Unfortunately, MiamiSportsBlog will be uneventful this week, as I will be cruising throughout the Caribbean and drinking pina coladas all day and night. I leave Monday and come back Friday morning. As I will be out of touch with all reality, I’m sure I’ll miss a ton of information, but come Friday and the rest of the weekend, I will be in full force again.
See you all on Friday.
If this is the last post ever to be seen on MSB, it’s likely because I got eaten by an alligator. Early this morning, I will be on a private airboat ride in the Everglades. After 25 years of life in South Florida, despite being less than 30 miles from one of the world’s biggest natural wonders, this will be the first time I will set foot upon the marshy swamp. The airboat captain encourages bringing booze, so the day will slowly turn into a haze. Also, not long ago, one of the notorious Miami based internet porn companies hired this same captain to take them out for a few hours to film some. . . material. (I’ll photograph stained proof if available).
Anyways, since I will be 100% cut off from civilization, I will obviously not be updating MSB any further today. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t come back. For your viewing pleasure, I’m embedded a video that I believe will suit everyones’ tastes. Enjoy!
The title pretty much gives this story away. I’ve been to many Marlins and Heat games where people try and surprisingly get their middle finger on the Jumbotron, but this girl takes the cake.
Hey, at least there was finally some excitement at a Grizzlies’ game.
Thanks: AwfulAnnouncing.
I can’t believe how unwatchable the NBA is right now. I know I’m not the only one in this boat, because the buzz just isn’t there anymore.
I thought that when the LeBron, Melo, and Wade generation matured, the NBA would be at an alltime high. That coupled with the new generation of stars like CP3 and Kevin Durant enterring the league, I thought David Stern would be laughing to the bank.
But I’m just not feeling it. Until the playoffs come around, I am unable to watch any matchup that doesn’t involve my home team. Given the choice between the St. Louis Rams vs. the 49ers and San Antonio Spurs vs. the Phoenix Suns, I’m probably choosing the former.
All football biases aside, this college football and NFL season has so much excitement and interesting stories, it’s easy to see why the NBA is being left in the dust. In the NFL, you have the re-emergence of Brett Favre, the greatest team of all time New England Patriots, shitty teams from last year playing well this year and vice versa, and more. In college football, the BCS picture has looked different every week.
The NBA, on the other hand, is so predictable (granted, one could make the argument that the NFL is predictable since the Patriots are cruising to the Super Bowl, but at least we’re in the process of watching history being made!). We already know 6 teams from each conference who will make the playoffs. Yeah, the Celtics are a decent story, but the novelty has worn off for me until playoff time.
Stern has had this dream for the past few years of turning the NBA into the INBA (International). Whether it’s playing games overseas or hyping up and encouraging teams to draft guys from China or Slovakia, he believes the success of the NBA lies in Europe and Asia. Sure, this will be financially lucrative to the league in the short term, but should this be the case, it’ll be the end of the NBA as we know it. Once fans can no longer pronounce the last names of half the league, interest dies (just ask the NHL).
Stern needs to stay local with his league. The talent and characters are there, but they are missing the target market.
I don’t know why Pop Warner hits are so hilarious… but man, they are.
The Next Sean Taylor (because Roy Williams is ENTIRELY overrated)
If you have a video of your kid laying someone out, or pulling a sick juke on an entire team… send it to info (at) miamisportsblog (dot) com, we’ll post it on the site and showcase his talents (or just his ability to embarass other 8 year olds)
Just when you thought it wasn’t possible…
four British researchers who hold man-made greenhouse gases largely responsible for a 2.2 percent increase in the amount of moisture in the air near the Earth’s surface during a nearly 30-year period.
And, according to the study published in today’s issue of the weekly journal Nature, the potential consequences could be critical to the Sunshine State.
“If air holds more water vapor, you can get more rain, more energy to power hurricanes and certainly more humidity that produces greater heat stress on humans,” said one of the researchers, Nathan Gillett of the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit in the United Kingdom.
Good lord, glad to see this research, as if global warming wasn’t enough… now there’s a global saunafication of the tropics. Viva South Florida!
How does this pertain to sports? Um… uh… home field advantage… yeah… that and I wanted an excuse to use this cartoon:
[Read the rest of the article here: Orlando Sentinel]
If you’ve ever wondered why LeBron James is such a stud with dunks and anything else within 5 feet of the hoop, but struggles with his jump shot (example below), I now have an answer for you:
HE COULDN’T SEE!
LeBron, why didn’t you tell me brutha? Now I feel bad for all the smack I’ve talked about you, when all that was really going down was you couldn’t see the hoop.
