TAYLOR SWIFT IS SUPERGIRL?

TAYLOR SWIFT

Several media outlets are reporting that singer Taylor Swift is rumored to play Supergirl in an upcoming movie by Warner Brothers.

IN NEW MOVIE WILL TAYLOR SWIFT BE FIGHTING NAZIS OR SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND POSING FOR PICTURES WITH THEM?

OUCH! MEDIA PULLS OUT THE JEFF GEORGE CARD IN THE LATEST JAY CUTLER BASHFEST

 JAY CUTLER

The only thing missing is the mustache. That was the assessment of Baltimore Sun writer Kevin Van Valkenburg in comparing beleagured Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler to the much-maligned, overhyped qb of a previous generation, Jeff George. In fact, the resemblance is so uncanny that Van Valkenburg accused Cutler of being George’s “lovechild.”

Cutler has had an epically bad season with the Chicago Bears. Sunday, he completed just 10 of 27 passes and threw three more picks in the Bears 31-7 loss to Baltimore. Cutler’s quarterback ranking for the game was 7.9 out of a possible 153. Worse, he has 25 interceptions on the season and the Bears are now 5-9. Cutler has been singlehandedly to blame for a number of those Bears losses.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The plan was for Cutler to revive a stodgy Bears offense and lead the team to glory after being acquired from the Denver Broncos this offseason. Instead, Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels is looking like a genius for showing Cutler the door.

Cutler’s play for the Bears has been in a word moronic with stupid play after stupid play. As his turnovers mount, the Chicago media has joined the Cutler bashfest. The Chicago Tribune picked up on the Cutler-as-the-spawn-of-Jeff-George theme today and ran with it. They listed the ways in which Cutler and George were identical:

1. Both Jay Cutler and Jeff George hail from Indiana

2. both have strong arms

3. both are knuckle-headed

5. Cutler and George are both “franchise killers”

The Chicago article concurs with the Baltimore Sun assessment-Cutler, like George before him,”is either the worst good quarterback of his generation, or the best bad quarterback of his generation.”

At the start of the season, many experts were predicting Cutler would lead the Bears to the NFC North title. Now, Cutler has been so awful that people are going back and ridiculing his time in Denver.

T-SHIRT OF THE DAY

CRAZY SEMI-NAKED GUY IN A BARREL THROWS PAINT AT FAMOUS LAS VEGAS SIGN

VIDEO FROM FOX 5 IN LAS VEGAS

VEGAS’ LOSS IS YOUR GAIN

VDARA HOTEL OPENS DESPITE POOR LAS VEGAS ECONOMY

Perhaps no other city in America has been hit harder by recession than Las Vegas. The Vegas economy has been in a self-admitted free fall for the past two years. Casinos are hemorrhaging money and even filing for bankruptcy.

With most Americans worried about finding a job or simply clinging to their old one, a Vegas vacation is the last thing on the mind of most people. However, amid all of the economic turmoil, the recent opening of the massive City Center project is adding an eventual 6,000 hotel rooms to an already diminished Las Vegas market.

The result has been unbelievable deals for people who can actually still afford a vacation. Here are some of the shockingly inexpensive nightly room prices for some major Vegas hotel/casinos:

HOOTERS CASINO: LOCATED JUST OFF THE STRIP-$20 A NIGHT

EXCALIBER: $33

IMPERIAL PALACE: $22 (BEWARE OF THE BEDBUGS)

MONTE CARLO $39

CIRCUS CIRCUS: $22

LUXOR (AWESOME): $50

THE PALMS: ONE OF THE TRENDIEST VEGAS SPOTS FOR $54 A NIGHT

THE RIO: $45 (FOR A SUITE)

BALLYS: $34

STRATOSPHERE: $24

SAHARA: $25

MGM GRAND: $53

HARD ROCK: $48

PARIS: $63

NEW YORK-NEW YORK: $46

FLAMINGO (ICONIC BUGSY SIEGEL ORIGINAL): $30

 

Even the high end Las Vegas hotels have dropped their prices. You can stay at the newly opened luxury resort Aria for just $159 a night. Other room rates include: Mandalay Bay $109, Caesars Palace $89, Encore at Wynn Las Vegas $169, andVdara $129.

