This week’s Worst of Music winner seems to be a regular when it comes to discussions for the weekly award. The Black Eyed Peas have been on a steady free-fall when it comes to their music since Let’s Get It Started and that wasn’t even that good. This week’s WoM worthy BEP song is an attempt at dance music that shoehorns an 80s pop classic in for good measure. And it’s slightly inexplicably called “The Time (Dirty Bit).” Continue reading
Embrace The Hate: How The Heat Can Grow The NBA
The Miami Heat were supposed to run roughshod over the NBA. They were supposed to have at least 73 wins this season before sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals. However, the Heat are currently a 0.500 team that looks like they won’t catch a sniff of even a division crown. The Heat could have been a viewership draw as a dominant force that everyone would respect but want to see torn down at the same time. As they’re no threat to win the NBA championship, it’s time to dip into the David Stern slash Vince McMahon playbook to salvage the NBA season. It’s time for a complete heel turn. Continue reading
Sunday Link-Off: You Are Not…
Leading off her first ever linkdump here, it’s Elizabeth Hurley.
The USC Trojans football team seems perpetually in trouble with the NCAA over illegal benefits given to players. Well, it looks like things may get worse for them now that a USC student (and friend of some players) is a registered agent. (LA Times)
Like Maury but can’t watch it because you’re at work? Now you can find funny moments from recent Maury episodes on Tumblr. (Holy Maury Mother of God)
Gawker Media czar Nick Denton finally revealed how much Deadspin paid for the Favre dongslinger photos. It was surprisingly less than we were first led to believe. (Business Insider)
After the jump, how not to dance with a broom, Gran Turismo 5 and the best wedding introductions of all-time. Continue reading
Entertainment Link-Off: Swan Dive
Jackie’s got the day off for travel so I’ve drawn in to do the links today. To lead it off, here’s Natalie Portman who stars in the new movie Black Swan.
Speaking of which, here’s Roger Ebert’s review of Black Swan. He really likes it. Sadly, no mention of that sex scene between Portman and Mila Kunis in the review. (Roger Ebert)
It looks like the war between “old media” and “new media” is about to really heat up. Despite claims that one is dead and the other reckless, they’re basically neck and neck. (Business Insider)
And just for fun, here’s a look at some of the all-time great Simpsons episodes. (Split Sider)
After the jump, the best XBox Kinect hacks, famous fictional cars, and celebrities invade a Norwegian music video. Continue reading
Survivor Series 2010 Review
Since 1903, Major League Baseball has held a championship series that it’s known colloquially as “the Fall Classic.” For the last 24 years, World Wrestling Entertainment has held its own Fall Classic known as the Survivor Series. One of the WWE’s “Big Four” pay-per-views, it is the second oldest annual show on the WWE calendar and always a good show. This year’s Survivor Series was live from American Airlines Arena in Miami and featured a continuation of the Nexus invasion angle that has captivated wresting fans since the summer. Find out how well that angle and the rest of the show played out after the jump. Continue reading
NFL Week 13 Picks
I’m going to suggest that the playoff picture got remarkably clearer after last week. In the AFC it would be a surprise if the Jets, Patriots, Steelers, and Ravens didn’t get in leaving the Chiefs and Chargers in a good battle for the West and the Colts looking like they will come out of the South even though everyone in that division is still close. The West division will be very close because both teams have an easy schedule to close out the season and it is possible that the Kansas City @ San Diego game in Week 14 will determine the winner of that division. My money is own the Chargers to pull out the division win but I have been underestimating Kansas City since the beginning of the season and it would be just like them to throw a monkey wrench into what could possibly be one of the strongest group of playoff teams that we have seen in a while.
The NFC is a bit murkier, thanks to the pathetic NFC West. I like St. Louis to emerge from that quagmire of crappy teams and they may even get a home playoff game but I don’t like any of that division against the remaining NFC playoff teams. Atlanta (thanks to its incredible play at home) looks to take the very competitive NFC South with New Orleans right behind them and should take the first wild card spot. Tampa Bay remains somewhat of a question mark. They have played good teams tight but have yet to beat a team currently over .500. They will be in a tight race with the either the Giants or Eagles and either the Bears or Packers. Gun to my head, I think that the Giants and Buccaneers fall back from the group and your NFC playoff teams are the Eagles, Rams, Packers, Falcons, Saints, and Bears. Not a bad group outside of St. Louis.
Either way the end of the season is shaping up to be quite interesting and given that the majority of the games left are divisional games we should see have much better viewing options available to us than that pathetic Monday night game between the Cardinals and 49ers. With the playoff picture in our minds lets get onto our Week 13 Picks. As always the Home Team is in CAPS and the spread is courtesy of http://www.sportsbook.com Continue reading
NHL Power Rankings: Week 9
There’s a lot of change in this week’s Power Rankings. We have one team make a huge jump of 15 spots into the top ten while a top five team from last week plummets 14 spots in the rankings. Not surprisingly, though, the bottom five saw very little change in the order. But, once again, a new team reaches the top of the Power Rankings. I’m actually surprised that I’m willing to risk the Power Rankings jinx on these guys too. Continue reading
Late Night Link-Off: Cooking
For the second edition of the late-night links, let’s open with Irina Shayk. There’s actually a funny story about this photo…
It turns out that she’s suing GQ Spain over her December photo shoot being photoshopped. Now, it would normally be standard practice for that to happen but she wasn’t too happy that her clothes disappeared. (Huffington Post)
After the jump, the hottest women on cooking TV, Christmas gift tip and Irina Shayk in bodypaint (without photoshop). Continue reading
Wednesday Link-Off: Surely You Can’t Be Serious
We’ve got a bit of a comedy thing happening in today’s WLO so let’s kick off with Cobie Smulders.
We know that the NHL has its reasonably fair share of scandals. Avery, Campbell, Eagleson… and that’s about all I can think of right now. However, there is a set procedure for dealing with these as shown by this flowchart. (Down Goes Brown)
The Grey Cup was this past week. Sadly, Montreal won. However, us viewers also won because TSN put more into this game broadcast than they did for the whole 2010 Olympics. Here’s a look behind the scenes at the production efforts. (55-Yard Line)
With the passing of Canadian icon Leslie Nielsen this weekend, let’s look back at 10 of his best scenes. (Bro Bible)
After the jump, Sports Human of the Year voting, a Fox Nation epic fail and a couple of Monday Night Football moments. Continue reading
The Empire Strikes Back: GIF Edition
We’ve seen the original Empire Strikes Back and the special edition of Empire Strikes Back and in a couple of years, we’ll have Empire Strikes Back in 3D. Fortunately, an intrepid internet denizen has taken the best movie in the Star Wars saga and turned it into an animated GIF. The only downside is that there’s no sound so there’s no “I know.” Continue reading
The Lowdown 