I was driving down I-75 yesterday, when I saw a billboard informing folks that Pimp my Ride was getting resonated into the form of syndication. not one for the boob tube, my immediate thought was really, ‘Hey, what the f*ck happened to Xzibit?’
If I recall, Mister X-to-the-Z might have had a few mishaps along the way.
Whether they achieved commercial success or not, his last couple albums were duds. His beat selection has slipped more than an 90-year-old Alaskan. more so than anything though, his short frame seemingly got a big ego once he went Hollywood and got his own MTV show (I Want To Believe…that Xzibit didn’t actually appear in the newest X-Files movie).
Still, last time I checked, the man who had his own Up In Smoke showcase…in the middle of Dre and Snoop’s, had more clout than 80% of the game.
To his credit, Xzibit has got one near-classic album, executive produced by the Doc himself (Restless). he holds the rights to maybe the most visually appealing music video ever made (“What U See Is What U Get“). He’s got tracks with some of the most respected names to ever do it (KRS, Sermon, Dre, Em, Snoop, Ras, Quik, Meth, Busta, $hort, etc). plus, aside from having more talent lyrically than these current Lil’ and Big rap superstars; he’s got more genuine personality than most of them put together.
So, when there’s constant B-movie money to be made and you’ve put out an album every two years since 1996, I suppose some time off from the game is inevitable.
X, if you’re reading this, get your easy-bake-oven bread. Stay off the road and spend some time with the fam. we understand.
In the meantime, we’ll be waiting patiently for the comeback we all know you’re capable of.
If you were going to describe Nihilumbra in very nuts-and-bolts terms, writing the blurb for an App Store entry perhaps, you might say something like: “Nihilumbra is a side-scrolling platform adventure featuring unique gameplay elements, gorgeous graphics and a catchy soundtrack.”
It would be a worthless description, because Nihilumbra isn’t really about tricky jumpy, making frantic and daring escapes from enemies, or anything else you’ve been led to expect from the genre. It’s about immersing yourself into a world that’s confusing, beautiful, a little too grandiose in its storytelling, but ultimately mesmerizing. You are a blob. You escape an undefined void, and you travel through the surface of the world assuming the forms of objects you encounter, while the black tendrils of the void occasionally reach out to pull you back into the darkness.
There is a story to the game, and it’s told in cryptic references to your origins, that void you were born in and now run from, the worthlessness of your retreat into the upper world’s mountains, forests and snow-stormed valleys, and the assurances that your tiny form will ultimately return to the darkness. all you can do as the story unfolds is make the progress it allows you, jumping over gaps, solving basic platform challenges, and avoiding the meager offering of enemies whose slightest touch will send you back to the void.
Colorado’s four-man rotation with a 75-pitch limit is here to stay, manager Jim Tracy said before the game.
He thinks it’s too soon to make any judgments _ even on nights that look as bad as Tuesday.
“It’s not a 10 or 12-game sample where you formulate an opinion on it one way or the other,” Tracy said of the plan installed on June 19 in Philadelphia. “I think you allow it to evolve first and see how it goes.”
It went horribly in a 12-5 loss to the Washington Nationals, Colorado’s 15th loss in 19 games.
“Tonight was a night quite frankly where it blew up,” Tracy said.
Adam LaRoche homered twice, and Ryan Zimmerman collected his 1,000th career hit and also homered for Washington.
Ian Desmond went 4 for 4, Michael Morse had four hits and Tyler Moore also connected for the Nationals, who had a season-high 21 hits, which tied the club mark since the team moved to Washington in 2005.
They had 11 extra-base hits, the most since becoming the Nationals.
Starter Christian Friedrich (4-5) left the game trailing 4-3 after getting Bryce Harper out with his 70th pitch to start the fifth inning. Reliever Guillermo Moscoso imploded, needing half that many pitches to get the final two outs in the fifth.
“Guillermo didn’t have anything and his numbers indicated that,” Tracy said. “That was the time the game got away.”
Moscoso gave up two singles and a four-pitch walk to LaRoche. Desmond drove in two, with a two-strike double off the left-field wall, and Moore hit a three-run homer before Moscoso escaped a 35-pitch inning.
Washington wasn’t through with Moscoso, adding three more in the sixth. He finished his night with 63 pitches, yielding eight runs and eight hits in 1 2-3 innings.
“I had been throwing the ball well in games and I get in the game and I couldn’t make good pitches,” Moscoso said. “I couldn’t get my pitches in the right spot.”
Dexter Fowler and Jonathan Herrera homered and Jordan Pacheco had three hits for the Rockies.
Gio Gonzalez (10-3) picked up the win despite allowing five runs, four earned, on eight hits in six innings. He struck out seven.
