It may be a pinch too early for this... but the Indians magic number is 25. For those interested, the magic number is calculated as follows:
let G=the total number of games in a season,
let CW=the total number of Cleveland wins,
let DL= the total number of Detroit losses
Magic # = G + 1 - CW - DL
Magic # = 162 +1 -76 - 62
Magic # = 25
Ergo, the magic number represents the total number of games that the Indians must win or that Detroit must lose in order for the Indians to clinch the Division Championship.
(The Tribe is on a 6 game win streak, tying their current season high for the 3rd time this year. They start a 3 game series against the struggling Chicago White Sox tonight!)
Friday, August 31, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
In light of Sarah's email:
"the Mariners need to play at least .500 on the upcoming 10-game road trip to Cleveland, Toronto, New York and Detroit. On the one hand, that's a tough set of teams. On the other hand, at least they don't have Miss South Carolina mapping the route."
-Jim Caple, senior writer for ESPN.com
-Jim Caple, senior writer for ESPN.com
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Michael Vick
http://www.vickdogchewtoy.com/
Well folks we're a little late on the posts, and for that I take full responsibility and offer a sincere apology. This post won't quite fill that void as I only have a few minutes before an engaging cardiology lecture (Did you know the adult human heart weighs 300 grams?). Yes so far this year has proven to be just as exciting as the last.
But I thought given the 7 minutes I have to waste checking out who has most recently changed their profile picture on the facebook I'd post this nice little link of the Michael Vick chew toy. Now any dog can seek revenge by sinking its teeth into this little fella. I've sent one to all the dogs I know, its time you all jumped on to the trend too. It will hit LA in about a month I predict.
So he apologized in this quote: ""First, I want to apologize, you know, for all the things that -- that I've done and that I have allowed to happen. I want to personally apologize to commissioner [Roger] Goodell, [owner] Arthur Blank, coach Bobby Petrino, my Atlanta Falcons teammates, you know, for our -- for our previous discussions that we had. And I was not honest and forthright in our discussions, and, you know, I was ashamed and totally disappointed in myself to say the least," Vick said.
If you care, see it here on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzytivQsPGI
Reading this quote and watching it on youtube really makes me want to get rid of the habbit of saying "y'know", you know? Because, you know, it can be really weird reading you know over and over again in a quote. So I recommend to all future public speakers, or anyone who may have to make public apologies for things caught on film by paparrazi in LA, to drop the term "you know" from their every day speech.
That was a tangent.
Well folks we're a little late on the posts, and for that I take full responsibility and offer a sincere apology. This post won't quite fill that void as I only have a few minutes before an engaging cardiology lecture (Did you know the adult human heart weighs 300 grams?). Yes so far this year has proven to be just as exciting as the last.
But I thought given the 7 minutes I have to waste checking out who has most recently changed their profile picture on the facebook I'd post this nice little link of the Michael Vick chew toy. Now any dog can seek revenge by sinking its teeth into this little fella. I've sent one to all the dogs I know, its time you all jumped on to the trend too. It will hit LA in about a month I predict.
So he apologized in this quote: ""First, I want to apologize, you know, for all the things that -- that I've done and that I have allowed to happen. I want to personally apologize to commissioner [Roger] Goodell, [owner] Arthur Blank, coach Bobby Petrino, my Atlanta Falcons teammates, you know, for our -- for our previous discussions that we had. And I was not honest and forthright in our discussions, and, you know, I was ashamed and totally disappointed in myself to say the least," Vick said.
If you care, see it here on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzytivQsPGI
Reading this quote and watching it on youtube really makes me want to get rid of the habbit of saying "y'know", you know? Because, you know, it can be really weird reading you know over and over again in a quote. So I recommend to all future public speakers, or anyone who may have to make public apologies for things caught on film by paparrazi in LA, to drop the term "you know" from their every day speech.
That was a tangent.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
NBA referee scnadal
Bottom line:
An NBA referee (Tim Donaghy) is being acussed of betting on NBA games -- possibly games that he personally refereed. In addition, it is speculated that he helped "shave points" for these games. As of right now, Donaghy has resigned; however, nothing has been proven with regard to him betting on games. He also has a history of irratic behavior. His mailman claimed that Donaghy tried to run him off the road, and a dispute with his neighbor was filed in 2005. These allegations; however, did not result in any action by the NBA because it did not seem to effect his ability to referee on the court.
David Stern is quoted as saying that he would trade this scandal for the baseball steroids scandal any day of the week.
The FBI is currently investigating.