IS PHIL JACKSON GOING TO BE DONE IN BY ANOTHER CHEAPASS OWNER?

PHIL JACKSON

For the first time this season, Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson has indicated he may not be back with the club next year. Chris Sheridan of ESPN.com managed to get some insight into The Zen Master for a piece he wrote over the weekend.

Apparently, having been burned by Jerry Reinsdorf in the past, Jackson is still leery of owners for whom he’s won multiple championships going cheap and showing him the door. Even ones with whom he’s sleeping with their daughter.

The Lakers won a championship last season and are poised for a repeat. They are currently a league best 21-4. Jackson has more rings and won more championships as a coach (10) than anyone in the history of the league. Lest anyone forget, the last time Jackson took off from the Lakers, in 2005, the team was a pathetic 34-48 (that was the year a self-obsessed Kobe Bryant scored 84 and eventually demanded to be traded.) Jackson returned to the Lakers and, not coincidentally, order was restored. Championships were won. The last man not named Phil Jackson to coach the Lakers was Frank Hamblen. He went 10-29. That’s a winnin percentage of .256.

Why in God’s name would the Lakers even THINK of letting Jackson go? Money. Jackson makes $12 million a year. Bryant will make $25 million in 2010-11. He is in line for a $90 million contract extension. Pau Gasol  is also reportedly close to signing a big-money three year contract extension.

Jackson points out “people are cutting cost” around the league. He says of the Lakers,

“They may not even want to hire me. They may want to save some money.”

 

Make no mistake. Despite having the NBA’s highest payroll, Lakers owner Jerry Buss is looking to save money. There are rumors that Buss has incurred “substantial” gambling losses.  More tangible was an article in the L.A. Business Journal which points out that Buss has recently sold his hockey team, his $3.8 million coin collection, his ranch and his Beverly Hills mansion. All in an effort to raise much needed cash.

 

DR. JERRY BUSS: IS HIS BEING SUCH A BAD POKER PLAYER GOING TO COST THE LAKERS PHIL JACKSON?

MORE SHADY BEHAVIOR BY ANOTHER USC ATHLETE

 

JOE MCKNIGHT’S SUV

Ok, this is getting ridiculous. What exactly do the USC football and basketball programs have to do to get in trouble with the NCAA?

Although he hasn’t quite lived up to expectations on the field, Trojans running back Joe McKnight is apparently being paid like a superstar. Today’s LA Times has the story of McKnight possibly receiving a car in violation of the NCAA’s “extra benefits” rule. Mcknight has been spotted driving around the USC campus in an expensive black SUV. The Times tracked down the vehicle through the California DMV. It turns out that the SUV is registered to Scott Schenter who owns a marketing company and also employs McKnight’s girlfriend as a secretary.

McKnight was the Trojans leading rusher last season, surpassing 1,000 yards. He was one of the most highly recruited running backs of all-time coming out of high school in Louisiana. McKnight was scheduled to attend LSU but changed his mind at the last possible minute and chose to enroll at USC. McKnight’s change of heart took place after a conversation with NFL running back Reggie Bush. Bush just happens to be a USC alum and one of the cheatingest athletes in college football history. Yahoo! Sports did an epic investigative series on Bush detailing his massive violation of NCAA rules complete with credit card receipts, signed checks and copies of airline tickets and hotel registrations.

Not that the NCAA gives a damn. Although the Yahoo! investigative piece came out in 2006 and Bush commited his rules violations in 2005, the NCAA has yet to lay a glove on the Trojans athletic department. Obviously, they’re too busy devoting all their resources to pounding Pac-10 baseball programs.

