Playoffs in August?

Hold on. Let me go check my calendar. I knew it was cold, but I didn't think it was... Wait, it's still August. I knew it. So this is still preseason?
Yep, last night was perhaps the loudest and craziest preseason game EVER. Yeah, I said it. Some I know don't like Peter King of Sports Illustrated, but he's been covering the sport for 25 years and he called it the wildest preseason game he's seen in his years working the sport.
As King said in that story I just linked to, Jay looked great in that game. Sure it's preseason, you can take a little bit from this one. What the Bears are taking out of this one is Jay's ability to lead the offense 98 yards to close the first half. Had it been in any other stadium without any of the pressure and intensity it would not have mattered, but with the atmosphere of a December showdown, Cutler's ability shined and may be starting to stick with this Bears offense.
The 15 of 21 for 144 yards and a touchdown to Matt Forte (which capped the aforementioned drive) which led to a 106.1 passer rating (safe to say the decibel level was higher) only tells part of the story. Take a look at this.
This one wasn't just about Cutler though. It was the third preseason game, which as any knowledgable NFL fan knows is the most important of the preseason, and the rest of the team shined, too. The defense gave up three early points, but after that, clamped down and put pressure on former mate Kyle Orton. The key to that was Tommie Harris, who looks to be healthy, which will be a key for the sesaon. One guy that doesn't know if he'll be ready for Green Bay is Charles Tillman. Not so sure this is what I wanted to hear.
Then there's the special teams. Robbie Gould and Brad Maynard were their normal selves, but it was the return of Mr. Anytime, Devin Hester that was the biggest news. His 54-yard return set up the first Bears TD of the game (a Forte leap). It was the first game he had returned punts and may have earned his job back.
Finally, here's a look at some Bears who hurt themselves and helped themselves as some cuts came down today.

To keep on an NFL tip, I'm going to break down each division of the league over the next two weeks in each day and cap it off by picking the playoffs and Super Bowl winners. With each one, I want to hear your thoughts. Note I saved the NFC North for last. That will give me time to read as much as I can to try to get my bias out of the way because right now I could make a case for the Bears, Packers and Vikings.
Here's the sched:
Tuesday, Sept. 1: AFC South
Wednesday, Sept 2: AFC West
Thursday, Sept. 3: AFC East
Friday, Sept. 4: AFC North
Monday, Sept. 7: NFC South
Tuesday, Sept. 8: NFC West
Wednesday, Sept. 9: NFC East
Thursday, Sept. 10: NFC North
Friday, Sept. 11: Playoffs and Super Bowl XLIV pics

Heard this today on the Covino and Rich Show. Rachel Ray can bake me a dish anytime. She's something special.



Continueing the Covino and Rich tip to day, the Nussie Hunter has it on good word this next girl is going to grace the cover of Maxim next month. Miss Aubrey O'Day be some piece of work. Who knew she was best friends with Jenna Jameson? And she's a porno freak? Whoa!
Take this!

(Edit: This is the third time I've updated the photo. The fine folks at Photobucket keep saying it violates their terms of use. But the same guy that has it when I search there still has it.)

Are guys in sports always this clueless?

Welcome back to the Way boys and girls. Had to take a day off to focus on my high school sports writing gig yesterday. Got you a midday edition today.

This week has been one of sports figures acting like the rest of the world is stupid and knows nothing. The first instance is Rick Pitino who is being extorted by a woman that he had an affair with then paid for her abortion.
That point I'm not calling him out on. What I am upset with is his calling out of the media for telling lies which have destroyed his family.
The woman did come to Pitino to get money from the coach, but the FBI is looking into her lying about what she alleges as sexual assault.
Take a look at the story. My problem with it is that the media has to cover it. And the only thing Pitino is yelling about is the medias playing of her disposition tapes. Rick, that's the only thing they have to go with. Well, until you just blasted everyone in your press conference.
They can't just ignore this story. It has to be covered. Maybe if he hadn't slept with this woman, he wouldn't be in this position. (No pun intended, but picture her on the table. Haha)



The other guy that does not have a clue is Milton Bradley, who signed with the Cubs for a ridiculous amount of money this offseason. Let's just say his numbers haven't come close to earning those millions.
He's been hearing from the Cubs faithful more and more lately and he finally fired back in the media, saying Cubs fans are racist.
Someone want to tell this bafoon that passionate fans know when a guy gets big money, he's supposed to come through. When he doesn't, boos follow. Just ask Bill Hall in Milwaukee.
Does he not know what the hell is going on with his season? He's missing it. He says he's never been comfortable at Wrigley Field, which isn't an excuse and he obviously going to get more comfortable when the boo birds rain down on him from all over the stadium.
Well, Bradley now has the Cubs in a spot where they are going to make a decision. One writer at the Tribune says, to let him go.
My take is that while some fans might be racist (that would happen regardless of which team they root for), that's not an excuse to fall back on for playing like crap. Be a man, and own up to it. Excuses from professional athletes to blue collar sports fans is not a good idea. No fan, regardless of where they are, will not sit for that.

Off my soapbox for now and on to some good stuff. First Shaq was on Jimmy Kimmel and played some Scrabble. As you might have guessed some goodness ensues.



I haven't really pushed music on here before, but when I heard this track, it jumped out at me. It's Drake featuring Eminem, Lil Wayne and Kanye West and it' called "Forever." Get on it!



Now to today's Nussie Hunter. I know your girl friend knows who Brody Jenner is. Well, you should know his girl friend, Jayde Nicole. The 2008 Playboy Playmate of the Year is amazing (and yes I follow her on Twitter!). Well, this story I found says she was beat down by Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis after she stepped in and threw a drink on him for getting pushy with one of her girl friends. Here's the story. Now take a look at Jayde. I'm not linking to any naked pics, but if you know how to use Google, you can find them.

