Whitlock canned

Ball State grad Jason Whitlock has been fired by ESPN for critical comments he made about fellow ESPN co-workers Mike Lupica and Scoop Jackson. You might have seen Jason on "Pardon the Interruption" or when he filled in for Jim Rome on "Rome is Burning." Whitlock also had a column on ESPN's Page 2.

Happy Birthday Cindi

Best.MNF.Introduction.Ever.

Only people who watch the Chappelle Show will find this amusing.

Next Cubs manager?

Looks like Girardi won't be back with the fish next year.

Second.Best.Music.Video.Ever.

Of course this is the best music video ever, but the one below is pretty good too.

What is this world coming to (II)?!

Law & Order is on Fridays now?! How did Black Jack McCoy allow this to happen? Wednesday night is Black Jack's night.

What is this world coming to?!

If I were still at Purdue, people like this wouldn't be allowed on campus. This guy needs to be beaten with a garden hose while being forced to watch the clips in this post. Dave and I were there for the 1999 game. That's the season Drew Brees took the Boilers to the Rose Bowl.

Things I've Learned Since Becoming a Homeowner

It's time for a new series on my blog titled "Things I've Learned Since Becoming a Homeowner". The first thing I've learned is that running into a curb with a lawn mower is hard on the mower blade.

Happy Birthday Dad.

My Dad, the American Idol

The man in this video claims that I got my recent thirst for the limelight from my Uncle Rich. This footage shows exactly where my showmanship genes came from.

Roy Williams is an idiot

Roy just doesn't know when to shut up. Shortly after the loss to the Bears yesterday, Roy continued to make memorable comments even though the Bears had just won the game that Williams guaranteed the Lions would wbgin.

Vote for the Bears

Everyone who reads this needs to click here and vote for the Bears vs Bills game. Vote early and often even if you don't get WSBT. Don't subject Northern Indiana Bears fans to the torture of watching a Colts game. Everyone knows that Peyton has a touch.

Review of Gridiron Gang

I went to watch the Gridiron Gang with Angie and Kenny last night. I was pleasantly surprised with how good it was. It is pretty predictable but at least it was full of action scenes. I never would have guessed how it would end though. I never thought they would have The Rock beat up the officials and get shot by snipers. Oops, I hope all of you who wanted to see the movie already saw it.

My wife is a celebrity

If you go to the Goshen Applebee's you can see a picture of my wife with some of the other girls from her high school soccer team. The picture is in the third booth on your left as you walk in the front door.

ND Fact

Michigan scored 47 points against Notre Dame today, but that's not the highest point total ND has allowed at home. Can you guess which team scored the most points at ND?

If you said Purdue you are correct. Purdue racked up 52 points back in 1960. After watching Purdue dominate Indiana State, Miami (OH), and Ball State, I have no doubt that Purdue can put that many points up on the scoreboard when they head up to South Bend in two weeks. For those not familar with me, that last sentence was written with a heavy dose of sarcasm.

Crank

I went to see Crank tonight starring the guy from The Transporter and Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite. Overall the movie has a sufficient amount of action and humor, but I didn't like the weird camera shots that were a major part of the movie. Dave if you had trouble believing some of the scenes in The Transporter 2, you'll love the final scene of this movie. I usually have no trouble overlooking unrealistic scenes in actions movies, but even this was too much for me. I'm not going to say what happens because I don't want to ruin it for people who haven't gotten to see the movie yet. Overall, I'd probably rank this movie below The Transporter and Snatch, but above The Transporter 2.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

While mowing the lawn today, I was attacked by hundreds of orange flying ants. I was about ready to make a run for it when I noticed my nemesis, the spider, catching dozens of the ants in his web. The spiders, myself, and my mower formed an alliance known as the Triple Entente and went to war with the flying ants. I may add Bayer insect killer to the allied forces tomorrow when I get home from Purdue if the ants are still around. I think we may go with a scorched earth approach.

I had noticed the spiders earlier and was going to have Angie kill them when she got home (we all know I'm too scared of spiders to try and kill them). Bayer and I both hate spiders so we're going to perform a covert operation to take down the spiders once the ants have been defeated. Please don't tell the spiders.

One way to move up the depth chart

A backup punter for Northern Colorado has been accused of stabbing the starting punter in his kicking leg.

Purdue players grow some nice beards

First Kyle Orton (left) sported a sweet beard and now former teammate Stu Schweigert is joining in.

End of an era part II

Purdue President Martin Jischke is leaving on June 30th, 2007. Jischke is best known for...ummm...well I'm sure he's done something important since being named Prez at Purdue. I don't know why I would know what he's done since coming to Purdue. It's not like he's important like Gene Keady or Kyle Orton.

Must have wallpaper for computers

If you don't have this wallpaper, there is something wrong with you. I'm proud to show everyone I love the third string QB for the Bears.

Minnoy calling it quits

Purdue sophomore Nate Minnoy has decided to quit the basketball team and withdraw from the university. Click the title to read the article.

End of an Era

The Foxes took home third place today, defeated the Wolves by a score of 3-0. Kyle netted a goal in his final game for the Foxes. Today was also the last game Angie and I will coach until we have kids old enough to play. I end my 10-year career with two championships, one second place finish, and one third place finish. I think Angie has coached seven years with me and she was around for all of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes. It was pretty brutal my first three years when Dustin was my assistant coach.

TW lead the foxes with 28 goals this season, while Kyle finished tied for second on the team with five.

Lions coach in a little trouble

Lions assistant coach, Joe Cullen, has been arrested twice in the past two weeks. Once for driving naked and once for drunken driving. There's no excuse for the drunk driving, but what's wrong with driving naked? I say the terrorists have won if we're no longer allowed to drive naked.

Ingraham out for the season

Kyle Ingraham has been declared academically ineligible by the NCAA. The issue with Ingraham, who has been Purdue's second-leading receiver in each of the past two seasons, apparently has to do with one of the classes he took last spring at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, which he took to comply with the Big Ten Conference's progress toward degree requirements for athletes. I guess underwater basket weaving isn't recognized by the NCAA as progress toward degree requirements.

Foxes eliminated

The Foxes were ousted from the tourney tonight by the Bobcats, 2-0. There's not much to say. I was just outcoached by the greatest soccer mind of my generation, Bradye. The Foxes get to play for third place on Saturday against the Wolves.

Grin and Barrett

Looks like Michael Barrett is going to miss the remainder of the season after suffering an intrascrotal hematoma. He sustained the injury after taking a foul tip in the groin area. The bleeding was bad enough that it required surgery. That's all I'm going to say about that because I'm in pain just thinking about it. Actually, I'll say one more thing. Michael had to have been wearing a cup, because it would be nuts for a catcher to not wear one. How's that pun, Mr. Allen?

We hardly knew ye

So long Phil Nevin, it was great while it lasted. The Cubs sent Nevin and cash to the Twins on Thursday for the even popular PTBNL (player to be named later). That's gotta be a blow to your self esteem when you get traded to another team and they really don't even care who they get back in return.