Saturday, September 26, 2009

oh man. oh man. oh man.

ok well before this begins, this is another tale from the Adventures of Justin Komins, and will have nothing to do with sports. All names of places and times are being withdrawn because of possible police report write-ups...

with that being said, lets get down to business:

Tonight, Saturday the 26th, was scheduled to be another perfectly happy party night at college...but partying never happened. Me, my friend Volpe (from the Sonic story) and Kapz (my best friend) all make our venture out to the school, and this is where we originally made our 1st mistake.

Lets give you some details about this trio...
1st incident - Me, Kapz, and Volpe leave a "party" which was awful, and it is quite late. we leave said party to grab some food, which leads us to a local restaurant. we are starved, and order bountiful plates of food which is a bad idea, because our friend Volpe is ALWAYS short on money and hasnt paid for anything almost ever. we befriend the waitress, and give her some mardi gras beads and put her in awkward situations to tell us which of the 3 is best looking. when the bill comes, Kapz and I pay our share, but Volpe has no money, but is LOADED with monopoly money from the school play. he pays his share with fake cash, and we are walking out all cool like, but i burst into laughter as i pass the policeman detailing the place. the other 2 follow as we book it to the car. we get in, peel out, and the cop sticks his hand out to stop the car. we tell volpe to GO! and we peel out onto the street. almost causing a 5 car pile-up, we dash up the road and make it into a Wendy's parking lot, where we (in a scared shitless manner) proceed to make it rain monopoly money out of Volpe's car windows in effort to lose the evidence. at this point, we see numerous blue lights flashing in our direction, so we drive like a nascar racer until we pull into a cemetery and evade the fuzz. what did we miss out on? just chewing and screwing, resisting arrest, evading the police, driving recklessly, and probably disturbing the peace..it was like 2am. (or something like that)

example 2 - the trio of us are again in Volpes car, when we are going to pick up a girl at her house. near her house is a White Hen Pantry convenience store, which apparently got held up by knifepoint 3 seconds before we arrive. as we park to get her in the car, a cruiser pulls on the street and shines his spotlight on us. we dont sweat it cus we didnt do anything..or so we thought. the girl gets in the car, and then 3 cop cars come FLYING down each end of the street, surrounding us in the car and yell "PULL OVER" via the intercom. we are already pulled over, and have now questioned Volpe's integrity because we are being SWAT TEAMED by picking this girl up. with the entire neighborhood lit up by cop lights, the girls mom comes darting out of the house yelling "officer! these are great boys they didnt do anything believe me" only to be responded by the cop saying "MA'AM GET BACK IN THE HOUSE!". We are asked to leave the car (me and kapz) and we get out and have to put our hands on the roof. we get patted down for contraband and weapons, while the girl is freaking out and Volpe is still in the driver's seat. over the radio's we hear "brown sweatshirt suspect was last seen in"...what did we have in the car? a brown sweatshirt..and Volpe's huge ass super illegal knife in his glove box. so, while we are basically getting arrested, and all of us are legit shitting bricks out of fear of going to jail for something we dont have ANY idea about, one of the 20 officers at the scene gets a radio message saying the suspect escaped in a white ford explorer, not a lincoln (im uber-obnoxious edition) towncar. the officers start to vacate the scene after we suffer from heart attacks for almost being arrested.

basically what im trying to say, is that when the 3 of us are together, AWFUL THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN.

so back to tonite. We are going to this school, and literally not even 3 seconds on campus, a cop car pulls up and shines his spotlight on us. we arent doing anything suspicious, besides being associated with Superguido Volpe. so, the cop car (which by the way is a campus police man, not real police) parks, and 2 cops get out and start walking rather quickly towards us. so, being worried they were after us, we start to freak out because the girl (who sucks) was supposed to let us in and she wasnt there. luckily, a girl was walking into the same building so we ran in with her and the cops actually followed shortly. we ducked into our friends' room, and within 2 seconds of that, my phone blows up with numerous texts from people telling me the police are after me. FOR WHAT! apparently its not cool to be good looking on campus (that had to be what they were after me for). This is not where it ends, no not at all. I keep getting texts saying "hey where are u i hear cops are looking for u" "yo watch out RAs are after you" and "dont leave where u are, cops are on prowl 4 u". im like "what the fuck is this shit", and just want to party. Volpe, being retarded, has to go smoke outside so he is accompanied by the girl (who sucks) so he doesnt get arrested. she runs back in and throws his RED ed hardy hat in her room, and runs back out. apparently the cops saw his red hat and not my bright green LRG sweater, so the hat is bad news to us. With the entire school's police force, every RA in the school, and almost every student i know telling me we need to get the fuck outta dodge, we bail. my friend Volpe goes to school in Boston, so we go to one of his friend's parties in Alston which is right next to the city...this gets interesting.

