Thursday, August 30, 2007

Sumit Series

35 YEARS AGO HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY GOT THE BIGGEST WAKE UP CALL OF THEIR LIVES…
IN GAME ONE OF THE SUMMIT SERIES…TEAM CANADA GOT BLOWN OUT 7-3 BY THE SOVIET UNION…
SUDDENLY IT WAS NO LONGER OUR GAME…
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER CANADIANS HAD TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE STYLE OF OUR GAME BUT MORE IMPORANTLY HOW WE WERE TEACHING THE GAME…
IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD SINCE THAT FATE FULL DAY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND 1972…BUT IT WOULD APPEAR WE HAVE RECLAIMED OUR NATIONAL SPORT…
AFTER THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE SUPER SERIES IT IS CLEAR…
OUR BEST JUNIOR PLAYERS ARE NOT ONLY BETTER THAN THE RUSSIANS…BUT OUR COACHING AND OUR SYSTEM…ARE BETTER…
CANADA HAS WON THREE STRAIGHT GOLD MEDALS AT THE WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HAS BEEN IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME…6 STRAIGHT YEARS…
LAST YEAR THE TOP 6 PLAYERS IN NHL SCORING WERE ALL CANADIAN INCLUDING SYDNEY CROSBY WHO WON THE ART ROSS…THE HART…AND THE PEARSON…
ADD TO ALL THAT…THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPION ANAHEIM DUCKS HAD 16 CANADIANS ON THEIR STARTING ROSTER…INCLUDING SCOTT NEIDERMAYER WHO TOOK HOME THE CONN SMYTHE…
IT WOULD APPEAR THE FUTURE ALSO LOOKS VERY BRIGHT FOR HOCKEY IN THIS COUNTRY…
IN TWO YEARS HOCKEY CANADA WILL MOVE INTO ITS NEW STATE OF ART TRAINING CENTER IN CALGARY…
IT WILL COST NEARLY 300 MILLION DOLLARS AND WILL BE READY IN TIME FOR THE MENS AND WOMENS TEAMS TO PREPARE FOR THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS…
WHEN IT’S FINISHED HOCKEY CANADA SHOULD PLACE A MONUMENT OUTSIDE WITH A SIMPLE MESSAGE…
“7-3…LEST WE FORGET”

Monday, August 27, 2007

More Vick!

MICHAEL VICK WAS IN COURT THIS MORNING TO PLEAD GUILTY TO DOG FIGHTING…
HE WILL BE SENTENCED ON DECEMBER THE 10TH…
VICK’S PERFORMACE TODAY MAKES IT CLEAR…HE NOW FULLY UNDERSTANDS JUST HOW MUCH TROUBLE HE’S IN…
TALK ABOUT DAMAGE CONTROL!!!
VICK APOLOGIZED FOR HIS ACTIONS AND SAID HE TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY…THEN ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS AND UNDERSTANDING…
QUOTE….”I MOVE FORWARD TO BETTER MICHAEL VICK THE PERSON…NOT THE FOOTBALL PLAYER.”
NEVERTHELESS VICK ADMITTED HE LIED TO…NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL AND THE OWNER OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS ARTHUR BLANK…
HE SAID HE WAS ASHAMED AND DISSAPPOINTED IN HIMSELF…AND LABLED HIMSELF AS “IMMATURE”…
VICK DISCRIBED DOG FIGHTING AS A TERRIBLE THING…SOMETHING HE NOW REJECTS…
HERE’S THE KICKER…
VICK NOW SAYS HE HAS FOUND RELIGION…AND IN HIS WORDS…”I WILL REDEEM MYSELF…I HAVE TO”…
SO WHAT TRIGGERED THIS GREAT SPIRITUAL AWAKING???
NOW BEFORE YOU LABLE IT AS “A MIRACLE”…HERE’S THE REST OF THE STORY…
THE PLEA AGREEMENT DOES NOT GUARENTEE VICK ANYTHING…
HIS FUTURE IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF TWO MORTALS…
THE FIRST IS FEDERAL JUDGE HENRY E. HUDSON WHO IS NOT BOUND BY SENTENCING GUIDELINES AND HAS THE POWER TO SEND VICK TO JAIL FOR THE MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS…
THE SECOND IS GOODELL WHO HAS THE POWER TO SUSPEND VICK FROM PLAYING IN THE NFL FOR LIFE FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH ILLEGAL GAMBLING…
VICK ADMITTS TO KILLING DOGS AND FINANCING THE GAMBLING BUT INSISTS HE NEVER PERSONALLY PLACED ANY BETS ON THE FIGHTS OR SHARED IN ANY WINNINGS…
THE BIG QUESTION NOW IS…WILL VICK’S CONFESSION BE ENOUGH TO SAVE HIS CAREER???
THAT’S WHAT HE’S REALLY PRAYING FOR…
UNDER THE NFL’S PERSONAL CONDUCT POLICY…MERELY ASSOCIATING WITH GAMBLERS CAN RESUSLT IN A LIFETIME BAN…
IN THE MEANTIME TODAY’S CONVICTION WILL COST VICK ABOUT $100 MILLION DOLLARS IN LOST SALARY…BONUSES AND ENDORSEMENTS…
SUCH IS THE PRICE OF SALVATION…

