Desert Curse

Michalis Hatzigiannis    Arizona Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Lakers, MLB, NBA, NFL, Phoenix Suns, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Antonio Spurs     amare stoudemire, Ben Roethlisberger, curt shilling, James Harrison, Kobe Bryant, Kurt Warner, Randy Johnson, Ron Artest, Steve Nash

No one thought the Suns would win this series, but before Ron Artest caught a Kobe Bryant air-ball to sink the game winner at the buzzer, they started to look like they had a chance.   Now the Suns have to be careful. They are heading into dangerous territory.

Teams like the Cubs have won, they just don’t anymore, and it’s quite heartbreaking.  Some teams like those in Cleveland, seem to know nothing but heartbreak.

I am aware that some how the awful Arizona Diamondbacks franchise was able to put Curt Shilling and Randy Johnson onto a team, and let them pitch their way to a world series championship, but since then…

Phoenix has watched the NBA give a grueling series between the Suns and Spurs to Tim Duncan and crew, when they suspended Amare Stoudemire for stepping his tippie-toe on the court after Robery Horry hip checked Steve Nash into the front row.  The Spurs went on to easily win a championship.

They have watched James Harrison intercept a Kurt Warner pass in the end zone with no time left in the half, which he some how very slowly returned 100 yards.  Later in the same game they would watch Ben Roethlisberger complete a pass in the corner of the end zone, with no time left on the clock, to win the Superbowl.

Now they just had to watch the least sure handed, and least deserving player on the Los Angeles Lakers take game five from them with a buzzer beater.

Just sayin’

I’m with Santonio

Cornelius Wellington III    NFL, NY Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers     NFL News & Rumors, NY Jets, Santonio Holmes iPod

Yesterday, Satonio Holmes stood up for the little guy.

Santonio did what we all have wanted to do since the iPod was introduced into our traveling lives. He refused to turn off his iPod during departure. Something I do on every flight. Unlike Santonio, I just pretend my iPod is off by talking to the stewardess like I obviously wouldn’t have it on. This usually works fine. Santonio obviously prefers to make a scene, and that’s why the media is now all over the incident in Pittsburgh yesterday where Santonio had the flight crew call in the police to explain to him why he had to turn off his iPod.

In all reality, there is no reason we should have to turn off our iPods on flights anyway, short of hearing directions in case of an emergency. It would seriously take a thousand iPods to have a chance at affecting the radio antenna of a passenger plane anyway.

Next time Santonio, just pretend your iPod is off, and go about listening to Justin Beiber without the drama.

Big Ben Was In Violation Of NFL Conduct Policy

Michalis Hatzigiannis    NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers     Ben Rapistberger, Ben Roethlesberger, NFL conduct policy, roger goodell

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that Ben Roethlisberger was indeed in violation of the conduct policy by his standards.

“The issue here is with respect to a pattern of behavior and bad judgments,” Roger Goodell said on Patrick’s radio program. “You do not have to be convicted or even charged of a crime to be able to demonstrate that you’ve violated a personal conduct policy, and reflect poorly not only on themselves, but all of their teammates, every NFL player in the league, and everyone associated with the NFL. And that is what my concern is, and I have expressed that directly to Ben, obviously, and I will be making a decision as soon as I possibly can.”

Translation:  Just because he wasn’t convicted doesn’t mean he didn’t do it, and being a NFL quarterback may have allowed him to get away with rape, but that doesn’t mean the whole world doesn’t still know he still did it, which makes the NFL look bad.  Now we will have to see if Roger Goodell is racist or not.  We all watched black players get suspended for repeat offenses, now we will see if violating the conduct policy applies only to those acting gangster.

For those of you who still don’t think he did it here is the police report.

Tomlin Speaks About Rapistberger

Michalis Hatzigiannis    NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers     abuse, assault, Ben Roethlesberger, Rape, Ravish, violation

Pittsburgh  Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has finally gone public with his feelings about the sexual assult allegations  Ben Roethisberger’s is facing.  That he is worried for his quarterback and for his franchise.  Assuming Big Ben’s investigation team can dig up enough dirt on victim number 2 and that his high priced team of attorneys can get him off, I have put together a restrictive list for Tomlin to impose on his silly young team leader.

