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

FULL CIRCLE FRIDAY-B BOY!

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

MONDAY
-The Pro Bowl was Sunday, I didn't even bother watching the game so here's this picture of horny mascots chasing cheerleader tail instead...

Gahhhh!  Get a load of the peepers on those birds, I don't even wanna know what they're thinking.

Anyway, Ratings were down for the fourth straight year but too many people are still watching.  STOP that shit now.

-Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are full of shit...

For the Patriots to blame a change in temperature for 15% lower-pressures, requires balls to be inflated with 125-degree air.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 26, 2015

See that Robert Kraft?  Science caught ya slipping bitch! 

TUESDAY
-Super Bowl Media Day!  What pearls of wisdom would players such as Marshawn Lynch and Rob Gronkowski bestow upon all of us?

Well...

When will the media learn that if you want a soundbite outta Beastmode, you gotta ask him about things he cares about...like his charity or Skittles!

See?!  Put a bowl of molar-wrecking goodness in front of the man and he won't shut up!

-Meanwhile Gronkowski took a moment to read an excerpt from "A Gronking to Remember," a fictitious erotic novel featuring him written by thirsty author Lacey Noonan....

-I guess catching TD passes from Tom Brady won't pay all the bills so here's Julian Edelman shilling for something called Nutri Ninja...

Well that was awkward, they can't even be funny without me hating them. 

WEDNESDAY

-More Gronk and Beast Mode as they sat down to play an advanced copy of Mortal Kombat X with Conan O'Brien.  Hilarity ensued.

These dudes are the bros we all deserve in our inner circle.

-Key and Peele have done the whole funny football name thing a couple times so naturally, the only way to make it better was to add real football players...

I hope A.A. Ron Rodgers is enjoying his off-season.

THURSDAY

-While many of us slept comfortably, Kevin Hart was in Texas for his "What Now?" comedy tour and after spotting Adrian Peterson in the audience and afterwards, decided to challenge purple Jesus to a race in the middle of the street 

That was actually a lot closer than I thought it would be, Hart's got some skills but it's still a good thing he lost, he's small enough that AP may have mistaken him for a kid.

But fuck all that shit right now...

It's Super Bowl weekend and that means halftime shows, over-the-top commercials, booze and of course, Food!  

But what kind of food? What can you bring to insure that people don't hate you the rest of the night?

WST is here with the definitive Super Bowl Party snack ranking:

10. PIZZA

Duh.  Everyone loves pizza!  It's fast and it's easy.  So you're probably wondering why it isn't higher...

There's nothing about it that makes it special, especially for an event like the Super Bowl. 

Sad to say but Pizza is basic as fuck.  Do you really want to look like the uncreative schmuck who just walked in with a couple pies from Dominoes?  

9. FROZEN LITTLE DEBBIES

A childhood favorite!  Now I can only vouch for the Swiss Rolls and Strawberry Shortcakes but they're actually better cold and make a nice halftime treat.  

The rest?  Try at your own discretion.

8. SNYDER'S PRETZEL PIECES

These things are as addictive as crack (not that I know or anything).  Probably the same reason they only sell 'em in small bags.  

Mix and match a couple in a bowl for a flavor orgy.

7. POPEYE'S BISCUITS

They're flaky, soft, portable and taste like heaven.  Did I mention it's only $8 bucks for a dozen?

Anybody gives you shit for walking into the party with these, they're not your friends and more importantly, they may not be American.  Call your local FBI field office immediately. 

6. JOSE OLE TAQUITOS

Who wants pieces of tortilla, meat, and lettuce stuck in-between their couch cushions?

The homie Jose has you taco lovers covered, all of the goodness, none of the mess.  Be warned, they come out of the oven smoking so wait about five minutes before you dig in or you'll be sucking on ice cubes the rest of the first half.

5. CHIPS & GUAC

Why not Chips & Salsa?  Cause even the meanest salsa can't hold a card to Guacamole.  Weather you buy it or make your own, remember not be stingy with the lime juice.  The lime juice sets it all off!!!!

As far as tortilla chips, Go for Tostitos Scoops over generic and deadly triangle shaped ones.  Everyone and their gums will thank you later.

4.  LIL' SMOKIES

All you need is a couple packs of these bad boys, a crock pot, toothpicks and whatever savory sauce your tiny heart desires.

Wrap them in bacon if you want to make it really interesting/possibly die.

3. SUB TRAY

It won't cost more than $30 bones and the variety keeps everyone happy.

Plus there's usually enough to even keep the asshole who shows up and eats everything occupied.

2. HAMBURGER CHEESE DIP

Some call it HCD, some call it  "Dammit Dip" because it's that good. 

Whatever the name, all you need is ground beef, a couple blocks of Velveeta cheese, throw it all in a crock pot and you got yourself some gold delicious.