Friday, August 24, 2007

IT WOULD APPEAR THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE TODD BERTUZZI…STEVE MOORE INCIDENT IS ABOUT TO BE WRITTEN…
FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CANUCKS DAVE NONIS HAS BEEN IN TORONTO ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM TIM DANSON…THE LAWYER WHO REPRESENTS MOORE…
THE CIVIL SUIT FILED BY MOORE NOT ONLY SEEKS DAMAGES FROM BERTUZZI…BUT ALSO NAMES…THE CANUCKS…BRAD MAY…FORMER GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN BURKE AND FORMER HEAD COACH MARC CRAWFORD…
MOORE IS DEMANDING $19.5 MILLION DOLLARS…
THE CANUCKS HAVE ALREADY PUT SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND BERTUZZI…
A YEAR AGO THE TEAM ISSUED ITS STATEMENT OF DEFENCE WHICH DENIES…IT WAS NEGLIGENT OR LIABLE FOR THE ACTS…ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OF BERTUZZI…
THE NHL DOES NOT AGREE…
THAT’S WHY THE CANUCKS WERE FINED $250 THOUSAND DOLLARS…
NHL VICE PRESIDENT COLIN CAMPBELL INSISTS THE TEAM COULD HAVE…QUOTE…“DONE MORE TO CONTROL THEIR PLAYERS”…
ACCORDING TO THE CAMPBELL…
THE CANUCKS WERE WARNED BEFORE THE GAME…AND FORMER REFEREE IN CHIEF ANDY VAN HELLEMOND CALLED DURING THE GAME TO MAKE CERTAIN THERE WOULD BE NO TROUBLE…
IN BERTUZZI’S STATEMENT OF DEFENSE…HE DENIES HE RECEIVED ANY WARNINGS…
AT THE TIME BURKE ATTEMPTED TO DEFEND “HIS” POSITION BY STATING THAT THE FINE WAS…IN HIS WORDS…”HORRIBLY UNJUST”…
WHEN YOU ADD IT UP…CLEARLY SOMEBODY IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH…
THE BATTLE IN THIS TRIAL IS NOT GOING TO BE SO MUCH…BETWEEN BERTUZZI AND MOORE…AS IT IS BETWEEN BERTUZZI…AND BURKE…AND MAY…AND CRAWFORD AND THE CANUCKS…
WHAT COMPLICATES THIS MATTER IS THE FACT THAT…BERTUZZI…BURKE AND MAY NOW ALL WORK FOR THE ANAHEIM DUCKS…
THERE IS LITTLE QUESTION MOORE IS GOING TO WIN THIS CASE…
BERTUZZI HAS ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY TO ASSAULT AND SERVED A YEAR OF PROBATION…
THE ISSUES NOW ARE…
WHO’S REALLY TO BLAME???…AND HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST???
WE WON’T KNOW THOSE ANSWERS FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX MONTHS…
BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR…
SOMEBODY IS ABOUT TO WRITE A SERIOUS CHEQUE…

