Juiced Sports Blog*: Writing Enhanced by Flaxseed Juiced Sports Blog*: Writing Enhanced by Flaxseed Edgy and humorous takes on sports news, plus three weekly columns. Also includes interviews with athletes. Desmond Clark told us he wanted more passes because he was good enough to catch 80. Articles
9-11 Strikes Alabama!
2007-11-21 16:03:00 Mitchell Blatt Alabama Launches a Preemptive Strike on Auburn After losing to Mississippi State and Louisiana-Monroe in back-to-back games, Alabama coach Nick Saban compared the loss to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor. The damage caused by Louisiana-Monroe has been calculated as 9/11 times 100, or 911,000. North Korea's Kim Jong Il says this is just the start. He says that against Auburn next week,
Notre Dame Shocks Nation, Wins Game
2007-11-19 23:31:00 Mitchell Blatt Charlie Weis To Keep Job! Chaos erupted in Jesus Stadium (officially known as Notre Dame Stadium) as time expired in Notre Dame's upset of Duke last Saturday. Duke came in riding high with their 1-9 record. Duke had only beaten two Bowl Subdivision teams since 2004, but they were still confident they could handle Notre Dame. Duke saftey Chris Davis was ecstatic going in. More About: Nation , Game , Notre-Dame , Wins
MLB's Instant Replay Crisis
2007-11-19 02:22:00 Mitchell Blatt Why Not Just Disallow Instant Replay , But Review Plays Anyway? After years of discussing instant replay, baseball's collective general managers have now voted to institute a limited form of instant replay starting next year. There are no guidelines on how instant replay will be administered, so Bud Selig is going to draft guidelines with the help of other leading baseball More About: Crisis , Cris
Hey Stoopid: This Time We Actually Answer Questions!
2007-11-18 15:53:00 Mitchell Blatt Trade for Steve Nash? Hughes, Snow, and Varejao for Nash? How bout just Hughes? First time here? Like what you see? Subscribe to JSB "Since the Cavs need a point guard, how about this trade: Larry Hughes, Eric Snow, and Anderson Varejao for Steve Nash? Nash would love to play with LeBron, and Hughes, Snow, and Varejao would be perfect in the Sun's uptempo offense.-Marvin, More About: Questions , Answer , Time
Oh How I Hate
2007-11-17 16:06:00 Mitchell Blatt A-Rod, Barry Bonds, Michigan... So, $92 million dollars isn't enough for A-Rod? He needs to leave the team with the highest payroll in baseball to find someone who will pay him his fair market value of $32 million a year. Well, who did he come crawling back to in the end? First time here? Like what you see? Subscribe to JSB Of course, Pay-Rod had to have some incentives in More About: Hate
RJ's NFL Picks, Week Eleven
2007-11-17 02:26:00 RJ Elliott This week's column brought to you by fathead.com - home of the world's most overpriced wall posters I went 7-7 last week. That puts me at 91-53 for the season. For a comparison, check out the "experts" over at ESPN. Here are my picks for the NFL's Week Eleven: First time here? Like what you see? Subscribe to JSB *Sunday, November 18, 2007* Arizona 4-5 at Cincinnati 3-6 - 1:
The Everchaning BCS Standings
2007-11-16 16:08:00 Mitchell Blatt If The Big 12 Doesn't Get a Team In... Who do you send to the National Championship when no team is a National Champion? After another highly ranked BCS team has been upset (Oregon lost to Arizona last night) that question is one gripping the minds of all college football fans right now. Quite likely, the answer will emerge from the Big 12. In fact, if the Big 12 doesn't get
Sexual Double Entendres Play into Spurs Win
2007-11-15 03:56:00 Mitchell Blatt Phil Jackson Calls it a "Brokeback Mountain Game" After the Lakers allowed 13 three-pointers in a loss to the Spurs , Phil Jackson was asked if too much penetration led to open outside shooters. (Get ready for the punchline.) Jackson replied, "We call this a 'Brokeback Mountain' game, because there's so much penetration and kickouts." Hey, it's my job to make stupid sexual More About: Play , Double , Sexual
Browns Shared Blame in Loss... With Refs
2007-11-14 03:54:00 Mitchell Blatt McGinest: "My Fault," Cribbs: "No, Mine," Dinkins: "It Was the Refs..." After the Browns let the Steelers come back from down 15, there were lots of people to blame: Jamal Lewis for gaining 35 yards on 16 carries... Derek Anderson for going 6-out-of-19 for the second half... the defense for allowing 401 total yards. So, after the game, Browns players put the blame squarely on More About: Loss , Blame
Who Should I Be Mad At?
