Say it ain't so Bob

Bob Barker is going to retire this coming June from "The Price is Right". Bob is best known for beating up Adam Sandler in the movie Happy Gilmore. Actually he's probably best known for hosting The Price is Right, but his role in Happy Gilmore was funnier. I noticed in the article that Bob and I share the same birthday. Exciting huh?

Brees distances himself from mommy

Looks like Drew Brees and his mom don't get along anymore. Brees has asked his mother to stop using his picture in her campaign ads. According to the article, Brees' relationship with his mom went sour when he refused to hire her as his agent.

Painter craps the bed for the second week in a row

After throwing for 432 yards against a hapless Northwestern team, Curtis Painter has posted two consecutive craptastic outings. Last week he led the Purdue offense to three points by completing 20-of-40 passes for 187 yards and 1 interception. This week Painter was even more craptacular. The Purdue signal caller was 21-of-38 for 199 yards with two costly interceptions. Today's 12-0 defeat against Penn State is the first time Purdue has been shut out since Coach Tiller has taken over.

Jack's Back

Here's the trailer for the new season of 24.

Count Chocola

Angie literally bumped into Chris Chocola yesterday and he did not say excuse me or apologize. Angie added that he is very bony and looks like he is dead. Therefore, I say that Chris is probably a vampire and everyone should vote for Joe Donnelly.






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I haven't had deja vu in a long time

This movie looks good.

I haven't had deja vu in a long time

This movie looks good.

Free Tacos from Taco Bell for US...

UPDATE: No one left the yard last night, so no tree tacos. Sad face.

...and by "US" I mean the entire United States if a player from either team hits a homerun to left field in Game 3 of the World Series tonight. It would be better if they were giving away Crunchwrap Supremes (pictured left), but I guess a taco will do.

Bears-Giants game moved

The Bears game against the Giants on November 12th has been changed from an afternoon game on Fox to a night game on NBC. This is the first time the NFL has moved a game under the flexible scheduling format implemented in the new TV contract.

Cubs hire bench coach

The Cubs annouced the hiring of Alan Trammel today to be the bench coach and infield instructor. Trammel was last seen managing the Tigers to a 186-300 mark from 2003-2005. I think we need to overlook his record as manager with the Tigers. I don't think it is possible for anyone to lead them to a World Series, oh wait nevermind.

I'm glad I got out when I did

This is why I stopped coaching youth soccer. Well that and the fact that I can't stand children.

Highlights from "The Comeback"

Jeff Joniak from WBBM is so much better than those maroons from MNF.

Tribute to the '85 Bears Defense

Here's a tribute to the best Bears defense ever.

No more hair comments

When you make fun of my widow's peak, you're also making fun of Brian Urlacher. Brian is twice the man you guys are and so am I.

The new Bob Huggins?

Kings coach Eric Mussleman was arrested on a drunken driving charge early Saturday, hours after his team's exhibition victory over the Utah Jazz. The 41-year-old coach failed three sobriety tests and had a blood-alcohol level of 0.11, according to the arrest report. The legal limit is 0.08. I'd probably be drinking alot too if I had Ron Artest on my team.

New computer

I finally decided to spend some money and upgrade from my Gateway Solo laptop to a more robust desktop. The Solo has a blazing 367 MHz Intel Celeron processor and 256 MB of RAM. The new beast has a 1.86 GHz Core 2 Duo, 1 GB of RAM, and a 200 GB Serial ATA hard drive. Because this computer went together so easy for me, I am proud to announce that Mattern PC now offers Core 2 Duos as an option for its computers.

Brown out

UPDATE: The Bears placed Mike Brown on the IR today, ending his season. Brown suffered a Lisfranc fracture while scoring a touchdown Monday night.

As reported by Erv, Mike Brown could be done for the season. Brown had surgery on a ligament in his right foot this morning and is out indefinitely.

Lovie also announced today that the team has suspended safety Brandon McGowan for a week for violating a team rule. The Bears have a bye this week so the suspenion will not have much of an effect on the secondary for the game against the 49ers.

