FULL CIRCLE FRIDAY-I'M A FLIRT!

All the stories you know, and ones you don’t, but should. Welcome to FULL CIRCLE FRIDAY.

MONDAY

-Welterweight Matt Dwyer landed a superman punch on William Macario for a knockout Sunday at UFC Fight Night 61.  Macario seems to have been hit so hard, he's been transported back in time to a moment where he's actually winning before hitting the mat for a loss.

-Here's Giants ace Madison Bumgarner dressed up as Paul Bunyan for the team's magazine and he doesn't look weird or goofy at all in the that getup.  The guy wore jeans to his own wedding so no one should really be that surprised. 

Personally, I think he should just dress like that for games too.  He'd probably toss a perfect game every outing.

TUESDAY

-The Cleveland Browns had been hyping up their new logo for a couple weeks now and that's it?  The fuck is that?  

Someone advertising company got paid a lot of money to update the look with hunter's vest orange and a snarling cartoon Pug?  I'm in the wrong business.

New uniforms will be unveiled next week but looks they've already been leaked...

-What else can you do but drop your paddle after getting pawned like that in table tennis?

WEDNESDAY

-Travis Kelce is one of the best showmen in the NFL today when it comes to end zone dancing but there was no way in hell he was beating the big homie Skim Milk.

-D-ROSE PANIC!!!!!

THURSDAY

-A pair of Llamas went on the lam in Arizona and demonstrated excellent speed and elusiveness. 

Several marquee college programs are now interested...

But fuck all that shit right now...

By now we've seen and heard it all: the hot takes, the trolling memes, the #prayfordrose hashtags and yet I feel nothing....

Chicago went into depression mode earlier this week because people love to panic.

Then a couple hours ago, some good news...I guess.

Bulls GM Gar Forman estimated return at 4-6 weeks.
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) February 27, 2015

Joy?  Happiness?  No.  None.  Nothing.

 I have no emotion towards Derrick Rose because frankly, I can't buy into the idea that he'll ever be an effective game-changer again.

The player he used to be, who could attack the rim with athleticism and no regard is gone.  Remember that dude?

NEVER COMING BACK!

BTW, as exciting, entertaining and great as 2010-11 MVP Derrick Rose was, a lot of people forget it only took Miami five games to mop them up in the Eastern Conference Finals that year.

FIVE.

Not a classic seven, not a gutsy six, five.

That means it only took one game of that series for the Miami Heat coaching staff to just say, "Fuck it, let's just throw LeBron at his ass."

As for 2014 season , I thought the Bulls were the best team in the Eastern Conference.  

With the combination of added offensive as well as a rookie head coach with Lebron in Cleveland, I really did think the Bulls had a puncher's chance at a NBA title number seven.

Then the you know, then the season actually started....

Rose's game was turned upside down.  He can't shoot!  Derrick is chucked jump-shots and three-pointers like he was getting a bonus for every brick.

If it continues to look anything like that (it will) when he returns...

Pau Gasol has been surprisingly great, a rejuvenated All-Star with no more angry Kobe to worry about.

He's also a defensive liability.  Opposing players love putting their nuts on his head, including pasty white guys from Indiana...

The other All-Star, Jimmy Butler is a great story, but he's not a legitimate difference-maker.

Couple that with the usual litter of injuries to Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson and Mike Dunleavy, Tom Thibodeau's recklessness with his starters' minutes and the Chicago Bulls are right back where they've spent every season since Rose first went down.

NBA Purgatory.  

Hard-working enough to trash scrub-teams on a weekday or catch an elite team napping on a Sunday afternoon, but nowhere near good enough to beat a scary-ass Cavs team in a seven-game series.  

Not bad enough to get a difference-maker in the draft.

Excuse me if I don't buy into the Bulls try-hard and wait for Derrick Rose to rescue them storyline again.

I can't do it.  I've seen it burn too many people too many times.

FRIDAY

-Yoooooo.  Great stick-handling.  Sidney Crosby has your back.  Oh and this still doesn't make the dress white and gold.

WEEKEND WATCH!

