HIGH VOLTAGE INTERSECTION AMONG THE BLUE AND RED B. Marshall Smith Friday, 03 September 2010
This is not an Affliction, though there is plenty of discord steaming in a bright venue filled with intricate story lines. Borrowing the bright lights Broadway approach from wrestling, the UFC, or the MMA (mixed martial arts) is making a killing and nearly swallowing...
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13 Year Old Racer Dies at Indy Gene Haddock Tuesday, 31 August 2010
At age 13, Peter Lenz became the youngest competitor to die at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. He fell off his motorcycle during a warmup lap and was ran over by a 12 year old boy. The outcry from those that would protect us from ourselves has already begun, even...
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PARADISE LO$T: Scottie Pippen Broke Six Years After Retirement Robert Elkhorn Monday, 30 August 2010
The year was 1985. I saw a movie starring Richard Pryor called Brewster’s Millions where he plays a career minor league pitcher that inherits what turns out to be $300 million dollars from a long lost uncle…The stipulation is that he must spend $30 million in 30...
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LAKER NEWS Robert Elkhorn Monday, 30 August 2010
Congratulations to Lakers owner Jerry Buss for his induction to the NBA Hall of Fame. It is a well deserved honor for a man that has brought TEN World Championships to Los Angeles over the course of 30 years. Jerry has owned the franchise since 1979 when he bought it...
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READYING FOR THE HARVEST B. Marshall Smith Sunday, 29 August 2010
Though the rules are being reinvented as we speak, to be sure, Autumn is considered September, October and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and March, April and May in the Southern, if you're keeping score? It has somehow come to be the time of the year when the...
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Athlete Look Alikes Video & Links of The Week Friday, 27 August 2010
Kyle Korver vs. Ashton Kutcher Jazz Forward/Actor 6’7″ 210lbs/6’2″ 180lbs Goes home to Deron Williams/Goes home to Demi Moore Khalil Greene vs. Jeff Spicoli Padres Shortstop/Ridgemont High’s Finest 5’11″ 195lbs/5’9″ 165lbs smokes line drives up the...
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THE FLAVOR OF WAIVERS B. Marshall Smith Thursday, 26 August 2010
Voluntary relinquishment is a surrender in a sense of sorts. A known right or privilege has been betrayed. Let's waive all formalities. To refrain from claiming is to forgo, which, as you know, would be negligent. There is less to be alarmed about than you think....
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ON THE HORIZON: college football brew ha ha B. Marshall Smith Monday, 23 August 2010
Up around the bend. Just on the horizon. A jam-packed athletic event full of social consequence. Student athletes fielded frenetically by American Universities to play out the odds for the main money men. Held in high esteem on the gridiron rendering smash mouth...
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Matt Barnes: GOING BACK TO CALI Robert Elkhorn Monday, 30 August 2010
There’s no other way to put it, the Lakers lucked out in the Matt Barnes sweepstakes of 2010. Lost amongst of the big superstar names of the highly anticipated free agent summer of 2010 like LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and Dwayne Wade lied a diamond in the rough named...
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View From The Flagstand: Bristol Gene Haddock Wednesday, 25 August 2010
The View from Bristol was definitely clouded by towering, smokey, victory donuts. Mmmm, victory donuts. History was finally made as Kyle Busch pulled the hat trick,and won all three races in one weekend. He's been close before, yet never nailed it down until now. CHECKERED...
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Right Sides Only: Bristol Gene Haddock Sunday, 22 August 2010
Bristol. Night. Race. Possibly the three most exciting words in NASCAR. Certainly three of the most anticipated. We recently suffered through Michigan and Pocono, now it's time to go racing, and determine who makes the Chase. Southbound There are just three races left...
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AFTER COUNTING TO 100 IN DECEMBER B. Marshall Smith Sunday, 22 August 2010
Whistle blowers, it would seem, are getting the finger. Pointed directly back at them. No more Mr. Nice Crowd. Surprise! Under the hood monkey business for 15 minutes of commercials in a whirlwind of advertisements to come back with insufficient funds is not time well...
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