Zimmerman entered the game with 998 career hits and reached the 1,000 mark in his third at-bat, a single to right in the fifth inning. He added his fourth home run of the season in the sixth to finish with three hits.
LaRoche put Washington up 1-0 in the second with his 14th home run of the season. Morse’s two-run double in the third made it 3-0.
Colorado tied it in its half of the inning on Carlos Gonzalez’s RBI double and run-scoring singles from Michael Cuddyer and Todd Helton. Cuddyer scored on Harper’s throwing error to make it 3-all.
Gio Gonzalez made it 4-3 with a two-out RBI single in the fourth. the inning was kept alive by a double by Jesus Flores.
“Flores was the batter I would like to have back,” said Friedrich, who allowed four runs on nine hits and struck out three in 4 1-3 innings. “I had him 0-2 and when it was 1-2, I threw a slider that I left up.”
NOTES: the Rockies announced that LHP Edwar Cabrera would be called up from Double-A Wednesday to start for Colorado. … before the game, Rockies pitching coach Bob Apodaca asked to be reassigned and he was made a special assistant to GM Dan O’Dowd. Bullpen coach Jim Wright and Triple-A pitching coach Bo McLaughlin will serve as co-pitching coaches for the remainder of the season. … LaRoche now has 17 career multihomer games. … the Nationals will send RHP Jordan Zimmermann (3-6) to the mound Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines—We’ve always been told that excess fat—specially those around our bellies—is bad. But these unwanted tissues that plastic surgeons have been removing and throwing away for decades may be more valuable than they could ever imagine. These fats may end up, after all, as a very useful tool to make everyone feel great and away from diseases. indeed, the use of autologous fat (meaning: sourced one’s own fat tissues) stem cells are fast becoming a game changer in the field of regenerative medicine. It is a new frontier that is slowly gaining acceptance among individuals wanting to be rejuvenated, and whose immune function and disease resistance greatly improved.
In fact, a number of experts and institutions are already using fat stem cells not just for cosmetic effects but to meet the slowly rising demand for anti-aging and rejuvenation treatments because it is plentiful in supply, it’s easier to obtain, and relatively inexpensive compared to a bone marrow extraction.
Anti-aging
“We always thought that stem cell-based treatment is for those who have used up all the conventional medical treatment options or whose diseases are already in the end stages. But what if I tell you that apart from improving the management of degenerative diseases like diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, arthritis, the autologous fat stem cell transplant could also be used as an anti-aging agent, for boosting immune system, mental alertness and even libido?” shared Dr. Florencio Lucero, regarded as the one who pioneered the autologous fat stem cell transplant in the Philippines. Lucero, a renowned plastic surgeon with 32 years experience and has been doing the autologous fat stem cell transplant since 2006, explained that the procedure involves suctioning at least 100mL of fats out from the patient’s abdominal or tummy area just like in a liposuction procedure.
He explained that fat tissue yields an abundance of adipose stem cells when compared to any other source (ranging in the millions per unit volume when compared to those taken from the bone marrow and peripheral blood) and that the process is simple, employing minimally invasive mini-liposuction procedure.
“The harvested fats are then processed so stem cells could be extracted. The harvested stem cells are then activated using the growth factors released from the plasma of the patient’s blood. Once activated, the stem cells are added to the intravenous fluid being infused to the patient for about 30 minutes to one hour. The whole procedure takes four hours to complete,” related Lucero. The patient should be able to feel the effect from two weeks to up to 11 months. Lucero, a premier key opinion leader in the field of plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, shared that he is a licensed fat stem cell transplant surgeon by the technology provider from Australia and performs the procedure at a world class ambulatory facility, MEDICard Lifestyle Center located at the corner of Paseo de Roxas and Sen. Gil Puyat avenue, Makati City.
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)
The philosophy to merge cutting edge technology with the body’s natural ability to heal itself is especially evident in another new technology called platelet rich plasma.
“Platelet-rich plasma is a natural component of our blood. One good example is when our skin is scratched or cut. If we clean, put medicine and dress the wound, the skin heals and closes eventually. But this procedure only addresses the infection—the closing of the wound and the smoothening of the skin is courtesy of our body’s natural healer. It is the platelets in our blood that activate a natural process that repairs and knits damaged cells,” explained Dr. Mary Jane Torres of Zen Institute, a medical spa.
She further explained that the PRP is non-surgical and non-invasive since the process involves using the patient’s own blood and thus poses no risk of allergy. The most common conditions for PRP therapy include: fine wrinkles around the eyes, nasolabial grooves, wrinkles on the lips, acne marks, wrinkles on the forehead, wrinkles on the neck, bags and dark circles under the eyes and loose and saggy skin.