Charge this loss to the chief!

Last night I had almost given up on the Brewers when Vaughan decided he wanted to turn on WNBA in which case I said, "I'd rather watch the Brewers over the WNBA no matter the score."
By that point the bottom of the ninth was just getting underway and the Crew was trailing, 6-1.
What followed was a great rally (probably the best all year by the Brewers). It did tie the game to force extras as Mike Cameron flew out to left and Ryan Braun was dead to rights at the plate.
To be fair, you almost have to send Braun to the plate there against an untested arm in left field.
Then free baseball was on. The Crew had just one real chance in the 12th inning, but that came with 2 outs.
Cinncy did its damage in the 13th inning, Todd Coffey's third inning of work. Which is where my problem lies. Coffey, as great as he's been this year for the team, is a one, maybe two inning, guy. Send him out for a third and some guys are going to get a chance to see him for a second time. There is no way a late inning guy is going to get through the order more than once. He's not built for that. The fact that Ken Macha let him go out and throw another inning is all on him. And you may ask if anyone was left in the 'pen. Well, there was still arms in the bullpen, it just seemed Macha didn't want to bring everyone out to win the game.
That's not how you manage baseball in my opinion. You play for that game and worry about the next day when it comes. That's the only way to go about it, if you ask me. Not sure what saving arms can get for you.
Sure, things were pretty dire, heck Anthony Witrado actually wrote a decent story on the game, at times, but false hope was kicked to the side in extra innings.
I believe Herm Edwards (one of my fave coaches) said "You play to win the game!" Well said, sir.

I'm not much on Favre, but this whole Favre goat thing but it appears the goat has been saved. It was meant to be some sort of curse like the Cubs curse. Not sure how much stuffing a goat in the trunk of your car will pay off, but hey. People in the Whiskey Tango portion of the state are scorned and want to make the guy pay. Sure.

In another fun item, I'm a big fan of a great stache. I can't grow one for the life of me, but when athletes don them, it's some great blog news. Colt McCoy must be trying to ditch the babyfaced assassin monicker with this great mustache. Wonder how his amazingly hot girlfriend feels on the matter.



Now to your favorite portion of the program, the Nussie Hunter. In reading SI.com's Hot Clicks today, I came across some news of a study put on by McAfee, the computer people, about the most dangerous people to search. Jessica Biel is No. 1 and Jennifer Aniston made the list too. The Nussie Hunter think's it's BS what Brad Pitt did to her and would gladly take her in, so here you go. Enjoy!

Fantasy Football draft time in full swing

I don't know about you, but this is the time of year when I get my fantasy football drafts done in bulk. The leagues that draft in late July and early August are a bit weird to me as we don't know the depth chart for teams around the league.
It's about this time of year when things get straightened out. I've got my way of doing things, sit down with my two magazines after a week of reading and get to drafting guys I like and think will best represent me on the field.
The game is as much about winning as it is about fun team names. For that (Chris this is for you) there's sites out there that give fun fantasy team names.
Those are pretty tame. I like puns and a bit of innuendo in mine. There's some more good ones here.
If you have some more good ones, I'd love to hear them, too. Be sure to comment.

Today is also a great day as it is Sean Connery's 79th birthday. He's been a great bond and is Indiana Jones' dad.
He's also the inspiration for many a Saturday Night Live Jeopardy skits. Some of my favorites.
As Covino and Rich say today, he is possibly one of the coolest guys over the age of 70 out there today.
Here's a vid.



Today's Nussie Hunter is a homage to one of the newest ladies on Entourage, Kate Mara. She also has a preview of the NFL season over on GQ. How does she qualify for that, you ask? Well, her dad's side of the family owns the New York Giants and her mom's side owns the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now that's a bloodline.

Matt, Jay and the rest of the Bears put on a show

OK, I know I was the guy last week that said not to get too excited about preseason football after a lackluster showing by the Bears in almost every phase of the game.
Well, after Week 2 of the preseason, I'm not punching my ticket to the Super Bowl just yet, but I'm more encouraged by what I saw (or shall I say heard listening to the game on Sirius|XM) Saturday night by the No. 1s on offense and defense.
Jay Cutler made his debut in that navy jersey I'm looking forward to purchasing when I get the coin and the season starts. He engineered two touchdown drives, one of which ended in a pass to Desmond Clark.
Matt Forte delivered the other touchdown on a 32-yard scamper, but even that play gets a credit to Cutler who changed the play from a pass at the line to let the second-year stud do the rest.
In all, Jay went 8 of 13 for 121 yards and a passer rating of 117.8.
"I need to quote David Haugh's story here, because it has a great point in it:
Collectively, it made a statement that echoed through every NFC city and reminded other potential Super Bowl contenders besides the Giants that things have changed in Chicago. Not since the Bulls' last NBA championship in 1998 has there been this much excitement over a No. 6 along the lakefront."
Right on!
Forte's 58 yards on 9 carries is something to take note of, too. It was his preseason debut after coaches sat him out of last week's game against the Bills. There was no sign of that offseason hamstring injury as he came in with something to prove. Have to say, this is where a little preseason use can go a long way. (Check LT who doesn't play in preseason to say it's not always necessary).
Both of those spots are known commodities as we enter the season. The wide receiving corps is the spot all the doubters are pointing too as the weak link for this team. Through two preseason games, they are showing otherwise. It is something I've said all along, a QB make make WR better and Jay will do that. The fact that Earl Bennett and Jay played together at Vanderbilt will be big, too. He's his favorite target so far of the WRs and could be a factor through the season.
Also, David Haugh's story he filed today was about Devin Hester. Actually makes a good point that Devin doesn't need to be a No. 1 like everyone is wanting him to. He can still be valuable without carrying the load of a No. 1. Well say Haugh!
There was some bad news out of Bears camp today, as Dusty Dvoracek was place on IR after straining the MCL in his right knee. The more I read on this it goes back and forth between MCL and a torn ACL. Either way, Dusty is done, again, for the season. Tough luck for him.
Here's some other notes on guys that hurt their standing as the team leaves training camp and notes on those who helped their case to make the 53-man squad. And yes, Earl Bennett is on the helping list. If you're not a Bears fan, be sure to learn the name.
Next week is a trip to Denver to see Kyle Orton and for the Broncos fans to have some fun with Jay. Hold on to your hat!