What you should be doing this weekend if you know, you’re not seeing 50 Shades of Grey or something better...

SEE FOCUS!
Will Smith is a con man or some shit.  Margot Robbie is a smokeshow.  Should be worth a peep.

WAIT FOR THE DEZ BRYANT TAPE!
The anticipation is killing me!

FRIDAY SHOUT-OUT!

Recognizing whomever the hell I want!

Shout-out to LEONARD NIMOY!

R.I.P.

Heel turn complete.  I'm out.  Utah, get me two!

-WST

FULL CIRLCE FRIDAY-I AIN'T HEARD OF THAT!

All the stories you know, and ones you don’t, but should. Welcome to FULL CIRCLE FRIDAY.

MONDAY
-The New York Islanders will be leaving Nassau Coliseum, their home of 42 years for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn next season.

So it's only right for a moment of reflection and memories with a longtime season ticket holder...

That is one strong-ass Long Island accent.

-In other Northeast Sports news that no one gives a fuck about, Pro Lacrosse player Bill O'Brien had a case of the Mondays...

Fear the ponytail.

TUESDAY
-What do you when you're on a five-game losing streak and one of your best players leaves the team? If you're Seton Hall junior Sterling Gibbs, you punch someone in the head...

Gibbs was suspended two games for his actions.  Lot of people getting punched this week...see what the February sports abyss does to you?

-Spring Training is here for MLB teams and new Red Sox 3rd baseman Pablo Sandoval is already in mid-season shape...

Round.  Who cares though?  He's a three-time World Series champ.  Kiss his ass...then get him a sandwich!

WEDNESDAY

-Two University of Tennessee students snap chatted themselves fucking in the press box at Neyland Stadium...

If you've ever wanted to press box in the press box, this guy is your hero.

-40 Las Vegas hotels and Casinos temporarily dimmed their lights to honor the passing of legendary UNLV basketball Coach Jerry Tarkanian...

I call bullshit.  It's just a cover story.  You know Danny Ocean and crew were up to no good again...

THURSDAY

-Winter Stadium Series webcam or new Game of Thrones trailer?

You decide.

But fuck all that shit right now...

For the unaware, there's been a longstanding rumor that Golden Tate fucked Russell Wilson's now ex-wife and it almost came to a head right before Super Bowl XLVIII where teammate Percy Harvin punched Tate in the face.  

Anyway, got me thinking what's the best way to handle the situation when you find out your teammate is banging your spouse?

Honestly...there is no best way.  

There is no happy ending coming...ssomeone is getting cut or traded.  Usually the less valuable player.

First of all to even go along with the act, you gotta be a pretty big piece of shit.  But it happens more than you'd think in all pro sports.

The hundreds of women throwing themselves at you on the road isn't enough, you gotta dick your homie's wife too because she slipped you the "look" during a charity event?

Just say no!

On the flip side, the idea of keeping this type of thing in the dark if you're the victim has been traded in for jumping on Social Media and putting everyone on blast...

How does that help anything? Except expose to the world that you're a fucking chump who got played?  Handle that shit in house.

-Bobby Knight kindly requests that you sit the fuck down...

FRIDAY

-NFL Combine opens up in Indianapolis featuring talking heads over analyzing college kids and HEAVY action like this footage of Bill Belichick eating like an impoverished refugee!

Other highlights from the weekend are sure to include Lovie Smith scratching his nuts and John Harbaugh making a personal call to yell at his kids!

WEEKEND WATCH!

What you should be doing this weekend if you know, you’re not seeing 50 Shades of Grey or something better...

SEE HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2!
I'm just playing.  If you see it, I'll piss in your gas tank.

WATCH THE OSCARS!
Get ready for conspiracy theories from both sides if American Sniper does/doesn't win "Best Picture"

FRIDAY SHOUT-OUT!

Recognizing whomever the hell I want!

Shout-out to Jerome Kersey!

The former NBA big and enforcer passed away earlier this weeek due to a blood clot at the young age  of 52.  He was a NBA champion with the Spurs in 1999 and any kid who collected basketball cards remembers getting at least one Jerome Kersey in every pack.

