We’re a little slow getting ot his one, but it’s certainly worth noting. The quality of insight you gain from watching Emmitt Smith on the NFL pre-game show on ESPN is difficult to measure. It’s terribly exciting to pay careful attention to each of his phrases, just waiting for him to say something that makes absolutely no sense. If you need a quick summary of what Emmitt has brought tot he table, click here.
Anyway, we were tuning in for a few minutes to the Monday Night Countdown show on ESPN this past week. Of course, the first topic of discussion was whether Michael Strahan would come out of retirement to join the Giants. Each ex-jock on the set gave their take, then Emitt chimed in with this jewel:
“He’s not thinking about playing football. He’s sitting over there in Greece right now sipping on mai tais.”
True, Strahan was in Greece. But mai tais? He went all the way to Greece so he could sip on a mai tai? The same drink that was invented in California in the 1940s? But, at least the name “mai tai” is Greek. Wait, no it isn’t. It’s a phrase that in Tahitan means “good.”
So we’re not quite sure where the mai tai came from. Maybe Strahan loves to have a mai tai. Maybe there is some connection to Greece that only Emmitt knows.
We assume that the rest of Strahan’s travel schedule will include a trip to France to sip on a margarita, then on to Sweden for a spot of team, followed by a trip to Germany to drink down a cool Budweiser.
Sorry if we’re a bit slow on this one…
After boring the hell out of viewers and attempting to ruin the NBA playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs got a taste of their own medicine on Monday night. That’s right, they had to spend the night on their grounded plane in New Orleans on Monday. Sources say Spurs’ coach Gregg Popovich, who has not dunked, used the grounded plane as a coaching tool. He explained to his team how this is the pace his team needs to play at to continue to win.
In a further bit of irony, one member of the ground crew described the problem with the plane by saying, “The wheel just flopped off. No one even touched it, the thing just fell without contact.”
Upon hearing that Adam Jones, who has dunked, was caught stealing on April 14th, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has not dunked, denied Pacman’s request for reinstatement into the league. When informed that the Adam Jones in question was actually an outfielder on the Orioles who happens to share the same name as the NFL player and thrown out by the Blue Jays’ catcher while attempting to steal second base, Goodell banished the former Titans cornerback from the league for life for lying to him.
The Magician’s Alliance — which has been remarkably silent for the last two years — is back in the news this week as they are coming to the defense of aspiring magician Jim Piculas. Recently, Mr. Piculas was fired from his substitute teaching job at Rushe Middle School in Land ‘O Lakes, Fla. Why? Because he was accused of wizardry after performing an illusion for his class where he made a toothpick disappear. ***
For more on this actual story, check here.
Well, we have been pretty caught up in the NCAA Tournament and have not posted much. But that’s about to change!
So, of course, we heard about Dick Vitale being voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. You can check that story here. And of course, we know that Billy Packer, another annoucer, is not in the Hall of Fame (and has rarely even been in the discussion). His broadcast partner, Jim Nantz, has often campaigned for Packer to get some hall consideration. But to not avail.
That got us to thinking… why is that? And here’s the analogy here! Billy Packer is the Barry Bonds of college basketball broadcasting. Read the rest of this entry »
Two things in the UCLA-WKU game last night amazed us…
(1) The NCAA did not heed our advice and allowed Curtis Shaw to referee again. That’s right, he called that game.
(2) That a game called by Curtis Shaw had 0 technical fouls called. None! What the hell?
We have just read that UNC star Tyler Hansbrough will have his jersey retired. He will be just the 8th player in Tar Heel history to have his number retired - pretty impressive stuff.
Fortunately, our inside source was on the scene for Tyler’s comments to the media. According to the AP article, Hansbrough had this to say about his honor:
“It truly is something special to have accomplished. In fact, it’s kind of hard to sit here and talk about how it feels to be put in the same category as the players who are up there already.” Read the rest of this entry »