Day: August 10, 2010

Eat My Sports: The summer of sports that wasn’t

When I was 21, I went on a date to go see M Night Shymalan’s “The Village.” I had low expectations after “Unbreakable” and  Mel Gibson’s performance in “To Hell With My Daughter and the Jews Signs.” Still, I came in with hope, that maybe, just maybe, one of the biggest releases of the summer would actually live up to the hype. Five minutes into the movie I told the girl I was with that not only were they in a secluded village from the modern world, but they would need to contact the modern world for help to save them. Not only was I right, but the ride to the end was boring, I wanted my money back for being able to know what was going to happen, and I had to deal with crappy acting along the way. Welcome to sports in the summer of 2010.

Coming into this summer I expected a few things: Tiger Woods to fail on an epic level that even a year ago never seemed possible, the NBA landscape to face a massive power shift, and the Yankees to pay their way to another boring first place finish. (Side note: don’t even say that you didn’t see that prostitution case with Lawrence Taylor coming, the man’s got more powder on his face than the Pillsbury Doughboy.) Well and basically, I called it, and it was a boring ride to the finish. Continue reading Eat My Sports: The summer of sports that wasn’t

Just the outcome you’d expect

The descendants of legendary Apache, Geronimo, found out what happens when you sue a notorious secret society that has included two of the last four presidents in its ranks: the case never makes it to trial.

The family attempted to sue Skull and Bones, Yale University for the theft of Geronimo’s remains. They were rumored to have been stolen by Prescott Bush and later used by his son, George H.W. Bush, and grandson, George W. Bush, to snort various drugs and do things that aren’t necessarily gay if you’re wearing a cowl and will one day rule the world.

Unfortunately, Judge Richard Roberts dismissed the suit because the world’s most famous Native American doesn’t count as a Native American artifact because he was “excavated or discovered before 1990.” (Which seems to imply that the theft of a federal grave equals “excavation or discovery.”)

This leaves Geronimo’s family one option: body raid at Yale!

Bad fashion never looked so good

If you had to choose between two things you hated, what would you do? Do you hate PETA or women who where Uggs more? It’s like the reverse Sophie’s choice.

Miss Australia is feeling the wrath of both fashionistas for wearing Ugg boots. The Miss Universe contestant is under fire from the animal rights group because her outfit involves animal fur, which for some reason is a bad thing, and people who just hate it when women wear those boot things.

Seriously, do you take the evil PETA’s side, and condemn the Uggs, or do you stand up for humanity and support Miss Australia’s choice to wear fur?