly what his article is going to say later."
bullshit, you said it will have no mention of SH, whilst EP says it will
spiffg is going to mention SH now, just to spite Tem
gasol cant help it, its his spanish DNA, he looks like he's trying though with those put backs and such, he just needs to decide that he's gonna go one direction and then just move, stop faking, jab stepping, triple threat positioning, flailing.
odom can help it, he's from NY gotdamnit, we all know what that means. i would blame it on his dead baby but he was like this the whole time
eltardo will also continue to mention that he is absolutely terrified of kobe and yesterday's game is why. dont know why he keeps pressing this point every article, does he think he's giving respekt and kobe will read it and go easy on the celtics?
dont blame ny
he was ruined whilst playing for the clippers
rick reilly is trying to tell me not to root for Tiger.
fuck you rick reilly, i'm rooting for tiger now.
"he was ruined whilst playing for the clippers"
jim harrick
rhode island
death of odom
maybe because he started eating shitty pizza once he left NY
"he is absolutely terrified of kobe"
because SH enjoys the kobe plowing
golf picks
jim harrick also ruined the brothers o'bannon. maybe he ruins leftys
phil jackson needs to splice pulp fiction into the next game tape video session and include the quote "let's not start sucking each other's dicks just yet, gentleman" and then look directly at sasha
"spiffg is going to mention SH now, just to spite Tem"
i hope he does and i hope it happens for no apparent reason.
Tiger's finna miss the cut this week.
the aftermath of the kobe/sasha pic that has been up on espn all day is definitely kobe telling sasha to never touch him again.
I think that's D.Fish isn't it
rick reilly is a dipshit.
always has been.
i am rooting for sergio.
thats fisher not kobe
"I think that's D.Fish isn't it"
maybe, i can't tell them black folk apart.
"i am rooting for sergio."
you know you don't speak spanish
"Tiger's finna miss the cut this week"
not at Torrey Pines
Poo Holes calf injury is a scam...he watched paul pierce and so he decided to pull the same stunt
"maybe, i can't tell them black folk apart."
if blitler can, you should be able to
Torrey Pines is a stripper name.
"if blitler can, you should be able to"
well he has first hand kobe experience. kobe visits his town on occasion.
0% chance kobe has ever been in west virginia. or columbus.
poo holes to the DL with a herpes calf
if poo holes whole career is derailed by this injury i will laugh in weazy's general direction.
spiff's on his "A" game today
"maybe because he started eating shitty pizza once he left NY"
highly likely
"Tiger's finna miss the cut this week."
He's not in my GOLF PICKS!
We have a hedge fund named Torrey Pines.
On this day in 1978...
Rookie golfer Nancy Lopez won the LPGA Championship with a 13-under-par 275, six shots better than her closest competitor. She burst onto the golf scene this year and won nine tournaments, including a record five in a row.
but for real sasha is a queer
ep knows queers
I learnt way more about flowers last night than any guy should ever know
I wish I wouldn't have posted that right after my previous comment
"not at Torrey Pines"
Bum knee.
keith why did you have to go to the flower thing?
you don't get to choose.
Tiger Woods has a bad knee? where did you hear this?
She asked me to go. And I'm an idiot.
Tiger still makes the cut...finishes top 10
No way top 10
"Tiger still makes the cut...finishes top 10"
I just have a bad feeling this week
"She asked me to go."
you asked her to go camping.
"And I'm an idiot."
ah, there's the reason.
deke- i added my nugget to the NWA post
who do you want me to write about before Bomani takes the mic?
you guys are forgetting he's Tiger freakin' Woods
ugh, flowers
fuckign awful
"you guys are forgetting he's Tiger freakin' Woods"
How'd he do last time he took off 2 months before the Open? And he was healthy then.
"who do you want me to write about before Bomani takes the mic?"
NWA. He's doing NWA also.
We don't have to pay him, do we?
he won
"he won"
Does "won" mean the same things as "missed cut"?
"We don't have to pay him, do we?"
Nope. I told him it doesn't need to be top quality as one of our credos is to keep it D-.
this will be his Willis Reed/Paul Pierce/Kirk Gibson moment.
tiger limps up 18 on sunday, crowd cheering wildly, he stands over a 17 foot putt knowing that if he sinks it, he's the US Open champion...you know the rest of this story, putt goes in, fist pump, crowd goes wild, sportscenter features it for the next 13 years
and rick reilly wants me to root against that, stupid fucker
king felix is dealing again today...looks like he finally got out of his shitfunk
now if only his team didn't suck
Reilly > SG
But only because SG only talks about Boston
"Reilly > SG"
that bar's not too high
We don't have to pay him, do we?
