TWO THUMBS UP, FOUR THUMBS DOWN TUESDAY

Every Tuesday, I’ll be sharing the little life’s pleasures that make me jump for joy and the terrible, awful things I want to spit on.

Two Things that earned my love:

1. Ole Miss Guard Marshal Henderson: The Rebels trailed Georgia by eight with 3:37 left to go in the game.  He would go on to score all 14 of the regulation points after that and finished the game with 25 points, 14 coming on free throws.  When informed that the press wanted to speak to him, Marshall took two steps into the media room and shouted: “ITS ALL THE SAME, IT”S SATURDAY NIGHT. I’M OUT!”
2.  NFL Combine:

College kids are turned to livestock as NFL coaches and personnel watch them run, jump, hop and lift their way to a higher draft position and potentially millions more dollars. It’s like an episode of Double-Dare for grown ups.  Except the contestants can cripple you.

Four things that earned my scorn:

1. Jerry Buss Passing Away:  One of the coolest owners in all of Pro Sports…

RIP

2. Not doing Background checks:  The Belfast Giants of the United Kingdom’s EIHL were recently bought by Floridian, Christopher Knight.  Then they learned of his 2003 conviction for “Lewd or Lasvious Battery,” entailing “sexual activity with a person 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age.”  The sale had already been completed and it looked like this fucking scumbag would have a Pro Hockey team.

Thank god the company that owns and manages the arena came to the rescue by forming a new company and signing all the players to the new team.

3. Da‘Quan Bowers:

Every few months or so, we come across an athlete who is dumb enough to think they can sneak a gun through an Airport.  Yesterday, Bowers, a Defensive End with the Tampa Bay Bucs, became that athlete when  he was arrested for carrying a loaded .40 caliber gun in his luggage at LaGuardia Airport in NEW YORK.

You know, the same city that gave Plaxico Burress a two-year bid for CARRYING A GUN AND SHOOTING HIMSELF!

4. Oscar Pistorius:

Worst Comic Strip Ever.  Please don’t put that next to Dick Tracy or Peanuts.  Why Little Tink Tink? Why?

-WST