Blake Griffin is a Freak-Monster

Classic Clips

The craziest College Football play of all time.

Lock It Up

My lock of the week is St. Louis over Seattle. Though it's always loud in Seattle, the lack of a good quarterback will prove to be too much of a problem to overcome for the Seahawks.

Stay away from Chargers vs Broncos. The Chargers with their window of opportunity seemingly closing meet the Broncos with theirs just beginning to open again, this one could go either way.

Flawless Thoughts

Bowl Game Blackjack keeps the Bowl Games exciting. Get involved with some smack talk by typing #smackjabber and #bgbj after a tweet.

The Lakers and Heat publicly whined about playing basketball on Christmas, and while they might be right, it really took something away for me. Not that I like basketball on Christmas, it's no football on Thanksgiving, but to publicly whine about one of the games that fans were looking forward to didn't make sense to me.

The Giants have seemingly collapsed again, and when that is a trait of a team for more than one year, it does seem like you have to blame the coaching. I just find it hard to say "fire Coughlin" like most fans are, because the Giants make the playoffs all the time under Coughlin , and they are always in contention.

When Sunday Night Football took place on Tuesday night, it was the first NFL game played on a Tuesday since 1946. The blizzard was dangerous to drive in and the NFL was worried about fan safety. That makes sense to me, but on the other hand when has football ever been canceled because of snow? It just doesn't sound right. One of the reasons I love football is that it is never canceled for snow or rain. I'll have to rephrase that to - One of the reasons I love football is that it is never canceled for rain.

Wow

I don't know, I think he could've made it.

"We are a nation of wusses"

Angry that the Eagles Vikings game was postponed this week? You're not alone. My personal sentiments to friends over the course of the last two days were as follows:

"Football is MEANT to be played in that weather, hell or high water, anything but lightning the football must go on! Earthquakes are cool, tornadoes too, tsunamis... whatever. I can't believe they're not going to play because of a blizzard!"

Well... apparently someone shares in my opinion.

Click here to go to ESPN.com and read quite possibly one of the best articles of the year.

Tweet of the Week

Rowdy Roddy White is riled up for this one!

roddywhiteTV Roddy White

The saints win one championship and want to go crazy well yall ass aint winning this year we gone make sure tht doesn't happen

22 Dec Favorite Retweet Reply

Classic Clips

When talking about being an idiot, Leon Lett's name must always come up in the conversation!

Kevin Love Is a Freak-Monster

I don't know what's more entertaining about this clip - the dunk or how much bigger Kevin Love is than everyone else in the gymnasium.

Wow!

When you hear the name Selanne, you usually think of finesse goal scoring, not finesse head breaking.

Lock It Up

My lock of the week is Tampa Bay over Seattle. With Matt Hasselbeck throwing more interceptions than a random guy off the street would, the Seahawks have no chance to win this game against a pumped up young Bucs team.

Stay away from the Giants game. Who knows how the team will perform after one of the most devastating losses in team history.

Flawless Thoughts

What a year for records. UConn, Favre, Jimmy Johnson ... I won't even begin to list Federer's! If I had to pick the most impressive of the streaks, I'd go with Favre's. Unfortunately it seems like his run is ending on a bad note, though just last year he had one of the best seasons of his career and came a couple of Adrian Peterson fumbles away from the Super Bowl... OK, a standard Favre interception away from the Super Bowl.

The Miami Talents are looking pretty talented, seemingly fueled by the boos of Lebron's former fans in Cleveland. They steam rolled over the two teams with fans and/or management that can't seem to forgive Lebron for what ever it is they think he did. At least in New York, fans have something Cavalier fans don't - hope for the future. While Cleveland fans watched their terrible team and their legacy get demolished, New York fans could look up and see that the future is bright.

If you went against Vick in fantasy playoffs this week, the support group is meeting on Thursday night at my house. That was easily the worst ever week to be a Giants fan and fantasy owner. What if you had Vick, Jackson, and Maclin, though? How should that affect you as a Giants fan? If there was anything you liked about that game, you'd be the worst Giant fan ever, but winning a fantasy football playoff game is a joy that is unparalleled.

Vancouver Purgatory

If it turned out that Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels were under those jumpsuits, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised.

Who Does That!?

Spiked !

"....he didn't want to come here, you can't hate on that." - Spike Lee on Lebron James to the Heat(ESPN interview, Heat @ Knicks pre-game 12/17/10)

If the Knicks biggest fan can let it go, maybe the rest will follow? Probs not...

