poor guy
It’s pretty tragic. Before his medals were revoked, I was thinking he must be proud.
Announcing the Yahoo Fantasy Football 2008 Whalin Fishers:
QB Peyton Manning WR Marques Colston WR Lee Evans WR Sidney Rice RB Selvin Young RB Leon Washington TE Dallas Clark K Sebastian Janikowski DEF Washington
(BN-RB) Ahman Green (BN-RB) Justin Fargas (BN-QB) Jason Campbell (BN-WR) Antwaan Randle El (BN-TE) Leonard Pope (BN-WR) Arnaz Battle
Ready to run through our league! We have 16 teams in our league, so many great players were swallowed up early. I took a slight gamble and picked Peyton earlier than most would (6th pick). Most others would have picked a running back for the first round or at least Brady over Manning. For many of my picks I chose players I had had in the past: Colston (gave me a huge boost in 2006 as I snagged him from the fa wire just before he exploded), Evans (was terrible last year, but can be explosive), Dallas Clark (I love having the Peyton-Clark one two-punch), Selvin Young, Leon Washington, etc.
Wish me luck. On even years, I do quite well (made playoffs in 2004, 2006) so I expect a good showing. Our league is a riot! It’s made up of very good childhood friends. We get rude, rambunctious, sulky, proud, angry, complimentry, disparaging, downtrodden, elated, etc. And as we wait for each new weekend, we fill the forum with speculation, smack talk, current news events, RPGs, haiku jams, anagrams, updates from life, more smack talk, relentless smack talk, you name it. Oh, and start of the football season corresponding to the beginning of autumn is sweeet!
Have a great day!
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Tomorrow will be the first day of Wimbledon 2008, the world’s most time-honored tennis championship. The draw I find most convenient is on ESPN: Men Women
I’m definitely gonna be heading out to the Rocky Mountain Tavern in Itaewon throughout this next fortnight to catch as many matches as possible. Perhaps my weekend ‘breakfast at Wimbledon’ will be a their heavy hitting ‘truck stop breakfast’ with a pint of ale. Sorry mom, no strawberries and cream this year.
A few casual observations on the Men’s draw:
- Federer got Djokovic on his side of the draw. Good for Nadal. Bad for Federer. For those that followed, Djokovic bested Federer in the Aussie open semis last January for his first grand slam. I’d still pick Federer at Wimbledon, but it should be an awesome semis.
- Will Nadal’s thrashing of Federer in the French have an impact on Wimbledon? Has Federer lost his air of invulnerability? Will he try too hard, get tight, and lose his natural grace? Or will he just come out pissed and own everybody? I’m guessing the latter; he’s a cool as they come.
- Looks like a tough draw for Korea’s Lee Hyun Taek. Assuming he gets through the first round, he’ll likely face Croatia’s Mario Ancic, a very dangerous dark horse on grass. And then I’m assuming either Ferrer or Andreev in the third round. Not easy. I’ll be cheering for him however. Pil Seung Korea! clap-clap— clap-clap—clap. Update (6-24 6:14pm Korean time): Lee lost in the first round.
- Marty Fish and Gasquet should be a great first round match! Roddick and Blake are in the same quarter. Go USA!!! Update (6-25 12:28am Korea time): Mardy Fish got smoked in straight sets. I guess I overrated him and underrated Richard, who has been in a small slump this year. Gasquet will next face his compatriot Grosjean, who, a few years ago, seemed to be reaching grand slam semis regularly.
- Safin and Djokovic in the second round?!! If Safin doesn’t implode… Holy Cow! Update (6-25 12:48am Korea time): Start your engines!!!! Safin smoked Fognini. This has the potential to be a epic second rounder! Safin is unpredictable but when he’s on, he can be the best in the world.
A few casual observations on the women’s draw:
- Sharapova is a total babe. This tall, grunting Russian had a great Aussie open (won it), but floundered a bit in the French (4th round loss). But Wimbledon is the home of her first slam (amazing run in 2004), and she’s always a tough competetor. She’s the third seed this year.
- Hantuchova is hot. Really hot. Ridiculously hot. She’s the tenth seed. She had a great run in the Aussie (losing in the semis) but missed the French due to an injury.
- Mirza is cute. India’s pride (apart from Amar’s favorite, Leander Paes). She’s seeded 32 and should have an easy first round.
- Ivanovic is smokin. (She likes no-rae-bongs too ^^). She’s the new no. 1 player in the WTA, coming off a French open win and a final at the Aussie.
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Update (6-23 8:42pm Korean time)
My predictions for the men’s forth round:
Federer vs Genepri Berdych vs Ancic Djokovic vs Ferrero Baghdatis vs Lopez Roddickvs Blake Mathieu vs Davydenko Haas vs Robredo Youzhny vs Nadal
Update (6-25 12:48am Korea time): Oh crap. I misread the draw and thought Robredo was in a different spot. He’s gonna face Haas in the second round (not round four!) so… I guess that part of my predictions is screwed. Also Genepri is out already to Gonzalez. Not utterly shocking (Gonzo is the 15th seed) and it was a close three sets, but Genepri definitely has the potential for a run (as he did in late summer 2005). I thought he could’ve done it again this Wimbledon after a decent French showing.
Update (6-25 11:41am Korea time):
To anyone who watches tennis regularly, this video is hilarious. Djokovic is the man.