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Hockey Night in Nevada

ARE YOU READY FOR HOCKEY NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS???
THE NHL COULD BE IN THAT CITY BY AS EARLY AS 2010…
HARRAH’S ENTERTAINMENT HAS JUST ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD A $500 MILLION DOLLAR ARENA JUST OFF THE LAS VEGAS STRIP…
THE OWNER OF THE LOS ANGELES KINGS PHILIP ANSCHUTZ IS A PARTNER IN THIS NEW ARENA…WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT NOT ONLY THE NHL BUT ALSO THE NBA…
THAT GETS US TO JERRY BRUCKHEIMER WHO IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD BUT ALSO A HUGH HOCKEY FAN…
BRUCKHEIMER HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE NHL FOR YEARS ABOUT GETTING A TEAM IN LAS VEGAS AND IS CLOSELY CONNECTED TO ANSCHUTZ…
ON THE SURFACE IT MIGHT MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE TO RE-LOCATE A TEAM…
CLEARLY HOCKEY IS NOT SELLING IN MARKETS LIKE NASHVILLE…ATLANTA…FLORIDA AND WASHINGTON…
BUT AN EXPANSION TEAM WOULD PUT AT LEAST 200 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE POCKETS OF THE OWNERS…
IT WOULD ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR A SECOND EXPANSION TEAM AND ANOTHER 200 MILLION…
THE NBA IS ALSO VERY INTERESTED…
THAT LEAGUE HAS ALREADY APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO STUDY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO LOCATE A FRANCHISE IN LAS VEGAS…
NO QUESTION THE NBA WAS ROCKED BY THE BETTING SCANDAL INVOLVING ONE ITS OWN REFEREES…BUT POTENTIAL IS SO GREAT THAT THE LEAGUE IS STILL MOVING FORWARD…
IN FEBRUARY THE NBA STAGED ITS ALL STAR GAME IN VEGAS…WHICH WAS A HUGH SUCCESS…
IN THE MEANTIME…ANOTHER GROUP…R.E.I. OUT OF MICHIGAN HAS PLANS TO BUILD A SPORTS ARENA OM DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS AS PART OF A 9 AND A HALF BILLION DOLLAR CASINO AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT…
IT MEANS BOTH THE NHL AND THE NBA COULD EXPAND INTO VEGAS AND PLAY IN DIFFERENT ARENAS…
BUT WITHOUT QUESTION…THE ARENA PLANNED BY HARRAH’S IS THE ONE EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT…AND HERE’S WHY…
THERE ARE 200 THOUSAND HOTEL ROOMS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE…
VEGAS BABY…VEGAS…


PRATT OUT

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

The Race Card

LIKE IT OR NOT THE RACE CARD IS GETTING PLAYED IN THE MICHAEL VICK CASE…
BECAUSE LIKE IT OR NOT…RACE IS STILL A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE U.S….ESPECIALLY IN CITIES LIKE ATLANTA…
THE “N--DOUBLE A—CP” HAS NOW STEPPED IN…
R.L. WHITE THE PRESIDENT OF THE ATLANTA CHAPTER HAS NOW RIPPED INTO THE MEDIA…
IN HIS WORDS…”MICHEAL VICK HAS RECEIVED MORE NEGATIVE PRESS THAN IF HE HAD KILLED A HUMAN BEING”…
THE N—DOUBLE A--CP ALSO WANTS THE NFL TO ALLOW VICK TO PLAY AGAIN ONCE HE GETS OUT OF PRISON…
QUOTE…”WE FURTHER ASK THE NFL…THE FALCONS…AND THE SPONSORS NOT TO PERMANENTLY BAN MR. VICK FROM HIS ABILITY TO BRING HOURS OF ENJOYMENT TO FANS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY”…
CLEARLY THIS IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO PORTRAY VICK AS THE VICTIM…
WHITE REFUSES TO ACCEPT VICK IS GUILTY OF ANYTHING…
INSTEAD HE WENT SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST VICK HAS BEEN FRAMED…
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS WHITE HAS NOW STATED THE CO-DEFENDANTS IN THE CASE LIED TO AS HE PUTS IT…”SAVE THEIR OWN NECKS”…
ACCORDING TO WHITE…VICK ONLY AGREED TO TAKE THE PLEA AGREEMENT TO…”CUT HIS LOSSES”…
THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG HERE…
THIS IS NOT THE MESSAGE LEADERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY SHOULD BE SENDING…
WHAT VICK DID WAS WRONG AND HE IS GOING TO PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR IT…
LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING…
THE REASON VICK IS UNDER ATTACK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN…
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT HE IS THE HIGHEST PAID QUARTERBACK IN NFL…
WHEN FORMER NBA REFEREE TIM DONAGHY PLEADED GUILTY FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING DID ANYONE IN THE WHITE COMMUNITY JUMP UP AND DEFEND HIS ACTIONS…OR GO TO THE LEAGUE AND TRY AND GET HIS JOB BACK…ABSOLUTELY NOT…
DONAGHY BETRAYED A TRUST AND IS GOING TO JAIL…