In Alston, we drive down this street which can be easily compared to Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras. the street is flooded with drunken idiots of all colors, shapes and sizes, and people begin jumping on Volpe's car. as we are having people ghostride his whip, we make our way down this "party street". as we park and walk to the party house, which we never ended up making it to, we are witnessing one of the most AWFUL parts of the Boston area. this is one of those areas where u read about homicides, robberies, muggings, date rapes, etc. we met up with a few kids, who will be referred to as black kid 1, black kid 2, black kid 3, and black kid 4. not to be racist, but these guys are thugs. straight up, gangstas. theres no getting around that. so, these guys are belligerently drunk, and are doing stupid things. at one point, black kid 1 goes up to a BUM and says "yo my bum n***a YOURE A JERK! AYYY YOURE A JERK!" and black kid 2 is singing,er well, SCREAMING some Jadakiss song to the world. as we are walking with this group of thugs, we pass a 2009 white BMW 7 series parked ever-so-innocently on the corner. black kid 1 goes all Bruce Lee and KARATE KICKS THE FUCKING WINDOW! he didnt break it, thank god that BMW windows are clearly made from plexi-glass or some shit, but then he and his posse of gangstaz run their asses off so now its me, Volpe, and Kapz left in the middle of gangstaville in Alston. this was a scene that you can expect to see when you go to a sideshow in San Francisco's hoods. (watch this and you'll get an idea)

needless to say, shit was hella hyphy.

the next thing that happened had to be a sign from god that he hates us. some moron runs up to Volpe and is pitching all this shit about a fight to him. Volpe didnt introduce us to him, which clearly means he doesn't know this scumbag, and doesnt want any part of him. so for a good 20 minutes this asshat is blowing hella hot air about a fight to Volpe, ignoring me and Kapz until Volpe says "dude go away" which at that point, the random shmuck screams "PUSSY!" and other sorts of bullshit. we then leave this hell hole and come up with the genius plan to go back to the campus we just got chased out of...

still getting texts from people saying i am this College's Most Wanted, we waste time by going to Burger King. in this BK, which was friggen HUGE, we order and eat, while watching the WORST movie ive ever seen. Apparently this BK played movies in it, fancy! so, just when we finish up at BK, i got a phone call from another girl (awesome girl) telling me that the cops are still on heavy patrol at the school because apparently some punk thinks he can die on campus. we waste some more time before we just call it a night and skip the risk of being held in contempt of the campus police.

the moral of the story - fuck campus police, fuck RAs, fuck hoodlums in alston, fuck saturday night.

Monday, September 21, 2009

i got 99 problems..and they all bitches

Well it seems i have been sidetracked with some things in my life so, i apologize for the wait and will now return to the blog.

anyways, SO MUCH has happened in the sporting world in the past few days,and i will get to that as well as other interesting topics in this uber long post. so lets get down to business...

First off, FOOTBALL STARTED. As you may already know, i am not a Patriots fan even though i live in Massachusetts. I am a New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks fan. even though i do not like the Pats, i went to the opener vs. the Buffalo Bills, who i was almost rooting for just because i like Terrell Owens. This game was one of the best sporting events i have ever been to, up there with Red Sox World Series games and Celtics/Bruins Playoff games. The Bills were owning the Pats on offense, because well, the New England defense is abysmal this year. With two minutes left, and the Bills up 11, i decided to leave. I got to the beginning of the exit ramp and the Pats got the ball back...little did i know this was the beginning of one of the best 4th quarters in Patriots history. By the time i got to the street level of the stadium, i hear barbaric screams from the crowd..clearly i missed something big. What i missed was the Pats getting the ball back and scoring. by the time i got to the car, the Pats had the lead. Never have i ever regretted so much when i got to my car and heard the announcer going wild with the Pats having the lead. seeing as this was week 1, im sure you all know the details of how it happened so i will spare you the old news. My Giants won in week 1 as well, taking down the Washington Redskins.
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The best part of the Monday Night game was the throwback jerseys the Bills/Pats wore. Although Jay-z is all "fuck a throwback cus we on to the next one", these jerseys are wicked tight and should be used instead of the regular ones the Pats wear. Patriot Pat is whats up!

