"Black"...Panthers?

We are not Carolina Panther fans.   

We ....have the unfortunate attachment to another NFL team.  The Atlanta Falcons.  But when it is our little bro....our fellow NFC South rival...well... We tend to root for that team from Charlotte.

This is a good read about said Panthers:

THE MOST UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK TEAM IN NFL HISTORY

  

The First Ever...Female NBA Head Coach?

Well....maybe.   We are sure betting on it.  Sure...we have long been a "non-fan" of women's

basketball.  College or the WNBA.

Face it....like it or not...it's the truth.  A good high school boys basketball team ...would run a WNBA team off the court. Beat 'em like a drum.

That said...it gives us great pleasure to announce the first ever female head coach of an NBA team.

No...it has not happened yet...but it will.   And soon.  Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Hammon is an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs.   The players respect her.  Her boss...one Gregg Popovich  has given her his blessing.   So much so....he let her be the head coach in the summer league.   And all she did was lead the Spurs to a championship this week.

Becky...we have your back.   We know...sooner than later...you'll get your chance to lead grown men...in the "Association".

Meet Becky:

1. Becky Hammon

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2. Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Hammon is an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association and a retired professional basketball player. Wikipedia
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4. Born: March 11, 1977 (age 38), Rapid City, SD
5. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
6. Team coached: San Antonio Spurs (Assistant Coach, since 2014)
7. Education: Colorado State University, Stevens High School
8. Nationality: American, Russian
9. Parents: Martin Hammon, Bev Hammon

 More Becky:

Becky Hammon Becomes The First Female Coach To Win NBA Summer League Title

 

USA! USA! USA!

There is no better feeling....(with the possible exception...of some really good sex) than winning on a stage big enough to be the biggest stage on earth!

World Champions!

Congratulations....USA Women's Soccer!   World Cup Champions!

 

U.S.A. Beats Japan 5-2 To Win Women's World Cup

Carli Lloyd Dominates In World Cup Final Against Japan

Things We Learned....From A Very Long Week-end!

And long...it was.   Memorial Day Week-end.   3 glorious days.  Family...Food...Fun!

And now it's over.  What did we learn?

Read it!


We learned....one James Harden (beard and all)...is one helluva basketball player:
 

James Harden Showing Why He Is Everything You Thought He Was And Then Some

Mr. Curry is one tough...SOB!

 

Steph Curry Takes Hard Fall, Leaves Game With Head Contusion

Our Atlanta Hawks....were robbed!

 

The Most Controversial Call Of The NBA Playoffs

R.I.P.   Marques Haynes...You made us laugh...and admire your skills:

 

Marques Haynes, Harlem Globetrotters Legend, Dies At 89

This is the end...for our Kobe:

 

Kobe Has 'Indicated To Me That This Is It,' Says Lakers GM

Smarter now?   We are.   And now....so are you!

Hump Day ...News & Views

 It is a "Hump Day"....in this small, southern college town...known as Athens, Georgia.  About 60 miles northeast of the city of Atlanta.

Atlanta!

You know...."The Dirty South"!

Spring is here.  So is the pollen that "yellows" everything in its path.

But it is April...with all its showers.  Will it bring ...May Flowers?

Quick trivia.   What did the May Flower bring?

Pilgrims.

Yes....we digress.  So.....let's do some "humping" on things that do matter!


If a game is played...and nobody watched...Did it happen?  With everything going on in Baltimore....this game was played....without spectators:
 

This Is How The Orioles-White Sox Game Sounded And Felt

And you had no right to be at the scene of a murder...Mr. Lewis?  Just shut up!

 

Ray Lewis To Baltimore Rioters: 'You Have No Right To Do What You're Doing'

 

 

 

 

 

 Yeah...but it's ugly ...now!

 

Atlanta Hawks Employ Some Of The Most Beautiful, Unstoppable Offense

And on the lighter side...

