G-Men.. Playing like girls

Just when i thought the New York Giants had a shot at another super bowl, we mess it up. It seems like ever since we got rid of Plaxico Buress the Giants offense hasn't been able to do anything. Eli manning with that stupid look on his face was absolutley terrible this week, as the Giants played the Broncos for a Thanksgiving night massacre. To start the game, everything was looking fine, as the Giants recieved the ball first, but couldn't do anything with it. After the first quarter Denver was up 3-0. Not a bad score, but the offense needs to pick it up for once because the defense has been carrying them for the last two years. As the game goes on the Giants still cant seem to do anything in the second quarter putting up a fat egg on their side of the scoreboard, while the broncos put up 13 making the halftime score 16-0.
In the second half the giants looked just as terrible, and were making the broncos look like all stars. Eli put together two nice drives, but couldn't convert them to touchdowns leaving us with only six points at the end of the third quarter. Thing didn't get any prettier for the Giants as they let the broncos put in ten more points in the fourth quarter and they held the giants to 0 making the final score 26-6, and leaving many fans upset. Their was only one positive in the game that I saw and that was Osi Umenyiora yelling at the offense and trying to get everyone hyped up. The offense has been putting up terrible number the past four weeks, while the defense has been giving it all they got. One motto ive always lived by in sports "You can't win, if you dont score, no matter how bad the defense was."

Life in Sports This Week

Unlike my other posts where I concentrated on one team, this blog im going to talk about what's been going on in all sports in the past week or so. One thing that came to my attention while watching sports shows this week was how much attention labron james gets, whether it be because he got hurt, or made a cool dunk, or because he made a funny statement. He said that he thinks he could play in the nfl if given the chance. This started huge controversies on all talk shows, and I heard several opinions. One being that if Lebron tried out for a football team who wouldn't be able to make the practice squad, and others saying that he would be a big time star. Personally I think that Lebron is a bsketball player, and should stick to it, if he gets carried away with this football garbage he might actually think of trying out. I think he wouldn't make the practice squad either, those guys are professionals at their sport, just like he is at ball. Another thing that came to my attention while watching some basketball highlights, is the talk of Allen Iverson coming to the Knicks. Being a Knicks fan I would never want to see them pick up Iverson because he is not a team player, and it would lead to another stephon marbury kinda deal. All they have to do is wait one more year, save their money and get some superstars.
College basketball has finally arrived, and im proud to say my Dukies (Duke Blue Devils) are starting off strong, as well as many other teams. Every yearI hear a lot of talk about how college basketball is so much better to watch then the NBA and I agree. I think it's more appealing because of the atmosphere the fans bring, and how intense the players are throughout the whole game. They actually run plays, set off the ball screens, and play defense, which the NBA lacks. Of course their's so much more thats been going in the world of sports, but thats up to u to find out.

One more year

As the New York Knicks starting off another season, this time against the Miami Heat. For those who don't follow the knicks, we have been awful for the past ten plus years. In the past three years our overall record has gone up in the win category a little, but not enough to make it into the playoffs. Seeing as how the Boston Celtics are stacked again this year, I don't see the knicks making any moves towards the playoffs once again. So far this year we are 1-8, and not looking good at all. I feel like every year is the same thing, we go up early in the game, then blow it at the end. They don't have that key player that can finish games like we used to have like Patrick Ewing, or John Starks. In the 1990's when the knicks were a dynasty, Madison Square gardenb would be packed every night, and it gave the garden a really good name, but now, they can barely fill the seats even when lebron james is in town. One major problem that the knicks have is their ability to get a great player and have him adapt to the city, and team. It's not easy coming to new york and being accepted by the fans, just ask Patrick Ewing, who had lots to say about the fans in new york, both good and bad.

For the past three years, the knicks have been getting rid of their highest payed players and picking up low paying players to make room for the 2010-2011 draft. After this season's end, it will be the biggest free agent market possibly ever. Players like Lebron James, Tracy McGrady, Chris Bosh are all going to be free agents, along with a list of about 100 other players. The knicks currently have one of the lowest salaries in the league after being one of the highest for years. The word on the street is that they are looking to pick up Lebron James as their first pick, and will most likely propose an offer that he cannot refuse. Their is also a lot of talk about how he wont leave Cleveland because he feels at home their, seeing as how hes from Ohio. One thing that many people do not know is that last year when Lebron came to New York, he bought out three hot dog stands and gave free hot dogs all game while he was playing. Personally this sounds like hes trying to gain the city over little by little, and when it's time for picking a team, new york will be one of the top prospects. With the Knicks having another game tomorrow night, coach D'antoni hopes to pull out win number two, but with this years squad, it might be hard to reach 20 wins. But we will see in one year where this basketball program plans to head.

27! and counting..

The New York Yankees are officially back, adding another world series ring to their book, with number 27. Not only was this their first ring in eight years, but it was their first season in their new home, and they took it home. Last night in the Bronx, it was extremley rowdy, and the fans were loud as ever. Starting the games were two veterans, Andy Pettitte and Pedro Martinez. Pettitte threw a gem, only allowing three runs in 6 innings. On the other hand, Martinez didn't bring his best stuff and was knocked out of the game in the third inning. A huge contributor to the Yankees success this potseason was Hideki Matsui, who hit three home runs. By series end, Matsui really pulled through and had four RBI's in game 6 alone. Fair is fair, and Matsui was handed the world series MVP award. It was funny watching him accept the award because he doesn't speak any english, so the transloator was talking into the microphone for him. Since game 1 of the Yanks season, I pretty much watched every game, and I can honeslty say that this years winner's were the best team in the league. We have a cy-young contender, two MVP contenders, and 4 possible hall of famers. This was an all around team this year, especially adding three huge pickups; Mark Texiera, CC Sabathia, and AJ Burnett. I think it's safe to say that we would not have gotten this far without their help this year. One thing i thought was very important about the end of the game was every player said that this trophy was for the 'boss' George Stenibrenner who is very sick. That shows that the Yanks weren't just doing it for themselves, but for the whole organization, which really makes them stand out. Another interesting part about the after game, was that at 2:30 in the morning, while driving home from the game, manager joe girardi stopped on the side of the highway to help a crashed car victim. To me this shows that just because you are famous, and just one a world championship, doesn't make you some kind of god, their still regular people. This really shows that the Yankees this year were unselfish, and willing to do anything, which is probably why they came out successful this year. With another one in the bag, that will be it for my posting of the Yankees this year, so once again, GO YANKS!