Sports fans…. The holidays are upon us, college football is in their annual 3 week lull, and obviously nobody cares about the NBA… What better time to reflect on the years best/biggest stories. Scandal dominated the news in 2007. The World Wide Leader focuses on the cheaters and liars, and the big stories reflected that.
Thrillho is heading home for the holidays, so he leaves you with his top ten run down (in no particular order). Please submit comments at the end and share your top stories of 2007:
- Cheaters R Us – Unknowing to us ‘normies’, a new club was formed recently, apparently created over a plate or two
of dead babies by Barry Bonds and Bill Belichick. Kids everywhere, take notes: cheating will get you in the record books!! It seems like cheating is the hot thing to do, whether you are in track and field, baseball, football, basketball… it doesn’t seem to matter. The asterisk seems to be a commonplace symbol in sports nowadays. This year hasnt exactly been the best year for role models, which brings me to… - Mike Vick – I think enough has been said on this joker. He gambles away $140 million dollars to torture dogs. S-M-A-R-T!! When it backfires, he gets the book thrown at him. PETA rejoices, thugs and repoman sympathize. See you in ‘09 Mike.
Kevin Everett – Perhaps this is just because I am a Bills fan, but I found this to be one of the better ENDING stories of the year. Rarely do good things happen in Buffalo sports, but Kevin Everett’s story is a good one. He suffered a terrible injury which could have easily resulted in death, and far more often than not, paralysis. Now take a look at this picture. He is walking, going to the grocery store, healing. Many props to the Bills medical staff and the ‘Miami Project’. The Bills medical staff has had their hands full this year with all the injuries the Bills have suffered. They also dealt with what appeared to be a serious injury to Ocho Cinco.- Turncoats – 3 days into the year, the first turncoat of the year, Nick Saban, announced he was leaving the Miami Dolphins after stating he wasn’t. Now I’m no fan of the Dolphins, but Nick Saban comes off as such a turncoat in this situation. On top of this, he loses to the powerhouse Louisiana Monroe, and spews this beauty:
New to the club, Bobby Petrino… he couldnt even finish out a season before bailing on his team. Sure, he had to deal with the Mike Vick bullshit, but man up and stick it out. Now the rumors of Les Miles still leaving for Michigan wont die. I’m sure he will stay at LSU, but Saban showed us you cant take a coach for his word. - Gators win 3 in a row – In 2007, the Florida Gators won the final 2 of their 3 consecutive national championships
in Football and Basketball. This should get a mention. Quite an impressive feat, especially such a huge underdog against THE Ohio State University. This feat may not be matched for some time. However this year in football, we saw the traditional basketball school step it up in football with Kansas, and Kentucky. The Gators will not be contenders in basketball for a few years to come, but their football team will definitely be contenders in the nest couple years. - College Football Insanity - What a great year for college football. What a bad year to be ranked #2. Upsets virtually every week. What a great year to be in the Big Ten (get a championship game, softies)! This season was the most fun to watch in years (unless you are an Oregon fan). Even the press conferences were enjoyable, from 9/11 Saban, to the Mike Gundy blowup. Total craziness. We should have seen it coming since the year started out with big bowl game upsets with Biose State beating the mighty Oklahoma with a Statue of Liberty play and Florida spanking Ohio State. To top off the end of the regular season, a sophmore wins the Heisman trophy for the first time ever.
MLB – The Yankees barely make the playoffs, get beat in the first round, Clemens comes back (and sucks), Torre quits, A-Rod leaves (then comes back). The Rockies go on a streak for the ages. The Red Sox sweep. The Rangers score 30 runs in one game. Bonds breaks the record for most HRs, people boo his cheating ass. Perhaps this sports isn’t as boring as everything thinks….- Sean Taylor shot to Death - This story should get a mention as it had a big impact on the NFL. He was killed in an apparent robbery. People speculate on his seedy past (after all, he DID play at THE U!). His coach honors him by sending a defense with one few defenders, and calling two timeouts in a row.
- Imus fired for his Nappy comments – This story was actually pretty funny to me. I’m no fan of Imus, but in a culture like ours, is ‘Nappy Headed Hoes’ REALLY that hurtful? The Rutgers womens basketball team (who are OBVIOUSLY not nappy headed), gets their panties (jock straps) in a bunch when shock jock Imus calls them “nappy headed hoes”. After they get their hair straightened they do their run in the media acting all hurt. The Whaambulance works overtime on this one.
- Not All Players are Cheating Thugs! - I know its hard to believe, but there are actually some good role models out there. UDOJ said it well with his Mike Vick / Tiger Woods comparison. I will finish the list on a positive note, and to show that not all sports stories have to be about tragedy, or stupidity, or people dying, or getting arrested. The World Wide leader obviously likes to focus on the cheaters, liars, and crooks. But for everyone one of those, there are handfuls of stand up athletes.
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