On tap for tonight:
WWE Tribute to the Troops airs at 8pm EST on USA with a main event of Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt in a Bootcamp Match.
Lucha Underground airs at 8pm EST on the El Rey Network tonight as well.
The NBA has 10 games on the schedule with two of them on ESPN. At 8pm EST the Brooklyn Nets take on the Toronto Raptors and at 10:30pm the Houston Rockets go up against the Denver Nuggets.
In the NHL there are just three games on the schedule. At 8pm EST the Boston Bruins will take on the Minnesota Wild on the NBC Sports Network.
There are several televised college basketball games on the schedule as well.
WWE Tribute to the Troops airs at 8pm EST on USA with a main event of Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt in a Bootcamp Match.
Lucha Underground airs at 8pm EST on the El Rey Network tonight as well.
The NBA has 10 games on the schedule with two of them on ESPN. At 8pm EST the Brooklyn Nets take on the Toronto Raptors and at 10:30pm the Houston Rockets go up against the Denver Nuggets.
In the NHL there are just three games on the schedule. At 8pm EST the Boston Bruins will take on the Minnesota Wild on the NBC Sports Network.
There are several televised college basketball games on the schedule as well.
Everyone's still arguing about North Korea in the other thread....I've got the place to myself!!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2UVsyVLLcE
Okay, so who wants to have some fun and talk North Korea?
ReplyDeleteIn your face, Wifflebat!!
ReplyDeleteBoD Mod in the hizzouse.
ReplyDeleteWait just one minizzle. Wizzle my fizzle izzle, cuz?
How much of a jaded asshole have I become? A bunch of carolers are singing outside my apartment complex and I just wish they'd shut up and go away.
ReplyDeleteGet out of my parents house!
ReplyDeleteWhat's up everyone.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how old people slag millennials when they're the generation that raped the economy and plundered the planet.
ReplyDeleteAnd those two things showed some real fucking gumption.
ReplyDeleteSimpsons episodes focusing on Lisa are the worst.
ReplyDeleteYou want the deck the halls...with their blood!
ReplyDeleteAnd grit, too.
ReplyDeleteAnd moxie.
And spunk.
So much spunk..l
ReplyDeleteIt's like the Game of Thrones Sansa chapters...
ReplyDeleteChock full of grit, those folks
ReplyDeleteLisa the vegetarian is one of the best ever.
ReplyDeleteFalse! I love Lisa/Homer episodes
ReplyDeleteThey've had one good episode that I can remember. The rest is her being overly preachy and annoying.
ReplyDeleteLisa's Pony is great stuff too. And Lisa's Rival.
ReplyDeleteYou're in an irritable mood today. Carolers, Lisa Simpson...
ReplyDeleteLisa is annoying by nature.
ReplyDeleteBacklash 06 for me. Don't think I've ever seen this.
ReplyDelete"I'm still trying to figure out volleyball, it seems like it's just screaming and high fives."
ReplyDeleteMy fresh-out-of-school reporter is hilarious to listen to.
I liked the one where she sees her future getting engaged to a British guy.
ReplyDeleteOhhh yeah you're in the newspaper game...I'm sorry lol
ReplyDeleteLisa's Substitute is one of the best ever, but that was a looong time ago.
ReplyDeleteThe pig cuff links and "Steel Wheelchairs Tour" are the best.
ReplyDeleteIt's the only job for me.
ReplyDeleteHas WWE calmed down a little on shilling the Network, or have I just tuned it out? I feel like I haven't heard as much about it on RAW and Smackdown.
ReplyDeleteI did it for about five years, I really enjoyed it, but it wasn't financially feasible. With my new job upcoming, I'll have time to freelance again.
ReplyDeleteIt's ubiquitous, probably just not noticing it.
ReplyDeleteThere's also these: http://i.imgur.com/B6dlj.jpg
ReplyDeleteAfter losing the title to Cena at Royal Rumble, they should have Brock Lesnar get on the mic and call himself "a big fat piece of shit".
ReplyDeleteI'm running a little weekly, so the lower expectations are nice, I just inherited the print shop side so now I'm kind of doing two full time jobs but at least I'm getting paid accordingly. It's a little much but soon I'll be married so I'll want to always be here anyway.
