grace: November 2006

Jockin' Mike D to my dismay...

Silver and Bleh

I’m not outright saying the Texans and Raiders game is going to be the worst game you will watch this season. I’m merely suggesting the Texans and Raiders game is going to be the worst game you will watch this season. And yet like a Mrs. Lawson PSA you’re inexplicably drawn into it even though you know how it’ll end. Mrs. Lawson will be out on her ass and the Texans will lose. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. Sure I’ve put on the face that I want this team to get some wins, but not so deep inside of me losses make me happier. For one, maybe it will make this team realize David Carr isn’t the answer. For two, at this point even for the harder core Texans fan it’s all about the draft order. If there’s one thing Gary Kubiak got right thus far it was the last draft. Yeah, Vince or Reggie would’ve been nice, but Mario looks like he can be the real deal and the DeMeco pick alone makes it the best draft the Texans have ever had. I’ll say Raiders 13 Texans 10.
Probably the only good thing about the Raiders this season.

--Seven of David Carr’s whopping 10 TD passes have come in the 4th quarter. Not that the passer rating reflects the value of the quarterback, but Carr’s passer rating in 3rd quarters is 56 and in 4th quarters is 117. In the five games Houston has played in that were decided by 0-7 points Carr threw one touchdown and three interceptions. That kinda sums it up to me.

--Andre Johnson still leads the league in receptions with 84. No one else has more than 68.

--Quick who leads the league in touchdown catches? If you said Terrell Owens or Reggie Wayne, you’re wrong. It would be Darrell Jackson with 9.

--I’m not a Michael Vick hater by any means, but having written that…among the quarterbacks with more passing yards than Vick? Mark Brunell and Damon Huard.

--Edge has 226 carries for 695 yards (3.1 avg.) and 3 TDs. Joseph Addai has 155 carries for 789 yards (5.1 avg.)and 7 TDs. Edge’s longest run this season went for 18 yards. Ouch.

--It’s been 14 years and never in the Mike Shanahan era that he’s started a rookie quarterback. Obivously that changes Sunday with Jay Cutler. Back in 1992 rookie Tommy Maddox made a start for Dan Reeves in Denver.

--I’m not saying automatically bench your stud RB if he’s facing Minnesota’s defense, but it has allowed 106 rushing yards combined in its last four games.

--Some things you deny, some things you let linger even if untrue…Tony Romo says he in fact is not having sexy time with Jessica Simpson. Romo also says he doesn’t like cheese so I don’t know what to believe.

--Most obvious statement of the week: Joey Harrington says more parents have told him their children play piano because of him than play quarterback because of him.

--Damn you Time Warner and damn you NFL Network. This is ridiculous.

Paw Power!!

10-5

Considering that the team has shot so poorly, that Bonzi hasn’t done squat, Tracy has gone from shoot-first to pass-first, Kirk Snyder broke his hand and they’re breaking in a new announcer and new Power Dancer uniforms 10-5 ain’t a bad way to end November. There’s a long way to go, but so far, so good.

--The Rockets are 26th in scoring at just over 92 points a game, but first in points allowed giving up fewer than 90.

--Denver is scoring the most points (109) and giving up the most (106). Oddly enough the Nuggets average all those points, but are the worst in the league in 3 point percentage.

--For seemingly forever the Blazers have been last in point differential. This year the differential for them is -6.4, which is second to last. Who is last? Well it’s none other than the team I dislike the most the Miami Heat at -7.1.

--More proof that Eastern Conference basketball is just awful. Only two East teams are in the top 13 in FG percentage. Those would be the Magic (4th) and the Nets (10th). By the way, Houston is 20th.

--Eva and Tony are getting married. Good luck to those two crazy kids.

Quick Hitters and Random Thoughts

--Ladies and gentlemen, I have but two syllables for you: Pulltab.

--A Bruce Lee theme park in China?!

--‘Tis the season to remember how to act in social situations. You don’t want to do what Terre (Terry with an ‘e’? He never had a chance) Jefferson did. Terre broke into the homes of three women and stood over their bed and asked them if he could smell or lick (victim’s choice) their feet. Yeah, he was sentenced to 27 years in prison for burglary and indecent exposure. To review, do not ask ladies if you can smell or lick their feet, this is generally frowned upon. Generally.

--There’s timing and then there’s GQ naming Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson its Newlyweds of the Year.

--Christmas Pornaments?!

--The best link of Scarlett Johannson on all fours you’ll click on this week…

--Starship Troopers 3?! This is outstanding news with the bonus that Johnny Rico is coming back for this one!
Give 'em hell, Rico!

--I didn’t think Open Water was all that good and it took forever for the sharks to finally finish them off. But they were finished off so Open Water 2: Adrift?! Big surprise it’s straight to video next February.

--If you click on one link this week that uses the Wii to recreate the opening scene from Big Lebowski make it this one…

--My Name is Earl and The Office both have hour-long episodes lined up for later this month and that’s a very, very good thing. Surely I mentioned this last week, but the highlight of my last Vegas trip beyond the Miami/New England parlay was seeing Catalina from Earl at The Mesa Grill. It maid my day. Get it, maid? She's a maid on the show and I cleverly used the spelling of that maid to take the place of made because I've clearly mastered the use of homonyms (if that's what that is called).
Maid to order.

--The National something or other came out with its list of video games parents should avoid buying for their children or teens. Among the unsuitable games: Reservoir Dogs, Grand Theft Auto, Scarface, The Godfather, and Dead Rising. Whatever, if your kid wants to be Mr. Blonde then let your kid be Mr. Blonde. Among the recommended suitable games: Nancy Drew (yawn), LEGO Star Wars, Dance Factory, and Madden 07. That pretty much tells you the state of the Madden series.

--Because there will be a quiz later…Nicole Kidman is Hollywood’s top earning female at $16-17 million a pic. For some reason Drew Barrymore is 4th getting $15 mil.

--I know you’re wondering what Wladimir Klitschko who is from Kazakhstan thinks of Borat, "I love 'Borat'. I think that is the funniest dude I have ever seen. He's just something different than we have seen before. I think it might be great for Kazakhstan because people will go to the country and see it. You remember that crocodile hunter from Australia? Everybody thought that when he comes to New York in the movie all Australians are as crazy as Crocodile Dundee. Many people went to Australia to see that country and it was good for the economy.”

