Miracle Finish: End Zone Angle

Got this from my pal at the Wizard Of Odds. It's the end zone view of that miraculous 15-lateral play last weekend in the Trinity-Millsaps game. Still amazing from any angle.

Streaker In England? Shocking!

The NFL tried its hand at staging a game in England last weekend. The New York Giants' 13-10 over the winless Miami Dolphins didn't do much to inspire interest, but a streaker did. The NFL should have seen this coming a mile away though since streaking seems to be a sport all onto itself in the Mother Country.

Georgia Celebrates TD Against Florida

I'm usually not a fan of trash talk, but this display by Georgia against Florida over the weekend was actually kinda cool and out of the ordinary. Georgia Coach Mark Richt planned the whole thing and was OK with taking an excessive celebration penalty.

Miracle Football Finish In Mississippi

This happened over the weekend while I was in Pennsylvania and it was all over ESPN and the like. But in case you were under a rock and didn't see it, here it is. It's the ending of the Trinity-Millsaps Division III college football game in Mississippi. One thing that many people have wondered is why does it seem that the Millsaps players stop after the last lateral, allowing the Trinity player to score. What I think happened is that the last lateral hit the ground (which is OK on such plays) and the Millsaps players, in their haze of chasing around the Trinity players for so long, mistook the lateral for an incomplete pass and their football instincts told them to "stop" and that the play was dead. Or else the miracle finish might not have been completed.

In Case You're Wondering...

Sorry I haven't been posting lately, but I've had some issues and just haven't been able to get to the computer. And tomorrow morning, we are leaving to visit Melissa at college so I won't be posting anything until next week (unless of course I can find time and Internet access during the next four days). Anyway, just wanted to keep my loyal three readers abreast in case you're wondering.

Hockey Fight: Laraques vs. Brashear

Here's a good hockey fight from the other night's Capitals-Penguins game. It's Georges Laraque against Donald Brashear. The announcer calls it like a prize fight. Classic. Laraque does the most of the damage until the end when Brashear storms back in an instant. Again, you gotta listen to the announcer. It's great stuff.

Banning Breast Cancer Shirts

These high school girls in Kansas were forbidden from wearing or selling these T-shirts at school during their campaign to raise money during Breast Cancer Awareness month. Here's the article speaking about their plight. Oh, by the way, one of their mothers died from breast cancer five years ago and the other just completed chemotherapy.

Anze Kopitar And Cereal

The Kings finally won an NHL game again tonight although it took a shootout to hand the Minnesota Wild its first loss. The Kings hadn't won since opening the season in London and beating the Ducks, 4-1. That seems like months ago. Anze Kopitar, one of the few reasons to watch the Kings anymore, scored the team's third goal and then clinched it with a goal in the shootout on a nifty move that only a handful of players could have pulled off. Now, I love Kopitar and his potential, but I've been thinking about this for a long time. Does anyone else think he bears a striking resemblance to cartoon figure Frankenberry, whose likeness can be found on the cereal box of the same name? And again, I don't mean any harm because I really love the guy as a player. I've just long thought this, so I figured I'd throw it out there. Anyway, you be the judge.

The only other instance I could find with Frankenberry being compared to someone famous is the one below, but I think it has more to do with names than likenesses although I suppose I do see some resemblance in the eyes and jaw. I think mine's better though.

Kenny Lofton Is The Greatest

The well-traveled Kenny Lofton, currently performing admirably for the Cleveland Indians, became the all-time leader in stolen bases in the postseason. You won't be surprised to learn that the record he broke of 33 once belonged to the humble Rickey Henderson. And who can forget Rickey's speech when he broke Lou Broke's all-time stolen base record.

Amazing Venezuelan Goal

Believe it or not, but qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa began over the weekend and the first set of games brought this amazing goal by Jose Manuel Rey of Venezuela in a game against Ecuador. You just gotta see it. In good news personally, Colombia held Brazil to a 0-0 tie at Bogota.

Andy Samberg Throws Punches

For some reason I found this digital short from SNL to be pretty funny. Once again it's our friend Andy Samberg. He's got some classic reactions in this piece where he punches people just before they take a bite of something. The whole thing kinda peters out at the end though.