Now that I've dropped major Bears knowledge on you, it's time for some fun. First, Friday's post on Cowboy's Stadium helped net me 2,500 hits this weekend. Thanks! But who knew that huge HD TV would be a magnet for footballs? Here's another story which Titans punter A.J. Trapasso talks about how many times he hit the thing. Take a look. Jerry says he's not moving it, but hey. C'mon, might be an idea. And if you're wondering the rule is a re-kick. Kind of fifth grade if you ask me.

Got some vids for you now. This one is an NBA vid, again shown to me by Luke. I think he likes being shouted out in the blog, but hey, this is good. Got a bunch of NBA guys together for a Footlocker campaign called Hyperize. This is a main rap video. Take a look at the rest of the page, here. Pretty funny stuff from Mo Williams, Kevin Durant and Co.



I know this Brett Favre thing is getting a bit old, but couldn't pass this up. You'd think this commercial was fake, but no, someone at the office told me they saw it the other day. Too funny. Hat tip to Brett for actually having a sense of humor about this whole deal.



Now finally, today's Nussie Hunter. Got my new Maxim the other day and maybe it's because I have this thing for Latin women (Selma Hayek, for one, c'mon!), but Miss Universe jumped out at me. Check out Dayana Mendoza. Makes a guy want to head to Venezuela. Wow! There's more of her here at Maxim.com.

The new "Eighth Wonder" of the world?

Over 30 years ago the Astrodome in Houston was being dubbed the eighth wonder of the world. Well what was great is now old and the Astrodome has since been replaced.
Well, Jerry Jones has built what some are calling the new "No. 8 and eight and a half." If you've seen this place, you'd agree. The Cowboys are set to play their first ever game in their new digs tonight and it should be a great event.
I don't know about you, but as a sports fan, I always like checking out new stadiums. Especially these days, there is always some new feature a stadium gets when it's built.
For Cowboys Stadium, it's the worlds largest HD TV. This thing stretches from 20 yard-line to 20 yard-line.



It is also 25 yards tall and there is also some smaller ones. Here's a couple stories for you to check out on the new spot, too.
This one is about the Grand Opening concert which featured George Strait and Reba McEntire.
This one looks at what the players are thinking about heading into tonight and the massiveness.
I also found this cool video. Paul McCartney played at the stadium Wednesday night and the crew turned the place into a football field over night. Pretty impressive.
Check the stats on this place. They can fit the Statue of Liberty inside the joint. Whoa!

Also in NFL notes, Chad Ochocinco kicked off and booted an extra point last night. Check this out. With kicker Shayne Graham getting hurt, Chad made a case to coach Marvin Lewis to let him give it a shot and coach let him. Here's the story. And here's the video (Couldn't embed it, sorry). Very Impressive Chad. Maybe he's got something that can keep him in Cincy or will at least help raise his trade value.

In a totally non sports video, Luke showed me this today. Too good to pass up. For the guys out there. Be sure to check this. Apologies for the language.



Now for your favorite part of the show, the Nussie Hunter. Figured since we were talking about new Cowboys Stadium, this would be the perfect time to show off some of the amazing Cowboys Cheerleaders. Our friend today is Christina Parker.
If you're keeping score, that's the second team's cheerleaders the Nussie Hunter has featured. If you count Chris Cooley's wife, Christina, that's three teams. All I can say is, it's going to be a good NFL season.

Couldn't have said it better myself!

Hey all. Welcome back. Got a little bit of a different look for you today with the blog, as I'm going to promote another blog. One which I follow on Twitter, Miller Park Drunk.
Mainly, I'm doing this because the Brewers got swept out of Steel City yesterday and I'm getting sick of talking about the failures.
Just take a look, it's well put over there on MPD. It's a rather funny exchange between the players of the 1983 team that had high expectations following 1982 run at the World Series.
Within said blog is a shout out to everyone's favorite Milwaukee Brewers beat writer, Anthony Witrado. Then I found these links, in which J-S editors stand behind the jabroni that covers the Crew. While I was reading, MPD, I missed yesterday's blog which recounts his most read blogs in history. This was some funny stuff.
It's become so bad between myself and my man, R.J. that whenever we sit down at a game, one of the first things I look for is who is covering the game for the J-S. When it's a "Retardo" game as R.J. usually replies, "Good thing I'm here and not at home reading his in-game blog!"
I'm becoming a fan. You should, too.

Ok, now for some more uplifting and funny stuff. Had some time on the Web today as I was doing my daily reading.

First, a little to wet your whistle. I'm a big fan of Rob Dyrdek. The Fantasy Factory is back for Season 2. Should be fun. Take a look. Only thing missing is a lot of Chanel!



Now for some sports bits. This streaker in Baltimore during the game. Got this from SI.com's Hot Clicks today.




And now for Part 1 of what is becoming a phenomenon on Covino and Rich, RAAAAAAAANDY! This is part one of his documentary. Be sure to take a look at Part 2 and Part 3 for the rest of it. Good stuff!



OK boys and girls (mainly boys) it's time for the Nussie Hunter. Now I'm sure many of you probably watched the Erin Andrews peephole video that was out there. This blogger did not watch that. Just didn't seem right. Well, our fave girl, EA, is out in the newest issue of GQ in a photoshoot she shot before the video came out with some pretty good photos. Here's the story that comes along with that.