An NBA referee (Tim Donaghy) is being acussed of betting on NBA games -- possibly games that he personally refereed. In addition, it is speculated that he helped "shave points" for these games. As of right now, Donaghy has resigned; however, nothing has been proven with regard to him betting on games. He also has a history of irratic behavior. His mailman claimed that Donaghy tried to run him off the road, and a dispute with his neighbor was filed in 2005. These allegations; however, did not result in any action by the NBA because it did not seem to effect his ability to referee on the court.
David Stern is quoted as saying that he would trade this scandal for the baseball steroids scandal any day of the week.
The FBI is currently investigating.
Monday, July 16, 2007
David Beckham will play his first game with the Los Angeles Galaxy next weekend against the English Premier League club Chelsea.
... is the arrival of a one Victoria Beckham ("Posh Spice") to the United States, that will be documented in a one hour special airing tonight at 8pm EST on NBC entitled "Victoria Beckham: Coming to America."
For your viewing pleasure, a clip of the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkuvDhJTvk8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzsugar%2Ecom%2F401319
The most recognizable athlete in the world (according to the LA Galaxy website), Beckham has agreed to a five-year deal to play for the Galaxy. The deal to bring Beckham to America is thought to be the biggest in sporting history: The Galaxy will pay him at least $32.5 million, and up to $250 million over five years in a profit-sharing arrangement.
Beckham is celebrated around the world for his match winning skills as a player in addition to his overall contributions to clubs Real Madrid, Manchester United and England.
But clearly to me, the most exciting element of this transformative moment in U.S. soccer history (earmuffs, Pele)....... is the arrival of a one Victoria Beckham ("Posh Spice") to the United States, that will be documented in a one hour special airing tonight at 8pm EST on NBC entitled "Victoria Beckham: Coming to America."
For your viewing pleasure, a clip of the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkuvDhJTvk8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzsugar%2Ecom%2F401319
And if that does not get you all excited for their enterence into America, here is a funny clip of the Beckhams on Da Ali G Show:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2350106433624254395
enjoy.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Chris Benoit
So as we have all heard Christopher Michael Benoit...AKA, The Pegasus Kid, Wild Pegasus, The Rabid Wolverine, The Crippler, The Canadian Crippler and The Shooter, was found dead on June 25th along with his wife Nancy and their 7 year old mentally retarded son Daniel. The Crippler smothered them both in their sleep then hung him self by the cord of his weight machine (probably getting a few last reps in( bad joke)) . The Wild Pegasus text messaged a few of his WWE friends before hanging himself telling them,
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayeteville Georgia. 30215"
"The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open."
Steroids were found at his home which have been, on and off, taking a lot of the blame for this event as a "roid rage" episode. Although WWE officials say The Rabid Wolverine cleared his annual drug test on April 19th.
Recently found, The Pegasus Kid's wikipedia was updated 14 hours before the body were ever found saying that the reason Benoit had missed his last fight was because his wife was dead. Authorities investigated and found that it was just speculation from the author.
The Canadian Crippler left a very detailed note to the authorities describing his feelings, thoughts and motive behind this awful event saying, "it's all because of Paris Hilton."
PS.
Finishing and signature moves as Chris Benoit
Crippler Crossface
Sharpshooter
Diving headbutt
Dragon suplex
Rolling German suplexes
Three Amigos (as a tribute to Eddie Guerrero)
Bridged / Release German suplex
Snap suplex
Northern lights suplex
Gutwrench suplex
High lift belly to back suplex
Front suplex with opponent's torso landing on the top rope
Backhand chop
Backbreaker
Super Powerbomb
Enzuigiri
Back elbow
Lariat
Headbutt
Suicide dive (ouch)
Baseball slide dropkick
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayeteville Georgia. 30215"
"The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open."
Steroids were found at his home which have been, on and off, taking a lot of the blame for this event as a "roid rage" episode. Although WWE officials say The Rabid Wolverine cleared his annual drug test on April 19th.
Recently found, The Pegasus Kid's wikipedia was updated 14 hours before the body were ever found saying that the reason Benoit had missed his last fight was because his wife was dead. Authorities investigated and found that it was just speculation from the author.
The Canadian Crippler left a very detailed note to the authorities describing his feelings, thoughts and motive behind this awful event saying, "it's all because of Paris Hilton."
PS.
