End of the Week: 01/31/10- 02/06/10

END OF THE WEEK:

Well, the first week featuring February dates on the calendar has come and gone. And while it may not have been as big as this week will be (the Super Bowl, the Winter Olympics, etc.), it did have some good moments. Here are my picks for the best of those moments:

Body Part of the Week: Dwight Freeney's Ankle
I made a amateur odds as to what I believed would be the biggest and most talked about stories leading up to the Super Bowl. Well, now that the hype is over and (depending on when you're reading this) the game is over, it was definetly the story of Dwight Freeney's torn ankle ligament. From the minuite that the Pro Bowl finished, the questions started to pop out automatically (Will he play? How's it feeling? How will the Saints try to use it in their advantage?). At times, it sounded like the most important knee in America.

Videos of the Week: It's a tie. And the winners are...
"SNL Digital Short: The Curse"
Last Saturday, Jon Hamm of "Mad Men" hosted the best episode of "SNL" this season. And by best show of the season, I mean one that over thirty minutes of some actual good material, which is usually seen only once or twice a year. and, in my opinion, this was the best sketch of that entire show. It was just weird and silly enough for me to make myself laugh hysterically. Though the Scott Brown and Hamm and Buble sketches were pretty good runner-ups.


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"Brazilian Broadcaster Faints on Air"
What can I say? Faints are somof the best sources of unintentional comedy ever. The fact that they coninued the broadcast as if nothing happened was a good addition, too.


Story of the Week (as in both the Actual Story of the Week and the Tiger Woods Saga f '09 Memorial Story of the Week):
The John Terry story
Looks like Tiger Woods isn't the only sports superstar with a juicy past. In a span of two weeks, the guy has turned from one of the best soccer players in the world and captain of the Chelsea and England soccer team to the married soccer star who had an affair with a teammate's girlfriend and payed for her abortion. He even lost his spot in the FIFA World Cup team because of this! Oh well, at least he'll know that he gave the poor British tabloids a week of columns, right?

Person of the Week: John Terry
for the reasons mentioned above, obviously. That story also brings up another interesting question: which sports superstar will be the next person caught in a scandal? Things like that come in threes, you know!

And that's the way it is! I'll be back on Monday with... something. I don't know what, but I know that it will be Super Bowl related, I can tell you that. Enjoy your Sunday, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15