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Trevor Linden

TREVOR LINDEN WILL PLAY FOR THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS THIS SEASON…
TODAY THE TEAM MADE IT OFFICIAL WHEN IT ANNOUNCED LINDEN HAD SIGNED A ONE YEAR CONTRACT…
WHATEVER ISSUES REGUARDING HIS ROLE ON THE TEAM AND THE AMOUNT HE WILL BE PAID HAVE ALL BEEN RESOLVED…
AT 37 YEARS OF AGE…AND HEADING INTO HIS 19TH NHL SEASON…THIS COULD VERY WELL BE HIS LAST SEASON…
IF HE PERFORMS LIKE HE DID THE PLAYOFFS…THEN THE ANSWER IS NO…
LAST SPRING LINDEN PROVED THERE’S STILL SOMETHING LEFT IN THE TANK…37 IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE…
MIKE MODANO…TEEMU SELANE…AND ROD BRIND’AMOUR WERE ALL TAKEN IN THE SAME DRAFT AS LINDEN…
AND THERE ARE A FEW PLAYERS THAT ARE EVEN OLDER…SUCH AS…
JOE SAKIC…BRENDAN SHANNAHAN…AND CHRIS CHELIOS…
BUT CLEARLY THESE PLAYERS ARE THE EXCEPTION AND NOT THE RULE…
WHEN LINDEN HEADS OFF TO TRAINING CAMP NEXT MONTH…HE CERTAINLY WILL FIND A MOMENT TO WONDER WHERE ALL THE TIME WENT…
IN 1988 HE JUST 18 WHEN HE ARRIVED AT HIS FIRST TRAINING CAMP…FRESH OFF BACK TO BACK MEMORIAL CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS…
LINDEN SCORED 30 GOALS IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR AND MADE THE ALL ROOKIE TEAM…
IN THOSE DAYS EVERYTHING SEEMED POSSIBLE…AND IN 1994 HE LED THE CANUCKS TO THE 7TH GAME OF THE STANLEY CUP FINAL…
THEN SUDDENLY IT ALL FELL APART…
JOHN MCCAW BOUGHT THE TEAM AND SIGNED MARK MESSIER…
THE CANUCKS DID THE UNTHINKABLE AND STRIPPED LINDEN OF THE “C”…BY FEBRUARY MIKE KEENAN HAD TRADED HIM TO THE ISLANDERS…
THEN IT WAS MONTREAL…AND THEN WASHINGTON…
IN 2001 THE CANUCKS GAVE UP A FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK TO BRING HIM HOME…
AS OF TODAY TREVOR LINDEN KNOWS HE WILL GET AT LEAST ONE SEASON IN THE NHL…
BUT MORE IMPORTANLY HE’LL GET ONE MORE SHOT AT WINNING THE STANLEY CUP…
WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT’S BEEN…

Monday, August 20, 2007

Michael Vick

MICHAEL VICK IS GOING TO JAIL…
NEXT MONDAY VICK WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO PROMOTING DOG FIGHTING…
THE QUESTION OF HOW LONG HE’LL SPEND IN JAIL IS STILL NOT KNOWN…
BUT OVER THE WEEKEND CNN WAS REPORTING THAT THE OFFER ON THE TABLE STARTED AT 18 MONTHS BUT COULD BE AS MUCH AS 3 YEARS…
VICK WAS FACING UP TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL AND WAS EXPECTED TO GET HIT TODAY WITH RACKETEERING CHARGES…
LAST WEEK THREE CO-DEFENDANTS FLIPPED AND REVEALED THAT VICK WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE MONEY MAN…
ACCORDING THEM…VICK HUNG AND DROWN DOGS THAT DID NOT PREFORM…
EARLIER TODAY HIS LAWYER BILLY MARTIN ISSUED THIS STATEMENT…
“MICHAEL WISHES TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN HURT BY THIS MATTER”…
NO WHERE IN THAT STATEMENT IS THERE ANY MENTION OF THE PAIN AND SUFFERING VICK AND HIS PARTNERS INFLICTED ON THE DOGS…
AS FOR THE PRICE VICK WILL PAY FOR THOSE ACTIONS…JAIL TIME IS JUST THE START…
THE DOG FIGHTING ALSO INVOLVED GAMBLING WHICH WILL ALLOW THE NFL TO BAN VICK FOR LIFE…
IN OTHER WORDS HIS FOOTBALL CAREER IS ALMOST CERTAINLY OVER…
THEN THERE’S THE MONEY…
TWO YEARS AGO VICK SIGNED A 10 YEAR CONTRACT WORTH $130 MILLION DOLLARS…
HE HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID $40 MILLION…
HOWEVER $37 MILLION OF THAT CAME IN THE FORM OF SIGNING BONUSES…
PLEADING GUILTY NOT ONLY ALLOWS THE ATLANTA FALCONS TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT IT ALSO OPENS THE DOOR TO RECLAIM ALL OF THOSE SIGNING BONUSES…
IF THE TEAM IS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT ATTEMPT…BY THE TIME PAYS HIS LEGAL FEES AND GETS OUT OF JAIL…VICK COULD BE FLAT BROKE…
THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD ARGUE THAT THE PUNISHMENT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH…
BUT THINK ABOUT IT…
VICK IS NOW 27 YEARS OLD…HE’LL BE 30 WHEN HE GETS OUT OF JAIL…
WITH NO FOOTBALL…NO MONEY…AND A CRIMMINAL RECORD…
WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS OPTIONS WILL BE???
FOR MICHAEL VICK THIS STORY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING…
IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH…BUT DAMN…IT’S CLOSE…