A Message From the Heart

Earlier today it was brought to my attention that some of our readers may have inferred from our recent Tweet of the Week post highlighting a comment by Michael Vick, that SmackJabber.com supports Michael Vick and, by extension, condones or tolerates his well-publicized crimes. Such a concern, particularly at this critical early stage of our development as an interactive sports entertainment site, presents us an invaluable opportunity to more fully elborate on the purposes and perspectives of out growing venture.

First and foremost, the views and opinions expressed in the SmackJabber blog, unless expressly stated otherwise, are solely those of the author and in no way reflect the views or opinions of other members of our organization or the organization as a whole. Further, while I cannot speak to Josh's personal opinion of Mr. Vick (Josh Beck regularly handles our Tweet of the Week feature), I can offer you my view on the topic.

I am the proud owner of a beautiful 13 1/2 year old Siberian Husky named Nikkita. And I support Michael Vick.

I love Nikkita dearly and would do anything for her. The amount of money I have spent on recent vet bills alone would make some heads spin and I would spend much much more than I can afford if it were necessary in the future. I know that not everyone has grown up with the opportunity to experience the immense love and inseparable bond that can be formed with a pet (or a dog, in particular). I have grown up loving dogs and other animals (at one point I had a dog, a hamster, 2 guinea pigs, 4 mice, 2 parakeets, a sun conure, tropical fish, and a few tree frogs... I think you get the picture). The mere thought of even minor animal cruelty turns my stomach, and there is no legitimate excuse for Michael Vick's previous actions.

But I believe that everyone deserves a second chance and I understand that some people are products of their environment. Now, I don't know Mike personally. I cannot say that he is a product of his environment. I cannot say that he has been or ever will be fully rehabilitated. And I do not know whether his stated remorse for his actions is genuine. It is quite possible that the words he has spoken and actions he has taken (e.g., work with the Humane Society) are simply politically correct and financially expedient posturing. That said, I like to think that there is some inherent good in all of us and that sometimes, unfortunately, it takes enormous mistakes and corresponding falls from grace to figure it out.

I am also hopeful that Michael Vick's story will have a happy ending (and I don't just mean success on the football field - if I'm being really honest, I may beg Justin Tuck to snap him in half on Sunday!). Men and women much wiser than me have often paraphrased a man much wiser than them in noting that if we do not learn from the mistakes of history, we are doomed to repeat them. I believe that Michael Vick's very public shaming may serve as a wake up call to a lot of people whose hearts and minds may not have been reachable in any other way.

In closing, I'd like to remind our beloved readers that a significant purpose of SmackJabber is to promote debate and conversation on controversial topics related to or influencing the world of sports. We make no bones about our aim to promote heated discussion in the spirit of competition. And we welcome you to post your views and opinions, and engage your fellow readers and contributors on this topic, as well as any others that move you. We do however ask that you do it tactfully and respectfully of course. If there should ever be material on any of our sites that you find to be offensive or ethically objectionable, we will always aim to devote our full attention to addressing your concerns.

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Tweet of the Week

DeionSanders

Replacing Mcnaab with Grossman is like replacing Beyonce in destinys child with Macy Gray. She can sang but it ain't Beyonce.

3 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

The Knicks are BACK!!!

If you are as much of a Knicks fan as I am I know 7pm can not come soon enough! To help pass the time I highly suggest you read this story on ESPN.com. Since Amare has come here I could not say enough good things about him (and bad about Lebron), but this just elevates him to a new level. Coupled with his play of late he is easily elevating himself to one of NY's most beloved players. If you chose not to read this entire story as it is quite a long read, I leave you with this excerpt...

"Dolan about fell over when Amare said yes -- "Jim got emotional," said the player's agent, Happy Walters -- and suddenly Stoudemire was standing under a Knicks cap outside the Garden, talking about winning championships and sounding like a damned fool.

"We're going to start a dynasty-approach program here," Stoudemire said, "and today's the first step."

A dynasty. Stoudemire had never reached the Finals with Steve Nash in Phoenix, and now he was going to erect a dynasty out of the rubble of a 29-53 team?

Stoudemire called himself a "pioneer," and it sounded like another joke. He promised to help in the hunt for James, and yet LeBron wouldn't even return Stoudemire's calls or texts in the final days of his own free agency, funneling Amare off to assorted minions and reps.

