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Saturday, March 31, 2007

The Penguins Are Made Out Of Metal

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alright, the devils won last night, tying the pens for #1 in the atlantic, but moving into #2 in the eastern conference due to their 46th win (the pens have 45).the pens can reclaim the #2 spot if they beat the hungry leafs tonight, who sit in 9th place, 1 point out of the playoffs. crosby is still pooing on the competition for the scoring lead, currently sitting 11 points ahead of joe thornton, who looks like a spitting image of my buddy, evan. take a look at that picture. now picture someone who looks exactly the same, but 5-6 years younger. weird.
final four is tonight. the most intriguing storyline is that both contests are rematches from last year's dance. ohio state lost to georgetown in the 2nd round last year, and we all know that florida beat (spanked) ucla in the final (hmmm, ucla shot about 36 percent from the floor against florida last year, remarkably similar to pitts last two losses, to georgetown in the big east final and ucla in the sweet 16). i guess howland hasnt changed all that much.
check out the way the raptors forced overtime to beat the wizards. not as remarkable as sheed's 60 footer, but fun and awesome nonetheless. raps won, and ruffin looks like a tool.
mpotd later

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Friday, March 30, 2007

...And Then I Turned Off 'Baby Boy'

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I just happened to flip through the channels & i saw the movie "baby boy" on bet (really?). i think ving rhames is in it, or some other blactor that looks like ving. at one point, ving, or his lookalike, clearly the o.g. to baby boy's newbie-ness, tells baby boy that, "you got an oedipus complex, son." now im not black, and i dont pretend to be. but ive never had any black friend tell me that anyone i know has an oedipus complex. before (fake, maybe?) mr rhames could put the -ex on complex, i had already left the room. i was like, "am i watching bet? and did they just say oedipus complex on bet?" then i turned off bet, and contemplated my existence a little

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Mini Pony of the Day 3-30-07

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The mini pony of the day is a fake. actually its a toy @ walmart & im sending this from my phone to test out mobile blogging. its name is butterscotch, and its part of the furreal friends toy line. this toy is a bit creepy, but its the mpotd nevertheless

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American Gladiators Will Be Shown on ESPN Classic

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touche, espn. espn classic will begin airing episodes of american gladiators starting tomorrow, march 31. that rules. i love american gladiators. mike adamle and larry csonka calling the plays. assault, breakthrough & conquer, powerball, human canonball, joust, the wall, atlasphere, hang tough, the maze, swingshot, sky track, gauntlet, super powerball, tug-of-war, snapback, whiplash and pyramid waiting to be played. nitro, gemini, laser, hawk, siren, lace, sunny, steel, elektra, viper, rage, SEB, sky, ice, jazz, tower, dallas, zap, gold, malibu, titan, lace #2, blaze, tank, panther, thunder, turbo, rebel , cyclone, sabre and diamond patrolling the games. and then while all this was going on, players like mark ortega and wesley "2 scoops" berry were able to excel, especially at the eliminator (remember when billy wirth got pissed at gemini in powerball, and gemini put billy in his place? priceless).
nitro will be on espn sportsnation this afternoon @ 3. you can talk to him here.
i loved the gladiators. my brother had the nitro figurine, i had laser (i got the singular one, not the one with the generic wesley berry), but i always wanted gemini (he ruled at joust so bad).
they should put american gladiators on dvd. i already have american gladiators: the music. their pose on the cd cover seems pretty generic, i know ive seen it before, but i cant remember where.
mpotd later

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Pens Rule, Enough Said

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last night, something that was nearly unthinkable a month ago, came to fruition in boston. the pens, aided somewhat by an undevil-like slide by the nj, moved into the top of the atlaintic division, via a win over the now-eliminated bruins. the team looked solid, with a great game by erik christensen and maf, who let a goal passed him in the opening minute, but rebounded to only allow phil kessel's mid-air swat later in the game. crosby was really seing the ice well, and added 3 assists to his league-leading scoring total. colby armstrong scored, before getting speared in the left eye, and malkin also slammed home a crosby dish. my focus over the past few months has been the pens spot in the playoffs standings, and yesterday, i got to see something that was a distant possibility only 2 months ago. nj does have a game in hand which they will play tonight, but the pens tied the devils in the all-important win column. the first tie-breaker in determining playoff seeds is the win column, and the pens accomplished that by adding their 45th win of the season. 45 is an impressive number to those of us who watched ziggy palffy and john leclair (and gonchar and t-bo, last season's other free-agent signing busts) fail to produce last year.
bit off subject, but watch this colby armstrong hit on trevor letowski. at the end of the video, the scrolling sign at the bottom says: "oakland suspends wr joey porter for four games..." it means oakland wr jerry porter, but i just found that amusing.
ill be around later

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Mini Pony of the Day 3-29-07

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the only thing cuter than the mini pony of the day? uh...the mini pony baby of the day! this might be the coolest picture ever, because baby mini ponies have a greater than or equal sweetness to their adult counterparts.

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psamp...keeping you updated while you play your invisible piano:

  • devils lost to the sabres, leaving the atlantic door open to the pens. if the pens win tonight, there is a new eastern conference number 2 (the pens, duh), and the pens tie nj in the all-important wins column.
  • david wells is now playing ronald mcdonald, i guess. oh wait, david wells has diabetes.
  • uggie urbina is going to jail. i guess hacking at slaves with your machete and dousing them with gasoline is a crime in venezuela. oh wait...thats a crime pretty much everywhere. hes going to jail for 14 years.
  • micheal ray richardson resurfaced. making anti-semitic statements, of course.
  • pirates play the phils today. only 2 more grapefruit league games to go before the pirates have to underachieve again! (im kidding).
  • sid rules. didnt think i would have to remind you, though.
  • george solomon is now gone at espn. my sports heroes are all leaving me! (hides blogger window and googles "george solomon"). ombudsman? (hides blogger window again, types dictionary into address bar of new window, hits ctrl+enter, types "ombudsman" into dictionary.com search bar, learns).
  • board games ksk would choose if death awaited the loser. what, no hi ho cherry o?
  • the most awesome sports moves ever. simply put.

mpotd later

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Mini Pony of the Day 3-28-07

