Brady has a New Target

"Brady drops back, fakes left, looks right, throws down field to Moss on the fly. TOUCHDOWN RANDY MOSS!! PATRIOTS WIN!!" - possible future radio call.

I am still pinching myself and I am still not convinced that this happened: Today, the Oakland Raiders traded WR Randy Moss to the New England Patriots for a fourth-round draft pick (110th overall) in the 2007 NFL draft, which concluded today. This year's draft didn't interest me at all. But, when I heard about Moss's move, I was stunned. I knew that he was leaving Oakland as Moss wanted to leave as much as Raider Nation wanted him to leave, but I didn't expect him to go to the Patriots. There was talk about him being traded to the Packers, but obviously that fell through.

Was this a good move for the Patriots? I would have to say, yes. The past couple seasons with the Raiders, Moss didn't put up very good numbers. It wasn't because Moss has gotten worse, it was because he didn't have anyone to throw to him. Next year, and years following, Moss will have a pigskin throwing machine in Tom Brady to get him the ball. Coach Bill Belichick knows how to assemble Super Bowl teams and I don't think he will let Moss walk out of Gillette Stadium in the 4th quarter.

Nevertheless, Randy Moss is a Patriot, and I think he it will be his best stint with any team. The first issue he will have to deal with is what number he will be. He should go back to the old #84 as #18 didn't fair too well for him.

Despite the big gain for the Patriots, the Jacksonville Jaguars are still the best team in the world, hands down.

The only draft coverage I Enjoy.

Will Ferrell is the funniest entertainer in the United States right now. He has the ability to make something I have no interest in incredibly funny.

Perfect Example: His draft skits for NFL Films

Enjoy. I have absolutely no opinion on draft so if you want a top-5 pick projection go somewhere else.

Torii Hunter Delivers a No-No

Last September, the Kansas City Royals swept the Detroit Tigers, allowing for the Minnesota Twins' to win the American League Central Division by one game. Nobody is a grateful as Twins Gold Glove winner Torii Hunter (apparently). This past weekend, Hunter delivered four bottles of champagne to the Royals clubhouse as a token of gratitude. After all, the Royals really had no reason to win the game except for bragging rights and a few bottles of the bubbly. Hunter's act could, according to the MLB rule book and commissioner Bud Selig, cost him a three-year suspension.

Rule 21-b states:
"Any player or person connected with a Club who shall offer or give any gift or reward to a player or person connected with another Club for services rendered ... in defeating or attempting to defeat a competing Club ... shall be declared ineligible for not less than three years."

Ouch. If Selig puts this rule into effect, it could mean a world of hurt for the Twins. But let's take a look at how irrational a three-year suspension would be in this situation. I wouldn't consider it a bribe for the Royals to win because Hunter gave them the bottles seven months after the series occurred. And be honest, the Tigers (95-67) had to play pretty bad to get swept by the Royals (62-100) last year. Hunter said he didn't even know about the rule at the time, and if he had, I'm sure he wouldn't have sent the care package. Selig needs to think over the situation before making any harsh decisions. Maybe suspend him for a game, or even a series. But for three years? Give me a break. Hunter said that his intentions were good and it was meant to be a joke. Let's let this pass by and focus on something more important. Like maybe A-Rod hitting 74 long balls this year?

Tuesdaily Music Post: Monkeys & Gorillaz Edition

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Album releases for April 24:
Arctic Monkeys-Favourite Worst Nightmare

Already have this album, and it's kickasstastic. Easily Europe's most anticipated album and mine as well, there isn't a song on it that I couldn't listen to all day. The 1st single is Brianstorm, yes BrIAnstorm, and it's got a Dick Dale feel to it. See it here. The best song is probably Fluorescent Adolescent, one of the more mellow songs and will more than likely be their big hit stateside when the single-ize it. My favorites are Teddy Picker and House is a Circus though. Reviews have been extremely high, it's bagged an 83 average on metacritic (which is the rottentomatoes of music.) NME review here and AMG review here.

Besides that, there really isn't that much else I'm excited for. No other good alternative stuff out this week. Nine Inch Nails has a new CD out if your into that. The NIN cd changes color when it heats up from spinning in your CD player, which proves labels will do anything to sell actual cd's than downloads.

Hip-Hop has another empty week and making me positive that if emo and country didn't exist it would be the worst genre ever. This coming from a guy that still listens to Eminem, Jay-Z, and Nas on a daily basis, because they actually got it and weren't as empty-headed as rappers are now. Hip-Hop is phuggen demised.

