The Airing of Grievances

Congratulations Dominique

Sounds like 'Nique will be taking his rightful place in the NBA Hall of Fame. The fact that he got snubbed last year, coupled with the fact that Scottie Pippen made the 50 Greatest NBA Players of All-Time list, makes me wonder if all those associated with making NBA talent calls are caught back in the late '80's when the crack epidemic was at its apex. Notwithstanding the no titles, the purported ball hogging and the purported lack of d, Dominique Wilkins was the shit. Plain, simple. And the way the Hawks shipped him out for Danny Manning that year when it finally looked like they might make some legit playoff noise was flat out wrong, and I'm happy to see that they've been paying for it ever since.

Oh yeah, even though I love me some MJ, can we all agree that The Human Highlight Reel was robbed? A 45? Ridiculous.

Baseball's Investigation

Too early, too late, right on time, blah, blah, blah...reasonable minds can disagree. What reasonable minds can not disagree upon though, is the fact that Bud Selig and whoever else may be pulling his strings are really bunch of first rate assclowns. The "integrity of the game" is purportedly at issue and you hire a guy to run the investigation who is a part owner of the Boston Red Sox? Not only is that a glaring conflict of interest on its face, but it's greatly exacerbated when you consider that two of the three players at center of the tempest are members of the hated New York Yankees. I mean, you can trot out as many stoolies as you want to tell us that George Mitchell's integrity is greater than Honest Abe's, and heck, may be it is (very doubtful though considering the blue ribbon report), but the bottom line is that when your goal involves restoring "integrity to the game", and you launch that effort with something that has the appearance of impropriety splattered all over it, you really can't be classified as anything other than a Fool.

Those Who Do Not Study History Are Bound To Repeat It

"It's obvious to me right now that the Jets just don't understand what the Draft is all about."  Amen, Kiper.

Enjoy it for the memorable f-ups, like Blair Thomas, but stay for the really freaky ones, like Lamb Jones and Jeff Lageman.  So. Much. Pain.

In retrospect, Kenny O over Marino is hard enough to watch, but Kyle Brady over Sapp may be even worse.

Hopefully, the X-Mas Tree and the Mangina can turn the ship around with three picks in the top 35.

Final Four Gets Real

This year's insane final four has left 3 people in one of my pools with possible points to earn this weekend.  3 people, and 60 others sitting on their hands watching.  Just amazing gambling futility.  You all know you are feenin' for something to keep your head in the games on Saturday.

So, what do you do to keep things fun this weekend, to keep them real?  Try putting your head to picking this bracket - The Realests Final Four, from a blog called The Realests started by two NYers and part time AofGers.  Go vote on who got the most real in the NCAA tournament over the years, from Davin Ham, to 15th seeded coaches, to the incomparable Al Skinner.  All good times, but none more Realest than this:

Seeing this picture almost 15 years later is like watching the exact moment in time when a possible hall of famer sealed his fate an all-time choker, and it makes me feel a bit remorseful that I was so happy when it happened.  Is that a sign that I'm getting soft in my old age?

Fit Club Big Finish

It's coming today.  Cozmo and Jackie have been feverishly prepping to make their goal weights.  Weigh-ins are due by Noon today.

Results will be posted on the site Monday morning.  Final Judements, on Tuesday.

Prepare yourselves.

Page 6 For I-Bankers

As if I didn't have enough daily reads, what with the SportsFrog, Deadspin, Flash, NYDN, the Daily Deal and the WSJ, as well as Yahoo & BBC News, along comes DealBreaker.com, a new Wall St. gossip blog.  Finally, a Gawker for the uberclass!

DealBreaker comes complete with player profiles, an insider's look at the day's news, Joe Parella's "daughter" talking about how she got into HBS, and this little ditty about old Enron tombstones.  Mmmmm.  You know I loves me some tombstones.

Hopefully, DealBreaker will continue to brighten up my days as I start on this new cross-border buyside I was staffed on yesterday.  Yikes.

(Finder's Fee to Driving Fan)

Hey Kramer

Happy Birthday, man. Can we get some patented third-person ramblings from the AofG Legend that is Kramer?

Drinks on me.

Not That There's Anything Wrong With That

Karl Rove on Josh Bolten -- the Boy King's new Chief of Staff:

"He's soft-spoken but very clear thinking. I love him in an entirely appropriate way."

(Thanks GO)

Contrary to popular belief ...

... she's not "an amateur." Sharon Stone:

"I was in the store the other day and I watched a young girl trying on clothes, showing her abdomen. Her mother was trying to talk to her about not being inappropriately luring. I said, 'Gee that would look much nicer with a camisole under.' Her mother walked away, and I said to the girl, 'I'd like to give you a two-minute conversation about sex.' Young people talk to me about what to do if they're being pressed for sex? I tell them: oral sex is a hundred times safer than vaginal or anal sex. If you're in a situation where you cannot get out of sex, offer a blow job. I'm not embarrassed to tell them."

God bless. (Knob job: Drudge)

Tough Crowd

Now, while Jesus has not gone completely off the reservation, somebody might wanna test Coach Hill for crack. An "8"? Wow.

(Jelly & Syrup: Slam)