in Week 2...
The Patriots lost to the NY Jets! after a week of trash talking, the Jets D actually did what they said they were going to, shut down the Pats. Still not having allowed an offensive touchdown, the Jets allowed the Pats to score 3 field goals and that was it. Mark Sanchez (seen below) was on point and parading himself around like he is Broadway Joe or some nonsense. Even though the Jets beat the Pats, and i dont like the Pats at all, Sanchez shouldnt be walking around like he won the Superbowl...its the depleted Patriots defense that was the reason you won.
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The Giants won in big D! the home opener and 1st game at the new '8th wonder of the world' Cowboys Stadium was spoiled by the G MEN as they put on an impressive 2 minute drill in the last of the 4th quarter to win the game. it was Eli Manning's 12th 4th quarter comeback, which is the 3rd most in the NFL since 2004. Mario Manningham stepped up HUGE and was Eli's favorite target on the night. The Giants D also had 2 pick 6's, but one was called the interception (after the ball was dropped and kicked into the arms of the defender by Cowboys TE Jason Witten) because of the whistle being blown. The Gmen scored on that drive anyways, so it did not matter so much. This game had everything, 2 good offenses, 1 stellar defense and 1 ok one (cowboys), Cowboys cheerleaders(they still got it!), circus catches for touchdowns, and a field goal to win it. Giants are looking strong, heads up NFC!
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The Seahawks lost their game this week to the San Francisco 49ers..sadly. Even worse than the loss, is the loss of their QB and my 2nd favorite player Matt Hasselback. Matt,who was hit hard, is listed with a broken rib, and is doubtful for the start next week. Tsk, Tsk. Atleast Seneca Wallace is their backup and is basically a Mike Vick without the cannon of an arm.

In college football...America's Team, THE University of Miami is now ranked NUMBER 9 BABY!!!! THE U IS BACK!!!!! Led by QB Jacory Harris, the U is bound to run the table and win the ACC. The only question in my mind is "WHEN ARE WE GONNA BEAT FLORIDA!". Miami has taken down a tough Virginia Tech team and recently beat Georgia Tech which propelled them to their number 9 spot. you can pretty much give the ACC to the U now, because noone is going to stop this team. THIS IS THE U's RETURN TO GLORY!!
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On to the baseball diamond, where the Boston Red Sox are only 5 games back of catching the New York Yankees for the AL East lead, and are 8 up on the Texas Rangers for the AL Wild Card spot. Almost locked for the playoffs, the Sox can take the East in a crucial series vs the Bronx Bombers, which would set the playoffs up great for them. The Sox would play the Central, if they win the east, which would leave the Yankees to fight the Angels. This would knock either one of those two teams out, and if its the Yankees it would be a tough battle but the Sox seem to have the Angels number so either way, it benefits the Sox. The Sox open up a series tonight against the lowly KC Royals while the Yankees are facing off with the Angels, which has huge playoff implications for both teams.

in hockey news, the Boston Bruins have traded their star Phil Kessel to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a first- and second-round pick in the 2010 draft, plus a first-round pick in the 2011 draft. Kessel signed a five-year, $27 million deal with the Leafs.
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Kessel, who is only 21, scored 36 goals in 70 games last year for the B's.


now, aside from sports. lets get in to some music.

I have purchased 2 new cd's in the past week; Jay-z's Blueprint 3 and KiD CuDi's Man on the Mood:The End of Day. sit back and relax as i break them both down.

im going to rate these cd's from 1-10, 1 being the absolute worst and 10 being a perfect cd (in my case, my perfect cd is KanYe West's Graduation) so base it on that.


Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
score- 9.5

Jay-Z's BP3 is a masterpiece, simply put. The big singles off of this album so far are "D.O.A (Death of Autotune)", "Run This Town feat. Rihanna and KanYe West" and "Empire State of Mind feat. Alicia Keys", which all are straight bangers. With contributions by artists such as Young Jeezy, Swizz Beats, Drake, KiD CuDi, J.Cole, Pharrell, and Mr. Hudson, this album is nothing short of perfection. Every song has Hova going on about his new "grown up" image. Lines such as "used to rock a throwback, ballin on the corner. now im rocking tailored suits looking like the owner" (from "On To The Next One") and "oversized clothes and chains, we off that" (from "Off That") show that Hova is clearly getting his grown man on.Jay calls out Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh in his song "Off That", so even if you don't like Jay-Z its worth it to check it out for shock value. I mean, cmon, its Jay-Z...Mr. Big Pimpin, Mr. Dirt off ya shoulder, Mr. 99 problems but a bitch aint one!You cant go wrong with HOVA. This album is great, a must purchase for rap fans. (im going to his concert in Providence October 24th!)
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KiD CuDi - Man On The Moon:The End of Day
score - 8

KiD CuDi is not just "that Day n Nite guy", he is actually a really gifted rapper/singer...The only thing is, he sings about very very very sad things. CuDi's cd is narrated by Common, and tells the story of Scott Mescudi (KiD CuDi's real name) and his life. Scott's album is filled with numerous insanely creative lines and intricate beats, but the lines are thrown in and almost hidden in such morbidly depressing songs that will most likely send the listener in a negative direction. If there is such a thing as bad mood music, KiD CuDi is that. Songs such as "Soundtrack 2 My Life", "Cudi Zone", "Simple As..", "Sky Might Fall", and "Alive" are all stellar, but all have depressing lyrics to them. Given the fact that Scott's story is definitely not a happy one, having your debut album set off a negative vibe may not be the best marketing but im sure G.O.O.D music knows what they are doing (that is KanYe's label by the way). This album features MGMT and Ratatat frequently, which if you are familiar with their music is almost techno/electric rock. The genre of CuDi's album is listed as Experimental Rap on Amazon, so it is most definitely something to check out. His huge stoner-anthem single "Day n Nite" is on the album, so you have 1 song you will know prior to purchase. If you do not want to listen to the sad side of KiD CuDi, check out his free mixtapes online such as "10 Deep presents KiD CuDi: Dat Kid From Cleveland" and "Plain Pat & Emile present: A Kid Named CuDi". His mixtapes are much more upbeat and positive than his debut album is, but for sad music it is still great lyrically and the beats are on point with the theme.

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Sunday, September 13, 2009

IMA LET YOU FINISH...hahahahha

KANYE WEST is the talk of the VMAs. Besides being my hero because he is the best role model for people with low self esteem, Kanye did what he does best. MAKE A SCENE. This isn't new to Ye, as you may recall with
Even before tonite's Taylor Swift (which is such bullshit that she won)Ye had another major meltdown in public. Dare we recall this?!


Kanye's blog, twitter site, facebook page, and fansites have all been attacked with viruses and hate messages within the past 3 hours...all because he voiced his opinion. FUCK THAT SHIT TAYLOR SWIFT SUCKS.

IMA LET YOU FINISH BUT BEYONCE HAS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME!

There was more with the VMAs, but just where to begin...
The Opening Act-
RETARDED. Micheal Jackson is dead. NOT NEWS. I understand it was the nicest gesture ever, but EVERYONE was hating on his pedophile ass until he died, and now everyone is on his (deceased) dick. HOP OFF PEOPLE. Kanye West said it best "People never get their flowers while they can still smell em"...its a lil late for MJ to see how much we really liked him, so STOP it.
The Host-
Russell Brand sucks. Flat out not funny. MTV must love him or he must work for free, how he gets real work is beyond me. Luckily there wasnt much of him tonight.
The House Music -
WALE!!!!! KILLED IT! one of my favorite rappers, Wale absolutely did superb. performing his hits such as "Chillin" feat Lady Gaga, "Nike Boots", and "Breakdown", Wale did surprisingly well. i wish they showed him more often, he only got a total of 10 minutes of song-time.
The Awards -
Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift won everything. Fuck them they both suck. One has a penis and the other doesnt actually drop teardrops on her guitar. ANYONE CAN BE A FAUX COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER.
The Performances -
Muse rocked their shit. They were amazing, for a band I've never really listened to. Green Day was ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL, as expected. Pink was meh..dont sing while playing gymnastics please. Katy Perry was mediocre at best. Jay-z and Alicia Keys closed it out with one of the best performances of 1 song ever, his new smash from BP3 "Empire State of Mind". Jay-z wannabe Lil' Mama hopped on stage tryna show HOVA up but clearly she doesnt know whats good for her, and most likely is chopped up into multiple pieces in Fabolous' Maybach trunk.
Speaking of Jay-z, this commercial aired during the show and may be the best thing ever.


