Archive | 2:12 pm

Russell Westbrook will not be altering his game, thank you very much

16 Jun

Fine Russell don’t adjust . . . let’s just see how that plays out.
-M

2012 US Open – Round Two Recap:

16 Jun

Still trying to catch up on the US Open. This article helped me.
-M

Best Dunks 2012?

16 Jun

Don’t worry only two of them are Clippers’ Blake Griffin. I wonder if there are some that need to be added. Thoughts?

-M

Josh Hamilton Out of Hospital

16 Jun

Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton has been released from the hospital Saturday morning. He was there due to dehydration because of an intestinal virus. Hamilton has been in the hospital since Friday. Apparently the bug was going around his family. He is expected to make it back for the series to start in San Diego on Monday.

-M

The Longest Walk Ever

16 Jun

Friday night Nik Wallenda became the first man ever to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls. I being the practical person decided to DVR it so I didn’t miss a minute. Little did I know that I really jammed my DVR with 3 hours of programming about this event. Yes, 2 1/2 hours leading up to a walk that took 25 minutes and 19 seconds. In which I think ABC reporters covered every aspect of Wallenda’s life including what he ate for breakfast that morning.

Although tightrope walking across Niagara Falls seems exciting it is actually really boring to watch. Wallenda literally just walked balancing a pole for 25 minutes occasionally praying to God and being interviewed by reporters trying to spice things up by messing with his concentration. And thanks to fears of ABC executives he was wearing a safety harness so there was no worries he would plummet to his death. It was an amazing feat in history that I wish I just read about the next day.

For ABC it was a gold mine for ratings getting 13.1 million viewers on what would normally be a dead night in programming. Which I guess was worth the 1.3 million it cost to set-up this extravaganza. And because it did so good we now get to watch Wallenda walk across the Grand Canyon next.  . .

If you want some real tightrope action rent “Man on a Wire,” that dude walked between the World Trade Center Towers with no safety harness.

-M