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QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 14, 2013 -> 09:04 PM) Isn't this the one that's essentially Pineapple Express Part II? It may be, but it looks funny. McBride stole the trailer which I originally saw last year when he was ripping on everyone. Can't wait for that to come out. I'm also very interested in The Great Gatsby.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 09:57 AM) I've gotten a glimpse at those girls in their "costumes" and I like it. Eh, all of them still look like high schoolers to me. I think the big draw, at least for the male fans is just to see those girls in small outfits throughout the whole movie. It looks pretty dumb though. Looks like a movie that will be on FX within 6 months.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 08:10 PM) Looking at all of these Android phones that have come out recently, they all have some big negatives. Samsung S4 - Touchwiz (LOTS of negatives wrapped into this one), plastic backing HTC One - no expandable storage, doesn't come with 4.2 (and has poor reputation for rolling out updates), Sense interface, low-ish power battery Sony Xperia Z - waterproofing makes screen look like s***, bigger-than-need-be design, doesn't come with 4.2, questions about proprietary software add-ons, questions about Sony in general One of the lessons here is they should quit f***ing with the standard Android OS I fail to see the problem with Touchwiz still. *shrugs* With that said, the build quality of the S3 did feel very plasticy and flimsy. The S2 felt a whole lot more firm. HTC is a problem because of the battery. I'm not sure how the Xperia is going to turn out.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Mar 1, 2013 -> 07:38 PM) yup. I got it for Christmas with a $50 gift card so I signed up for 3 months. With taxes and what not I still had to shell out $30 after using the gift card. So I wasnt too happy going in but I cant imagine going back to regular radio. I use to listen to ESPN Radio because the local shows suck but even ESPN Radio sucks compared to what XM offers sports wise. XM is the only thing I have on until a 3pm Tampa sports show comes on. I just use the ESPN Radio app and go from there.

I can't stand The Score at all. Waddle & Silvy are my favorite and CJH was pretty good. Sure beat the hell out of Boers and Bernstein consistently roasting you or ignoring you like speaking over the point you try to make like they're incoherent alcoholics. The only time I would listen to B&B is when Goff was there to provide insight. If ESPN wants to shake stuff up, pry Goff away and start there.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 06:35 PM) Derrick was quoted saying that he's nowhere near ready and that he's currently in the high 80% range in terms of progress. It shouldn't take 3 more months for him to get those 11 or 12% should it? It might. I think this is a combination of several things. 1) Derrick's camp being too cautious. 2)Reinsdorf being cautious (he did say he wanted Jordan to sit out the year he broke his leg) and 3) Rose not trusting his knee because it doesn't feel the same as it did before he got injured. No doubt in my mind, Rose is 100% physically fit to do what he needs to do, but from all inklings, he still seems unsure. Sitting out 16+ months for an ACL surgery is unheard of though. There's a point of being overcautious and I think everyone is guilty. They have to understand, he won't be 100% healthy(physically and mentally) until he plays.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 07:40 AM) Kobe is one of the best one on one players ever. If he gets the ball in ISO, why give it up? You see the juke he gave Chalmers and got the And1? Howard is a hack this year? WHy give him the ball on every possession? He was yelling at Nash during the game. Kobe's attitude has gotten him 5 rings. How many does Howard have> You pass the ball because your offense becomes predictable and teams can loud up as they know you're not going to pass at least one guy the ball at all. Did Kobe make any direct passes to Dwight yesterday? He was yelling at Nash because of defensive lapses. Hell, that whole team besides Dwight were making huge gaffes on defense. And Kobe's attitude did get him 5 rings when he probably should be on #7, but his damn ego has gotten in the way. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 07:49 AM) Howard has done nothing this season to deserve the attention you are saying he does. The Lakers cant afford to let Dwight get time to get past his little childish hissy fit that has been going on for the last two seasons. I wouldnt pass it to him either, he has been brutal this season. Howard hasn't been great, but neither have been the rest of the Lakers. Kobe has looked good when he passed the ball, but we all know that's not his nature. If you're not going to pass him the ball when you're facing one of the worst inside teams in the league, then they shouldn't bother playing him, but rather bench him and allow Earl Clark to put up 20 shots a game. Send his ass home or trade him for some help.

As a Kobe fan, I must say, it looks like he never changed from the selfish egotistical maniac he was during Shaq's last 3 years in LA. He plays everyone for a sucker in which they say, "Look, he has X amount of assists, he's passing the ball.", when in reality, he's still freezing out teammates and going ISO in the worst of situations. There is no way in the world that Earl Clark should double the amount of FGAs Dwight has, even with Dwight being injured. Kobe did not bother looking for Dwight at all. He ran solid P&R basketball with Steve Nash, but it seems like Kobe rather have Artest get the ball before Dwight even sniffs it. I've watched the last 4 Laker games on League Pass and he continually does this. If Kobe really wants the spotlight that much, he should make it a point to get the ball to Dwight at all times and then take the greenlight once Dwight hits the bench or at the end of games when you are down and need someone to create.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 7, 2013 -> 05:53 PM) A ton. I have a first generation PS3 with 60gb. Ive never even come close to needing memory. If you wanted to save videos, music on the PS3 that size would make sense. PS3s are a great value. Had mine forever, used it for netflix, games, blu rays. Just a good value product. Yep, and updating the hard drive is a breeze. Probably simpler than opening up a PC. And the best part is, you don't have to get a Song PS3 hard drive. Almost any laptop hard drive will do, but you could find a list on the PS3 community website. I wish I still had my launch day PS3 as it was BC. It gave me YLOD though unfortunately.