--Time for a life lesson…If you are a 38-year-old father of nine who is going to be a witness to a murder case in Baltimore, who is regarded as a snitch and received threatening phone calls, who has already been shot six times for getting ready to snitch, who was moved out of the area by authorities, you do not, I repeat, do not go home for Thanksgiving dinner. On the off chance that you do go home then you do not, I repeat, do not go to the corner bar for a drink. John P. Dowery Jr. did all of those things and at the bar was murdered.

--What a surprise Mel Gibson identifies with what Kramer is going through, "I felt like sending Michael Richards a note. I feel really badly for the guy. He was obviously in a state of stress. You don't need to be inebriated to be bent out of shape. But my heart went out to the guy... I like him." Well, of course you like him. On a related note, could you be less interested in seeing Apocalypto?

--The Macon City Council has passed an ordinance to criminalize panhandling in public areas. Councilman James Tinley voted against it, "I see an undercurrent of something else that's not Christian-like that's for sure. You can't just lock them up and let them disappear. ... We could do what Hitler did. We could annihilate them, but that's not going to solve the problem." Yeah, ummm, annihilation probably not an option, but you did drop Hitler’s name for no reason so, uh, congratulations.

--Shocking: Snoop arrested for drugs and gun possession. More shocking, Suge Knight not a fan of Snoop’s. Suge told the always reliable Page 6, "Snoop is a rat. He's a police informer. This is the only guy who never goes to jail no matter what. I don't like rats. Snoop has never been in a real fight. When there's trouble, he runs to the police. He throws up and starts crying."
Throws up?

--Li-Lo in AA?!

--You knew Jay-Z’s new one wasn’t going to touch Black Album, but it’s pretty strong. My favorite track is the one done with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, "Beach Chair", marking the first time a Coldplay song doesn’t sound exactly like every other one. "30something" is strong as well…30’s the new 20 sounds good to me.
That my friends is a whole hell of a lotta richness.

--Because like peanut butter and jelly, slow motion photography and destruction simply go together. In this case via Nike’s Juice golf ball…

--Those of you who need a Lost fix. Here ya go…

--Happy 77th anniversary to Gene and Elinor Coleman of Bristow, Oklahoma. How do they fill the time? They say most days “we sit here and look at each other” and add “we’re lucky that both of us are still here to look at.”

Questions, comments or if you remember a time when Family Guy was consistently funny…

I Seen Her Just the Other Day

Bo-ring

The Texans lost, again. David Carr’s numbers were good so that’s nice. We all know the team screwed up by picking up that option. I too thought he would never be great, but I thought he'd be good enough. He won't be, at least not here. It’s been nearly five years and the same mistakes are there and they ain’t going away. It’s more than just him though. There’s just not a lot of talent out there and honestly after five years without at least a .500 the Texans should petition the league for another expansion draft. For $700 million Bob McNair should get at least one more expansion draft for every five year period that the team doesn’t reach 8 wins. I wanted Vince or Reggie in large part because at least a couple of times a game they’re guaranteed to do something exciting. It’s all about entertainment and the Texans are one of the least entertaining teams in the league. So are the Raiders so Sunday’s game should be a good time to catch up on sleep.
I used to be somebody.

--Why are Kris Brown and Chad Stanley still on this team?

--That Vince Young guy might just work out.

--I’d like to call for a moratorium on Tony Romo and any mentions of Roma’s ribs. Thank you for your cooperation. A moratorium on K-K-Kramer jokes is forthcoming.

--Drew Brees has five straight 300-yard games. The record is six held by Steve Young, Rich Gannon and Kurt Warner.

--One word: Brady.

--Hey Jim Haslett sensitive much about your Rams rushing defense, which ranks dead last? The defensive coordinator said, "I'm sick of talking about the (freaking) yardage. I look at the Colts who are right beside us (in run defense), and they're 10-1. I pick up the paper every week and read about the yardage we've given up. It is what it is. All right? We haven't done well. We actually fit well, the best we've ever played, and they still had 170 rushing on us. We're ninth (actually 10th) in the league in pass defense, we've given up four (actually five) touchdowns in the last three games. You don't write that stuff.”

--The Giants are free falling and Plaxico Burress is just one of the reasons why (Vince Young another). Maybe you saw the beginning of blowing that 21-0 lead when Eli was picked off by Pacman Jones on a play Plaxico absolutely quit on. I’m sure Plax won’t make excuses though, "He's one of the most dangerous guys in the league when he has the ball in his hands. You can't expect me to blow the guy up. I didn't make the tackle. Get over it."

--If Michael Vick would’ve flipped that finger at Roddy White would he have dropped it?

--You’d think with the Chargers putting up points left and right it’d be good to have Nate Kaeding on your fantasy team. San Diago has now scored 19 touchdowns since kicking their last field goal.

--You can’t prop Todd Graham and the Rice Owls enough for ending their 45-year bowl drought. He won’t get a lot of run for it, but he’s got to be on the short list for Coach of the Year. This was a one-win team a year ago and he has them closing out with six straight w’s?! Just incredible. Now go take care of business in your bowl.

--Good luck to the Coogs Friday night in the C-USA Championship Game, not that they'll need
it. Paw Power!!

It Takes Five

The schedule has been kind, but regardless the boys are Rock-et and rolling. Saturday night Tracy McGrady looked like, well Tracy McGrady. We haven’t seen him attack the basket like that this season. We’ve seen him pass the ball and pile up the assist numbers, but not like that either. Of course, it helps when the guys are making. What’s so encouraging is that the team is 9-4 and we know it can be so much better.

--Big shock Dwyane Wade leads the league in free throw attempts per game at 11.5.

Quick Hitters and Random Thoughts

--The Simpsons can still be very, very funny...

--Hopefully you’ve been paying attention because this very early portion of the college basketball slate has been fan-freakin-tastic! All the tournaments have been great and we’ll be extremely lucky to have one game from Final Four weekend as good as last weekend’s Florida/Kansas game was. Only about seven future lottery picks in that game won by Kansas in dramatic fashion in overtime. How Kansas couldn’t beat Oral Roberts is beyond me. I mean when you can’t get Oral at home you’ve got problems.

--Apparently Kid Rock and Pam Anderson are divorcing…again. Where’s my wedding sack?

--Four words you’ve longed to hear strung together…Jessica Simpson sex tape. The one word preceding those magic four? Possible. Damn.
what? you would have your hands someplace else?