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the mini pony of the day looks hungry. or maybe dude just happened to leave some salt-lick on the top of his hat. could go either way. no matter how you look at it, dude needs to wake his ass up and feed his cool animal.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Pens Outwork Caps, Earn First Playoff Berth Since 2001

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did you read that title? read it again. the pens beat the caps last night 4-3 (we really shouldve won 4-2, but im not getting into that yet). with the win, the pens assures themselves of a place in the playofffs for the first time in like a minute (in this instance, minute=6 years). and the win was cool, too, because the pens were down 2-0 real quick. after killing a 4 minute high sticking penalty to jarkko ruutu, the pens used momentum to pile on 4 goals in the first 2 periods. crosby scored while standing behind the net, but we expect that from sid. georges laraque and donald brashear fought, with steigy commenting that between the two big boys, there was "473 tough pounds on the ice" in the fight. i think laraque got the better of brashear, even though they just stood and looked at each other, then flailed around for a second (second=about a second) before falling on the ice, laraque on top. it was so short, but i give the edge to laraque for flailing a little better and falling on top of brashear.
the big reason last night was so special was because the pens are in the playoffs. im excited. its been a longer wait than it should have been, but the playoffs are gonna rule this year because the pens are not only in the playoffs, but have a legitimate shot at taking the whole thing (whole thing=lord stanley). new jersey also won last night (damn you, rick dipietro and your sore head), crippling the islanders run (they are currently ninth), and keeping the top of the atlantic division stagnant for at least a day. nj plays tonight, and their game will clear up the game that that the devils had in hand over the pens. hopefully, the eastern-leading sabres will beat brodeur, and allow the pens to take over first in the division on thursday in boston (didnt we just play them on sunday?). hopefully, the pens can follow up the 5-0 drubbing of the bruins when boston was in town this past weekend.
ill be back in a minute (minute=couple hours)
mpotd later...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Mini Pony of the Day 3-27-07

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this is mr nibbles. he is the mini pony of the day. in this video, mr nibbles is excited to see a female (off-camera) horse. dont worry, its nothing vulgar. i gueass the other horse was pretty hot, because it has mr nibbles spinning in circles.

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Bo Knows Where to Go (Pro Stars)

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as you can tell by my profile name, i like bo jackson. he was simply the most dominating video game athlete. ever. plus, his spiderman walk up the outfield wall after making a catch was awesome. only bo could pull that off. (bo knows how to climb). playing 2 sports at one time is simply amazing. i know neon deion did it, and jeff samardidjzadazsaja (you get the point) could have done both had he not given his allegience to the cubs. bo, was a machine (as evident by his ability to pick up a felled tree trunk in the prostars intro). i cant stand when people dont remember prostars. that show was great. bo jackson, michael jordan and wayne gretzky (none of whom provided their own voice for their characters) helped save the day and brighten the lives of kids everywhere. (bo knows how to rule). the cartoon versions didnt look anything like the athletes themselves, except the wagging tongue that the animators always put on animated-jordan in pressure/tense situations. here's a better picture of the three protagonists.


the show was kinda like captain planet, except with three athletes who represented all four major sports (thanks for picking up the slack, bo) in place of a green-mulleted nut who appeared only after the indian kid with the monkey forced out a "heart."

i liked captain planet, but prostars was my shit. it was the ultimate cartoon for the young sports-and-cartoon fan. sports are cool. cartoons are cool. prostars, thank you for being a part of my childhood, even though everyone else has forgotten your tales.

i want to get prostars on dvd.

the show aired in 1991, and was originally meant to be shown on a still-young espn, but nbc picked up the awesomeness.

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"Got Clutch?" "Got Sheed?" (Sorry, if You Didn't Get That)

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sheed tying the game. crazy ridiculous shot.

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PSAMP, Fan of the Sheed

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Did you see sheeds 60 footer to tie the nuggets last night. he released the ball with 0.2 seconds left in the game, after scooping up a tipped nuggets inbound. sheed rules. he always reminded me of a mix between method man and redman, and has sick inside/outside skills, which means kevin durant look like a younger, more explosive sheed.
its tough during this time of year as a sports fan, when the local hockey team plays 3 or 4 games a week near the end of the season. after getting used to seeing the pens play back to back games, off nights seem to suck the life outta you. its not like back in the beginning of the season, when geno missed the first 2 weeks of the season, but really only missed four games. at the end of the season, 2 weeks of play will be 10-11 games. and once the playoffs start, the pens will be playing every other night. so these nights when the pens dont play, it feels like im missing something.
pens do play tonight, though. on the road, against the capitals. i know the caps arent nearly on the playing level of the pens, but washington seems to get hyped up for crosby/ovechkin games. the pens cant look past the caps, despite knowing the playoffs are only a week and a half away. ovechkin has 43 goals this season, and wears his sunglasses at night.
if the pens win and the devils lose, the pens take over the 2nd position in the east. i know ive been discussing that a lot lately, but its an exciting possibility. even gary roberts, on espn.com said he is excited:
Finishing second (in the conference as opposed to) finishing fifth for us is a
pretty big deal.
good call gary. 2nd is a pretty big deal. home-ice advantage against a 7 seed is a lot better than either end of a 4-5 matchup against the sens.
ill be back in a little. ill get a video of sheed ruling. and the mpotd.

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Monday, March 26, 2007

Mini Pony of the Day 3-26-07

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the dog of the day. its name is gizmo...oh wait. the mini pony of the day. its name is knee high. that is a sweet name for a mini pony. its so damn literal (thanks again mitch hedberg). dogs and mini ponies should always hang out. now i need to find a picture of gizmo and knee high in a sweetass bed like yesterdays mpotd.

