If you haven’t heard the news, you’re probably better for it. Vince McMahon has sold Monday Night Raw to Donald Trump. That would make it the third consecutive summer that Vince and the WWE has tried to stave off the summer ratings slump by pulling a stunt that tries to get them mainstream attention. Continue reading
Month: June 2009
Iowa Teen Is America’s BTF (Best Texter Forever)
Months of blood, sweat, tears, and obscenely large cell phone bills all led one place: the LG U.S. National Text-Messaging Championship. When the dust settled on the 21 finalists, the one left standing was a 15-year-old girl from Iowa who has been texting for all of eight months. Continue reading
Wednesday Link-Off: Back To The Future
Another week, another linkdump. This is Megan Fox who has a movie coming out next week. If memory serves, it’s called Michael Bay’s Big Explosions and Megan Fox In Revealing Outfits 2. After the jump, I was going to show Artie Lange on Joe Buck Live. Instead, we’ll have to settle for more Megan Fox.
A Ferrari Formula One concept for the upcoming Hoth Grand Prix. No word on if can outrun a Tauntaun or fen off a Wampa. (Jalopnik)
The Stanley Cup Finals had the most viewers on US network television on Friday night with 7.5 million viewers. That’s especially noteworthy because at midnight before the game, US TV stations made the big switch to digital signals. (New York Times)
Speaking of the Finals, between Bettman and NBC setting up the Red Wings for failure, people forgot how banged up Detroit was. The fact that Lidstrom could even play in the Finals with his injury should show how much of a pansy Crosby was for not playing Game 7. (Detroit Free Press)
An anti-competition in the ruling in Europe means that Microsoft can’t force IE on users buying Windows 7. They will make it “easy to install” for users and manufacturers. That way, you can download Chrome or Firefox. (BBC)
Joe Posnanski wrote one of the great infomercial analyses of all time. He recently took a look at the Comfort Wipe. God help America. (Joe Posnanski)
If your crazy enough to get a tattoo, here’s a helpful graphic to tell what your tattoo says about you. (Tasty Booze)
UPDATE: There was a bit of controversy over that last link. Cracked also had a tattoo guide, some folks thought that the two images were similar and the shit hit the fan. Here’s that link. (Cracked)
Only in Canada: A murder escapes a prison by walking off the property. (Toronto Star)
Susan Boyle may not have won Britain’s Got Talent but don’t tell her agent that. He’s set her appearance fees so high that he can retire on his cut by the end of the year. (Daily Telegraph)
Parking in Toledo is a fineable offence. Well, only if you park in your own driveway. (Globe & Mail)
Yankees aren’t the only things that live in the Bronx. You can find snakes too if you just close your eyes. (New York Post)
Ukraine is at risk of losing most of its games in Euro 2012. That’s what happens when communists get in the way of major construction project. (BBC) Continue reading
Balsillie’s Bid For Coyotes Is Rejected
The old saying is that the third time is the charm. Jim Balsillie has attempted to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators but failed both times. In his third attempt to buy an NHL franchise, the RIM CEO targeted the Phoenix Coyotes for a move to Hamilton. However, just like the last two tries, Jim was denied a chance to make it seven. Continue reading
Chickenfoot Review
It’s not often that a new band releases its first album with as much hype and as big an advertising budget as Chickenfoot. Then again, not all bands have the former lead singer and the former bassist of Van Halen, the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s drummer, and a guitar legend. So you can understand why expectations are so high for this supergroup. And I review their debut album after the jump. Continue reading
Team Seattle Finishes 30th at Le Mans
Slow and steady may not have won the race for Patrick Dempsey and the #81 Team Seattle – Advanced Engineering Ferrari F430, but it did get them a solid performance. Dempsey and teammates Joe Foster and Don Kitch Jr. completed 301 laps over 24 hours to finish 9th in the GT2 class of 17 starters and 30th overall. Continue reading
Entertainment Link-Off: A Fine Mess
Alright, so I finally got my hands on Kate Voegele’s latest album “A Fine Mess” last weekend despite the fact that it came out in May. I might not the be the first one in line to pick up merchandise, but I do end up supporting the artists I like. This album has been on full rotation in my CD player all week. It truly is a fantastic record. More on that later on…
Before I jump into the entertainment articles, let’s start off with something tied into last night’s brilliant Stanley Cup playoff game. Damien Cox writes about the unsung heroes of the Stanley Cup winning squad. (The Toronto Star) Once again, congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins for winning the cup.
After the jump, some TV scoop, lots of movie news and two celebrities that may have more in common than we thought. Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night in Canada: Hoisting the Cup
It all came down to this. After Pittsburgh’s win in game 6, we headed back to Motown for a final definitive game to determine the Stanley Cup champions. While the Red Wings had the home ice advantage, the Penguins were hoping to ruin the party at Joe Louis Arena. Continue reading
Provisional 2010 F1 Entry List Announced
The FIA announced the provisional entry list for the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship today. The 13 spots on the 2010 grid will filled with the 10 current F1 operations and 3 new start-up teams. Of course, with all the controversy leading up to this announcement, it would only be proper that the list itself was controversial. Continue reading
The Top Ten James Bond Theme Songs
Today, I’ve decided to do something a little different. If you listened to the season finale of the radio show (and if you missed it, you can find it here), you would remember we used the theme from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me in the “Your Life in Song” segment. While it was a great song, I wasn’t entirely sure that it was the greatest Bond theme ever. So I decided to figure out what was the greatest Bond movie theme song of all time. Continue reading
The Lowdown 