--Hands down the best new character on television this season. Hiro from, well, Heroes.

--A Smurfs movie?! It’s about time.

--Jay-Z’s new one has bumped The Killers’ new one as # 1 on my iPod. The Killers will offer a holiday song on iTunes December 6th. “A Great Big Sleigh” the title. More importantly Billy Idol has a holiday album due to come out next week called “Happy Holidays.” Who doesn’t want to hear Billy Idol sing “Frosty the Snowman” and “Silent Night” among other classics.

--Thirty-two wonderful years ago this week Carl Douglas came out with the classic “Kung Fu Fighting.”

--TV Land has come up with a list of the top 100 catchphrases of all-time from the world of television. It’ll air a countdown special beginning December 11th. Ummm….why is JFK’s “ask not what your country can do for you…” on a list with things like “Dyn-o-mite” and “De plane!” “De Plane!”? Some other notables, David Banner’s “Don’t make me angry…”, “Homey, don’t play that”, Sanford’s “Elizabeth, I’m coming”, “I’m Rick James bitch”, and for some stupid reason Paris’ “You’re hot.”

--Some female psychiatrist is coming out with a book that claims, and here’s where it gets unbelievable, but the book claims women talk nearly three times as much as men. Obviously you’ll find this under fiction because that just doesn’t sound right.

--If you could only have one I’m thinking you’d take Jessica Biel over some MVP award. Derek Jeter is living the life.

and one more for good measure...

--The best way to cap off a long day of football and basketball on Saturday was with HBO Boxing After Dark. It replayed the furious three rounds between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales (El Terrible still lost) then gave us Juan Manuel Marquez and Jimrex Jaca fighting in Hidalgo, Texas (wherever that is). What a pleasant surprise of a fight. JMM had a crimson mask due to a couple of headbutts, but won by knockout in the 9th to make his case to be the next to face Manny Pacquiao. I’d much rather see that rematch than Pac-Man beat on Barrera again. --The Contender’s Peter Manfredo is set to take on Joe Calzaghe in March. Good luck with that.

--Britain’s Q Magazine is celebrating its 20th anniversary by selecting the best of the best singles from the last 20 years. Let’s take a look at the 20…At 19 is Eminem’s “Stan.” At 15 we find “Personal Jesus” – excellent selection. Gnarls’ “Crazy” is 12 (great album by the way). Jack and Meg at 10 with “Seven Nation Army.”
The Verve at 7 with the fantastic “Bittersweet Symphony.” U2’s “One” at 5. # 3 goes to “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” # 2 is “Hey Ya” and just typing that will keep it playing in my head for the next 36 hours. The top single in the past 20 years according to Q Magazine is…(wait for it)…Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

--Britney these are Panties. Panties this is Britney. I’ll let you two get to know each other. I guess that’s what happens when you start hanging out with Lindsey Lohan.

--The Sports Reporters can be good, very good when Jeremy Schaap has parting shots like this, “When the Bears play the Patriots today, they'll be without cornerback Ricky Manning, who leads the team in interceptions and convictions. This week the NFL suspended Manning for one game for his most recent crime.
In April, Manning and some friends were at a Denny's when they noticed another patron quietly working on his laptop. For no known reason, Manning — already on probation for another assault — slapped the man in the face and allegedly called him an ugly Jew — and worse. Then Manning's friends beat the man — who by the way is not Jewish — into unconsciousness. Manning denied the slur — my lawyers are Jewish, he said — but in September he pleaded no contest to felony assault.
Regarding the suspension and its timing, Brian Urlacher said, quote, "It stinks." Urlacher's an outstanding linebacker, but perspective is clearly not his strength. Neither he nor anyone else on the Bears said it stunk that Manning assaulted an innocent man — only that it stinks that he won't be in the team's nickel package today.
For its part, the NFL was too soft on Manning, a repeat offender, an alleged bigot and a confirmed dope. In just about any other line of work, Manning would have been fired for cause. Instead, he'll be back on the field next week.
Go Bears.”

--It’s not as good as the first one, but here’s the next installment of Street Fighter: The Later Years.

Questions, comments or if you’ve ever stumbled home at 2 AM and tossed some apples in a pan then melted six Snickers bite size candies then added some sugar because you got sweets like that and then poured it over leftover banana pudding…

From White Castle to the Nile

There They Go Again

I was at the Mac (what we monthly Las Vegas visitors call the airport) during the Texans/Bills game so I was spared another coulda, shoulda won type game. Lee Evans = fast. Texans secondary = slow. That summed up the best quarter of JP Losman’s NFL career. Dunta Robinson, “It’s embarrassing to let a quarterback like that get up on us the way he did.” Ouch, JP, how you like dem apples? Probably just fine since he finished like he started with a touchdown pass. Yeah, the Texans should have a better record, but you are what you are. This team still makes key mistakes, still makes a bad coaching move or two, still has David Carr at quarterback, still commits bad penalties, still lets Jameel Cook have the ball, still can’t finish games, and still makes the losing plays and decisions it is accustomed to. I guess it could be worse, though. You could be living in Oakland or Detroit.

--Lamont Jordan is out for the season, though most would question whether he was ever in for the season.

--Tom Brady 56-2 when New England is up at the half.

--Nice uniforms Titans…………….not!

--Remember when Randy Moss would, you know, catch a ball in a game?

--The Chargers have now played on three of their divisional opponents on the road before facing any of them at home.

--Major props to Niners coach Mike Nolan for busting out the suit and tie.

--Igor Sholshansky is going to get a worse penalty from the league, but Tom Nalen deserves the stiffer fine and/or suspension. Diving at a man’s knees on a clock killing play when everyone else is just standing around is just wrong, yet typical of that line. Ridiculous.

--First eight games Ocho Cinco – 482 yds., 2 TDs. Last two games Ocho Cinco – 450 yds., 5 TDs.

--Ronnie Brown and Serena Williams?!

--How funny the way things work out with Joey Harrington returning to Detroit on Turkey Day.
--The Patriots have won four straight road games by at least 22 points. That’s the first time that’s ever happened in the same season.

--LaDainian – 22 TDs. Denver offense – 20.

--This would almost make the fiery rays of the sun the bullpen at Reliant has to face when the roof is open tolerable…At Redskins games this year fans could rent a small TV for $39.95. It weighs about a pound and is the size of a fist and while you’re at your seat the set gets DirecTV’s Sunday Package and so you’re basically in heaven.

