Man. It's been a long coupla weeks. The single Bronze medal-winning (canoe/kayak) nation of Togo talked me in to covering the Beijing games for their national paper (hey - my knowledge of French actually has a practical use!), and the Orwellian Chinese government wouldn't allow me to access Toooast. But now that I'm back in a free information setting, it's time to drop a few brief bullets that I've picked up, cuz that's what I do. I drop mad bullets. I pick up 7 bullets and drop 8.
1. Fear the number 44.
Two former NBA players have had catastrophic events happen to them recently: Kevin Duckworth and Wayman Tisdale. Now, by actually dying, Mr. Duckworth has clearly experienced the more catastrophic event, but Tisdale lost part of his leg to cancer, and that doesn't sound like much fun either. Both men were/are 44 years old.
2. When in China...
The smoldering remains of Jason Kidd didn't do much on the basketball court in Beijing for the Redeem Team, but it turns out he did do something productive during his stay in China. Mr. Kidd has split from Nike, and is now the feature endorser of the Chinese sneaker company PEAK. He joins the uber-bland Shane Battier as the only NBA players endorsing this shoe, and with such dynamic endorsees as this pair of mulattos, these joints are sure to fly off the shelves.
I love this line:
Chinese athletic footwear and apparel company that has started signing B-grade or soon-to-retire NBA players as a part of their marketing plan.
And repping sub-Starbury kicks isn't Kidd's only questionable move. Here's further proof that Kidd has lost his mind. Either that or Elaine Wynn can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.
Man, the Mavs are in real trouble this year. But at least we re-signed Devean George. Did somebody say "calvalry?" Yee-fucking-ha!
3. Bush is still in office, and he still hates black people.
I took that headline from the comments section of this post. It appears that New Orleans may be in for some more hurricane action as Tropical Storm Gustav, which has already ripped through Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is projected to gain strength as it heads in to the Gulf of Mexico.
So after the silly NBA musical chairs game of the Hornets to New Orleans full-time and the Sonics to Oklahoma City, it's conceivable that the Fleure-de-Bee, new unis and all, may have to relocate again. I know a certain Pacific Northwest city with a vacancy sign out in front of a basketball arena...
Hmmm...trade Kevin Durant for CP3? Swap a doormat of a team for a title contender? Chickory coffee for Starbucks? Sounds pretty good to me.
4. Dallas still has a baseball team.
Catching up on MLB standings, I noticed that the Texas Rangers are, in fact, still fielding a baseball squadron and are actually taking part in games against other teams. Who knew?
Now to get back to preparing for my fantasy football draft, where it appears that others have come to their senses and are adopting my "you don't have to draft 2 running backs with your first two picks" philosophy.
1 comments:
Not only does Dallas still field a professional baseball team, but they do (occasionally) win games versus professional opponents. Strange as that may seem.
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