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      Top 10 Annoying Super Bowl XLIII Ads

      February 3, 2009 /

      RealClearSports.com compiled the top 10 annoying commercial ads for Super Bowl XLIII.

      3. Coke Zero: Mean Troy
      Why tamper with a classic? For some reason Coke Zero felt the need to remake the “Mean” Joe Greene Coke commercial that is thought of as one of the greatest ads of all time. The updated version, which features Troy Polamalu, will not receive the same acclaim. The whole thing seems forced, and at the end, they try to save it with violence, but even that wasn’t well done.

      1. Budweiser: Clydesdale Circus
      Pick any one of the Budweiser commercials. For some reason the people at Bud continue to think that we care about their horses. In the most annoying of the ads they detail the ancestry of one Budweiser Clydesdale, who happens to be Scottish, despite representing an original American company. In another one, a Budweiser Clydesdale is driven by love to follow a dancing show-horse to the circus, and run away with her. Unless their plan is to make the viewer so angry that it drives them to drinking, we’re not sure what they are thinking.

      I’m with RCS.com on the Budweiser Clydesdale Circus ad. Enough with the horses already, huh?

      But I thought the Polamalu commercial was pretty funny and I didn’t find it annoying at all, although I understand why some would be perturbed that it messed with the classic original. The CareerBuilder.com “Tips” commercial (which ranked No. 10 on RCS’s list) was more annoying than most of the ads aired Sunday night.

      NFL

      Chris Bosh shoots down Stephen A. Smith’s story

      February 3, 2009 /

      Yesterday, we passed along Stephen A. Smith’s comments about Chris Bosh. He said that the talented power forward had already told the Raptors that he did not want to re-sign with the team once his contract expired in 2010.

      Bosh didn’t waste any time responding to the story.

      “No. No. No, I haven’t told him that,” Bosh said today after practice.

      And just to add another layer of denial, he was asked whether his agent could have made the statement.

      “No,” he said.

      “It was a surprise to me and I can’t be responsible for what other people say so …,” said Bosh, his voice trailing off in disgust. “I understand people are entitled to an opinion but making stuff up? We can’t do that.

      “It doesn’t make me angry, it’s like, ‘come on, man,'” said Bosh. “I think it’s unfair just to be able to say something and we have to be politically correct. It’s tough, it’s not the first time it’s happened and it won’t be the lat and I’m not the first person this has happened to. That’s the business that we’re in.”

      Notice that Bosh denied that he told the Raptors that he wanted out, but didn’t say anything about wanting to re-sign with Toronto once his contract was up. To be fair, he probably wasn’t asked about that and wouldn’t have commented if he had been.

      This is shot at Smith’s reputation as a journalist. I don’t think too many people take him seriously, as evidenced by the “ESPN entertainer” bit in the article. Still, he seems to have exceptional access to the players and I wonder if there will be any blowback from this.

      Stephen A. Smith, your credibility is on the line. Let’s hear what you have to say.

      Fantasy Football, NBA, Rumors & Gossip, Television

      Browns, Mangini already off to a bad start?

      February 3, 2009 /

      Todd Porter of the Canton Repository writes that new Browns head coach Eric Mangini is, “running the place like Napoleon” and has already snubbed Pro Bowl NT Shaun Rogers at a recent public function.

      Eric ManginiA Browns insider told me the atmosphere at headquarters is, to put it mildly, miserable. New Head Coach Eric Mangini is running the place like Napoleon.

      Days after Mangini slobbered about the history and tradition of the team, he had a mural of former Browns greats taken down near the players’ entrance. OK, maybe he wants the team to make new history and quit living in the past, but they had better understand the past.

      I give Mangini and Kokinis no more than three years before Lerner has sold the team. That’s right. Lerner will sell the team before he hires another head coach.

      Mangini is alienating players already. At a recent public function that Mangini and Pro Bowler Shaun Rogers attended, Rogers said he had yet to meet Mangini but hoped to that night. A few minutes later, Mangini walked past Rogers, who’s hard to miss at 360 pounds, without introducing himself.

      Yeah, I see how things are starting. Mangini will run off the guys who don’t worship at his feet in the locker room, then need more “time” to rebuild the roster, thus keeping Lerner’s endless circle of rebuilding going.

      I wouldn’t get too wrapped up in this report considering most of it is innuendo and hearsay. But it wasn’t that long ago that Jets players were complaining about the way Mangini ran the locker room in New York and reports surfaced that his tough-guy approach didn’t go over too well in the end.

      But again, it’s probably best to take this report with a grain of salt. Mangini might not come off well to reporters, but unless you’re a player or on the coaching staff you can’t have a full understanding of what’s really going on behind the scenes.

      NFL, Rumors & Gossip

      Kurt Warner to retire?

      February 3, 2009 /

      The National Football Post is reporting that Kurt Warner is, “really giving some thought” to retiring.

      I really hope Warner comes back and plays, but based on what I’ve heard, he is really going to give retirement some thought. This is not a negotiation ploy, this is Warner being very serious about his life.

      The thought of Warner retiring might come as a surprise to some considering he’s coming off one of his best seasons as a pro and just led the Cardinals to the Super Bowl. But he is 37 years old, is a major contributor off the field to various charitable groups and he already thought about retiring once this season when teammate Anquan Boldin was seriously hurt against the Jets in Week 4.

      But it’s doubtful he walks away now. He’s a free agent and there’s no doubt the Cardinals will make a push to retain him in order to make another Super Bowl run. He might consider retiring or leaving Arizona if the team makes major changes this offseason, but that’s doubtful considering they’re coming off a Super Bowl appearance. If I were to make a guess at what happens with Warner, I would say he re-signs with the Cards for one-year and makes it his last.

      Fantasy Football, NFL, Rumors & Gossip

      Report: Manny turns down one-year deal from Dodgers

      February 3, 2009 /

      According to the Los Angeles Times, the Dodgers offered free agent Manny Ramirez a one-year contract worth $25 million, but his agent Scott Boras rejected it.

      I have no other details, other than that Scott met with Ned Colletti late tonight and told him Manny wouldn’t accept the Dodgers’ one-year, $25 million offer. Not sure exactly what this means, but it wouldn’t shock me if this is the end of it and the Dodgers simply move on. And if that happens, who knows where Manny will end up and when he will get there? More on this tomorrow, I’m sure.

      This situation seems to be going nowhere fast. Neither side is willing to budge in what it wants, and this might be the final straw for the Dodgers. Watch what Colletti and the Dodgers do over the next couple days. They might make a move for Bobby Abreu and officially end the dance with Manny. Or they could continue to ride this thing out, but with pitchers and catchers due to report soon that seems unlikely.

      MLB

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