Quick Hitters and Random Thoughts

--Vegas was Vegas. Jager and I put aside our differences for one night although she was too clingy towards the end always wanting one more shot. I stayed at the Aladdin and “worked” at the Wynn. That place is as ridiculous as you would expect a hotel to be if it has a freakin’ Ferrari dealership in it. I stumbled upon a chef photo-shoot at Caesar’s where I got to shake Bobby Flay’s hand so obviously I won’t be washing that until after I cook on Thanksgiving. I broadcasted Sports Saturday from the cabana there where apparently tops are optional and that was a very, very good thing. I’d like to thank the Bulls, Oklahoma, Michigan, Cincinnati Bearcats, and most importantly the Dolphins and Patriots. Thank you for making my weekend a profitable one. Love the fountains...

As for the fight well Erik made the weight, but was clearly done. Credit to him for going out swinging and giving it everything he had. Manny “Mexicutioner” Pacquiao is just that good and Erik has been through too many wars. Erik and Marco Antonio one more time may be interesting, but it probably doesn’t need to happen. I’ve been to some big sporting events in my life, but I’ve never been in as wild, loud, proud, and drunken atmosphere like the Thomas and Mack Center on Saturday night. Absolutely insane.
# 1 pound for pound.

--If you’re keeping track at home it is now the villagers, drunken frat boys, and the etiquette coach now suing Borat. Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers)?!
King in the castle! King in the castle!

--I haven’t caught up on my shows yet, but if the Lazy Scranton rumors are true then this might be the best Office ever.

--Friday Night Lights has been picked up for a full season and that’s a good thing.
Donald Faison is one lucky scrub.

--What a shock, a freaky weatherman was fired after a nude picture of him went up on MySpace. Jamey Singleton worked at a Roanoke station and recently underwent treatment for a heroin addiction. I guess the barometric pressure was just too much. Anyway once while hanging with his heroin friends he let one of them take a picture of him as he was getting ready for work. He stopped hanging out with the heroin crowd and one of them posted the photo on MySpace and it was sent to a bunch of people at his station. His boss fired him for it. If you are not a female and I am not the one holding the camera then do not let yourself ever be photographed in the nude. It may seem funny and the other person may say they’ll delete it, but it’s just not worth it. BJ Novak can say it better…

--Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst?!

--If I was fortunate enough to come across a PS3 I’m hooking that bad boy up and going to town for two or three days straight. Selling it is not an option. If it was an option, selling it to people I met on CraigsList I probably wouldn’t agree to the transaction taking place at 1 AM at a McDonalds parking lot. This happened in La Palma, California and the seller agreed to meet two buyers at the Micky D’s parking lot. Yeah, the two would-be buyers pepper sprayed the seller and made off with the consoles.

--Apparently Kramer/Michael Richards doesn’t like black people…

I came across Richards’ apology/interview on Letterman and that was one uncomfortable train wreck.

--David Blaine’s latest stunt involves him being suspended 50 feet over Times Square in a gyroscope that will spin him up to eight times a minute for two days straight and after that he’ll attempt to escape. Wow, incredible. Can’t hardly wait. On the plus side it’s for Salvation Army.

--On the plane ride back and forth I watched The Break-Up. That was good. I also watched Lady in the Water. That was bad. Note to M. Night: less of you and more of the scrunt would have made this at least bad as opposed to awful.

--I have no idea when The Shield will finally start its new season, maybe April? Either way…

--Umm, Peter Jackson is not directing The Hobbit?!

--All is right with the world and Emmitt kicked Mario’s ass on Dancing. Samantha Harris isn’t the best host, but she’s easy on the eyes and even better in FHM.

--Probably need this shirt…

Questions, comments or if you can think of a better, quicker appetizer than rolling bacon around sesame seed breadsticks then rolling them in parmesan reggiano…

Vintage Hang Tags

We just listed this lovely early 1950's nightgown by Luxite. This beauty still has the original hang tag attached, and in reading it, I am struck by the fact that the manufacturer truly cared about the product they made and the woman who was their customer.

When you read the hang tag, you get a feel for the time and attention given to details, the consideration used when choosing the right fabric, trims, and thread so the garment would last, and the thoughtfulness in providing the customer with detailed instructions on how to launder the nightgown so it would last for years.

It just makes me feel more beautiful to read, "Wear and enjoy Luxite nylon tricot lingerie....its daintiness is enduring. Follow these easy washing instructions.", instead of today's terse "Hand Wash, Line Dry, Do Not Iron."

See this nightgown and more at Couture Allure Vintage Fashion .

And I Can Always Make Them Smile

SUNDAY SWEEP!!!

Texans b-slap the Jaguars – check

Dynamo end the Revolution – check

Rockets beat the Heat – check

Mario Batali and Rachael Ray destroy Bobby Flay and Giada de Laurentis – check

Who’s next?

Owned

Like I wrote last week until further notice the Texans and David Carr own the Jaguars and after 60 minutes of football nothing has changed. Gotta love Petey Faggins on Inside the Game saying, “I’d have to say we do own them right now.” Truer words were never spoken. You can’t even use the game as a barometer of how the team is progressing because it’s such a freakin’ big difference when they line up against Jacksonville. Everyone is more intense, energetic, and confident and it all starts with Carr. That run he had in the third quarter where he lowered his shoulder to get the first down was awesome. Gary Kubiak’s call to go for it on 4th and inches late, up by only a field goal was one of the few times he’s been aggressive this season and hopefully it wasn’t the last. Welcome to the NFL Jason Babin. Even C.C. Brown made a play or two. The team doesn’t bring it like that every week, but when they do it sure makes it easy to call yourself a Texans fan.

--How exactly was that not a catch by Owen Daniels?!

--Congratulations to the Raiders who scored their 7th touchdown of the season on Sunday. That ended a streak of 34 straight possessions without an offensive TD. Since their Super Bowl loss a few years ago Oakland is 15-43. Houston is 17-41. Even Arizona has 16 wins since that time.

--How sweet was Vince Young’s pitch to Bo Scaife?

--After losses to the Lions and Browns, those two weeks when Michael Vick threw for 7 touchdowns seem like a long, long time ago.

--Remember when Adam Archuleta was good? He’s now relegated to special teams duty with the ‘Skins.