ReplyDeleteWe should already be about a decade past that point...
ReplyDelete.......Yes!
ReplyDeleteSome people say Marge-centric episodes are the worst, but they're just crazy.
Barely counts. Thinking it is easy. Acting on it is the key.
ReplyDeleteUnleash your anger.
I do!
ReplyDeleteM.A.S.H. was shit.
ReplyDeleteI will keep on telling you... I want more dumb reporter stories. They're the best. As a someone who was in journalism for a couple of years before just saying, "Screw it," and going into freelance writing and teacher instead, I want to hear about the poor souls who continued on the path. And as a follower of many niche sports, I have seen some pretty dumb reporters who refuse to research beforehand.
ReplyDeleteWait, I started an NK debate and didn't get a chance to finish it?
ReplyDeleteAt least you are making a decent wage, not many in that profession can say that. I spent my time at a 20-25k daily in nowhere PA.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that so many Americans will get riled up over their right to be a jerk. "I should be able to make fun of assassinating another country's leader! I should be able to say whatever racial slurs I want! Nothing should have consequences!"
ReplyDeleteI was enjoying it, so I put a spin on it and carried on. I'm expecting someone to start yelling at me in all-capitals a-n-y m-i-n-u-t-e now.
ReplyDeleteYou are Lisa Simpson.
ReplyDeleteI had someone I called last week ask me if I was "that asshole from taxwatch."
ReplyDeleteThe whole time he was giving me information but kept going "assuming you are who you say you are"
It's in the raw reunion thread. For all I know it's still going on.
ReplyDeleteOh. I was talking NK in the daily thread. Endlessly fascinated by that place and have always wanted to go
ReplyDeleteHe's really good, loves the sports gig which is odd because it's like double A high school stuff here but he's all in. It's just fun listening to my guys talk to each other when they think I'm not listening.
ReplyDeleteI don't blame him for not being passionate about high school volleyball, I haven't gotten any letters saying he's bullshitting too badly so whatever, carry on, lol.
If he can write stuff that funny, I'd give him a front page feature everyday. That's wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI once had to cover high school gymnastics. I just felt creepy
ReplyDeleteNowhere's the place to be really, there's still a use for print advertising in most nowhere's.
ReplyDeleteI posted this idea last night in one of the Rollins-Cena-Lesnar-Reigns related threads, but I don't think many people saw it, so here it is again. Not saying it's a good or bad idea, just an idea:
ReplyDeleteRollins gets all chummy with Brock and Heyman leading up to Royal Rumble, to the point where it's not suspicious at all that he'd accompany Brock to the ring for his match with Cena. As Brock (who comes out first) is making his entrance, however, Rollins clocks him with the briefcase, then clocks him with the belt, then curb-stomps him on the floor. A ref's already there, of course, ready to work the Brock-Cena match. Cash-in, pin, Rollins is the new champ.
Just as Rollins is sprinting up the ramp before Brock wakes up, however, Cena comes out like "Whoa, you're not going anywhere." Cena has a contract saying he's guaranteed a title match tonight, and that match starts NOW. Cena-Rollins happens, Cena wins.
Later in the show, Rollins enters the Rumble (which he was scheduled to do anyway), now desperate to regain a title shot. But then an insanely pissed-off Brock enters the Rumble -- because he destroyed Adam Rose in the back, or Heyman paid somebody for their spot -- wanting Rollins' blood. His obsession over getting to Rollins leads to Brock being eliminated eventually, so Reigns still wins the Rumble and gets his WM title shot.
Now you have Reigns-Cena for WM31 and Brock-Rollins. The departing Brock (now a babyface) can put up Rollins on his way out, and Reigns gets his WM coronation over Cena.
You're clearly not in the Christmas spirit. I can't say I am either.
ReplyDeleteatleast with adding some TNT, some ECW, Primetime, etc. they have something more to shill.
ReplyDeleteI worked on the production crew in college. We covered all the home volleyball games and man there was a ton of high-fiving.......and jiggling.