Finishing and signature moves as Chris Benoit
Crippler Crossface
Sharpshooter
Diving headbutt
Dragon suplex
Rolling German suplexes
Three Amigos (as a tribute to Eddie Guerrero)
Bridged / Release German suplex
Snap suplex
Northern lights suplex
Gutwrench suplex
High lift belly to back suplex
Front suplex with opponent's torso landing on the top rope
Backhand chop
Backbreaker
Super Powerbomb
Enzuigiri
Back elbow
Lariat
Headbutt
Suicide dive (ouch)
Baseball slide dropkick
NBA
The NBA is currently experiencing it's most exciting offseason......ever. I'll give the cliffs notes:
-The NBA draft occured last night -- nothing real exciting happened. To be expected, Oden went to the Portland Trailblazers and Durant went to the Super Sonics.
-Greg Oden(big ugly guy from ohio state) and Kevin Durant(skinny amazing player from texas) are two of the most talented players to come out of an NBA draft since Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon both entered the league in 1984. (more realistically, it's similar to LeBron and Carmelo in 2003.... but it's more fun to pull out references from a while ago).
-Kobe Bryant still wants to be traded... and it looks like this will happen.
-Kevin Garnett(Minnesota Timberwolves) will also be traded. In this deal, Amare Stoudemire (1st team all-nba selection last year) could also be traded.
-Ray Allen WAS traded to the Boston Celtics (you may know him as jesus shuttlesworth from "he got game"). This trade also moved Wally Szczerbiak (and a few others) along with the #5 pick in the draft to the Seatle Supersonics. Wally went to Miami (OH).
-Within a year, 10 amazing NBA players will have expiring contracts which could lead to a lot more shifting of big name players.
-Cleveland remains secluded from any of the aforementioned trade talk.
-The NBA draft occured last night -- nothing real exciting happened. To be expected, Oden went to the Portland Trailblazers and Durant went to the Super Sonics.
-Greg Oden(big ugly guy from ohio state) and Kevin Durant(skinny amazing player from texas) are two of the most talented players to come out of an NBA draft since Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon both entered the league in 1984. (more realistically, it's similar to LeBron and Carmelo in 2003.... but it's more fun to pull out references from a while ago).
-Kobe Bryant still wants to be traded... and it looks like this will happen.
-Kevin Garnett(Minnesota Timberwolves) will also be traded. In this deal, Amare Stoudemire (1st team all-nba selection last year) could also be traded.
-Ray Allen WAS traded to the Boston Celtics (you may know him as jesus shuttlesworth from "he got game"). This trade also moved Wally Szczerbiak (and a few others) along with the #5 pick in the draft to the Seatle Supersonics. Wally went to Miami (OH).
-Within a year, 10 amazing NBA players will have expiring contracts which could lead to a lot more shifting of big name players.
-Cleveland remains secluded from any of the aforementioned trade talk.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Do yourself a favor
Read this article by Bill Simmons:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/070625&campaign=rsssrch&source=bill_simmons
I couldn't stop laughing.... definitely worth the time.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/070625&campaign=rsssrch&source=bill_simmons
I couldn't stop laughing.... definitely worth the time.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Good week for Argentina
The 2007 U.S. Open (that's a golf tournament) concluded on Sunday with a severe underdog emerging as the top dog. Angel Cabrera (pronounced "ong-hell") is the first Argentinian to win the U.S. Open -- he did so while holding off two of the world's best golfers in Tiger Woods (ranked 1st in the world this year) and Jim Furyk (ranked 3rd). Furyk and Woods tide for 2nd place, one stroke behind Cabrera.
Cabrera lead the pack after two days and 36 holes (the whole tournament lasts 4 days -- 72 holes); however his home country, Argentina, didn't even feature him on the front page of the newspaper. That honor went to San Antonio's Manu Ginobli, as he had just won his 3rd NBA Finals ring.
The U.S. Open was played at Oakmont Country Club -- a notoriously difficult course located in PA, near Pittsburgh.
Cabrera lead the pack after two days and 36 holes (the whole tournament lasts 4 days -- 72 holes); however his home country, Argentina, didn't even feature him on the front page of the newspaper. That honor went to San Antonio's Manu Ginobli, as he had just won his 3rd NBA Finals ring.
The U.S. Open was played at Oakmont Country Club -- a notoriously difficult course located in PA, near Pittsburgh.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
LeBron was fouled!
alright, here goes my first ever blog attempt -- CCR Statistics or otherwise (crazy, huh?)