--Let’s see…the first time Brandon Jacobs tucks the ball underneath his jersey and rubs it to honor his pregnant wife he doesn’t get a penalty. That was two weeks ago. Sunday night it was a penalty. Thankfully the NFL is always consistent.

--Cy-Fair’s Sam McGuffie ended the regular season with a ho-hum 2,303 rushing yards and 31 touchdowns. This run being the highlight of the season…

--Is this the week of Michigan/Ohio State?

True Year of the Yao
The man, the myth, the Yao continues to dominate on a nightly basis, at least on nights he doesn’t pick up three fouls by the time the anthem is done. Yao single-handedly destroyed the Knicks and then kept it going against the Heat. I hate the Mavericks for obvious reasons, but no team gets on my nerves more than the Heat. They just seem so damn smug and I can’t stand Gary Payton or Antoine Walker or Pat Riley or Jason Kapono or Rony Seikaly, well maybe I’ve gone back too far, but you get the idea. Hard to hate on Dwyane, but easy to hate on everyone else. Major props to Shaq for that dunk he had when no one was around to make the game 8-6. You definitely have to strut down the court after that. Pft, whatever. 94-72 eat it Miami! As for the rest of the NBA just wait ‘til Tracy McGrady starts feeling it again (he is going to feel it again, isn’t he?).

--Line of the week comes from Steve Kerr after Marv Albert said that Cleveland coach Mike Brown has 22 different colored frames to go with his wardrobe Steve busted out, “I think serial killers share those same tendencies.”

--Cracked.com picks out a YouTube for each NBA team to break down where things stand for each franchise.

Quick Hitters and Random Thoughts

--I watched about five minutes of the regular season, but the first and final games of the Houston 1836’s title run were phenomenal. Those guys had no business scoring after the Revolution went ahead in the second overtime. You knew how tired they were and yet Chinger came through once again. To have it all come down to penalty kicks and then the final kick was just too much. Great stuff and great fans. My one complaint…there’s got to be a better time and date for your premiere game than on a NFL Sunday afternoon.

--This will be the only entry this week as I’ll be in Vegas over the weekend for my monthly trip. This one to see the Manny Pacquiao/Erik Morales fight Saturday night, which will be on HBO PPV. I’d be shocked if Pac-Man doesn’t walk away with a win.

--I finally saw Borat and, of course, was not disappointed although I probably should’ve mixed in a restroom break during the wrestling match. Hard to pick out a favorite scene, but gotta love, “King in the castle. King in the castle.” Also, “Are these your spells gypsy?” And then, of course, the wedding sack for Pamela Anderson.
Salon.com has a great article on the scenes and the people in them.

--Can you ever get enough Stewart and Colbert? I say no…

--Simpsons movie trailer time although trailers sometimes actually have more than one scene from the movie…

--Someone needs to inform Ali G that the Back to the Future hoverboard is now on e-Bay. Starting bid is close to $3,000.

--Breaker, breaker, breaker our next story comes to us from Apopka, Florida and more specifically the Wal-Mart parking lot there. It seems to men in their late 40’s have had a feud for the last six years. A feud started and continued only on CB radio. Finally the other day Frank Lukasik announced that he was going to this Wal-Mart to buy a gift. Paul Goldman said he’d be there to settle the dispute and that he had something for Lukasik. So the two truckers pulled into the lot. Lukasik stepped out first and walked towards Goldman who unfortunately brought mace to a gun fight. Lukasik said he only fired after Goldman sprayed that deadly mace. Goldman was grazed and now both sit in jail wondering how 1970’s technology could steer them so wrong.

--Fantasycongress.com?!

--The South Park meets Buck Rogers opening last week was fan-freakin-tastic!
Erin Gray, I like.

--Nine of the twelve NL rookies who got ROY votes were from the Marlins and Dodgers.

This or That?

--I know you’ve been wondering what the record was for the fastest 160-character SMS message. An American did hold the mark until this weekend when a 16-year-old Singapore student texted, "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human." By the way, that’s the official text the Guinness people use for the record. The Singapore kid typed it in 41.52 seconds. How a female doesn’t hold this record is beyond me.

--Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Locke of Massachusetts has ruled that a burrito is not, I repeat, is not a sandwich. Apparently a Panera there in some shopping center was trying to prevent a Mexican grill from opening because Panera has an agreement with the shopping center people that it will be the only sandwich shop. Locke with more very insightful information, "A sandwich is not commonly understood to include burritos, tacos and quesadillas, which are typically made with a single tortilla and stuffed with a choice filling of meat, rice, and beans."

Questions, comments or if you’ve ever received faxes from the future…

And It's Chill to Hear Them Talk

When David Says Jump You Ask How High

Until further notice the Texans still have ownership papers on the Jaguars. A dominating 5-4 advantage in the all-time series sums up the uphill battle facing Jacksonville this Sunday. Even the growing number of David Carr haters know this one is in the bag. Whatever it is the Jaguars bring out the best in him and this team no matter who’s calling the plays. This one won’t be easy now that Jacksonville has wised up and started starting David Garrard. Maybe Houston will get lucky and Marcus Stroud and John Henderson will sit. Either way Jaguars, prepare to be stomped.

--Andre Johnson still leads the league in receptions and yardage. On the downside he’s one of just two WRs in the top 40 in yardage who averages fewer than 12 yards a catch. Andre averages 11.6 as does Donald Driver.

--There are five active running backs currently in the top 25 all-time in rushing yardage. Go for it…I’m not counting Curtis Martin, but he’s 4th. In between O.J. Simpson and Ricky Watters we find Corey Dillon at 15th. Between Ottis Anderson (18) and Earl Campbell (21) we find Edgerrin James and Tiki Barber. Maybe you got those guys, but I would’ve been here all day before getting the two current guys right behind Earl Campbell. Hint: It’s not Ron Dayne. At 22 is one of my favorite college backs of all-time Warrick Dunn. A mere 9 yards behind him sits Fragile Fred Taylor.

--Writing of Edge, he has the second most carries this season though 20 guys have more rushing yardage.

--The Chronicle wasn’t seriously taking the Texans to task for not drafting Marques Colston # 1 was it? Although I do like its effort to give Sage Rosenfels a comeback win against the Titans though the standings don’t reflect it.

--The Titans have the fewest lost fumbles- 2. The Rams have been intercepted one whole time.

