NFL Draft this weekend

The NFL draft is upon us once again. The Jets - beloved in the way you love how sports are 1% glory and 99% kicks to the groin - hold the 6th pick. Normally, a fan would be pretty excited about the possibilities of drafting that high. But the Jets are no normal organization. While they have been competitive in the last decade - in fact, very good most years between 1998 and 2006 - the Jets have certainly made their share of historically bad draft picks.

I don't want to get too in-depth about what players are available, and which ones they should pick...but I do think their biggest need is a premiere, pass-rushing defensive lineman. That is, of course, unless the Troll from Pigskin Footbrawl is still on the board. Pretty unlikely though; the Troll is a perfect fit for the Raiders at #4.

Hey Peter...watch your cornhole, man.

Growing up in central New Jersey, a great part of my childhood was playing the Bean Bag Game with my family. The object was to toss your round bean bags, into a hole in a wooden board on the other side. Sort of like horseshoes, but way more awesome. And yes, that's the official name: The Bean Bag Game. So, you can imagine my confusion when I saw this.

"Cornhole." Really? Who knew our beloved game had such a vulgar name? I think of something a little different when I hear about a couple of dudes playing corn hole with each other. But that's just me. And it's not just that one site either - Wikipedia has it too, and we all know Wikipedia can never be wrong.

Oh well. To me, this is just more proof that there is right, and there is wrong. Unlike the classic show Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, truth and falsehood are not just different shades of grey (or created by the hallucinations of "researcher" Robert Trailins). I will not allow cultural relativism into my leisure sports.

And the bags are round, not square. The hole is round, why would the bags be square? Any 4 year old playing with pegs knows that. And it's 6 bean bags in a set, not 4. Sheesh.

This...is Bill Beeeaaaalichick

Great article by Steve Czaban today on OnMilwaukee.com about the "spygate" scandal, and how in spite of the NFL's wishes, all signs point to a brewing storm - thanks to the pending testimony of Matt Walsh. It sure is taking a while to develop, but Czabe believes it's because Walsh really has something, thus needs to make sure he has adequate protection before he reveals all the goods. I just can't wait for this to happen.

It's like waiting for Christmas, even though you don't know when Chrismas is going to be. But when it does finally come around...it's going to be a pretty darn good Christmas.

Red Sox fans take this curse thing a little too seriously

I don't understand this. How would burying a David Ortiz jersey under the new Yankee Stadium, curse the Yankees? Or, was the guy hoping to further un-curse the Red Sox? Clearly he knows his team already broke their curse, in the horrible, horrible October of 2004. Are there varying degrees of curses, or is something either cursed, or not cursed? I think someone should write a definitive book or movie about curses to settle this whole thing once and for all. Until then, I'll just start here, since it contains Shannon Elizabeth. Though I don't know if it will help with the whole baseball thing.

WNBA Live 2008

Not a whole lot of substance to this post, at least not contributed by me. But I wanted to make sure as many people as possible see this. A brilliant (and terribly mean) idea, executed to perfection.

Go crazy folks...go crazy.