....

So this is what the Knicks were left with in July: an undersized and overpaid center who hadn't won a ring and who hadn't loved the experience of playing for Mike D'Antoni while chasing one. Oh, and his knees might give out at any time, too.

Five months later, with the LeBron-Wade-Bosh Miami Heat making their first trip to the Garden, this is what the Knicks are left with now: a motivated megastar who embraces the challenges of New York that chased away LeBron, and who appears hell-bent on winning a championship or two, not to mention the title of greatest Knick of them all."

College Football

Since I'm long overdue to add some value here and because, of all the SmackJabber admins, I should obviously be the one responsible for college football content, I bring you my college football story of the day.

It appears that the University of Miami may not have intended to fire Randy Shannon on the sole basis of his 7-5 record in a season where the Canes began the season in the Top 25. As brought to my attention by the blog, SPORTSbyBROOKS, Warren Sapp, former Miami Hurricane and Tampa Bay Buccaneer under Jon Gruden, indicated in a recent radio interview that Gruden called Miami AD Kirby Hocutt before Shannon's firing to say that he was interested in the head coaching job.

Miami has since hired former Temple head coach Al Golden to replace Shannon. Offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland is expected to serve as the interim coach for Miami's December 31 showdown with historic rival Notre Dame in the Hyundai Sun Bowl.

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Classic Clips

The term "start off with a bang" was redefined in this Super Bowl moment.

Lock It Up

My lock of the week is Chicago over Minnesota. The Vikings have problems in every department including but not limited to their Quarterback, Head Coach, Wide Receiving unit, running game, not to mention their Stadium. The Bears on the other hand seem to have no problem beating teams with a losing record.

Stay away from Celtics at Knicks. It's been a while, but I'm actually excited to watch the Knicks tonight. They could give the Celtics trouble.

Softspoken Smack Talk?

The Knicks and Celtics have been division rivals since the 1940's, I'm pretty sure that constitutes as a rivalry.

Wow

By now we've all seen it, but I can't stop watching it.

Post-Game Quote of the Week

Peyton Manning after beating the Titans -

"Someone asked if I was in a slump, if I was then that means there must have been an eight and a half year hitting streak."

Tweet of the Week

MikeVick

Thanks 2 everyone who has supported me this year & helped make me the leader in Pro Bowl voting ... THANK YOU !

2 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Classic Clips

The greatest Super Bowl ever, before Super Bowl 42 happened of course.

DRAW!

Whatever you do NHL, don't get rid of the Shootout!

Lock It Up

My lock of the week is Pittsburgh over Cincinnati. After watching the Steelers come back and win against Baltimore this past week, I have full confidence that they can beat most teams in the NFL, the Bengals included.


Stay away from 49ers vs Seahawks. While San Fran has looked good here and there, it might not be good enough to beat the Seahawks, especially since they decided to go with Alex Smith at Quarterback again, and he wasn't that good earlier in the season.

Flawless Thoughts

So Cleveland sports fans are bitter.... what's new? At least the stress has receded Lebron's hairline about six inches. But really, if he donated all the money he made from The Decision than what's the big deal? If I were a Cleveland fan I might consider being angry with the Cavs management who couldn't put a team around one of the greatest players of all time.

Randy Moss went from being one of the great fantasy football players to being a bench warmer on most teams. It's unbelievable watching him on the field not running hard, sometimes not even trying to catch balls thrown to him. Who does that? Especially in a contract year. Each time he runs routes half-assed, he loses himself one hundred thousand bucks next year. What a "slouch".

I'm getting really excited about the college football playoffs...wait what's that.... you mean a computer just calculates who plays for the championship? Awesome. Imagine if that was the way it worked in pro sports. No magical underdog runs to a championship. Sounds great, what a good idea.

Derek Jeter will remain a Yankee, thank heavens. The thing that puzzles me is why fans were angry that Jeter was trying to get as much money as he could. Why do fans seem to take the side of ownership in these situations? The way I see it, the owners are billionaires and why not try to get paid as much as you can? Hasn't anyone ever heard of negotiating? If you think that you are invaluable to a company and you ask for a raise, wouldn't you ask for as much as you can? It seems like most fans think that the players are overpaid. So what about those hats and jerseys and tickets to the games, or VCast for your phone to watch games online. Should the owners get all that money? They're already billionaires, why don't fans think that the owners are overpaid? It's not like they're on the field. Besides, these players are the best in the world at what they do. The best of the best of most occupations make crazy money, it's called capitalism.