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Watch Your Back, New Jersey

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pens beat the bruins 5-0 yesterday. maf earned his 5th shutout of the season, and 7th of his young career. ryan malone extended the pens lead to 4-0 when i was updating some other sports happenings. geno scored, gary roberts shot a laser, gonchar had 2 assists, and crosby tallied 2 goals and an assist. new jersey, with a game in hand, can feel the pressure of these young pens. with the atlantic division all knotted up at the top, the pens are looking at a top 2 seed in the eastern division rather than the see-saw battle for 4th place with ottawa. the pens have been lights out at home, which is probably why home playoff tickets just sold out in 13 minutes.
next game is tomorrow, a washington. new jersey also plays, against a formidable atlantic rival, the new york rick dipietros. a win coupled with a nj loss puts your pittsburgh penguins at the top of the atlantic division, and in 2nd place in the eastern conference with just under 2 weeks to go in the season. before the season started, i told a friend that the only way the pens could sniff the playoffs was if geno made it from russia. even once he surfaced, and made an immediate impact on the club and league, 2nd place in the eastern conference still seemed unattainable. the pens have defied all sorts of odds by playing cosistant hockey with young talent. if the pens can keep their wits about them, it isnt too much of a stretch to allude to the fact that lord stanley could make a stop in the steel city. soon.
nhl.com has a drop-down list of nhl player sites. its not an extensive list, but the collection of players boggles my mind. there are five players' sites listed: sidney crosby, ed belfour, rick nash, raffi torres and kevin weekes. of all the players in the league, i dont think i would ever think of these 5 guys at the same time. ever. also, i can understand nhl-approved fansites for crosby, belfour and nash. torres and weekes? eh...not so much. (sings "one of these things is not like the other" in mind)

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Mini Pony of the Day 3-25-07

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trip and cuddles rule. they are the mini pon(ies) of the day. this picture comes from the good people at the guide horse foundation. mini ponies can be trained just like guide dogs for the visually impaired. there are many more sweet pictures on their site, so you should check it out. if/when (emphasis on when) i get two mini ponies of my own, i will buy them a bed and let them sleep inside my house. why? uh, becuase it would rule

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so ron artest might retire. he wants to spend his time throwing beer cups, not getting hit by them.

  • freddy snachez might start the season on the dl. sucks. so now jose castillo might start at 2nd on opening day, after spending most of spring trying out 3rd base, and then being told he would be on the bench as a reserve 3rd baseman when the season starts. now, he might be the starting 2nd baseman for opening day. for a team that is trying to get the message to castillo to focus, the pirates havent necessarily done a good job.
  • here's some toys that shouldnt exist. thanks to mondesis house.
  • pens are up 3-nill at the first intermission. geno, crosby and roberts scored. crosby also assisted on roberts' goal. take that, joe thornton and your late-season point (assist) surge.
  • rasheed wallace picked up his 18th technical foul. this is news?
  • the steelers love the idea of a personal-conduct code. upon hearing the news, joey porter fought everyone he hates from his old afc north rivalries.
  • brad eldred better make the pirates opening day roster. one way or another, the pirates need him. heres a quote following the pirates big win over the twins.
    Brad Eldred blasted a two-run homer that sailed over the scoreboard in center
    field at Hammond Stadium, traveling approximately 500 feet. Adam LaRoche also added a two-run shot in the fourth as part of an eight-run inning for Pittsburgh.
    yeah, that said 500 feet.
  • barton beat winona state for the division II national championship. great video of it here. might be the greatest ending to a game i have ever seen. period.
  • ryan malone just scored a shorthanded goal in the beginning of the 2nd to make it a 4-0 game. im gonna wrap this up and go back to watching...

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Best Way to Forget Pitt...

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if you are still mourning pitts departure from the dance, get over yourself. most of us saw the loss coming, and losing in the sweet 16 is nothing new, nor is it something to be ashamed of. however, the best way to cure the pitt blues, is by watching the pens. the pens snapped a 2 game regulation winless streak, and beat the atlanta thrashers 2-1 last night. t-bo (who wouldve thought t-bo would be getting tons of attention lately) was the games number 1 star, stopping 25 of 26 shots. it was his eigth appearance in the pens' last 18 games, and t-bo has only allowed 3 total goals in his past 3 games. well played, jocelyn. as a result of the pens playing earlier than the devils last night, pittsburgh tied atlantic-leading new jersey for the division lead. however, those devils prevailed in a shootout, giving them the upper hand again.
the pens play in about 30 minutes against boston, a team that they have had some trouble against in the recent past. a win today would be critical. the pens can tie nj, and possibly move past them on tuesday, the next time both teams play. i am not looking too far past the bruins, who have been sliding like billy joel into a tree as of late. however, winning today could be the start of the pens jumping from number 5 in the east to the coveted number 2 spot.
in other news, did you happen to see peyton manning on snl last night. it was shamelss exploitation, aside from a few funny spots. the whole time, i was thinking, "man, i bet peyton's agent engineered a contract that made sure peyton was in every skit." a lot of non-actors who host snl wont be in more than say, 60% of the skits (my own estimation). it almost seemed like the only way peyton would do the show was if he was in at least 99% of the show. and, peyton made sure to host on his birthday, so that everyone can celebrate him some more. eli came out with the other brother (the one who is slow, or sick, or just skinny or something) to give peyton a big birthday cake, while the whole audience and cast sang to mr manning. ive never been a manning fan. i sure as hell didnt want peyton to beat grossman in the super bowl. now that he has the ring, peyton will never go away. he can take over any entertainment medium and get away with it. all while shaming eli and that one other brother in the process.
more later...

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Mini Pony of the Day 3-24-07

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sorry about not getting this out yesterday. i had to help fix a garage door, and then work from 2-11ish. alright, apologies over. theres no crying in blogging

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Friday, March 23, 2007

Mini Pony of the Day 3-23-07

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im going to edit this picture in ms paint, and put myself in place of the silly looking girl in this photo. if i was in this picture, i would high five this mini pony real hard and bad. or, it should be standing up to headbutt this girl. that might be even sweeter.

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Mmm, A Hoagie and an Apple a Day Keeps the Tears Away!

