After finding out about Mike Babcock’s evil weapon chin, I’m pretty sure the Detroit Red Wings are going to win the cup. To be honest, I really don’t know one thing about hockey. Can chins decide playoff games? Maybe if Babcock coaches them to beat up other players with their chins? Or is it something [...]
Entries from May 31st, 2009
Could Mike Babcock kill someone with his jaw?
May 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Doc Hollywood
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Grunt? Whistle? Wheeze? Gruisze?
May 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Doc Hollywood
Thank god I didn’t do that post pre-emptively crowning Rafa Nadal the champ of this year’s French Open. The big question now is: Can Roger Federer finally do what Pete Sampras (and himself) could not? I hope not, but we will see.
Anyway, this Bollettieri-trained (he has to be about 90 years old by now), up-and-coming [...]
Mike Freeman is an Idiot.
May 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Ground Possum
This one is ala Seamus McGee– a bash of some stupid journalist, this time ESPN’s Mike Freeman.
Following the Magic’s domination of the Cavs in game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Freeman wrote this piece for ESPN.com. In it, he states that “most fans mourn for finals that will never be.” First, [...]
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All Shaq-team Final
May 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Doc Hollywood
Sure, you could call it the Disney World vs. Disney Land Final or the Dwight vs. Kobe Final (if you are trying to use the superstar vs. superstar model that the NBA tried to push so hard for LeBron/Kobe), but I like to think of it as the Teams Shaq played for Final. Or the [...]
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How Do You Spell Awesome?
May 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Ground Possum
Just a couple of nights ago, I sat here, mesmerized by the finals of the Scripps Spelling Bee. I don’t know whether it’s the fact that I have a coupla degrees in English or if it’s just that I love human drama, but there is nothing quite so gripping as seeing 12 and 13 [...]
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Nuggets of Wisdom
May 25th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Ground Possum
What the hell is wrong with George Karl? Have you seen this dude at press conferences lately? He sounds like he is trying to deny everyone else in the room of air, and he acts as if every question he is being asked is being spoken in some Slavic language he don’t know– his seeming [...]
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It's Our Birthday!
May 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Doc Hollywood
A year ago today, The Dwight Gooden Poster (TDGP) was birthed into this crazy world with a modest posting by Travis. Since then the guys (any women want to post on here??) have covered such topics as Erin Andrews, the Olympics, funny sports names, and Erin Andrews. In addition, we occasionally loved on Tiger Woods [...]
Inevitable (n): incapable of being avoided or evaded.
May 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Ground Possum
Though the word “inevitable” is often over-used in sports to describe greatness, sometimes the word seems just right. It was technically not inevitable that Michael Jordan would make the game-winner (see Jordan on this topic); despite his accomplishments so far, it is not, in fact, inevitable that Tiger Woods will surpass Jack Nicklaus’ major record; [...]
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TDGP Official Poll: If Bo Jackson wanted to lift a house, could he?
May 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Doc Hollywood
We posed the question: If Bo Jackson wanted to lift a house, could he? Answer: 57% of voters say, “YES!” A certain bunch of misguided voters said yes (13%), prolly (22%), no (9%). Clearly, Bo can do whatever he wants to do.
Related fun Bo information:
-Joe Posnanski’s article on Bo
-Michael Weinreb article on Bo
-Ron Flatter article [...]
Goddammit I Hate Rick Reilly
May 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Seamus McGee
So ESPN hired stupid fucking Rick Reilly last June to write idiotic columns on ESPN.com. Reilly is, I guess, popular, mostly from his regular idiotic columns in Sports Illustrated. He is also the Joe Buck of sportswriters. To wit, this column about why baseball sucks and why he doesn’t watch it and what he would [...]
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