I really don’t get it, I don’t understand whats wrong with taking a video of your opponent during the game. The whole purpose in competitive sports is to know your enemy, and find his weakness so you can use it to your benefit. So, filming the other team playing, serve these purposes. I’ve heard this bullshit about fair play. yeah right, like a Football coach or any coach will never tell his team to play the injured player. A chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link, and coaches will always look for that link. Video or not, the Patriots won the game, lets hope they’ll win all of them.
Hope you enjoyed Rosh Hashanna.
Just wanted to wish a happy NFL season to everyone, especially to all of the New England Patriots fans all over the world. Although I hope that Brett Favre will brake a few more records, I expect Tom Brady to bring the title.
This site is now selling a Michael Vick dog chew toy (shown in picture.) From the site’s press release:
Now a new type of retribution has been created to give every dog a little pay-back. The Vick Dog Chew Toy will be available for delivery on August 7th and will hopefully help open the eyes of many others. This has been created to help the Humane Society shed some light on this horrendous sport of dogfighting.
The toy is priced at $7.99 plus $2.00 for shipping and handling.
I found this picture on Sport5 website, and I knew I had to put it here. The sign is in reference to David Beckham, and the guy who hold the amazingly resembles Walter Sobchak, John Goodman’s character in The Big Lebowski my all-time favorite. And the writing on the sign has the same attitude, as if he was saying: “This is what happens when you f#$% a stranger in the ass!”
I’ve already stated before, that it is very hard to be a soccer fan in America. It became much easier since David Beckham joined the LA Galaxy, or even better since he made his debut a couple of days ago Vs. Chelsea. However, despite the rising popularity of the game here, when I watch the soccer channels I often hear the commentators complain about the Media Circus surrounding Beckham’s arrival. Do you get this? Media Circus. Instead of embracing the moment, and enjoy the new audience you complain. Oh shut up!!! Go get another job.
David Beckham may not be the greatest soccer player of all time, but he is by far the biggest caliber to ever land in the MLS. Beckham’s success here is important to everyone who is connected to soccer in America. So please FSN and GolTV, don’t bite the hand then feeds you.
Now, that soccer is the most talked about sport in America, at least since the Beckhams has arrived, it’s easier for me to write about it. A couple of weeks back, I wrote a short post about the Copa America, the American soccer tournament, equivalent in a way to the UEFA EURO, the national team championship. The final of the Copa brought us a rivalry game. Argentina Vs. Brazil. Argentina played an amazing game all along the tournament and were definitely the best team around. The Brazilians on the other hand, played a sad version of the game. But they knew when to show up. It all changes for the Brazilian team, when they see the white and light blue Argentinian shirt in front of them, and yesterday’s final was no different. At the end after a very convincing game Brazil won the game 3-0. All that’s left for us the Argentina fans, is to congratulate Brazil, and wait for the next time. And regarding the sad game, well, I guess it’s OK, I mean, the San Antonio Spurs won a few NBA titles with a sad and boring game…
How to promote an unpopular sport, step by step, by the Los Angeles Galaxy. You got to hand it to the Los Angeles Galaxy. They sure know how to rock the world, literally. So how do you do it?
Step 1: Location! Location! Location! Hollywood is the only place to bring the Beckhams to, money, spotlight, cellebrities. We’ll get to that later.
Step 2: Find your man. Find the most famous soccer player in the world, who is also good at what he does, meaning a real fighter on the pitch with natural talent and proven experience.
Step 3: Open your pockets.When Real Madrid bought David Beckham from Manchester United they paid $33 million Euro for him. It took them only six months to cover this expense. So when the Galaxy pay him $250 millions for five years, they know what they are doing.
Step Four: Cherchez La Femme. One of the most important steps of all. You can love or hate Victoria Beckham, but she is an icon. You must not ignore her and her every caprice. Actually, she is the one you have to talk to even before you talk to David Beckham himself. I mean, it’s quit obvious who call the shots right? So how do you do it? First you hook her up with the hottest and most paparazzi-stalked couple around, and if Brangelina are not around Tom and Katie Cruise will do just fine. Then you put her in the spotlight. But remember it has to be in the middle of the spotlight. You make an NBC Victoria Beckham- Coming to America special, you put her in the Morning show, The Tonight Show, The Whatever show, and she is happy. And if Victoria is happy, everybody is happy.
