and his #88 team received, you would think the season had just ended. In this writers opinon, the NASCAR season begins with this weekends 500 miler at California’s AutoClub Speedway The real grind begins today Teams no longer have two months to build a racecar Performance has to show up week in and week out. Pretty impressive considering the miserable start that this team got off to.Colangelo is making a concerted effort to make Toronto as attractive of a returning destination for Chris Bosh. Ferguson recently took an official visit to Florida State and was very impressed.Florida Athlete Christian Green, a quarterback in high school, has been interested in Florida State all year and has narrowed his decision down to FSU, Florida and Georgia. He should have no problem finding talent to come to Rutgers.Maybe even a couple of his current players would come with him. The Splendid Splinter terrorized opposing pitching to be the king of the batter’s box yet again.The last player to win the Triple Crown ironically was the man who replaced Williams in left field.Carl Michael Yastrzemski became the heir apparent to patrol the grass in the shadows of the Green Monster. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world and many analysts, as well as former and current fighters, consider Fedor to be the greatest mixed-martial artist of all time (sorry…but that honour goes to Bruce Lee ).Rumour has it even that Fedor once stubbed his big toe and wiped out the entire country of Kazakhstan in the process.Oh wait…that was Chuck Norris . My bad.Either way, whether it’s just perception (which is nine-tenths of reality anyway) or fact, Fedor Emelianenko has earned the respect and admiration from his fans as the reigning king of MMA and nobody, not even the great UFC heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar, can take that away from him…or can he?And speaking of Lesnar, what’s a guy gotta do to get a little respect around here? After all, Lesnar does have a record of 4-1 inside of the Octagon (oh wait…that’s just one of the problems).Lesnar won the UFC heavyweight championship with a record of only 3-1, while Fedor didn’t win his first championship (PRIDE) until he had a record of 13-1 (which included a win over Bobby Hoffman, who Fedor never actually fought, but still got credit for the win on his record).It is clear that in order for Lesnar to gain the same level of respect and admiration that Fedor currently has, he is going to have to follow a very similar path to success by matching and eventually surpassing the achievements of “The Last Emperor.”Lucky for Lesnar, I just so happen to have three suggestions that could potentially help him out. Step One: Fight lots of “Tomato Cans” because many fight fans only respect large, unbeaten recordsUnfortunately, it has gotten to be all about quantity in MMA not quality.I am starting to get a strong sense that MMA is going to be taking this page away from the boxing industry, which will become an unwelcomed trend that will affect the quality of all future fight cards (Bobby Lashley, anyone?).Not saying that Fedor doesn’t have some quality wins on his record, such as a prime Nogueira and more recently, Brett Rogers , but let’s be perfectly honest fight fans there are a lot of names on Fedor’s win record that only add to the conspiracy that has become Fedor’s success in MMA.Lesnar may only have a few fights under his championship belt, but they are all impressive when you consider his inexperience in the sport and the dominant fashion in which they were all won.Why Fedor ever fought Tim Silvia for his30th win is beyond me.How exactly does that secure and benefit his legacy in any way? Step Two: Fight Fedor “Slay the overbearing father, disparage his legacy, and gain power by shining in your own way.”Sorry, but I find it incredibly hard to believe that Fedor could beat Lesnar. The St.