Can we now put a fork in the Brewers?

With another demoralizing loss Tuesday night at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball's only Quadruple-A Franchise, the Brewers showed they don't belong or deserve a run at the playoffs.
Yep, 10 games back of division leading St. Louis and fading fast from San Fran and Colorado in the Wild Card race, is enough for me to call the time of death on this team. Tom Haudricourt did pretty much that in his game story and I'm going to follow suit.
The pitching has shown little sign of turning around and seems to be giving up more and more long balls each night. Sorry Chris Bosio can't solve that conundrum as this one falls in Doug Melvin's lap. He's got to get more guns on the front end of the starting rotation. It was my fear at the beginning of the season when everyone was predicting this team to get 90 wins this season.
For awhile that looked possible, as the fastest in team history to 30 wins. But just like that 24-10 start a few years back, that is a distant memory.
The offense had it's funk, but like the coaches I talk to time and time again at the high school level say "Offense comes and goes, so you have to build around defense and pitching."
And me putting a fork in my favorite team doesn't make me less of a fan, it shows I'm a realist to see that 10 games back in a race with 39 games to play is next to impossible to come back from. I'm going to cheer them on be in their corner, but it's time to realize that it's not going to happen this year. I have tickets to four games in the final month I will be enjoying and hoping for a "W." Just be real (like Cypress Hill) and know it's not going to happen this year. Get the ducks in a row and line up the pieces for 2010.
I'll surely have a blog in the future about what the offseason should look like for the team. Be sure to watch for that.
The dumping of Bill Hall today, is a good start!
What do you think? Am I being a bad fan and not holding out hope until the math says it is impossible? Comment here and let me know.


Got a couple of items for you. I'm a fan of the Stern Show and Artie Lange threw out the first pitch at a Minor League Baseball game last night. He did a lot better than Gary Dell'Abate did earlier this year at a Mets game. Take a look!



OK, this one was talked about on today's Hot Clicks on SI.com. Not a Jimmy Traina show today, but good stuff. Britney Spears read the Top 10 on Letterman last night. Watch this and tell me if you think Britney is trying to cover up her midsection in each shot of her in this.



OK, now to the Nussie Hunter for the day. It's out now that Terrell Owens will not be playing in the preseason game this weekend against the Packers. Wonder if he's going to follow the lead of Chris Cooley and get together with one of the Bills' cheerleaders, who call themselves the Buffalo Jills. If they all look like Katy, it's worth a shot. Damn.

Hester vs. Cutler, Part Duex, Really?

Welcome to the Favre Free Zone! That's the only time some guy named Brent is going to be mentioned in these pages without any football being played.

Now that that's out of the way, it's time to discuss what was burning up the airwaves today in Bears camp. Apparently what I was talking about yesterday made the front page of that four-letter sports network's Web site. I guess what I talked about yesterday with Jay Cutler and Devin Hester, blew up... or not.
Devin made sure to say it was taken out of context. And since I'm not a fan of ESPN, here's the Trib's story on the matter.
My take is now this, it's over and overblown. Things will get ironed out. Leave this alone. NEXT!

Now for some other goodies of the day. Take a look at this. Reminds me of the old MJ vs. Larry McDonald's commercials from back in the day (which was a Tooooosday btw).




Oh and this little bit here is from Jamie-Lynn Sigler. Quite funny. A must watch...


Awkward Jamie-Lynn Sigler Interview - Watch more Funny Videos


WHAT THE HELL IS BRETT FAVRE DOING HERE?!

Where did that come from? Hmmm, not sure. Good movie. Hope that doesn't piss too many people against the news of the day off.
Time to finish off with the Nussie Hunter. Another Entourage reference here. Alexis Dziena plays the new love interest of "E" on the show and a lot of people are not fans of hers.
Take a look for youself. For more pics, check these out. I'm not really a fan of hers, either. Rather see Sloan over and over again. Too damn hot that one.



See no mention of that one guy who used to be a Packer. Hope I could help make your day better!

Don't get worked up over preseason football!

The man responsible for the No. 1 selling jersey in all the NFL made his debut in said jersey this week for the Chicago Bears. Yep, Jay Cutler was under center for the first time as a Bears QB and his game was met with mixed reviews. Check this interview that aired during the Bears broadcast.
Jay went 5 of 10 for 64 yards mainly in the first quarter before giving way to Caleb Hanie (who performed quite well).
Before I get into my reaction here's what the man said on his performance, so you don't say I bended things.



First off, not the most impressive performance, but there is only one way to go, UP. My one objection is what Cutler said in the postgame was that he deflected right away to Devin. Whoa! C'mon, the throw was awful and late. It's way too early to start throwing guys under the bus, Jay.
But as my boy David Haugh of the Chicago Tribune wrote, the "Cutler-fication" of the Bears continues. It is just the preseason and they can all learn from things. Hopefully build in the positive dirction toward Sept. 13 in Green Bay. The Trib's Steve Rosenbloom gives another take on the matter. Best to give Jay one pass here.
As for the rest of the game, that pick was just the first of five turnovers and that cannot happen if you want to win the game. To the credit of the offense, and Cuter, both Greg Olson and Matt Forte did not play. That did give some other guys a chance to show what they could do, which is what preseason is for.
The defense was equally, as short handed and Dan Pompei of the Trib points out, there were signs to be concerned. I'd have to agree there becuase as has been shown the past couple of seasons, when healthy this defense should be one of the top-5 squads in the league. That was not the case Saturday and hasn't been the case for awhile (see Mike Brown). That means depth is of the utmost priority. And they got rocked.
Lastly, preseason is an audtion for a lot of guys. It's where the team is built. Here's the guys that helped their cause (I'm going to have to learn how to pronounce Afalava) and those that hurt it.

