I Hate Sports!!
I Hate Sports: Lord Kramer's Cup
Well, here we are at the second week of the series, and I STILL hate Sports! Luckily, the world of sports has been good to me so far in providing me lots of subjects for ridicule -- like this weeks winner of the FIRST Lord Kramer's Cup: Kyle Busch. Watch the video and Gently Weep for a great guitar that got done wrong. . .
I Hate Sports: Pep Rallies Suck!
If you went to High School in the United States, you were probably required to attend several Pep Assemblies to cheer on your Football or Basketball teams.
Chances are, however, that you never had a dance for the Wrestling team or a parade for the tennis team because all sports are not created equal. Our schools waste vast sums of money on Athletic programs while kids who want to pursue careers in the arts (where they have a MUCH better chance of landing a real job than the average kid does of getting an NBA contract) see their music, drama, and art budgets cut back year after year.
One more reason why "I HATE SPORTS."
I Hate Sports!: Waterboarding Kobe Bryant
I'm really sick of the way we keep setting up sports personalities as role models for our children, when most of these "stars" are about as mature as a bad tempered five year old. Because of their physical prowess they are babied and shielded from the world, their messes are continuously cleaned up, and if you have as much money as Kobe Bryant you can even buy your way out of a rape trial.
I Hate Sports: Baseball Broke?
Yes, its Sunday again and I still HATE SPORTS! But what's the connection between Major League Baseball and National Health Care?
Hate Sports? Make Money!
Hey! There's a Recession on and I've got an easy way to make all of you out there a LOT of money!
Just a Couple of Balls
Well, I had to do SOMETHING for the Superbowl!
I Hate Sports: Major League Baseball is Pathetic
Two grown men behave like two grown men and THAT'S a big story in the world of major league baseball? The Detroit Tigers should be proud that they have at least one adult playing for them. The rest of MLB should hang their heads in shame. I got as sucked into this story as the next man when it first exploded on Thursday, June 2nd, because I, like most of you, was expecting to see a riot break out and punches thrown between the two teams and the game referees. But the story was sold as being remarkable because everyone behaved in a civil manner, when in this day and age we fully expect professional athletes to behave in the worst possible manner whenever things don't go there way. And what sort of an example if that to set for our children. I'm delighted that all parties involved accounted themselves honorably here, but this shouldn't be the exception -- even when its over something
Why Do You Hate LeBron James?
I have a lot of questions about the whole LeBron James Free Agent thing. Is their a place for Loyalty in sports? Is winning really the ONLY thing. Are championships the only truly important thing in professional sports? Why does everyone in the US, outside of Florida, hate LeBraon James.
From the NYTimes:
With one dramatic declaration, lasting 16 words and only a few seconds, LeBron James shook the sporting world and the N.B.A. on Thursday, announcing that he would play next season for the Miami Heat.
James, the most coveted free agent in league history, made that decision on national television at about 9:27 p.m. Eastern time, ending a frantic recruitment period that lasted eight days and involved six teams.
It was an intensely anticipated moment and an emotional one for James. He first stumbled over his words before finally declaring, "This fall, I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat."
In doing so, the 25-year-old James spurned the Cleveland Cavaliers, the only franchise he has known. A native of nearby Akron, James was a teenager when the Cavaliers made him the first pick of the draft in 2003.
James briefly became emotional when the reporter Jim Gray asked him about leaving his hometown team.
"This is tough," he said. "It's very tough, because you feel like you let a lot of people down."
James added: "I never wanted to leave Cleveland. And my heart will always be around that area." In Miami, James will join two other stars of this free-agent class, Dwyane Wade, 28, and Chris Bosh, 26, to form the most powerful threesome in the league. The Heat should become instant favorites in the Eastern Conference, joining the Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic.
"I think the major factor, the major reason, in my decision was the best opportunity to win, and to win now and to win into the future also," James said,
James said he did not make a final decision until he woke up Thursday morning. However, by then there were widespread reports that he had chosen, or was strongly leaning toward, Miami.
Funny Reaction to Spain's Win over the Netherlands in the World Cup`
Spain wins the World Cup while a couple watch with mixed emotions. Pretty funny stuff! The Netherlands are defeated! Got to love the Vuvuzeela Horns in the background!
Starring Andrew Thorpe and Allison Tollman. Film by John T. Kramer. Written by Andrew Thorpe, Allison Tollman and John T. Kramer
With a goal from Andrés Iniesta in the 26th minute of extra time, Spain became the eighth country to win the World Cup, beating the Netherlands by 1-0 before 85,000 fans at Soccer City in Johannesburg and millions of television viewers around the world.
Iniesta's goal, the latest ever scored to win a World Cup final match, broke up a rugged, foul-filled game that was headed to a dreaded penalty-kick contest. Among the multitude of yellow cards — 14 of them, 9 to the Netherlands — handed out by referee Howard Webb, both teams were saves by their fine goalkeeping. Spain keeper Iker Casillas stopped two breakaways from Arjen Robben, including one in extra time, and Netherlands keeper Maarten Stekelenburg stopped a breakaway by Cesc Fabregas and, early in the match, dove to turn aside a header from Sergio Ramos.
Spain's victory, in their first World Cup final, made them only the third team ever to reign simultaneously as European champions and world champions. The Netherlands lost the final for the third time, after falling to the host country in the finals at West Germany 1974 and Argentina 1978.
