Hey everybody, welcome to another weekday edition of Blogkakke. There was no Blogkakke yesterday as we hosted a successful Last Call, so Blogkakke was rolled into Last Call. If you have any tips, hints, advice, ideas, suggestions, love letters or good old fashioned hate mail our contact info is up at the top right, and there’s always the comments.
Musical Primer
You can’t not be pumped after Walk by Pantera. It’s impossible.
Links: KSK: The always excellent Fantasy Football and Sex Mailbag. Sports Illustrated: In a weird offseason, the Bucs have fired their Offensive Co-ordinator. He must have been pretty offensive. Film Drunk: New Where the Wild things are footage. The Layoff Beard: Sussman does a thought piece on the dumbing down of society. Deadspin: Spencer Hall and Drew present the Haters guide to the NCAA top 25. EDSBS: USC gouges away at other highlight videos. Fox Sports: Jason Whitlock article about Erin Andrews going on Oprah turns into a quasi, pg rated comedy central roast of the sports media.
The Blogkakke is your daily dose of web links. It also includes a video to get your afternoon going. If you wan’t to send in tips, suggestions, love letters or good old fashioned hate mail all of our contact information is up at the top right of the screen. We will respond.
]Some would say it’s sacrilegious, but who cares. On to the links.
The Phoenix Pub: The Pub is running a NCAA college football pick em. Join up. The Hoop Doctors: Ron Artest sings Celine Dion Karaoke style. KSK: That wasn’t Belichick expressing emotion was it? Could he be human after all? Film Drunk: Today’s forgotten film classic is the Nigerian film called Chicken Madness. Warming Glow: I’m trying to hide my enthusiasm, but Mad Men has been renewed for a 4th season. Sports Pickle: Outfielders are disappointed that they have to now stand up when David Ortiz is up to bat. Joe Sports Fan: The Monday Night Football crew was “Euphoric” over Favre’s return. ESPN: Easterbrook’s preview of the NFC. Caution, it may take a while. Food Court Lunch: General Tao thanks the Maple Leafs for finding new ways to crush his soul. Sportress of Blogitude: Weed is on fire as he discusses Annika Sorenstam giving birth to her first child.
It’s another glorious day here at The Gally Blog. I haven’t slept yet, and might not get a chance to today. You can sleep when you’re dead right? Or is that if you don’t sleep you’ll die? Whatever. We should have some great stuff for you today. Thanks for reading, and while you’re at it, sign up at The Gally Blog’s Facebook Page. If you have any tips, suggestions, or just want to tell us how much you love or hate us all of our contact info is up on the top right.
The video doesn’t always have to be hard rock or metal to get you going or be awesome. On to the links. EDSBS: Memphis want’s you to know what time it is. The Hoop Doctors: Top 10 circus shots of the 2009 NBA season. The Puck Doctors: The NHL is investigating contracts the disobey the Salary Cap. ie. Pronger and Hossa Breaking News: For my nerds and mathletes out there, a theory suggesting that Time is actually running out. Digg: A charted comparison of the PS3 and the various Xbox 360′s. 27bslash6: David talks about the ten jobs that would be better than his. Or yours for that matter. Sportress of Blogitude: Weed recounts Mike Redmonds third career triple. He’s 38.
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Hey Everybody. Are you excited? Around here we are. We have the inaugural Gally Blog blogger Fantasy Football competition.
I know everybody hates these guys, but I don’t. Sure, it may not be lyrically pleasing but you can’t deny that the song will pump you up! On to the links:
The Phoenix Pub: The Notorious MOB covers why Rocky Balboa is an underrated movie. Blog Critics: Doktakra uses his Sacramento Kings homerism to show that there still is some good in the sports world. KSK: Another excellent Captain Caveman edition of the Sex and Fantasy Football Mailbag. Barking Carnival: Scipio Tex provides a very entertaining preview of the Texas A&M Football season. Sports Pickle: According to a source, Brett Favre is the cause of the “jism” in the Vikings media room. Sportress of Blogitude: Weed mocks St. Paul’s College and the pussification of college sports. Michael Ian Black: Michael recounts how his vacation to Spain has been thus far. Food Court Lunch: General Tao takes a look into the similarity between Canadian and German sports, and comes out convinced that we share a heritage.
Hey everybody! It’s that time again. The first ever Gally Blog blogger Fantasy Football competition is happening, with real celebrity bloggers. Well we’re all celebrities, at least in our own minds.
I’ve never heard of this band before, but gimp recommended the song and it’s good.
KSK: Since it is Fantasy Football season, check out the Fantasy Team Naming Guide. Washington Post: Josh Zerkle thinks that Jerry Jones is going to to raise the roof. COED Magazine: 4 reasons that you’re still a virgin. The Greatest Page in the Universe: Maddox makes a mockery of Swine Flu, and hopes that you’ll give it to him. The Big Lead: 5 very good reasons that nobody will watch baseball in 20 years. Food Court Lunch: Gourmet Spud mocks the waste of skin that is currently Gene Simmons. Low Post’s: ebooker dissects the chances of LeBron James going to the Utah Jazz next year. Big League Stew: Ken Griffey Junior is enjoying his time back in Seattle.