Music News:

Gorillaz: DEAD!

Well, finished at least. Lead singer Damon Albarn says so. I hate hearing this. Demon Days was awesome. Damon Albarn is in two other bands though, both are nearly as good. You've heard this Blur song. Blur's been around since 1989, went on hiatus in 2003, and is fortunately considering a comeback. His new band, The Good, the Bad, and the Queen, has a song you should hear. tGtBatQ also involve a Clash bassist and a Verve guitarist.

Coachella phuggen gets underway

If you haven't heard of Coachella, you listen to too much Ashlee Simpson and garbage like MIMS. It's the best rock festival in the states and it happens every year. Every band is there. This year it'll be headline by The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine, but I think there are literally a billion other bands there as well. There is no other place I would rather be this weekend than at this mother. Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, Decemberists, Tokyo Police Club, Kaiser Chiefs, Silversun Pickups, The Good The Bad and The Queen, The Fratellis, The Feeling, The Kooks, Klaxons, and Lupe Fiasco. Money. Oh, and it's MyChemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, and Panic! free. Tank Gawd. Unfortunately, We Are Scientists cancelled because they're recording, which really isn't that unfortunate at all.

My Chemical Romance Bassist Quits.

Don't expect much emo news from this site, but this looks fishy. It says their bassist quit because he got married and needs to spend more time with his "wife." I call bull$hit. Nobody in My Chemical Romance is into chicks. I wonder this "female wife" likes the fact that he and his friends dress in matching tight leather outfits and eyeliner as they sit in a dark basement writing poetry which inevitably include the words despair and death. Now all we need is to find a some emo chicks to marry the lead singer and whatever moron writes their trying-way-too-hard-to-be-epic lyrics. Emo chicks are as messed up as a Christopher Reeve slam dunk so this shouldn't be a surprise. I'll end on that note.

Your name isn't Corey Hart, it's D-Bag.

I don't know why, but there is something about popped collars that makes me want to vandalize American Eagle. Fortunately for collar-poppers, they aren't my subject today. Nope, it's the bleeping stooges that wear sunglasses indoors and after sunset. If you've ever done this you probably mac on low self-esteemed chicks half your age.

According to an expert in D-Bagology "The official Child Molester uniform includes wearing sunglasses and Axe (or TAG) body spray."

Your not impressing anybody. If they've stumbled their way into a relationship and their girlfriend hasn't told them that they look like an idiot, she's probably deflatable. Everyone knows why they're wearing them. No it isn't to look cool. It's to perv out for extended periods of time without detection. I also guarantee they spend more on hair gel than on sports annually. Most will take a Pilate's class only to score chicks, never to do anything more than smile awkwardly as they watch them do the "Tree Frog." At what point in their blind search for an identity do they decide that they are going to be indoor sunglasses guy? What childhood trauma? If you wear sunglasses at night you are basically saying my parents failed so miserably that I can't perform basic functions like not being a douche. You damn well better have a lazy eye. Either that or you're are Cyclops.

What the Hell is that?

I have smelled some disgusting things in my life. Subway, poop, and brussel sprouts are a couple that top my list of "the worst smells in the universe." However, when I stepped out of the car in Grand Forks, ND I got a whiff that I hope I never smell again. Some say it's the smell of the potato factory in town, but there has to be something else fueling the fire. No lie, it smelled like Rosie O'Donnell soaking in a vat of tuna casserole. My nostrils are burned and by brain is confused. Here is a list I compiled of some things that smell better than the stench that lingers in the air of Grand Forks.

1. Wet dog
2. Feces
3. Sanjaya Malakar
4. B.O.
5. Tomato Juice

It's these things that make me wish I never had a nose in the first place. I can think of better uses for the middle of my face. Perhaps another arm, maybe a cup holder (everyone knows the world needs more of those) I would even take a friggin lobster to replace my nose when I'm in Grand Forks. I know you are confused by this post. And that bothers you.

We Are Scientists: Funniest Band Ever

They are my second favorite band, even though they're probably the 12th best at making music. They're site is so damn funny and they youtube it up. They are connected with the Lonely Island gang, and they are every bit as random. Some highlights for your weekend viewing pleasure, and it has nothing to do with their music.
"A Parrot Between Us"


They did a Queen speech the same day the Queen did hers. Theirs is better. Watch the whole thing, you won't regret it.
http://www.youtube.com/v/NoOf6BETTHw

Anywho, Akiva Schaffer, best known as the tall nerd from Just 2 Guys vid on thelonelyisland.com directed all three of there major singles videos.
Good night.

