There’s a team here in Phoenix. But will my girlfriend let me go?

They’re done. Now I wonder what Shaq will do during the offseason...catch a few Illegals for Sheriff Joe, perhaps? Now I’d PAY to see that!

I’ll bet Jacques Rogge and the IOC are a bunch of unhappy campers right about now. The unelected, august body of sporting elitists got s**t thrown into their faces by none other than the group Reporters sans Frontieres, a group which actually contacted me a year and a half ago. They were protesting China’s crackdown on Tibet.
And they did it at the right moment too, when the DFCs were speaking, unveiling a large banner bearing...you guessed it...the Olympic Rings as handcuffs, and in a statement released by the group, they urged heads of state to boycott the opening ceremony. While that, in and of itself, is a noble goal, I doubt that with the money involved in organizing these games, that will be accomplished. But hey, it could still happen.

Anyone who travels to the People’s Republic of China and gets into trouble there with the DFC’s during the Olympics can’t feign ignorance. The State Department (yes, where Condi Rice works) is warning travelers to expect their rooms to be monitored at their web site. If they’re lucky, the Chinese will simply invite the offending tourists to leave their country.
In case you’re curious, here’s the fact sheet.

Now I found this not-so-delightful parody of the Olympic Rings on the web site of Reporters sans frontieres, in conjunction with the recent riots in Lhasa, Tibet, and China’s bloody response to them. It’s six months until the Beijing (or should I say Peking just to piss the Chinese DFCs off?) Games, and I thought something like this would happen.
Good. I hope that other oppressed groups in that country will rear their heads to remind the world of what China’s doing to its population, all in the name of progress; of course, up until oh, 1976 or so that was Marxist-Leninist-Maoist progress. And when our Olympic team gets to Beijing, they kick China’s a** just to rub it in their faces!

OK, for those of you who follow the NCAA Tournament, the Men’s Brackets are here and the Women’s Brackets are here. Have at it!

Here’s why Barry Bonds gets a Race Card...it’s from his testimony to the Federal Grand Jury which was recently unsealed:

While the entire Bonds transcript is worth a read, we particularly enjoyed his answer to a question posed by one juror about Greg Anderson, the athlete’s beleaguered friend and trainer. “With all the money you make, have you ever thought of maybe building him a mansion or something?” Bonds replied, “One, I’m black. And I’m keeping my money. And there’s not too many rich black people in this world. And I’m keeping my money. There’s more wealthy Asian people and Caucasian and white. There ain’t that many rich black people. And I ain’t giving my money up. That’s why.”

And people wonder why he isn’t held in such high regard anymore. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig better get up off his a** and get this guy ready to Ban.

Let’s see if this post will get me Banned in Red China! See this picture?

Before a 1938 friendly match with Nazi Germany, England’s soccer team was ”persuaded” to give the Nazi salute to the crowd...and der Fuhrer wasn’t even there to see it!
Now, fast forward 70 years, and the DFCs of China are ”persuading” athletes from around the world not to say anything political while they are in Beijing for the Summer Olympics. Two countries have already kowtowed to the Chinese demands: Belgium and New Zealand. The UK may knuckle under soon, and the Queen’s own granddaughter, Zara Phillips, would have to sign the contract in order to compete. Unless their government moves to stop it, which I highly doubt.
The DFCs of China has done massive PR and massive head-cracking to stop criticism of its human rights violations of its own citizens: Tibet, Tiananmen Square, the Falun Gong, the Christians...shall I go on? EVERYONE who goes to China has been watched and will always be watched for one wrong move, and if they’re lucky enough they’ll only be deported.
And of course, the Chinese government hasn’t done this all by themselves. I’ll give credit where it’s due, and that’s the unaccountable bigwigs of the International Olympic Committee for enabling China’s efforts. Nice move, IOC.

The New York Giants SPOIL the unperfect season by defeating the New England Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII. What did it was Eli Manning’s 13-yard TD pass to Plaxico Burress with :35 left on the clock.
The Giants had to sweat out a set of downs because by the time they got that final score, they had exhausted all their timeouts. I was on the edge of my seat.
So, it was indeed a SUPER BOWL! Congratulations Giants! And this also means that there is still only ONE PERFECT TEAM: the 1972 Miami Dolphins.

It’s the New York Giants vs. the unperfect New England Patriots for Super Bowl XLII. I hope this is a close game in any case, because save for one version ot it, I can’t stand blowouts...or, as I like to call them, Super Blows.
And that particular blowout...also involved the Patriots. Fitting.

On the eve of the NFC and AFC Conference championship games....
St. Louis Rams Owner Georgia Frontiere passed away yesterday at the age of 80. She had been hospitalized in Los Angeles for breast cancer.
She inherited the team in 1979 when her husband at the time, Carroll Rosenbloom, drowned while swimming off the Florida coast.
Frontiere moved the Rams from Los Angeles to St. Louis in 1995, a very controversial move at the time; I remembered I asking a lot of questions about it back then, but as it ultimately turns out, the move was beneficial to the Rams, who won a Super Bowl in 1999, and of course to the City of St. Louis.
My prayers go to her family, to the St. Louis Rams organization, and to the Fans.

So, San Diego knocks off the Colts and the NY Giants defeat Dallas. Every game I saw...even the one where the Patriots defeated the Jaguars...were darn good.
I just hope that one of the three other teams: the Giants, the Packers, or the Chargers, can some way, somehow, knock down the Patriots from their undeserved pedestal of perfection. And y’all know why.

I think the NFL is doing this just a wee bit too early. Perhaps they should wait for, oh, about another five weeks or so...and then do the comparison. Not that this is going to matter to me, and it isn’t...you all know why.
Especially since one team might get it in them to knock the Patriots off, then this whole exercise would be futile.

No thanks to Senator John F. Kerry (D-MA) who threatened Senate hearings if the NFL didn’t broadcast the upcoming game this Sunday when the 15-0* New England Patriots visit the Meadowlands to play the New York Giants. As a result, the NFL relented and now the game will be broadcast on Free TV (CBS and NBC) as well as the NFL Network.
I’m not only going to rip Senator Kerry a new a**hole for wasting MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND YOURS, I’m ripping the New England Patriots once again for their perceived undefeated regular-season record thus far; if you want a reminder of why this is so, click on the above asterisk. This game is NOT in the national interest as Senator Kerry claims! What’s more important, the NFL or our continuing War on Terror? Well, Senator Kerry has given you his answer and he, as usual, is full of s**t!
Wake the hell up, America...if you elect Democrats to high office next year, you will get even more endless bulls**t investigations to take our minds off the real danger.

For years I’ve called Olympic figure skating “boxing on blades” because of the perceived crookedness of the judges. Witness the scandal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games.
Now, a former major star of the sport, John McEnroe, has expressed his opinion that professional tennis may be infiltrated by ”The Organization”. Considering the history of the abovementioned event during the Cold War, this assertion, if it can be corroborated, does not surprise me at all. McEnroe is a brave man indeed if he’s standing up to The Organization.