Being sick means I get to stay home all weekend and watch as many sporting events as I possible can. And running a blog means I get to tell you what I thought about this weekends events, pretty cool! Well no, not really but I'm going to anyway.
On Friday we had game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup finals, where Vancouver beat Boston 1-0 on a scrappy as all hell goal. Really a game only for the true fans, and when I say true fans, I mean fans of these two teams. Game 3 & 4 were 12-1 in favor of Boston and then a goaltender duel in game 5 but my biggest fault seems to be the bad blood between the two teams. I know what you are thinking, "how can bad blood between two hockey teams be bad for the series?" Because this year the nonsensical fighting and douchebagery just seems like a love story in a bad action movie. Vancouver is up 3-2 and besides the fact that I hate Boston sports, the summer cant officially start until both the basketball & hockey come to an end. We're looking at you hockey.
On Saturday there was the Gold Cup, yes the Gold Cup. And for those that have no idea what on earth the Gold Cup is, thats really not shocking, the advertising/coverage for this tournament has been non-existent. And with the USA-Panama game being on Fox Soccer Channel, it was only the second game of the Gold Cup televised in english so far. The US men's national team joined in the failure of the this tournament by not just losing to Panama, but being completely out maned and out classed over 70 minutes of the game. The central defense completely fell apart and gave away 2 relatively early goals, US were able to nip a goal but Panama was just too strong, literally. A very sobering moment for US soccer fans.
The most exciting sports moment of the weekend in came on Sunday and it was not the NBA Finals, it was F1 & the Grand Prix of Canada. Despite the hours of rain delay, for those that stuck with it or mostly likely, those that had nothing else to do and just left the TV on in the back round were rewarded with a great race. Rain delays, crashes, safety cars and the eventual winner over coming two driving penalties and coming back from last place to take the lead on the last lap and win the race. Well done to Jensen Button of Mclaren. F1 one has kinda been like the show Camelot, just as i'm about to throw in the towel, someone takes their top off. Thank god for F1 Button isn't a prude.
And Yes, NBA Finals. Dallas won. I could talk about it here or I could spin it off into another blog post and I feel like watching Camelot if you catch my drift.
to be continued
-Max
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Unspectacular
Ah Memorial Day weekend, the most overrated sports weekend of all time.
We had the UFC fight, but we aren't going to cover that because Mountain Dew isn't our drink of choice.
Nor the Indy 500 because a faster, less popular NASCAR race really doesn't interest anyone.
The Indy 500: Look, watch us! There are women driving! No, they aren't very good, but look at them!
But, I suppose we should give thanks to the Champions League final, the Grand Prix of Monaco, and the French Open.
Nothing of note has really happened in the French Open (besides the roller coaster that is Women's Tennis), but there has been some good tennis and any chance I have to watch semi attractive women jump around in short skirts, I take. (Bring on the Women's World Cup!)
The Grand Prix of Monaco was memorable, two crashes that resulted in drivers being taken to the hospital, a battle between Vettle, Alonso and Button. But the battle was marginalized by a crash that brought out the red flag and Vettle and fizzy-pop took P1.
And of course the biggest game of the year -- no, not the Superbowl you small minded Americans! -- the UEFA Champions League! The battle between Barcelona and Manchester United or as I dubbed it: the cocksuckers vs the douchebags, with the Cocksuckers (Barcelona) winning easily. Barca is just like a ESPN top ten plays list, but you still have to sit through entire game to see those plays. A game that will be filled with millions of small passes, bore most to death but then have a couple moments of liquid football. Barca won and totally deserve the title.
But one thing that must be commented on -- many people are saying that "Barcelona is football" and they really couldn't be more right. The majority of their "fans" support another 1 or 2 clubs, so much for club loyalty. They make Man U fans look like diehards. Barca is the team for the people that support one club out of obligation but cant go without a fan circlejerk around the trophy. On top of fake fans, they have a player named Sergio Busquets, that was caught on camera calling one of Real Madrid's darker players a "Monkey." We also must not forget that Barcelona are in deep debt from purchasing players. So, when people say "Barca is Football" and they really mean a bit boring, a bit racist, followed by plastic fans and deeply in debt, well then those people are spot on.
I refuse to buy the Memorial Day weekend in hype but I will thank it for giving me Monday off of work and for the weekend coming to an end, which will mean the start of the Stanley Cup Finals (meh) and then of course the NBA Finals.
-Max
We had the UFC fight, but we aren't going to cover that because Mountain Dew isn't our drink of choice.
Nor the Indy 500 because a faster, less popular NASCAR race really doesn't interest anyone.
The Indy 500: Look, watch us! There are women driving! No, they aren't very good, but look at them!
But, I suppose we should give thanks to the Champions League final, the Grand Prix of Monaco, and the French Open.
Nothing of note has really happened in the French Open (besides the roller coaster that is Women's Tennis), but there has been some good tennis and any chance I have to watch semi attractive women jump around in short skirts, I take. (Bring on the Women's World Cup!)
The Grand Prix of Monaco was memorable, two crashes that resulted in drivers being taken to the hospital, a battle between Vettle, Alonso and Button. But the battle was marginalized by a crash that brought out the red flag and Vettle and fizzy-pop took P1.
And of course the biggest game of the year -- no, not the Superbowl you small minded Americans! -- the UEFA Champions League! The battle between Barcelona and Manchester United or as I dubbed it: the cocksuckers vs the douchebags, with the Cocksuckers (Barcelona) winning easily. Barca is just like a ESPN top ten plays list, but you still have to sit through entire game to see those plays. A game that will be filled with millions of small passes, bore most to death but then have a couple moments of liquid football. Barca won and totally deserve the title.
But one thing that must be commented on -- many people are saying that "Barcelona is football" and they really couldn't be more right. The majority of their "fans" support another 1 or 2 clubs, so much for club loyalty. They make Man U fans look like diehards. Barca is the team for the people that support one club out of obligation but cant go without a fan circlejerk around the trophy. On top of fake fans, they have a player named Sergio Busquets, that was caught on camera calling one of Real Madrid's darker players a "Monkey." We also must not forget that Barcelona are in deep debt from purchasing players. So, when people say "Barca is Football" and they really mean a bit boring, a bit racist, followed by plastic fans and deeply in debt, well then those people are spot on.
I refuse to buy the Memorial Day weekend in hype but I will thank it for giving me Monday off of work and for the weekend coming to an end, which will mean the start of the Stanley Cup Finals (meh) and then of course the NBA Finals.
-Max
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