The Cleveland Cavaliers just hosted their first ever NBA Finals game in their 37 year team history. The stadium was pretty juiced, and the general atmosphere throughout the whole city was said to be electric. The Cavs played tremendous defense the entire game; however, all of their hard work on the defensive end of the ball was offset by what can only be described as a piss poor offensive effort. Boobie was 1-10 from the field, Sasha was 5-15, and Varejao should never be passed to again. The aforementioned sideshow-bob-esque player took it upon himself to create a shot for himself with 10 seconds left in the game.... a role that should only be played by the King. Finally, LeBron was fouled during a desperation three pointer at the end of the game. Had it been called, he would have gone to the charity stripe (slang for free-throw line) with a chance to tie the game.
The cavs were also a miserable 3-19 from 3-point range.
On the positive side, Z snagged 18 rebounds (1 less than the record for most rebound in a post season game by a Cavalier.... Brad Daugherty holds the record with 19... he's currently an announcer for NASCAR).
Justin Verlander pitched a no-hitter to lead the Detroit Tigers to their 3rd straight win and a share of the central division lead. They are currently tied with the Indians (who lost their 3rd straight game tonight and are on a 3-7 skid during their last 10 games). Verlander is only the 3rd pitcher in ML history to pitch a no-hitter only one year removed from his rookie season.
I'm too pissed off to write anymore.
The Cleveland Cavaliers just hosted their first ever NBA Finals game in their 37 year team history. The stadium was pretty juiced, and the general atmosphere throughout the whole city was said to be electric. The Cavs played tremendous defense the entire game; however, all of their hard work on the defensive end of the ball was offset by what can only be described as a piss poor offensive effort. Boobie was 1-10 from the field, Sasha was 5-15, and Varejao should never be passed to again. The aforementioned sideshow-bob-esque player took it upon himself to create a shot for himself with 10 seconds left in the game.... a role that should only be played by the King. Finally, LeBron was fouled during a desperation three pointer at the end of the game. Had it been called, he would have gone to the charity stripe (slang for free-throw line) with a chance to tie the game.
The cavs were also a miserable 3-19 from 3-point range.
On the positive side, Z snagged 18 rebounds (1 less than the record for most rebound in a post season game by a Cavalier.... Brad Daugherty holds the record with 19... he's currently an announcer for NASCAR).
Justin Verlander pitched a no-hitter to lead the Detroit Tigers to their 3rd straight win and a share of the central division lead. They are currently tied with the Indians (who lost their 3rd straight game tonight and are on a 3-7 skid during their last 10 games). Verlander is only the 3rd pitcher in ML history to pitch a no-hitter only one year removed from his rookie season.
I'm too pissed off to write anymore.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Bad Sports week...
Well we began on a positive note... The Cleveland Cavaliers won the Eastern Conference Finals, Lebron was awesome, and everybody was talking about Cleveland... even in LA!
-Cavaliers lost game 1 of the NBA finals and Lebron only had 14 points. We lost pretty bad. At times it was ugly. Thats all people have been talking about, it sucks. Fortunately there are some rebuttals that you can say back, as a Cleveland fan:
-The Jerk store called and they are running out of you!
-I slept with your wife!
-Lebron is going to make some adjustments, as is Coach Mike Brown, and we are going to do a better job defending Tony Parker (Eva Longoria's boyfriend) and get Daniel "Boobie" Gibson more involved earlier in the game.
Or just hide in a cave until Sunday and hope we show some improvement then... This blog is completely about how to be a Cleveland sports fan by the way.
-Non-Cleveland story: Michael Vick, the quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, the really athletic incredibly talented underachieving quarterback, is being investigated for sponsoring dog fighting. One of his homes located in Virginia had dozens of pitbulls, dog blood spattered on walls, and something called a rape stand which is used to hold these dogs in place while they mate. yikes.
Apparently there is a huge culture of dog fighting in the South and in rap videos. A few athletes even came out and said they see nothing wrong with it, they're just dogs they say. ugly stuff, watch on youtube, nasty. We'll just have to wait and see where that investigation leads... Definitely dog fighting will be a hot topic for a month, so make a commercial about how bad it is.
Hopefully next week in The Philippines will be a sports week for the ages! Renren wong Garcia could score 7 choopas in pelota against the lingunas!!!
-Cavaliers lost game 1 of the NBA finals and Lebron only had 14 points. We lost pretty bad. At times it was ugly. Thats all people have been talking about, it sucks. Fortunately there are some rebuttals that you can say back, as a Cleveland fan:
-The Jerk store called and they are running out of you!
-I slept with your wife!
-Lebron is going to make some adjustments, as is Coach Mike Brown, and we are going to do a better job defending Tony Parker (Eva Longoria's boyfriend) and get Daniel "Boobie" Gibson more involved earlier in the game.
