Brain Enema 2-15-10

To recap the NBA All-Star Saturday Night… Paul Pierce is money, Rajon Rondo lost in HORSE because Kevin Duran can make a jump shot and Rondo can’t, Nate Robinson won the dunk contest because he is short and can jump high, and Steve Nash is fundamentally sound.

March Madness, is a month away and I haven't watched a minute of college basketball since last year's Final Four.

Howard Stern would be the death of American Idol. Good or bad?

Brett Favre is still going to play in 2010.

The Olympics during the NHL season is a horrible idea. At least one star will get hurt and ruin his teams’ playoff chances

ECW will be missed, even in its WWE form. RVD, Taz, Paul Heyman, Raven, Sandman, Dudley Boyz, bWo, Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, Shane Douglas, etc THANK YOU for the MEMORIES

David Lee should get at least a four-year fifty million dollar contract in the off-season. I would forget about Lebron and put my money into Lee and a good SG/SF for less money.

All it took for Drew Brees to finally get respect was to win a Super Bowl against a future first ballot Hall of fame QB. Looking at the last few years I am leaning towards saying that Brees should have won two MVP awards.

Cris Carter is a first ballot Hall of fame wide receiver even if he is in the same class as Jerry Rice and Emmit Smith

It's sad seeing UFC legends getting passed by. Tito Ortiz shut up a retire.

Regardless of free agency or the draft, if the Patriots lose Pro Bowl NT Vince Wilfork after the upcoming season than they will need to completely overhaul their defense

Nothing says Valentines Day like the NBA All-Star Game at a football stadium

Dana White promised Boston UFC a PPV this summer. Lesnar will be healthy by then. Smell the money

Saw Johnny Damon on the side of the road the other day with a sign.. '"Will play decent offensive left field for a multi-year contract making 150% of my market value."

Would the Patriots sign Terrell Ovens & LT for a year to make a Super Bowl run?

Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, John Lackey, Dice-K, Clay Bucholz, Tim Wakefield, Boof Bonser, Michael Bowden, etc. With those starters the Red Sox don't need to worry about their offense, they should be able to win I-0 or 2-1 every game.

Tim Thomas gets named to the USA Olympic team and he ends up as the Bruins backup the year after he won the Vezina Trophy. The Bruins have the seventh best goals against in the NHL so he can’t be that bad. If the B's were healthy and could score and have competent defensemen they would be a contender.

Does Boxing still exist?

Urban Meyer needs to stay away from Florida for this year for the health of everyone else

The Thunder will win an NBA title before the Mariners or Seahawks even make a Super bowl or World Series. The Mariners should make the playoffs this year by winning a weak American League West.

The Giants getting Tim Lincum for less than twelve million per year for the next two years is a steal. He would get close to twenty million per year for a long term contract on the open market.

Frank Thomas officially retired after close to two decades as one of the most feared hitters in baseball. The future first ballot Hall of former is still the best tight end in Auburn history. He could have been a great NFL player.

The Dolphins release Joey Porter because he is a loud mouth with declining skills. A few hours later the team had to bring him back to improper timing of his release. They have agreed to keep him but bought out his mouth and attitude for 750,000.

The BengaIs must be concerned about their image. They are no longer the league leaders in arrests, so they signed WR Matt Jones (out of the NFL for drug issues) and worked out to Pacman Jones. Gilbert Arenas has a tryout next week.

A tip for Donte Stallworth’s agent. Try to get a public transportation endorsement instead of a car dealership. Just a thought.

For the moment I am out of athletes to insult and degrade, so until next time the sports world is on watch.

Favre Can't Leave Now

After failing to win the Super Bowl again this year Brett Favre has announced that he will most likely retire. Note to self {copy and paste story from 2009, 2008.2007, etc}. Favre has been pulling this same possible retirement stunt since the Clinton administration. The difference between this year in Minnesota and previous seasons is that Favre looked like a good NFL quarterback the entire 2009 season. Favre played like he belonged again as an NFLQB. Minnesota was the perfect and best fit for Favre and the Vikings, and would be for at least one more year.

In the coming months Favre will contemplate retirement on his Mississippi farm while making commercials for jeans and heartburn medicine. Favre will have plenty of time to think about what he hasn't been able accomplish Favre hasn't been a Super Bowl champion in over a decade. Favre isn't the oldest player in NFL history, quarterback or other position. Favre still can tackle a defensive back returning a turnover like nobody else in the game. Favre still has many more game altering interceptions left in his arm. After bypassing training camp Favre will return to the Vikings or another team if he wears out his welcome in Minnesota. This is just too much to pass up for Favre to call it a career.

There is a new wrinkle in the ongoing Brett Favre career saga. Favre’s nephew Dylan is entering Ole Miss in the fall after a stellar high school career. It will take the younger Favre time to develop and perform well enough to get a chance at making it in the NFL. If Dylan Favre does play well enough in college to get a chance in the pros it will take time for him to learn the pro game. At that point Brett can retire and become Dylan’s position coach. We can’t have football without at least one Favre playing in the NFL. Brett Favre will have to continue to make the sacrifice and keep playing until no team wants him or Osteoporosis sets in. Don’t worry football fans Brett will be back in time for Week 1 of the 2010 season... somewhere.

An Open Letter to Brett Favre

Dear Brett Favre,

You are a living legend and will go down in history as one of the best quarterbacks ever to put on a helmet. The problem is that you refuse to put your helmet down and become history. You need to stop as this is getting ridiculous. You have been subjecting fans to potential retirements for years, and you are not the MVP winning gunslinger you once were. You should have left Green Bay and headed straight for your Wrangler jeans commercials and stayed there. Instead you held the Packers hostage before ending up in New Jersey. You did start out well for the Jets, but don't only did the wheels come off, but your axels broke, the engine cracked, the car split in half, all before plummeting off a cliff into a lake of acid.

It is tough to give up what you love to do, and retiring isn't easy. You joined the likes of Joe Namath, Joe Montana, and Johnny Unitas as quarterbacks who left their home and became a shell of their former selves. Leaving Green Bay for New York and single-handily keeping the Jets out of the playoffs should have been the last of your career. You are now going to play for your long time enemy in Minnesota after retiring (again) so you didn't have to go through training camp. You are the football equivalent of Ric Flair. You can still put on a good show sometimes, but you need a good supporting cast to help carry you to a good match. In Minnesota you have Adrian Peterson but sub-par receivers. You may be able to help the Vikings battle for the playoffs, but you need to realize you can't keep doing this. The fans don't want it, the organizations don't want it, and the NFL doesn't want it. Stay home. Go ride your tractor on Sundays. If you want I bet you can drive down to Alabama and Forrest Gump will let you mow his football field for him. Brett, stop tarnishing your legacy and make way for the players half your age that actually are on the rise. Football will survive, but if you keep pulling the same stunt every year you may not. Now go take some Prilosec, slip on your Wranglers, and go work on that Geritol endorsement deal.