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pitt lost. i guess 36 percent shooting nights dont cut it in march. who wouldve thunk? levon kendall doesnt seem to be consoled by his after-game dinner. i guess im more concerned about the fact that espn.com labeled the game a sparkling free throw shooting night by a howland-coached team. i didnt think that was possible.
i knew pitt was gonna lose. had them picked to lose to ucla in this round. i watched the first half of the game before shutting it off, because i cant stand to watch pitt lose. it happens every year, and there was nothing shown this entire year that said that a talented group like this could finally make it past the sweet 16. pitt, for some reason, is never that team.
altogether, it was a pretty rough past 24 hours in pittsburgh. it pretty much seems like the skys opened up and took a huge poo on the steel city in the past day. pitt went down. the pens lost. even the xplosion lost! and the weather has been real nasty, with nothing but rain and gloominess. the only thing that could possibly lift my spirits would be a local boy surviving after being trapped under concrete, or the mpotd (ill get that to you later).
i was mad that pitt lost, but ucla's win did nothing to hurt my bracket (which is a mess no matter what). i think the bigger dagger from last night was texas a&m losing, since i picked them as your ncaa national champions. one of these days, my longshot will prove me right.

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Thursday, March 22, 2007

Mini Pony of the Day 3-22-07

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mini pony garment of the day. this is to make your mini pony look badass. or like paddington bear. you can look at it either way...

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Big Night...

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im gonna make this short, cos the pens are playin on long island right now. they are up 1-0, on colby armstrong's first period goal. pens need to win to keep pace with ottawa, who won to re-take 4th in the east. the devils lost, too, so the pens have another chance to tie nj for the atlantic lead. the pens can make a jump from SHIT... islanders just scored to tie it at 1. trent hunter got it past fleury because jordan staal couldnt clear a puch because he broke his "long stick" (im looking at you, steigy and errey).
i was trying to say that the pens can make an impressive jump from the number 5 spot in the east, all the way up to number 2, in only a matter of days. as long as the devils continue to slide a little, the pens can hope to play a 7 seed in the first round rather than settle for either end of the 4-5 matchup.
pitt plays at 940. ish. i cant stand when television producers put actual start times for these tournament basketball games. i understand that there will be four games today, but what if the early games go to bonus play, or the teams cant determine a winner till multiple overtimes? then pitt SHIT, islanders just scored again! rob "the spear" blake. 2-1 isles. i was saying...then pitt will not tip off at 940, and i will get angry at the multiple places that told me the game was supposed to begin at 940.
the pitt-ucla game is going to be defensive, rough, and low scoring, according to the experts. i have no reason to doubt them, considering both teams' pedigrees. i have ucla beating pitt in the sweet 16, but ive gotten enough wrong picks in my bracket, so i wouldnt really mind having pitt win. oh yeah, bob pompeani did some 30 minute interview with jay bilas, who is calling the game tonight, and the bilas picked ucla...on pittsburgh television. enough said. im not trying to get all mad right now

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Mini Pony of the Day 3-21-07

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ya, the mpotd is smiling. why, you ask? uh...because it rules. why do you ask such dumb questions?

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Uh...You Sure Ben?

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ben roethlisberger doesnt want to blame his injuries from the past offseason (and at the beginning of the season, for those who forget an unblocked adalius thomas), as the reason he struggled to a 7-8 record as a starter in 06. i understand wanting to put the past behind you, and there could be other reasons that ben threw 23 interceptions as compared to only 18 touchdowns. but ive seen the pictures. im sure the accident (among the appendectomy and adalius thomas) had a dramatic effect on why ben was bad all year.


its hard to look at these pictures and not blame them for everything that went wrong last year. i guess bens a better person (and by better, i mean the person with the fakest face).
Roethlisberger also told the newspaper he was able to put last season in
perspective with the help of Hall of Fame quarterbacks Jim Kelly and Dan Marino.
great choices, ben. you officially have more super bowl rings than both men combined. im surprised he didnt look to akili smith and jeff george for advice as well.
devils lost. to the leafs. thats good for the pens, who dont lose any ground to the atlantic-leading devils by way of their loss to the rangers two nights ago. wade belak fought cam janssen, obvious retaliation for janssen's hit on tomas kaberle that has caused the talented maple leaf to miss the past 8 games in a crucial push for the final playoff spot in the east.
pens dont play till tomorrow, when they travel to long island to meet "the rick dipietros."
still waiting for the sweet 16. i know i have the panthers losing in the sweet 16 (those who picked pitt to keep going obviously havent watched pitt basketball for the past 10 years or so,) but it would be cool to actually see them advance to the elite 8.
mpotd later...
got some stuff to do

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

UPDATE...

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so...the rangers used to play at ameriquest field? news to me.

  • ken griffey jr tore his hamstring...not yet actually. hes just possibly moving to right field. im just trying to get my practice in before the season starts and ken griffey jr tears his hamstring.
  • anyone notice that hardcore nfl fans are dying recently? miami dolphins superfan denny sym died over the weekend. also, on saturday, wilford "crazy ray" jones, superfan of the cowboys, died. this doesnt bode well for terry o'neill, the steelers superfan who suffered a heart attack when bettis fumbled in the afc championship game against the colts.
  • kurt angle, edge, rey mysterio and the late eddie guerrero's names all surfaced in the huge steroids probe that named gary matthews jr and evander holyfield. oh man, wwe stars were using steroids? this means fifth grade was all a lie (sarcastic laugh follows)! this is the equivalent of an actor using steroids to enhance his acting performance, or a baker using steroids to...i dont know...bake like hell. (sorry).
  • the penguins rocketed to #1 in espn.com's power rankings. its nice to be acknowledged, but some analyst's opinion doesnt necessarily translate to more postseason wins. keep focused, penguins, and overtake those devils!
  • jordin tootoo was suspended 5 games for his haymaker on stephane robidas. that was a ridiculous punch. 5 games seems a little much, though.
  • pnc park will be totally smoke-free this year.

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Mini Pony of the Day 3-20-07

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should be "mini ponies of the day." i dont know the names of these three, but i do know that they rule. look how cool they are. they are from the san diego zoo. i would rather have them be from my house.