NBA Thoughts.

Everyone complains it's broken yet nobody seems to have a solution. Even with the lottery balls teams still tank as hard as ever. Ask Ryan Gomes. I don't know where I got this idea, whether it be ESPN's or my own originally, but it seems logical.
Here's what it involves:
It's simple really. Take the teams that don't make the playoffs and rank them by records Prior to the All-Star break. That should take away any incentive to lose games that really don't mean much at the end of the season and give them no reason not to play hard. Well, let's be honest, less hard than they usually do. Pre-All-Star break records represent teams well enough to attain the supposed goal of parity.

The NBA will never go this far, since all it cares about is the top eight teams anyway. You want to know how to make the NBA better? Nothing to do with straight-to-the-pros rules or draft lotteries, and everything to do with cutting down the number of teams. The NBA is over-extended. Don't move the Sonics, ax 'em. I hate to say it but there should not be a team Charlotte or Atlanta. If a city hasn't supported a team EVER than get them the hell out of there. Guys like Mickael Gelabale have no business starting in this league and it makes me sick.

Alex Rodriguez is better than your favorite player.

As a Twins fan I'm supposed to hate the Yankees. I try. But when Alex Rodriguez is hitting home runs like a take a leak I can't help but buying another one of there hats so I can wear it for a week. 12 HR's in 16 games. I couldn't even successfully tie my shoes in 12 of 16 games when I was in baseball. Yankee fans have famously ripped this guy for choking and not performing as well as they think he should in the playoffs. Those people are obviously idiots. Without A-Rod the Yankees would have been moved down to AAA this season. He's Kobe Bryant: Baseball Player. Tonight when A-Rod, representing the go-ahead run, flew out to second in the ninth rather than jack a third the Boston fans acted like Super Trooper Farva after the soap in the coffee gag. "Got you good, you f*****!" All A-Rod could say was, "I got out, good one Boston."

As far as the Yankees and Red Sox, there is no better rivalry in all of human history. Matter of fact, I'd say it's better than good v. evil and me v. popped collars. There is no match-up I would rather see than those two teams, I don't care if it's regular season. Pure is spelled B v. NY. Watching the game tonight I experienced instantaneous nostalgia. It just doesn't get any better. Béisbol: EN FUEGO.

Hang Up the Whistle

The road for Joey Crawford, a referee in the NBA, may end in Dallas, TX. In a game between the Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs, Crawford ejected Tim Duncan after apparently laughing about a call from the bench. Crawford was later suspended for the remainder of the season by commissioner David Stern after Duncan accused Crawford of wanting to fight.

Let me get this straight. A referee in the NBA calls out a 6' 11" 260lb center to fight? Okay. Not only do I think he should be suspended, he should be fired all together. Anybody who wants to fight an NBA All-Star should automatically lose their job because of the sheer stupudity. Wait, no, I take that back. I would actually like to see this fight. I say that if Duncan kicks the crap out of Crawford, then Crawford has to step down. But, if for some reason it turns out David (Crawford) beats Goliath (Duncan), he should be able to keep his job. Other than that, I don't think there is any place in the NBA for referees to bring their job onto a personal level. Granted he is considered to be one of the greatest NBA referees of all time, he needs to think before he acts. Dummy.

KFAN Bismarck: Dead!

Worst news directly affecting me this week? (Pales compared to VT, no doubt.)
http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=113293
I've been a daily listener to A.M. 710 "the Fan" since my sophomore year, so when I heard KFAN was being replaced by ESPN Radio I was less than pleased. I love the Common Man noon-to-two, hell I've listened to him every single lunch for the past two years. Cory Cove a.k.a. "Sludge" is the single reason I've ever wanted to go into journalism. The Power Trip morning show is freaking ace. Honestly, I would do just about anything to get the Fan back in Bis-Man.