ReplyDeleteScott did a bunch of rants on M.A.S.H. A long time ago.
ReplyDeleteI've never really given him a chance, that's not really my philosophy. We're tiny, this is a place to come for two years and get your footing in the basics and move on to what you actually want to do.
ReplyDeleteI should ask him though, just to see what he says.
Random question.
ReplyDeleteWhat exotic pet would you like to own if you have the finances and means?
Cheetah, with a leopard a close 2nd.
I liked the one where Alan Alda took a mess of peyote and started calling everyone 'my dog'. And I think I only dreamed that one. Other than that - urrgh. I liked the film though.
ReplyDeleteRed panda. I'd glandly give up my man card for one of them.
ReplyDeleteSince Scott skipped it in his 96 Raw review I'll ask here. What exactly was the Raw Bowl?
ReplyDeleteVery true...and our paywall online was actually successful because everyone moves the hell away and wanted to keep up with what was going on locally.
ReplyDeleteI'd just take a regular panda
ReplyDeleteWould people please STOP coming up with ideas which are better and make more sense than the ones we'll end up with? It's not good for morale.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting choice. Any particular reason?
ReplyDeleteIt's what Titus O'Neil ate on last Thanksgiving's Smackdown.
ReplyDeleteI find it ironic that a country founded due to the religious intolerance of its early settlers e.g. those who landed at Plymouth Rock, who wished for land where they could preach their own intolerant and fundamentalist version of their religion, and who then wiped out the people of America using chemical warfare, is itself now dedicated to wiping out those who use terrorist means such as chemical warfare to practise their religious intolerance.
ReplyDeleteOcelot. It's technically a "big cat" but it's not as big as a leopard or anything like that.
ReplyDeleteThanks?
ReplyDeletetldr
ReplyDeleteDean and Bray are brawling all over the arena. They make their way back to the ring where Bray hits Ambrose with a chair so hard it sends Dean back 18 years where he believes he is Brian Pillman. He notices that he is in Cincinnati, Ohio and sitting on a living room couch. He has a gun in his right hand and here's glass shatter. It's Austin! Austin has broke into his house. He pulls the gun out to shoot Austin and a BANG! flag pops out and the recoil from the gun shoots green paint into his face. He wakes up back in the ring with Wyatt. Bray hits the Sister Abigali and gets the pin.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say that your work stories are tied with the "Sister Abigail for the pin" meme as the best content currently running on this blog.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Scott's posts too, I guess.
Not super exotic, but I've always liked the caucasian ovcharka, the dog they use to hunt bear, I'd name him Bear Dog. Actually I'd just call him whatever he told me to.
ReplyDeletehttp://i.imgur.com/3N0bR.jpg
I thought Wrestlecrap inducted it at some point (and their point of view on it would be the funniest), but I can't find it. Anyone else want to take this one?
ReplyDeleteThe wrestlers wore football jerseys and it was a four team elimination match, I believe.
ReplyDeleteThe time travel left me skeptical but you really saved it at the end.
ReplyDeleteThey look like this:
ReplyDeletehttp://redpandanetwork.org/blog/wp-content/gallery/redpanda/main-panda-fat.
jpg
And I'm sure I can get plenty of attention from the ladies with one.
That thing is fucking huge.
ReplyDeletemongoose but it'd probably kill me
ReplyDeleteThere were penalties and timeouts, too, I believe.
ReplyDeleteMost of the ideas people come up with are far worse.
ReplyDelete*FUCKING huge
ReplyDeleteSee, now you just make me want to watch it
ReplyDeleteOh Jesus Christ.
ReplyDeleteI know what they look like. But I guess that's why you want one.
ReplyDeleteTo me, they're just an endangered raccoon.
Oh yeah, it's definitely stupid enough to watch and enjoy. Along with Dok Hendrix and the Raw Band or whatever the hell they were called
ReplyDeleteI just like imagining having such a well trained Bear Dog that people flee in terror from blocks away when I walk him. You could easily clear beaches with a dog like that.
ReplyDeleteFinal Jeopardy clue from tonight:
ReplyDeleteThe category: AFI's 100 Greatest Films
One of the top twenty, this 1946 film was based on a short story published as "The Man Who Was Never Born".