10. Do not party or sleep with girls under the age of 25. Girls of this age are far more reckless and therefore prone to consume unsafe amounts of alcohol, which can impair there judgement, and cause them to forget that they willingly got on the donkey.

9.  Do not bang sloppy drunks. You are an athlete,  if sex requires beer bongs, drinking games, body shots, or anything else that causes blackouts, it is probably not worth the risking everything, and there are probably plenty of some what tipsy, classy groupies willing to let you crush their hips.

8. Carry a Flip or any other kind of pocket video recording device at all times.  At this point if sex tapes involving consensual sex are leaked it can only help.

7.  Stay away from girls with crappy jobs. Strippers probably don’t enjoy their work, and those sexy restaurant hostesses making 15$ an hour probably are more inclined to go after a large payday.

6.  Show a little class and take these skanks on shopping sprees first. Come on there is a reason none of the 50,000 girls across the world cried rape on Tiger.

5.  Be sure girls are not bruised in anyway.  People are finding the “fell down and hit her head” thing a little hard to swallow.  Also making things hard to swallow is bad.

4.  Get the book “How To Sexually Arouse a Woman.” Maybe if you learn to be good at sex, girls will just want to F you again instead of filing lawsuits.

3  Stay away from door #2.  I know this is probably a toughy, but sacrifices must be made.

2.  Pose for GQ. No one ever accused Tom Brady of assaulting someone with his penis, and Kobe did it after.

1.  Do not physically force anyone to have sex with you. Sorry buddy. I know you enjoy the whole helpless, scared, pinned down, hand over the mouth thing, maybe even the part towards the end where they stop fighting it, but you had your fun.

Big Ben Accused of Sexual Assault; Again

Cornelius Wellington III    NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers     Ben Roethlisberger, Big Ben Sexual Assault, Ed Garland, NFL News & Rumors

Ben Rapistberger is back in the sexual assault hot-seat after an incident at a small college town bar in Georgia late Thursday night. This is the second time Big Ben has been involved in a sexual assault case, the first one was chalked up to some chick trying to get money out of him, but the second one may be a little trickier to shake.

Big Ben has hired Ed Garland, the same attorney that defended Ray Lewis back in 2000, and T.I. more recently on weapons charges.

I’m not saying Big Ben is guilty, but I’ve been to a lot of bars around the country where a lot of crazy stuff has happened, and neither myself nor anyone else I know has ever been accused of sexual assault once, let alone twice.

Just sayin.

FTRsports Week 17 NFL Power Rankings

Cornelius Wellington III    Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, NFL, NY GIANTS, NY Jets, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, St Louis Rams, Tennesee Titans, Washington Redskins     nfl news, Week 17 NFL Power Rankings

Week 16 may have the worst gambling opportunities for football fans in the history of gambling. The bottom-feeding Bucs beat the Saints, the Colts pooped on their fanbase by laying down and dying against the Jets instead of trying to go undefeated, and Brett Favre proved that cold air really does affect people with arthritis. Let’s see if any of this affects this weeks rankings:

1. No one deserves to be #1 this week. The Colts proved their as masculine as Lifetime airing the Tony awards, and the Saints are making me question whether that’s a birthmark on Drew Brees’s face, or the beginning stages of AIDS. The Vikings can’t leap either team considering their QB played like Rex Grossman for one half and Dan Marino another half. I award you all no points, and may God have mercy on your souls.

2. Indianapolis Colts- I hate having to rank this team at all in a league made up completely of men, because this tank job should come with a penalty and a congressional hearing. Colts fans should have burned down the stadium after their team threw away perfection like it was a Christmas card with no money in it. I hope Peyton Manning gets hurt on the first snap of the playoffs, and Jim Caldwell gets hate mail for the rest of his life.

3. San Diego Chargers- The Chargers haven’t lost since mid-October, and don’t plan on them losing to the Redskins even with the reserves in this week. Jumping the Saints was unthinkable a couple weeks ago, but this team is legit going into the playoffs firing on all cylinders. I still don’t recommend betting on any games the final week of the season if teams that are locked into the playoffs are playing in them though.

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