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Elvis Lives!

THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY ELVIS DIED…
WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKED HIS MUSIC…WHAT YOU CAN NOT DEBATE IS THE IMPACT ELVIS HAD ON BOTH THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS AND THE VERY CULTURE OF AMERICA…
ELVIS WAS THE FIRST WHITE ARTIST TO SING BLACK MUSIC…
WITHOUT ELVIS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO VEHICLE FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS RAY CHARLES…OR JIMI HENDRICKS…OR SNOOP DOG…
THERE WOULD BE NO HIP HOP…
NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARRIAGE OF MUSIC AND SPORTS…
NONE OF THAT EXISTED BEFORE ELVIS…
IT’S NOT JUST THE HALF TIME SHOW AT THE SUPER BOWL…
MUSIC IS NOW A BIG PART OF HOW EA SPORTS MARKETS ITS VIDEO GAMES…
IT’S THE OPENING OF MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL…
IT’S HOW NIKE SELLS SHOES…
JOHN LENNON ONCE SAID…”BEFORE ELVIS THERE WAS NOTHING”…
HE WAS THE FIRST TO SHOW THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY HOW SEX SELLS…
NOW TAKE A LOOK AT HOW TODAYS ATHLETES HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT…
EVERY YEAR ESPN RATES THE HOTTEST FEMALE AND MALE ATHLETES…
SO DOES MAXIM MAGAZINE…
MARIA SHARAPOVA…DANNA PATRICK AND NATALIE GULBIS ARE SELLING A LOT MORE THAN JUST TENNIS…AUTO RACING AND GOLF…
JESSE PALMER PLAYED A GRAND TOTAL OF 8 GAMES IN THE NFL FOR THE NEW YORK GIANTS…
YET IN 2004 THE PRODUCERS OF “THE BACHELOR” WANTED HIM TO STAR IN THEIR SHOW…
PALMER MAY HAVE HAD A MINOR LEAGUE ARM…BUT HE HAD A MAJOR LEAGUE SMILE…
EVERY PROFESSIONAL ATHELETE IN THE WORLD OWES SOMETHING TO ELVIS…
IT HELPS TO EXPLAIN WHY EVERY YEAR 600 THOUSAND PEOPLE FLY TO MEMPHIS TO LINE UP FOR HOURS JUST FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR GRACELAND…
THIS WEEK OVER 40 THOUSAND ARE EXPECTED TO PAY THEIR REPECTS…
30 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF ELVIS GRACELAND STILL TAKES IN $27 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR…
IN ALL THE ELVIS BUSINESS MAKES A TOTAL OF $40 MILLION A YEAR…
NO QUESTION…ELVIS IS ALIVE…