I know it's late, but thanks fellas! Awesome community. BTW 2ndcity, Rock > Punk

I voted. Hope you win

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 4, 2013 -> 05:52 PM) Also, because it's close. He's closer, but whether or not he's close seems all relative. From what I've heard, he isn't coming back until the beginning of March/Last week of Feb(not last full week)

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 4, 2013 -> 08:03 AM) Big game against the Pacers tonite, they have been playing extremely well lately It's going to be a tough February to be honest, especially with injuries racking up. I don't see them winning this game as Indy also depends on outhustling their team, but yet, are much closer to 100%.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 3, 2013 -> 10:24 PM) And once again, Phil Simms is just an idiot...telling us all that he would have taken a timeout if he were the Ravens with two and a half minutes remaining because it was such a certainty that the Niners would score the go ahead TD and this would leave the Ravens more time remaining. I swear, I don't quite get how the guy could have played for so long and broadcasted for even longer and still not understand the strategy of clock management. There's nothing wrong with his strategy. In fact, there are plenty of coaches who would have thought the same. You burn the timeout there and the 9ers either score before the 2 minute warning, or they're stopped before the 2 minute warning. Either way, you are pretty much guaranteed to at least have 1 2 minute drive to march down the field and do whatever it is you need to do. Of course, they didn't need that strategy because Frisco didn't convert the 2pt conversion. BTW, I'm glad Ray Lewis won on his way out. If nothing else, it makes most of Soxtalk mad.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Feb 3, 2013 -> 02:56 PM) I like the fact that we won with "small" ball last night, which gives some hope that we could play small with the Heat in a playoff series as well, which will take Boozer out of the picture. Take the Heat's small ball lineup: Bosh/Haslem Battier/Lewis Lebron Wade Allen/Chalmers If we can counter with Noah/Boozer Deng/Gibson Butler Robinson/Bellineli Rose Where Deng will check Lebron and Butler will check Wade. Nate and Rose will take turns checking Battier and Allen. Nate Robinson, while diminutive and has some shot selection issues, has proven that he can be effective running the offense, hitting the long ball, and being an instant source of offense. He and Deng can be the second and third options behind Rose. This is a bit premature given Rose hasn't played a minute this season yet, but I think we can match up great in the playoffs. QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Feb 3, 2013 -> 08:28 PM) I thought Heat is struggling vs. teams playing with 'big' guys up front or something like that? As justBlaze mentioned, you don't want to play small ball with the Heat. That's where they actually win. You want to force the Heat to matchup to you and play big. That's where they've lost consistently when they have lost. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 3, 2013 -> 08:29 PM) Whatever they're doing right now...might not matter one iota when they try to "Flip the switch" come April. That and if the Bulls limp into the playoffs, they have no shot.

Agreed that Heyman has been great. The stable as a whole have been great to be honest. Brock coming back though just enhances everything though. I marked out when he came out.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Jan 28, 2013 -> 06:13 PM) Streak vs Streak woulda been a nice way to go with Taker retiring as champ. I of course will disagree with the rest above...What has Punk botched? I can't recall anything? He's a heel you disliking him means he's doing his job. Punk vs Cena the 1st time at Money in The Bank two years ago was a big botch fest that people, including me, were willing to ignore because of magnitude of the match as well as the atmosphere and he was something fresh. That match wasn't clean at all, and not even half of that was due to Cena. He botched(not only in that match) the GTS several times on Cena. He's also botched against Ziggler: Either way, the whole "eff the system" thing is old IMHO.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 28, 2013 -> 06:08 PM) Punk wins, wins at chamber, ends Takers streak at Mania, loses belt at Mania 30 to someone that's built up. He didnt have to lose. Undertaker won't give up that streak unless it's to Brock Lesnar if anyone. Even then, I don't think Vince will let the streak go. And you can have the same buildup of Punk vs Taker with or without the title. If you put the title on the line, every knows Taker would lose because he literally could only muster up a match per year, if that. By having Punk lose, you have him losing to an all-time great, and get the title on someone who brings way more attention to the WWE.