For die hard Cubs fans only

Starting next season, Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers, Phillies, Cubs and Dodgers fans can have their team's logo on their urn or casket. You like how I used the word "die" in the title for a post about caskets and urns??? Seriously, they don't come any wittier than me.

It's time for Prior and Wood to get out

The Cubs just revealed that Mark Prior (seen left doing one of the infamous "towel drills" that Mark and Kerry Wood like to do during rehab) was sent to orthopedic specialist on Monday to get a second opinion on his sore right shoulder. The doc found some "looseness" in the shoulder. I don't know what that means for Prior, but I know that it is time for the Cubs to dump Prior and Wood. If the Cubs are lucky, maybe they can package Prior with someone else to get Ichiro or A-Rod. That's right, I said Ichiro. There have been some rumblings that Ichiro might be reunited with Piniella.

Mayne Event with Robbie Gould

Watch this quick because ESPN will probably make YouTube take it down soon.

Playoffs?!

In honor of Denny Green's meltdown, I had to post this Jim Mora classic.

Denny Green Postgame Interview

Denny wasn't very happy after the Cardinals demoralizing defeat last night at the hands of the Bears. The guy at the end that says Matt Leinart will be coming in five minutes is almost funnier than Denny's tirade. I love how he acts like Denny didn't just pull a Bobby Knight.

Snipes headed to the pokey?

Wesley Snipes was indicted Tuesday on eight counts of tax fraud accusing him of trying to cheat the government of $12 million in false refund claims. Snipes could spend a maximum of 16 years in prison. I'll never understand why wealthy people continue to get into this kind of trouble. If he's hard up for cash all he has to do his make another craptastic movie like Undisputed.

After looking at his recent filmography, I think I have a whole other topic to cover. Has anyone seen his last few movies (Hard Luck, The Detonator, Chaos, The Marksman)? Chaos starred one of this blog's favorite actors, Jason Statham, but I've never heard of it. Judging from what I can find on Google, the movie has already been released. Anyway, what's the deal with Snipes and his straight to DVD movie roles? Maybe he's been typecast by Hollywood and can't get any major roles that don't involve him being a vampire-human hybrid. It's hard seeing Snipes fall so far. Back in 1997 he was in one of the best movies of all time. It was the address that changed all the rules!

Warrant issued for White Sox player

Authorities in the Dominican Republic are looking for Juan Uribe after a warrant was issued for his arrest in connection with the shooting of two men. Ronny Cedeno may not be very good, but at least we don't have to worry about him shooting people.

Here we go

Now that Piniella is on board, let the A-Rod rumors begin. According to this article, the Cubs are thinking about going after Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Lee, and Jason Schmidt.

What a comeback by the Bears

Thanks to Erv for calling me and alerting me to the fact that the Bears somehow managed to go up 24-23 on the Cards. I would've been pretty upset when I woke up in the morning to see that the Bears won the game. By the way, Devin Hester is the new Dante Hall.

Rahula Strohl from the Chicago Trib summed the ending of this game up best when he said, "If anyone, anywhere tells you they saw this coming, they're a bunch of lying liars from liartown." With Dave as my witness, I did tell him that the Bears were going to win 24-23 in the third quarter, but I obviously didn't believe myself since I went to bed before the game was over.

The Bears got pwned

The game isn't officially over but I've seen enough to know I've seen too much (bonus points if you know what movie that line comes from). The score is 23-10 with 9:08 left and Sexy Rexy just threw his third interception of the game. Both Mike Brown and Ricky Manning Jr are out for the rest of the game. I gotta say there's nothing worse than watching your heavily favored team lay an egg on national television. Ok, getting kicked in the jibblets by an Arizona Cardinals fan while watching your team get destroyed on national television would be worse.

Ricky Manning Jr to learn fate this week

Cornerback Ricky Manning Jr. will travel to NY on Wednesday to meet with league officals to try and talk his way out of being suspended. Manning leads the Bears with three interceptions this season.