Chris Farley Shenanigans

Over the weekend, we had our 20-year high school reunion, and on the way there and back somehow the subject of "Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker" came up and boy did we laugh. "You're not going to amount to Jack Squat!!!" ... "Hey dad, I can't see real good. Is that Bill Shakespeare over there?" ... and more. So I had to post this. Below that is one of my other Chris Farley favorites.

From "The Chris Farley Show":

Bishop Amat Alum Eric Bieniemy

Tomorrow is my 20-year high school reunion and in honor of the event I figured I'd write a little something about who I figure is the most famous alum of Bishop Amat's Class of 1987, Eric Bieniemy. I doubt Eric will be attending the festivities as he surely will be busy preparing for Sunday's NFL game involving the Minnesota Vikings at the Chicago Bears. Eric is the Vikings running backs coach, himself having been an accomplished player at the position while in college at Colorado and in the NFL with a variety of teams, including the San Diego Chargers. He finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1990 behind Rocket Ismail of Notre Dame and winner Ty Detmer of BYU. He joined the Vikings this season after having been the running backs coach for UCLA. Needless to say, I was sorry to see him go, but a man's gotta do what he's gotta do, right? He was as tenacious a recruiter as he was a player and UCLA made great strides with him on the coaching staff and through his emotional guidance. But Eric was also part of one of college football's most controversial sequences ever: Colorado's fifth-down victory over Missouri in 1990 (video below)

How something such as this could happen without anyone noticing at the time is amazing considering all the people at a football game assigned to keep track of such things. Still, it remains quite a moment and Eric was right in the middle of the action. There's even a Wikipedia page devoted to the event, which helps you follow the events if you're watching the video. Colorado went on to share the national championship that season, although without the fifth-down victory, that would have never happened. Crazy how some things work out sometimes.

Those SNL Digital Shorts

Don't know why these two videos were on my mind, but I thought I'd post them. They still make me laugh every time (and usually get pulled from YouTube by NBC). Natalie Portman is teh hot as a gangsta rapper. And Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell are a perfect pair.

Lazy Sunday:

And since we're on the subject, how could I not include "Lazy Scranton" (A Michael Scott Joint):

Boulerice Suspended For 25 Games

Jesse Boulerice of the Philadelphia Flyers received an NHL-record 25-game suspension on Friday for this hit on Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks the other night. If you watch the whole video, you will see that both players were going at it for much of the game. It's amazing with the stick hitting Kesler so square in the face that the injury wasn't more serious.

'The Price Is Right' Version 2

I guess I should've realized this, but Drew Carey has already taken over "The Price Is Right" for Bob Barker. But it's good to know that some things never change regardless of who is the host. This woman is crazy AND she needs to go to the bathroom.

Baseball Bugs

We were just talking about this cartoon at work. How many of you remember it? "First base, Bugs Bunny, Second base, Bugs Bunny, pitcher, Bugs Bunny" and so on... and who could forget, "One, two, three strikes you're out, one, two, three strikes you're out..." Since the AL and NL championship series have begun, seemed like a good time to post this, And here's a pretty good Wikipedia article to go along with it. And if you're REALLY interested, here's a very detailed "analysis" of the cartoon:

Miracle Finish For Akron

Sorry for my absence this week, but I've just been really busy with home stuff and getting ready for my 20-year high school reunion this weekend. But that's another story (perhaps blogable). Anyway, getting back to the business at hand, I had been looking for the video below earlier this week but couldn't find it. Now, I see there are several copies of it around. It's a miracle finish from last weekend's Akron-Western Michigan game. Last play of the game and Akron trailing by five points after Western Michigan had just scored and was kicking off. Now granted it's no Cal-Stanford (which you can also see below) but still pretty impressive. Although if you watch the second video, it points out an obvious penalty that should have negated the return. Oh well, then we wouldn't be having this fun now would we?

Now here's the video from the back angle, showing the penalty:

And of course, here's The Play:

Soccer Embellishment To The Max

This post goes out to The Law as he and I exchanged comments about the Ricardo Clark MLS cheap shot and I said I didn't think Carlos Ruiz was embellishing the pain. He disagreed, but I think he misunderstood what exactly I was getting at in my assessment. Anyway, if you want to see a real example of embellishment, take a look at what AC Milan goalkeeper Dida does after giving up this goal to Celtic.

