SageAgainstTheMachine

Reminds me of a kid down the street from my house when I was a teenager. He was diagnosed with brain cancer when he was 12 or 13, and one of his dying wishes was that he got to spend some time with the Bills and Sabres. I don't know if Make A Wish had anything to do with it, but several of our local athletes became very close friends with the poor kid (Chad) and continued to visit until he unfortunately passed at the age of 17. I remember seeing Maxim Afinogenov having a catch with him in their front yard a couple times, and out bowling with Rian Lindell and Brian Moorman one time. He died during hockey season, and I know some of the players quietly dedicated the remaining season to him. Here's a tribute video made by his family...you can spot Lindell, Moorman, and Ryan Miller in some of the pictures. Poor kid, never met a nicer guy in my life.

I know it's all in good fun Stl and I know you're a good guy, but I feel obligated to point out that women's basketball players at large are tired of the pot shots. I'm an announcer for the sport at Cornell, so some of my closest friends are lady ballers and I speak for all of them when I say that they're sick and tired of the "Oh, they're all just ugly dykes" mentality. I'll also add that many of them are WAY more attractive out of the context of the game, many of them are actually quite pretty. They just don't have the benefit of appealing outfits like tennis/golf/track/volleyball/field hockey girls do.

I'd say it's more like the Indian caste system than feudal.

Not true, at least not in most circumstances. I am a broadcaster for women's college basketball, and at the bigger venues there is always personnel to keep male reporters out of the lockerrooms (at smaller venues, it's not even really an issue). Perhaps this is an NCAA thing though?

Uhhhh...no. Give credit to the defense for keeping us in it, even without turnovers.

What a horrible day for the horribly overrated ACC. Virginia Tech goes down to James Madison, Georgia Tech falls to Kansas, Florida State gets absolutely pounded by Oklahoma, Miami loses to Ohio State handily.

And then, of course, there's this... http://www.theonion.com/video/americans-observing-911-by-trying-not-to-masturbat,14366/ I hope Pooj and I aren't offending anyone, but count me as one who believes laughter is part of the healing process.

I was in 7th grade when it happened. It was 11:00 before the school told us anything officially, so there were a lot of scary rumors flying around among the students...one of the kids had everybody convinced full out nuclear war had commenced. It's very difficult to believe that it's been 9 years. Just one of those days that will always be seared into my brain.

So we love Spiller for talking Superbowl, but we hate Whitner for talking a week 1 win? Just trying to keep track.

Patriots all the way, though the Jets are increasingly getting on my nerves. I know I'm supposed to despise the Dolphins, but I'm too young to remember the rivalry days.

Agreed. I'm entertained by posters on this board who constantly accuse professional football players of being wimps. I'd love to see them cower in fear if they ever stepped onto the gridiron.

I get it bud, no need to get all sardonic on me. I wasn't expecting contrition or anything, I just wanted to point out that I've worked with people who relish in "getting revenge" on annoying customers and it's always bothered me.

Hey, all I'm saying is that people can be annoying at times...it's still better to take the high road. Sorry if it seemed like I was judging you, I might've phrased myself too harshly, but I'm perturbed by people who can't maintain professionalism.

I gotta say man, I hate that attitude. I've worked my fair share of crappy customer service jobs and I've worked with some people like you, who just hate the customers. Yeah, some of them are asshats but your job is to make them happy so long as they're not being completely unreasonable. Expecting medium wings when you order medium wings isn't unreasonable, and there's no excuse for lashing out like that. Sure, everybody makes mistakes, but you seem quite proud of this one.

It's actually Michael Clarke Duncan. Agreed though, definitely a B Movie but funny at times. I'm a sucker for movies by The Broken Lizard (Super Troopers, Club Dread, etc.).

I need old man Favre to give my fantasy team a boost, so I'm going with Vikings 34-31. Should be a good game.

I'm a pretty big Stephen King fan, and I've kept meaning to reading the Dark Tower Series, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I don't want the experience to be too punctuated, so I might just wait til next summer when I can truly dedicate time to it.

Glad to hear he's alright.

George Wilson.

I'm glad you made this exception, because that's a great song. I'm also a sucker for Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. I don't think anybody will ever try to tell you the Pistols were any good...hell, their bassist couldn't play bass and their singer couldn't sing. Mostly, they're given credit for pioneering/popularizing the punk genre.

I'll give him a pass on the height issue (see Brees, Drew).

Wow, that is absolutely pathetic...they're opening their new stadium on a Monday Night and all the fans are convinced they're gonna win the freakin' Superbowl and they can't sell out!

Sorry, just have to disagree. Paul is a good singer, John was a VERY good singer. But compared to the likes of Freddie Mercury, Robert Plant, Steve Perry, Chris Cornell, Geoff Tate, etc...neither is truly in the pantheon of the greatest vocalists in rock history.

Hotel California, I assume.