All three contestants screwed the pooch on this one, which surprised the hell out of me. GO!
"He notices that he is in Cincinnati, Ohio "
ReplyDeleteNobody knows where they are in Cincinnati, Ohio. They're too high on prescription meds to distract them from being in Cincinatti, Ohio.
What Is It's A Wonderful Life
ReplyDeletehttp://variety.com/2014/film/news/sony-has-no-further-release-plans-for-the-interview-1201382167/
ReplyDeletewhat? did they do a halftime show or something?
ReplyDeleteMy guess as well
ReplyDeleteReally good film with james Stewart in it.
ReplyDeleteHOW DID NO ONE GET THIS??
ReplyDeleteThey went with The Invisible Man, Citizen Kane and The Third Man.
Why am I not surprised that Hogan is the first one out?
ReplyDeleteAnd yet many are still better than the ones that make the screen.
ReplyDeleteBecause you read the spoilers?
ReplyDeleteI'm scary good at Jeopardy! depending on the category.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we're actually able to squeeze some dollars out of the site too.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting ready to start up a Spanish-speaking circular that will go to all he addresses in the county. That's either going to be amazeballs or I'm getting fired.
So Dean loses tonight when his shoe laces are tied together?
ReplyDeleteNo, when was this taped?
ReplyDeleteLast week
ReplyDeleteI read Hogan.
ReplyDeleteI stopped my nature show to switch to WWE.
Goddammit.
Nope, it was on a regular edition of Monday Night Raw.
ReplyDeleteLol you did demographic research correct?
ReplyDeleteI clean up on movies, music, most sports and various pop culture. Science and art kill me.
ReplyDeleteHe trips on a helmet.
ReplyDeleteEveryone pretended they didn't know who voiced The Great Gazoo too, we're raising a country where it's cool to be dumb.
ReplyDeleteA North Korean. I'd pet him, I'd wash him... but I wouldn't feed him.
ReplyDeleteAre you a snake of some kind?
ReplyDeleteThis studio owns the rights to Spider-Man. Un-fucking-believable.
ReplyDelete...what?
ReplyDeleteMid December during the week is the worst for sports
ReplyDeleteHarvey Korman was all over that animated cash money flow.
ReplyDelete"too long didn't read"
ReplyDeleteThis seems no different from a normal North Korean.
ReplyDeleteI was talking about the purpose of the band. Was it a marching band or just a house band?
ReplyDeletehehe riki tiki tavi
ReplyDeleteFebruary says hello
ReplyDeleteI'm still half-surprised that they never ran with that angle for Vickie Guerrero, knowing what they're like.
ReplyDeletewow!! that thing is huge
ReplyDeleteI could swear the band was there for more than one episode, but it wasn't an official halftime show. Late 95 and early 96 is a semi fun period for WWF. They were trying new things. Some worked and some didn't
ReplyDeleteAt least you have conference season winding down in college basketball and get some decent games.
ReplyDeleteThe summer right after the NBA finals is the
ReplyDeleteworst
Attention spans these days...
ReplyDeleteOf course, not that it was super necessary, we're totally ag-based so the overwhelming majority of the people around here speak Spanish at least as a second language, a huge percentage as a first.
ReplyDeleteI think it will work, it's free to the customers, saturates a shit load of area so I can basically make it a 4-8 page wrapper for inserts, that's the real idea.
My Raw Bowl curiosity has been down the wrestlecrap rabbit hole. What's this thing about Bret swearing at Michael Buffer that's listed on here?
ReplyDeleteMLB is usually in full swing(If you like that kind of stuff) and training camp for the NFL is like a month away.
ReplyDeleteHas Cena done his entrance with a marching band before? I feel like I saw him on stage with FAMU one time...
ReplyDeleteAnd seriously EVERYONE knows that.
ReplyDeleteeh, it's hit and miss. I still think now is better cause there is NFL Saturday AND Sunday for two weeks, I think
ReplyDeleteMid-June through September for me. I barely can watch a full MLB game.
