Thursday, February 25, 2010

The Tim Tebow Chronicles: Not Throwing?

Is he saving himself, or is he just being a whiny guy?

I have no idea. The NFL to me is like the Mandarin language.

--AZ

MLB BATGIRLS?! SIGN ME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Then I read the requirements to do this batgirl thing. Not eligible since I don't have a family member who went through it. I'm not saying that I'm upset that I don't...geez, that would be mean.]

This is a really nice idea. MLB will be teaming up with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Mother's Day to raise money. Of course, this isn't the first time the MLB has been in union with the organization, as many of the players have used pink bats or wear pink sweatbands in the past on Mother's Day. However, reading this about guest batboys/batgirls who have a story of their own thing is really unique.

Read all about it. It's for a good cause.

--AZ

Vancouver 2010 - USA vs. Canada: Chick Fight for the Gold

Yeah.
Remember that whole crazy neighbor war from Sunday night? Tonight was basically it's younger sister having a harsh PMS session. Tonight wasn't the night for the Americans to party however; the Canadian women brought the honor of the sport back into their country by winning 2-0 in the gold medal match. Eighteen-year old Marie-Philip Poulin scored the two goals for Canada [side note: when you hear of a girl younger than you doing this stuff, you wonder what you've done all your life]. Throughout the game the announcers kept calling her the "female Sidney Crosby." I did not see facial hair on that girl. You not so funny people. [Insert rimshot]
There were also a whopping 11 penalties committed during the game. With all of the physicality during the match, it reminded me of that scene from Mean Girls when Lindsay Lohan (drug-free at the time) tackled Rachel McAdams in a daydream.
You could clearly tell that the US players were tense and nervous; the passes weren't very clean, and once the puck was stolen from one of them, they would nearly draw penalties. Head coach Mark Johnson, one of the US players from the 30-year old "Miracle on Ice," wasn't able to keep these girls cool during the game.

You know what though? If I were a member of the US team, I'd be happy with how far we had went. They blew out the oppositions just about every game, and took down Sweden in the semifinal game--as Sweden upset the US in the semifinals in Turin in 2006.

[Side note: At least I wasn't Slovakia and have my team blown out by Canada 18-0.]

For more information on this game, click here

--AZ