OK…there really aren’t fireworks. Our budget doesn’t allow for that. I am tired because I had to take teenage daughters to the new Twilight movie at midnight and got called in to work on 3 hours sleep. Your picture is after the jump. Have fun and make as much noise as you want. I’ll be sleeping through most of it.
OK, maybe some fireworks....
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Evening girls.
Oy laddies!
This is the first new broadcast I’m seeing since free agency opened up. And I’m ready to kill someone – STFU about CTTBYF already.
And yes, I know that it doesn’t (technically) begin until midnight, but based on the local (NY) and national news, you’d never know it.
As if it weren’t bad enough, they can’t sign contracts for a week? **headdesk**
I know, it’s horrible! Hold me, I’m scared.
I plan on not watching ESPN any more than absolutely necessary. (Don’t have easy access to cable, but this is a minor technicality. SOLIDARITY)
I only watch ESPN for live sports. Even then, I was assaulted tonight when I turned to the Mets-Nats game and the studio monkey asked Aaron Boone where he thought Lebron was going to land.
FUCK YOU, ESPN!
Exactly. I mean, you can’t escape it. Freakin’ Diane Sawyer had to talk about it on the evening National news. Fuuuuck.
Whoa whoa whoa.
ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING, is better than FarveWatch[insert current year here]a-palooza.
So let’s all take a deep breath, shall we?
And that’s about to get worse, too. He’s coming back and everyone except ESPN knows it.
I’d say the Chalkdust Torture coverage is equally horrible. It just hasn’t gone on for as many years, is all. Slight advantage, Britt Farr. And I mean *slight*.
[insert insipid Happy Madison-produced celluloid garbage masquerading as a film]-focused marketing on ESPN is not as consistent as FarveWatch, but it is more insidious. Hell, any sponsored segment on SportsCenter, for that matter. I don’t need my Royals highlights to be on the Coors Light Hotseat or the Broncos’ offseason to be covered in some damn Six-Pack Segment or whatever. And get the fuck outta here with your Gatorade Ultimate Highlight too, while you’re at it.
I need to watch more PBS.
I DO need my Royals highlight (usually of their opponent) to be on some kind of beer seat. Only under the influence could a 26-year Royals fan like myself not cry or laugh at the utter ineptitude on display. And they call me a cynic…
Let’s face it, too, the NBA is a broadcast partner, so ESPN is inclined to be interested and test everyone’s patience. If this was Sidney Crosby and Ovie out there, I highly doubt it would lead SportsCenter every five seconds.
Realistically, this is a major story, it’s just that ESPN once again feels the need to try to make the news instead of just report it.
I half expect ESPN to raid the restroom immediately after LBJ enters it, just so they can get the exclusive on whether it was a single or double flusher.
TMZ or Deadspin will be doing that and *then* ESPN will air it as breaking news.
And now that Paul Pierce has opted out too? I won’t be able to watch SC for a month.
Apparently both Pierce and Nowitski will sign with their current teams…so it would appear that much of this free agent period will consist of a giant cash grab from players who are fortunate enough to be able to opt out of their current contracts, and then…we have lockout or strike while the NBAPA and owners have a slap-fight over the new CBA. JOY.
Pierce I can see back in BOS. If Dirk wants a title, he needs to get the hell out of DAL. Even with Cuban’s money, no big names will go there unless DAL offers max and no one else ponies up.
Can it be American football, hockey, and football season yet? I love the Braves, but by this point I jonze for other sports.
Star Wars geek alert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CVYOCMpJRY
A video titled AT-AT DAY AFTERNOON, and no “AT-ATTICA! AT-ATTICA!”
Missed. Opportunity.
Still cute though.
Oh, good gods, is anyone watching the Rays-Red Sox game? Some Rays player is literally drawing in the dirt, and coloring the drawing in with bubblegum.
I think I have a macro in my brain to say this, but Favraro is not making a “comeback” if he doesn’t miss any games. Playing after the offseason is … well, his fucking job.
All in all, the Favraro story is worse because it’s every year. The Chalkdust Torture story is a bigger story, which makes its scope larger and less avoidable. Let’s hope these two never fuck and have a baby.
Now that is a truly horrible thought. And illustrating the hybrid offspring would probably render Photoshop unusable.
Let’s hope LeBron signs more then a 1 year deal. I think he might though merely to fuck with Clancy.
Wait, isn’t the mom supposed to take the teenage daughters out to see the Twilight movie? Did you lose a bet? I think payback is rolling them out of bed at 5am Saturday to do chores while you go back and take a nap.
Man, kids….something for me and Sculptor to laugh at other people for having.
Mom worked graveyard the first time, so I “volunteered”. Then it was a “tradition” to go with Daddy, so I am now committed until the series runs out of movies. Its not too bad, I am grateful they’ve turned out to be good kids and they don’t mind hanging out with their dad.
HAHAHAAH, yeah.
Hrm, let’s see – GIANT telly, or shit-tons of clothes and shoes the little shits don’t pick up or wash?
Also? not having to go see movies like “Twilight”.
Planter’s “Smoky Bacon” peanuts- you should be eating them.
Wait, WHAT? I was just grocery shopping today, and was in the snacks aisle. How did I not see these? I think I’m going to have to go to Shop Rite instead of my two regular markets.
So other than fixing my chipping and pitching, anyone know how I can quickly cut about 10-15 strokes a round off my golf game?
And a good place to find a burrito?
Skip the last three holes?
Cheating has worked wonders for my game.
Fuse 1 Sculptor 0
It was a contest? Oh.
Work on your putting. And when you think you’re good, work on it some more.
Burritos? Find a taqueria down in your city’s equivalent of Little Mexico and give it a run. Chipotle and all those places are nice, but nothing beats a nice, simple burrito from people who know how to make them. If you want a Chipotle burrito, you could do a lot worse than a homemade homage to it…that’s what I do; rice, beans, chicken/steak, hot salsa, cilantro, sour cream.
Play from the ladies’ tee.
This just in!! LeBron James will reportedly sleep sometime tonight!! And Brett Favre was seen throwing a football in his backyard!!
RedSox implode.
This from an Englishman today: We’ve come to realize that football is 22 millionaires that ruin the grass.
Haven’t they talked shit on the pitch at Wembley enough? Oh wait…
And…cats playing soccer. Thanks, Twitter.
the hell?
A British ad promoting neutering your cats…I dunno, I got a mild chortle out of it. Just the right bit of late-night absurdity needed.
You want late night absurdity? QVC, HSN, Jewelry TV, ShopNBC…a barrel of OMG and WTF, albeit with some intriguing things (Shop NBC fuels my watch fetish) intermixed.