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Kobe Bryant’s doing alright in his old age

Posted in Sports & Activities on 1/12/12 by .

Back-to-back:  On Tuesday Kobe scored 48 points in the Lakers’ win over the Suns, and on Wednesday Kobe scored 40 points in the Lakers’ OT win over the Jazz.  With these 88 points in his last two games, Kobe is shooting 30.3 ppg.  Not bad for an old dude.  We’ll check back with Kobe in a bit to see how he is doing later on in the season and against better teams.

In bigger and better NBA news: CP3 and the Clippers beat King James and the Heat 95-89 last night in OT.  Maybe LeBron isn’t so clutch after all…taking into consideration two back-to-back OT losses on Tuesday and Wednesday with his ass playing, and the Heat’s OT win back on January 5th when LBJ was injured and not playing.  Time to let the other guys do their thing, big boy.

In Boston news:  The Celtics lost last night to the Mavs, but more importantly, how does Rondo not die every game?  Guy hits the hardwood (and hard!) at least 12 times per game.  Any normal person’s bones should be crushed in these situations, but not Rondo’s.  Something is wrong with that kid.  I’m beginning to believe he enjoys rattling his body off the ground. 

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Obama doesn’t think Delonte West would make a good house guest

Posted in Sports & Activities on 1/9/12 by .

While the rest of his Dallas Maverick teammates are hanging out at the White House today and meeting President Obama, Delonte West will be in his hometown Washington DC, but will not be joining his teammates.

Why, you might ask?  His ass is banned from the White House.  Reportedly, White House security ran a routine background check on the NBA guard and determined that due to his high-profiled arrest back in 2009, Delonte is unfit to ever step foot into the President’s home.

Let’s be honest… Barrack just needs to admit that he doesn’t want Delonte around Michelle.  Found in the fine print alongside “Delonte West is not allowed into the White House because of his highly publicized legal battles in 2009,” it clearly says Delonte West may be a threat to the well-being of Barrack and Michelle’s marriage, as West is known to have had relations with middle-aged mothers; namely Gloria James. 

Obama’s no fool.  Delonte is a lady killer with steez for days.  The proof is in his herpe-like birthmark below his lip.

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Christmas wouldn’t be the same without the NBA

Posted in Sports & Activities on 12/23/11 by .

This Christmas Day’s NBA schedule includes:

Celtics @ Knicks, Bulls @ Lakers, Magic @ Thunder, Clippers @ Warriors, and my personal favorite, HEAT @ MAVERICKS.

Merry Christmas, Miami; here’s the Mavs’ 2011 Championship banner in your face.

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No pre-nup involved for Kobe

Posted in Sports & Activities on 12/19/11 by .

As everyone probably knows by now, Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, has filed for divorce due to “irreconcilable differences” after 10 years of marriage.  As you may not know, Kobe and Vanessa did not enter into any pre-nuptial agreements.  This could get REALLY cute in the upcoming months.

Reports show that throughout his career Kobe has earned $280 million in NBA salaries, which does not include the money he has made from other various endorsement deals, such as with McDonalds and Nike.  GET IT, VANESSA!

Now…I aint sayin’ she’s a gold digger, but. . .

Hats off to Vanessa Bryant.  This exudes everything that many women aspire to do; marry first for money and second for love.  Make some rich guy fall so in love with you that he calls you Mamacita, often speaks to you in Spanish, and doesn’t find need for a pre-nup.  Stick it out for a few years, then it’s see ya later.  Not like Kobe made it difficult for Vanessa to want to leave him.

Vanessa even took it a step further so as to pop out a couple kids with the dude, and stand by his side when he publicly admitted to adultery.  That’s dedication.  Can’t hate on that.  After all, she scored a rock and a half (an eight-carat diamond ring) after everything that she went through with him.

Sucks to suck, Kobe.  If ya don’t know, now ya know…Kobe also has Vanessa’s name tattooed on his arm.  Girl’s an inspiration.

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College basketball…who ya got?

Posted in Sports & Activities on 12/13/11 by .

College ball is definitely the purest form of basketball; in terms of the way it is played, officiated, and is devoid of the ongoing politics that take place in the NBA.  I wish I had more time to dedicate to watching the sport for a few reasons:

1) These guys are the future of the NBA – part of me lives for the NBA draft and I like to know which players are the who’s who of the top draft picks.

2) As with any college sport, is is refreshing to witness a group of athletes who are playing primarily for the love of the game.  No one is crying about their salary, and the fans aren’t whining about the league being fixed towards a specific outcome.

Why I am turning to our travelers:

While I occasionally catch a college basketball game, or just parts of a game, and sometimes only the highlights, I still like to be in the loop of what’s going on in the NCAA.  However, thus far I have fallen significantly behind in my knowledge of the teams and players this season.

Given that many of you attend some of the biggest schools in terms of NCAA basketball, and perhaps some of you are even athletes, I am turning to you for your knowledge on this matter.

What I want to know:

  • Who are the key players this season?  I need to know who the Jimmers, Kembas, Derrick Roses and John Walls are.
  • Which are the key teams?  Although I don’t have time to catch every single game, or even a decent percentage of them, you better believe I will still be participating in March Madness and my bracket better be stacked.  It may be a few months away still but I am foreseeing having some time to catch up on college ball and want to know who I should be looking out for on their up-rise.

Who ya got?

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Dancing makes you smarter

Posted in Sports & Activities on 11/29/11 by .

THIS JUST IN:  Dancing Makes You Smarter

Well, duh.  Pretty sure I am the poster child for this study.  I dance on a daily basis, whether it is in a structured class, a bar, or my bedroom, and look at me; genius.

This study shows that dancing frequently reduces risk of dimentia by 76%.  The reason for this is because dancing requires your brain to make split-second rapid-fire decisions.