As always, if you have something to share feel free to contact one of us.
For some of you it’s a somber day with Ted Kennedy having died. For the majority of you that are reading this you’re likely giving a dismissive hand wank. Maybe I deserve that. If you have any thing that you’d like to share with us, our contact info is up on the top right and then there’s always the comment section.
When German industrial metal bands sing in Spanish and include Latin influences, Purple Jesus saves a unicorn
GQ: A much better writer than me profiled Teddy K back in 1990. It’s a great read. Guardian: The worlds first Cocaine bar. Hold on a sec, I’ll be right back. Newsday: Yeah it’s a week old, but there’s only so many things that I can link to. Ken Davidoff Discusses the evolution of Baseball’s MVP Style Points: Business Socks mulls the travesty that is the NFL’s preseason. Avoiding The Drop: Adam takes us through how money is distributed over the Champions and Europa Leagues. The Rookies: CoolHwhip talks about his experiences as a low on the depth chart QB for a University. It’s a very good read. NBC: When cheated on by her husband, a woman creates a clever revenge plan instead of dumping him. The Puck Doctors: A much less profane take on the Dany Heatley Saga then I would have done.
Hey everybody! Well I’m a little pumped right now. We’re starting to make a little noise in our corner of the Interwebs. We had readers from all over the world yesterday, Greece, Sweden, Spain, Ireland, Latin America and even Pakistan. Then there’s the guy from Belgium who keeps coming back every day. To you I say Bonjour and Merci. Of course I can’t forget you American and Canadian readers. If you have any questions, requests, tips or links for us then send me an email at (thegallyblog@gmail.com) or at @TheGallyBlog. Have a great day everyone.
That song sums up how pumped we are here.
Sportress of Blogitude: You’ve probably heard the news, but I like Weed’s take on Ichiro’s taste in women. The Rookies: Andrew Bucholtz goes over the week that was and the week to come in the CFL(Canadian Football League to you Americans). It’s excellent as always. Warming Glow: Ufford talks about the upcoming reality Steven Seagal Cop Show! Fan Nation: Brett Favre is so amazing that there are locker room rumblings that some players prefer Tavaris Fucking Jackson? ESPN: Yeah he can get wordy(11,000 words), he can be a bit pretentious, but Gregg Easterbrook does know a thing or two about football and put’s out an interesting and informative column. The Phoenix Pub: lowercase discusses a realignment of MLB Pro Football Talk: The NFL has gone a whole 2 days without a players arrest. Keep track of all shenanigans here. Avoiding The Drop: Adam’s take on why Liverpool’s fans shouldn’t worry(too much) Hail Mary Jane: houroc brings up a discussion on some very strange advertisements.
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COED Magazine: 5 reasons that Brock Lesnar is the new Big Thing in the UFC Mister Irrelevant: Not as much of the entertainment, but SBNation is looking for an Associate Editor. That Editor could be you. Sports Pickle: Hockey fan says health insurance is for pussies! With Leather: Holy Shit Wagon! You can now insure your fantasy football team against injury Washington Post: Dan Steinberg makes a comparison between Steeler and Redskin fans. The Bachelor Guy: 5 sports stories we wish would go away. The Phoenix Pub: Marissa talks about gender issues in sports.
Unsilent linked to that picture, I believe it was from a KSK commenter draft.
The Phoenix Pub: lowercase does a great preview of the Mountain West Conference. It’s informative. KSK: Big Daddy Drew explains why Tony Dungy is being so nice to Mike Vick. It’s not at all what you might think. Avoiding The Drop: thefuseprojects most recent Thursday afternoon challenge is pure evil. Pro Football Talk: Michael Tunison offers up 5 football players that you’re not allowed to hate. Sports Pickle: The Detroit Lions 1987 first round pick ends his contract holdout. Wyoming Outdoors Radio: A gallery of Odd as they put it. A gallery of Fucking Awesome as I put it. Warming Glow: If you never click on another link again, click this first before you become web celibate. I was going to do a post on this, but it’s not as fun when a better writer beats you to it.
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Little math joke for my fellow nerds. Well, we had our first angry commenter today. That was fun. As always, send tips, info, or even hate mail to me at (thegallyblog@gmail.com) or on Twitter at@TheGallyBlog. Here’s todays links.
USA Today: Jay Cutler has the highest selling jersey in the NFL. Also, the guy who commented on the article is in my opinion, absolutely hilarious. EDSBS: Nick Saban tells and entire room to pee sitting down. Adam Riff: Did you ever think those stupid dogs had it coming? Well somebody did. Playboy: A Green Beret gives survival advice. Most of it seems pretty common sense, but there are some dumb people out there. Sportress of Blogitude: Weed discusses his newfound love. Times Online: Vogue model Liskula Cohen wins right to unmask offensive blogger after he called her a 40 year old skank. She’s actually a 36 year old skank.