Deke is giving him a blumpkin in lieu of monetary payment.
No dice, Blue. He'll win the British & the PGA, though.
deke is a non-believer
deke you must of missed what i said
I said "i added my nugget to the NWA post "
then said
now, who do you want me to write about before Bomani takes the mic.
non-believers you can check yo self - I run shaheed and the brothers abstract.
Don't get me wrong, I always root for Tiger. I just think he's in for a bad week. I don't even think he played an 18 hole round of golf until this week.
did you believe in kirk gibson?
did you believe in Willis Reed?
did you believe in Paul Pierce?
that's why they're champions, they overcome all the non-believers
*paul pierce is included as humor
"now, who do you want me to write about before Bomani takes the mic."
Bo takes the mic next.
deke is forgetting Rudy T.
Where was EP this weekend?
that's right, what Rudy T, said
"Where was EP this weekend?"
more like, "where was H this weekend"
ok, bomani is up
that's his town
after that i will introduce tem to a little group called A Tribe Called Quest
_______ this retard.
tem has heard of NWA and A Tribe Called Quest.
tem could not name a single song either of these groups did.
when do i get a 2 live Crew lesson? i liked 2 live Crew.
isiah thomas said...
non-believers you can check yo self - I run shaheed and the brothers abstract.
June 11, 2008 2:20 PM
El Padrino said...
after that i will introduce tem to a little group called A Tribe Called Quest
June 11, 2008 2:27 PM
Why do you need a lesson for 2LC if you liked them?
for the same reason you take easy courses in college.
sometimes you just want to coast through a course and get some credit.
also it will make me feel a bit less we todd did.
"deke is forgetting Rudy T."
huh?
also, chances are very good that my WV experience with 2LC differs greatly from someone not from WV's experience.
i might find out that all of my prior notions about 2LC were wrong.
come on deke, pull your head out of your ass.
"after that i will introduce tem to a little group called A Tribe Called Quest"
Can't wait for some Tribe.
"for the same reason you take easy courses in college."
Who does this?
(S)
"someone needs to write a how to book for "how to pick up waitresses." and not TJW. someone else needs to write the book."
I could write that book Tem, but from the waitress' viewpoint.
I still don't get the Rudy T comment
Rudy T:
"never underestimate the _____ of a ____ion"
I'll let deke fill in the rest
i caught your ref zeke
actually you reminded me to do Quest before WU-TANG
Quest, WU, BIG, Mobb Deep is my wheelhouse
I could write that book Tem, but from the waitress' viewpoint.
Would that be a book or just a listing of prices?
20$ tip gets you a ZJ
25$ tip gets you a HJ
etc
i will not do a 2 live crew post
"Figgins is on track to rejoin the Angels for their weekend series against the Atlanta Braves."
color me cautious
2LiveCrew was not very influential other than they fought the explicit lyrics fight
love me some Tribe.
I act like their last album never happened.
we gotta go back a bit tho zeke
i mean we cant sit here with a straight face and talk about rap without posting about Eric B and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, krs one, ETC.
AND A LITTLE GANGSTARR WOULDN'T HURT NOBODY
include Nas on my wheelhouse list
i misremember alot
east coast was weak
"I act like their last album never happened."
ditto.
"east coast was weak"
i dont want to do this today
just not up to it
furcal out at least 2 more weeks
it's just my preference, but most of the east coast rap gave me a collective yawn...probably because I didn't live on the east coast though, so they weren't as popular
"I could write that book Tem, but from the waitress' viewpoint."
fire it up beth. i need some tips.
haha tips, it is waitress humor. haha.
we gotta go back a bit tho zeke
i mean we cant sit here with a straight face and talk about rap without posting about Eric B and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, krs one, ETC.
AND A LITTLE GANGSTARR WOULDN'T HURT NOBODY
see my comments on LOM, i-2-i with you.
mobb sleep
the beej got tossed out of the game after he gave up the go ahead run...way to go beej
so did the blue jays manager
new el tardo is up
JJ Putz pitched to one guy and then got lifted? Back to the DL
"I act like their last album never happened."
I rather enjoy The Love Movement.
yea zeke saw those comments
understood.
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