 

Man Dressed As Giant Testicles Runs The London Marathon

Interesting week....Our Atlanta Hawks are struggling against an 8 seed.   Riots in Baltimore.  The NFL draft starts tomorrow....

 

We have a lot to post about!

 

Have a great "Hump Day"! 

Selma....50 Years Later

Yes...we are a "Sports Blog".

But...we also like to dabble in the real world we live.  Today...Our president,  Barack Obama delivered a speech for the ages.  Powerful? An understatement.  For this was beyond powerful!

No teleprompter....no cue cards...just a speech!   From the heart.

Love the man....hate the man...Obama is excellent  at delivering oratory excellence.  

From CSpan...today:


 

Hump Day News & Views

In this small, southern, college town...we are in the midst of a....dare I say?  

A snow storm!  Our own Governor has placed us under a "State of Emergency".

The first flurries arrived at about 3pm...Since then, we have had ....from a dusting to about an inch of the white stuff. (The devil's...dandruff).

Schools are closing...Businesses sending their peeps home.  For it's ...snowing in the deep South.  Georgia!

But it is still a Hump Day.  So...let us ...."hump"!



Another "King James"?

LeBron James Wants College Coaches To Stop Recruiting His 10-Year-Old Son

LeBron....Shut up...already!

 

Watch LeBron James Diss McDonald's, Then Remember They Pay Him

We are ....tiring of ...Mr. Lynch

 

Lynch's 'So I Won't Get Fined' Catchphrase Prepped For Profit

We agree with you....Kobe

 

Kobe Bryant Not Exactly Thrilled With Lakers' Post-Game Antics

Really?  Phil....You are the "orchestrator" of this mess! 

Phil Jackson On The Knicks: ‘SMH'

Okey Dokey...Have a great "Hump Day"!

 

Things We Learned...From the Week-end

In this small southern college town...it is a gray January day.  Kind of dreary looking outside.

But...we are wiser...cuz this is what we  learned over the week-end.


Well...we still don't know what a "catch"...is:
 

NFL Rules Made Cowboys' Amazing Catch Actually Not A Catch

 

 

 

 

The Hawks are rapidly becoming ..."The Beast of the East:

Hawks show who’s boss, rout Wizards

(David Goldman / AP)

 Jorge Castillo JAN 11

The Wizards commit 20 turnovers and see their three-game winning streak come to an end in Atlanta.

• Box score: Hawks 120, Wizards 89

 

 

 Rex Ryan...can get a new job....real fast!

 

HIRED

These NFL Play-off games....were the the best entertainment on TV:

 

COLTS 24, BRONCOS 13

Colts will face Patriots for Super Bowl berth

Indianapolis defeated Peyton Manning and the Broncos Sunday to advance in the NFL playoffs. 

PACKERS 26, COWBOYS 21

Packers hold off Cowboys to advance to NFC Championship

The Seahawks will host the Packers in the conference title game next Sunday. 

• The rule behind Dez Bryant’s overturned catch

Bettor’s edge

Overturned catch was robbery in a few ways

The Cowboys didn’t get a chance to get past the over-under number, which was at 52½. 

Seahawks clicking as they enter NFC title game

Seattle is the first defending Super Bowl champion to win a playoff game since New England in January 2006. 

"Yes.... We Can"!!!

For almost five weeks...the football players on the Ohio State Buckeye team heard the constant rants and commentary about how the Alabama Crimson Tide...would wipe the field with them as their own personal cleaning rags.

ESPN...the World Wide Leader...and their mass of "TalkingHeads"...gave the Buckeyes little chance of winning.

The big bad SEC....Number 1 ranked Alabama!

Even the boys in Vegas had Ohio State 7 point under-dogs.

Well someone forgot to tell coach Urban Meyer.

He used all that negative press...to pump his team.  He prepared them.  And he got this:

OHIO STATEMENT

Buckeyes Run Over No. 1 Alabama To Reach Final

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Happy New Year!

2014 2015

WATCH LIVE: Times Square Rings In The New Year

Hump Day News & Views

Another Wednseday....another Hump Day!