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Jaromir (Mario Jr.) Beats the Pens

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pens lost. 2-1. and on mario jr's lucky goal. i know it was a goal, but thanks to rob scuderi's stick. the pens were gonna lose at some point, so i guess its better now than in the playoffs. i thought the pens were at least given a chance once ouellet finally got one past lundqvist (whats up with all the -qvists in the league), but t-bo couldnt come through in the final minute. sucks losin that way. we could have moved into a tie with the devils (imagine that) with a win, but the czech captain still showed why he can still perform when called upon. now i will quietly reminisce about the dazzling moves and puck-handling skills that he displayed while winning 5 straight scoring titles for the pens...
mike tomlin is laying down the law in pittsburgh. tomlin seems to be doing all the right things, and stressing a team-first attitude in the smallest details, including workouts, can only help a team comng off a very poor season. i was never a fan of the "personal-workouts," or 4-5 superstar guys hanging out in some warm climate and slacking off. football mentality needs to start sooner than training camp, and working out together allows the team to realize the team's goal for the season (one for the pointer finger on the other hand).
oh, and i was right on 2 of the 3 main subjects that i touched on last week in john buccigross's weekly column for espn.com (meatloafs 2 out of 3 aint bad dominates the background of my thoughts right now). he didnt mention teppo numminen, but he did:
(1) mention r.e.m.
(2) mention his kid (son) and there was a picture of some other person's son with a littleass hockey stick.
the article was pretty good (i never said i didnt like bucci, i was merely making a point that espn needs to give more attention to the nhl, and just because espn doesnt own the rights to broadcast games, that doesnt mean the sport deserves less coverage). it was set up like a message board-type article. my favorite line was:

[To Sidney Crosby]...You are the best thing to happen to Pittsburgh since Andy Van Slyke almost went 30-30 in 1988 and warmed my heart every time he threw home and did a somersault in center field.

good one, bucci. that somersault did rule.

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Monday, March 19, 2007

Mini Pony of the Day 3-19-07

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the jumping mini pony of the day! awesome. this is princess. princess looks almighty lol. totally radical shot, with the mane just flowing like so. oh how i wish i was wearing chest-high khakis while holding a wand. my other hand would have some straw, or salt-lick, or something cool for the pony.

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While We're on the Subject

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since joey porter came up, ive been thinking about the coolest/saddest thing that has ever happened in the pittsburgh area. joey porter's 2 dogs getting loose and killing a mini pony. one deadspin member, Luis Sojo Jr, commenting on deadspin's article regarding the newsbreak, asked: "So...do miniature horses have fetuses for jockeys?" ridiculous. im still crying...
david wells has diabetes.
mpotd later...
(ps...that is what part of the alphabet would look like if q and r were eliminated. rip mitch herberg. no seriously, the picture above was taken at my college, best nfl training camp in the league. joey is behind rooney hall, and st. benedict hall, the building i lived in for my freshman year, is in the background. my room window is barely obscured by the escalade.)

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My Birthday Rules

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ok so i knew that i shared my birthday with danny bonaduce. i also knew that fidel castro, don ho, annie oakley, ben hogan and alfred hitchcock share birthday wishes with me. however, i was surprised to know that famous nfl-quarterback elvis grbac was also born on august, 13. hopefully, i can share experience with mr grbac, and i will get punched in the face by aaron smith.

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Joey Porter Hates Bengals

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i dont care that hes no longer a steeler. joey porter rules. his trash-talking, ferocious play, getting shot in the asscheek, and punching levi jones in the face makes him, as well as the nfl, more entertaining. i have no problem that porter, a fan favorite, will now play his football in miami. joey seems to be the type of player that respects nfl rivalries, and i dont think he would ever go to the browns, bengals, ravens, etc. unleashing hell on levi jones in a neutral site goes to prove that.


texas lost. i didnt really jump on the durant-bandwagon. i actually had them losing in the first round. its gotta be tough for longhorns fans, knowing that they will never again see kevin durant play in college. he is a freak. i love watching him play, but the inexperince of both durant, although he had 30 points, and the longhorns ended up costing them a meaningful march run. that, and having rick barnes as a coach.


and everyone is still buzzing over jarkko ruutu. why not? its jarkko ruutu!


finally, does anyone wonder why, although dj gallo has had some good material here and there for espn.com's page 2, sports pickle sucks? that site makes me mad.

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Sunday, March 18, 2007

Pens Prevail in Shootout (Like We Didnt Know That Was Gonna Happen

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pens won tonight, blowing another 3rd period lead, yet prevailing in the shootout. ruutu bested emery for the only shootout goal tonight, and by way of the win, the pens move to 4th in the east, but are tied with the sens who scored a critical point by forcing overtime. crosby had a goal and an assist, and fleury was unstoppable again in the shootout.
now, a moment for reeflection, as one-time penguin joe mullen was passed by mike modono for most goals by an u.s.-born player. modono scored twice in the stars loss tonight, and his 2 goals give him 503 for his career, one ahead of mullen. more tomorrow...

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Bonnie Blair is the Big 4-3

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today is bonnie blair's birthday. she is 43. well played, bonnie blair, well played.

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Mini Pony of the Day 3-18-07

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the mini pony of the day. easily the most anticipated piece of information on the internet. today, meet rory. rory (the bigger of the two) thinks that it is a dog. which is sweet. i want this as my pet. soon. below, rory looks for food. because it can. heres a link to a cool "story on rory" (sorry).


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Big Game for the Pens

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pens host ottawa tonite. its a pretty big game, seeing as how the pens are in 5th place in the east, only one point behind the senators. puck drops at 7:30 p.m. new jersey has the night off, so the pens can move within 2 points of the atlantic-leading devils with a win over the sens.
pittsburgh has won 7 of their last 9, with points in 8 of those contests. pretty impressive. a young team like the pens really benefitted from the veteran leadership of mark recchi and gary roberts. crosby and company seem to be peaking at just the right time, and another win versus an eastern conference top-5 team would surely boost player morale and confidence heading into the playoffs. i know teams like the colts and the cardinals (i cant stand mentioning either of those teams) backed their way into the playoffs, and won their respective sports' championships. however, i am a strong believer of playing tough down the stretch, and rolling into the playoffs (i.e. pittsburgh steelers 2005). crosby leads the points race, and is battling brodeur for the hart. malkin will win the calder, and him and staal are 1-2 in rookie goal scoring. therrien could be coach of the year, and gonchar is tied for 3rd in scoring among league defensemen. but you knew all that. i just wanted to document it

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some things have happened while you were busy weeping over the departure of tommy amaker.

