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Madden 08 Preview

It’s been a week since its release, but Madden 08 is still fresh in the minds and hearts of gamers everywhere. If you haven’t checked out the game yet, make sure to read Jason Zingale’s Madden 08 review on Bullz-Eye.com.

Or if you’ve been holed up in your basement the past week and your thumbs now resemble those of a retired NFL defensive linemen, than you already know how sweet the game is. Who cares, read Jason’s review anyway.

Beckham gets taste of Ali G

I saw this clip again recently and I just had to post it. For those unaware of Sacha Baron Cohen’s work, he was Borat and in Talladega Nights with Will Ferrell. But before that, he did Da Ali G Show, which is where this absolute hilarious clip spawned from.

This is Cohen at his best with soccer star David Beckham and wife Poshtastic Spice. Enjoy.

Stephon Marbury defends Vick

In his infinite wisdom, Stephon Marbury has decided that Mike Vick is being treated unfairly.

“We don’t say anything about people shooting deers and shooting other animals, you know what I mean?” Marbury said in an interview that was aired by Capital 9 News in Albany. “From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors and I think it’s tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down … I think he fell into a bad situation.”

Let me address his statements one by one…

“We don’t say anything about people shooting deers and shooting other animals, you know what I mean?”

Yes, I think I know what you mean, and you’re wrong. A lot of people around the country are against hunting. But that’s not the point. You’re comparing something that is illegal everywhere (dogfighting) to something that is legal in many states. Society has spoken, and breeding dogs to fight and maime is not acceptable behavior.

“From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors…”

So since you hear that dogfighting is a sport behind closed doors, that makes it OK? Does that make Fight Club OK? (Oops, I wasn’t supposed to talk about Fight Club.)

“I think it’s tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down…”

I hear this kind of arugment a lot when the media is all over celebrities or athletes who run into trouble. Sometimes it’s fair, sometimes it’s not. This is one of those cases where it’s not. Vick’s decisions have come back to haunt him. He broke himself down.

“I think he fell into a bad situation.”

So he decided to fund and actively participate in an extensive dogfighting ring because of peer pressure? He didn’t want to hang, electrocute or shoot those dogs – his buddies made him do it.

Stephon, what color is the sky in your world?

Donaghy: “I’m very sorry about what happened.”

Disgraced referee Tim Donaghy apologized – sort of – for his role in the gambling scandal that has rocked the NBA’s foundation.

A day after coming clean about his role in an NBA gambling ring, he was back home in Florida and – in his first public comments – apologizing for his disgraceful actions.

“I’m very sorry about what happened,” Donaghy, 40, told the Daily News outside his home.

“I’m not going to say anything beyond that. This is an ongoing case – I can’t say anything else.”

Um, how about saying that you’re sorry for what you did? I hate it when people give these fake apologies by saying, “I’m sorry for what happened.” That makes it sound like they were an innocent bystander in some random event. Donaghy is an adult and he made a choice to get involved in illegal activities that threatened both his career and the integrity of the NBA, yet his “apology” indicates that he hasn’t taken responsibility for his actions. People should say things like “I’m very sorry about what happened” at funerals and to people in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, not after being outed as a criminal with a gambling problem.

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