Tweet of the Week

ConanOBrien Conan O'Brien

This Hanukkah, people in Cleveland are spending 8 straight nights booing Lebron James.

3 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Classic Clips

I think everyone remembers where they were when they saw this happen. I remember specifically because I left my jaw on the ground and I had to go back and get it.

Guilty Rage

You know when you get caught doing something wrong and you feel like your only option is to get mad at whoever caught you? So does Derek Anderson.

Lock It Up

My lock of the week is San Diego over Oakland. The Chargers just steam rolled the Colts of all teams, and the Raiders can't even pick which below average quarterback to use. They have been playing hard, but I don't think hard enough to beat the Chargers.

Stay away from Baltimore vs Pittsburgh. The Steelers seem like the better team, but nothing gets the Ravens more pissed than Pittsburgh.

Tweet of the Week

Bills receiver Steve Johnson blames God for dropped pass.



StevieJohnson13
I PRAISE YOU 24/7!!!!!! AND THIS HOW YOU DO ME!!!!! YOU EXPECT ME TO LEARN FROM THIS??? HOW???!!! ILL NEVER FORGET THIS!! EVER!!! THX THO...

Leslie Nielsen

MJ vs. Lebron

This is not an official video, but quality none the less.

"We are not having fun"

I however, am ECSTATIC!! After all the hoopla surrounding the off season acquisitions of Bosh and James, and the resigning of Wade, just about every person on the planet had all but anointed the Heat champions of 2011 and beyond. The next dynasty. They'll win 70 games for sure.

We are now just about 2 months into the season and after a loss the the Mavs last night the Heat are a mere one, yes ONE game over .500 at 9-8. If they keep up this pace for the rest of the season they'll struggle to win 41 which I find absolutely amazing, as well as immensely gratifying. They are not playing as a team, but yet 3 individual stars. Unless they can learn to play together, and fast, I'm not sure if they are going to be able to turn this thing around.

As a Knick fan, I love to see the Heat struggle; period! But add in the hype, and the "talent", and the predictions, and the praise, and the mastermind, and the FAILURE, and I'm one happy ass camper!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving = Family + Food + Football, but if there is one thing that I'll always be missing it's John Madden commentating the game and providing Thanksgiving food to the players. And who could ever forget Turducken?!

Lock It Up

My lock of the week is Cleveland over Carolina. The Panthers have three weak quarterbacks to choose from, as well as two hurt running backs or an unproven one. The Browns have surprisingly found both a quarterback and a running back that they can rely on and that stability should be enough to get past the lowly Panthers.

Stay away from the Cowboys vs Saints matchup. It's on Thanksgiving day so you never know who is more prepared, and the Cowboys seem to have a spark with their new coach. The Saints really should win the game and they probably will.

It's a Beutiful Thing

If you drafted Kolb in the third round in your fantasy football leauge and someone picked Vick up off of waivers, at least this will make you smile -

Tweet of the Week

JoseCanseco Jose Canseco

I told the truth and saved the game

1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Lock It Up

My lock of the week is New England over Indianapolis. Tom Brady is pumped up, and that loss to the Browns seems to have ignited a fire in him and the rest of the team. At the same time, injuries have been beyond nagging to the Colts and I just can't see them winning at Gillete Stadium.

Stay away from the Eagles vs Giants, everyone wants to crown Mike Vick as the MVP, but the Giants will be mad this week and looking to make up for last weeks terrible performance.

Flawless Thoughts

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but the Jets have not sold all of their seats at the new stadium this year. The funny thing is, the slogan they're using is from a Seinfeld episode where an old man is doing weight training with Jerry Seinfeld and his catchphrase is - "It's go time". Every time I hear it or read it in a Jets advertisement, I think of an old man who tried to lift too much and injured his back(like in the episode), kind of like the Jets situation with the extra seats.

The Giants looked horrible against the Cowboys last week. They couldn't even keep the lights on at Giants Stadium! This seems like the same character that the Giants have had for ten years - four weeks in a row they look like the best team in the league and then they're out of gas. Maybe that's a good thing since they've been to two Super Bowls in that ten years!

The Atlantic Division of the NHL is a little like the NFC East in the NFL, you know at least two of the teams are going to be in the playoffs if not three. Surprisingly though the Devils are not looking like one of them, even with the controversial signing of Kovalchuk. For a team that is trigger-happy with firing coaches, it won't be long if they keep losing.

