Last Call is, well you know what it is. IF you don’t, go back and look through the archives. There, I said it. Also, since a lot of y’all complained about the ability or inability to go back through the archives, I changed the site layout. More changes will be happening, but its gonna take some time.
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Sports Illustrated: Joe Posnanski compares the careers of Nolan Ryan to Ichiro Suzuki. Really. Joe proves once again that he knows more about baseball than I’ll know about everything else combined over the rest of my life. Sportress of Blogitude: The security at the upcoming Commonwealth Games is literally a barrel of monkeys. Weed’s words, not mine. My brother would probably try to fight Weed for his use of the word Literally, but he kind of tries to fight everyone who says that. Daddys Sugar Ball: Something about the Phillies. It’s baseball, so I didn’t really read it but their work is always good, so whatever. SB Nation: This weeks version of the Alphabetical. Huzzah!
Last Call is kind of like Blogkakke, only on PCP, LSD and ludes. Fucking ludes man. Instead of just being a random link dump, it’s a place to congregate with fellow like minded sports fans, alcoholics and amateur comedians. So come on in, kick your shoes off and crack a beer; then regale us with a witty joke, bitch about that local sports team or give WSR your condolences as he got married this weekend. If you have something you’d like to see here, our contact info is over on the right and there’s always the tip line, tips @ thegallyblog.com
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Adactio: Not only is inception an amazing movie, but it has set itself up to be a timeless classic. Men’s Health: /facepalm So Men’s Health asked a bunch of women why they have sex. Such a horrible, totally ambiguous question if nothing else. Well, they got 237 different reasons and thought they’d share them with us all. Sometimes I hate the media and Internet. Brand DNA: Then again, this happens and the Internet goes and totally redeems itself. Paper tweets. Yes, paper tweets. It’s even cooler than it sounds. Steel Clink Alcatraz: Samer guest posts again with 6 bands that he’d like to punch in the face. EDSBS: It’s Monday, which means that it’s time for the Fulmer Cupdate. Spencer Hall really is doing the Lords work over there. The Sporting Blog: You might have heard that Dwayne Wade is a terrorist. That may or not be factual, but Hutchins brings you the quote, the edited quote, the screenshot, the audio clip and anything else you might want to know about the situation. Hammer Fisted: A preview of Bobby Campbell vs Christian Darrow. Don’t know who those guys are, well don’t worry because there’s rape jokes!! Extensive Vamping: A note to all you women readers out there, I know there’s a bunch of you: Soy is bad shit. Soy is supposed to be this healthy alternative to everything, but actually contains a lot of hormones and can act as a unwanted natural birth control. Also, it can make women all hormonal and crazy. I’m sure it doesn’t help men out either. Roger Ebert: The myth of the perfect film, especially as it pertains to certain negative reviews of Inception. I Am Donald: This is Donald Glover’s personal website. This is a remix of his new song. I can’t stop listening to it, so I’m going to share it with you. Again. Enjoy.
The Morning After Pill is a daily recap of the previous days events from the sporting world. Certain teams and entire sports are left out due to an extreme lack of caring or crippling hangovers. It’s probably the hangovers though, and they might not even be crippling. That’s how we roll. Send tips to tips@ thegallyblog.com
NFL: OMG! The NFL is going to have an open air, cold weather Super Bowl. The 2014 Super Bowl has been awarded to: the NY Giants/NY Jets, who with one of the newer NFL traditions, built a new $1.6 billion stadium and were rewarded with a Super Bowl. Blowing tax payer money has never been so enticing. Well, unless you’re Goldman Sachs. That’s a zing you see.
NHL: There was no hockey last night as the Stanley Cup Finals matchup between The Philadelphia Flyers and Chicago Blackhawks doesn’t start until Saturday. Yeah, 5 days between games. Nice move Bettman.
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So why then are we talking about Hockey? Well, did you think we were going to waste precious space with Basketball? Hahahahahahahahah. Oh yeah, Canadian hero and Detroit legend, Steve Yzerman, has been named the new GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Good luck Stevie, you’re going to need it.
MLB: Even though Steve Phillips, *cough*douche*cough* thinks that he’d trade Steven Strasburg for Roy Oswalt straight up, and Oswalt has asked for a trade, the Astros have no intention of trading him. Yet. Tough luck Dodgers fans. Carl Crawford was ejected from the game yesterday for trash talking. Seriously, here’s the words right out of his mouth, “It went back and forth. He didn’t want to back down, and I definitely wasn’t going to lose a trash-talking contest.” That guy who didn’t want to back down, the umpire. Also tossed for arguing with the ump, manager Joe Maddon. Sigh. Will athletes ever learn that arguing with the ref/ump/judge/whomever does absolutely no good? The ump is never going to back down in public like that. Never. In a clear sign that we’ve all died and are on the “Lost” style purgatory island, the Mets won last night. Over the Phillies. By a 9 runs. In a shutout. Having gave up 9 hits. I guess this is my sign to marry Blake Lively, as clearly miracles do happen.
