The next installment of the long-running James Bond film series hits theaters this November. But to hold you over, here is the brand-spanking new teaser trailer for the upcoming Bond flick, ‘Skyfall’.
Report: Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood to retire today
Longtime Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood is ready to hang up his spikes today, according to sources close to the team.
Wood resigned with the Cubs the past offseason, after spending parts of the last several years with the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees.
Wood is best remembered perhaps for his 20-strikeout game against Houston back in his rookie season of 1998. Wood won the National League Rookie of the Year award that same season.
Wood endured injuries throughout his career and seemed to be battling various ailments in the early part of the 2012 campaign. He is 0-2 with an 8.64 ERA this year.
UPDATE – Sounds like Kerry Wood wants one more appearance in a major league game before retiring. It could come today, tomorrow or Sunday at Wrigley Field, as the Cubs host the Chicago White Sox. I’m guessing the ovation Wood will receive as he heads out to the mound for the final time will be something to behold.
Must-view site of the day: NFL Draft selections graded in GIF form
If you enjoy never-ending loops of Clint Eastwood approving you favorite NFL team’s draft pick, this site is for you.
http://www.draftcountdown.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52641
All in all, 95 picks from this year’s NFL Draft are evaluated by animated images. This is one of the best things I have ever seen.
My favorite critique belongs to that of Cleveland’s first-round selection, Oklahoma State QB Brandon Weedon. Just phenomenal.
(Thanks to Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Packers beat writer Tyler Dunne for posting this link on Twitter)
Shut up already! The worst chants in sports
While attending the Brewers/Dodgers game at Miller Park with my work team today, the discussion arose about the worst chants in sports. After thinking about the subject for a while, I realized that there are plenty of them to choose from.
So to make things nice and easy, here is a sample of the worst chants in sports.
Get in the hole! The sport of golf is usually surrounded by a somewhat reserved and respectful atmosphere. That is, until some jabroni at a PGA Tour event yells, “Get in the hole!” after Phil Mickelson tees off on a 600-plus-yard par five. First off, that ball has zero chance of going in the hole. Secondly, you sound like a douche. Get some new material and come back to the course.
You! You! You! I’m not sure how far this one reaches, but I remember this one being popular at high school basketball games. A player would commit a foul, and was met with the repetitive chant of “You! You! You!” from the opposing student section. Thanks for pointing that out, Captain Obvious.
Any chant that is racist, sexist or offensive in any way. Sounds like common sense, right? Well, check out this story from this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. It proves that people not only sound stupid when being offensive, but actually are stupid.
Those are a few of the worst chants in sports fanaticism. I am 100% certain I missed tons of others, so feel free to leave them in the comments.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 downloadable course list
It’s that time of year again – time for virtual golfers to tee off and hit the links with EA’s new Tiger Woods PGA Tour game. And just as certain as me hitting a slice with my driver, this year’s game arrives hand-in-hand with DLC courses ready to be purchased. Here is the list of this years DLC, in Microsoft Points (for PS3 users, 80 Microsoft Points equate to one US dollar, so 400 Microsoft Points equals five US dollars):
All courses are available separately; each are 400 points. The only exception is the PGA National course, which is new this year and is 560 points.
A five-course pack costs 1600 points and includes: Spyglass Hill Golf Course, TPC at San Antonio, Liberty National Golf Club, Banff Springs Golf Course, and Greek Isles (Fantasy).
A six-course pack costs 1920 points and includes: Waialae Country Club, Atlanta Athletic Club, River Course at Blackwolf Run, Costa Navarino, Predator (Fantasy), and Highlands (Fantasy).
An 11-course pack costs 3200 points and includes: Spyglass Hill Golf Course, TPC at San Antonio, Liberty National Golf Club, Banff Springs Golf Course, Greek Isles (Fantasy), Waialae Country Club, Atlanta Athletic Club, River Course at Blackwolf Run, Costa Navarino, Predator (Fantasy), and Highlands (Fantasy).
It should also be mentioned that players can earn DLC courses this year, for free, by using in-game ‘Coins’ to purchase individual rounds at the DLC tracks. Once certain objectives are met through playing these ‘rented’ rounds, the course is opened up and is available for the gamer to use in any way, shape or form.
Also of note…you can buy the manufacturer sponsorships through the marketplace as well. It’s like last year – buying the sponsorship gives you level 4 status and all the equipment. Here are the costs, in MS Points:
Cleveland – 240 points
Nike – 560
EA Sports – 240
Callaway – 320
TaylorMade – 320
PING – 240
New video game ad will have Cubs fans crying tears of joy, sadness
As a life-long Chicago Cubs fan, this time of the year is full of bittersweet anticipation. The baseball season is right around the corner and hope for a Cubs’ World Series run is renewed. However, the realist in each of us knows that it’s most likely just another year that will have us saying, ‘There’s always next year.”
Sony uses this in their television ad for this season’s iteration of their ‘MLB The Show’ series. The result: a reaction that was actually quite emotional and unexpected. How would I react if the Cubbies won it all?
Probably a lot like this.
Guaranteed Super Bowl XLVI Prediction: the Packers aren’t playing in it
In just under 10 minutes, NBC’s Super Bowl XLVI coverage will commence.
Every talking head on that network and many others will throw out predictions of who will win the big game. So I guess I will take a crack at it, too.
I am not a fan of either team (in fact, I wish they both could lose). But the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick combo is tough to beat.
My Super Bowl prediction: Patriots 31, Giants 24.
Aaron Rodgers is the NFL’s Most Valuable Player
Collecting 48 of 50 possible votes, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named the Associated Press National Football League Most Valuable Player.
Rodgers, who led the Packers to a 15-1 regular season record, became the first Packers player since Brett Favre in 1997 to win the award.
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees received the two remaining votes.
The Pro Bowl: how can it be made watchable?
Let’s face it – last week’s NFL Pro Bowl was an embarrassment. Aaron Rodgers said as much in a recent interview.
So, how can we make football’s all-star game more interesting? Here are some suggestions:
Forget Blake Griffin, here is the greatest slam dunk of all time
With Blake Griffin’s dunk from last night on a loop nonstop somewhere on TV for the past 24 hours, many have been proclaiming it one of the best dunks of all time.
However, the theatrics alone make this Shaquille O’Neal dunk over Chris Dudley one of the best NBA highlights in history. I think Dudley goes through several different emotional stages in this clip: confidence, defeat, anger, frustration, shock and acceptance.
Plus, it’s a nice reminder that white guys used to play professional basketball.
Fantastic stuff.
