The carpet was made red with the blood of the innocent.

With the Oscars having just past, I took some time to reflect on acting in sports. So without further ado, here are the 2007 Academy Awards: Sports Edition.

Best Original Score: Boise State

I know everybody has seen this 1,238,746 times but admit it, you still get chills.






Best Supporting Actor: Lebron James




WAIT A MINUTE! King James is a LEAD ACTOR!
But nobody did a better job of supporting a team on his back than Bron Bron. The simple fact that they got to the Finals is all you need to know. But the fact that he took a team with the likes of Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden and Eric Snow to the finals makes it unanimous.

Best Original Screenplay: Chris Berman

If you read blogs or go to YouTube or don't live in the Andes mountains you know why.

Best Makeup: Boston Red Sox

This team had the perfect balance of everything. Great leadership in Francona and Varitek. Veteran bats in Manny, Big Papi, and Lowell. Clutch pitching in Schilling, Paps, and Beckett. Youth in Lester, Pedrioa, and Ellsbury. Speed in Crisp and Lugo. And The Great Youkilis. It's no wonder they won it all.

Best Actress: Maria Sharapova

Do I need to explain?

Best Actor: Manu Ginobili & Greg Paulus (Tie)

Are there two better flopper in the game? I dare you to find anyone else.

Ginobili obviously learned from his futbol playing country men. How else could you explain the extravagance?

As for Paulus, he probably learned from Reddick, but this one takes the cake.





And finally...



Best Picture:

I don't think the Navy still uses yardarms.

My favorite color guy does his best Aaron Sorkin (second down). [Razor With An Edge]

Kidd: Game 2

Tonight is game two of "The J-Kidd Experience Comes to Dallas; Part Deuce." Against NO it seemed as if Kidd was pushing, trying to make too much happen at once. I think tonight, with two practices under his belt, he'll be a little more in tune with Avery's defensive philosophy. That should make a big difference. Of course, so should playing the Used To Say It "A-boot" Grizz. Mavs win handily. But I sure do like watching that Gay, and no I don't mean Mike Miller.

Dallas @ Memphis - 7PM

I one day hope that Riggins and I are best buds.

Since nobody knows who I am, how could you possibly know that I LOVE Friday Night Lights? Well, I do. So, this is great news:

Inside sources confirm to me that NBC Universal (the studio that makes FNL) is currently talking to various networks about the idea of sharing the show's third season among more than one channel in an effort to save the series from
cancellation and broaden its audience.

If more studios would have the balls to do stuff like this, we could cut in half the crap that they have out there now. Say goodbye to 1 vs. 100 and that absurd lie detector show. Say hello to more Arrested Development, Firefly, Sports Night, Undeclared and Freaks and Geeks. The thought of Howie Mandel being on TV for more than five minutes a week make me cry a little.

Breaking: Friday Night Lights May Live On! [Watch With Kristin]

On Painted Pond

Why doesn't the American public like hockey?

I mean, it's not like the sport is boring. Think about what hockey brings to the table: it has the brutal hits of the NFL, the life threatening element of NASCAR, the vision and agility of basketball, the incredible shot-making and saves of soccer, and speed unlike any of the others.

Now the NHL definitely lacks in the personality department. You don't really get to know these guys. They don't go at each other in the media (if they did, would anyone cover it). And the Commish-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named decided it would be a great idea to put them on channel BFE.

Well fellow puckheads, I have a three-fold solution:
A) Get the NHL back on ESPN. I have plenty of disdain for the WWL, but they would quadruple coverage in about six seconds. I mean these are the same guys that air about 20 hours a week of NFL coverage during the off-season. They would do a bit better than a 1 hour Hockey Night with the Mighty Mullet if they were pushing something that they broadcast.

2) Sell Ovechkin. This guy is gold. Between his awesome goals and romantic exploits, Alex the Great should be the face of hockey. I'm not trying to diminish Sid the Kid, but he seems very business when it comes to his sport. Ovechkin looks like the guy who wants to score, not act like he's been there before, go do Jagerbombs with you, then plow your sister like a corn field in Kansas. I'd watch that guy's sport if it consisted of seeing how far the puss would fly when he pops a zit (you're right, I'd watch that anyway).

and D) Drop the instigator penalty. This thing wasn't around in the 80's when The Great One was putting up 92(!) goal seasons. So don't tell me that removing it will drop the scoring. Let's get the fighting back. Besides, a small part of everybody wants to see how close Chris Simon is to pulling a Happy Gilmore.

Alexander Ovechkin Highlight Reel [YouTube]
Ovechkin In Love [AOL Fanhouse]

How long can you scream before you run out of breath?

I have three leaders in my life: Nolan Ryan, Orson Welles, and 1310 The Ticket. So needless to say, this space will offer a wide array of crap for you to digest.

The truth is that I talk a lot better than I write so this may fail miserably. Then again, this could be a roaring success. I'm not going to push this thing, so if you found this place congrats.

I work full time, so we'll see what happens. But I want to do this right. I want success.