so, in conclusion...
FUCK ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HATING ON KANYE WEST. DONT ACT SURPRISED, GET OFF YOUR PEDESTAL. HES DONE THIS BEFORE, HELL DO IT AGAIN. TAYLOR SWIFT ONLY WON BECAUSE SHES A YOUNG WHITE GIRL AND NOT A BLACK WOMAN LIKE BEYONCE. LADY GAGA IS GROSS, AND NEEDS TO BE LOCKED IN A WHITE PADDED ROOM IN A FAR AWAY PLACE, PINK HAS TOO SMALL OF TITTIES TO WEAR A PASTEY, LIL MAMA IS HOPEFULLY DEAD AND IF NOT, PERMANENTLY MAIMED FOR THINKING SHES ON JAY-Z'S LEVEL. BEYONCE'S SINGLE LADIES VIDEO IS ONE OF THE MOST ARTISTICALLY FILMED VIDEOS EVER, KANYE WEST IS RIGHT AND EVEN IF YOU HATE, YOU CANT STOP THE HUSTLE. JAY-Z IS STILL ON HIS GAME, KILLED EMPIRE STATE OF MIND, BEASTIE BOYS WINNING A VMA FOR WHATEVER IT WAS THEY WON IS AMAZING AND THEY SHOULD BE RADIO PLAYED MORE OFTEN. GREEN DAY IS ONE OF THE BEST ROCK GROUPS EVER. ILL SAY IT AGAIN, LADY GAGA NEEDS TO DIE. WTF IS UP WITH THIS MORON WEARING THAT LACE DONNIE DARKO STYLED SHIT FOR HER PERFORMANCE. MICHAEL JACKSON IS DEAD, MOVE THE FUCK ON, AND AMERICA HAS LOST ITS MUSICAL TASTE WHEN LADY GAGA WHO ONLY SINGS ABOUT SEX WITH DISCO STICKS AND HER SKILL IN CARD GAMES BEATS AN AMAZING RAPPER NAMED KiD CuDi WHO ACTUALLY WORKS HARD AND WRITES HIS OWN STUFF. JUST CUS YOU CANT READ HER CANT READ HER NO YOU CANT READ HER POKER FACE DOESNT MEAN YOU CANT RECOGNIZE REAL MUSIC AND REAL HEART AND SOUL IN SONG FORM. VMAs ARE A JOKE AND I NOW REMEMBER WHY I DONT WATCH MTV.

on that note FUCK YOU if you hate KanYe.
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Monday, September 7, 2009

lawlz Tila Tequila

well now, a bunch of sports happenings went down over the past few days, and without further adieu, here we go.

The Patriots have sent one of their most beloved players to the abysmal Oakland Raiders. DL Richard Seymour is now a member of Oakland's awful football team, which means semi-decent returns for the Pats. Seymour is exchanged for a 2011 first round draft pick, which may overall end up being the number 1 overall pick seeing as the Raiders blow something awful. Big Sey is set for a payday of $3.685 million, not bad for a 30 year old defensive lineman.
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Even though i am not a Pats fan, its sad seeing a long time New England hero go from the best organization to the 2nd worst in the league...tsk tsk. Business is business.

Also in the world of football, Shawne "I'm famous on Twitter" Merriman was arrested yesterday for allegedly choking the living shit out of his girlfriend/alien species Tila Tequila. Yes, that bisexual rat-looking hornball is Merriman's girlfriend. Clearly Shawne found his shot at love, got too drunk from it and got violent. No wonder "Lights Out" wasn't tweeting. Although domestic violence is an awful crime and should not be ok, it is Tila Tequila we are talking about..."nbd" as the kids would say. He was quoted saying that he only restrained her because she did not want her to leave in her incredibly intoxicated state. Wow! Go figure, Tila TEQUILA drinks?!
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This alien-looking thing...is known as Tila Tequila, real name Tila Nguyen.
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Merriman, seen above being a prick and doing his "lights out" dance, may be in some trouble but most likely not because it was his 1st offense and it was only a citizen's arrest.

