Texas high school unveils new, bright red turf - This field hurts my face. [Yahoo]
White people rapping. Poorly. - A site devoted to white people embarrassing themselves. Great. [Tumblr]
Destinations for Kevin Kolb - Mel Kiper comes up with 5 destinations for Kevin Kolb and what each team would likely surrender for his interceptions services. [BleedingGreenNation]
Quiz time! Would you be able to stay NCAA eligible? - I'd totally scoop up all the monies thrown at me. [MidwestSportsFans]
Eating fruit makes you more attractive than getting a tan - In other news, research money is completely wasted. [MNN]
Phillies sign former #1 over pick - He also tore his armpit muscle throwing an octopus. For real. [Hardballtalk]
Dude lives in an alternate reality. Only in Jose Canseco's mind will he challenge you to a softball hitting contest, call out YouTube for no reason, then go back to his laboratory to concoct magical potions.
Seems like everything he's ever said has turned out true though. So until proven otherwise I guess I'm forced to believe he can hit softballs to the moon and slow down the human aging process.
YouTube is brilliant. I mean, it basically told me to watch this video today...I didn't even have to look for it. Granted, it also told me to watch this video too, so I guess YouTube isn't right all the time (or is it...?).
Anyway, I had forgotten about this commercial. The first thing I thought about as I watched it though, even though it's fake, was that it sure seemed like this is was a play the REAL Michael Vick made this year. Granted he wasn't throwing to someone as physically dominating as T.O., but this video isn't too far off from the reality that was 2010 Michael Vick.
Side bar: Imagine if the Eagles had Vick instead of McNabb in 2004? I realize that McNabb had an incredible amount of success that year, and that he lead the Birds to a 13-3 record and a close Super Bowl loss. I also realize that all this Michael Vick love is based on a 9-game stretch where he looked like the greatest QB in the history of football. I know he needs to do it again, I know he has to prove this year wasn't a fluke and that he can adapt now that defenses are sure to adapt to him. HOWEVER, the Eagles offense behind Michael Vick was one of the most dynamic offense I've ever seen, they could score almost at will for those 9 games. Andy Reid obviously tutored this guy and triggered something in him (well, Andy Reid and jail) that hadn't been triggered before. He completed 62% of his passes, blowing away his former career high, and he scored 9 rushing touchdowns, a crazy amount for any QB. Imagine him with Westbrook and T.O., possibly the best two skill position players the Eagles have ever had (not that McCoy, DJax and Maclin are slouches, just sayin'). Plus the Eagles had a good offensive line then. If Reid had him earlier in his career, got him understanding how to be a real QB AND use his raw athletic gifts...well...Championship. Or maybe he needed jail the whole time to wake up. Whatever, a guy can dream.
So, if you remember nothing else about this past year, remember this: Nike made a commercial with a computer generated Michael Vick that made an incredible play that no QB could have ever made...and then the REAL Michael Vick made that play. 329 times.
Cause I can't really tell. At times it sounds pretty sexy. But then I think about it and see that smug self-superiority smile on her face and I think she's just being judgmental.
Whatever. I'd be lying to myself if I said I wouldn't hit it.
How Louis Williams is Holding Back the Sixers - On a very very basic level, [Usage Rate] judges the ball-hogginess of a player during his time on the court. Obviously the best players will have higher usage rates because they'll have the most plays run for them on the court. That's why guys like Kobe, Durant, and Carmelo are above him. But there is no excuse for Louis Williams to have the 14th highest USG% in the entire league. Absolutely none.
At a 27.5% clip according to BR (26.2% for Hollinger), Lou is highest on the team. Next highest among qualified players is Jrue Holiday at 22.1%. That 5.4% difference between the top two usage rates is the fourth most in the league, behind Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, and Amare Stoudemire and the Knicks.
So Lou Will is a ball hog -- what else is new? For real though Rod Thorn, Ed Stefanski, Doug Collins need to get together and find a way to trade this guy (and Iguodala, but that's another story) for some defense as soon as they can. I love his Twitter and he seems like your average egomaniacal 24 year-old NBA player...but dude needs to go. Especially since the building blocks of this squad need more playing time.
