Kyyle23

waaaay back in 1996 when I went to college I had to make a siu.edu email address when I went to school, and it had to have at least 2 numbers in it. 23, for obvious Chicago sporting related reasons, was my favorite number, but Kyle23 was already taken. So I added another Y to my email address. I have kept that email address through yahoo and multiple sites and never seem to have to worry about it being taken already

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 11:26 AM) I was thinking about a poster: Legends of the Guardian The Owls of Rasual with rasuals face covering the owls. LMAO, that would be almost as funny as flippedoutpunks Frank Thomas family portrait

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 09:48 AM) god damn it This Boozer news doesnt bother me. Boozer has been 100 percent the weakest link on this team. His defense made Hansbrough look like an all star at times, he was missing bunnies all over the place, taking ill advised jumpshots with a hand in his face, taking 3 second penalties left and right. I dont mind seeing Gibson taking up time on the floor at all. I just wish it would mean we could see a bit more of Rasual Butler

granger acted salty towards deng during postgame

This should be interesting, some of the stories about Saddam Husseins body doubles during the shock and awe campaign were pretty interesting, although this is about his son

I think some of you guys know i work at a major bank in credit card fraud. this PSN thing is old news

this is so surprising. I cant believe it. wow.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 01:43 AM) Yeah, and nintendo is now up to par with PS3 5 years later making it 5 years late and not 2 years early. Does that mean that PS3 and MS are up to par with nintendos motion control market 5 years later too? Does it really matter if it is up to par if the system sells, and sell a lot? It isnt as if the Wii was a gamecube type failure, they made a ton of money on that system. And now they are poised to make a system with better hardware, and be the "new" system on the market for 2 years unchallenged because Sony and MS plan on riding out their systems as long as possible. Not a bad plan for nintendo

i cant find any of those quotes with Howard throwing his teammates under the bus. I could only find one that said "If you guys arent going to come any play, stay in Atlanta"

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 08:43 PM) Why not? They're much better defensive teams than Indiana, and have much better players than Indiana. And it's not like Indiana is playing harder than they would, this is the playoffs and everybody plays hard. I think the Celtics and Heat have much better starters, but I think both of their benches leave much to be desired. IMO Indiana has a much better bench. And yeah, Indiana is playing hard because it is the playoffs. I respect them for pushing the Bulls right now, many 8 seeds have rolled over to many 1 seeds. I dont know who said it earlier, but they do remind me of the Skiles Bulls.

I dont think the Heat and Celtics bench could bring the same defensive attention that the Pacers have brought so far. I can give credit where credit is due, Vogel has them playing extremely hard and scrappy, they arent going to win this series but they have won some respect

Fosters two game 3 fouls were upgraded to flagrant 1 fouls

North Dakota loves some Chris Paul

Speaking of the Dolphins, Brandon Marshalls wife stabbed him last night. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6414256 No vital organs pierced, he should be ok

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 09:54 PM) I just saw the highlights, but it didn't look like he was really too involved. I mean, he was pissed when he was first fouled, but everyone is when they first get fouled. When the s*** actually started to fly, it looked like he was actually keeping his cool and trying to get Richardson away. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong as I only saw the highlight and didn't see it realtime. Howard threw the elbow at Pachulia to start the whole thing. Then Pachulia got upset and started talking, Richardson said something to him, Pachulia headbutted Richardson, who then slapped him back. It was pretty ridiculous.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 01:32 PM) Exactly. Did you see what he was using for collateral on that loan from Fox? The expected settlement on a lawsuit he has against the firm who drew up his prenup! The guy's a mess. Was it the 8 houses he owns that he is not allowed to go into because of the divorce? There was some craziness that Gammons was talking about. PG didnt mince words, McCourt got into the ownership of the team for the star power and extra cash flow, and he did not have any intent of improving the product. Finding out he fired the security detail to save money on the same day that SF Giants fan was beaten down blew my mind

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 01:09 PM) No, MLB didn't intervene. But take a look at what happened associated with that divorce...the Padres payroll from 2006-2008 averaged just over $70 million. Today it is $45 million. The franchise there clearly suffered because of the owners issues. It suffered, sure. But Padres ownership didnt get to the point where they had to borrow money to make payroll, they pared it down. And lets be honest here, Selig never got many kudos in his tenure for being a meddler or even having much of an actual presence as commissioner, so if he is stepping in and saying that this franchise is in trouble due to the owners mismanagement of the franchise, Im guessing that it is a lot more than just the divorce that Selig knows about. And from the way Gammons was talking about it on M+H this morning, McCourt doesnt have any ground to stand on

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 12:05 PM) He does have a counterpoint though...he has a potential one-time event causing a major loss of liquidity...his divorce. yeah, but his franchise shouldnt suffer because of his marital woes, MLB didnt have to take over the Padres when their owner got divorced and it was messy. Besides, the spending dates long before the divorce. Apparently he has his children all over the payroll

On a side note, it sucks that there really isnt a worthwhile football game that isnt related to the NFL. It would be fun to play a blank slate type game where you can build up your franchise from scratch and play other teams built the same way

i dont think player popularity plays into this contract as much as you do. The question that KW and JR will be asking is whether 5/75M is fair value for Danks, and are they willing to pay it and possibly(probably) lose Buehrle in the process.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 11:39 AM) BTW IT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED YET Good god this playoffs have been so much easier to watch with an ACTUAL coach instead of vinny del negro. Things Vinny would not have done, given rose that 3 minutes of rest with 7 minutes left in the 4th in game 1, after which he came back and started the 16-1 run. Lets not forget the Deng offense. "Stand in the corner and wait"

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 11:15 AM) A Dodgers executive spoke out against MLB today and it sounds like McCourt may be preparing to sue MLB. It is going to be hard to prove to the courts that McCourt did not use the Dodgers as collateral to finance his lavish lifestyle. Just this month he had to ask Rupert Murdoch for a 30 million dollar loan to make payroll. First month of baseball season and he already cannot pay his players, not a good sign

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 10:19 AM) I find it funny how b****y the indiana fans are about the foul calls. The pacers aren't just fouling, they are fouling really effing hard. Someone must have told Jeff Foster to impersonate Bill Laimbeer, because that is what he is doing. Im glad the Bulls havent been rising to the bait for the most part, but most of his fouls have been borderline flagrant with his follow through and it hasnt been called once.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 21, 2011 -> 11:04 PM) Whatever with this discussion. What happens to Dwight Howard is the Magic happen to lose in the first round? i believe the Magic GM already publicly stated he is not trading Dwight in the offseason, so it is a wait and see approach now, especially with the CBA issue. I highly doubt he is traded during the season, with Dwight alone the Magic can stay in the upper tier of the Eastern conference, and who knows if they try and add around him this upcoming offseason to make a run and convince Howard to stay

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 21, 2011 -> 01:49 PM) MLB isn't really running the Mets yet is it? Not yet, but they will be soon