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"He should dominate for a lot more years"



Exceptionally worded sentence, would you not agree? Well, if you do, stop reading now because your intelligence quotient is probably low enough that you don't know what an intelligence quotient is.

Anyway, the previously quoted writ was written by writer Len Pasquerelli (if I spelled his name wrong, I apologize, but come on, look at that name), one of ESPN's NFL "experts". I don't so much blame him for this atrocious example of editing gone bad, but... well, yes I do, because it should never have gotten to the editing phase looking like that. Still, the fact that the editor(s) let it go is minorly insane. If this were a one in a million thing, maybe, but I read only a few of many ESPN articles, and I find such nonsense assiduously. You really would think that it would be harder to find said crapola--and similar crapola--on such a major website. And no, I don't usually say crapola quite so often.

Anyway, moving onto more sports-oriented stories, the Yankees did their best (granted, that is not much these days) to prove me inevitably correct by getting their heads handed to them on dirty platters by the LA of ANA of CA of USA Angels. (Hey, I like that. From now on, they are the Laanacausa Angels. That name sounds California-ish anyway). They did it exactly how I said they would. Getting outhit. Not outpitched. Outhit. They scored a grand total of seven runs in three games. Someone explain to me why this team has such a "great" lineup?

The Cavs are down 2-1 to the Pistons, even though that really should be reversed. Donyell Marshall eats for only one reason. He gets paid by the Cavs. He gets paid by the Cavs for one reason. To hit open threes. He got an outrageously open three point attempt to win game 1 (and give Lebron a triple double) but clanked it off the side of the rim. It was not even on target.

So I will not pile on Lebron because let's face it, he has to deal with a bunch of talentless losers as teammates. The Cavs would have had a decent chance at landing Greg Oden if Lebron was not on their team. They would have zero chance of hanging tough with the Pistons. Yet here they are. They are a decent team and it is for one reason only. Lebron.

With that said, he needs to play better. And by play better, I mean learn to shoot. Can anyone imagine how inexorable the Lebron James machine would be if Lebron could actually hit 16 footers with some type of regularity? He'd be... well he'd be winning this series 3-0, that's for sure.

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The Mort Report Retort

Michael Vick apparently owns some dogs.

Jason Giambi allegedly used performance enhancing drugs.

The Spurs are in the Western Conference Finals.

The other team in the West is unknown as they have yet to show up.

Jason Giambi thinks using performance enchancing drugs is wrong.

Keyshawn Johnson got cut by the Panthers.

Jason Giambi doesn't think performance enhancing drugs help your performance.

The Celtics are very happy to be picking at #5, because that is a high pick.

Jason Giambi talks a lot.

What's a hodag?

Not sure, but the Wisconsin ones just won the 2007 College Ultimate Championships, by steamrolling the field. They won 15-7 in the finals and went on a 10-2 run after a shaky start. Basically, they could have played against superheroes and still emerged triumphant. The game was the third trip to the finals in four years for loser Colorado, but they have not won since their fantastic freshman, Beaufort Kittredge, led them to victory in 2004. He is still on the team and is still good, but apparently not as good as he used to be. Interesting.

More imporantly, Florida was defeated by Colorado in the semi-finals, allowing non-Gator states a little air as the blue dudes no longer have a stranglehold on every single college sport. But they still have it on most of them. It's just weird.

Anyway, enjoy the week, the weekend and the week after that; this has been...

~The Sports Maunderer~