The Fifth and last step is the introduction: I have seen many soccer players being introduced to the public by their new clubs. But I have to admit, I have never seen something like what I saw at the Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy. It was as if David Beckham was getting a lifetime achievement award for something he hasn’t really done yet. Amazing.
And even before King David even touched a soccer ball in America, marketing wise, he already does to soccer what his idol Michael Jordan (That’s why he is wearing the number 23, not because of the Jim Carrey movie…) did to Basketball. Now everyone in America knows what the rest of the world knows for years, Who is David Beckham.
It’s funny, but one of the biggest sports events in the continent is going almost unnoticed here in the US. The 2007 Copa America in Venezuela is on it’s way. It is the American soccer championship for national teams. By the way, the US is also participating in the tournament, although it was defeated last night 4-1 by the team I root for, Argentina. If you are even just a little soccer fan, you can catch the games on Goltv. Argentina is favorite to win, especially after the Brazilian team lost 0-2 to Mexico.
Last night Real Madrid won the Spanish Soccer championship for the 30th time in the club history, and the first in 4 years. This would not interest many people in the US if it wasn’t for the pop culture angle of it. As a huge Soccer fan I set to watch the game on GOLTV, and to my surprise I saw Tom Cruise in the crowd standing next to two Victoria\Posh\ Spice Beckham(s). They all came of course to support David Beckham in his last game in Spain before the big move to California, where he will play for the LA Galaxy. But oh my god! One of the two was Katie Holmes, and to that I have to say: If you wanna be a wannabe, don’t be a wannabe’s wannabe, Capiche?
LeBron James is not my favorite basketball player, far from it. There are many others I prefer to watch then the 23 year old, 6-8 Small Forward. As a person who grew up in the days of Magic and Bird, and saw Jordan’s entire career, including 2 comebacks, I am not easily impressed. But, if LeBron brings the title back to Cleveland with him, he will prove that his place is among the greatest. And it’s not an easy task to win the Finales, because the team that faces him is a machine, and if using the words of Pink Floyd’s song again then the Spurs will ask ” Where have you been, we know where you’ve been”. Because they have been there before, this team is an expert in winning finales. Although I appreciate the Spurs Basketball, I don’t like it at whole, in fact I find it boring. NBA finales are made for legends, and the legend awaits writing is the one of King James.
So I don’t usually post on sports. Tech and celebrities are more my vices, but this goodie was too funny not to report on.
In what has become dubbed the media frenzy known as Sockgate, “self-promoting blowhard” blog-happy Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is offering $1 Million to anyone who can prove that the alleged bloody sock he wore in Game 6 of the 2004 playoffs was a fake publicity stunt, and actually paint.
Whether or not the blotted sock was the end-product of some Michaelangelo-inspired moment, the fact that Schilling’s own teammate would betray him by leaking to an opponent’s team sportscaster that it was indeed “a publicity stunt” is way lame. Of course, how does one go about cashing in on a $1 Million bet about a bloody sock?
Six months of foreplay has ended. It’s time for the real thing. The NBA Playoffs starts this afternoon when the Raptors host the Nets. Everybody is saying that the Mavs are favorite to win, but I don’t think they have it in them, and I will be surprised if they make it. I will keep my eye open for Miami. Despite troubling injuries of O’Neil and Wade, they still stand a chance. And last but not least, my favorite team, the Lakers… no I don’t think they can make it, but nobody told me I can’t dream right?
Reuters posted an entertaining piece on the Forbes topcelebrity divorces. Topping the list is basketball legend Michael Jordan whose expensive divorce from his wife of 18 years will cost him over $150 Million. Jordan’s wife filed for divorce last year.
Then there’s Steven Spielberg’s divorce from his first wife Amy Irving which cost the filmmaker $100 Million back in 1989. Good thing Steven experienced the better part of his career and success by the point. Or wait, maybe not?
Singer Neil Diamond’s divorce from his one-time production assistant fling which was drawn out into a 20-something year long marriage cost him $150 Million as well, but he claims “she was worth every penny.” Hmmm….