  • tennessee won what turned out to be a close one over uva.
  • steelers resigned chidi iwuoma. one of these times, chidis gonna tackle a hole in some return man
  • andrew mccutchen is lookin good. real good.
  • ben roethlisberger hosted camp ben-e-fit, teaching kids about sports and overcoming adversity. ben has overcome a lot of adversity. and by adversity, i mean a buick.
  • here's some video documentation of pitt's win. watch levance fields get mad. at his headband.
  • i cant stand ohio state. in any sport. it might be because, as a penn state fan, i cant take the thought of a better big 10 school. and old lebron james, i mean greg oden, is mean.
  • mondesis house got a new logo. check out the sweet lemieux artwork here as well. its cool.

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19 POINT LEAD WITH ONLY MINUTES TO GO...(breathe, breathe)

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what the hell. iunderstand that eric maynor is a good point guard. i understand that he creates shots for other people when hes not scoring points himself. but a 19 point lead, in the 2nd half, should at least let your fans breathe. as soon as the lead dipped to 17, i was like "oh no." honestly, those words went through my mind. pitt seems to get caught up in snowball-games like the one on display last night, where they look like an elite 8 team, maybe even final 4 (dare i say)! but as soon as another team hits one big shot, or pitt misses that one easy shot (or free throw, levance fields, ill get to you later), then my mouth goes dry and i think, "we're going to blow a 19 point, 2nd half lead." i really thought pitt was gonna lose. minutes 5 through 2 in the 2nd half seemed to drag on forever, and watching pitt became frustrating.
but even if you blow a lead that large, you should be able to make, i don't know, at least 1 of 2 free throws with 2.1 seconds left. HOW MUCH ARC do you need to put on a shot? really? i played basketball in 3rd grade and that was it, but i understand the ball will go in the rim with much less arc than what levance fields puts on his shots. and then he throws his headband off like its the headbands fault for spending more eating than practicing his free throw.
pitt won however, and will face ucla, and former coach ben howland in the sweet 16. i had this part of my bracket highlighted, and hoped both pitt and ucla would make it. its just another mentor/protege game, tom izzo/tom crean, and thad matta going up against a stout xavier team that he left for ohio state. but its bs if the players get caught up in it, because there is little to no howland-era fingerprints on this team, save for say jamie dixon. jamie needs to forget about vcu, and focus real hard, on ucla. pitt must jump out early, and can ill afford to blow any lead to ucla.
hats off to eric maynor and vcu, though. they were a fun team to watch. everyone at the arena wanted pitt to lose once vcu started their run. their ability to force overtime is truly commendable. i expect the same, or more, in coming tournaments. yet a win, any type of win, still allows you to move on. pitt lives to fight another day. hopefully they can conjure up some of that "first-half magic" for more than 20 minutes versus ucla.

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Mini Pony of the Day 3-17-07

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so maybe i got a little time before i have to go to work. here is the mini pony of the day. tubby. hope it gives you a good laugh for st. patty's day. ok now i really got to leave for work.

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Happy St. Patty's Day

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the pirates are currently playing boof bonser and the twins. minnesota is winning 2-0. the pirates are wearing green hats in honor of st. patty, or in honor of the faces of pirates fans when thinking about any pirate-related thought since the 1992 nlcs. whatever the reason, they look better than the pring training/batting practice hats that teams have been forced to wear with the dumb little side panels on them. the green hats are completely free of the silly panels. this link shows similar mlb green pirates hats, but not the exact ones worn by jim tracy's crew today.

pens won last night. 6-3. crosby had 2 goals, christensen had 2 goals. pens took over 4th place in the eastern conference, with a critical matchup against #5 ottowa tomorrow.

espn.com has an article about jordan staal (little late, espn). thaks anyway, david amber.

pitt plays eric maynor and vcu at roughly 5:50 P.M. great. pitt gets to play villain against another small school with big dreams (see dewayne wade and marquette vs. pitt).

gotts go to work. ill get you a mini pony asap!




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Friday, March 16, 2007

Troy Loney #24

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troy loney. #24. he was one of my favorites from the stanley cup days. dont really know why. cool picture, anyways. maybe my luck will keep going like with the ronald ramon picture. i post ronald, he leads pitt over wright state. today i post loney, and maybe he will magically fly onto the ice from his nosebleed seat and lift the pens over the canadiens. its true. it could happen. ive seen it before.

i used to like kovalev, so maybe loney could go to montreal to replace kovy if vertigo ends ak's career.

i dont really know what im talking about. i gotta go to work. in loney we trust

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UPDATE...

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i got work later, so just tryin to keep up before i have to work 3-11. ish

thats it. have fun. i gotta go work.

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Mini Pony of the Day 3-16-07

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since were on the subject of cool animals, here is the mini pony of the day. there is this coolass little farm near my college, and it has the coolest little animals. they got these sweet goats and a ram, and the ram looks like a cool old dude with horns and a sweet beard. these are two little black calfs (calves?). baby cows, per se. they also have chickens and two mini ponies. you can kinda make out the brown mini pony in the background. sorry for the shoddy image, its from a cellphone. the two mini ponies always hang out together and talk i guess. either way, they rule.

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Monkey Sniffs Butt

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just because. now that youtube finally let me post videos, i needed to post this. enough said

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VCU Upsets Duke

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here is the longer video. look at the 1:31 point in the video at maynor waving off the timeout. classic. supreme confidence

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Panthers Win! (Add Your Own Imitated Harry Carey Voice)

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pitt won. 79-58. cruised, as espn.com put it. good thing i posted that hardass picture of ronald ramon, because his numbers were pretty impressive last night. ramon's season averages are 8.7 ppg/1.9 rpg. last night, he had a game-high 14 points, adding 7 rebounds. dude was 5 for 8 from the field, including 4 for 6 from beyond the arc. pitts gonna need the solid outside game of ronald ramon against vcu, who prevailed in a thriller over duke on eric maynor's bucket with 1.8 seconds left (i know i said 1.5 last night, but i wrote that like right after it happened, and i was just happy that duke lost).
what this video doesnt show is maynor waving to the sideline, which happened right before this video starts. im still trying to find a longer version. the way way maynor made scheyer, paulus and mcroberts look like fools will make it hard to root against the guy when his rams take on pitt in the second round. my buddy mattyg, who is a big duke fan, actually picked vcu to win, and i loathe him for it.
anyway thats about it right now. i was driving and saw BP with a sign like i described yesterday, but regular wasnt the only price missing the final number, but PREMIUM WAS TOO! heres what the sign looked like then:
regular: 2.6_
premium: 2.7_
(inside, the fire rages)

