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
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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!

Tweet of the Week

Good point TO!

terrellowens RT @nafyad: Why is that Reporter not all over the Brett Favre accusation over sending racy message? i know if it was @terrellowens it would be headline

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!

Tweet of the Week

Meet the Mets? Meet Bonnie Bernstein.



BonnieB_ESPN

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?

Lock It Up

My lock of the week is Green Bay over Detroit. Shaun Hill starting against the Packer D, that doesn't sound good. A-Rod and Jermichael Freakly will steamroll the Lions.

My game to stay as far away from as you can is New York over Chicago. I really think the adversity the Giants are facing will drive them to win this game, that being said I wouldn't bet a dime on it.