Harrison Ford’s nasty split from his first wife (so he could shack up with bobble head Calista Flockhart): That cost Indiana Jones $85 Million. Kevin Costner is next, followed by the still-in-process divorce of Heather Mills and Paul McCartney (who didn’t see that one coming?) Looks like Heather will be transitioning out of her PT Cruiser days now. Good for her! $60 Million aint too shabby.
Nymphomaniacs Mick Jagger and Michael Douglas round out the list, but comparatively each got away unscathed financially.
So remember the lesson here boys: A little fatal attraction never hurt anyone’s career, but a whopping divorce settlement just might put a dent in your weekend follies/excursions to find your future ex-wife.
American sports are great. I am a huge fan of Football and Basketball, and since I lived in the Fenway Park area in Boston, I can really enjoy a good Baseball game (especially a Red Sox game). But there is one sport I can’t live without, and that’s Football (AKA Soccer). And as the European Champions League reaches its final stages, I would like to wish all the Ultras of the world success with your teams.
Responding to whether or not people in America could appreciate soccer like they do baseball or football, David Beckham, international star and newly drafted LA Galaxy star player, “I would be stupid to think I can make it (soccer) as big as baseball, basketball and American Football.” Qualifying the statement, Becks went on to say, “That is not going to happen …. probably half of America hasn’t even heard of me.”
Dude, David. If we haven’t heard of you, we definitely remember seeing your abs, not to mention your skeletal frame of a Posh wife.
The highly anticipated billionaire bet between Donald Trump and Vince McMahon was settled today. The Donald came out on top (depending on whether or not you’re the one stuck watching his comb over week after week) and to boot may be the next owner of the Yankees.
To all of you, who will now have at least 3 hours of Sport TV a day, To those of you who will actually attend the ball park, for the team you love, and for the team you hate the most, Have a happy Baseball season!!!
Steven Spielberg is under attack by actress Mia Farrow who called the director “The Leni Riefensthal of the Beijing Olympics” for his participation in the production of the opening ceremony of the Olympics next year. In an article in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal Farrow also said, “That so many corporate sponsors want the world to look away from that atrocity during the Games is bad enough, but equally disappointing is the decision of artists like director Steven Spielberg to sanitize Beijing’s image.” The British Guardian also reports that China supplies arms to Sudan and also has huge oil investments in the country. Rights groups say its engagement is frustrating attempts to stop the civil war and atrocities.
If anyone is still wondering who is the greatest basketball player of the decade, and one of the greatest of all time, they got their answer last night. Forget the fact that nobody likes Kobe Bryant, he has behavioral problems, etc. This guy can play ball.
I really don’t get it, I don’t understand whats wrong with taking a video of your opponent during the game. The whole purpose in competitive sports is to know your enemy, and find his weakness so you can use it to your benefit. So, filming the other team playing, serve these purposes. I’ve heard this bullshit about fair play. yeah right, like a Football coach or any coach will never tell his team to play the injured player. A chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link, and coaches will always look for that link. Video or not, the Patriots won the game, lets hope they’ll win all of them.
Now, that soccer is the most talked about sport in America, at least since the 
How to promote an unpopular sport, step by step, by the Los Angeles Galaxy. You got to hand it to the Los Angeles Galaxy. They sure know how to rock the world, literally. So how do you do it?
It’s funny, but one of the biggest sports events in the continent is going almost unnoticed here in the US. The 2007 Copa America in Venezuela is on it’s way. It is the American soccer championship for national teams. By the way, the US is also participating in the tournament, although it was defeated last night 4-1 by the team I root for, Argentina. If you are even just a little soccer fan, you can catch the games on 
Last night Real Madrid won the Spanish Soccer championship for the 30th time in the club history, and the first in 4 years. This would not interest many people in the US if it wasn’t for the pop culture angle of it. As a huge Soccer fan I set to watch the game on 
So I don’t usually post on sports. Tech and celebrities are more my vices, but this goodie was too funny not to report on.
Six months of foreplay has ended. It’s time for the real thing. The 
Reuters posted an 
Responding to whether or not people in America could appreciate soccer like they do baseball or football, David Beckham, international star and newly drafted 
The highly anticipated 
If anyone is still wondering who is the greatest basketball player of the decade, and one of the greatest of all time, they got their answer last night. Forget the fact that nobody likes Kobe Bryant, 