--Quick who leads the league in sacks? Not Shawne Merriman, not Julius Peppers, not Mario Williams (yet), no the leader would be Green Bay’s Aaron Kampman. We were looking for Aaron Kampman.

--True Romance and Heathers are two of my all-time favorites, but for just one night Joe Theismann wasn’t the dumbest guy in the booth. Act like you’ve seen a game Christian. Geez. It was just a snap.
Gotta love Floyd.
In a related note, congratulations to the Raiders and Seahawks for performing in the least watched Monday Night Football game ever.

--Seriously Heath Shuler now plays for the House of Representatives.

--An Ernie Davis biopic?! Sounds promising.

Don’t I Know You

A warm welcome for Tracy McGrady who made his 2006-2007 debut against the Bucks Wednesday night. Good to see him back. Things are so easy when he’s hitting and dishing like that. But I think it’s time to go to Shaq for some free throw tips.

----First triple double of the season not surprisingly courtesy of Jason Kidd. Second triple double of the season very surprisingly courtesy of Ryan Gomes.

--Youngest team in the league by 3 years is Atlanta. Oldest? No surprise that would be San Antonio at 30.37 years. Second oldest? Mild surprise, but that would be Phoenix.

--Give Andrew Bynum the #Q$^@%& ball!!!

Quick Hitters and Random Thoughts

--Houston 1836er Dwayne De Rosario got screwed out of the MVP award by some guy from D.C. United not named Freddy Adu. Now the poor New England Revolution are going to fear the wrath come Sunday afternoon. Cannot wait!

--Want to see the video and/or pictures of Kirstie Alley in a bikini on Oprah? Me neither.

--There is no doubt in my mind that Emmitt Smith, who of course made his name with the Arizona Cardinals, is going to wipe the floor with Mario Lopez next Tuesday night on Dancing. Seriously, Emmitt actually made me almost think about thinking about voting for him last week because if Joey and his freaky, bulging skull veins had beaten him out, well he and they didn’t so it doesn’t matter. What does matter is this not winning...

--Please God don’t ever let that baby doll commercial for the PS 3 air again. That is one creepy spot.

--Probably need one of each of these shirts…

--I talked last week about how insane Borat’s media blitz was. The absolute last place I expected him to visit was Hannity and Colmes.

--There were a couple of interesting items being voted on around these great United States. In Oklahoma there was actually a law banning the sale of alcoholic beverages while the polls are opened on Election Day. However, thankfully the good alcoholics of Oklahoma approved the proposal to end that insanity. South Carolina not only doesn’t let you purchase liquor on Election Day, but you can’t buy a lottery ticket either, because, well let’s just go with because. In Arizona there was a proposal to hold a statewide lottery on Election Day with one randomly selected voter receiving $1 million dollars. The idea being to improve idiot voter turnout. The idiots stayed home and the intelligent people of Arizona voted it down.

--David Silver/Brian Austin Green got hitched to Megan Fox who is going to be in the Transformers movie so we know she’s cool…

--Jeff Gordon married model Ingrid Vandebosch...
They both starred in the Hollywood classic Taxi.

--The DVD jacket for Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth has seeds in it to grow Italian flat leaf basil? I like.

--What a shock K-Fed kicked to the K-urb. Divorce through text. Out-freakin-standing!!

--DrudgeReport headline there’s no need to click on” “95-year old calls 9-1-1 in order to vote.”
I clicked on it anyway and it happened in Reading, Pennsylvania and the County Commissioner actually came and picked the woman up so she could cast her vote for President Palmer (at least in a perfect world.)

--If you’re wondering MLB’s awards parade begins Monday with the Rookies of the Year. Next Tuesday Roy Oswalt finishes 3rd in Cy Young. In two Mondays Lance Berkman finishes 3rd in MVP.

--Tell me Evander Holyfield and Fres Oquendo aren’t on PPV this Friday in San Antonio. Oh well, I’m sure it’s reasonably priced. $44.95!?! Guess not.
Women’s boxing doesn’t do much for me, but Laila Ali has a good point regarding this week’s HBO broadcast, which she is on the undercard (Klitschko vs. Brock) not that you’ll see it: “I’m the one selling the fight. Wladimir’s a great fighter…but people don’t know him the way they know me. The name Ali is a powerful name. My dad’s coming to the fight…The viewers would love to be able to see that. But HBO would rather replay Floyd Mayweather’s boring fight that he had last weekend.”
Honestly just replay one round of the Floyd fight and explain every other of the 11 rounds was the exact same then show something live.

--Daniel Baldwin arrested for grand theft auto?! Yeah, that’s about right.

--Waterfalls are purty.

Questions, comments or if your favorite Donnie Rumsfeld quote is, “The Gulf War in the 1990s lasted five days on the ground. I can’t tell you if the use of force in Iraq today would last five days, or five weeks or five months. But it certainly isn’t going to last any longer than that.”

I Like The Way They Walk

Close, But…

The Texans almost pulled off the biggest upset they’ve had in years. Almost, but did you ever really think they were going to do it? Didn’t you just expect something crazy to happen, like the Giants finally starting to give a crap? New York was disinterested and Houston came out with the energy and intensity it rarely shows away from Reliant. David Carr and the offense moved the ball against an extremely banged up Giants defense, but had just 10 points to show for it. The defense had its first interception since the first game of the season so that was nice. Why the Giants didn’t just pound away with the run is beyond me. To me the most promising thing to come out of the loss was, once again, the play of the rookies. Mario Williams is improving on a weekly basis and his jump shot looks better than Tracy McGrady’s at this point. DeMeco Ryans continues to look like a future perennial Pro Bowler. Owen Daniels has the same number of catches and more touchdowns than Dallas Clark. Wali had an off week, but we’ll forgive him. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Texans fans are very forgiving.

--Wow, how about Fred Taylor guaranteeing a Jaguars win at home over the Texans this week. Talk about going out on a limb.

--Andre Johnson is still atop the league in both receptions and receiving yardage. Andre has 65 catches with Marvin Harrison the closest with 52. Who has the 3rd most? Not Torry Holt, not Reggie Bush, but Kellen Winslow.

--Michael Vick has more rushing yards than Edge, Clinton Portis, Brian Westbrook and Carnell Williams just to name several.