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Michael Vick

BY THIS FRIDAY MICHAEL VICK WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IN HIS LIFE…
ACCEPT A PLEA AGREEMENT FOR HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN A DOG FIGHTING RING OR FIGHT THE CHARGES…
ALL THREE OF THE CO-DEFENDANTS HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO TAKE A PLEA AND TESIFY AGAINST VICK…
ON THE SURFACE IT WOULD APPEAR MICHAEL VICK HAS ONLY ONE OPTION…
HOWEVER VICK HAS ALREADY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES AND HAS ISSUED AN WRITTEN STATEMENT IN WHICH HE SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO...QUOTE…”CLEARING MY GOOD NAME”…
IN THE MEANTIME THE NFL IS STAYING ON THE SIDELINES UNTIL AFTER THE FEDERAL PROSECUTOR MICHAEL GILL IS FINISHED WITH THE FINAL DETAILS OF HIS CASE…
THAT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAY…
IF VICK CHOOSES TO TAKE THIS MATTER TO COURT…HE COULD BE HIT WITH AT LEAST 2 MORE FEDERAL DOGFIGHTING CHARGES…
THEN NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL WILL TAKE HIS TURN…
GOODELL IS EXPECTED TO SUSPEND VICK FOR AT LEAST THE REST OF THE 2007 SEASON…WHETHER HE TAKES THE PLEA OR NOT…
RIGHT NOW THAT’S THE LEAST OF HIS CONCERNS…
IF CONVICTED MICHAEL VICK COULD SPENT 6 YEARS IN JAIL…
LASTNIGHT VICK SAT DOWN WITH HIS LAWYERS TO DISCUSE WHAT HE WANTS TO DO…
KEEP IN MIND THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM IS FAR FROM PERFECT…
THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THAT…
HOWEVER VICK HAS THREE EYE WITNESSES TO GO ALONG WITH A MOUNTAIN OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE…MUCH OF WHICH WAS FOUND ON HIS PROPERTY…
MOST EXPERTS AGREE IT’S TIME FOR VICK TO CUT HIS LOSSES…
THE CORPORATE SPONSORS ARE GONE…
THE ATLANTA FALCONS ARE GONE…
THE NFL IS ABOUT TO SAY GOODBYE…
AND HIS FRIENDS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS HAVE ALL TURNED AGAINST HIM…
MICHAEL VICK IS ALL ALONE NOW…AND IT WOULD APPEAR THINGS ARE ONLY GET WORSE BEFORE THEY START TO GET BETTER…

Michael Vick

BY THIS FRIDAY MICHAEL VICK WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IN HIS LIFE…
ACCEPT A PLEA AGREEMENT FOR HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN A DOG FIGHTING RING OR FIGHT THE CHARGES…
ALL THREE OF THE CO-DEFENDANTS HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO TAKE A PLEA AND TESIFY AGAINST VICK…
ON THE SURFACE IT WOULD APPEAR MICHAEL VICK HAS ONLY ONE OPTION…
HOWEVER VICK HAS ALREADY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES AND HAS ISSUED AN WRITTEN STATEMENT IN WHICH HE SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO...QUOTE…”CLEARING MY GOOD NAME”…
IN THE MEANTIME THE NFL IS STAYING ON THE SIDELINES UNTIL AFTER THE FEDERAL PROSECUTOR MICHAEL GILL IS FINISHED WITH THE FINAL DETAILS OF HIS CASE…
THAT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAY…
IF VICK CHOOSES TO TAKE THIS MATTER TO COURT…HE COULD BE HIT WITH AT LEAST 2 MORE FEDERAL DOGFIGHTING CHARGES…
THEN NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL WILL TAKE HIS TURN…
GOODELL IS EXPECTED TO SUSPEND VICK FOR AT LEAST THE REST OF THE 2007 SEASON…WHETHER HE TAKES THE PLEA OR NOT…
RIGHT NOW THAT’S THE LEAST OF HIS CONCERNS…
IF CONVICTED MICHAEL VICK COULD SPENT 6 YEARS IN JAIL…
LASTNIGHT VICK SAT DOWN WITH HIS LAWYERS TO DISCUSE WHAT HE WANTS TO DO…
KEEP IN MIND THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM IS FAR FROM PERFECT…
THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THAT…
HOWEVER VICK HAS THREE EYE WITNESSES TO GO ALONG WITH A MOUNTAIN OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE…MUCH OF WHICH WAS FOUND ON HIS PROPERTY…
MOST EXPERTS AGREE IT’S TIME FOR VICK TO CUT HIS LOSSES…
THE CORPORATE SPONSORS ARE GONE…
THE ATLANTA FALCONS ARE GONE…
THE NFL IS ABOUT TO SAY GOODBYE…
AND HIS FRIENDS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS HAVE ALL TURNED AGAINST HIM…
MICHAEL VICK IS ALL ALONE NOW…AND IT WOULD APPEAR THINGS ARE ONLY GET WORSE BEFORE THEY START TO GET BETTER…