ARE FIESTA BOWL EXECUTIVES GOING TO JAIL?

FIESTA BOWL CEO JOHN JUNKER: LOOKS BAD IN YELLOW BUT MAY SOON BE WEARING STRIPES

Everybody hates the BCS bowl system. In the latest poll, 90% of fans said they wanted a college football playoff.

But have you ever wondered how such a vile, evil, corrupt system continues to exist? After all, on the surface, it makes no sense. Every other sport in the world settles their championship ON the field. Not by polls, computers and back room deals.

Well, it turns out one of the reasons for the continued existence of the BCS is that officials from one of its major bowls have been caught flat out bribing politicians. The Arizona Republic interviewed current and former employees of the Fiesta Bowl. The employees told the paper that the Fiesta Bowl encouraged them to write campaign contribution checks to political candidates that were friendly towards the bowl. They were then reimbursed with “bonus” checks from the Fiesta Bowl in amounts directly related to their political contributions.

If the Arizona Republic allegations are true, then the Fiesta Bowl likely broke federal campaign finance  laws. The article has found five Fiesta Bowl employees who admitted to participating in the political contribution scheme. The newspaper then confirmed the employees’ political contributions through public records and matched up the bonus checks they received.

The article also details all sorts of other shady and possibly illegal activities by the Fiesta Bowl. For instance, Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker awarded himself a $125,000 interest free loan.

Finally, politicians weren’t the only ones bribed. It was also revealed (through their own tax records) that the Fiesta Bowl spent $4 million on lobbyists, trips, dinners and golf retreats to “build relationships” with people like athletic directors throughout the country. Those athletic directors are the very same individuals who vote on whether to have a college football playoff or maintain the current corrupt bowl system.

MARINERS UNLOAD FAT LOAD CARLOS SILVA IN EXCHANGE FOR CRAZY ASS MILTON BRADLEY

CARLOS SILVA: COULD MAKE CUBS FANS LONG FOR MILTON BRADLEY

How badly did the Chicago Cubs want to unload suspended outfielder Milton Bradley? Bad enough to assume one of the worst contracts in baseball history.

The Cubs on Friday traded Bradley to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for pitcher Carlos Silva. Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik is a genius. How he got ANYONE to assume Silva’s contract is beyond comprehension. Sure, Bradley is a cancer and a fool. It’s indisputable that the Cubs HAD to get rid of him. But, at what cost?

Bradley may be a crumb, but he’s not the WORST outfielder in history. You can certainly make the argument that during the last calendar year of Silva’s career he has been the worst pitcher of all-time. Think not? If you’re thinking that statement is hyperbole, here are some statistics for you to check out:

It’s not just that the Mariners paid Silva $12,250,000 to win ONE game last year and have an ERA of 8.60. Hell, anyone can get injured, right? But Silva sucked just as badly the year before. From May of 2008 through May of 2009, Carlos Silva had a record of 2-18 with a 7.07 ERA. In the 2007 offseason, idiot Mariners GM Bill Bavasi signed Silva to a four-year $48 million contract. The M’s would have been wiser to light the money on fire. For his Mariners’ career, Silva went 5-18 with a 6.81 ERA. Opponents batted nearly .330 against Silva for his Mariners career. Worse, the M’s paid Silva over $20 million to put up those numbers. And Silva’s still got $27.5 million left on his contract!

If you found out that Milton Bradley KILLED somebody, the M’s still make this trade. Milton Bradley? Mariners fans are clamoring to bring on the crazy. As long as it means running Carlos Silva out of town.

MIR/CARWIN SCHEDULED TO FIGHT FOR INTERIM UFC HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

FRANK MIR

With heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar still sidelined by illness, Frank Mir is reportedly scheduled to take on Shane Carwin for the interim UFC title. According to several reports, the two will do battle at UFC 111. The card is scheduled for Newark, New Jersey in March.