--If you haven’t seen Larry Johnson impersonating Herm Edwards you can cross that off your to-find list…

--Just one more reason to like Mike Ditka…he has his own red wines coming out. The highest end bottle has the most appropriate name…Mike Ditka Kick Ass Red.

--If you didn’t know “Ocho Cinco” is Spanish for wasted second round fantasy pick.

--The Patriots didn’t pound away at one of the worst run defenses with Maroney and Dillon because why?

Remember Saturday, Forget Sunday

Yeah, the Rockets didn’t show up for the second time in three games on Sunday, but they beat the hell out of the Mavericks on Saturday. That was fun and that showed what happens when the Rockets feel like bringing it. Houston couldn’t get out of the blocks and it didn’t help that Yao had three fouls before you could say Nookie. C’mon guys why is this a problem time and time again. You see what happens when you come out from the tip and get after it so why are slow, lack of urgency starts the norm and not the exception? Git R Done.

--I’m a little slow so someone needs to explain to me how Florida, which is returning all five starters from its championship team, didn’t get every single first-place vote in the preseason AP poll. The Gators got 63, the Tar Heels the other 9. The Aggies are 13th, the Longhorns 21. UH checks in at # 43.

--There’s rich and then there’s…The Las Vegas Review Journal reported Michael Jordan dropped more than a million dollars at a blackjack table over the weekend.

Quick Hitters and Random Thoughts

--Doogie is gay?! Seeing the treatment Vito got on The Sopranos I can only assume Vinnie is going to have something to say about this.

--We talked about the titanic clash last month and now it is ovah! Santa Clause 3 in 3,458 theatres…$20 million. Borat in a scant 837 theatres…over $26 million. Wow, wow, wee, waa.

--Sadly come Wednesday, the final episode of Lost before its winter break.
Good or Evil?

--Last week’s Dynamo win was fan-freakin-tastic. This week’s was just a boring ol’ 3-1 domination. Now New England wants some?

--I have no idea if Ugly Betty is good, but I did like this clip so I guess I like the show.

--The new Spider-Man 3 trailer airs on MTV Thursday night at 9 during The Duel.

--According to Newsweek 44% of Americans believe Jesus will return in the next 50 years. Now you know.

--The dumbass of the week comes to us from Michigan. Last March Jerry Rose allegedly shot and murdered Edgar Hawkes. Rose was at a party over the summer when a game of “What’s the Stupidest Thing You’ve Ever Done” broke out. The quick-thinking Rose said, “shot a guy in the head.” Yeah, he’s been formally charged with, among other things, one count of open murder.

--This from News Channel 5 in Nashville: “It is part of current and future efforts to drive out crime and revitalize the area.”
So what is “it”? Having a meeting to discuss changing the name of the street Dickerson Pike to something safer sounding. I guess you gotta start somewhere.

--Probably need this shirt…

--Creative sentencing of the week honors go to Deputy Attorney General Donald Roberts of Delaware. It seems that Russell Teeter, 69, has a problem keeping his Teeter in his pants when children visit the gardening business he has with his wife. Yeah, somehow this guy is married despite 10 prior convictions of exposing himself to kids. The latest conviction comes after he twice exposed himself to a 10-year-old girl. So the good judge decided Teeter needed 60 days in jail and whenever he’s at his workplace over the next 22 months he’ll have to wear a shirt emblazoned in bold "I am a registered sex offender." Shouldn’t the wife have to wear a shirt saying, “My husband is a registered sex offender and all I got was this stinkin’ shirt” or maybe one with an arrow saying, “I’m with the registered sex offender”?

--If you missed the fights over the weekend, boy did you miss absolutely nothing. Not surprisingly Floyd Mayweather dominated Carlos Baldomir for 12 rounds. Bo-ring, with the exception of the post-fight interview with Larry Merchant when Floyd got his wittle feelings hurt. The guy is an amazing boxer with not a blemish on his record and yet no one cares if he indeed calls it a career after one more fight. Shannon Briggs and Sergei Liakhovich bored everyone for 11 and a half rounds until Shannon TKO’d Sergei late in the 12th. Nice to see Juan Diaz has decided defense is an acceptable concept.

Questions, comments or if you went with the crumb tray...

Step to the Rhythm, Step Step to the Ride

To Bench or Not To Bench

I was one of those idiots at the beginning of the year that thought David Carr deserved a season under an offensive-minded head coach, with a new blocking scheme for the OL, solid tight end threats, and a legitimate # 2 receiver before anything should be done. I trusted that Gary Kubiak knew what he was doing when he moved to pick up that option on Carr. In the immortal understated words of Locke to Eko, “I was wrong.” David Carr has been awful for 4 and a half seasons and I don’t see anything changing. His passer rating and completion percentage have been great, but we all know he doesn’t have “it.” Kubiak isn’t going to make a difference and pulling him is the beginning of the end. I mean does Carr strike you as a mentally strong person on the football field? Sage Rosenfels came in when the Titans were expecting pass and Sage threw all over them. He slid his feet in the pocket, somehow getting enough time to actually motion to receivers where to go and then he delivered the ball time after time. Bottom line is Sage gives this team the best chance to win on Sundays. David is supposedly the future, but how much more time does he get? I’m sure he’ll turn it around this week on the road against a 5-2 Giants team that has 15 sacks and 5 picks in their last three games.

--Only two other rookies in the last 50 years did what Vince Young did on Sunday by rushing and passing for TDs of at least 20 yds. Those other rookies? Fran Tarkenton and Chris Chandler. Chris Chandelier?!

--Only 1 RB in the top 35 in rushing yardage doesn’t have a rushing TD and that would be the guy at the top of the list Tiki Barber.

--If you’re keeping score at home the former Will Peterson is now William James and he’s now an Eagle.

--The Patriots have won each of their past three road games by at least 20 points.

--22% of the time when the Raiders drop back to pass it ends up in a sack or an INT. That’s not good.

--Seriously, No Fun League don't you have better things to do than fine Chad Johnson $5,000 for wearing an "Ocho Cinco" velcro tag on his jersey? It's not like they went out on the field and held a ceremony to rip off the Ocho Cinco to reveal "C. Johnson". If anyone should be fined it should be PacMan Jones for molesting that field goal post. Hearing the referee actually explain that because Jones landed on his feet that there was no celebration penalty was about the dumbest thing I've ever heard coming out of Tennessee and that's saying something.

