The Black Hole of Sports

That's how I feel about this time of the year. I'm only a very casual NBA fan and my interest in NCAA basketball has waned since high school. Speaking of NCAA Basketball, I'd rather listen to two Dick Vitales arguing with each other than have to listen to Bill Rafery. Everytime he starts off his broadcast with "AND THE SOANDSOS GO MANUHMAN!" I curse myself for forgetting to mute the TV. Sometimes the other team starts off in a 2-3 zone and he's not as enthused; those are good times.

But I digress. Football is over (forever!) and even though pitchers and catchers report this weekend, that still means we don't get to see real baseball games for a couple months. Thank god there are video games to keep me entertained.

Sports Notes on Super Sunday

• The Super Bowl is only a few hours away now. Devon is roasting chicken for us to eat while we watch the game. Amazing food and a (hopefully) amazing game.
• Gonna watch Celtics/Magic before the football comes on. I can't bring myself to watch NFL coverage the day of the game before the game. They just repeat the same shit over and over. I'm tired of hearing about why the '85 Bears didn't win more than one championship and where the Terrible Towel and Cheesheads came from.
• Speaking of the NBA, apprently Melo might go to the Knicks. This looks like the piece they need to break into the top of the East.
• UK/Florida last night had some of the horrendous officiating I've come to expect from college basketball these days. I'm not just complaining because UK lost, at least the bad calls were going both ways. Maybe the referees need to stand in different places or something? I always hear about games being called by a "Big East Officiating Team" or something during the NCAAs. Does that mean that each conference is basically calling the games differently? I've seen ACC, Big East and SEC games this year mostly, and they're all pretty bad. Does the Pac-10 have awesome officials and I just don't get to see them?

It would be a dream come true

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/02/pujols-talks-not-going-well.html

If Pujols does hit the open market after the 2011 season, Rosenthal writes that the Cubs, Rangers, and Angels are among the teams that could pursue Pujols.

The snippet also mentions that the Red Sox and Yankees probably wouldn't pursue him because they're already set at 1st base. Dare I think Pujols could sign with the Cubs? The reality of the situation though is that the Cardinals *have* to resign him... he's the best player in baseball and more or less the face of the franchise. I wonder what he's asking for that's higher than $275mil/10yrs.

Super Bowl XLV

I'm a big Steelers fan so I'm pretty excited about Sunday. I've been pretty lucky as a sports fan to be rooting for teams that have been somewhat successful over the years. I've been a Kentucky Basketball fan since I was a kid so I got to experience (in my opinion) the greatest college basketball team ever assembled (the 1995-1996 team.) I've also been able to witness the Steelers win a couple titles so there's that. However, I'd trade all of those just to see the Cubs win the World Series.

Sunday's game seems like it's going to be interesting. I hope the Steelers can pull it off, but I'm worried about Pouncey being out. Guess we'll see what happens.

First Post

My old blog (which is now defunct) kinda sucked. I don't expect this one to really be that much better.

I kinda hate twitter. It's usefulness as a social networking tool to send small amounts of pertinent data to large groups of people is quite remarkable, but I'm not particularly good at quippy one-liners. So using it as a medium to convey complex ideas is quite difficult. I used to be violently opposed to twitter, but I finally drank the Kool-aid and signed up for my own account. My life hasn't changed in the least.

Rather than lump anything else into this post, I'm gonna post it and write something marginally more substantial.