Unlike the rest of the world, I never really get all that aroused by the entire Olympic games. What, we need to have some queens ski down a hill in order to determine national supremecy? I mean, I get the appeal. Fighting for worldwide recognition is pretty sweet (and sticking it to those damn Ruskies is always a good time) but I just don’t know if those national bragging rights still exist in today’s global climate, especially when there’s no Cold Wars, and the entire world is way more jacked for World Cup soccer. That, and like any other asshole American, if it’s not football I don’t really care.
Unless it’s figuring skating. Because once those blades hit the Olympic ice, there aren’t enough ice cubes in my freezer to keep my boner contained.
I can’t explain this romance I have for Olympic figure skating, and really, it’s ONLY Olympic figure skating. What draws me to it are the same things that draw people to any other Olympic sport. Those reasons range from the potential of someone falling and ruining their life long dreams to the tight fitting outifts that are worn by the (probably) 14 year old Chinese girls. RAWR! But you can find that type of appeal in downhill skiing, gymnastics, swimming, and any other number of random Olympic games. Yet for some reason, figuring skating holds my interest more than any of these, HANDS DOWN. (more…)
Last Call is kind of like Blogkakke, only on PCP, LSD and ludes. Fuckin ludes man. Instead of just being a random link dump, it’s a place to gather with like minded sports fans, alcoholics and amateur comedians. So kick your shoes off, crack a beer and tell us a joke, spout off about that local sports team or just spout off about that time your team choked on a dick in the big game. We’ve got some experience with that lately.
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SB Nation: Sean Payton can read charts and understands the game of football. Jim Caldwell is a fucking asshole. Cajun Boy in The City: The greatest day in the Universe, or a recap of yesterday’s Super Bowl. Best Week Ever: The Super Babies of the Super Bowl. Admit it, you’re intrigued. College Humor: Valentines Day: The 7 actual women in your life. EDSBS: Confience is important and a vitamin of great importance. (more…)
The Morning After Pill is a recap of the previous days sporting events. Certain teams and events are left out due to an extreme lack of caring and hangovers. Mostly the hangovers.
NFL: So Josh McDaniels is a super duper genius. He’s so good that he’s amicably splitting up with DC Mike Nolan, and leaving the team with it’s soon to be 5th defensive coordinator in 6 years. Nolan, in saying fuck you buddy, is coming to terms with the Miami Dolphins as their DC. San Diego fans get to look forward to three more years of this.
What? I'm beautiful, I can make fun of him.
They just signed the overachieving Turner to a 3 year extension on his contract. I guess things are looking good for KC and Oak in that division.
NBA: Oh hay, its getting to be that point of the year where strippers be running for their lives. It’s almost time for the NBA All-Star Game. The big news is that LeBron James is bailing on the event even though he stated last year that he’d do it this year. In much smaller news, wait for it… Nate Robinson is back to try and repeat as champ. I call it a small deal, because Nate is only 5’9″. You get it? He’s small. I’m so clever. In a game that sounds like it may have been interesting, Chicago got walloped by the Golden State Warriors 114-97. It was quite the team effort as the team was lead by everyone apparently. Monta Ellis had 36 points, Corey Maggette had 32 points and Andris Biedrins had an impressive 19 points. Chicago, meanwhile, just laid down and took it like Bree Olson. The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Phoenix Suns 125-188 at home last night. Rudy Gay [edit tee hee(more…)
Yo. What’s up night owls? Ready to soar past some Eagles tomorrow? Well get ready because the Jets beat out those clowns 38-27. Michael Vick ran for a touchdown and threw a pick. LeSean McCoy ran for a TD. Who cares what the Jets did. None of their players drowned a dog.
The New York Football Giants lost to the New England Patriots 38-27, but managed to score 3 TDs via Wide Receiver. 2 to Sinorice Moss and 1 to Hakeen Nicks. Mario Manningham led the team in receiving yards with 74. Looked like Logic called out exactly what he thought was going to happen and it did. I know it’s preseason but don’t sleep on them. Manningham can be a #1 receiver and Nicks proved that he is going to dominate someday in this preseason. Forget Hixon and Smith. Those two guys should be the 1 and 2.
Here are two links that I liked from the interweb today. First, we have Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day coming out soon. here is the trailer. Vince from FilmDrunk was ripping into it and it does look kind of corny. I think the first one was a hit and it had a cult following (read as: Irish people) but you should just leave it at that.
Secondly, Blake Lively was running around in a white dress with no bra and you can clearly see everything she is all about.
In more important news, I lost to Gimp in Madden twice. I have to give credit where credit is due. My kicking game is not getting any credit.
Jon Garland won his first game with LA and my fantasy team. My sports betting locks for the rest of the season are Boston and New York Yankees parlays. They both won as well.
I’m going to keep this post short and sweet as I need to be up at 6:30AM to be at my friend’s house so we can leave via limousine for the airport to make a 10:55AM flight to Midway Airport in Chicago. From there we take a party bus and get heavily drunk until blindness occurs or we reach South Bend, Indiana. GO NOTRE DAME! I’ll see you fuckers Sunday for the draft.
Those reasons range from the potential of someone falling and ruining their life long dreams to the tight fitting outifts that are worn by the (probably) 14 year old Chinese girls. RAWR! But you can find that type of appeal in downhill skiing, gymnastics, swimming, and any other number of random Olympic games. Yet for some reason, figuring skating holds my interest more than any of these, HANDS DOWN. 
