The Drubbing

Apparently I’m a couple of weeks late  to this, but it is way too bizarre to not share. Stephon Marbury has his new 24/7 live online tv show. In late July Starbury started a streaming broadcast of his daily life on Justin.tv for the world to see. It includes everything from him sleeping, to him helping his son get ready in the morning. Apparently he broadcasts from his home in Los Angeles so the six Knicks fans that still like him will have to put up with the three-hour time change. With no further ado, here is the madness.

There is no shortage of sports reference sites, but that hasn’t stopped new ones from popping up. Several new websites recently that are attempting to change the way fans interact with sports and acceess sporting information, mostly centering around athletes use of social media. First there was The Jockosphere which collects “the best” of all of the blog posts, Tweets, MySpace and Facebook comments from athlete’s sites and writes about it.

Next came Jockipedia, which is run by the same team that manages the The Jockosphere, and sets out to catalog the communication tools in use by athletes and teams such as their blog, Twitter feed, MySpace page, etc. Basically all of the sources used by The Jockosphere.

The newest one is Fanbase, which launched today, is more of a reference utility. Essentially, they’re trying to become the Wikipedia of athletics or as they call it, The web’s largest almanac of pro and college athletes, built by fans.
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Weekly poll recap:

Is Albert Pujols juicing?

33% of you said no, while the rest had a variety of answers that he did.

Now on to the links:

Well, well chuckleheads.  100% of you think TO will throw his team under the bus before Favre comes out of retirement, huh? I told you that you all under estimate his annoyance.

I mentioned in last week’s links section that a cubs fan got away with dumping beer on Shane Victorino.  Well, said fan has turned himself in.

As much as we want to turn Josh Hamilton’s situation into a fairy tale ending from promise to drug abuse to a standing ovation at Yankee Stadium’s home run derby, he is still only human.  Josh lapsed and took some body shots with some co-eds in Arizona this past January.

If a college team’s achievements are stripped from them a few years later, does anyone really care?

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

In an absolutely genius trans-Atlantic marketing move, Adidas has capitalized on a mutual connection between NBA superstar Kevin Garnett and Chelsea Football Club.

Our friends over at EPLTalk.com brought this news to our attention and revealed that Adidas, Garnett and Chelsea FC will be teaming up for some limited-edition kicks.
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A few weeks ago, Chuck Norris presented a link to Jose Canceso’s comments around David Ortiz’s steroid use.  What i found most interesting, besides the fact that Jose can continually be in the media spotlight is this comment,

“When you tell me something I didn’t already know, I’ll be surprised,” Canseco told ESPN. “And I’ll tell you this, Major League Baseball is going to have a big, big problem on their hands when they find out they have a Hall of Famer who’s used.”

That last part got me thinking a bit “a Hall of Famer who’s used”.  Is Jose saying that he knows of a HOF who has used PEDs?  If so, which one? While the 1970’s had rampant steroid use, especially in football (i am looking at you “juiced Steel Certain”) i would have to think the person he is speaking about played around the same time as Jose during the 1980’s and 90’s.  Lets look at a list of who is in the Hall & had significant playing time while Canseco was in the league:
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Fishermen and outdoor enthusiasts everywhere awoke this morning to find ESPN2 airing funny accents, dribbling and goals rather than the usual rods and reels. I can only imagine the horror they felt.

In a move that will make any US soccer fan weep with joy, ESPN has recently, and at the 11th hour, secured the rights to up to two English Premier League fixtures per week.  The two time slots fall at 7:45 AM EST or 10:00 AM EST on Saturdays and all of the Monday 3:00 PM EST fixtures.  With the top league in the world now on a major cable network for all to see, soccer will have its day here in this country. Even if it is quite early on Saturday morning, especially for the West Coast viewership.

But this morning, while watching Chelsea v. Hull City in HD, I couldn’t help but think how great it is that the highest level of soccer will be on display for those who find little joy in the currently mediocre talents of the MLS. The sight of Didier Drogba scoring from a vicious set-piece to draw Chelsea level at 1-1 had me yelling at the top of my lungs before the 9 o’clock hour had even rolled around, leaving my wife truly worrying about my mental state.
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Weekly poll recap:

What happens first?

100% of you said, T.O. would throw his team/QB under the bus.  I think we’ve all underestimated the annoyance of Favre, and it may come back to bite us again here…

Now on to the links:

NBA all stars, welcome to the banned substance party, you are a little late but i am sure there is room for more.

Rick Pitino, getting in on the played out athlete act.

Call this karma for all the things Phili fans have done to other teams throughout the years.  The best part, they threw out the wrong guy!

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris gargles with anti-freeze.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

A committee is already building support to bring the World Cup back to U.S. soil in either 2018 or 2022 (my vote is for both), and I couldn’t be more excited. The World Cup is one of my favorite sporting events and it’s made even more special because it occurs only every four years.

The excitement is only heightened in New York when for a few weeks in the summer the streets empty at kickoff, and every bar with a TV in Manhattan is filled to capacity. It really is, “the world’s game.”

So the U.S. is generating support to make their bid for the 2018 event, and I’m really hoping they can pull through. My hopes of going to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup dwindle with every passing day. So 2018 may be my next best chance to see it live. So go sign the petition. And tell friends to do the same.

Tonight at 7:30, who's inviting me over to watch the game?

Eagles nation is getting ready for the preseason to kickoff tonight at Lincoln Financial Field versus the New England Patriots. Training Camp is officially over and this is when we start to see if any of the predictions and rumors come true. I am looking for a few things tonight:
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Superstar or bust, that’s where most people land on the topic of Ricky Rubio. It’s clear that some of us here think that Rubio will be nothing short of an NBA superstar, eventually. I’m not so sure of his imminent rise to superstardom, but I’m not ready to write him off yet. So I’ll put myself in the cautiously optimistic category. I hope he becomes a capable starting NBA point guard, but I wouldn’t bet a paycheck on it.
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