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas.   Lights, trees...decorations.

No....we don't have snow.   But it's cold...it's damp...and it gets dark by 4:30!

So let us do some Humping.

Sports world Style.

 From our friends at The Huffington Post....these are some of the news which got our attention.

Enjoy!


An Arm is worth...how much?

Jon Lester's Arm Now Worth $155 Million

 

 

 

 

 

You can look....Just don't Touch!

 

LeBron Breaks Royal Protocol

 

 

 

 

 

Ok...you win!  Hockey Players...are Tough!

 

BADASS: Hockey Player Loses Part Of His Ear, Wins Game

 

 

 

 

 

"Bad Behavior" starts....real Early!

 

Little Boy Misses Putt, Throws Tantrum For The Ages

 

 

 

 

 

And finally....Why We Watch Sports:

 

Whether Playing Or Watching, Sports Make Us Happy

 

 

Things We Learned From the Week-end

In this small southern college town, it is a cool damp Monday in December.  The college football regular season is over.  The NFL is down to it's final 3 weeks...and the NBA is off and running.

Some things we learned over the past few days:


And the final 4 is?
 

4 Teams Revealed For 1st College Football Playoff

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who is NJIT?  And why are they beating Michigan?

 

Michigan Shocked By Little-Known School

 

 

 

 

Cam Newton is an Idiot!

 

Cam Newton Celebrates In Opponent's Face, Starts Massive Brawl

The Rich...get Richer:

 

SEC Schools To Get Biggest Payouts From New College Football Playoff System

Smarter?

 

Of course you are!

Where Have You Gone...Tiger Woods?

Injuries....Missed cuts...No "Major" wins.

Eldrick?  Tiger?  

Where did you go?

Been 5 years since your world was changed...forever.

From the Huffington Post:

 

FIVE YEARS LATER

The "Catch"!

We saw it live!

 

IMPOSSIBLE

Spare the Rod?

This Adrian Peterson thing has gone way too far.  How can another man or woman ...tell another...how to discipline his own children?

To "whip"?  Or not "whip"?

Me?  I never had to spank...beat... or whip my daughter.  A stern look...was sufficient.  A talking to.

But not all children ...are the same.  My late stepson...Sam...was very much indifferent to a talking to.  The only thing he responded to...and understood was a swift blow to the chest. It got his attention.

I can remember growing up...I got a whipping or two...with an extension cord.  Hell,  back in the day...I remember all my Kindergarten teachers and 1st and 2nd grade teachers...having their "straps" and "paddles".

I think I turned out okay.   My siblings turn out okay.   No mass murderers...none of us in prison.

But back then there was no YouTube...no social media.  

But today....Is today.   A different world.  Watch what you do...for the whole world is watching.

I feel for Mr. Peterson.   He did to his son...what was done to him.  He was brought up where "whipping"...via...switches...was common.

Don't make it right.

Still...Is it right to take away a man's career?  Make it where he can't earn a living in his profession?

Cuz we disagree with his child rearing?

Spare the rod?

Adrian Peterson: 'I Won't Ever Use A Switch Again'

 

 

 

Hump Day...News & Views

In this small southern college town...It's damn cold!

"Summer" finally left us...(though kicking and screaming).  "Fall"...stopped by just for a cup of coffee...and "Winter....has stormed in!

But...it is a Wednesday...so let us "Hump"!


Stupid is....you know this drill:
 

NFL Player Arrested After Trying To Pay With Bubble Gum

 

 

 

 

 

Really NBA?  The "Association'?  We thought you cleaned up this foolishness!

 

Stephenson Flops After Slapping Himself In The Face

 

 

 

 

 

Saints fans?  This is just plain...UGLY! 

Saints Fan Steals Ball, Breaks Bengals Fan's Heart

 

 

 

 

 

Tiger has no sense of Humor: 

Tiger Woods Is Very Angry About A Very Fake Satirical 'Interview' With Him

 

 

 

Hey...Keep "Humping"