John Salmons can give the team another shooting option on the wing.Bulls Get:SG Ray Allen, SG J.R.Giddens, and PF Sheldon WilliamsChicago is desperate to unload Hinrich’s contract to free up cap space that could result in two big name free agents. “At least, that way, LeBron would stay with us this summer instead of signing with New York.”Owner Dan Gilbert said he, too, realized he’d been kidding himself about his team.“Take Mo Williams, for example,” said Gilbert. Burns overcoming financial woes with the help of the characters of the Simpson, and a Coke of course.Runner-up: Flo TV, The Who-My Generation Strangest: Monster , Beaver Playing the ViolinMonster continued their trend of releasing odd commercials with a spot featuring a violin playing beaver who finds fame using Monster . Just plain weird.Runner-up: Dockers, We Don’t Wear Pants Commercial that left you thinking, what?: Emerald Nuts and Pop Secret, Dolphin PeopleI am not quite sure what they were shooting for here. In this confusing spot, people jumped and flipped like dolphins for the reward of either an Emerald nut or a piece of Pop Secret popcorn. The trainer’s odd green suit made things that more difficult to understand. Runner-up: Census 2010, Snapshot of the World Most ridiculous: Career Builder , Casual FridaysCasual Friday was a ridiculous, but also very funny commercial. The commercial centered on the one guy in the office who refused to follow the casual Friday rules set forth by his company. What made the commercial a great combination of odd and funny was that this company’s casual Friday meant undies only. On a side note, did anyone else notice the back-to-back pants free commercials when this one was followed by the Dockers spot?Runner-up: Doritos, Dorito Warrior Most Worthy of No Comment: Focus on the Family, Tim TebowRunner-up: Taco Bell, Charles Barkley Rap Best New Movie Trailer: Robin HoodIn a year with no standout movie trailer, Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood takes home the award. Russell Crowe stars in what looks to be an epic version of the story of Sherwood Forest’s finest.Runner-up: Alice in Wonderland Commercial that simply needs to go away: Budweiser, Clydesdale and LonghornI thought it was over. I though Budweiser finally realized that the Clydesdale and Dalmatian commercials were never any good. Then, with 5:42 left in the fourth quarter, it happened. This one was about a Clydesdale and a longhorn that were friends as foal and calf, and the strength of their friendship as they grew to be stallion and bull. It was as bad as it sounds.Runner-up: Go Daddy , all of them Best Overall: McDonald’s, LeBron, Dwight, and Larry LegendWhat started as a fun dunk off between LeBron James and Dwight Howard, a remake of the classic Jordan and Bird McDonald’s commercial, took a turn a turn for the funny at the end when Bird made an appearance, prompting James and Howard to question, “Who is that?” “I have no idea.” Very good indeed.Runner-up: Doritos, Jalen Smacks Mom’s Date Worst Overall: Bud Light, the whole lot of themBud Light continued to disappoint with another round of ridiculous attempts at humor. From the Bud Light House to the Plane Crash Party, Bud Light really dropped the ball this year.Runner-up: Budweiser, Clydesdale and Longhorn Final Grade: BThe night started off very quickly, with the LeBron/Howard commercial airing right before kick-off and Jalen Smacks Mom’s Date and Betty White and Abe Vigoda both airing during the first quarter. Things slowed down after that, but there were some nice ads throughout. All-in-all it was a pretty good Super Bowl’s worth of commercials to compliment what was a very good Super Bowl. What was your favorite Super Bowl XLIV commercial? Which commercials that I left out deserve recognition on my list? What final grade would you give the Super Bowl XLIV commercials?. The Phils pitching is way too good for them not to be the number one team in the East.2 Mets The Mets had an injury plagued season last year. Arrelious Benn: Benn is a great pass-catcher coming from an Illinois offense that underused him throughout his career.Benn had a monster sophomore season when he caught 67 passes for 1,055 yards and 3 touchdowns.Benn will come in to the league hungry for success.
He is constantly in the backfield ready to make a big play for a loss.He has shown great athleticism by playing all over the line in his collegiate career. Price has played nose tackle, under tackle, and his natural defensive end position showing his versatility at more than just one position on the defensive line.Brian is also more of a gap shooter than a stay at home defensive end, which is something the Colts look for in their defensive line players.All these characteristics fit the mold of what the Colts look for as they are built for speed and pursuit more than size and sit back type defensive players. But Joey Harrington fumbled the ball on a naked bootleg in Oregon territory, giving the Beavers new life. Ezekiel Jackson; Zeke didn’t have the ECW title, but word is it’s been retired. He would add to a bullpen that already boasts one of the best shut-down staffs in the major leagues featuring Scott Downs, Jason Frasor, Jeremy Accardo, Dick Hayhurst, Casey Janssen, Shawn Camp, and long-man Brian Tallet among others Gregg has narrowed his choices to Colorado and Toronto.