As I was watching Monday Night Football this week, I enjoyed the absence of Tony Kornheiser and Dennis Miller so much. It turns out that Gruden is good at this, but will he leave for coaching? No commentating is worse than Joe Buck's. He says the most annoying things, and his partner isn't much better.

Perhaps nothing is worse than no commentating at all though, this happens for a lot of sports fans every Thursday night beginning in week 10 of the NFL season. It's not at all surprising that the owner of the Knicks and Rangers is involved as those teams have been holding back on their fans just as much as Cablevision has been holding back Thursday Night Football. This is exactly the type of thing that creates pirates, if that's what we call them. People who will be stopped at nothing to get what they want, even if that means illegally downloading/streaming(or stealing, for folks older than twenty-five). Yes now with the new social networking styled public streaming websites like justin.tv, you can find mostly any live televised event and watch it for free. Lately live televised sporting events have been used as battle grounds for networks and cable companies waiting to see who will crack first, but as they always do - people have found a way.

Really?

No more talk about Kobe not being a Top 5 all time player!

Tweet of the Week

paulpierce34 Paul Pierce

It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis

16 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

What a Jerk

Lock It Up

My lock of the week is easily the Giants over the Cowboys. Star quarterback - stomped out, Puppet Head Coach - stomped out, hopes of playing at home in the Super Bowl - stomped out, effort on Sunday against arguably the best team in the NFL - weak.

Stay away from Vikings vs Bears. The Bears have been a sketchy team although they have somehow won games, while the Viking have been underachieving while having more talent than Chicago. And Brad Childress you are not Batman so stop talking like that.

What Say You

In a start 2 WR league, is it time to bench Randy Moss for Steve Smith(NYG) or Santonio Holmes?

Tweet of the Week

OGOchoCinco Chad Ochocinco

I am watching Steeler film and i swear #onmymoma if James Harrison hit me like i am seeing on film we gone be fighting on the field #promise

Flawless Thoughts

The South Beach Talents have gotten their acts together after that embarrassing opener against the Celtics. Good, I'm glad, I think it's good for basketball, the Miami vs Boston season opener was the second highest rated opener to Jordan vs Magic Johnson after they had taken time off from the game. That's pretty wild, it's been a while since basketball seemed so relevant, at least to me. When I think of the glory days of basketball, I think of powerhouse teams with huge stars, Jordan, Magic, Bird, Malone, Stockton, Ewing, Drexler, Barkley. Now the NBA is seemingly shaping up to be like that again. There is one thing that doesn't make sense to me, why is everyone hating on Lebron? I mean if you really hated "The Decision" special on ESPN so much, then why not be mad at ESPN. They certainly could have just aired the interview straight up without all the commentary, commercials and speculation. Plus, I know if I lived in Cleveland and a better job opportunity arose for me in Miami, I'd be on the next plane, have you ever been to Cleveland?

Randy Moss is reminding me of the Tea Bagger political party. I don't understand why he's not happy, and I don't think he does either. At the same time he is very relevant in the NFL even though he's dysfunctional. It will be interesting to see how he behaves in Tennessee.

Baseball is finally over. Wow and it's only November. According to Nielsen ratings, this World Series was the second least watched in three decades! The least watched in three decades was the Philly vs Tampa Bay series that was full of rainy wet weather. That is pretty sobering. I mean you've got huge stars like Lincecum, Lee, Bad Vlad, comeback stories like Hamilton's and still you can't beat Glee?

Ben Rothleis-what?

at the 21 second mark

Moss This Moss That

There are many things to love about sports. Athletes these days often become characters and watching these characters go through different things - wins, losses, controversial press talks, and scandals have become some of the many things that I love. There is a new thing in sports now though that adds to that list of enjoyable entertainment and that is the DJ Steve Porter remix. And here is his latest -

Tweet of the Week

MrTonySays Mr Tony Kornheiser

It's so rare for someone to turn down the Yankees & I don't see Cliff Lee doing it. They keep adding commas til you take it #TonyKornheiser

Lock it Up

My lock of the week this week is the Jets over the Packers. The Packers injuries are proving to be to much for them to handle with Finley and Grant out for the year, and now Driver is dinged up. The other option could be Chiefs over Bills, but watching highlights of the Bills from last week against the Ravens had me worried.