Cubs to announce new manager tomorrow

UPDATE: Piniella is the new manager of the Cubs.

The Cubs are set to announce Lou Piniella (left, getting the intruder) as their new manager tomorrow according to ESPN 1000. I wonder if he'll be hablaing Espanol to some of his players.

Melee in Miami

Here's some footage of the fight between Miami and Florida International yesterday. Miami coach Larry Coker said that at least eight of his players will be suspended. The footage is over three minutes long, but all the major action takes place in the first minute.

Steve "Psycho" Lyons Canned by Fox

Fox fired Steve Lyons for racially insensitive remarks directed at Lou Piniella during Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. Read this article and tell me why he deserved to be fired. I don't get it. I must be racially insensitive too I guess.

Purdue stand-out WR sidelined due to eye injury

Selwyn Lymon missed today's game against Northwestern due to an eye injury he sustained when he was shot with a 6-millimeter plastic pellet fired from an air gun. Lymon was involved in some type of game with 20-25 people, possibly including some teammates, when he was injured.

Lymon was one of the few bright spots of the ND game, catching eight passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns.

Sweet Lou coming to Chicago?

According to the Sun-Times, Lou Piniella will be the next manager of the Cubs.

Panthers lose a close contest

The Boys' Soccer team lost a heartbreaker to Riley tonight in the regional semi-finals, 4-3. The team fell down 4-1 late in the second half, but rallied to score two goals before the game ended. The guys had a great season and will always be remembered as the first NW soccer team to capture a sectional championship.

I wish I owned YouTube

Google announced today that they are buying YouTube for $1.65 BILLION in stock.

Cubs interview former player

The Cubs interviewed Joe Girardi today for the opening that was created when Dusty Baker wasn't invited back.

Speaking of Dusty, what should I do with my Dusty Baker bobblehead?

Sectional Champs

As many of you may know, NW Boys' Soccer won the first sectional title in NW history Saturday night. Considering the storied history of the program, it is hard to believe that they haven't captured one before. There have been two sectional runner-ups, one of which was the 1998 team (my senior year). The fantabulous manager of that '98 team is somewhere in the background of the picture above.

Winner of the Bears vs Colts vote

Three weeks ago I asked everyone to vote in WSBT's poll to decide which game they should show tomorrow. The choices were the Bears vs the Bills or the Colts vs the Titans. Well, the votes are in and we'll be watching the Bears tomorrow. The Bears pulled down 58% of the votes, even with Mikel voting several times for the Colts.

Don't get too attached "Lost" fans

I just read today that Lost will be on for five more weeks and then off until February. I hate it when shows take off over two months in the middle of the new TV season. Isn't that what's the summer is for?

Friday Night Lights

I normally don't talk about TV much on here, but I was so impressed by NBC's new show Friday Night Lights that I had to recommend it to my dozens and dozens of readers. NBC hasn't been pushing it as much as Heroes or Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip so you might not have heard anything about it. If you enjoyed the movie by the same name or Varsity Blues, chances are you'll enjoy this show. The best part is that the player who is being recruited by Notre Dame appears to be paralyzed in the pilot episode. I say appeared because I'm sure he'll make a miraculous comeback in a later episode. NBC is re-airing the pilot tonight at 8:00 EDT.

DISCLAIMER: I also enjoyed the ill-fated ESPN show Playmakers and Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday so take what I say with a grain of salt.

He gone

Only a day after Cubs Prez Andy McPhail stepped down, the Cubs announced to the surprise of no one that Dusty Baker will not be back next year. Now all that's left is to dump GM Jim Hendry.

Purdue has the more "manly" QB

Purdue didn't win today, but at least Purdue's QB, Curtis Painter, doesn't shave his arms and legs like nancy boy Brady Quinn. Shaving your arms and legs is only permissible if you are a professional wrestler or a swimmer. Last time I checked, Quinn is neither a wrestler or a swimmer.