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Eric Maynor = The Man

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duke just lost. like only a couple seconds ago. in the first round of the tourney. to vcu. that virginia commonwealth for those who dont know. the game was tied with just over 10 seconds left. eric maynor, vcu's point guard, waved off a possible timeout by the vcu sideline on the inbounds. he proceeded to take the ball up court very calmly, at which point he unloaded a high percentage shot from right about the foul line. swish. with about 1.5 seconds left. this was amazing. i picked duke to beat vcu in my bracket, but after watching vcu battle from 13 down, i was rooting for the rams. ive never been a duke fan, but i picked them because its duke, and it was the first round of the tourney. i wasnt rooting for duke at all, since i had them losing to pitt in the 2nd round. maynor's numbers this year are good, but nothing amazing. however, his 22 points against duke, coupled with the balls to take the last shot without calling a timeout, makes me bow my head and say, "you rule, eric maynor." that sequence was so sweet. ill see if i can find a youtube clip of it or something, but this literally just happened. i felt i needed to write this down real bad.
now if (when) pitt defeats dashaun wood and wright state, it sets up a matchup between pitt and the heroics of eric maynor. damn.

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Dante Was a Crafty One

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me and my sisters like to reminisce about being young, collecting baseball cards, having fun, you know, all that kid stuff that was way too sweet, but then we got older and now we gotta focus on the real world, jobs, bills, etc. we might discuss saved by the bell or full house. occassionally, we will remember snorks, gummi bears, or other stupid cartoons tht ruled back in the day.
baseball cards were one staple that we never did without. we would make sure to by 25 cent packs, hoping to score a barry bonds or bobby bonilla, or john smiley for that matter, just because they were from the hometown team. looking back on some of the guys we would trade, collect, or keep in protective sleeves, the names and careers are so laughable. like, why did i keep kevin appier and mickey tettleton in plastic sleeves? ron karkovice was a favorite. bob tewksbury, otis nixon, jose lind, andre dawson and bert blylevin all made their rounds between our collections.
i found the picture of dante bichette online, and decided that id find out what the bich-man was up to these days. apparently, hes still semi-relevant, making his rounds, along with eric young, to rockies camp. this, in no way, can help colorado. bichette's son plays on some 14 year olds team, and youngs son is a rockies prospect. great.
i dont know why i even posted this. probably just because i found a sweet picture of dante bichette and wanted to show it. look at his sly smile. upper deck had no idea the hilarity caused by dantes shirt. i think i always think of him because i get him and steve buechele, a one-time pirate, mixed up.
thats all

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Could Any Other "Expert" Show Some Love?

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according to espn.com's "the talk" (whatever that is), the topic of knowledgeable sports fans came up. not surprisingly, two of the four "experts" (i use that term lightly because i am about to use the words john, clayton, joe, theismann, and experts in the same sentence) picked pittsburgh steelers fans at the front of the list. those two, of course, were john clayton and joe theismann. eric allen picked chiefs fans, presumably because more than one person from kansas city turned on a television when lamar hunt passed away. len pasquarelli picked the eagles, i guess because philly gave him a lifetime supply of cheesesteaks and victory beer that len is trying to consume in one day. however, mr. pasquarelli did give the steelers a sort of honorable mention, yet disrespected this pick by placing steelers fans and browns fans together. i guess when he thought about knowledge in cleveland, he felt it meant strapping a dog mask to your face to watch your (second attempt at a) team constantly lose.
if a survey was taken, id be willing to bet that each person in the picture abve knows more about sports than any cleveland fan, let alone philly and kc.

i was happy to see that steelers fans got some attention. a friend of mine is from boston, and is a diehard pats/bosox fan. there were times that me n him almost got into fisticuffs (i always wanted to use that in a sentence) in discussing the pats and the steelers. at least this article in espn will give a little more credibility to my claim that the steelers rule.

thats all for now. just wanted to show that steeler fans are correct in assuming that we might not know everything, but we sure know a lot.

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Pitt's Grand Entrance to the Dance

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pitt plays tonite. its the first round of the tourney. we're playing wright state. they are the raiders. (i didnt know that). they play in ohio, meaning each player must have a minimum of 3 arrests. dashaun wood, the horizon league player of the year, is averaging 19.8 ppg, and is what espn.com calls a "blur." im not 100% about what that means. im sure hes quick, but i think espn just used a word that can be construed as a compliment, but really is vague enough to not be wrong. the school was founded in 1964, and the team plays at the ervin j. nutter center (sweet). i only put ronald ramon in the picture because its an excuse for everyone to check out his locks, and hes tryin so hard to look like a badass in this pic.
even if pitt loses today, which i dont see happening, they will still find a way to lose again in the sweet 16.
game is at 9:40 P.M.

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This Sign Might Make Me Mad

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ok i know that this blog covers pittsburgh sports. i also know that mini ponies are a sweet topic. ill try not to get too off subject, but there are just some times when ill think of something that really just pisses me off, or basically makes my mind go NUTS. sorry in advance.

todays topic is gas prices. i know, its a very stereotypical, "this-gets-me-all-hot-under-the-collar-so-let-me-vent-about-it" topic, and listening to people complain about gas prices is annoying. however, i was driving to work one day not too long ago, and a gas sign caught my eye. (background info: gas prices in the pittsburgh area exploded from about $2.15 to $2.65 in like a minute). seriously, in about a months time, gas prices rose 50 cents. each day, it seemed like gas signs were changing again. and i suck at buying gas at the right time. ill see $2.55 and say pssssht, ill wait till after work. then i get out of work, and ITS $2.65! (i just yelled that in my mind, so try to think of that when you read this).
anyway, it got to the point where several gas stations (you know who you are) quit placing the final number on their sign for the gas price, as seen in the picture above. (alright, i manipulated a picture on ms paint to solidify my point, but you get the idea of what i mean). this is the biggest asshole move i have ever witnessed. the company was sick of changing the last digit, since it was happening so frequently, so they just left it off instead of changing it at a moments notice! they basically said, "screw you, you are gonna buy this shit no matter what the price." unfortunately, they are right. but i was pissed to look up at the sign, which should be giving me information as to whether or not i want to stop at this particular gasoline establishment, and see that IT WASNT DOING ITS ONE JOB IN LIFE! (i yelled that too, sorry).