Stay away from Cardinals vs Buccaneers, you would think that the Bucs would have no problem against the weird quarterback situation in Arizona, but their defense hasn't been too good and the Cards do have talent on offense, just not at QB.

Flawless Thoughts

The New York Giants are back to stomping teams out. That's good news for Tom Coughlin who was on the hot seat according to radio personalities just a few weeks ago. Maybe all they needed was Rolle calling people out publicly. Now just weeks away from throwing the two New York teams in the trash, the same talk radio stations have the Jets and Giants meeting in the Super Bowl! Wow, talk about sensationalism.

Percy Harvin was one foot away from making Bret Favre's four interceptions worth the pain. Maybe Favre shouldn't have come back, maybe he shouldn't have sent inappropriate messages to Jen Sterger.

The South Beach Talents have embarrassed themselves and everybody who stuck up for them over the summer. I mean they just didn't look too good, but let's not forget they played their first game against a great team and holding them to eighty-eight points isn't that bad, but it's not what you expect from a team that is basically the Darth Vader of the NBA.

Who's excited for the World Series? I can't wait!.... for next year! Who cares? In the NFL last year we had Saints vs Colts, in the NBA we had Lakers vs Celtic, and in the NHL there was even an exciting matchup with Blackhawks vs Flyers. But San Francisco Giants vs Texas Rangers? Add the fact that I definitely won't be able to watch the best matchup of the series because Fox vs Cablevision still isn't settled. Is it just me or does Tim Lincecum look a little bit like the Mitch Kramer character from Dazed and Confused?

Tweet of the Week

jemelehill Jemele Hill

Don't get too down MIA fans, the Heat can still go 81-1.

1 hour ago

Lock It Up

My lock of the week is Baltimore over Buffalo the other option is New Orleans over Cleveland, but the Saints lost that game to Arizona a couple weeks ago which was pretty sketchy.

Stay far away from the Tampa Bay St. Louis game. If I had to I would bet on the Rams. Josh Freeman has shown some good quarterback play for the Bucs and it could easily go their way if they could get their running game going but that won't happen since they're leaning on a guy with two surgically repaired knees!

Tweet of the Week

Isn't this tweet by Steve Smith (NYG) a bit ironic?

SteveSmithNY Steve Smith

lets go cablevision and fox.. get this thing sorted out so all the loyal #nyg fans can watch us tmrw!!

Flawless Thoughts

All the remaining teams in the MLB playoffs have had two champagne celebrations. That can only mean we are gearing up for some Championship Series action and action it will be as the Rangers get ready to host the Yankees. Though the Rangers looked good winning all their games on the road in Tampa, the Yanks look even better with their pitching woes seemingly worked out and their bats hitting the ball well. The Giants meet the Phillies in the NL Championship where they will be huge underdogs. They have some of the lowest offensive stats in the playoffs thus far, and they still have been finding ways to win, and I wouldn't be surprised if they continued this against the Phils. Then again, Roy Halladay just pitched the second ever no-hitter in post season history!

Okay here it is - the Dallas Cowboys just aren't a very good football team. There we go, now that that's out of the way, how about the rest of the NFC East? As usual, three out of four NFC East teams look like winners. In the AFC East, The Jets are the real deal, from Super Bowl predictions and Hard Knocks to DUI's and calling famous wide receivers "slouch", here they are at 4-1 looking like one of the best teams in the league. But wait New York, don't forget about the Giants, who have looked great for the last two weeks. When they play like that they are one of the best teams in the league as well.

Basketball preseason has begun and the South Beach Talents have been taking their game on the road, a World Tour actually. For the first time in a long time I am excited for opening day basketball!

Gotta go, I'm texting with Jen Sturger and she wants me to send a picture.

Baseball Postseason Chat

DISCLAIMER: ***LONG READ***

This is a chat between myself and Josh that took place 8 days ago. We appoligize for the delay in posting this (seeing that the first round of the playoffs is almost over), but better late than never, right? I PROMISE none of this has been edited at all since the conversation. All these predictions took place before the playoffs began. Enjoy! And let us know what your predictions are for the rest of the way!