A small amount of blood is taken from the patient— no more than what is usually taken in a routine blood test—and then processed to “harvest” PRP. this PRP is then injected into the site where wrinkles and fine lines are present.within about 30 minutes, the lifting and smoothening effects are clearly visible, said Torres. The PRP addresses that fact that the aged skin has less collagen, has reduced amount of hyaluronic acid, and low ability to retain moisture. what PRP does is to release growth factors that allow cell growth and production of collagen. with enough amount of collagen and improved skin elasticity, the skin’s ability to retain moisture is restored. The Zen Institute (A Medical Spa) is located at Unit C1 and C2, 32nd Street in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. Visit www.thezeninstitute.com(Advt)
San Antonio’s Kim Spradlin, a bridesmaid apparel shop owner in Alamo Heights, has cleverly maneuvered her way into Sunday’s “Survivor: One World” finale.
The tribe will speak — and crown the winner — starting at 7 p.m. Sunday on CBS.
The tall, lithe Spradlin, a favorite to win the $1 million at the end, is the first local “Survivor” contestant to make it all the way to the finale.
Kim spoke early on of wanting the women to dominate this game. She got her wish in the show’s penultimate episode.
The sole male standing, Greg “Tarzan” Smith, a 64-year-old plastic surgeon in Houston, was voted off Wednesday night.
This was after doing his best to get the women to believe Chelsea Meissner, a medical sales rep from Charleston, S.C., should be the one to go.
Alicia Rosa, a special ed teacher in Chicago who won immunity Wednesday, vacillated between going with Chelsea or Tarzan for elimination.
But it looks like Kim who has a special bond with Chelsea — and convincing blue eyes — got her and the rest of the women to take out the only male left.
An all-female finale isn’t unprecedented. the 16th season, “Survivor: Micronesia” of 2008, was the first “Survivor” to have all women advance to the final four.
The final five this go-round? they consist of: Kim, Alicia, Chelsea, Christina Cha, a career consultant in Hollywood, and Sabrina Thompson, a high school teacher from Brooklyn, N.Y. All are easy on the eyes and dead set on winning the grand prize.
San Antonio’s Kim (third from right, sporting a braid) seems to be a sure thing to make it to the final four, at the very least. her ace in the hole is her possession of an immunity idol, which, if played properly, could save her from elimination in a future round.
Will San Antonio claim its first reality diva and $1 million winner? Kim, who co-owns Bella Bridesmaid on Broadway, certainly seems to have the right stuff. She’s a strong, physical player and fab manipulator. Tune in Sunday and find out.
Great Britain, unlike Georgia and Macedonia, did not make it past the group stage. The finalists qualified for London 2012. Russia did not.
For only the second time, Britain has made it to the Olympics, in the same way that they did for the London Games in 1948, by hosting the tournament. However, uniquely, their place had to be confirmed by the world governing body, Fiba, who faced arguments that when London was awarded the Games in 2005, great Britain did not actually run a team. The one it does have is accused of not being particularly British.
In July in Manchester, great Britain will warm up for the Olympics with a high-profile contest against the United States, the overwhelming favourites to take gold, just as they did in 1948. The British team is likely to have at least three representatives from America’s National Basketball Association, whose links to this country vary from the strong to the non-existent.
Byron Mullens was brought up in Ohio, where Barack Obama recently took David Cameron to watch a game, and now plays for the Charlotte Bobcats. He has never actually set foot in Britain, though he did spend a month playing in Athens.
His mother was born in England and, asked what he knew about the old country, Mullens replied: "I have heard it is kind of like the US in some senses, such as restaurants." He is likely to find the portions are smaller.
British basketball’s dilemma is that it needs Mullens, Luol Deng – Obama’s favourite player – and Ben Gordon to drive the sport forward.
Deng, who came to Croydon at the age of 10, fleeing Sudan, did learn to play in London and now averages 15.9 points a game for the Chicago Bulls. He is also among the highest-paid British sportsmen in the world, earning £7.1m a year, although his performances have been hampered by a wrist injury that will require surgery at the end of the season.
There is also Gordon, who has yet to justify his $55m move from Chicago to Detroit, although a staggering 45 points against Denver Nuggets suggests his form might be returning. Gordon was born in London, although his family left for America soon after his birth. In no sense did he learn the sport here.
However, without them the British game resembles the line from the basketball movie White Men Can’t Jump: "All I care about is getting out of the Vista View Apartments because there ain’t no vista and there ain’t no view and there certainly ain’t no vista of no view."
If the sport cannot use the encounters with the United States at the MEN Arena and the Olympic matches in London as a springboard, it will remain forever trapped in its own version of the Vista View Apartments.