ReplyDeletenothing is worse than the day when all the charities phone-a-thons are on the sports-talk-radio stations, cant remember what day that is.. its like 2 or 3 days
ReplyDeleteWayyyyyyy too much thinking for WWE writers.
ReplyDeleteHuh?
ReplyDeletehe did at the Florida WM? 24?
ReplyDeleteIt annoys me when sports announcers act like they don't know anything about pop culture.
ReplyDelete"Well, I don't know too much about this Twitter thing, Bob, but ..."
Summer would be awful if you aren't into baseball and I know that isn't for everyone.
ReplyDeleteTGGI
ReplyDeleteSo Sony announced that they won't even bother releasing The Interview on VOD or DVD/Blu-Ray. Seriously, they just flushed over 50 million dollars down the toilet.
ReplyDeleteAll Star Break in July. When all sports have a few days off.
ReplyDeletewhy not?
ReplyDeleteOnly $20 million more than WWE Studios
ReplyDeleteI think they will sell it to someone willing to release it or wait until this dies down
ReplyDeleteRidiculous. May as well leak it themselves.
ReplyDeleteNah....they'll release it at some point down the road I'm sure, probably just direct to a stream service.
ReplyDeleteThat's hilarious though. Viva la revolucion
Short attention span if somebody thought it was too long. I wasn't talking about you. The post was only 4 graphs.
ReplyDeleteDid they honestly think they wouldn't offend anyone with the movie?
ReplyDeleteLet's pay tribute to the troops by giving them the upper deck nose bleeds.
ReplyDeleteOh, hey buddy! Whatcha doin'?
ReplyDeleteI was actually looking forward to a change in scenery with the set for this show. Is this the first time they've done the troop show on the cookie cutter setup?
ReplyDeleteThose make sense though, as you're dealing with a teenager.
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy to think that her opening her mouth to the Queen is the reason that almost every single thing in the books happens.
I saw that North Korean debate. That was....something
ReplyDeleteBut the weather is nice, not cold and miserable.
ReplyDeleteIt cost $50 million to make?
ReplyDeleteLosing 50 isn't too bad by a big studios' standards.
They played during lots of the early In Your House shows, particularly on the 'Free For All'.
ReplyDeleteThat was probably the best Cena entrance, in my opinion.
ReplyDeletebones wat do u think of the cards/braves heyward-miller trade.. where do u think the pirates fit this upcoming year in the nl central. im not really aware of many of their moves thus far. hope they give polanco another chance too
ReplyDeleteThis. I'm not that into baseball that much anymore, so it's a really boring 2 months before NFL camps begin to spice things up.
ReplyDeleteSo CNN is reporting that the North Koreans called for the Sony hack.
ReplyDeleteDid cost a shitton to actually go over to Iraq or where ever the fuck? It was actually still somewhat authentic when they did.
ReplyDeleteBritain's way ahead of you there. It's POST-cool to be dumb. It's now becoming ironically nostalgically cool to be dumb. But you guys are doing some great work there too.
ReplyDeleteYou don't say.
ReplyDeleteExcept this is a big studio that's trying to pass on a billion dollar deal with Marvel Studios because of hurt feelings.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, just wished they had more room to do their thing. The WWE always does get Cena's WM entrances right.
ReplyDeleteWeird that they'd immediately take credit for a successful fuck off to America like that.
ReplyDeleteDamn the immeasurable power of those globe-shaking titans! You leave Japan alone, North Korea! Haven't you ruined the world enough?!
ReplyDeleteAnyone who puts on a Cardinals uniform, magically becomes a competent player for whatever reason. Offense was Atlanta's problem last year, so I don't know what that solves.
ReplyDeletePirates never do much in free agency. They traded for Cervelli and Bastardo while resigning Liriano and brought back Burnett. No reason why Polanco won't get another chance, I was a little surprised he struggled as much as he did.
As odd as it sounds, I think the key to everything is Alvarez getting himself right again.
Oh, Tribute to the Troops is on....cable I guess?
ReplyDeleteWell, anyone watching anything on the network I can jump in on?
Also don't forget that the most impressive counterfeiting of American currency anywhere in the world is in North Korea.