What kind of dancing is most affective?  Dancing in a social setting rather than in a choreographed setting is more affective in reducing risk of dimentia because it involves more decision making, whereas choreographed dance is memorized in both your brain and your muscles.

My only reservations on this study:   Being that this study shows that social dancing has proven to be the most cognitively stimulating type of dance, what if the people doing this study are just a bunch of perverted guys?  They want young females, like myself, to believe that getting our dirty grind on will make us smarter, so they came out with this study.  I am not fooled.  Then again, I am also not going to stop dancing.  I guess they’re winning either way with this one.

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The doll house, blanket and Hot Wheels are inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame

Posted in Sports & Activities, Technology on 11/14/11 by .

The 2011 inductees into the Toy Hall of Fame last week were the doll house, the blanket, and Hot Wheels.  WTF? Alright, Hot Wheels, yeah I get it…but the doll house and the BLANKET?  I understand that the blankets were the key element to building forts in Grandma’s basement, but I am confused as to why the blanket gets to chill in the Toy Hall of Fame.

Inducted in past years were toys such as The Game of Life, Legos, Monopoly, Play Doh, Tinker Toys, Nintendo Gameboy, Etch a Sketch, and many genius inventions of the like.  Touche, Toy Hall of Fame; I see you.  However, on top of that, also claiming residency at the Toy Hall of Fame are the stick, and the cardboard box.  Talk about appreciating the simpler things in life, but I’m not buying it.

My Toy Hall of Fame would consist of:  the talking Power Rangers gloves, the Talk Boy (as seen in Home Alone), the Fisher Price red car, the Paperboy game for Sega Genesis, and Giga Pets.  Lezbehonest; if the toy choices were between a stick and Paperboy, I’d be slaying that paper route all day all night.

Side note:  Why hasn’t water been inducted yet?  If we’re giving sticks and blankets the honor, how can we neglect water like that?  Same thing goes for sand and dirt.  Sand castles and mud pies for days.  Get on your shit, Toy Hall of Fame.

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Broga

Posted in Sports & Activities on 11/11/11 by .

Bro + Yoga = “Broga,” co-founded by Robert Sidoti and Adam O’Niell.  They blended the terms “bro” and “yoga” to come up with their own variation of the practice.  Broga, by design, attracts men who have been hesitant to involve themselves in the world of yoga.  Classes are currently offered multiple times per week at locations in Somerville, MA and Martha’s Vineyard, but the co-founders are in the process of expanding this new phenomenon.

“This is not a dumbed down version of yoga. There’s a lot of movement linking the postures, but adding push-ups and variations of squats. People see the name ‘Broga’ and they think it’s just a bunch of idiots. But there’s integrity,’’ explains Sidoti.

Not for me…If you ask me, when I first saw the term “Broga” headlining this article, I thought to myself, what a bunch of assholes.  A room full of bulky, jerk-off jocks getting in their “bro-zone” without any women around.  The thought is nauseating.

Second thoughts, perhaps?  The more I read about it, and once I found out that the classes are also open to women, I was intrigued.  I have never been very much into yoga, but my attending of a Broga class, surrounded by strong men striking various poses and doing pushups and squats, hopefully leaving behind their douchebag tendencies, would be the equivalent of a guy attending a regular Yoga class, with women stretching in their Lululemons.  Sign everyone up!  Everyone is winning.

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Are the NBA and NBPA close to being on the same page?

Posted in Sports & Activities on 11/10/11 by .

“The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association negotiated Wednesday for eight hours past the league’s stated 5 p.m. ET deadline for a deal and made sufficient-enough progress to schedule another round of talks for Thursday.

Officials on both sides spoke modestly about what was achieved during a session that lasted 12 hours in total and cautioned against getting swept up in the latest wave of optimism around the league that a deal to finally end the 133-day lockout is near.”  -ESPN.com

NBA commissioner David Stern also said, “I would not read into this optimism or pessimism.  We’re not failing.  We’re not succeeding.  We’re just there.”

Alright, Dave, you’ve been “just there” for the past 133 days.  I was under the impression that if the 50.2% deal was not accepted, then that was it and the season would be undoubtedly cancelled, but apparently 12 hours later and still without a deal, the NBA and NBPA plan to meet again today.

All I want is to be able to enjoy a few road sodas while on my way to the Garden, spend too much on parking, and get rowdy in the last row of the balcony while starting a “LeBron is a bitch” chant…and I’d get strange looks if I did that last part at a Bruins game or the Jay-Z/Kanye concert.  So, please NBA, just give me this!  And if not, cancel the friggen season so I can get over it already.

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It’s all about King James

Posted in Sports & Activities on 11/7/11 by .

There have been speculation that the biggest loser regarding the NBA lockout is LeBron James.  These stories caught my interest because I thought they were calling LeBron a loser.  Turns out, people think he is the biggest loser in terms of having the most to lose without a 2011-12 NBA season.  Everyone’s all, “he has the most to prove and without this season he won’t be able to do so…” blah blah blah.

What gives anyone the right to claim LeBron will experience the largest loss in his career if there is no season?  Seems to me like these speculations must be coming from the most dedicated of his jock-riders, making it easy for them to claim that this was his year.  Every year has been “his year.”  Hasn’t he been trying to prove the same thing since he was the #1 draft pick back in 2003, and has been given plenty of opportunities with numerous playoff appearances, all while failing to come out with a ring?

In the event that the NBA does not have a 2011-12 season, I say we shut everyone up and give LeBron an honorary “this was your season” ring.

All I’m saying is that it’s pretty easy to predict a championship team/player when the season is still pending.  Then for the next 7 years we can hear about how if it weren’t for the 2011 lockout, LBJ would have a ring.

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