Hope that all made sense. Hope things look better Saturday night at Soldier Field against the G-Men.

Now for some better stuff. Found some vids for the day through Covino and Rich.
This first one just be funny as hell.



Now this one, is just a short. Something about fat people breaking things.



And finally, if you didn't catch what was dubbed the biggest women's MMA fight ever over the weekend, here's your chance. I "heart" Gina Carano!



Speaking of Gina, the Nussie Hunter wanted to let you know she was No. 16 on this year's Maxim Hot 100 and was Crush on the new American Gladiators. Take a look at your assets yourself, here. Especially this one. Hope she can return to looking this good after that beatdown.

The dust finally settled on Black Wednesday at Miller Park

Wow, for about 90 minutes today, I didn't do much of anything at the office today. It was a day of combing the web looking up high school football information when a little message popped up on Facebook, then another and then I couldn't ignore it any longer.
Yep, today turned into Black Wednesday at Miller Park as coaches and players were put on notice (Hopefully your favorite beer man is still around!) .
General Manager Doug Melvin's ousting of pitching coach Bill Castro and demotion of J.J. Hardy came first. The Castro move, I saw coming. I mean, this staff is bad and someone has to go.
The Hardy move was a bit surprising, but a welcome one. The related roster move brings touted prospect Alcedes Escobar to the majors and gives him a chance to shine.
I'm all about this, as it's becoming clear nothing is going to get this team into the playoffs at this point with the Cardinals rolling atop the NL Central and the Giants cruising in the NL Wild Card race.
Not 15 minutes after I read that note by Tom Haudricourt, I refresh the J-S Brewers page and see a new post "Now Hall is Out" Whoa! Melvin really rolling today.
Bill really only spent three days in the minors the first time he was down after Corey Hart's appendix burst and he needed emergency surgery.
All of these moves are ones at this point in the season are meant to shake up the team. When Tom talked to Melvin around 1 today, he made it clear this was not the white flag of surrender. And heck, now the owner is chiming in. Trying to deliver a bit of damage control, it seems.
J.J. says he's burnt out and won't join the Sounds while they are in Salt Lake City. He'll wait for them to return to Nashville.
Castro is said to be one of the nicest guys in the game and I was waiting to see what he had to say about things. Tom H. got a hold of him and he's going to see if there's anything he can do within the organization.
Well, everyone on the team is saying the team is still in it and they believe, but I need a little life in this team again before I start thinking that way. The way the losses keep piling up and the Cardinals keep winning, it's not getting any better.

OK, that was enough negative and news for today. Time for some funny/lighter content.
Got a bit of a debate going on with this next item. Is it real or is it fake. It was a heated topic on Covino and Rich the other day. See for yourself. Pretty cool either way!



And because it was such a rough day, the Nussie Hunter decided to let me pick who we should feature today. Told him I needed a pick me up and he knew right who I was talking about. So Mila Kunis graces the pages today. Hope you enjoy. Now to get to this new-look Brewers game.

Man rules when attending sporting events

By the looks of that guy there, I'm sure no one I know would talk to him if we saw him at a game. My boys Covino and Rich did a show about this a while back and I always wanted to make a list of rules for rules a guy should follow when attending a sporting event.

So I put a word out to friends and came back with some of their feelings on the topic and this is a start to the list. Thinking this could be merged with the sports doofuses list I posted last week.
Here we go.

1. Know the game before yelling obscenities at players, coaches or officials! - Kewaskum football coach Jason Piittmann brought this up. He's a coach so he hears people yelling because they don't have a clue what's going on but they know nothing good is happening.

2. No talking on the phone while waving to the camera because you're on TV. - I talked with my boy R.J. about this a while back that the Doorman (You know the guy you see behind the visiting dugout at every Brewers game) was auctioning his tix off and giving the proceeds to charity. He had rules for his seats and this was No. 1. And he's right on because it looks so lame to see the people sitting there waiving to the camera all night.

3. No gloves! - Only exception to this rule is the home run derby. A side exception is if you are taking a young kid to the game, i.e. your son or daughter or younger brother or sister. It's a means of protection. Wouldn't want them to get hurt at their first game.

4. No signs with network acronyms - You're an attention whore and only want to get on TV. Save that for your kids. The Under 15 rule applies here. Only witty signs are allowed. Show some creativity if you really want to get on TV.

5. Only apparel of the two teams competing on the field is allowed and only jerseys of players currently off the team or traded in the last nine months may be worn AT THE GAME ONLY. Don't wear that thing out, you look lame. You are not on the team, what are you doing? The nine month window gives you time to give birth to a new jersey. Exception is traded player's first return trip to your city.

6. Only leave your seat during a stoppage of play and do the same when returning to your seat. Don't think you're going to get back into your seat during the game and disrupt the 15 people around you to get back. C'mon man.



7. Don't fall asleep/pass out during the game! If you were too busy partying to enjoy the game, what the hell are you doing there in the first place? You paid your hard-earned money for that seat to take a nap? C'mon, get up, go home or go sleep in your car. Your favorite team's stadium is not a resting place.

8. If you are sitting close enough to the field know what is going on! You paid damn good money to sit in the front row, your favorite player hits a ball down the line and you reach down and grab his fair ball and keep the runner at first base from scoring. Yeah, you should be paying attention. There is two sides to this, however. If a fly ball is coming your way in foul territory hit by an opposing batter and fielders are coming your way, give them room. You want to the out, not a strike. On the other side of that, help your team. If your player hit that ball, stand tall, have a beer ready in case it's close. You'll be the unsung hero of the ballgame. Just ask this guy about that...