It could have been worse, though, had they replaced it with FOX Sports Radio. FOX radio actively makes you an idiot. I've listened to far more sports talk radio than I'm proud of, and I've yet to hear a more obnoxious person than "J.T. the Brick." JT is the man pictured, and the whole point of his show is to listen to opinions of his thousands of drunk/borderline retarded fans that are encouraged by Brick to "come hard." Now, if you ever have the urge to "come hard," here's what you do:
1. Yell into the phone
Yep, that's all there is to it. Actual content of opinion is irrelevant to Brick, who got his start being one of those loudmouth callers on Jim Rome. Yeah, not by putting in time by maybe interning and getting coffee, because hard work is for losers. He's the Taylor Hicks of sports radio.

But I digress...

I've actually enjoyed listening to Mike & Mike in the Morning and The Dan Patrick Show. You'd never hear a David Stern interview on the Fan. At the same time, I really don't care about who QB's the Dolphins next year. This is where national radio can't compete with local radio. PA and Dubay weren't afraid to talk NDSU basketball or UND Hockey. You can listen to ESPN for years and not hear the letters NDSU.

My favorite show, Sludge and Lake, was never on here in Bismarck, anyway. I listened to it online, right now, in fact. 7-to-9 at KFAN.com. I'd recommend it if your into that, a self-described mix of Conan O'Brien and Sportscenter. It's hilarious and isn't entirely about sports, the official show of me. If this post bored you to tears, than don't bother.
Here's a link of a highlight of the show for your listening pleasure:http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/MINNEAPOLIS-MN/KFAN-AM/SL041607_CLUBRANT.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=MINNEAPOLIS-MN&NG_FORMAT=sports&SITE_ID=612&STATION_ID=KFAN-AM&PCAST_AUTHOR=KFAN_AM_1130&PCAST_CAT=Sports_Radio&PCAST_TITLE=Sludge_%26_Lake_-_KFAN_AM_1130

My Role Model

The Youtube video below provides a visual reference to what kind of person I want to be in 10 years. It's a Red Sox fan that doesn't hesitate to throw a pizza directly at a fellow Sox fan for interfering with a play. Now, the interference actually helped his team so throwing a pizza seems irrational. I've compiled a list of reasons why he would throw the pizza knowing this:
1. He was drunk
He saw his opportunity to peg a guy with pizza and he took it. Just balls.
Look at the size of that thing. It's as massive as any piece I've ever seen, almost un-bitten. Knowing how horrible stadium pizza tastes, this is putting the five bucks he paid for it to better use. This guy doesn't care and he deserves a plaque. Red Sox are now my second favorite team.

Wearin' the Past

There are few things in this world that please me. I can often find something wrong with anything I see, and I will just about always have a negative comment for it. There is, however, something that I will love for ever and ever and never have anything bad to say about. Throw-back NBA jerseys. I'm not talking about the ones that can be bought for hundreds of dollars, but the ones that are purchased at a thrift store for anywhere from 3-10 dollars. The jerseys that were once worn when the player was actually playing, or was playing for a former team are the best ones. Throwback jerseys are God's gift to mankind. When I wear one, I feel like I am sitting on a cloud of pre-owned glory, taking in all of the memories of NBA past. If anyone out there reading this has an NBA jersey or two or three or 87 that wants to give away, please please contanct me and I will be more than happy to take it off your back. Golf is Fun.

Thanks for caring

If you actually took the time to read that welcome message you care way too much and it weirds us out. You should have stopped when you realized it was pointless. However, by reading that you have claimed a spot in our hearts and that is hard to do. Win some/lose some.

Librarians Wanted

Requirements:
1. Be literate
2. Enjoy sitting
3. Be able to shush people
4. Repeat
I wonder why librarians are so crabby, they have the simplest job ever. Their only purpose is to make sure people don't jack books, and when was the last time you heard of an armed Library robbery? Intense research isn't necessary to understand the Dewey-Decimal System. I know they're necessary. I also know that being pissed all the time when you've got nothing to do but read magazines all day isn't. Cheer up. Name an easier job, you can't.

An Experience to Forget

Alright, I'm a noob to this beautiful business of blogging, so bare with me. I experienced something today in Denver, Colorado, where I am on vacation attending a journalism convention. I walked in to a diner called Johnny Rockets on the 16th Street Mall and the first thing I notice is a group of employees dancing to "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees. Why? At that point, I instantly wanted to leave as my eyes were burning from the waste of human energy. I have thought about it for about three hours now and I have yet to come up with even a spec of an idea about why this dancing would take place. It was about as big of a waste of time as "America's Next Top Model." There is no place for it on this planet and if I ever see it again I will yak everywhere.

Welcome

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