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Sunday, March 30, 2008Tom Izzo and Rick BarnesI may be the only one...but probably not...that thinks that Izzo and Barnes are both cowardly coaches? During their respective games against Memphis, they employed the "Hack-A-Shaq" method of defense. This style of defense entails of grabbing whatever player that has the ball. A foul is called. Said fouled player then shoots free throw. This is common at the end of games to try to extend the time you have to come back. I have no problem with that. And fouling Memphis in a close game is a great idea. During the regular season, Memphis shot around 52% free throws. Which is unbelievably bad, considering how good they are. But again...I have no problem with fouling at the end of game when it is close. But neither of these games were close when the other team started fouling. I think Memphis was up about 15-20 in both games. All that does is draw out the game and makes the basketball insufferable to watch. booo to Tom Izzo and Rick Barnes for having no respect in defeat. BOOOO I SAY!!!   Subscribe to the DIA FeedLabels: College Basketball Friday, March 28, 2008Free Sports Betting!!!Yes...this is actually true, at Cent Sports. A buddy of mine told me about it the other day. The bets are "free" because they are paid for by the advertisers of the site. They start you off with 10 cents in your account. With that 10 cents you can bet on any of the sporting events that are going on. If you win...you get more money in you account (the amount depends on how you bet). If you lose...you get to start over with 10 cents! You can also get bonuses on your wins if you look at a few more ads, which only takes a few seconds. I tried it out last night. I took the Nuggets (-9 at home against the Mavs. I won the bet...and now my account has 28 cents in it. You can cash out once you reach $10. Go check it out...it's a lot of fun to bet with other people's money! Subscribe to the DIA FeedLabels: Gambling Tuesday, March 25, 2008Greg Oden is FunnyThis was pointed out on a couple other sports blogs...but I'm posting it here anyway. It is a Portland Trailblazers pregame show segment where they followed Greg Oden around at the grocery store. heh...heh...I love that he gets mad at the guy for putting stuff on top of the eggs. Here's hoping more Greg Oden videos show up soon! Subscribe to the DIA FeedLabels: Greg Oden Friday, March 21, 2008Tournament TimeI have Georgetown winning it all. I don't think I am right...but I am always really bad at these things. Also, I am in an NIT and CBI contest with my dad. I picked OSU and Viginia to win, respectively. Go Bulldogs, Bucks and Cavs! Subscribe to the DIA FeedLabels: College Basketball Tuesday, March 18, 2008New gig - Jdsblog.comI recently started a new writing gig for an upcoming business blog at www.jdsblog.com. I will be writing about purchasing/buying/inventory control. (that's what I do in real life. During the day, I buy things. At night, I fight crime. And sometimes write stuff. But mostly fight crime.) I am pretty excited about it and I hope you will check out the blog. It is an interesting blog with some interesting business tips. Tell your friends about it! Subscribe to the DIA FeedLabels: DIA News, Other Writings Thursday, March 13, 2008Bron BronI'm watching the Thursday night NBA game, and tonight it is Cavs vs. Wizards. Both teams are pretty bad, but I wanted to spend a little time here talking about LeBron James. disclaimer: LeBron is my favorite player. Whenever I play basketball and I shoot a good shot I yell out, "LEBRON!!!!!" Also...I am 7 years old. Anyway...I am watching this game and LeBron is literally being triple teamed. Sometimes when he gets the ball in the corner he has his man forcing him to the baseline...where a large defender is waiting. And there is also a guy standing at the free throw line just in case LeBron gets past the first two. There is one reason why this keeps happening: The rest of the Cavs suck. They are terrible. If LeBron passes it to a wide open teammate (which happens a lot because of the triple teams)...they miss the shot. I feel bad for Bron Bron. I mean, sure...he is making 1 trillion billion dollars to play basketball and gets anything he could ever want. But his teammates suck! But here comes the 4th quarter...and that's Bron Bron time! Subscribe to the DIA FeedLabels: LeBron James, NBA Monday, March 10, 2008"Doctor of Changeupology"That's right...Reds baseball and George Grande are back!!!! Tonight the Reds were on TV for the first time this year, and it was a nice opportunity to see some people I have been hearing about. And a nice opportunity to try to learn the names of players with super high uniform numbers before they get sent down to the minors! More importantly, it is a nice opportunity to start watching the same 7 commercials I will watch for the entire summer! And even morer importantly...nay...the mostest of importancy...the WONDERFUL opportunity to hear George Grande