On to the baseball field, where Seattle Mariners' own Asian Sensation Ichiro Suzuki has become the 2nd fastest ever to 2,000 hits. Suzuki also only needs 5 more hits to have his 10th consecutive season of 200 hits or more, passing Willie Keeler who had 9 consecutive. Ichiro has 1,278 hits in Japan, and has now hit his 2000th hit in his 1402th game in Major League Baseball. Ichiro was quoted last week in Sports Illustrated as saying "Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me. I think there's sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I'd rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out.". Ichiro has locked his position as one of my all time favorite players after that quote.
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Also in baseball, we have a confirmation - Prince Fielder is a douchebag. Fielder, who is a great slugger, hit a walk off homerun on the yesterday vs. the Giants, and did a clearly planned out celebration at the plate involving his team. I am ok with homerun celebrations, especially ones that involve the team. I think that it is great that you can have visible camaraderie with your teammates but what makes me mad, is that Fielder untucked his jersey in his path around the bases. Under no circumstances should you ever do that. It is disrespectful to the other team, and shows your lack of respect to the game. Fielder, who grew up with the game of baseball running his life as his father Cecil played, should have more common sense than to do things like that.
Here is the video of his walkoff/jersey tuck/celebration:

The Brew Crew also turned a triple play in this game.

In basketball news, his Airness, number 23, the Greatest of All-Time, MICHAEL JORDAN is getting inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame this week. ABOUT DAMN TIME! 23 is the best thing that has ever happened to basketball (outside of Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, and Brian Scalabrini). I don't have all day to list all of MJ's accomplishments, but let's see..he was:
* 6× NBA Champion (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
* 5× NBA MVP (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)
* 14× NBA All-Star (1985-1993, 1996-1998, 2002-2003)
* 6× NBA Finals MVP (1991-1993, 1996-1998)
* 1× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)
* 10× All-NBA First Team Selection (1987-1993, 1996-1998)
* 1× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1985)
* 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1988-1993, 1996-1998)
* 1985 NBA Rookie of the Year
* 1985 NBA All-Rookie Team
* 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
* 2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner (1987, 1988)
* 2x Gold Medal Winner in the Olympics (1984,1992)
* NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
* 1× NCAA Men's Basketball Champion (1982)
* 1982 ACC Freshman of the Year
* 1× ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year (1984)
* 1× USBWA College Player of the Year (1984)
* 1× Naismith College Player of the Year (1984)
* 1× John R. Wooden Award (1984)
* 1× Adolph Rupp Trophy (1984)
* 1991 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
* 2000 ESPY Athlete of the Century
* 1990s ESPY Male Athlete Decade Award
* 1990s ESPY Pro Basketballer Decade Award

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Just for the record, anytime you are a 6 time CHAMPION means you are doing something right. Not to mention he has one of the most successful clothing lines and sneaker company in Jordan. What other sneaker has people camping outside Footlockers days in advance for a Saturday morning drop of a new pair of kicks? Exactly. 23 is more than a person, he is a LEGEND.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009

some baseball talk and my predictions

well, it seems that it is the happening trend that whoever the Red Sox trade away is fated to do awesome in their first start on their new team. The first case in point would be John Smoltz, who was stellar in his start for the St. Louis Cardinals.The case was no different for the latest Red Sox departure.
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LOOK AT THE SIZE OF HIS HEAD!
Brad Penny was released by the Sox a few days ago, and was picked up by the San Francisco Giants who are in the midst of a playoff battle between the Rockies and Dodgers. In Penny's first start in the Bay, he threw 8 scoreless innings shutting down the Phillies, of all people. The defending world champ Phils were baffled by Penny, which raises this question : Is the National League THAT much worse than the AL or did Penny (and Smoltz) get his mojo back?
Either way, the Red Sox haven't done too bad without Smoltz and Penny, as they ended a series with the Rays tonight taking 2 out of 3 at the Trop. Surprisingly, the Sox have won 2 games at the Trop in all of last season, and they matched their win totals from last season with the win tonight. The Rangers are idle tonight, so the Sox gain a 1/2 a game in the Wild Card.

Speaking of the Rays, they sent their one pitcher that has been there since the inception of the organization into the league, Scott Kazmir, to the LA Angels of Anaheim.
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Kazmir has been the ace of the Rays for years, and was just sent off to LA for practically nothing. If I were Scott, I'd feel a little bit dicked by the Rays that they would just ship me off like that. While he may not be as good as he was in the past years, he is still a very solid arm that will give the Angels an even better rotation.

