You know, I normally don't say this, but thank goodness this week is over! No offense to this, the 46th week of 2009, but now that it's over we are officially in Thanksgiving week, one of the best weeks of the US calendar along with the week of Christmas, New Year's Day week, Spring Break and the first week of the NCAA basketball tournament (with Shark Week as a close runner-up). Still, the week was pretty okay and, yes, it did have some interesting moments. The following, to name a few, are some of them:
Word of the Week: "Rougue"
as in, one of the two words on the title of Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue." While no one probably read the book, it was talked about everywhere from the former Alaskan governor's TV interviews to mainstream media everywhere. Personally, I don't care for the meaning of the word, but after this week I just don't want to hear it for a long time.
Controversy of the Week: The ending to the Ireland/ France World Cup qualifying game.
Okay, so here's what happened. On Wednesday, France and Ireland play a game in which the winner would go to the World Cup and the loser wouldn't. Ireland needed to win to get the spot, but if they lost or tied then France would get the spot. So when Ireland was leading in overtime 1-0, you could imagine things were going pretty okay in Ireland. That, is until the French scored this goal a few minutes later that led to a tie and eventually the spot in the World Cup:
As you can see, Henry not only used his hand to set up the goal, but he was also offsides, two things that are illegal in soccer for those who don't know. As you can expect, supporters of the Ireland soccer team were not happy, and some even comparing it to the "Hand of God" goal:
---The Irish Independent: "We needed that slice of luck and dammit, we just didn't get it. The French,
much maligned and booed off the pitch at half time in the regulation 90
minutes, literally nicked it.
Like master burglars, after being bossed and tossed around their own stadium
by a superb, defiant Irish team, France
stole the win in extra time.
And stole would be the operative word."
---Ireland defender Sean St. Ledger: “We got robbed, you can tell by the boys’ reaction it hit his hand blatantly.
---Some commenters from The Sun:
-"There's nothing to debate here - Henry is a cheat, a disgrace and his
legacy will be that of a flat-track bully who went missing in the big
games, and didn't have the guts to do the right thing when it mattered.
Shame on him. Shame on France. Shame on Fifa."
- "Such a wonderful example to set the young future Sportsmen ? What a
role model Mr Henry is! How can he look himself in the mirror? I tell
you what if they are in Cape Town this is one guy that will have ALL
his french expletives ready for him and his bunch of cheats!"
-"Theirry Henry has lost my respect from now on! HOW DARE HE CHEAT
IRELAND OUT OF THE WORLD CUP? Im part Irish so it is hurting me as well
as the Irish team! From now on, no matter where Henry goes or what he
does, (or that bloody Gelette advert he appears on!) he will be forever
more remembered as a cheat with football. The best player in the world?
EAT MY SHORTS! HE'S A BLOODY CHEAT AND ALWAYS WILL
BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "Were you watching Mr Blatter? Were you watching Mr Platini? How many
more blatant referee errors must football fans endure costing millions
of dollars to the unfortunate clubs and countries before video replays
are introduced? The technology is available, the injustice to Ireland
could have been avoided in a matter of a few seconds as many other
recent injustices in other matches could have been. But NO, the two of
you are simply being obstinate! I cannot wait for the day when somebody
has the balls to sue FIFA, EUFA and yourselves personally for the
millions that your stubborn refusal to introduce the simple available
technology cost the injured parties. PLEASE, move with the times or GET
OUT OF OUR GAME!"
--- Commenters from The Independent:
- "Its good to see that thieves stick together.........the french and english hand in hand."
- "I for one feel Ireland were robbed.Thief Henry admits as much
Playing against former chamomps and the ref Ireland held on for 3 hrs play .
Hardly surprising they couldn't compete with Maradona style robbery,he too will be in RSAdevalued FIFA finals and concentrate on following Alan Bates Cycling World record .Perhaps
after 800 year loan UK could return the 6 counties provided they agree
to take the tinkers, The Nolans and themed pubs too."
- It just goes to show cheating pays what a great message to give to young people football has been let down if this result is allowed to stand.