2007-11-13 02:59:00 Mitchell Blatt Manning, Vinatieri Shift Blame, But Chargers Aren't Happy Either The Chargers beat the Colts 23-21 Sunday night to take sole control of the AFC West lead, so you would think the Chargers might at least be somewhat happy. Not really. Norv Turner has failed the Chargers in his play calling, motivation, and overall coaching, and the players are starting to complain. First
Top 20 Sports Blog Stories of The Year
2007-11-12 03:08:00 Mitchell Blatt Top Blog Posts, Top Blog Stories , News Broken by Blogs With the face of writen media quickly changing from newspapers to the internet, blogs have increased exponentially in importance in the past few years. There are now bloggers making tens of thousands of dollars per month. There are now blogs breaking stories before the mainstream media does. Powerline Blog breaking the More About: Sports , Year
Hey Stoopid!: Browns-Steelers Edition
2007-11-11 15:25:00 Mitchell Blatt Terry Bradshaw is Stoopid! With the Browns (5-3) playing the Steelers (6-2) for a share of the AFC North lead, Clevelanders are acting understandably stoopid. They seem to have forgotten that the Browns have lost the last eight (and missed the spread on the last eight) and that we are playing the Steelers on the road after losing week one to the Steelers 34-7. Now, I know More About: Edition
RJ's Week Ten NFL Picks
2007-11-10 19:37:00 RJ Elliott, Blogcritics Magazine So the Pats won Super Bowl 41.5 ... so what? How about them Packers, Lions, and Browns! I went 9-5 last week. That puts me at 84-46 for the season. For a comparison, check out the "experts" over at ESPN. Here are my picks for the NFL's Week Ten: Sunday, November 11, 2007 Atlanta (2-6) at Carolina (4-4) - 1:00 pm (Sheridan's line - Carolina by 4½) Atlanta
Top Stories and Must See Games
2007-11-10 15:40:00 Neil Joshi, The Sports Lounge MJ's Kid Goes to College, and More! With my preseason top 16 having been unveiled, it’s time to set our sights on the top storylines and games of the 2007-08 college basketball season. Stories #10-1: 10. MJ’s heir steps into the limelight Walking on at Illinois, Jeffrey Jordan doesn’t have nearly the same expectations his father had, but everywhere he goes, fans More About: Games
Karma A-Rod, is about to bite you in the backside
2007-11-09 00:24:00 Scott Jacobs You want $30 million? What's wrong with 15? So here's where I'm going to have fun. I'm going to hope, think, potentialize (I just invented the word) that A-Rod doesn't get his $32 million a year. The heck with that. I don't want him to get $30 million. In fact: what's so bad about, oh, I don't know... $15 million? MLB Owners and GM's have the incredible once in a decade More About: Karma , Backside , Bite , Arma
If 100,000 People Read This Post, Tom Brady Will Fail a Drug Test
2007-11-08 02:33:00 Mitchell Blatt Facebook Groups Have Promised Sports Victories if People Join Them If you are over 29, ignore this post because you probably don't know how to use Facebook. function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window. open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php? u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURI Component(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0 ,width=626,height=436');return false;} More About: Tom Brady , Post , Read , Test
Barry Bonds to Boycott Hall of Fame Inductions
2007-11-07 02:18:00 Mitchell Blatt Marc Ecko's Branding of Bond's HR Ball is a Double Win! Barry Bonds is still mad that Marc Ecko bought his record-breaking home run ball and branded it with an asterisk. So mad in fact, that he has decided to boycott the Hall of Fame inductions if the Hall of Fame upholds their decision to display the ball. Instead of shocking and disturbing the baseball community, baseball
Duke vs Notre Dame, Nov 17, 2007
2007-11-06 01:50:00 Mitchell Blatt Biggest Game of the Season, Duke vs Notre Dame , Just Two Weeks Away Oh, the tradition. Notre Dame. Knute Rockne. Rudy Ruettiger. NBC. Duke. Steve Spurrier starting his career there. Good basketball team. This is making for a very good game. You've got big receivers like Notre Dame's Robby Parris, who, with a team leading 24 catches for 312 yards, creates matchup More About: Notre-Dame
Big 10 Network Keeps OSU Off Columbus TV
2007-11-02 19:17:00 Mitchell Blatt No New Posts This Weekend, They Will Be Appearing on the Big 10 Network I want to appologize to my loyal reader (I know you're out there somewhere), but I won't be posting this weekend, becuase I'm going down to Columbus for Ohio State-Wisconsin. That's the site news for you. As this is my last post before the dreaded weekend of my absense. I want to talk about a subject that
College Basketball Preview: Teams #12-16
2007-11-02 00:59:00 Neil Joshi Duke Isn't Very Good This Year... 12. Washington State, 2006: 26-8 The Cougars seemingly came out of nowhere, to achieve the school’s first 26-win season. With their two most accomplished starters returning, Tony Bennett’s team can easily replicate the blue print again. Seniors Derrick Low and Kyle Weaver will lead the Cougars once against this season, with Low spearheading the More About: College , Basketball , Preview , College Basketball , Teams