speak again! This year, I set a record by uttering my first snide/derisive statement about George Grande's commentary. It took me about 12 seconds into the pre-game to mock his laugh. I am hoping next year to break my record by at least 5 seconds. Georgie was in mid season form tonight...but nothing was better...and it might not be topped all season...than when he said "Having Mario Soto around is like have your very own DOCTOR OF CHANGEUPOLOGY." BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!! SOOOO BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!INAWFINA@N!INASDKFN!K!!!!!! Actually, I like George Grande well enough...by all accounts he seems like a super guy and is very well respected around MLB. I just wish he would stop talking so much. That said...I am very much looking forward to hearing him exclaim, "HE GOT IT!!!" I am also looking forward to seeing "those flashbulbs a poppin" when Griffey gets close to 600. Good times. Anyway...about the baseball...Bailey was average, but did throw a couple real nice change-ups. But the real star was Edison Volquez, the guy we traded Josh Hamilton for. He struck out 7 in 4 impressive innings. His fastball was fast and his change-up was devastating. Apparently Johnny Cueto has an even more devastating change-up. (I would assume this is all because they have been attending classes taught by the doctor. Which doctor? The doctor of changeupology of course. They are on TV again next Monday and I am looking forward to watching that too. The team will start to round into shape. Hopefully Cueto is pitching. Reds baseball is back. And man did I miss my good buddy George! I think this season will be fun to write about. I will try to mention as many "Grandeisms" as possible, but I don't know if I want to write about that every night. Cueto for President! Subscribe to the DIA FeedLabels: Cincinnati Reds, George Grande Sunday, March 9, 2008Schmap: Cool New FeatureI was contacted by the creators of Schmap.com, and asked if I would help them test/show off their product. It is a really cool interactive map website. You should check it out. The feature they asked me to test is their sports map. If you look at the right side of the page, you will see my Cincinnati Reds map. It currently shows the 2007 season, but will update soon for the 2008 season. It's a neat little thing if you are interested in who they are playing next, or whatever. You can also check out the other teams in the league...if you so desire. So go to Schmap.com and check out their other city maps. Plan a trip...and use Schmap as one of your guides! Subscribe to the DIA FeedLabels: Cincinnati Reds, Review Monday, March 3, 2008The Bengals are confusingThe NFL's free agency period started on March 1st at midnight. It is usually a huge mess of rumors and signings and people getting angry that their favorite team didn't do what they thought they should. But instead of the Bengals inciting their fans to anger this year...they decided to up the ante! This year, the Bengals decided to get their fan's hopes up (3 times so far)...and then crush their dreams (2 times so far)...then not say anything about what is happening, leaving everybody confused. The Bengals had apparently agreed to trade a 3rd and 5th round pick to the Lions for Shaun Rodgers, an awesome, yet troubled DT. (this is where the fan base got excited. I specifically remember blathering on about it to Mikah at Cici's Pizza. I believe my exact words were, "this is the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me....(long pause)...(wonder why Mikah looks mad)...(realize why Mikah looks mad)...Except for my wedding day of course!!") Anyway...fans got all excited, only to find out later that evening that the trade fell through. But not only did the trade fall through...but he signed with the Browns. FOR THE EXACT SAME DEAL. WHA?????????????????? I still don't know what the problem was. I am hearing rumors of $1 million signing bonuses and stuff like that. If that is the real case...then I despise Mike Brown more than normal. So the Bengals moved on to plan B...Dwayne Robertson, DT from the Jets. We apparently had a deal set for him too. Just a 5th round pick. But it fell through again. I don't know why. Something about his big contract or something. Of course, he had that same contract when they started the trade negotiations. Now there are rumors that we are going to sign Antwann Odom, a DE from the Titans. I guess that's a good signing. He is certainly better than any other DE we have. But that's not hard to do. As my mom always says, "I COULD PLAY BETTER THAN THOSE GUYS!!!!!!" (by the way - I dispute this. While I agree that my mom probably has better and more diverse pass rushing skills than Justin Smith...I just don't think she has the same "non-stop motor" to keep it up all game) Anyway...that is my update on The Bengals free agency. A whole lotta nothing. Like usual. Subscribe to the DIA FeedLabels: Cincinnati Bengals
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