"Walking in Memphis"

Someone please tell John Calipari that shooting poorly from the free throw line will come back to "bite you" in close games. I mean how many times does this guy have to lose in big games before he decides to get his guys to work on their free throw shooting?

I am neither confirming nor denying that I have taken the UK basketball head coaching job.

Timmmaaayyy!

Tim Tebow said that the reason he returned to the University of Florida for his senior year is because he wanted to show his "loyalty" since they were so loyal to him. Urban Meyer said he has never had relationship as close as his relationship with Tebow. He also said that football is a very small part of their relationship.

This is too easy...

Another thing, xt.7239 is ESPN Anchor John Anderson's extension at ESPN.

One last thing, Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan is really old.

Here is another video...

Giving up the NHL for Lent

so this year I agreed to give up watching/talking/recognition of the NHL until Easter. Well, living here in Nashville it is difficult to get away from everyone complaining about the Predators. You either think they should just move away because "hockey isn't football" or you are upset because no one goes to home games. Well I am breaking my lent commitment by talking about one of the things that would help the NHL/Predators get more casual fans to games.

it costs a family of four an average of $175 to go to a hockey game and that is with just average seats. In this new economy where people are looking for value when they spend their discretionary income, why are we settling for nachos and hot dogs at arenas around the league. I have been to NHL games in St. Louis, Atlanta, Nashville and Minnesota. Everywhere I have been the food sucks. Period. We have these beautiful arenas with pyrotechnics and HD scoreboards, but I can't get anything that doesn't have 65grams of fat in it. I realize a lot of people think that going to the stadium is all about eating bad food and drinking watered down beer. Most of your casual fans or "seeking" fans would be more inclined to take their family to a hockey game if they could actually get their kids something "quasi" nutritious.

this rant is all about "adding value." I know that paying these players millions of dollars and making sure that the owner makes his $15 million per year leaves very little money to actually take care of the people who are responsible for your success. I know that if I told my wife that we were going to a hockey game and we would be eating "sushi" or having some kind of healthy sandwich she would be more apt come along, which is the goal of these struggling markets. Have a "wine tasting" event before the hockey game and you will get more casual and female fans to your games. Get women interested in your sport and they will drive the commerce at the arena. Because once you engage the wives of a household, the discretionary income that is spent on "dates" and other things starts to funnel to your organization. The NHL has absolutely "missed the boat" in my opinion, especially the Nashville Predators. Get women involved and you will see more success than you know what to do with.

Here is a wine recommendation for everyone...
Se7en Deadly Zins

Fantastic bottle of wine, one of my favorites. It costs about $15 so go out and get a bottle.

Another great video for everyone to see...enjoy

In the beginning...

well here we go. I can't guarantee that I will write often, but I will write honestly and hopefully with lots of sarcasm, satire and humor. I thought about doing the whole "ee cummings thing" where I don't use any punctuation or capitalize proper nouns, but I only read a few of his writings and I honestly think if you must use a "gimmick" to get people to read your stuff, your stuff must suck. Just kidding.

my first post will start where every great blog story should start...an intimate interview with A-Rod. Here are some excerpts from a candid interview I did with him this morning (ok, not really, but it will be funny...I promise).

TC=The Count
AR=Alex Rodriguez

TC- Welcome Alex, thanks so much for doing this interview with me.
AR- No problem. After all, I am just laying around with this hurt hip anyway.

TC-So we have been pretty busy this past offseason...huh? I mean, you got divorced, you got paid, you got Madonna'd, you got outed (sp??) and then you paid to get...well you know.
AR-Yup, it has been pretty busy. All of that and now I am "laid up" with this hurt hip. What are the chances of me signing a contract that will pay me $1 trillion and then I can't play...I mean what are the odds of that?

TC-I am not sure of the exact odds, but I think Randall Cunningham and Herschel Walker might be able to tell us.
AR-Who are they? Did they play baseball too?
TC-No Alex, they played Cricket.
AR-Oh, is that a board game?
TC-Yup, you play it the same way you do checkers...except you are outside.

TC-So your latest alleged incident involves you hooking up with a hooker...
AR-Yup
TC-So you just thought she would keep this to herself?
AR-The ad in the paper said "discrete meetings"
TC-So it has come to this huh...now the highest paid athlete in the world is paying for sex?
AR-Don't all men "pay" for sex in one way or another
TC-Well played AR.

TC-Well I would ask about performance enhancing drugs...but honestly, I just don't care.
AR-Well, I have a cousin who is a whiz with that stuff if you ever need anything.
TC-Yeah, I heard


Well, I know this first post was a bit on the weird side, but just like fine wine...it will get better with time.

Enjoy this guy from one of my favorite videos...