therealstevesmith

Just the Fight, Man

          I shelled out the cash for the Cotto-Margarito fight and I ended up with the bargain of the year because that fight kicked MY ass. The first few rounds had Cotto slamming Margarito to the point of where he looked like he was doing a sort of rope-a-dope, waiting for him to come in hard and then just wailing on him. What he didn't count on was Margarito being like a big relentless machine with no regard for physical discomfort or even temporary embarrassment.  As with all the best fights, by the end I was fantasizing about hitting the speed bag, chasing chickens and shit.
          But the thing that bugs me is how every fight has to have this nationalistic/ethnic component to it. Margarito's the Mexican so he's gonna be tough and put the pressure on. Cotto's a Puerto Rican so he's gonna be tough.. and the sterotype about Puerto Rican fighters. To me it's like HBO is missing out on 75% of the demographic by making it some kind of racial Last Fighter Standing:Caveman Edition.
          Enough of that shit already. I'm trying to find out who's the hardest, not who's country is the hardest. Plus it seems like the people most gunhoe about that shit are the wackest fuhmuckas in their country. It's like Mark Madsen thinking he's better than Elton Brand because he's got a ring.
          If Cotto had won the fight, some Puerto Rican wouldn't be a harder Puerto Rican.These fighters are some of the hardest PEOPLE in the world, and we spend our time acting like some water in Vieques is different than the water in Chihuahua.

         If I can't forget about the troubles around the world when I'm trying to watch two folks agreeingly beat each other up, when can I? Is there some way around promoting boxing by highlighting the racial, ethnic and country aspects? Or is that what fuels our bloodlust?

WNBA Fight

                
         A Detroit team, coached by Bill Lambier and Rick Mahorn, involved in a fight. What next, Kwame Kilpatrick texting his next State of the City address?
         For many of you this clip may be your first encounter of a WNBA game. Do not be alarmed. The stands were filled earlier, but you know those frou frou Detroit fans, always showing up late and leaving early.
         Do you think Candace Parker will do for the WNBA what Jim Thorpe did for Semi Pro Baseball? I'm pretty sure that without Jim Thorpe there'd be no Col. Klinger.  The players SHOULD be jealous of her greatness. That's what makes rivalries.                 

Francisco Liriano

      I don't get this dude's case at all.  He kicked major rump in 2006 and then suffered an injury requiring Tommy John surgery. Now he's mowing fools down in AAA , but he's close to filing a grievance against the Twins because they haven't called him up and he must play a certain amount of MLB games in order to negotiate a large contract for 2009-2010.

     Is his dad gonna call the principal and demand a meeting with the manager?  Is he gonna have to run the steps of the stadium in order to prove he puts team first? Is this just some reality show that hasn't been announced yet?  Because there have been probably 750,000 legit prospects who haven't been called up to the major leagues since 1900. No, make that a 750,001. So his camp should shut up.

Luke Walton

         Luke Walton got bone spurs removed from his ankle and if there's some kind of spring that can also be inserted to improve hops, hopefully he gets the Supersize (and hopefully that's not trademarked). But really, have you ever seen a guy with such a 'high basketball IQ' get his shit rejected so empahtically?  I've seen Luke Walton jumpers come back with salt on the ball. He makes somebody money everytime they guard him. So obviously I wish the best for him.
          You ever hear somebody try to argue getting rid of affirmative action and they say something like, "Well maybe we should have affirmative action in the NBA because it's all black"?  Luke Walton is the reason that arguement doesn't work.

The New Yorker Exposes Racism

                           Don't you love the cover of The New Yorker featuring Barack and Michelle Obama (Bachelle?)?  That's the beauty of the first amendment. You never have to sit around wondering, "Would a media company print a racist cover in order to fuel sales and cause a ripple in a news cycle?"  The New Yorker answers with a resonding Marv Albert style, "Yes. And it counts!"

                       Maybe if you depict it as being a painting in Sean Hannity's house, or Dennis Miller having a dream, then it could be called satire. But this cover only suceeds in making the Cliff Notes for people too lazy to buy "Hating Obama for Dummies.  Am I wrong about that? To me, it seems like it was put out by those dumb type fools who think exposing Archie Bunker as a bigot helped the country, as opposed to simply giving us a racist hero with a daughter I'da worked.

                       Cause really that's all it is. People coming with Archie Bunker shit and claiming people are being PC when they get called out on it.

                        Didn't the New Yorker blow it this time?

Lakers Are Nuts to Think Artest

  The Lakers got punked in the recent NBA finals, but a trade involving Lamar Odom for Ron Artest would be like trading Sade for Amy Whinehouse. Yeah, you wish for more, but you're not gonna pay for someone who might not show up.

  Does anyone remember the Lakers' Dennis Rodman experiment?. They won 10 in a row, then he went downhill and that's the last Rodman's been reported on without the aid of a helicopter.

  Artest is tickets, not rings. He's done all his tripping without ever even being in the Finals. I would never take a chance on him to help me win something like an NBA title. We could start a golf program for kids or something, but at least Odom has a finals beatdown under his belt.