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Jordan Staal is a Man-Child

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hes big, he can skate. he can play defense. he can easily match junior hockey goal totals from the year before, in the following season, his first in the bigs. his name is jordan staal. he rules.

jordan staal is 18. i am 22...and a half. im 4 1/2 years older than this mighty forward. (well, staal is 18 1/2 technically, so hes only 4 years older. that still doesnt make me feel any better about my life). i can do none of the things listed above that describe this freak of an nhl player. however, i can watch the hell out of these abilities and scoff at other cities because they dont have a jordan staal (or crosby or malkin or fleury etc.). the man (i use this with great hesitation because hes 18) leads the bigs in shorthanded goals, equaled his mark of 28 junior goals from the previous year, with a third-period, game-sealing backhand past the "brodeur-wall." plus, he's bested older brother eric, reigning stanley cup winner, staal, who is clearly falling behind in the goal-scoring sibling rivalry. hes a staple on the penalty-kill, and paul steigerwald and bob errey love commenting on jordan's "long stick."
im just gonna make this short, but their was a local article the other day that said # 11 was becoming the top defensive forward in the league.
if you are over 20 years of age and are reading that last line, sorry about your life.

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Mini Pony of the Day 3-15-07

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incredibly awesome. look at that cool-ass hair. it looks like it knows that it rules so much.

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Defeated Jersey (Shirt and State)

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i got a couple things to get of my chest. (got that stress off my chest like a breast reduction). my inner rage was sweet. and it worked. because that (note picture above) is the face of the man who outdueled one martin brodeur and held the devils scoreless, to post his first shutout of the season and first in three years! t-bo doesnt get enough love on the internet, mainly because hes backing up a former number one overall draft pick, and certainly a young goalie who most teams would want to face off against the mighty brodeur, in marc-andre fleury. im a big supporter of the flower. but ill give credit where credit is due and thank t-bo for calming my rage against the brodeur jersey girl.

"ooh, ill wear a brodeur jersey to a pittsburgh-area college on the same night that the devils host the penguins."

thats a joke. pens won. brodeur jersey girl looked foolish. like a fool. quit being a fake nhl fan. pens are now within 4 points of the devils, and in 4th place in the east. that means a home series at least in the first round of the playoffs. imagine the igloo on those nights! ruutu scored, christensen scored, and staal, who matched his goal total from juniors last year (28), scored to put the game away.
holding the devils scoreless in the 1st period was key to t-bo havin a grrrrreat nite. (sorry, had to do that).
i know gomez hit the post, and it was lucky that he did, but ill take a little bit of luck when playing a good team like the devils. (see, i can give the brodeur bunch credit even though they have been a bitch to win against for quite some time).
beating the top 2 teams in the conference in successive night is not only impressive, but should at least be worthy of mention on espn.com's front page.
wrong.
embrace the nhl, espn. just because you dont carry the games doesnt mean that the only mention of the nhl during the week is when john buccigross listens to some hootie and the blowfish (or tonic or dishwalla or r.e.m. or some other 90s alt/rock/indie group) and decides to write their lyrics alongside a picture of teppo numminen with buccigross's kids or something. dont get me wrong, buccigross isnt bad, but i think the nhl should give a little more love rather than bucci and barry melrose and linda cohn, who promises a gluttony of glove saves in her weekly column!
ok im dun right now. ill be back later

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Dont Wear a Brodeur Jersey in Pgh.

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so the pens play the devils tonite, 3-14-2007, and i go to a school that is very passionate about pittsburgh sports. this girl was showing off her (what seemed to be new) martin brodeur jersey while i walked past her. i raged on the inside. fiercely.

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Mini Pony of theDay 3-14-07

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i cant stand people who use the word gestimate. or the people who say "it is what it is." thanks for thelling me a whole lot of NOTHING. it honestly makes no sense. i cant stand it. oh...heres the mini pony of the day. thumbellina, the worlds smallest horse. sweet

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Mini Pony of the Day 3-13-07

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yeah...try and tell me that mini ponies aren't cuter than shit. they rule so bad lol

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Whew...

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thats the collective sigh of relief from millions of penguins fans in pittsburgh, as well as everywhere else around the world (you can say world when you got some friends from nepal that will sit down and enjot pgh sports with you). the pens have a deal in place with the city of pittsburgh, giving us patient fans another 30 years to enjoy crosby, malkin, staal, fleury, talbot, gwenjen (for you mondesis house readers), etc. so go ahead crosby, raise those arms and celebrate that you wont be going to kansas city, the place nhl hockey goes to die. i know it took almost 8 years, but mario's patience finally paid off. the way he has been constanly disrespected by the county, city and state legislators, as well as the local media, i'm honestly surprised that the team will remain in the steel city. while others have bashed mario for being a crybaby who didnt want to pay for his own arena, i tell true penguins fans to look how mario has saved this franchise time and time again. the man fought personal illness and injury to play for a team that he bought to save from being sold. then, he comes out of retirement to play for his team that still owes him millions. nowadays, his home is also the home of one sidney crosby (imagine the life lessons learned by the kid from lemieux, not just the hockey-related ones). finally, mario vanquishes the political bs that has been pushing him off and dodging his proposals for 8 years! give the man a break, please.
i am a lifelong pittsburgh resident and steelers/pirates/penguins fan. i bleed black and gold. my heart is with those three teams through the ups AND downs (for examples of "downs," see pittsburgh pirates, 1992 nlcs-present). i wanted to blog just to express my feelings about current pittsburgh-related sports topics. oh, and mini ponies might be the coolest things i have ever seen in my life. well, besides anything that has to do with steel city sports. i'll try to keep updated on new pgh sports topics as well as cool mini pony pictures. sweet.

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