Jim Livengood Should Think About That Last Name

Is he Livenbad now? Thank you, I’ll be here all week.

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10816531

 

Red Sox Simply Amazed With Wang

 

Please Watch Costas Now

I’ve never been so infuriated by words from another guy like Buzz Bissinger.

We missed the live edition, but I urge you to join me in watching Costas Now (if you have HBO) because it involves the state of sports media, the rise of internet blogging, and the rise of sports radio.

I say this because apparently last night, writer Buzz Bissinger just went on an all out assault on Will Leitch of Deadspin fame. He discredited everything blogging and questioned his 40 years of writing experience, when a blogger on Deadspin used the word that rhymes with ”runt”.

Bissinger also called out Leitch, saying he was “full of sh*t”.

He just went off, and Leitch did not bite back, which I applaud because that would’ve meant more fuel to the fire, considering that Costas and Bissinger were talking about the mean-spirited tone of the internet.

I’m happy that Leitch didn’t walk off the stage looking at some footage that spilled over to the world of video sharing. It was just a horrible display, and Bissinger is probably not going to be called Buzz Bissinger from now on.

If more videos show up I will post them.

 

ESPN’s Torch Run is Very Much Fun

Of course ESPN can find a way to take a current event (Chinese Olympic torch protest), and turn it into a game. Torch Run, a basic flash game that has you navigate your way away from the red dots (protesters) to get to the symbol….but watch out! One screw up and your torch is extinguished.

Beat 135 punks.

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0408/torch%20run.swf

 

Kobe Bryant Has Some Serious Hops

Some people are disputing whether or not this clip of Kobe Bryant jumping over a car was real…..but looking at it again even if it wasn’t real he had enough hangtime and elevation to jump over it for “real”. Simply amazing.

 

Stupid Sideline Reporters Is No More

It’s hard work to blog nonstop about sports all of this time…..here are the other reasons after the jump (there are a lot of them)….

 

Soccer in the Snow!

Canada and Estonia had the luxury of playing in a snowstorm for a FIFA International Friendly. Amazingly (okay, it’s Canada), the Canadians forgot to actually score and lost 2-0 to ESTONIA!!!

 

Heads Up On Commenting

All comments for now, will be held for moderation by yours truly because of a recent spam attack…..

 

The Madness Has Arrived!

Hop over to ArmchairGM where I am live-blogging (or at least attempting to) all the events unfolding in what has been a memorable tournament week to watch.

 

Brian Griese Traded, Get Ready Bears Fans, For More……

For Kyle Orton goodness…..and Sexy Rexy.

I can’t wait for the failure.

 

BCS National Championship Prediction

Sorry folks, not enough time for a preview, so I’ll give you my bold prediction.

LSU 23 Ohio State 19 

I’ll leave this as an open thread for tonight, see ya tomorrow.

 

Lack of Updates

I haven’t been posting as much in the past few weeks. I apologize, there is only one person that I have to blame, and it’s Jessica Simpson.

 

Yours Truly Nominated on ArmchairGM User Awards!

The popular sports wiki forum started a users awards show, featuring the best in each category. Yours truly (writing under SSreporters), has been nominated for 3 categories (Best Beat Writer, Best Humor Writing, Best Collegiate Sports Coverage).

Yes! For the 4 months I’ve been on ArmchairGM (and cross publishing work from here to there and vice versa), the bribing worked hard work paid off! You can read the full post here.

 

I’m Back!

Power outages, windstorms, 3 inches of snow, so I miss a week of sports to blog about. I’ll see what I can do tomorrow.

 

Thanksgiving Heartbreak

“May not be at ArmchairGM more than another day as we have received 48 hour eviction notice from our apartment. Unless a miracle happens I have written my last article since there is no internet out on the streets. You are welcome to tell anyone if you want if I have not posted past Saturday. Have enjoyed your opinions and comments. Wish I knew half as much about baseball as you do when I was your age.” - Niteowl049

That was ArmchairGM user and favorite Niteowl049, a former Vietnam veteran, and excellent writer for the sports forum. I contribute there regularly, and he is one of the top writers on the Chair.  The landlord for his apartment has given him a 48 hour eviction notice on Thanksgiving day. Who would do that to anybody on a holiday like this? This was one statement from his blog:

If we cannot come up with the money by tomorrow we may be forced to move out with only the barest necessities. If there are no more posts I want to thank everyone for reading Baseball Etcetera which started in May of 2004.

May God bless each reader if we are unable to write again. There is still a slim chance of not being evicted but as of today the future looks very bleak.

Thank you for understanding,

Andrew Now, anything involving sending money to a stranger would be out of this world stupid. But if this is indeed true, then this is a very tragic case for a popular and well-respected man in the blogging world. Click on this link to see more about this story. We wish that the best will happen Niteowl.