R.I.P.

Stay warm and enjoy the Academy Awards this weekend!  I love you.  I know.

-WST

FULL CIRCLE FRIDAY-THAT'S MY SH*T!

All the stories you know, and ones you don’t, but should. Welcome to FULL CIRCLE FRIDAY.

MONDAY
-I took a week off to mourn the end of Football season and since I'm done crying on the couch and eating Popsicles, I'm ready to step back into the world and pay attention to sports again, like this guy at  last Sunday's Flyers-Capitals game...

 YOUR FRIENDS LIED TO YOU BRUH!!!!  He's got another one that says "Hands up, don't shoot on goal!"

-Good Dog...

Atrocious defense in the post.  This pooch needs to be benched.

TUESDAY
-Being a bench player in Pros has to be the shit.  You make at least a six-figure minimum to practice hard, watch games from the best seats in the house, scope out pretty women and as Thunder reserve Jeremy Lamb demonstrates...

Make up elaborate and fun pre-game handshakes!  Sign me up.

-Neither of those is how you spell Columbus. You had one job FSN West graphics guy...

However, still better than most Ohio residents...they think you spell it with a K.

WEDNESDAY

-You'll have to forgive Georgia coach Mark Fox...

See, he's going through a lot of changes...physical changes that every man goes through.

-Boston has been getting hammered with snow storms all winter.  So much the Boston Globe created a graph using their favorite grindy white athletes to provide a visual comparison...

So according to them, Dustin Pedroia is dead? Got it.

THURSDAY

-Great thing about Charles Barkley?  He can say whatever the hell he wants...

Bad thing about Charley Barkley? He can say whatever he wants!

But fuck all that shit right now...

It's fucked up what's happened to Jackie Robinson West...

I get it, rules are rules, boundaries are boundaries but who gives a shit?

Everyone knows SOMEONE...a brother, a sister, a cousin, a nephew, a friend who went to a school or played for a team that may have been out of their district.

The whistle blower coach from the rival Evergreen Park league?  A grown-ass man salty his team was beat 42-3 by JRW.

Rest assured, had his team won that day, he wouldn't have snitched. There would be no investigation. That guy doesn't give a damn about the integrity of the game.

Regardless, at the end of the day, it's a raw deal and a tough lesson for those kids but what made me sick to my stick was this shit Wednesday afternoon...

Political leaders with their own agendas hastily calling a press conference without getting all the facts and using one of the players as a prop.

Those kids and that program needed someone to stand up for them Wednesday.  

Someone who stand up, acknowledge and apologize for the mistakes made by the coaches, parents and administrators who ultimately betrayed those players.

Instead, they got a circus.  An embarrassing one at that.

They deserve a whole lot better than that from Adults.

-The summer of Gronk continues with ice rink dodgeball...

There is no reason an athlete the size of Gronk should lose here.

Then again, the other team employed the brilliant strategy of throwing balls that looked like early-season Tom Brady passes.  Brilliant strategy!

FRIDAY

-Happy All-Star Weekend!  Here's Diddy!

If you're in New York this weekend, watch your money, watch your girl and don't go to jail.

WEEKEND WATCH!

What you should be doing this weekend if you know, you’re not seeing 50 Shades of Grey or something better...

SEE KINSMAN:THE SECRET SERVICE
Sam Jackson keeps cashing those checks...

CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY!

Single people hate it.  Couples hate it.  Kids get cards and candy!  Yay!  

Is it St. Patrick's day yet?

FRIDAY SHOUT-OUT!

Recognizing whomever the hell I want!

Shout-out to former UNLV head coach Jerry "The Shark" Tarkanian who passed away Wednesday at the age of 84.

Shark was a legend.  National Champion  Hall of Famer.  One of the earliest and most vocal critics of the NCAA and the architect behind one of the greatest college basketball teams of all time; his 1990 Runnin' Rebels team.

R.I.P.

I'm out.  Enjoy the All-Star game!  Far Out!

-WST