I Am So Proud Of The Kid

Brian Collins started off with a rough showing. The above clip was from a student-run television newscast in his college days. His "Boom Goes the Dynamite," might possibly be the best catch phrase in all of the sports world. ESPN is jealous that one of their anchors didn't come up with it. Although, I hear Chris Berman is looking to use it in this year's NFL coverage.

Anyway, Collins is all growns up now. He's growns up, and he's growns up, and he's growns up...

He and his dynamite got a gig with KXXV-TV News Channel in the Texas area and "encourages residents to contact him about any story ideas."

Seriously though, good for him. I get offered 10 bucks an hour, get pissed off, and curse myself to sleep for studying journalism at school. Time to drink some beer and take it out on some A's fans.

Dwight Howard Is A Father

The fact that Dwight Howard had a baby in November is not the big news I want to write about. Why should I care if he had a child with a former Orlando Magic dancer?

What I like about this story is that she is hot, and makes wacky videos on YouTube such as this one:

I found that video when I searched for her picture on the Interweb. It is eight minutes long, but you can tell she is a freak that Howard could not resist.

Here is the link to her Myspace.

Alex Rodriguez Greed Song

I do not know if you enjoy Ryan Parker's songs on YouTube, but I do, so I am posting them.

This one is about A-Rod's upcoming contract that you might have heard about. I would love to have A-Rod on my baseball team, but it is crazy money that he and Scott Boras are asking for especially since the man owns no rings. Zero rings and he wants $30 million a year.

Battle of Los Angeles. Angels, then my season seats pricing goes up.

Ugh. Boston.

The only Boston-based major sports team that is not having outstanding success right now is the Boston Bruins, and Ryan Parker has a song in honor of them.

The Red Sox, Celtics, Patriots and even MLS team, Revolution, are at the top of their leagues right now. What the hell. And the fans are like Kyle's dad from South Park when he gets a hybrid car.

Here is a trailer of "Smug Alert":


I actually overheard a dude wearing a Patriots hat sitting several barstools over from me say that he was not a Red Sox fan. What the hell! If you like one, you like all. There is no mixing when it comes to Boston teams. He kept on looking over at me since I was wearing a Colts jersey, probably trying to get me to argue with him about the Pats. Instead I focused on my Marlboro Lights, Newcastle beers, and the lady that was sitting with a group of not-me's in a booth.

Boston fans: you cannot avoid the smug if you only like one Boston team.

Lets just get this year over with so we can move on.

The Art of Flopping

I do not understand why soccer players flop like crazy. I did not do it was as a kid, nor did my trainers/coaches teach us how to flop. Where do they pick up the techniques and when to flop?

Anyway, some players jump at the opportunity to showcase their acting skills. Take this video for example. It is a freak accident in a South African soccer match in which advertisement boards fly across the field. Yes, I saw a couple players that were hit, but there were double the amount of players on the ground who were not hit.

See for yourself:


How embarrassing... you are a grown ass man and rolling around acting like you are hurt. How the hell do professional soccer players get such hot women?

Hockey Fight Night

I usually only attend two NHL games in a season. Which is kind of weird because I enjoy going to them.

Anyway, I went to the Anaheim Ducks game last Thursday against the Columbus Blue Jackets, and a couple minutes after my arrival I turned to my cousin and told him I wanted to see a fight. Two minutes later, I got my wish granted.

The following are the videos of the fights from that night:

1. Jared Boll v. Travis Moen

This fight was pretty boring, but does last a long time. I remember yelling "there is not hugging in fighting!", which made the usher laugh.

2. Ole-Kristian Tollefson v. Brad May

May won this one and Tollefson knew it... that is why he had to wuss out and put May on the bench wall. He could have at least pushed him over the wall, then I would have given the fight to Tollefson just for being cool.

3. Jason Chimera v. Shane Hnidy, then everybody v. everybody

There is not clear winner in this one, and they just hug it out in the group brawl. But it does bring back good memories from the Ice Hockey game for Nintendo.

I could not find a video of purely fighting in the game, but you can see a fight from that game in the following video at the 1:16 mark:

(Props to my cousin for remembering the fighting in the game.)

I recommend drinking Coors Light at the Honda Center, they put something extra in the kegs that had me sleeping like a baby that night.

Where have I been today? That to come in my NFL week 9 wrap up.

It Actually Happened!

I always wondered if a crazy soccer fanatic actually saved a goal from going in on his favorite team. You know, those slow rollers or lazy balls that could have been saved if the goalkeeper had been in the right spot. Sometimes you feel bad and wish the goalie had a backup plan to prevent the goal.

Well now I have video evidence that it has happened:

Bravo. I do not have any information on this game and what happened to the second goalie, but will post it once I do some more investigative work.

Bleacher Creatures

I did not know about a special song that the Yankees' bleacher creatures have come up with for visiting team fans until I stumbled across it on YouTube (got to love that web site).



Pretty clever song... Boston fans probably could not think this one up.

As stupid as it sounds, this video makes me want to grab a seats in the bleachers next year in New York. Bank on that, I am going out there when the Angels play the Yanks.