Keeping it too real

You remember when Dave Chappelle had the skit about keeping real going wrong?

Wu-Tang! Ha.

Apparently some people didn’t get the message Dave was sending.

Yup, Gilbert Arenas. My boy pulled a gun on a teammate (as a joke according to him). Then apologizes. Then he shows everybody how much he meant the apology.

He looks real sorry, doesn’t he? The commissioner wasn’t amused either. He banned his ass indefinitely. No pay. So if he makes 16 mil this season and they’ve played x amount of games…(counting with my fingers)…That comes out to $147,200 per game missed. How you feel about that Gilbert?

What a fool.

Pops

This kid can play

You know how parents always think their kid is especially good in sports? That is until some other kid comes along and outshines every other kid out there…including yours. Now you want to check birth certificates and all that. Check this out.

Everybody knows who’s the best in this league. Crazy.

Sport? Yeah right.

Bowling is not a sport people. Neither is darts, billiards, or dodge ball.  Now don’t get it twisted, I’m not saying that they aren’t enjoyable for what they are, games.  I myself enjoy the occasional game of tag, but it is not a sport.  Not everything that is remotely physical and done for money is a sport.

Lets begin by defining the word sport…

Webster’s defines it as 1 a : a source of diversion : recreation b : sexual play c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure …

Let’s break this down one by one. 1a: a source of diversion.  It seems that drinking and beating your wife is a sport. 1b: sexual play. Apparently so is beating yourself.

And that leaves us with 1c: physical activity engaged in for pleasure.

Now we have to decide how much physical exertion qualifies for a physical activity.  An average billiards game of doubles 8-ball is anywhere between 15-20 minutes.  How much of that time is actually physical activity?  5 minutes, if that much?  And it’s considered a sport? I call bullshit.  20 minutes of spin the bottle is more taxing on the body than billiards, but I guess that falls under definition 1b.

Ok, so how about bowling? Average professional bowling match is 25-30 minutes, and again I ask how much of that is actual physical exertion? Maybe 10 minutes, give or take 3 min.  2 people writing in a notebook burn more calories than that, and they have more rules than don’t step past a line while wearing ugly sneakers.

Get it through your heads people, just because you get paid to play a game doesn’t make it a sport.  And again, I’m not knocking any of these games, but lets call a spade a spade and a game a game.  Speaking of spades, poker is damn sure not a sport.

*The views and opinions in the preceding diatribe is solely that of the author, and does not reflect the views of Chillpops, and remember to shut the fuck up.

Adonis

Break up the Knicks!

So the Knicks have begun their winning streak. Watch out NBA here they come. They made a miraculous comeback last night to beat the Pacers. The Knicks spotted the the Pacers a nice big lead in the first half giving up 70 points. They did that because they knew the Pacers are missing the only player that could have stopped them from coming back.

Reggie still knows how to get it in.

Next up for the blazing hot Knicks is the underachieving Nets. Chalk that one up as a win as well. With the addition of lightning fast AI later this week there will be no stopping the Knicks.

Huh? What? What do you mean that’s not what he looks like now? What do you mean that was a long time ago? Well what does he look like now?

Why’s he sitting there? I mean he’s still a starter, right? He’ll still work great with Patrick. What? PATRICK EWING RETIRED? Starks? Then who the hell’s on the team?

And these are their best players? These faces look as weird as the spanish on the jersey. It’s been a bad decade for this team. Let’s hope turns around soon.

Pops

Professional lottery winner

So I’m watching the baseball playoffs the other night and up to pinch hit is Gary Matthews Jr. The first thought that popped into my head was how overpaid this guy is. And yes in the grand scheme of things all baseball players are overpaid.

For the most part athletes’ salary is contingent on skills and potential. If he’s young, you want to keep him on your team for a while so you pay up. If he’s proven to be good over a certain period of time, you pay up. Simple, right? Not for the Angels.
This dude had a (as in one) good play. Not a good season. He made a play that others have done before and got pa-haid. The genuises that run the Angels thought that he was a great player and decided to win the non-existent bidding war for this guy. They decided that his baseball skills were worth 50 mil over 5 years. That’s very easy math folks. Ten million dollars a year. Cause of one play? Well damn that must’ve been a hell of a play. Let’s see. (click on pic)

Wow. That was something, huh? Unbelievable even. He covered a lot of ground and really got up there. Has anyone else ever done something like that?

That’s how you use a wall.

Okay, so lightning can strike twice. Surely, that’s the only two times something like that has happened. Nah.

Well then he must be the centerpiece of that team, right? Ahnt. No. The very next chance they got they brought in another centerfielder.

Yeah that guy. The one who’s known for his great defense. The one who robbed Barry Bonds in the All Star game. By the way, did you see who wasn’t playing centerfield in that clip. Ha.

So he was moved and moved until he got to where he is now. He sits his scrubby ass on the bench until his manager decides to let him bat…once. So they should just pay him less, right? WRONG. He’s due his ten mil a year. To sit there.

Pay me ten mil a year. I’ll sit like noone’s ever sat before. I’d get dudes water and everything. Make myself usefull. He just sits there.
He’s not the only professional lottery winner. Nah. Other dudes have pulled this off too.
GM’s need to stop watching highlight reels and start doing better research.

 

Pops

Greeny goes off

I have been a Mike and Mike fan since I put their show accidentally some six or seven years ago. If you don’t know who they are, the show is called “Mike and Mike in the morning”. It’s a sports talk show that comes on from 6-10 AM on ESPN2. The show is co-hosted by Mike “Greeny” Greenberg and Mike Golic. It’s a perfect pairing. Talk about the odd couple. No two people can be more dissimilar than these two and make such a good duo. Golic is the former athlete turned radio host and Greeny’s the journalist turned radio host.

So, Like I said I’ve been watching and listening (they’re on espn radio simultaneously) for years. I know what to expect from each of them. Golic is the man’s man and Greeny takes metrosexual to a new level. (He goes to a salon to get his hair cut. Nuff said) So usually Golic is the one calling current athletes out for whatever reason. Not this time.

Eyo. I think he meant that. When the vein on the side of your neck looks like it’s about to pop, you need to relax. That little guy’s ready to smack someone. Not the linebacker he’s calling out, mind you, but someone. lol.

That was a good little rant though. Brings up thoughts of other classic rants. Can you guess what my next post will be about? Ha.

Oh, and I won’t get into the linebacker’s comments because I have no time for ignorance.

Pops