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9. The Wave is not baseball worthy. - Nope, America's favorite past time is no place to have a wave going on around it. Football games, 1985 said it will allow the wave to pass, but not baseball. Just think, big spot top of the eighth and the opposition blasts a grand slam with the wave flying around the stadium. Yeah, fans should have been paying attention. Get a clue!

10. No body/face paint. This is the Under 15 rule again (well for the face paint. You people are sick!) Kids getting the team logo or fave player's number painted on their cheek is acceptable. Adults should not get their body painted with anything. Must I show you that guy at the top of the page? C'mon, no one wants to see that. Plus, I'm two feet from you and you're going to rub all against me in a minute because you're thirsty. Thanks for the coloring to my shirt. PRICK!

That's just a start, I know. There are way more and I love to hear them. Be sure to E-mail me at wilbersway@gmail.com or comment below. I get enough suggestions, I'll post another blog on the matter.

In my search on SI.com's Hot Clicks, which features Terrell Owens' part-time girl friend Kari Klinkenborg, who was on his show Monday night. See, I told you to keep watching that show! There is this great list of NFL players on-field dress code violations on his blog today. Take a look, some of the stuff is hard to believe.

But now that we were talking about what not to do at a game, it's time to talk about what to do, a the game. Well, just one rule is to admire the women. That's where todays' Nussie Hunter comes in. He would have picked Ms. Klinkenborg, but don't want to copy Jimmy Traina everyday.
Since I mentioned Chris Cooley, I figure it only natural to mention his wife, who is a Redskins Cheerleader who gave up her gig to marry the tight end.
I'd say she has quite the tight end herself.

The GLCW at Romine's in Mil-Town

Yep, I became a total star sucker Saturday night at the Great Lakes Championship Wrestling show at Romine's High Pockets in Milwaukee. Actually, I had a ball and it was great seeing some of the guys from days past in person.
I sat and muddled around for a bit before actually saying fuck it and ponying up the cash to get Sean "XPac" Waltman's autograph. Had a couple minutes to talk to him and he was pretty nice. Word is he's dating WWE Tough Enough 3 finalist Nidea. He seems to be doing well for himself these days, and leaving that outburst on VH1's Surreal Life in the past. Have to say I'm rooting for him to pull through. He's got a talent and if he keeps his bearings can still make a good living for himself and hopefully start a good family one day.
The night actually started with me and my boy, Bryan Emmer who got me the tix to the show, walking into the place WITH Demolition. That's right, one of, if not THE BEST tag team in WWF history. Yep, the night was going to be good from the start.



Now this was my first GLCW show I've been to, but I had heard of them. This is the same company that puts on Blizzard Brawl in the Milwaukee area and that is one of the best Indy shows in the Midwest, if not the country.
While this was on a bit smaller scale than I was used to seeing on TV (Probably close to 100 people in attendance) it was pretty sweet.



Actually, that guy with the belt there, sports talk radio host Steve "Sparky" Fifer, was part of one of both the low and high points of the night. The low point is that he holds the women's title. Actually though, he was pretty funny and who knew from listening to sports radio 1250 AM that he could pull off being a heel so well. Haha. I'll get to the high point of Sparky's high point in a minute.

Another highlight of the night was seeing Scotty 2 Hotty. To be honest I was sand bagging him a bit during the show (The announcer did call him one of the greats, which made me laugh.), but hey, I like a performer and he put on a show. It was good stuff. He played to the crowed very well and the match was good. Plus, seeing him up close after the show, I could see the guy must be a workout machine, so hey, keep on keeping on, man.

But Ok, now to the crowning moment of the night. Remember Sparky's high point? Well, I couldn't get a pic of her at the show to do her justice, but the woman that challenged Sparky was TNA Knockout Traci Brooks. And boys would you be impressed with her. So, I had the Nussie Hunter wrangle something up for you to show you her "assets." Enjoy!



To see all the photos that were worth anything from Saturday night, be sure to check out my Facebook album here.

Chris Berman: Another thing wrong with ESPN

Yesterday I wrote of sports doofuses and today, well, I speak of another guy that doesn't have to do any of the items on that list, but still is one of the biggest sports doofuses (probably the nicest of names people call him), Chris Berman. Yeah, you can add it ot the list of things I don't like about the network.

The guy is a rambling loser. He was the reason I was OK missing Prince winning the Home Run Derby this year. He's also the reason I can't wait to move so I can get DirecTV and fire up the NFL Network for my pregame and postgame football coverage. He is just awful with those lame ass nicknames and banter.

Now why am I bringing this up now? Well, he's finally been taken off the Pro Football Hall of Fame's induction ceremony as master of ceremonies in favor of Rich Eisen of the NFL Network. I must say good choice. Rich is witty and actually relevant. Good riddance!

OK, the guy has been around for awhile and was probably the first guy to start having his own "thing" he did when he was at the desk for ESPN, but really, the needs to effing go. Trey Wingo kills it on NFL Live during the week and Stuart Scott does a damn good job at the sight of the Monday Night Football games, why not just let the man and his huge gut and combover just go the hell away already?

Oh, the biggest point of them all, he's a jerk. If he was a nice guy, I'd have some compassion for him. Here's some proof he's a first-class asshole. Enough said.



Now to a little tribute of sorts to take you into the weekend. With news John Hughes passed this week, everyone seems to be discussing what his best movie was. I loved a lot of his movies, but the one that I go to seems to be Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It has its spot among the best in all of pop culture history and I'm a huge fan of the Ferrari, the trip to Wrigley Field, the parade and Mia Sara. I even think she's tied with Elisabeth Shue as "it" girls of the 80s. Got a couple vids that show some of my fave parts.





Let me know what your favorite part of Bueller is in the comments. I'd love to hear them.

