THE FLYING V...

Well, well. I’m back. And I see that nothing has changed. I’ve been fighting a cold, anxiety, and law books recently, and though I’m not quite back to 100% yet, what can I say? I am a gamer. It’s the playoffs, and you know the old saying; no one is at 100% this time of year anyways. As the greatest athlete you’ve most assuredly forgotten about would say: “Playing with pain, baby that don’t phase me. Any bitch ass who thinks I’ve lost a step is in for a surprise”. We’ve got a lot of catching up to do and not a lot of time to do it in so let’s get started…

The Anaheim (No longer "Mighty") Ducks are in the Stanley Cup Finals thanks to a miracle game 5 win and holding off a furious rally by Detroit in Game 6. And you can got to Hell Brett Hull. Way to be an unbiased commentator of the game. Last I checked you had 1 assist in the entire SERIES against the Ducks a few years ago. You know, before you retired. I wouldn’t be questioning anyone’s heart just yet. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love playoff hockey. Just love it. The only problem is, its on Versus, so I can't watch it. Bastards. Okay, now that I've killed off the few readers we have by talking about Hockey, back to sports people actually care about…

There goes the good old days of the NBA playoffs. I’ve caught maybe 5 quarters out of the 4 games played in the Conference Finals. Let’s hope for a Jazz-Cleveland Series, if only to see if that will get even lower ratings than the Debacle that was Detroit-San Antonio 2 years ago. The electricity is gone.

Speaking of the NBA blowing the moment, where was the Commish fixing the draft lottery? The best rookie crop since 2003’s stellar class of Lebron, Carmelo, Bosh, Wade, Hinrich, Josh Howard, David West, Boris Diaw, and Captain Barbosa….and the two best players are going to be playing in the Pacific Northwest. Fans in Boston are in shock right now. Simmons probably cried himself to sleep. They were guaranteed 2 out of the top six picks in the draft the year Duncan came out and they ended up picking three and six. Fast Forward 10 years later and with a 40% chance to get either Durant or Oden, they got the 5th pick….likely some guy from China. Speaking of those two picks the Celtics had…one was Chauncey Billups and the other was Ron Mercer. Smart move letting Billups go. Very Smart. Basketball Karma has a funny way of coming back to bite you in the ass like that.

Mike Vick fights dogs. Clinton Portis agrees with him (People can’t understand why dog fighting warrants concern, they say it’s a cultural thing. Well, dog fighting is a illegal and agree with it or not, you break the law, the NFL will make you pay). Ricky Williams can’t stay sober (People can’t understand why you can be drunk and play, but not high. Well, pot is illegal, and agree with it or not, you break the law, the NFL will make you pay). Chris Henry shot a gun out of a moving vehicle while wearing his OWN jersey (Then says it’s the job of the fans to support him no matter what he does). A.J. Nicholson gets charged with domestic battery, and the woman later recants her story and says she hit herself during the argument. Um, okay. Pacman Jones promises the Commissoner that he will never go to strip clubs again and he has a self-imposed curfew of midnight. Where was he the night before he made the promise? A strip club. What happened a couple of nights later? He got pulled over for speeding at 2AM. Gotta love the NFL. Season starts in 4 months.

Before I forget about baseball, I’m finding the Brewers to be an enjoyable team to watch. Prince Fielder is a Mo Vaughn Clone. You know, before he ate himself out of the league. Also, the son of Cecil. Love the sausage races during the seventh inning stretch as well. Including when DRandall Simon hit one of them with his baseball bat during the race. Plus you gotta like any team called the Brewers…














Jason Giambi is in trouble for calling out MLB on the Steroids. Personally I think its refreshing that someone called MLB management a bunch of liars and cheats. After all it takes one to know one. And Bud Selig should be there when Bonds breaks the record. Steroids occurred on his watch. Now he should have to deal with…

Finally, going back to the quote at the top of the article; I’m wondering if any of you know who it is I’m talking about (hint: TTT). I’ll write an article on him sooner or later. Stay Tuned…