--The last three years in the second half Texas has outscored Oklahoma State 118-0. Ouch.

Do Over?

A lot of new parts and I guess a lot more time needed for these 2006-2007 Rockets to start looking like the 50+ win team we all expect. The defense was just awful, awful, awful. Carlos Boozer isn’t a bad player, but 24 and 19 shouldn’t happen. I like Scott Padgett, but 20 minutes when he only had 3 points?! Dikembe had 3 points, but that’s because he actually made his free throws unlike you Tracy, Shane and Kirk (12-23 combined). It was a horribly officiated game with Yao and Shane picking up three fouls by stepping off of the team bus, but c’mon Rockets the effort wasn’t there for the entire game. This was the first game of a promising year and the Jazz simply wanted it more. Next up the Mavericks. Oh boy.

--The LeBrons commercials don’t do much for me, but any spot using Summer Time is fine by me. However, ESPN letting or making Jeremy Schaap interview each of the LeBron characters was a dumb, dumb idea. Not like Cold Pizza. That was a great idea.

--The Hawks are the youngest team in the league at 24.5 years.

Quick Hitters and Random Thoughts

--Alas after 15,102 games of Plinko Bob Barker will no longer be a part of The Price is Right. He’s retiring in June after 35 years hosting. Only Bob can consider retirement for “at least 10 years.” So there’s something else Ryan Seacrest can host.

--I’m not sure what SI put as This Week’s Sign of the Apocalypse, but it should be that there is a freeharoldreynolds.com. Harold is suing ESPN for the remaining $5 million or so on his contract. If you didn’t know he was fired after a female intern complained about a hug she received from him. A hug Reynolds termed “brief and innocuous.”

--The Wachowski Brothers (Matrix, V for Vendetta) would do right by Speed Racer, right?

--Sharon Stone and Rick Fox?!

--The always-reliable Enquirer says Ryan Phillipe was cheating on Reese Witherspoon, which was just a brilliant move by someone with so much talent as Ryan. Dude just got in the way in Cruel Intentions and then played the worst cop ever in Crash. The best movie he’s been in? Igby Goes Down. Very good flick.

--Eddie Izzard was going to play a bad guy on 24, but quit after one day of filming clearly intimidated by the mere thought of doing a scene with the real Jack Bauer.
She probably needs to be on next season.

--I identify with my boy Jim on The Office now more than ever. Look Tuna, because you gave in to the allure of Jager you missed a chance to enjoy a nice Diwali (sp?) with Pam. You two crazy kids belong together, but you let Jager get in the way. For shame. For shame.

--Jet Li and Jackie Chan in the same movie?! The (at least for right now) J&J Project starts shooting in April.

--An Untouchables prequel?! Untouchables: Capone Rising?!
Malone: “You just fulfilled the first rule of law enforcement: make sure when your shift is over you go home alive. Here endeth the lesson.”
This one, obviously, will focus on Capone’s early days and also his relationship with Sean Connery’s character Jim Malone. Sounds good to me.

--I’ve lost many coin flips in my life, but I’ve always been proud of the fact I’ve never lost one to a dead person. Dona Highstone of Anchorage was running against Katherine Dunton for a spot on the school board. On the day of the election Dunton passed away. The two ladies tied and for some reason the board insisted on a coin flip to see who got the seat. Highstone called “heads” and it was tails and that was that. The board has no idea how they’re going to fill the seat because evidently just giving it to someone who was worthy enough if she had called “tails” would just be wrong.

Game Over.

--Shocking news, but Flava Flav is expecting the birth of his 7th kid. No, it’s not New York’s much less Deelishis’. It’s with some other woman who Deelishis knows about and apparently doesn’t have a problem as Dee and Flav are still dating.

--The December issue of Golf Digest has a list of the top 100 golfers in music. I’ll give you all day to guess # 1. No, not the Hootie guy, not Kid Rock or Tommy Lee (both on the list). The top spot belongs to Kenny freakin’ G.

--A U2 Vertigo live concert to be released in 3D?!

--Cracked.com came out with a list of the top 15 funniest people in 2006. At 15 we find William Sanderson/Darrell/EB Farnum. Great choice. Rainn Wilson/Dwight Schrute is easily a top five guy, but Cracked has him at 12. Unnecessary Censorship segments alone get Jimmy Kimmel to 11. At 10 is another top 5 guy in my book Ricky Gervais. Note to HBO On Demand: Put Extras back on the menu! Adam McKay and Will Ferrell at 8. McKay co-wrote and directed Anchorman and Talladega Nights. Jeremy Piven/Ari Gold at 5. At 4 is my number 1 Stephen Colbert.
First Manilow, now this?! The guy has just been gold and c’mon he influences how Oprah speaks. No other person on this list has done that. He also has Strangers With Candy going for him. Steve Carell checks in at a solid 3rd. Although the media saturation is starting to get to even me Sacha Baron Cohen is number 2 on the strength of Borat. I love Jack Black, but # 1?! Nacho Libre and Tenacious D getting him up there along with 1999’s Fox pilot Heat Vision and Jack, which apparently wasn’t picked up then, but is all on YouTube now. My favorite 38 seconds of the 30-minute pilot you can see on YouTube…

--Your list of Pros for the next edition of Pros vs. Joes come January…Michael Irvin, Eric Dickerson, Wade Boggs, Jose Canseco, Darryl Strawberry, Bruce Smith, Roy Jones Jr., Andre Reed, John Starks, Vince Coleman, Kordell Stewart, Andre Rison, Tim Hardaway, Grant Fuhr, Rob Dibble, Rik Smits, Will Clark, Spud Webb, Kevin Willis, Randy Couture, Mark Jackson, Robby Ginepri, and Cobi Jones. With those names it should be one hellua wrap party.

--In two weeks I’m fortunate enough to be heading to Vegas for the finale of the Manny Pacquiao/Erik Morales trilogy. I don’t see how Pac-Man is going to lose that one. Couple of cards this week with the more intriguing one on free Showtime. I’ll take Sergei Liakhovich over Shannon Briggs and of course, Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz over Angulo. I think both fights will be entertaining and they’re not on PPV so that’s nice. Floyd Mayweather and Carlos Baldomir are on PPV and I think Floyd will win easily by a decision. Baldomir is tough and all, but this isn’t the boxer Floyd finally loses to.

Questions, comments or if you know what time is love…