New Geico Commercials

These have been out for a few weeks, but when a company can turn an advertising campaign into a prime-time sitcom, you gotta pay a little bit of attention. These latest versions seem to be spoofs on like E! True Hollywood stories or something similar. Here they are:
Jed Clampett of the Beverly Hillbillies

Fred Flintstone

Ben Winkler (Cabbage Patch Kid)

Chatty Cathy

Ricardo Clark Gets His Kicks

This is a rather ugly incident that took place in MLS over the weekend as Ricardo Clark of the Houston Dynamo kicks Carlos Ruiz of FC Dallas after the way got tangled up during a free kick. Watch the force that Clark uses to hurt Ruiz, who has been known to embellish. I don't think that's the case this time. On Thursday, MLS suspended Clark for nine games, the longest suspension in the league's history.

The Mike Coolbaugh Tragedy

Perhaps you heard about the death of Mike Coolbaugh this summer. He was a minor league baseball first-base coach who was struck in the back of the head by a batted ball and basically died on the field. Sports Illustrated wrote a touching story about Coolbaugh's widow, their two young sons and also how this horrific tragedy had affected the player who had hit the ball. Now, word came Thursday that the Colorado Rockies, whom Mike worked for, voted to give his wife Amanda a full playoff share of whatever bonus monies the team earns in their drive toward the World Series. This Saturday, Coolbaugh's sons, Joseph, 5, and Jacob, 3, will throw out the honorary first pitches before the game against the Phillies in what is sure to be an emotionally gut-renching scene. Good for the Rockies to step up to the plate the way they did.

The Sopranos On Letterman

This is a another good one from the previous post on Letterman. If you're fan of "The Sopranos" this is a must-see. Top 10 Things Never Before Said On The Sopranos.

David Letterman At Taco Bell

David Letterman has always been my favorite late-night talk-show host for as long as I can remember. He's had some classic bits over the years, but the one below is one of my favorite of all time. It's Dave working the drive-thru at a Taco Bell in New Jersey. 'Nuff said. I found this video at this link by Uber.com, which has a compilation of what they say are the top 10 Letterman moments. Click on the previous link to see all of them.

Keith Hernandez And Spring Street

Every day I go to work, I take the Spring Street exit off the 101 north and every day it's usually fairly uneventful. But last week, something caught my eye. It wasn't the usual graffiti that you see all over Downtown L.A., but rather a "mural" of an old baseball star. Keith Hernandez. Yes, that Keith Hernandez, the 1979 National League MVP with the St. Louis Cardinals but better known for his days with the New York Mets of the 1980s. The guy was on "Seinfeld" for crying out loud. So I had to wonder what the hell this mural means. Why would someone paint a face in such an obscure location? And why Hernandez in L.A.? The mysteries abound. I pulled off to the shoulder today and took this photo with my cellphone.

Florida Fan Simply Loses It

What is it they say? Fan is short for "fanatic"? After watching this clip you will see the spirit of this cliche in action. The "fan" in question is a supporter of the Florida Gators football team (the defending national champions). They played the Auburn Tigers over the weekend and were supposed to handle them fairly easily. But (to use another cliche), there is a reason why they play the games and you can probably guess what happens next. Auburn kicks a late field goal, Florida loses, and Joe Fan practically rips out his vocal chords because he's so distressed at the turn of events. And this aside to my wife: If you ever say I take watching sports too seriously, watch this clip to refresh your memory. Also, there are F-bombs up the wazoo, so be careful where and in front of whom you watch this.

Conan O'Brien: In The Year 2000

One of my favorite bits on the Conan O'Brien show. He's been doing this since BEFORE 2000, but the fact that he's still doing it (in 2007) makes it all the more hilarious. This edition involves Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Woody Austin Is All Wet

Not a huge golf fan, but figured this one would be good to post as it's nice to see anyone take a header into the drink. This is Woody Austin of the U.S. team during last weekend's President's Cup in Montreal, where the temperature looked a bit nippy based on Austin's attire.