Snark, Critic and Pop!

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The Corpus Christi Ice Rays take on the Texas Tornadoes in a North American Hockey League (NAHL) game, and a pier five brawl started by a heckuva sucker punch. (continue reading…)

John Parr, the artist behind 80s hit song St. Elmo’s Fire, has released a modified version: “Tim Tebow’s Fire.” Think I’m kidding? See and believe, Seers and Believers! (Can Kenny Loggins’ “Highway to the End Zone” be far behind?)

Behold the Cincinnati Cyclones in all their glory!

An early frontrunner for the 2012 Headline of the Year Awards: 

(Dennis) Rodman To Coach Topless Women’s Basketball Team

Like many hapless Americans, I have been looking forward to the next Pixar movie Brave.  Not because it’s from Pixar — the computer animated studio responsible for a number of classic films such as Wall-E, Finding Nemo, & Toy Story.  And certainly not because Brave appears to be a family friendly tale of a red-haired girl in a tribe of Scots earning her place via courage (a.k.a. bravery).

No, I simply assumed Brave was based on the life story of Major League Baseball franchise the Atlanta Braves.  The little red-headed girl clearly a stand-in for Braves great Chipper Jones.  Fortunately, the Atlanta Braves are suing Pixar to cease and desist this fraud. 

Think it seems frivolous?  I dare you to watch the trailer and try not to imagine Brave is closely affiliated with the Atlanta Braves.  The two are interchangeable in my mind now. (continue reading…)

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I like Denver Bronco’s unorthodox and curiously controversial quarterback Tim Tebow.  A lot.  Not enough to burn down mosques or watch Hee Haw 2012 as some think.  But Tebow’s a lot of things I am: Christian, Home Schooled, Physically Gifted Athlete, Heisman Trophy Winner, etc.

Heck, I wasn’t even that upset when he pulled his patented “Tebow Magic” on my beloved Chicago Bears.  (As the Bears are pretty much done anyway this year.)  But some don’t like the guy.  Like who?  And why?  Let’s ask, Rabbi Joshua Hammerman who posted an article “My Problem With Tim Tebow” which has since been removed with an apology.  Why apologize for an opinion piece on a popular athlete? Well, I didn’t just make up the whole “burning down mosques” and bringing back “Hee-Haw” bits, that’s from the Rabbi himself. (It’s good to know every religion has a Pat Robertson.) The text of said article went something like this: (continue reading…)

This week marks the tenth anniversary of former Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Mora’s memorable delivery of the word playoffs. Enjoy, won’t you?

It’s bear vs. tree, as represented by the Cal Bear (yea!) vs. the Stanford Tree (booooo!). When Mascots attack, the greatest unproduced Fox show show since the Simpsons spin-off “Chief Wiggum, P. I.”. For the record, as a bear blogger, bears have the utmost respect for trees. But they need to know their place as the bathroom of the woods. Here it is, an old video from ESPN, but a good one nonetheless: (continue reading…)

Moneyball is based on the true story of Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane.  After a remarkably successful 2001 season, the A’s lost star players they could no longer afford to bigger market teams who could pay higher salaries.  Unable to compete with New York or Boston in price, Beane turns to a new strategy.  Instead of relying on old school scouting and baseball tradition, Beane turns to statisticians (played by Jonah Hill) who analyze the game and find undervalued players who the math says will get on base and score runs.  I love baseball, know the Billy Beane story, and expected to like Moneyball.  But I didn’t just like it — I loved it.  Pitt as Beane is terrific, and the rest of the cast is excellent as well.  This is the first sports movie that takes the focus off the players or even the managers and focuses on the nuances of executive decisions, trading players, and cutting players.  One of the most thrilling scenes is where Pitt and Hill mastermind a trade to acquire reliever Ricardo Rincon.  Sounds boring?  It’s not.  It’s funny, engaging, and all around great, great stuff.  Fourteen stars! (continue reading…)