Thank Giggity It's Friday

This is retarded. Michael Phelps just got suspended for 3 months by the USA Swimming Association for smoking weed during his break from competitive swimming. He also apparently will lose his Kellogg cereal sponsorship as they have declined to renew, saying that his behavior is "not consistent with the image of Kellogg". Are you fucking serious? This is ridiculous on a number of levels.

• Number 1, he didn't break any of those anti-doping rules because they apply to performance ENHANCING drugs.
• Number 2, it was the god damn off season.
• Number 3, doesn't marijuana give you the munchies, so wouldn't more people buy Kellogg's Corn Flakes if they were stoned? Kellogg needs to rethink their position here.
• Number 4, this guy just won 8 friggin Gold Medals in the Olympics. He should be allowed to do anything he wants, including murder, rape, and banging hookers.

I mean, seriously, what's the point of this 3 month suspension? It means he can't compete until May, and the World Championships are in July, which still gives him 2 months to prepare. It's not like he's barred from training or anything. He just can't use the official USA training facilities and stipend he gets for traveling. Big fucking deal. He has millions from endorsements already and has a countless number of places to train. It's completely illogical. You either punish him or you don't punish him. This is half-assed shit. You could either brush it aside as a mistake (which is what they should've done) or go big and suspend him forever. There is no middle ground here. Three months? So silly. If I were Phelps, I'd spend the next 3 months in Jamaica smoking my face off, come back and win the World Championships in July, and then moon the USA Swimming Association while on the podium.

Super Bowl Controversy Solved!

In case anyone was wondering, it looks like a video has been released that clearly indicates that Santonio Holmes had both feet down on his game winning touchdown catch. Here is the video:

Responding to Amit's comment

Amit K-O said...

True...we would like you to pick the lakers/celts game tonight...leave on TOP...also, for andy/q, the million dollar PATRIOT question now is what is MATT CASSEL really WORTH???? Are you aware of any credible trade scenarios?? Any ideas? I heard Tony G wants out of KC...would you accept Tony G and a 1st/2nd round pick for Matty C? I would welcome that but I also realize defense should be the priority. That said, Tony G would def be able to give us at least 3 sick, solid years...I also def think Detroit would trade us a 1st rounder (they have Dallas' after the hilarious Roy Williams deal) and prob 2nd/3rd for Cassel..thoughts??

February 5, 2009 12:55 PM

I will have to leave it to barstoolsports.com to answer this one. They did a wonderful job of breaking down the situation and give us 10 reasons the Patriots can, should and WILL get two 1st round draft picks for Matt Cassel.

Other Sports News

• Red Sox - 8 days until pitchers and catchers report!
• Bruins - they raced out to a 2-0 lead last night, then somehow surrendered 3 straight goals to the lowly Senators (who used to be good), and then managed to tie the game up with about 4 minutes left in regulation. They ended up winning 4-3 in the shootout. Two more points baby!
• Celtics - another winning streak ended by the Lakers. The Christmas night loss was already bullshit enough as we are the DEFENDING champions and had to fly all the way to LA for Christmas. Thanks David Stern. And to top it all off, we play the Lakers in the Garden last night and get the officiating crew of "Monty McCutchen, Jim Capers Jr., and Leon Wood". Who the fuck are these guys? Wouldn't you think that since this is such a pivotal regular season game, with a playoff atmosphere, that we'd have refs who actually have experience with these types of games? That was a horribly officiated game, on both ends, and naturally we got screwed because of it. Thank you again David Stern. So we're now 0-2 against the Lakers this year, which means that if we somehow face off in the NBA Finals, LA will have home court advantage. This is exactly what Stern wants. He wants the Celtics-Lakers again and he wants the Lakers to win this time so that the rivalry becomes even more intense, increasing the popularity and excitement of the NBA, which will then trickle down into larger revenues from television, merchandise, and ticket sales. Jews are smart.

Weekend Plans

• Tonight - I have no idea what I'm doing. Call me.
• Saturday - I scheduled an appointment to get my car inspected, get an oil change & filter, and have my tires rotated. Other than that, I'm going to the gym and have a Chinatown banquet from 7-10. Might hit up Fanueil Hall for drinks after. Holla.
• Sunday - I'll probably wake up hungover as usual. Celtics game is on at 1pm so I'll probably watch that, followed by King Rape (Kobe) vs. King James (Lebron) at 3:30pm. I think I'm going to Ruth's Chris for dinner as well because I am awesome and awesome people eat awesome food.

One last thing: Big shout out to Chris Plant aka CP Word! (picture below)

He's in there somewhere...

Have a good weekend phuckers!