There was nowhere else to go with Punks title reign. He had to lose. And the Rock has been using the People's Elbow as his finisher for the last couple of years he's wrestled. Last, but not least, for a supposed great storyteller in the ring, Punk has been pretty boring. If he isn't botching big time matches, he's having someone else save him. I've been labled as a Punk hater, so whatever. I do have a shirt of his and liked him up until he became a constant whiner. You're WWE champion and still whining. PS, I hope the Rock changes the ugly look of the belt.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 14, 2013 -> 09:50 PM) I think this is a good thing. Very few people can do both jobs and have success. But I still agree with your overall premise. When they fired Lovie, you has to hope emery knew what he is doing because it was going to be a "prospect" coach hire. I think Emery is an idiot. If you don't think the coach's philosophy is right, cool, go ahead and fire him. But when you fire him, you better know damn well who shares the same philosophy as you. Seems to me, Emery didn't want Lovie, but didn't know why other than he wanted someone fresh. I come to that conclusion based on the fact that he stated he had to be convinced by a coach to stop using the cover-2, by the fact that he went through coaches in 2 different leagues, coaches who don't call their own plays, some who do, and special teams coaches. In my honest opinion, he really had no idea what he wanted to do, and he's just going to hire someone who he thinks is best out of the candidates out there who will come on the cheap(which is part the Bears fault since they don't hire anyone with experience/looking for money) which is going to make his 1st draft look worse.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 8, 2013 -> 10:19 AM) The Rock needs to stay away from the ball jokes and stick to being semi serious. Obviously comedy is part of his thing but he's better than the crap he's come with against Cena and now Punk. Punk was absolutely epic last night. I disagree. I felt Punk's was a little too forced. Rock did much better against Punk on the mic than he did Cena. The thing with Rock, is that he can't cut shoots which Punk essentially has been given semi-permission to do. And Rock won't cut a shoot against Vinny Mac or the fans because he recognizes who made him. Rock can easily go out there and talk about how ratings are the lowest they've been in 15 years on Raw with Punk as the premier guy or about how the Rock never had ratings that low as champ. He could talk about how much whining Punk does or in what ways he really is a hypocrite.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jan 8, 2013 -> 07:27 PM) So Lovie's HC days are def over? That would be a great hire. Actually not. It's a matter of if Lovie wants to take the job. Michael Wright of ESPNChicago was on with Carm, Jurko and Harry today, and he was saying most people thought he would be taking the Buffalo job, but he didn't really want it and he specifically stated, from the time he was canned, he received a bunch of phone calls for HC positions that opened up. He made it sound like Lovie's being pretty picky and doesn't want to take a risk on a bad franchise. I have also heard, he doesn't want to go to SD unless they have a front office in place, with a plan and where they could co-exist. I also believe I read Lovie will be interviewing in Philly tomorrow.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 31, 2012 -> 01:43 PM) And this is why I cant understand Emery as getting a complete pass. In what world did the Bears need a DE tweener in the first round? Drafting an OL in the 1st could have made a significant difference. Outside of Jeffrey his draft was just brutal. I am not a huge Lovie fan, but outside of the Seattle fg, I also cant recall a time where I really felt he screwed the team. Most of this year was on the players. Agreed all the way. I fail to see what Emery has shown in KC that even warranted him getting a look at by the Bears. But he got hired. His picks, outside of Jeffery, did nothing to help a Lovie Smith coached team. His recent comments about not planning his entire offseason addressing the offensive line because continuity is more important than upgrading talent(paraphrasing) is alarming. In a game situation, Lovie has only really screwed the Bears maybe twice in 9 seasons. The Bears are in a holding pattern, because whoever they hire will need to install a new defense and a new offense. Jay will have to get acclimated to his 100th offense in oh so many seasons, by the time they would be semi-ready to compete, guys like Peanut, Briggs, definitely Urlacher will all be gone and your best case scenario is that you are where the Bears are today, a 10-6 team, but maybe 2 years younger.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 31, 2012 -> 01:04 PM) Never blame the head coach for a team not finding the playoffs 5 out of the last 6 years, thats just silly I know you have Lovies back, nite, but you cannot absolve him from all fault. And when it comes down to it, his teams have not performed up to expectations in the past 6 years. blame everyone else all you want, but the ax always comes down on the guy in charge. He went 10-6 this year. How many more wins should the Bears had this year given all the problems on the offensive side and all the injuries all over the team? Last year, your star QB went down when the team was riding high. Their backup QBs couldn't do much because they had no offensive line to protect them, just like Campbell this year. The one constant has been the lack of addressing the offensive line. No matter what type of league you play in, no matter how the game changes, you still win the battle on the offensive and defensive lines, period. Cutler has almost been killed

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 31, 2012 -> 01:03 PM) In the end, the teams execution is the head coaches responsibility. He hired the offensive coordinators. They failed. That's on him. The bears saw numerous players look inept on their offensive unit, only to appear much better on other teams. They were not good at developing the talent they were given, and they were not good executing with the talent given. That's the head coaches job. Yes, the players looked inept on offense. THE PLAYERS. I can't think of any players off the top of my head who looked better offensively elsewhere, but also before you spew a list, look which ones had an offensive line and a qb who could throw them the ball. The Bears couldn't develop offensive talent, because there was none there. That offensive line if putrid.