Well, there goes another seven days. It was pretty quick, yes, but it did leave a few marks. Iceland volcano aside, we had the NFL once again proving itself to be the king of American sports, "South Park" and Comedy Central backing down to like, four Muslim extremists, and much more miscellaneous things. The following are my picks for some of the week's best:
Picture of the Week: Sheep Pig
Peep? Shig? Whatever you call it (and according to Yahoo!, it's called a magalista, an animal closely related to the boar), it is indeed a pig with sheep-like wool and quite frankly...it's pretty weird.
Video of the Week: "Fordham Baseball Player Goes Airborn"
Eight inning, Fordham vs. Iona in a regular season baseball game. After scoring the eight run of the inning completing the improbable eight run comeback, the Rams have bases loaded with Chris Walker at the plate. Walker ends up hitting a good base hit to center scoring the man on third, Matt DeSilva, and the man on second, Stephen McSherry, easily. Now, with the score tied, Brad Kownacki, who was at first before the hit by Walker, is waved only to not only score Fordham the eighth run in the inning, but to also give Fordham the 12-9 lead. What happens next makes you want to say both "Did he really just do that?" followed by a "How did he do that?":
Spectacular. It's amazing that even more athletic and talented players like those in the MLB do more often. It's always the minor leaguers or college boys. Still, though, it was a spectacular play by Kownacki and one that will be associated with him for the rest of his life.
Story of the Week (meaning both the Actual Story of the Week and the Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week): Comedy Central Censor "201" Episode of "South Park" After Warning From Muslim Extremists
I was going to write something like three paragraphs about this. But then I'd figure that since (spoiler alert) this will be my award for "Controversy of the Month" on "End of the Month" later this week, I might as well save it for then. Until then, I hope you enjoy these 2200 related articles about this topic that features the response by creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Comedy Central not showing it since, and more.
Person of the Week: The NFL
What if I told you that the biggest events in the sports calendar this week came from a sport that isn't even playing it's season right now? Well, that's what happened this week as the National Football League, still four and a half months away from the start of their newest season, took center stage as the main topic of conversation. The NHL Playoffs? Not a chance! Instead, let's take the time to discuss the college players our favorite team picked in this year's NFL draft, even though only 10% of them won't be complete busts by year three, and the trades they made during it.
What about the NBA Playoffs? No way, man, not when I just got the news that Steelers QB Ben Roethlesberger has been suspended for six games for violating the NFL's conduct policy and might also be traded! OK, well the MLB? Or what about NCAA just signing a new TV deal for the tournament with both CBS and Turner Sports and expanding the amount of teams to 68 games? Screw that! Instead, let's look at the released schedule for the upcoming season and already predict which teams will finish where in the standings and who has the easiest/toughest road to the playoffs!
The point is, the biggest things the NFL had this week was the releasing of their schedule and a player draft, and they managed to have it covered more than any other big sports story this past week. I mean, even the schedule release had a two hour special edition of SportsCenter on Tuesday! And that, my friends, is the definition of success!
And that's the way it is! See you next Saturday with another edition of "End of the Week." Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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