The WorldBeaters

When the Rockets drafted him, Houston was abuzz with the possibility of going to the NBA finals.  But since the big man has donned the red and white uniform, the Rockets haven't come close to finals.  To make matters worse, the last four seasons Yao has been pretty much non existent.  He hasn't played in more than 60 games a season since 2004 and completely missed last season.   I have to believe that his commitments to playing for the Chinese national team have hampered his NBA career, he has participated in the 2000, 2004, 2008 Olympics , the 2006 World Championships and the 2001, 2003 and 2005 FIBA Asian Championship .  His career hasn't been a total waste as he has been to several All-Star games and made many All-NBA teams.   It just feels that Houston was expecting much more from him.  His career is not over and he may still have some great basketball left to play.  However this will be difficult with the team announcing that his minutes will be capped at 25 per game

Undefeated (4)Wisconsin rolls over Austin Peay  70-3 .  Once again another team that could have scored 100 calls off the dogs in the 4th quarter.  67 points, now thats what I call a whupping!

Even more fascinating then the actual Butterbean fight was the National Anthem!

One man looks like a walking billboard and the other looks like he ate a billboard.

5.  The Mayweather Pacquaio fight will probably never happen.  Manny will fight a few more times then retire to a life of pickup basketball and politics.  Floyd has been charged with 8 crimes, 4 of which are felonies and will more than likely spend the next 12 months dealing with these legal issues.  One many thought would be the best fight of the last 10-15 years will never happen. 4.  The Heavyweight division is lackluster at best.  This is the only division that many Americans even care about and it hasn't been good in a long while.  The division is now run by a pair of giant Russian brothers who refuse to fight each other and America's hope lies with ex-college football and basketball players. 3.  Pay-per-view. At this point, does the WBC, WBA, IBF, Golden Boy or whoever really think that people are going to shell out the bucks to watch boxing?   Pacquaio v. Clottey , weak fight, weak undercard. (Happy I didn't pay for it).   Mosley v. Mora , another weak fight. (Ha

How can a team recuperate after losing a game by 69 points?!  Well,  Portland St. will have a week to think of something as they got blasted 69-0 , by (5) Oregon .  The score was 69-0 when the third quarter ended and Oregon decided to call off the dogs.  I guess calling off the dogs is okay, but still searching for that 100 point game.

I remember when I was in high school and I saw " Scream ", I still think that mask is the greatest thing ever.  The rest of these are pretty creepy to.  Has anyone ever seen " Dark Night of the Scarecrow " ?  Check the rest of the  mask.

The Colts need a space eater, a big tackle to clog up the middle and prevent people for rushing for over 200 yards on them, see  Arian Foster .  This is something that needs to be addressed immediately.  The Redskins on the other hand would be wise to pick up a big, tall, fast receiver to compliment McNabb, the sooner they get this receiver the better.  So I propose that the Redskins trade disgruntled DT Albert Haynesworth to the Colts in exchange for  Pierre Garcon .  Losing one of them wouldn't really effect Manning too much, its not like he doesn't have 3 or 4 other targets to throw it to.  Shananah would probably love to get Haynseworth off the team and pick up a young receiver to compliment Santana Moss .  This trade would help both right away, the Colts rushing defense can't get any worse.  

Keith Brooking fires the 'boys up pre-game.  Whatcha think?

The top five disliked athletes according to the Q scores company are: 1) Mike Vick 2) Tiger Woods 3) Terrell Owens 4) Chad Ochocinco 5) Kobe Bryant .  I never understood the point of these polls.  They really don't prove or say much.  Well at least now you know who America hates.

The absurdity continues with  Connecticut routing TSU 62-3 and Maryland doing the same to Morgan St. 62-3.  I'm just waiting for 100-0 score.   *Bonus stat of the week Michigan QB Denard Robinson 502 total yards, 244 passing yards and 258 rushing yards.   Michigan had 532 total yards.  Yeah lets just say he makes the Wolverines go.  

I remember when this guy was the most exciting thing about the NBA.  Now A.I. is considering playing in China?  Why?  I really don't get it.  Why not just hold open workouts and let teams see that you are serious about making a last run at it.  I just fear that if he goes to China thats the last we'll here of him.  Here are some of the highlights from his career: All Rookie First Team (1997), Rookie of the Year (1997), NBA MVP (2001), 4x Scoring Champion (1999, 2001, 2002, 2005) All NBA Third Team (2006), All NBA Second Team (2000, 2002, 200) All NBA First Team (1999. 2001, 2005),  oh we can't forget this: 

Well no real surprise here.  The "B-Team" rolled through the best the world could offer and brought home shiny gold medals.  It had been 16 years since America won the gold at the World Championships, but the drought is over as the Americans  cruised  over Turkey 81-64.   Its good to see that America is once again dominant on the world basketball stage.

(5) They don't have to worry about the Saints.  (Just too difficult to repeat)  (4) Depth at the receiver- Boldin, Mason, Stallworth, Houshmandzadeh.  (3)  Depth in back field- Rice, McGahee, McClain. (2) Not much change in personnel.  They didn't lose any key players on either side of the ball.   (1) Because the four previous reasons didn't mention the defense.  For the first time in nearly a decade, the  Baltimore Raven defense is not the scariest part of the team.  

Stephania Bell is the injury reporter for ESPN, she predicted the San Fransisco 49ers to win the Super Bowl!  I kid you not.  She picked them over the San Diego Chargers , I'm not sure if she's serious or just rooting for her home team (Bell is from San Fran).  Either way this is the gustiest Super Bowl I've come across thus far.  Check out her  prediction.   

Is timing really everything in life?  This commercial made me think.  Enjoy.

Wow they don't make em like this anymore! More Awesomeness !

#11 Oregon rolls New Mexico, 72-0.  Yep thats right 72-0! Here are some interesting stats from the game: Oregon racked up 720 total yards, 351 passing and 369 rushing!  The score was 59-0 at the half!  Check out Oregon running back Kenjon Barner's stat line, 147 yds on 17 carries with 4 rushing  touchdowns and 60 receiving yards with 1 receiving touchdown.  College Football is back America!

Ahhh the Americans, since I last posted on the "B Team", they've played twice.  A  stomping  of Iran and basically a  practice session  against Tunisia.  America finishes the preliminary round 5-0, led by Kevin Durant (17.8 ppg) and Kevin Love (6.6 rpg), next up is the knockout round.  Angola will be the next up for Team USA, tip-off is Monday at 11:00 AM est.    

Meet Bascat the mascot for the FIBA World Basketball Championship.  I like him, I think he looks good and was well thought out.  A basketball playing cat...simple enough. One blue eye, one green eye, uhh kinda weird but I'm sure the kiddies love it.   Learn more about Bascat .

Now that a few days have passed and the dust has settled lets take a minute to examine the Randy Couture vs. James Toney or as some less civilized would call the MMA vs. Boxing match. First off not taking away anything from Randy he had a job to do and he did it but clearly James was just looking to make a lot of noise with this fight and he succeeded. He couldn't get down to any kind of athletic shape if his life depended on it and his big money boxing days are clearly behind him even though he holds some type of joke boxing belt. So in a moment of pure genius he plays off of a debate that has been brewing in the combat sports underworld, Who would win a fight The Boxer or The Mixed Martial Artist. Now both of these boys were in there prime when i was failing English in Jr. High so to say this is even close to a true test of that question is absolutely absurd. Dana White, James Toney, Randy Couture and whoever other suits that were involved managed to rile up the uncivilized I sp