Best part?  You can smother it on everything with the same tasty result; pita bread, crackers, hot dogs, vegetable sticks...even your fucking hand.

1. WINGS

With over 1.26 Billion consumed over Super Bowl weekend, it's the staple food of the event.

So many different spices and flavors to count and they won't fill you up.  You can grab a few the minute you walk in and (hopefully) one or two right after the confetti falls and the Lombardi Trophy is presented. 

Thank you Chicken, thank you.

-Seattle-based medical marijuana dispensary Solstice has rolled up 12,000 joints to be sold in honor of the Seahawks Super Bowl appearance.

They'll come in twelve-packs and will only be sold to "medical" smokers.

FRIDAY

-Tom Brady's got a couple good friends who would like to make a confession...

Did I just see Bill Simmons?  FUCK!!!!!!!!!!

WEEKEND WATCH!

What you should be doing this weekend if you know, you’re not drunk or doing something better…

WATCH THE GAME
My Prediction: Seahawks 24-Patriots 21

I've been riding Seattle's dick all post-season  no point in hopping off now, amiright?  Besides, fuck Boston fans, they're the worst. 

WATCH KATY PERRY!

You sly minx you.  Beast Mode would be so proud.

FRIDAY SHOUT-OUT!

Recognizing whomever the hell I want!

Shout-out to Odell Beckham Jr!  Pro Bowl in his rookie year and setting obscure-ass Guinness world-records and shit!

Enjoy the big game this weekend.  If you win some money, share it with me, please? They're friendly!

-WST

HATE ME NOW: THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AND WHY IT'S STILL GOOD TO BE BAD

I'm in Old Town...  

A place where boutique shops, yoga studios and high-priced condos occupy what was once the hood in the eighties and nineties.

Before that, the center of the city's hippie movement in the sixties.

The bar is crowded, yet silent...minus the three dozen or so high-def TVs adorning it's walls and of course, me.

I'm gassed up.  There's a look in my eye...half excitement, half defiant.  People are staring, some in shock, some smiling, many scowling, some curious as to why this dude has been reserved all afternoon only to suddenly lose his shit.

The reason? 

 Beast Mode is standing in the end zone with a message to the Packers, their fans, the media, his own fans who walked out early trying to beat traffic and people like me, who prematurely posted about his team's demise this afternoon...

For the last three hours, I've been surrounded by happy faces clad in green and gold.  Up until this point, I had been in hell.  This is still Chicago but tons of transplants from up north call the city home for no major reason other then the fact that one is Chicago and the other is well...Wisconsin. 

I'm here because a friend, a Saints fan from Chicago with New England ties of all things asked if I wanted to join. 

She's been going for Green Bay too because she finds the Seahawks to be "vicious," a comment I can only respond to with a nod and a smile..

40 minutes earlier it seemed this day belonged to the Packers and their fans.  Better yet, this day belongs to basic, normal, America.

After all, Aaron Rodgers vs. Tom Brady is what they wanted...well the Patriots wouldn't play until later but seriously, did anyone who watched the Colts this season really think they had a chance?

Never mind Brady is 37 making hall of fame hand offs and Rodgers hasn't been himself in weeks thanks to a gimpy leg.  Hell, I'll admit it would have been a semi-interesting matchup.  Those names have star-power, ratings, publicity. 

The game was wrapped up.  it was over. Green Bay was heading to the Super Bowl. 

But then they got too comfortable...

And then it happened...after being mediocre all afternoon Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch suddenly morphed into fucking Wyatt Earp & Co. in Tombstone...

15 points.  44 seconds.  Green Bay follows with a field goal to tie, but the damage is done. It's over, you can see it every Packer fans eyes.

Two plays into overtime and it actually is a wrap.  

All hell has broken loose at CenturyLink Field; Wilson is sobbing, Michael Bennett is riding a police bike around the field like Debo from Friday,  Doug Baldwin is clowning NFL Network Analyst Deion Sanders for calling him an average, mediocre receiver (never mind that Deion is right).

Beast Mode is somewhere...probably ghost riding a golf cart because that's what Beast Mode does... 

Meanwhile, I'm strutting out of Old Town Pour House with my fist in the air.  

Instead of the match up people wanted, the stage is set for the heavyweight title fight the game of football deserves and the big, bad, evil, Seahawks have once again dropped in and fucked your whole plans up. 

The 70's had the Oakland Raiders and Philadelphia Flyers.

 The 80's had the Miami Hurricanes, New York Mets and Detroit Pistons.

 The 90's had the NWO and Dennis Rodman...

The Seattle Seahawks aren't anything new.  There's always been player or team that's played the role of villain.  As far as the game itself goes, they're the personification of violence.  A throwback to how the NFL used to be played with a grind you into the dust run game and as my friend earlier commented, a vicious, swarming, take your head off defense.