Now to some other funny bits of the day. Saw this on my boy Jimmy Traina's Twitter yesterday. He runs SI.com's Hot Clicks. If you were paying attention during the SEC football media days, Tim Tebow admitted he was a virgin. Here's a link if a missed it. Well, the folks at Yahoo! Sports made a wild headline the other day. To the regular person, probably nothing big, but to those of us who write headlines on an everyday basis, it's a big deal. You tell me what you think.



OK, the Nussie Hunter had been hiding this next pic from me for the last couple weeks. He finally let me have it today. If you've seen this month's Maxim, you've seen the Joanna Krupa pictoral. I must say she's amazing. If you've seen her Playboy spread, you know what I'm talking about. Here ya go boys. Enjoy your weekend.

Calling all sports doofuses!!!

I came across a list the other day during my daily reading that really got me thinking. It was on ESPN.com's Page 2 (one of the best out there for off-the-beaten-path sports stories).
The topic at hand was classifying a sports doofus and it may have been one of the best things I had seen in recent memory.
The good and bad part of this list is that you know someone that can fit almost all of the 20 items on it. In fact, item No. 1 is having a jersey with your own name on it. I've never really been that guy, but I know someone that does and I won't name him. If done right you can pull it off, but for the most part, it's middle of the road for me.
One that I will say I'm guilty of is No. 2 on the list, owning Wild Card paraphernalia. And heck, the Brewers made the playoffs for the first time in 26 years last year, so I got an NL Wild Card Pennant. I do not own one of those famous hats that sold out and or a T-shirt, but yes, it's rather lame if you ask me to declare that you're the best of the teams that didn't win a division or anything else for that matter.
A couple more steps down the list is the one that I think is the biggest sign of a sports douche bag, proposing via the JumboTron And that coming from one of the biggest sports guys I know... ME! I figure I'm going to suggest whatever lucky lady I'd consider marrying to enough sporting events I will concede not having the proposal at a sporting event and do a little bit more and go out of my comfort zone. If she's moved that high up on my list, she's worth that much.
Along similar lines with that one, though is No. 8 which is being too cool for Kiss Cam. I mean really? Just take part in the tradition while "Kiss Me" plays on the Tron. Heck, it's fun and one time I'll go along with some PDA.
One that a lot of people I know likly fit into is No. 10 which is wearing baseball pants for their slo-pitch softball games. This is one I'm actually going to say that I don't think is that big of a deal. Heck the guys that I know play are hardcore into it and all own pants. I'll suspend this one for you guys. It's not that big of a deal.
One I will not pass on is having a team or player tattoo, No. 12 on the list. And again, as big of a sports fan as I am, anyone that has a tattoo of their favorite player, team or alma mater. I will most certainly not be taking part and getting one of these anywhere on my body thank you very much.
And finally in this rant of sports doofuses, you know those college kids that hold up a sign that says "SportsCenter is Next!" or use ESPN to spell out something? Yeah, LAME! Never do that. Only if you're being funny and it's original is it acceptable. Like this one I took at Miller Park a couple months ago. Now that's funny!

OK, while on the subject of proposals at a baseball game, that reminds me of one of the funniest things I've ever seen.



Yesterday's post of the Matthew Stafford pictures got me a couple E-mails and comments around the office of people I know that introduced me to maybe my new fave Web site, www.drunkathlete.com. It catches athletes in their finest moments. Here's everyone's favore New York QB, Eli Manning, looking great during a night out on the town. Imagine after he signs this hefty new contract!



Now for some movie news. This weekend is the premiere of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Check a trailer and exclusive clip here) and I am majory excited for it. With Transformers and now G.I. Joe, it's like my childhood is coming to life. I'm so excited.

That leads me into at what the Nussie Hunter found today. She is one of the female stars of the movie, Sienna Miller. Enjoy!



A call for help: While I used the Page 2 list for the doofus list today, I'd like to create my own list of "Rules" a guy must follow when attending a major sporting event like a football or baseball game. My boys Covino and Rich have discussed this time and time again and had to ask for approval from the Dudebros when attending the MLB All-Star game to bring their glove for their spot in Big Mac Land this year.

Something along those lines, people. When is it OK to wear your jersey? Can a grown man bring his glove to the game? Are signs OK? Wearing a team piece of clothing that is not playing in the game you are attending. All of that stuff.

Be sure to comment and I'll use it and attribute you as I'm trying to get this together next week as the NFL preseason gets ready to kick off.
Thanks for the help guys!

One upset Prince makes a 17-4 game interesting

Two men at the center of a controversy get us started on this Hump Day edition of Wilber's Way. I dunno bout you, but I was off to bed by the time the fun started in LaLa Land last night with the Brewers getting pounded by Manny and the Dodgers.
Manny had been hit in the seventh by Chris Smith (the young buck has been involved in two instances now during his brief time in the bigs) with little commotion raised.
Then Guillermo Mota makes himself known against the team he played for last year by throwing at Prince, who did not like being thrown at with two outs of a 17-4 game in the top of the ninth.
After the game, all hell broke loose. See for yourself here.

Moto got tossed immediately, but in order show the full perspective of this incident, we need to take a look back. This might just be one of the funniest baseball fights ever as Mota takes a shot at Mike Piazza who didn't like it at all.

All I can say is, I'm tuning in tonight! Might be some fun as it is the last time the two teams play this year.

Also of news today is a move by ESPN to change is social networking guidelines for thier employees. Word actually came down through one ESPN worker's Twitter. Here's the link.
My take on the matter was initially one of, WTF is the four-letter word in sports talk doing? But the more I thought about it, things in Bristol are fitting to get out of hand now that this Erin Andrews thing seems to be done by someone within the complany. Sad day, looks like I won't be hearing anything out of Molly Qerim for a bit now will I? So sad.