A Truly Scary Halloween: LeBron Scores 10 Pts
2007-11-01 03:13:00 Mitchell Blatt 2-of-11 Shooting for NBA's "Chosen One" In the Cleveland Cavaliers opening game, LeBron James scored 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting in a 92-74 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Let me repeat: LeBrown scored 10 points. On 2-of-11 shooting. I fully expected the Cavs to lose, and I was even ready for the possibility that it would be a blowout, but, I didn't expect LeBron James to be More About: Scary , Halloween , Scores , Allo
College Basketball Preview: Teams #7-11
2007-10-31 05:08:00 Neil Joshi They Didn't Make It to the First Rankings; Here are the First Place Losers 11. Indiana, 2006: 21-11 Kelvin Sampson has come under fire in recent weeks for his suspicious phone calls, but with no postseason bans or scholarship cuts, the Hoosiers don’t appear too worried about it. Outside of the phone calls, the thing that’s making headlines is the addition of Eric Gordon, a five More About: College , Basketball , Preview , College Basketball , Teams
Sports Agent Blog-Matt Vuckovich Interview
2007-10-29 22:47:00 Mitchell Blatt 55th Most Influential Blog and Rising Sports Agent Matt Vuckovich is the cofounder of Dynasty Athlete Representation and a contributer to Sports Agent Blog. He attends law school at the Southern California Institute of Law. Usually he is interviewing other agents for the Sports Agent Blog, but last week, he took the other side of the microphone in the JSB exclusive. Mitchell More About: Interview
NFL Invades England, England Retaliates
2007-10-29 03:49:00 Mitchell Blatt Arrogant NFL's Imperialism Could Have Dire Consequences The NFL recently advanced one of the league's worst football teams, the Dolphins, into England to play a subpar football game the Giants that ended with the Giants holding off a late "comeback" effort by the Fins, 13-10. England responded yesterday by saying that the Premier League might start playing games in the US. Oh,
Hey Stoopid!
2007-10-28 15:54:00 Mitchell Blatt Bench Peyton Manning! Here we are with another weekly column where I make fun of the idiots who sent their Sunday questions in to the sports editors at the Cleveland Plain Dealer. First question: Hey, Tony: If sitting the bench is the best way to develop a young QB, when will the Colts pull the plug on Manning and start Jim Sorgi? A: Hey, Stoopid: I know you're not serious;
College Basketball Preview and Projected Lineups
2007-10-27 04:57:00 Neil Joshi Memphis, UCLA, or UNC? With Al Horford, Corey Brewer, Joakim Noah, and Taurean Green all being drafted, and Lee Humphrey graduating, its safe to say that college basketball’s latest dynasty has finally come to close. There are several teams chomping at the bit to replace Florida as national champs this year, and none of them appear much stronger than the other. Entering the 2007-08 More About: College , Basketball , Preview , College Basketball , Lineup
VT Isn't America's Team, Part 2
2007-10-26 04:26:00 Mitchell Blatt San Diego Is! Move on, America. Virginia Tech as America's Team is so last week. Sure, they had a few people die, but that's part of the past. We've already seen videos of them grieving and watched their football team win a few games, so they don't need our support anymore. San Diego, however, does. After my original post on why VT wasn't America's Team (that attracted so More About: Part
NFL Bottom Feeders
2007-10-25 04:15:00 Scott Jacobs Where's our St. Louis-Miami matchup? It's ugly. Really really ugly. So ugly that unlike Raiders ugly last year, this show of doom has two participants. And their names are Miami and St. Louis. At a combined 0-14 and preparing for 2015, the two teams are so bad, its actually almost as entertaining to debate which one is worse as it is who is better between the Colts and Pats. More About: Bottom
Don't Get Interviewed Over AIM
2007-10-24 04:07:00 Mitchell Blatt My Favorite Topic... MYSELF! As part of my contest to see who can conduct the funniest interview with me, Sports Brethren interviewed me yesterday. We did it over AIM. Sports Brethren did the best they could editting... Here are some highlights: SB: Just to get it out of the way: How are you dealing with the Indians? Are you polishing a gun barrel? Juiced Sports: Well, let
October Rox! Fox and MLB Decide on Sox
More articles from this author:2007-10-23 20:58:00 Scott Jacobs Phew! Fox is Saved by Sox! Hey guys! College has been crazy, but I found time out of my busy schedule to keep close tabs on a wild baseball post-season. Forget the fact that the Yanks nearly got swept, the Mets failed to make it in at all, and the Rockies got in on a play too close to even tell, how about this: Fox is saved! Just imagine an Indians-Rockies series or More About: October , Cide 1, 2, 3 |
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