ESPN fires country singer, Hank Williams Jr., because of some controversial comments he said on an ESPN interview. Hank Jr. has been known to work with ESPN for over 20 years, with his famous Monday Night Football intro’s, “Are you ready for some football?”.
In an interview with Hank Jr., he was asked what he thought about Obama & Boehner playing a game of golf against Biden & Kasich. He said it’s like Hitler playing golf with the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He then said that they’re the enemy, Obama and Biden.
I think a lot of people misunderstood his point, I think I get what he was trying to say. Here’s my take on it: First of all, he was trying to explain how stupid it was for Obama to be playing golf with his buddies, when there are more important things in the world that Obama needs to worry about. Our government is broken, the economics are a mess, there are no jobs anymore, there’s a protest going on in Wall Street, wars still going on in Afghanistan, etc. That’s what Hank Jr. means when he says Obama and Biden are the enemy, ’cause it’s true.
Secondly, I think Hank Jr. was just joking a little bit when he brought Hitler and Netanyahu into it. If you think about it, Obama is kind of like Hitler in some way. There are similarities of their political backgrounds between the two of them. So, can you see why people are starting to compare Obama to Hitler?
I’m totally on Hank’s side. While his points maybe harsh, they are valid. This was ESPN’s fault, not his. They asked him questions, all he did was answer and gave his honest thoughts. Hank doesn’t owe anyone anything.
I’m glad I didn’t watch last night’s HBO boxing ppv. It would have been a waste of money because of course, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was going to take the title from Victor Ortiz. Like everyone else, I’m tired of Mayweather winning all the time. One day, Mayweather’s undefeated streak is going to come to an end and somebody’s going to take that title from him. Will it be Manny? I hope so, but I don’t think Manny would be able to take Mayweather down either, but somebody will.
I think Mayweather clearly cheated his win but of course, he won’t admit it even though Larry Merchant tried to get him to.
Here’s the fight from last night. Mayweather and Larry gets into a heated argument after the fight. At about 10:40 in the video, I loved it when Larry said, “I wish I was 50 years younger and I’d kick your ass.” LOL! Go Larry!
I can’t stand Mayweather Jr. like everyone else. He has a huge ego problem. He needs to shut his big mouth and one day a boxer is going to do that for him. Maybe not Victor Ortiz but somebody else will. At least Victor is a nice guy and professional acting. He actually apologized to Floyd for his actions, so kudos to that.
Charlie Sheen recently had an interview with “Sports Illustrated” magazine and he admitted to using steroids for the first “Major League” film, so he can get a faster pitch.
Well, as expected, Brock Lesnar is out doing a slew of interviews for the media, to promote his new book, “Death Clutch” and “TUF 13”. In this new interview, the interviewer asked him if he’ll ever make a return to professional wrestling (she’s referring to WWE). Brock’s surprising answer, that he says, “Never say never, it’s a possibility whenever his UFC career is done”.
If Brock can last that long in UFC that is. If Brock can’t win against Dos Santos, and if Brock gets his ass beat once again, then Dana could let Brock go. A Brock return to WWE may not happen this soon but maybe in the next several years or less. Brock needs to prove to the world if he can last that long in UFC.
At the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, in Switzerland, Germany’s Maria Reisch ended up winning first place, because they canceled the final race due to bad weather. Maria was in a 3 point lead, and Lindsey was pretty close behind. Lindsey had another chance to take the lead, but she can’t have that chance since they canceled the last race. They ended up letting Maria take the win. Lindsey is a three time World Cup winner and her chance of winning the fourth have been ruined.
I think Lindsey was definitely robbed. They couldn’t wait to have the final race until the weather settled down? There are other ways to handle this. I don’t think it’s fair. I think she was robbed because she’s an American, and they were tired of American’s winning it. I feel bad for Lindsey. I’ve admired her since the Winter Olympics the last time. She is a talented ski’er.
I used to go downhill skiing all the time when I was younger. It’s a fun thing to do.
Hang in there, Lindsey. I find this total bullshit. It was all done out of ego and politics.
Tennis star and sports icon, Serena Williams, was rushed to the hospital to undergo emergency surgery. She had a blood clot in her lungs and it was announced that she had suffered from pulmonary embolism. The surgery is very serious.
Yes, I watched the Superbowl last night. I’m glad the Packers didn’t let the Steelers win. Everyone thought the Steelers were going to get it, no matter what, but everyone thought wrong. The Packers made the Steelers look like sissies last night. It was a pretty good game. Not the best game ever played, but I wished they could have played better to make it more fun.
As far as the music goes, oh my god! What an embarrassment! Cristina Aguilera fucking up the National Anthem, the same with that Glee chic who did America the Beautiful. Both messed up. Also, the Black Eyed Peas was one of the worst performances I have ever seen. How can they go from the Who from last year to the Black Eyed Peas? Black Eyed Peas were dressed as robots from Star Trek. What the hell was that light thing Fergie was wearing? Also, Fergie can’t sing for shit. It was auto-tune and lip syncing. Plus, she looked terrible. Even Slash couldn’t save it. I didn’t even watch the whole Half Time performance. Usually I do stick through the whole Half Time musical act, but for the first time in a long time, I didn’t watch this half time. Only watched a little bit, and I’m like, “Fuck this half time shit, I’m going on the computer until the game comes back on”. Hope they get a better musical act for next year, something that everyone cares to see ’cause nobody cares for the Black Eyed Peas. I hate that group.
