There are a lot of things to love about hockey. But one of my favorites is the way players make up nicknames for their teammates. No one can be called by their actual name in the locker room, but at the same time, no one can be bothered to come up with creative monikers for each other. As a result, guys with long names get shortened (Alex Ovechkin becomes Ovie) while guys with short names get lengthened (Adam Graves becomes Gravy.)
So, in honor of Presidents Day, SportsCracklePop presents our great nation’s 44 Chief Executives, along with the nicknames they would be given if they played in the NHL.
Enjoy your holiday weekend and your mattress sales.
Last year, Nick Swisher was on How I Met Your Mother. It’s a funny show and he was good on it. But that was last year.
Now, he’s married Joanna Garcia, who is on an atrocious show that absolutely doesn’t fit in between ABC’s The Middle and Modern Family. Anyway, the Yankee right fielder was on last night. Please make note of the fact that the creators of the show went to the trouble of building a decent approximation of the old Yankee Stadium, but, for some reason, built it so Swisher was playing left field. You have to watch a few seconds before he’s on. I’m sorry in advance.
I have lived in New York City since 2002 and have lived in the Metropolitan area my entire life. But, I have virtually no experience with Broadway. In fact, in my entire 32 years on Earth, I have spent a grand total of about 3 hours in broadway theaters. When I was four or five years old, my mother and Beltway Buddy’s mother brought us to see the magician Doug Henning. A decade later, my family went to see Tommy, but my brother threw up and we had to leave about 20 minutes into the show.
And I’m fine with that. I have absolutely zero interest in ever seeing a Broadway show. It holds no appeal whatsoever. That’s exactly what I said to people when they said “Oh, I bet you want to see that Lombardi show, though. It’s about football.”
Judging by my Twitter feed, I have found out that the hottest rookie in the SI Swimsuit issue has been Kate Upton. Not only is she gorgeous, but she seems to have a great personality too. I mean when you play “Guess the breasts” that usually equates to awesome human being.
For the second time in as many weeks, J.J. Redick got his ankles broken. This time though, his Orlando Magic teammates wouldn’t let this one slide without poking a little fun. When you are up 25 points you are allowed to do that.
I didn’t know Kirk Hinrich had that type of handle.
Cracklers, I am a big fan of books. They provide information, insight and unlike most people, they don’t get angry when you fall asleep half way through using them.
Recently, I ordered a book online. I knew that “What It Takes” by Richard Ben Cramer was an in depth look at the candidates and events of the 1988 Presidential Election. I knew that it has served as something of a bible to the current generation of Beltway reporters. I knew that, upon it’s release, Cramer was criticized in some circles for being a little too in-depth.
What I did not know is that “What It Takes” by Richard Ben Cramer is long as fuck. It has 130 chapters. Not 130 pages. 130 CHAPTERS. And that doesn’t include the Authors note, Epilogue or Afterword. When all is said and done, this book is 1,051 pages long. And much of it is about the day to day life of former Congressman Dick Gephart.
Still, I bought it and I am committed to reading it. And I’ve decided the best way to stick with it is to post weekly updates on my progress.
How long will it take? I’m going to place the over/under at 5 months. I finished the first chapter last night. It was 30 pages. Place your bets in the comments.
For the second year in a row, Captain Morgan has partnered with Spike.com to host the BracketMaster Challenge. The online bracket style tournament runs February 14 – April 4 where 32 Morganettes from across the country representing the North, South, East and West will go head-to-head, vying to become the Ultimate Morganette.
This year Sports Crackle Pop has the honor of “coaching” one of the Morganettes. We are proud to be partnered with Maya, who will be competing in the North region.
To participate, and vote for the lovely Maya you can head over to bracketmaster.spike.com to fill out brackets daily, voting for SCP’s Morganette along the way in an effort to win prizes including a $15,000 grand prize package. As the competition narrows, fans will either see their picks advance or have their brackets busted.
If my word isn’t good enough, maybe Maya herself can tell you the reasons why she should become the “Ultimate Morganette.”
There are highs and lows in everyones life and I am pretty sure dating Kim Kardashian was pretty high on Mile Austin’s list. But I am not really sure where timing a guy named Moose fits in the equation.
Don’t get me wrong, what this guy did throwing down 2 pints of Guiness, 3 shots of Jameson, and 3 shots of Baileys in 6 seconds is really impressive. Actually one man’s low, can always be another man’s high.