ReplyDeleteFor such brilliant geniuses, they're surprisingly unsuccessful overall. Or of course, it's "Elite Republican Armed Guards" all over again.
It probably did cost a bit. I assume WWE actually foot the bill on that, instead of having the talent pay for it.
ReplyDeleteWWE actually did do a good and cool thing when they went over every year for like a decade.
I seem to find that a lot of basketball experts (Bob Ryan, for one) have the opinion that Karl Malone is overrated. Why is this?
ReplyDeleteDusts vs. the Usos CMXVII
ReplyDeleteI feel like we should invade purely for copyright purposes. I doubt they ever cleared that Top Gun footage with Paramount.
ReplyDeleteHaven't read his opinion, but I would imagine is the same excuse of didn't win a ring.
ReplyDeletetrolling for hits
ReplyDeleteIt's on my bucket list to go there
ReplyDeleteYeah, Dean Andrews claimed that the USA was just as bad as North Korea...he then threatened to hold a knife to a kid's throat.
ReplyDeleteDisclaimer: I may have only been half paying attention to what I was reading.
Did they call for it because they can't do it themselves? I saw the map. It's very dark there.
ReplyDeleteThey went to two straight NBA Finals with Greg Ostertag at center. How is Malone not the man?
ReplyDeleteIN THE WORLD?!?!?
ReplyDeleteNo fucking way Florida Georgia Line is one of the biggest bands in the world. Fucking WWE shills.
I'll try to find something on it. I just heard him always say it on Around the Horn. He doesn't like Dwight Howard either.
ReplyDeleteOh, you don't have to convince me. Malone is hands down a top fiver at his position.
ReplyDeleteI live in the world, and I'd never heard of them until they showed up at....was it summerslam?
ReplyDeleteThe real question is "Would Meekin get this right?"
ReplyDeleteMy guess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6S1IGzHdf8
I gave up when I saw something about FEMA camps
ReplyDeleteI know a few of my friends that are country music fans went to their concert once.
ReplyDeleteYup, that was about where I started lol'ing
ReplyDeleteThat didn't win a ring nonsense grinds the gears. Not making the playoffs is one thing (looking at you KG) winning a title is a different beast
ReplyDeleteHe's a bit of a dirty player, not as talented or good as Barkley or other top PFs, his stats are impressive due to extremely long career, generally an un-clutch player, and the Jazz were thought of making it to the Finals by default due to age and deterioration of the West in the late 90s, which was already the much weaker conference back then.
ReplyDeleteWe should invade if only because maybe there'll be a follow-up to Generation Kill. I loved that show.
ReplyDeleteYou might want to make it last on that particular list.
ReplyDeleteI don't intend that to come across as a threat. Sorry.
I'm a well-wisher. In that I mean you no specific harm.
He carried them to two straight NBA Finals during the NBA's apex. How much more clutch do you need to be?
ReplyDeletePrime Time Wrestling 1986 featuring a black guy in sequins named......Michael Saxson
ReplyDeleteSome shit don't change kids.
He also used a church choir, right? Because, you know, White people LOVE Black church choirs.
ReplyDeleteThey put more on a emphasis on winning titles as a measure of evaluating greatness when it comes to the NBA and QB's in the NFL.
ReplyDeleteHe has a long and illustrious history of choking (or at least APPEARING to choke) during the playoffs. Advanced stats are slowly but surely helping his case, pointing out that he wasn't really THAT bad in the playoffs, he still managed to consistently shrink from the moment.
ReplyDeleteI've always believed that if you take out Malone and put in Charles Barkley at a roughly equivalent point in his career (not year by year but you get what I'm going for here) in 97 and 98 the Utah Jazz beat the Bulls at least once and might get both of those.
Also there's no reason the Jazz didn't win the title in 99, they had an intact team and were mostly in shape, he won the MVP and they still didn't win.
If you have either the best or 2nd best team in the league 3 years in a row and don't get 1 title and are probably the reason for that, your historical legacy will take a hit.
That destiny game looks epic and all, but it also seems to indicate that Bungie aren't very comfortable doing anything that isn't Halo.
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