They have an edge, a chip on their shoulder that they play with.  More importantly, they seem to relish the us-against-the world mentality.

I can't really put my finger on what about this team makes them so loathsome to many others...

Maybe it's because they boast, or are truculent with the media.

But in an age of brands, PR-laced soundbites and efforts to suppress individualism, they're a breath of fresh air and there's nothing people hate more than a breath of fresh air.

They're spitting in the face of authority and having a good time in the process...

They're going to date Instagram models who just go by name "Snowphat"

They're going to keep cutting WWE-style promos when you put cameras in their faces...

And in a couple weeks they may just wreck one of your favorite QBs for the second Super Bowl in a row...

Seahawks are here.  Get down or lay down.

-WST

FULL CIRCLE FRIDAY-RED NATION

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

MONDAY
-The talk of the day was the National Championship game as Ohio State (fuck) throttled Oregon 42-20 in Arlington, Texas.

The loss didn't stop Ducks mascot Puddles from displaying the most offensive thing Oregon had going all night...

Duck breasts?  Who finds that sexy...I don't now any-

Oh....never mind.

-Meanwhile, in Columbus, students flooded the streets of Ohio State's campus only to have the celebrations broken up camouflage-clad police with tear gas and pepper spray because who doesn't want to gas Buckeye fans?

Guess it didn't have the desired effect on everyone.   This bro looks like he's ready for another hit of the dank shit.

TUESDAY
-The Denver Broncos and Coach John Fox mutually parted ways (fired) and afterwards, team vice-president/GM John Elway took the opportunity to thank himself...

"YEAH, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MYSELF BECAUSE I PUT THIS SHIT TOGETHER!  ME!  NOT JOHN FOX!  ME!  IN FACT, CALL ME MOZILLA BECAUSE I JUST HAD TO FIRE FOX!  YOU SEE DEMARCUS WARE THIS YEAR?!  I DID THAT! JOHN ELWAY GOT BALLS LIKE AN EQUIPMENT CLOSET BABY!

-Mitchell Skiba is a defenseman for the Midwest Junior Hockey League's Apena Flyers.  Following an ejection for spearing an opponent, he decided to try to keep it a little too real on his way out and paid dearly for it...

Checked himself.  Wrecked himself.

WEDNESDAY

-The hell is wrong with Fish sticks?

I had no idea they had a negative connotation. I haven't had any since I was a kid but still!  Fish sticks are a staple of the American nine year-old's diet!  This slander is unacceptable.

-NASCAR or Tricycle, Jeff Gordon shows no mercy.

I think I got a challenger who will dust his ass though...

THURSDAY

-Kobe and LeBron took a night off from hating everyone and everything about their current teams to have fun playing Basketball and being old...

Twitter had some fun with it, fucking savages that they are...

But fuck all that shit right now...

But wait, there's more...

I love conference championship weekend man.  It's my last chance of the season to give a damn about  Football.

All I want to do Sunday is watch these games comfortably and yell at my TV while giving it the finger anytime a Papa John's commercial comes on.

Or when they show some enthusiastic fan geeked because their team is going to big game.  Fuck your happiness. 

Besides, the Super Bowl blows.

That's right, I said it, Super Bowl Sunday is awful.  It's a sideshow.

It's as much as about what's on the giant party sub you're buying as it is the game.

It's as much about critiquing Katy Perry's halftime performance outfit as it is Russell Wilson's passer rating.

It's as much about wishing you were home watching the game solo instead of cramped on a couch with 20 jagoffs as it is the final score.

I'm looking forward to all of it.

FRIDAY

-The NHL is breaking out these jerseys for their All-Star game in Columbus, Ohio next weekend...

Seriously, you gotta wonder if commissioner Gary Bettman  really wants people to watch his product?  Your all-star game is in fucking Ohio and now this?

WEEKEND WATCH!

What you should be doing this weekend if you know, you’re not drunk or doing something better…

WATCH THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS!
Seahawks-Patriots is going to happen.  It is written.  Don't try to fight it.

SEE AMERICAN SNIPER!
Chris Kyle is probably a fraud (yeah get angry) but hey, the movie should be good!

SEE BLACKHAT!
In a matter of weeks, this movie starting Thor went from slick, dramatic Michael Mann-directed thriller to action flick with a hip-hop laced trailer. Boo to them on that!

FRIDAY SHOUT-OUT!

Recognizing whomever the hell I want!

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Shout-out to Orlando Magic Center Nikola Vucevic!  You can't do that to Pau Gasol man!  He's a legend!  Put him on the ground and shit.

Enjoy the games this weekend, eat some brunch or something.  Brunch is good!  My mama wanted people to show me some respect.

-WST