Right now, i will give you my playoff predictions. You can take em or leave em, but i think im pretty damn right...as always.

AL East - Yankees
AL Central - Detroit
AL West - Angels
AL WC - Red Sox

NL East - Phillies (sadly, i wish it were my Braves)
NL Central - St. Louis
NL West - Giants
NL WC - Rockies

ALDS
Yankees win
Angels win

NLDS
Cardinals win
Giants win

ALCS
Angels win

NLCS
Cardinals win

WS
Angels win in 6 games

well, i have no stories, rants, or raves to spill today, so ill leave you with a picture.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

"im a gangsta, grandpa and proud of it!"

Today in baseball news, the LA Dodgers made out like bandits, adding slugger Jim Thome from the Chicago White Sox and pitcher Jon Garland from the Arizona D-backs. The Dodgers give up nothing but gain two great players for their playoff push. As Thome and Garland are "going going, back back, to Cali Cali", they might share a flight with former Red Sox pitcher Brad Penny. Penny was picked up by the San Francisco Giants last night, and adds a decent arm (although he wasn't too effective in Boston) to an already solid rotation with Lincecum, Cain, and even Randy Johnson making a possible comeback.
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Thome, who has the 3rd most homeruns of any currently active player (behind Griffey and Arod) will join forces with the man in 4th place, Manny Ramirez.
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Garland has fallen off for the most part, but adds a solid 5th starter arm to the Dodgers rotation which could be crucial for the playoffs.
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Brad Penny is the epitome of "fallen off". He went from being the All Star Game starting pitcher for the NL to tradebait...not something to be proud of.

Andy Pettitte ALMOST had a perfect game vs. the Orioles yesterday. Perfect through 7, Pettitte was clearly on his game..or the O's just suck. While Andy was en route to history, the third baseman Jerry Hairston, Jr who gave Alex Rodriguez the day off, made an error giving up the gem. cheer up Andy, nobody's perfect...except me.
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Needless to say, Andy was not amused. The Yankees went on to win the game, ending the game by giving the Orioles a grand total of 3 hits in the game.

In NBA news, Spanish deushbag Ricky Rubio has decided to be a dick to the Minnesota Timberwolves and not play in the NBA this season. He will return to Spain and play for some team there, which I could find out the team name but this story pisses me off so I will do no such research. After being chosen 5th overall in the 1st round, the T-wolves had every intention of building their team around this long-haired assclown. Rubio has decided to go play in Spain because he'd rather parade around on the court playing like a Harlem Globetrotter instead of being a normal athlete who has ACCOMPLISHED GAME and play with the big boys. Athletes like Rubio, the NFL's Michael Crabtree, and many other primadonna athletes who are only in sports for the money are shameful and shine a negative light on themselves. Rubio not only hurt himself by losing millions of would-be fans in America, he also hurt the T-wolves' chances of improvement this year. Rubio is not allowed to enter the NBA draft until 2011 and will still be under Minnesota's rights.
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Silly Ricky, you can't eat a basketball!

in the world of football, the NY Giants' Osi Umenyiora went AWOL yesterday, after having an alleged dispute with the Gmen's new defensive coordinator. Osi left the morning meeting disgruntled and did not return for afternoon workouts, never telling anyone that he was leaving. Osi did not even tell head coach Tom Coughlin about this, which makes the situation all that much more fishy.
Osi, seen below with some high class women, missed all of last season due to injury but will most likely return to his dominant self this season as the GMEN! win the superbowl.
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while taking of the National Felon (oops, Football*) League, let me talk about my man, one of my favorite players, Adam PACMAN Jones!
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Pacman, seen here in his thugnificent glory (that's his happy face) signed with a Canadian Football League team from Winnipeg today. Jones has had a tough time staying out of trouble in his NFL career, including 6 arrests and 12 police intervening situations prior to 2008, and last year was involved in a strip club scuffle with a bouncer that escalated into a brawl which paralyzed a man via gunshot. Pacman was suspended for the first 6 games of the 2008 season for an alcohol related situation which he spent part of the time from his suspension in alcohol rehab. This is a str8 up GANGSTA, homie. Keep ballin', baller!
(by the way, the title of this post is geared towards Pacman. its a line from 50 Cent's "get rich or die trying" movie)