As far as the commercials goes, there were only two commercials that I liked. “The Super 8” footage and the “Captain America” trailer, those two were cool. Both trailers were exclusively shown during the Superbowl, they weren’t shown anywhere else. I’m very excited for both movies as I will see both “Super 8” and “Captain America” in theater when they come out.
Yes, I watched the Jets vs. The Colts game last night. Sat there and watched the whole thing. It was an incredible game. A history making game. Thanks to Nick Folk who did a classic field goal kick at the very end. The Jets came this close to losing. I’m happy the Jets made the play offs.
I’ve followed NFL most of this year. I’ve really grown into loving football. As you get older, you start to get into more sports. It’s a maturing kind of thing.
I know the Jets aren’t the greatest team but they did good last night. I always root for NY, the home state team. I hope a NY team will make the Superbowl this year and I’m crossing my fingers, the Jets will be in the Superbowl. Hope so.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams
Directed by: David O’ Russell
So today, I decided to go see the movie, “The Fighter”. Finally saw it, and here is my review:
Plot/Synopsis: The movie tells the real life story of professional boxers, Dicky Ecklund (Christian Bale) and Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg). Dicky Ecklund is a retired boxer who’s last fight was against boxing legend, Sugar Ray Leonard. Dicky’s sparring partner, Micky Ward, dreams of becoming a fighter himself. At first, Micky trains on his own terms, he made a vow to never train with his half-brother, Dicky. Micky falls in love with a woman named, Charlene (Amy Adams), while his brother, Dicky falls into trouble with drugs, alcohol and serves some prison time. Micky continues to fight in matches and hopes to become welterweight champion.
I saw this movie because I like boxing films. I will always think the Rocky movies are the best boxing films, but “The Fighter” was a really good one. “The Fighter” was very similar to Rocky in a way. The film, “The Fighter” was shot in low budget cameras, the only big name stars in the film are obviously Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Amy Adams, but the rest of the cast were unknowns. This film have been getting nothing but positive reviews all over the place. I haven’t seen anything negative about the film. People were saying that Mark Wahlberg should get Best Actor for this role. To be honest with you, I didn’t think Mark Wahlberg’s acting in this movie was Oscar worthy. I was more impressed with Christian Bale’s acting. Throughout the film, I had my eye on Christian Bale the whole time, that’s how amazing he was. I’ve seen Christian in so many other films, but his acting has always been the same in other films, but not this one. Christian’s acting was so different in this movie, “The Fighter”. I’m willing to bet Christian rehearsed his ass off and did some acting coaching for this role. Mark is a good actor, don’t get me wrong, but if Christian wasn’t in this film, then the movie would be boring. Christian didn’t make this movie boring. He made it fun. So I think Christian will definitely get the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for this movie. I don’t even think Mark Wahlberg will get nominated for this one.
I thought the story was pretty intense and had some pretty emotional scenes. A few things I didn’t care for in the film was the Eklund brother’s mother, Alice, and the sisters wasn’t needed, but other than that, I loved the movie overall. The movie is taken place during the 70’s-80’s, back in the days when wireless phones, the internet, cell phones and flat screen TV’s weren’t around. So the film stayed true to that. Sugar Ray Leonard himself, made a cameo appearance in the film, yes, the real Sugar Ray. Amy Adams isn’t nude in the film but she does show a lot of cleavage and she does have one scene where she was wearing nothing but bra & panties. Amy’s acting in the film, was okay, but her performance is not Oscar worthy.
The fights were fun, realistic and made them believable. Is “The Fighter” the best movie of the year, 2010? It was really good, but definitely not the best of the year. I still have to see “True Grit” and “Tron 3D” sometime after Christmas. After I see those two films, then I’ll make my decision on what the best film of the year is.
Score for “The Fighter” = **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)
Well I never saw this one coming!!! A Hollywood actor in the Boxing All of Fame? Is this for real? Yes it is, and the proof is right here! 🙂 Sly must be thrilled to be inducted in the same year as Mike Tyson! So you ask, how can a Hollywood actor be inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame, when he’s not even a real life boxer but an actor? Well the answer is simple he contributed to a lot of it in boxing. He helped promote boxing and helped make it to what it is today. With the 6 Rocky films he has done and, “The Contender”, TV show he did, that’s good enough for being eligible to the Hall of Fame. This blog, here, does a good job explaining how Sly made it.
Some may wonder why Sly never became a real life professional fighter in his past, but instead he does it in the movies. I think the reason is, he once said over at “Aint It Cool News” during one of his Q&A’s, he admitted he wouldn’t be good at it for real, so he did it for the big screen instead. He does know some boxing obviously as he has been trained for it for the movies. So he knows a lot about it. Sly not a real life boxer? I would say, of course he is. Congratulations to Sly, and I’m just very happy for him, and it’s very well deserved! Whether you agree with it or not, Sly is a huge part of boxing and that’s why he got in! Seriously, I had a huge smile on my face when I heard this news! 🙂
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