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Lee: no doubt, so baseball, we have the rays winning the east, the yanks with the wild card twins win the central and the rangers win the west

Josh: wow

Lee: yanks at twins in the first round

Josh: lots of champagne going on

Lee: gotta say, the yanks seem to be kryptonite to the twins and as much as I would have loved to win the division, I’m happy to hopefully get the better of the two first round match ups

Josh: me too, Rangers are scary. the yanks pitching is the wrong kind of scary. I wonder if Rays fans will buy tickets to the playoffs , or just wait to get free ones from the team

Lee: hahaha the rays attendance is certainly laughable

Josh: Kryptonite sounds about right, let's hope it continues in there weird new outdoor stadium

Lee: unfortunately, you are correct bout the Yankees rotation, which is also somewhat laughable past CC

Josh: yeah really, what happened?

Lee: no idea, it completely fell apart. Pettitte got hurt, so that's obvious

Josh: and AJ punched a wall

Lee: not really quite sure what happened with hughes, he was killin it, then the next second, getting killed… AJ needs to punch himself

Josh: with a pie

Lee: no, with his fist

Josh: haha

Lee: the pie is only for happy occasions, he needs a big win before he can get the pie to the face

Josh: So we both like the Yanks over the Twins? I think that sounds about right

Lee: I do, and I'm really trying not to be a "homer" so let's just look at this
game 1 CC vs. Liriano - probably will be a tight game

Josh: right

Lee: but the Yanks lineup 1-9 gets the edge here i think

Josh: I agree. A-rod loved playin in min last year. But no damon, granderslam though

Lee: granderson has been amazing in the second half compared to the first half

Josh: def

Lee: i'd be interested to see what that split is

Josh: good point

Lee: granderson hit .240 before the allstar break and .254 after, so pretty close
but he had 7 homers and 24 rbis pre break, and 17 homers and 43 rbis post break
so much better

Josh: wow he got a free ride, if that was a-rod it would be nuts, people would go nuts

Lee: clearly, because Granderson didn't have the same expections as A-rod

Josh: Who do you like in rays - rangers?

Lee: Again very tough. Anyone facing cliff lee twice in a 5 game series is at a disadvantage

Josh: yeah i like texas

Lee: however, the rangers don't have any proven post season starters past Lee, and the rays will no doubt be going with Garza, Price, and, i guess shields. neimann and davis have been up and down
do we know if hamilton is back?

Josh: i don't know

Lee: he is. So the Rangers have the bat advantage, rays pitching advantage, but the Rangers also have Lee twice. I like the Rangers

Josh: yeah rangers - yanks = wow

Lee: Hopefully no repeat of Hamilton teeing off in the new stadium like he did at the old one in the home run derby

Josh: yeah really apparently all we have to do to take care of hamilton is send a fly ball to the back wall!
So to the NL, Cinci – Philly, Philly looks great this season

Lee: philly does look great… halladay-hamels-oswalt is going to be a ridiculous rotation to have to face in the post season

Josh: yeah that's crazy

Lee: as great as cincy has been this year, i really think they get swept in the first round
you heard me, I AM PREDICTING A PHILLY SWEEP in the first round
sad but true

Josh: i agree

Lee: big props to cincy for what they have done this year

Josh: they were nasty

Lee: but they're just not built to bang with the philly's in a 5 game series

Josh: not at all. atl - sf should be exciting

Lee: i think so. hudson and hanson vs lincecum and cain, those will be two amazing games right there
IF those are the game 1 and 2 starters, not sure how their rotations were set up towards the end. I know the giants didn't have the luxury of resting guys because they were fighting for a spot right up till the bitter end, but let me double check. Yes, giants will be lincicum and cain 1 & 2. hudson pitched today for atlanta so he won't pitch game one. I guess either Lowe or Hanson. Either way, again, with the pitching I like Lincecum and Cain in a short 5 game series hard

Josh: I'd agree with that, but I think it is the tightest series

Lee: disagree, i think the rays/rangers will be tight. Actually, i think both AL matchups have a chance to go to 5 games, but phillies sweep

Josh: wow, that would be nuts

Lee: and giants in 4

Josh: so yanks - rangers? who do you like there? I'd want to say that the Yanks experience from last year gives them an edge, 7 games, 2 CC - 2 Lee should be a show

Lee: i hate this, i really do. I am the biggest Yankee fan you will ever meet, but I can't in my right mind "pick" them to win this series the way they have played and pitched the last month. I'm taking the Rangers in 6 and banging my head against the wall for even saying such a thing

Josh: ha so Phi - Sf

Lee: yiikes

Josh: I'd have to say I like a SF upset

Lee: possibly the best postseason pitching matchups we will have seen in a long LONG time....