Man, those are some angry Brits and Irishmen! Now, the controversy isn't with the goal, because Thierry Henry himself said that it was handball. The controversy mostly involves the fact that basically everyone in the world (even the French) wants a rematch between the two but FIFA won't let that happen. Apparently, they've been copying the "how to handle controversy" handbook from the SEC and MLB.
Video of the Week: "Today Show Contest Winner Reaction"
So, the contest reactions on Radio Disney are real. (Warning: if heard between 0:25- 0:35, this video can cause ringing, or even deafness, to your ears. Viewer discretion is advised):
Story of the Week: Marv Albert Gets In a Scuffle With 50 Cent and His Posse Backstage of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Studio
Why was this my story of the week, you ask? Because it's not very often you hear the words "Marv Albert," "50 Cent," and "fight" together unless it involves them watching the same boxing match at an arena. Also, there hasn't been any weird story with Marv Albert since that 1997 incident, so there. By the way, I wonder how the incident started? Must've been quite fascinating.
Person of the Week: This anonymous cop from Seattle
who gave ESPN.com and part-time douche Bill Simmons and his friends a speeding ticket. On his Friday column for the website in which he used at least 2,000,000 words to talk about that 4th and 2 call by Bill Belichick that everyone was already sick of hearing, wrote about this little thing that happened during his "The Book of Basketball" book tour in Seattle:
"Seattle loves me for defending its Sonics after Clay Bennett
hijacked the team and moved it elsewhere. If there was ever a place I
could get out of a speeding ticket, it's Seattle. Or so I thought.
Anyway,
I shot out of Seattle like a bat out of hell. We were weaving between
lanes and going about 90. Twenty minutes into the drive, still in the
outskirts of Seattle, we were arguing about why navigation systems
don't come with different voices -- for example, we should be able to
have Morgan Freeman be our nav-narrator-or, even better, Sam Jackson as
Jules in "Pulp Fiction" ("I told you to take a motherf---ing right, you
dumbass!) -- and I stopped paying attention to things like "Is there a
cop car behind me?" Which there was. He pulled us over, walked over to
my driver's side and somewhat angrily asked why I was going so fast. I
explained that we were trying to get to Portland and apologized for my
speed. He asked for my license and registration. Then we had this
exchange:
I shot out of Seattle like a bat out of hell. We were weaving between
lanes and going about 90. Twenty minutes into the drive, still in the
outskirts of Seattle, we were arguing about why navigation systems
don't come with different voices -- for example, we should be able to
have Morgan Freeman be our nav-narrator-or, even better, Sam Jackson as
Jules in "Pulp Fiction" ("I told you to take a motherf---ing right, you
dumbass!) -- and I stopped paying attention to things like "Is there a
cop car behind me?" Which there was. He pulled us over, walked over to
my driver's side and somewhat angrily asked why I was going so fast. I
explained that we were trying to get to Portland and apologized for my
speed. He asked for my license and registration. Then we had this
exchange:
Me (big smile): “Were you a big Sonics fan? Because-”
Him (frowns): “No.”
And he walked away with my license. "
Whoever that cop is, he should receive some big reward and a thank you from America. I mean, I like Bill Simmons and his columns, but as Kissing Suzy Kolber.com on Friday put it best:
"It’s one thing to pull the “Do you know who I am?” bullshit with a cop.
It’s another to assume that people will find that story charming. Oh,
and Simmons also uses his column to brag that he used to watch 12 hours
of football every Sunday when he was in elementary school, which is
funny because Sunday Night Football didn’t start until 1987, when he
was 18 years old."
And, that's all folks! Now, of course, there were some other notable things that just missed the post, such as Oprah Winfrey's teary announcement that her show will end in 2011, the release of "New Moon," the story of the possible Eggo Waffle shortage, the Oxford dictionary announcing that "unfriend," "teabagger," and "birther" were the top words of 2009 and the news that the season premiere of Chuck will be back on January 10th (yay!). But, I ended up choosing these becuase I really felt that these stories stood out the most. Anyways, enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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