To figure out a way to drop about 50 F bombs in a ten second span after the Robinson Cano homerun.

I can’t stop watching this. You find something new each and everytime you watch these guys.

In the past, The San Francisco Giants have had performers like the Grateful Dead and Bruce Hornsby sing the National Anthem before important games. For Game 3 of the NLCS, they went with a more modern choice, Ben Gibbard from Death Cab For Cutie. According to MTV, he’s no slouch on the diamond either.

It’s a pretty great gig, and Gibbard is definitely the right man for the job. Not only is he a self-confessed baseball nut, but he can throw a baseball 70 miles per hour and he has command of at least four pitches: a knuckler, a curveball and two different fastballs, a two-seamer and a four-seamer.

This fight at the Ontario Football Conference semi-final game between the St. Leonard team and some fans made the Ron Artest fiasco at the Palace look like childs play.

“An estimated 10 to 20 members of the St. Leonard Cougars climbed up into the seats behind their players’ bench at Ivor Wynne Stadium Saturday night to fight spectators — attendance was less than 200. Some of the players involved were kicking with their cleats and swinging their helmets. At the time, 13.7 seconds remained on the clock.”

Watch the one player swing a milk crate 19 seconds in!

Not only are they the most surprising first place team of the young NHL season, but the New York Islanders are also the most popular team among the crossword puzzle set.

They took part in a contest with the New York Times Wordplay blog a couple of weeks ago.

Let’s get this out in the open right off the top, Here’s a partial list of “great” movies I have never seen:

The Godfather
The Godfather Part 2
The Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator
Braveheart
Schindlers List
Fargo
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

But I’ve seen both Miss Congeniality movies close to a dozen times each.

So,  it seems only fitting that I interviewed the AV Club’s head writer, Nathan Rabin, about his new book, “My Year of Flops,” a look back at some of the least critically acclaimed films in history.

We talked about flops and bombs, made some sly references to the Northern Ireland’s political landscape and reminisced about the career of the Diceman.

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The New York Yankees might have had “Empire State of Mind” as their song during the championship run of last year. But check out what the San Francisco Giants are bringing to the table this time.

Frankie Boots gives us “Tim Lincecum…F Yeah!!!!”

(NSFW Lyrics)

I thought their’s were supposed to be sideways

I’m sorry, but I’m not buying it.

There is no way that Doogie Howser could possibly have become a practicing doctor at any hospital in the world.

Time Warner cable added a new channel to their lineup this week. It’s called “Hub” or perhaps “The Hub.” It appears to be a network steered towards children, with kids shows and cartoons all day. But, at night, they deliver a power packed lineup of 1980′s goodness. An hour of Family Ties at 8, The Wonder Years at 9 then Doogie Howser, MD at 9:30.

On Monday night, they played the pilots of all three series.  You could see how the creators of Family Ties expected it to be a show about two hippie parents  raising kids in the 80′s. They had no idea that Michael J Fox would become the most famous star of the decade.

There’s not much that needs to be said about the first episode of the Wonder Years. Winnie Cooper turns hot, her brother dies in Vietnam and then she makes out with Fred Savage.  Every second of it still works. To this day, I can’t hear “When A Man Loves A Woman” without thinking of that final scene. It’s the most perfect melding of music and moment in the history of television.

And now, we come to Douglas Howser, boy genius.  Let me start by saying I find it completely plausible that a 16 year old with superior intellect could  cruise through school, college and medical school.  But, I don’t think that any self respecting hospital administrator would then hire this young man, no matter how brilliant, to treat patients. It would open the facility to both ridicule and, more importantly, legal ramifications should this young man make a mistake.  I also think it would be disconcerting to anyone who checked into the hospital to be greeted by a teenager in scrubs. He should have spent the first 5 years of his career doing important medical research.

Also, how come Doogie Howser never saved his online journal entries. He would type the first half, stop, turn his head and have a thought, then finish up the entry with a tiny bit of knowledge gleaned from that week’s experience. And then, he would turn off his monitor and go to bed. The next day, Doogie would have a whole round of new experiences, come home at night and turn on the monitor to type his next entry. And there was nothing there. Blank screen. Where’s yesterday’s fortune cookie platitude? Come on producing team of Steven Bochco and David E Kelley. You’re better than that!

Oh, and Neil Patrick Harris looks like he’s 11 in that show.

Now that I’ve tackled that sacred cow of American culture, it’s time for me to take on another.

Sports Illustrated. October 18th, 2010.

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Just another reason why Asians rule! Check out the Taiwanese CGI version of Brett Favre and his sexting escapades to Jenn Sterger.

My favorite part was the QB moving into the “doghouse” with Tiger Woods.