Josh: right

Lee: not taking anything away from pitchers like CC, Lee, Price, Garza, and others who have had some insane pitching matchups in the post season over the last 2 years, but over all, THIS is the series

Josh: I agree

Lee: the phillies have 3 legit aces, and the giants have 2

Josh: I don't always look forward to non yankee playoff games , but that will def b a series worth watching every game

Lee: absolutely. god, that series is going to mostly be low scoring pitching matchups
I'm going to go with the Phillies in 6 though, The Giants will win at least one of Lincecum and Cain's starts but the phillies will tee off on Sanchez and Zito

Josh: I think the Giants find a way to win, I like their energy

Lee: they are young and scrappy, but the Phillies have by far the more experience

Josh: true

Lee: been to the WS each of the last two years, I don't think anyone is going to stop them from making it back to the promised land for the 3rd year in a row

Josh: so you have rangers - Philly

Lee: I do

Josh: who wins this?

Lee: Philly

Josh: wow

Lee: In 5

Josh: I have the yanks – Giants, old school

Lee: Maybe I am blinded by the sexiness of Halladay-Oswalt-Hamels, we haven't seen a 3-some like that since Zito-Hudson-Mulder. Sadly... Zito-Hudson-Mulder I don't believe won any WS's
.........

Josh: haha

Lee: so who wins Yanks Giants?

Josh: I like the Yanks to win it all. I like their experience from last year, I think the pitching will balance out and the hitters come alive. they know they're built for this. the giants will be burned out from getting there

Lee: well here's the caveat, we know CC is going to be solid

Josh: and crack under the pressure

Lee: if Pettitte can refind his form after injury, Hughes can figure out what he's been missing since the first half of the season, and AJ can get his shit together somehow someway, the 4 of them can pitch with any rotation in baseball, even the big 3 of philly. so the Yankees are a huge wild card here. They just haven't been consistent enough for me to take them this postseason. I hope they win it all of course, and i'll be rooting for them, but I'm nowhere near as confident as I was last year
Josh: true. that covers everything except whether or not you like an extra wild card team in the future to play a 3 game series, people have been talking about this

Lee: well, i think that's a whole different topic for another day

Josh: aight

Lee: you heard it here first

Josh: haha, i guess we'll see how our picks hold up in the annual MLB postseason bracket pool on smackjabber's sister site Khaos337.com!

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Good point TO!

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Your Thoughts

How will the Randy Moss trade effect his fantasy value? I'm going to say that it improves his value as he will get more targets.

Flawless Thoughts

I'm concerned about the way the Yankees have headed into the postseason, their pitching is the wrong kind of filthy. Although I'd be much more worried if they were playing the Rangers first. Despite my concerns, I think the experience from last years amazing playoff run will help them get to a second consecutive World Series.

The Mets have FINALLY made the right decision about firing their GM and Manager. I'm not even a Met fan and I couldn't wait for them to get out of town. They might as well have kept Randolph as Manager, I think he would've done better over all than Manuel over the last few years, even though the team collapsed so badly under his watch.

Just a few days ago all I heard about the Giants was how bad they were and how Coughlin was on the hot seat. Cutler, check, Todd Collins, check, if they can keep knocking out QBs all season there will be no hot seat. Similar to the Jets losing to the Ravens in week one setting off all kinds of alarms, but the ringing has been silenced, they just ran the table on their division. Scandal and adversity have seemingly only helped the two New York football teams.

After all the talk about how bad the Patriots defense is, they went out and scored more touchdowns than Tom Brady himself! As much as I dislike the smug way they do things in New England(cheating), they know what they're doing, even when it doesn't look like it to the rest of us.

Football Sund... uh... er.... Friday?!?

There's a new game in town folks... Not sure if this one will last longer than the USFL, or the World League, outlast the UFL, or stick around for a while like Arena Football. But one this is for sure, it's here, and it's actually decent. That's right folks the AFLFA Lingerie Football League.... I randomly caught a few minutes of this on TV the other day while channel surfing. I'm still a little conflicted about the whole thing... so much so I'm at a loss for words. Just check it out and give us your opinions!

Lingerie Football League - MTV Shows

PS... Check out this picture too... this stuff could get ugly!

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Meet the Mets? Meet Bonnie Bernstein.



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Is it me, or does it feel like #Mets Manuel/Minaya set a Guinness World Record 4 longest period on"hot seat" b4 actually getting axed?