Has Anyone Seen This Man??

The machine that is the New York media is currently chewing and ready to spit out their captain. Even as a Red Sox fan, it is hard to watch Jeter hit flailing around up there at the plate. This is going to be a long and painful road to 3,000 hits.

Greetings From Ireland

It's Chip McDivot's show this week as my 50% share hold in GM is on vacation in Ireland. I will be keeping up on the sports world through the BBC whose coverage is delightfully soccer and rugby heavy and not quite as condescendingly chipper like our friends at Sportscenter.

Great article about SEAL Team 6, the special ops unit that conducted the raid on Bin Laden's compound. Some great snippets in case you don't have the time:

Col. W. Patrick Lang, a retired Special Forces officer with extensive operational experience throughout the Muslim world, described JSOC’s forces as “sort of like Murder, Incorporated.” He told The Nation: “Their business is killing Al Qaeda personnel. That’s their business. They’re not in the business of converting anybody to our goals or anything like that.” Shortly after the operation was made public, retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey called JSOC’s operators the “most dangerous people on the face of the earth.”

An all around great day on the home front yesterday and did not want to pass up the opportunity to post one of my favorite videos of all time. Pure gold. God bless America:

All-American

Cool footage of West Virginia forward John Flowers celebrating the news with WVU classmates and friends.  Good to see a star athlete enjoy the college experience with his fellow Americans.  Always surprised we don't see more of this stuff from athletes and celebs, especially considering how much it means to those around them.

Empty.

This is what happens when you have a season with 162 game that stretch from a freezing April to an even colder October/November.  Every year.

"Over all, baseball attendance is 1.3 percent lower than at the same period last season, according to Baseball-Reference.com, and 20 of the sport’s 30 teams have drawn fewer fans."

Silver Spoons

Interesting read in The Wall Street Journal about the careers, both in the helmet and the bank account, for players selected in the first round of the NFL draft compared to those selected afterwards.  Montana and Brady, we know you were selected so late you nearly started as locker room janitors yet went on to multiple Super Bowl titles and Hall of Fame careers, but don't read this article.  JaMarcus Russell, this article makes you look like even more of a failure...but keep enjoying that Purple Drank.

"Of the 287 players drafted in round one over the past nine years, 85% are still playing, which is 20% better than the rate for second rounders. The average "one" plays for 9 years, which is nearly triple the league average. They make up 40% of the league's team captains and they were 140% more likely to make the Pro Bowl in the last decade than players taken in round two."

Jackass.

Hey Rashard, not the best day to take a strong stance.  You're outnumbered.

Cover(s) of the Day

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