And that picture looks just as much like disappointment as it does like O-face. Funny how close those are.
No One Man Should Have All That Flour - Kanye West lyrics rewritten to be about food. Ten million percent genius. My crescent is a present kiss my ass. [Tumblr]
Sam Cassell Asks If He Can Get In On Carmelo Anthony Trade - Wouldn't doubt it. I once saw Sam play the Sixers when I was a kid and the two dudes in front of me chanted "ALIEN!" the entire game. THE ENTIRE GAME. I love my city. [The Onion]
So Gucci Mane Got an Ice Cream Cone Face Tattoo - The lightning bolts are what completes it. This dude is crazy. [Barstool Boston]
Rapper Finds Order in Orthodox Judaism in Israel - Yep, Shyne is a rabbi now. Of the three rapper links in this post, this is by far the craziest. [NYT]
State Foods - Here's a map of the US with what food best represents each state. You guessed it, PA = cheesesteak. [The Daily What]
What You Should Be Saying During Sex - Great infographic. I learned I should stop yelling "I'm going to pound the farts out of you." [HapHappy]
Everyone Who Got Swineflu Now Has Superpowers - Not even joking. [io9]
Michael Vick knows Kevin Kolb is Gone - On if he thinks he and Kevin Kolb can co-exist like they did this year in 2011: "Me and Kevin haven't spoken about it because of our relationship. When that time comes, we'll keep it real with one another. I think ultimately it comes down to what Kevin wants to do. If he's in Philadelphia and I'm in Philadelphia and we have to work together again, everything will be okay because we always try to help each other, compete and make each other better. So I think regardless of the fact if we're together, everything is going to be just fine, and we'll have another great season it and enjoy it. I think with Kevin being the competitor that he is, if he tries to go and find a job somewhere else, I think he'll be successful doing it. And I know he wants to play. So it's just up to Kevin and what he wants to do."
It's basically up to Kevin and how much he's willing to start elsewhere. Remember, dude was a second round pick and definitely didn't come into the league with any crazy hype. He's played well with the chances he's been given, but to change systems and expect him to immediately shine is setting pretty high expectations. He's probably not even 100% confident he would play well on another team.
Also of note were Vick's comments about whether or not he could be as successful elsewhere as he is in Philly, where he admitted that he "really [doesn't] think so" and that Fat Andy "just has a way of bringing out the best in me."
It's no secret that I live in New York. Great city for culture, food, events...not so much the people, but you get the point. Everyone fucking glorifies this place, but let me tell you this: NYC is the dirtiest city ever.
I had friends from Philly visit me in Brooklyn last week and they we all like "Wow, this is way cleaner than N Philly." And on the surface they're right. But they didn't ride the subway. They never sat next to bloated homeless guy whose pissed himself for 30 straight days and is drunk off E&J singing gospel songs. They never watched a regular-ass businesswoman throw up on herself waiting for a train at 5:30pm. And they definitely never had a rat run up their leg and onto their faces.
A rat...on your face. You just know Mr. Hobo drank twice as hard that night.
Brett Favre's Sister Arrested in Meth Bust - Brett Favre's younger sister was arrested in Mississippi today when narcotics agents busted a meth lab hidden in a condo. Brandi Favre was among 5 suspects rounded up on the scene ... and according to WLOX, the perps were taken to a local medical center for decontamination before being thrown behind bars. It's not the first time Brandi's had a run-in with the law -- in the past, she's been arrested for shoplifting and unlawful use of a weapon.
This has absolutely nothing to do with anything. I know. But I just love the sentence "Brett Favre's Sister Arrested in Meth Bust."
Brett Favre's Sister Arrested in Meth Bust.
Brett Favre's Sister Arrested in Meth Bust.
Brett Favre's Sister Arrested in Meth Bust.
It has this weird cleansing affect on my spirit. I just feel better afterwards. Try it today at work.