Speaking of Twitter. I do actually follow some Packers blogs to see what is going on in Packerland and came across something I just couldn't say no to posting. It looks like the NFL's No. 1 draft pick was enjoying his final days of summer with some quite beautiful women (that's how the top pick rolls right?!)
There's more here, as he looks like he had a damn good time. Plus started the day with one girl and dragged a different one into the woods. Haha. Oh Matthew!

Speaking of drafts, I'm finalizing my fantasy football league and have things together for my team names, but always am in the market for a witty name. If you're having problems, the fine folks over at "Kissing Suzy Kolber" have some help for you. First, these are awesome and they do it every year. And second, that might just be the best blog name I've seen.

OK. Now to the feature event of the day. I know yesterday I went with a boycott of the Megan Fox boycott and had a full blog of Nussie Hunter. Well, have to keep the spot alive today.
I watched Fast and Furious the other night and while Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez are fine in their own right, I thought Gal Gadot stole the show. Upon doing some research, I discovered she is the 2004 Miss Universe. Well, damn. She is out of this world hot, so why not run with it.

A teenage boy's wet dream...MEGAN FOX!

Hello friends. First, let me wish you a happy Megan Fox Awareness Day. She is, after all, one of the most beautiful women in the world and today this blog is dedicated to her and her alone.
That's right. Today, sports do not matter.
You're probably yelling at your computer screen right now saying, "Aaron, but why?" Well, the answer is simple really.
When I came up with the idea to start a blog, one of my good friends (Golberg, you know who you are!) said to me to give rundowns of my teams and what was going on, bu also use it as a way to take a stand on issues that I feel passionate about. Well, this is just that instance.



So when I heard that Asylum.com was starting this movement for a "Day Without Megan" I knew this was my calling.
I mean, she is just the girl I would gravitate to. And at first glimpse the thought of her being with Brian Austin Green was a bit odd, after hearing the two of them together and things she said about what she looks for in a guy, it sorta made sense.
Plus, her interview on my fave radio show, Maxim Radio with Covino and Rich (Sirius 108, XM 139 weekdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. CST), I knew it was golden.



You may know her from Transformers and Transformers 2, but she's actually more than that. I think she's quite funny and able to laugh at herself.

She did "Two and a Half Men" and was quite funny.



On top of that, this story just came out from Seth Rogen, from the new movie "Funny People" that she dissed him a while back while they were on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. I said it was a Wilber's Way reject on my Facebook page yesterday, but this was too good. Plus, check her out on Jimmy that night in 2006. Whoa!



I'm not along in this movement as CoEd Magazine is doing a "Megan Fox Boycott Boycott" I must say it is nothing short of awesome with great quotes and photos, and videos.
Wilber's Way is just enought to wet your whistle today boys. That's where the real party is. I mean they got everything over there. Simply greatness.



I promise I'll be back tomorrow with some sports talk from NFL camps and such, but today, is all about Megan Fox. Even Jimmy Traina had to get into the mix at SI.com's Hot Clicks. Gotta love it today. Be sure to get Megan in Twitter's Trending Topics!

If you have any more awesome Megan Fox tidbits, be sure to comment them below. Always up for more Megan. BRING IT!

The Jay Cutler era has officially begun!

Oh yes, my friends, as I mentioned way back on Thursday, the Bears opened training camp this weekend in Bourbonnais. Paying attention to Chicago Tribune beat writer David Haugh's Twitter page showed the little city similar in size to Platteville, ballooned and Bears fans showed up in record numbers.
And hey, with the team boasting a Pro Bowl quarterback for the first time since some guy named Erik Kramer was under center, gives us fans a reason to have high expectations.
Practices Friday, Saturday and Sunday (the 11,000 in attendance got to see the Bears unveil their Wildcat formation) were great, but Monday may have been the best practice, yet.
One of the Chicagobears.com stories with Jeff Joniak and Tom Thayer talked how Jay and tight end Greg Olson (who reminds me a lot of He-man) have developed a chemistry. Well, it took all of four practices for the aforementioned University of Miami alum to supplant Desmond Clark as the starting tight end, accorind to David Haugh's newest story from camp.
I'm all for this. It could be good for the team and could finally turn Olson into something resembling Jeremy Shockey and Bubba Franks. (I said something resembling, not the second coming.) And if it means finding Jay a go-to receiver, this could be just the start of something.

Time for my quick take on Bill Hall's return of Triple-A Nashville. It's plain and simple really. Corey Hart leaves a void in right field and I don't feel comfortable with the likes of Frank Catalanatto or Jody Gerut. So why not give Billy a shot here. I mean, what do we have to lose tat his point?
Like I told my boy R.J. on Facebook during or usual in-game convos, if things go sour, I'd rather boo Bill than anyone else. Haha. I mean, we seem to have this relationship where he understands where it's coming from. Frank and Jody haven't been around enough to quite get the idea of the booing.



All right, now to some fun stuff. Found this photo essay on the evolution of Hulk Hogan today on SI.com's Hot Clicks and because I'm a huge fan of WWE and especially the Hulkster. It needed to get posted here. Plus, I'll be honest, that picture is just hilarious if you look at it right. I'm sick and twisted, sorry. But yes, funny. You know it!

Also, big sports talk was this little thing about Tiger Woods passing gas. I did not catch any of the Buick Open on TV, but when it gets mentioned during my weekly meeting at work, it must be huge. So, here you go. Did he or didn't he just pass gas. You decide!


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Alrighty then. Now that it football season is upon us, today's Nussie Hunter has to get some football feel to it. So why not mention former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader and one of my personal favorites, Stacy Kiebler. I mean, with legs like those, I must say, it's become one of my "things." Hope you enjoy!



A heads up: Be sure to catch the T.O. Show tonight. As usual, I'm getting ready for much laughter. Terrell brings it. So excited. Plus, Jeremy Piven is hosting WWE Raw this week. Could be a disaster, but we'll see.