Cocky pro decides to put down my football and hockey teams

Bill Simmons wrote a nice little piece about how now that all of his Boston teams have won championships that he has nothing to root for or do. He suggests in comparison, that this is the reason that Hugh Grant tried to pick up a prostitute. He had nailed all of the hot women he could and had hooked up with Hurley so therefore had no where else to go.

I say eronious on two counts.

1)Fuck you. Its not every day that someone gets to write that column. Sure you put in your time, but I dont feel as if this is winning gracefully. This is a very high school ass holeish thing to do.

2)Don't ever compare Boston to Buffalo. We don't even have a basketball team or a major league baseball team. Sure they have a hockey team, that actually has done pretty decent in the past couple of years. I also don't think that the pain of watching four superbowl losses in a row will compare to the minor mole hills you faced as a Boston Fan. At least you had hope. Buffalo has nothing and the fear of loosing their football team to Toronto.

I wonder if someday Andy Pettitte will walk into a jail visiting room and see Rodger Clemens on the other side of the wi

Scene: Its a poorly lit jail house visiting room. One one side of the glass is Rodger Clemens. He has two days worth of growth on his face. His eyes are bloodshot from lack of sleep and his hair looks fine... as if he hasn't worn a baseball hat in years. Andy Pettitte walks in and sits down on the other side of the glass and picks up the phone.

Andy: Rodger tell me what happened

Rodger: She looked so young. She said she was 18. I didn't know.

Rodger puts his hand on the glass and looks emotionally pained.

Rodger: Are you my friend Andy ? Are you my friend ?

Andy just looks at Rodger and hangs up the phone and walks away. All you can see is Rodger screaming into the phone "Are you my friend Andy ?" but you can't hear it through the glass.

Exit scene

You'll never guess what just happened

Take a drink of water. Relax. Deep breaths. OK. Are you ready? Are you really ready? Because you're gonna need some time to digest this one: A Cincinnati Bengal is in trouble with the law again.

Linebacker Ahmad Brooks is accused of punching a woman in the face last month. Destiny Rosich (hmm, wonder how she pays the bills) said Brooks got into a loud disagreement with one of her neighbors in nearby Florence, KY on April
9th. When she tried to intervene, Brooks punched her in the left eye, temporarily knocking her unconscious.

Brooks missed most of last season with torn groin muscles. The Bengals took him in the 2006 supplemental draft, shortly before linebacker Odell Thurman began serving an NFL suspension that would last for two seasons. Brooks played three seasons at Virginia before being kicked off the team. Why did he get kicked off the team? Excellent question! Apparently he was involved in several off-field incidents. Go figure!

Former Sabers....Where are they now

On vacation.
1) Chris Drury
2)Brian Campbell

Not on vacation

1)Daniel Briere
2)Martin Biron

Jay Cutler has diabeetus

The soul of Western NY has a pricetag, and it's loonies

The city of Toronto has been trying for the past few seasons to show that it can support an NFL franchise and get a (real) football team of their own. They have recently succeeded, with the Buffalo Bills having provided a helping hand. For any sports franchise it's a good thing to broaden their fanbase, so for the Bills to play a few games in Canada is a smart move. They're also getting a fat chunk of change in exchange for playing 8 games in Toronto; $78 million dollars to be exact. While this is Canadian money, George Bush has been kind enough to weaken the dollar (and kill off a great joke) so this is roughly $78 million US dollars as well. Some games will be pre-season, and others will be regular season. For example this upcoming season the Bills are playing a pre-season and a regular-season game in Toronto. The per-game payout works out to about 9.75 million dollars per game, which is a lot more per game than the Bills make playing at the Ralph.

It's no secret that the future of the Bills franchise is up in the air. Ralph Wilson will not be leaving the franchise to his children as inheriting it would bankrupt them thanks to our tax laws. Also, Ralph will not sell the franchise while he is still alive. So, when Ralph goes...the Bills may as well. Thankfully the guy has shown a Montgomery Burns-like ability to live forever, so I'm not worried. Yet.

However, this little adventure north of the border leaves me a little nervous about the future of my favorite team. But if there ever was a city that knew how to love a team no matter what, it's Toronto, home of the Maple Leafs.

Packers fans won't have to quit Favre, life for another season

John Madden's favorite QB in the entire world, Favre, has been named the cover boy of Madden 2009. This is interesting for a few reasons:

• Favre is retired. Will he be in the game? Will he retire right when you try and start training camp? If Aaron Rodgers (accidentally) gets fucking killed in a pre-season game, will Favre unretire? An entire state waits for these answers, sausage in one hand and beer in the other hand, paralyzed by the anticipation.
  
• Will Favre still have to worry about the Curse? I know Favre likes mowing his lawn, so maybe he should hire someone to do this year. Just in case.
• Will Packers fans be able to open the game, or will they just stare at the cover, getting lost in Brett's eyes?

Only time will tell!