Rant: Sports Must Stop Selling Out To Madison Avenue

The past week-plus has really made me sick. Not just physically (as usual) but mentally, and especially with what’s been happening in the NBA, NHL, and more recently MMA. It seems to me that, at least during the postseason, sports isn’t doing what is in the best interest of the fans, but more like the ad execs who annoy us to death because of all the commercials, among other things. And I can’t stand that. Time to rant.

My Thoughts On The Week In Sports, 5/12-5/18

Once again instead of doing a week in baseball post there’s a lot happening elsewhere in sports that I wanted to offer my take on. Here we go…

My Thoughts On The Week In Sports, 5/5-5/11

Normally I’d do a post like this on mainly baseball, but there’s a bit elsewhere happening this past week I wanted to offer my thoughts on. Click below to read on.

If The NBA’s LA Lakers Need A New Laker Girl…

Or “Further Proof I Spend WAY Too Much Time Browsing cagepotato.com During The Day”. Although I’d seen this pic elsewhere, and it’s a nice one, it’s a good audition for a future Laker Girl assuming UFC would let her do it.

March Madness Bracket Update: Final & Wrap-up

After each day of the NCAA Tournament (days when there are games) I’ll update the status of my bracket and how it’s holding up so far. Click below for the final wrapup after the National Championship and how I did overall this year:

March Madness Bracket Update: Final 4

After each day of the NCAA Tournament (days when there are games) I’ll update the status of my bracket and how it’s holding up so far. Click below to read how things are after the Final 4:

March Madness Bracket Update: Quarterfinals Part 2

After each day of the NCAA Tournament (days when there are games) I’ll update the status of my bracket and how it’s holding up so far. Click below to read how things are after the second half of the quarterfinals:

March Madness Bracket Update: Quarterfinals Part 1

After each day of the NCAA Tournament (days when there are games) I’ll update the status of my bracket and how it’s holding up so far. Click below to read how things are after the first half of the quarterfinals:

March Madness Bracket Update: Round 3 Part 1

After each day of the NCAA Tournament (days when there are games) I’ll update the status of my bracket and how it’s holding up so far. Click below to read how things are after the first half of round 3:

March Madness Bracket Update: Round 2 Part 2

After each day of the NCAA Tournament (days when there are games) I’ll update the status of my bracket and how it’s holding up so far. Click below to read how things are after the second half of round 2:

March Madness Bracket Update: Round 2 Part 1

After each day of the NCAA Tournament (days when there are games) I’ll update the status of my bracket and how it’s holding up so far. Click below to read how things are after the first half of round 2:

Random Japanese Bikini Idol Pics Of The Day #70-71

March Madness continues and I even found a couple pics to keep the mind on hoops…enjoy:

March Madness Bracket Update: Round 1 Part 2

After each day of the NCAA Tournament (days when there are games) I’ll update the status of my bracket and how it’s holding up so far. Click below to read how things are after the second half of round 1:

March Madness Bracket Update: Round 1 Part 1

After each day of the NCAA Tournament (days when there are games) I’ll update the status of my bracket and how it’s holding up so far. Click below to read how things are after the first half of round 1:

Random Japanese Bikini Idol Pics Of The Day #65 & 66

To help pass the brief downtime between tourney games today, here are a couple of…well…good distractions, for lack of better bad puns.