Or just hide in a cave until Sunday and hope we show some improvement then... This blog is completely about how to be a Cleveland sports fan by the way.
-Non-Cleveland story: Michael Vick, the quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, the really athletic incredibly talented underachieving quarterback, is being investigated for sponsoring dog fighting. One of his homes located in Virginia had dozens of pitbulls, dog blood spattered on walls, and something called a rape stand which is used to hold these dogs in place while they mate. yikes.
Apparently there is a huge culture of dog fighting in the South and in rap videos. A few athletes even came out and said they see nothing wrong with it, they're just dogs they say. ugly stuff, watch on youtube, nasty. We'll just have to wait and see where that investigation leads... Definitely dog fighting will be a hot topic for a month, so make a commercial about how bad it is.
Hopefully next week in The Philippines will be a sports week for the ages! Renren wong Garcia could score 7 choopas in pelota against the lingunas!!!
Monday, June 4, 2007
Weekly Athletic RECAP!
First ever athletic recap thanks to urging request from Spotts via wall post.... Its 7:24am (eastern time, assholes) so sense of humor may be lacking, but in future weeks sense of humor is acceptable and even encouraged, as our Ladies in Beer dye.
-The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the obnoxiously arrogant Deeeetroit Pistons in 4 straight games (after losing the first 2) to go to our first ever NBA finals! Now we must face the perrenial favorite, and most boring team ever, The San Antonio Spurs. The whole country will now watch the game because Lebron is in the finals. Detroit v. San Antonio, nobody would have watched.
-Lebron James had 48 points in Game 5 scoring 29 of Cleveland's last 30 points, and the last 25 straight. That was awesome. It also made Daniel "Boobie" Gibson wide open and game 6 as he scored 31 points mostly on 3 pointers. Boobie is the new nickname, its good to know. Just say "Boobie for 3!!!" and you'll get some laughs at the water cooler. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Px-jPm_TU this is Lebron's last 29 points from game 5. Some ranked it in the top 10 of playoff performances all-time.
-The Spurs have a big guy named Tim Duncan, he is good but boring. They also have Tony Parker, he is getting married to Eva Longoria this summer. The Spurs are the favorite by a lot, but Cleveland has a "puncher's chance".
-The Yankees suck, Clemens still hasnt pitched even though he is getting $18.5 million for half a season. Remember, we hate the yankees so thats hilarious.
-a little older news, but relevant out west, Kobe Bryant is demanding a trade, then changing his mind, then demanding a trade again. He says it wasnt his fault Shaq left, and he hates the Lakers management and he wants out. I think people are sick of Kobe, good timing Lebron on scoring 25 straight "Clutch" points in game 5.
okay, thats all the big sports stuff for now, nice and quickish, everybody is up to date? Kyle gets internet and HDtv today so he can contribute too. Go Cavs!!! (Game 1 Thursday night by the way).
-The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the obnoxiously arrogant Deeeetroit Pistons in 4 straight games (after losing the first 2) to go to our first ever NBA finals! Now we must face the perrenial favorite, and most boring team ever, The San Antonio Spurs. The whole country will now watch the game because Lebron is in the finals. Detroit v. San Antonio, nobody would have watched.
-Lebron James had 48 points in Game 5 scoring 29 of Cleveland's last 30 points, and the last 25 straight. That was awesome. It also made Daniel "Boobie" Gibson wide open and game 6 as he scored 31 points mostly on 3 pointers. Boobie is the new nickname, its good to know. Just say "Boobie for 3!!!" and you'll get some laughs at the water cooler. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
-The Spurs have a big guy named Tim Duncan, he is good but boring. They also have Tony Parker, he is getting married to Eva Longoria this summer. The Spurs are the favorite by a lot, but Cleveland has a "puncher's chance".
-The Yankees suck, Clemens still hasnt pitched even though he is getting $18.5 million for half a season. Remember, we hate the yankees so thats hilarious.
-a little older news, but relevant out west, Kobe Bryant is demanding a trade, then changing his mind, then demanding a trade again. He says it wasnt his fault Shaq left, and he hates the Lakers management and he wants out. I think people are sick of Kobe, good timing Lebron on scoring 25 straight "Clutch" points in game 5.
okay, thats all the big sports stuff for now, nice and quickish, everybody is up to date? Kyle gets internet and HDtv today so he can contribute too. Go Cavs!!! (Game 1 Thursday night by the way).
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