Monday, August 13, 2007

Madden '08

WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT…IT WILL OFFICIALLY BECOME “MADDEN DAY”…
FOR FOOTBALL FANS WHO LOVE VIDEO GAMES…
AUGUST THE 14TH IS THE SUPER BOWL AND CHRISTMAS ALL ROLLED INTO ONE…
“MADDEN NFL 2008” WILL OFFICIALLY HIT THE SELVES IN 6 THOUSAND STORES ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA…
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS IN THE U.S. WILL LINE UP FOR HOURS WAITING TO GET THEIR HANDS ON IT…
EA SPORTS WILL SEND OUT VIP COPIES TO PEOPLE SUCH AS ANDY RODDICK…SNOOP DOGG AND GREEN DAY…
LAST YEARS VERSION SOLD 1.8 MILLION AND THIS YEAR THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO GO WELL OVER 2 MILLION…
IT’S NOT JUST THE FANS THAT ARE PLAYING…SO ARE THE PLAYERS…
FOR THE LAST 13 SUPER BOWLS EA SPORTS HAS HELD A “MADDEN TOURNAMENT” JUST FOR PLAYERS…
NEXT TO THE GAME ITSELF…THE TOURNAMENT ALONG WITH THE PLAYBOY AND MAXIM PARTIES ARE THE TOUGHEST TICKETS…
THE PLAYERS TAKE THIS REAL SERIOUS AND ALEX SMITH OF THE OF THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS IS THE TWO TIME DEFENDING CHAMPION…BUT THE REAL PRIZE IS TO BECOME THE PLAYER ON THE COVER…
AT LEAST IT USED TO BE…THEN CAME THE CURSE…
THE LAST SIX STRAIGHT PLAYERS TO BE ON THE COVER OF “MADDEN” HAVE ALL SUFFERED INJURIES THAT COST THEM THEIR SEASON…
THE LIST INCLUDES DAUNTE CULPEPPER…MARSHALL FAULK…MICHAEL VICK…RAY LEWIS AND DONOVAN MCNABB…
LAST YEAR SHAUN ALEXANDER BROKE HIS FOOT IN WEEK FOUR…THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER OF 2005 STRUGGLED THROUGH THE WORST SEASON OF HIS NFL CAREER…
THIS YEAR LADAINIAN TOMLINSON OF THE CHARGERS WAS OFFERED THE COVER BUT TURNED IT DOWN…
THE OFFICIAL REASON GIVEN WAS MONEY…BUT HOW DO YOU TURN DOWN A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR DOING NOTHING???
INSTEAD EA SPORTS GAVE THE COVER TO VINCE YOUNG OF THE TITANS…
WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IN THE CURSE OR NOT…
WHAT IS NOT OPEN FOR DEBATE IS THE SUCCESS OF THE GAME…”MADDEN NFL” REMAINS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL VIDEO GAME IN HISTORY…
2008 BEGINS IN JUST A MATTER OF HOURS

Friday, August 10, 2007

Canucks Court

THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER OWNERSHIP OF THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS HAS ONCE AGAIN PROVIDED SOME AMAZING INSIGHT INTO WHAT WENT ON WITH THE SALE OF THE CLUB TO FRANCISCO AQUILLINI…
FORMER OWNER JOHN MCCAW WRAPPED UP HIS TESTIMONY YESTERDAY…
AMOUNG THE GEMS THAT WERE REVEALED…
MCCAW HAD THREATENED TO SUE RYAN BEDDIE AFTER HE PUBLICLY STATED THAT HE AND HIS PARTNER TOM GAGLARDI WERE “SHAFTED” AFTER THE TEAM WAS SOLD TO AQUILLINI…
MCCAW ALSO SAID HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM TOM’S FATHER BOB GAGLARDI AND TOLD HIM HIS SON WAS “DEVASTATED” WITH NEWS OF THE SALE OF 50 PERCENT OF THE TEAM…
ACCORDING TO MCCAW…WHEN IT WAS MADE CLEAR THAT THE SALE WAS FINAL BOB GAGLARDI THEN OFFERED TO BUY THE REMAINING 50 PERCENT…
WHEN MCCAW REFUSED GAGLARDI THREATENED TO SUE HIM…
MCCAW THEN THREATENED TO SUE GAGLARDI…
ALL THIS TOOK PLACE NEARLY 3 YEARS AGO…
BUT THE CIVIL TRIAL HAS GIVEN US RARE INSIGHT INTO HOW NASTY THIS SALE WAS AND STILL IS…
IT’S NOT OVER…
MONDAY THE FINAL TWO WITNESSES WILLE ON THE STAND…
HOW’S THIS FOR A TWIST…ONE OF THEM IS GENERAL MANAGER DAVE NONIS…
AS IT STANDS NOW NONIS WORKS FOR AQUILLINI…
BUT IF GAGLARDI AND BEEDIE WIN THEIR CASE…THEY WOULD OWN THE TEAM AND NONIS WOULD HAVE HIMSELF A BRAND NEW BOSS…
WHAT ADDS TO THIS DRAMA IS THE FACT NONIS IS VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH BRIAN BURKE…WHO IS ALSO VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH GAGLARDI…
BEFORE THE SALE OF THE CANUCKS TO AQUILLINI…GAGLARDI WAS RUMORED TO HAVE APPROACHED BURKE ABOUT BECOMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEAM…
THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THIS CASE ARE EXPECTED TO DRAG ON FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH AND IT MAY BE SOMETIME IN OCTOBER BEFORE THE JUDGE FINALLY HANDS DOWN A VIRDICT…
BUT ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEK WE HAVE BEEN REMINDED THAT JUST WHEN YOU THINK THINGS CAN’T GET ANY WIERDER…THEY GET WEIRDED…

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Barry Bonds

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT…
BARRY BONDS IS NOW THE ALL TIME HOME RUN KING…
HE IS THE SON OF AN ALL-STAR…
THE GOD SON OF A LEGEND…
LASTNIGHT BONDS HIT NUMBER 756 AT HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO…IN FRONT OF A SOLD OUT CROWD…ON NATIONAL TELEVISION…
HIS SON WAS WAITING FOR HIM AT HOME PLATE…
THE REST OF HIS FAMILY WAS IN THE STANDS…
THERE WERE FIREWORKS GOING OFF ABOUT THE CENTER FIELD SCOREBOARD…
AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF…HANK AARON APPEARED ON THE JUMBO TRON AND OFFERED HIS CONGRATULATIONS…
“PERFECT”…
WELL NOT QUITE…
THE CLOUD OF STERIODS HAS TAINTED BONDS AND HIS CAREER…
BASEBALL FANS WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE HOME RUNS WERE HIT CLEAN…
IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT BONDS BEGAN USING STERIODS AFTER MARK MCGWIRE HIT 70 IN THE 1998 SEASON…
IF THAT’S TRUE THEN 310 OF THD 756 ARE DIRTY…
IT DOES NOT HELP THAT BONDS HAS BEEN A FAILURE AS A HUMAN BEING…
HE IS GROUND ZERO WITH TWO STERIOD INVESTIGATIONS…ONE BY THE FBI AND ONE BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL…
HIS PERSONAL TRAINER GREG ANDERSON HAS REFUSED TO TESTIFY AND REMAINS IN JAIL…
BONDS IS FACING CHARGES FROM THE IRS FOR TAX EVASION…
AND HE HAS CHEATED ON HIS WIFE…
BUT IT’S STERIODS THAT ARE WHAT HAS SPOILED HIS HISTORIC EVENT…
THE QUESTION NOW IS…DOES BONDS GET IN THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME???
EVEN IF HE’S NEVER FOUND GUILTY OF DOING ANYTHING WRONG…IT’S NOT A GIVEN…
MARK MCGWIRE AND HIS 583 HOME RUNS RECEIVED JUST 23 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN THE FIRST YEAR HE WAS ELIGIBLE…
SAMMY SOSA HAS OVER 600 HOME RUNS…AND MAY NOT GET IN…
RAFAEL PALMEIRO IS ONE OF ONLY 4 PLAYERS IN HISTORY WITH 500 HOME RUNS AND 3 THOUSAND HITS…
BUT PALMEIRO TOOK STERIODS AND LIED TO CONGRESS…HE’S NEVER GETTING IN…
AT THE ALL STAR GAME BONDS STATED…”THEY ALL SAY I’M THE MOST DISGUSTING THING BUT THEY ALL STAND HERE FOR ME”…
THEY MAY STAND BARRY…BUT YOU MAY NEVER RECEIVE THE ULTIMATE HONOR!!!