White Men Can’t Jump was released in 1992, the year that Olympic basketball changed forever, the year of the Dream Team. Centred around Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson, it was the first time the hugely-paid elite of the NBA were allowed to compete in the Olympics. they scored 100 points or more in every one of their matches and their lowest margin of victory was 32 points in the final against Croatia. "it was like beating up your little brother," said Clyde Drexler, one of the members of the original Dream Team. "You knew you could beat him, the question was how badly."
However, the United States turned to the Dream Team for similar reasons as to why British basketball is gazing towards the NBA. The American Olympic teams, drawn from amateur players based around the old college system, had started to lose regularly.
Drexler is standing in the Cloud Bar at the Manchester Hilton which gives panoramic views across the new first city of British football and to the Pennines beyond. Drexler expects the United States to win in London – they have dominated every subsequent Olympics save Athens in 2004, where a "complacent" team of "guys who just wanted to shoot" were beaten by Argentina.
"Spain are going to be good again and so are Argentina but America will dominate the sport for the next 10 years. but, after that, it’s going to be anybody’s game because of the way other countries are developing basketball. If you go to the Philippines, China or Japan, there are NBA players everywhere and that’s never happened before.
"Gordon could be your best player," said Drexler, pondering the question of whether Gordon and Deng might do for basketball in Britain what David Beckham has achieved for football’s profile in America.
"It’s going to take a little marketing," he said. "Someone has to throw some money behind British basketball – Beckham had a lot of money thrown behind him – and you need high-visibility games like the GB-USA fixture in Manchester."
Amid all the arguments about "plastic Brits", Drexler points out that unless British basketball recruits more NBA players and unless more British players cross the Atlantic, the sport will never leave the Vista View Apartments.
Of the squad that travelled to Lithuania for the European Championship last year, only two, Nate Reinking and the captain, Drew Sullivan, play their basketball in Britain and Sullivan has spent his life travelling.
He was 16 when his family left London for New Jersey and 23 when he returned across the Atlantic to play in Paris, Newcastle, Barcelona, and Cyprus. Most curious of all, was Samara, a city so far east that it was designated as the capital of the Soviet Union should Moscow fall to the Germans in 1941.
"I loved it, probably one of the best places I have lived," said Sullivan, who is now 32. "The standard of basketball and the status of the competition were superb. Yes. Samara is very far east and very cold but I was treated extremely well and, if I had an opportunity to go back to Russia, I would jump at the chance. As a professional, you want to play in the most competitive places.
"could the British league be anything like the NBA?" he ponders with a bemused smile. "Well, that would be a form of fantasy. The money you are talking about would have to be phenomenal.
"even when seen from the top leagues in Europe, the money available in the NBA looks ridiculous. For comparison, you are talking Manchester City and Plymouth. but what we can do with our younger players is coach them properly so they do have a chance to compete before they go off to Europe, America or wherever it may be.
"We lose a lot of our young players because they don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel. We’re playing the United States in Manchester but every year Americans come over to play in Britain so some don’t get the opportunity.
"British basketball players are more respected on the continent than they are over here. That’s the biggest disappointment. The culture here has always been to bring in Americans. but the attitude needs to change; they have to have more faith in our young players.
"Can you make a living in England? Depends what your view of ‘making a living’ is? James Jones, who is from Manchester, Andrew Bridge, who plays for Newcastle, have spent their whole careers here. they are not driving around in Audi R8s or anything but they are not necessarily struggling."
Sullivan remarked that to captain great Britain at only their second Olympics was "the greatest honour I could imagine", adding that he would be scooping up any memorabilia he could find during the Games and he might not be the last member of his family to become an Olympian.
"my eldest is a keen basketball player. She’s four and can dribble with both hands without looking at the ball. If she wants to move away like I did when I was 16, then we would support that. my wife might have a hard time understanding but she hasn’t been through it like I have and I’d want my daughter to be better than me."
Great Britain men and women play the US at the Manchester Arena on 18 and 19 July. For tickets, visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 847 8000
Olympic news you may have missed…
Rower Tom James will defend his Olympic title in the men’s four after Alex Partridge decided to take a place for Britain in the men’s eight instead. James, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed and Alex Gregory will compete in the World Cup regatta in Belgrade next month and should keep their places for this summer, with final selection confirmed in June.
Josh Taylor has become the sixth GB boxer to secure his place in London after reaching the semi-finals of a qualifying event in Turkey. Taylor’s win over Vladimir Saruk-hanyan, coupled with defeat for Sam Max-well, meant Taylor booked the solitary 60kg berth.
What’s coming up…
Today The last GB Olympic selection shoot begins in Lilleshall, with Archers including Alison Williamson chasing places in the final squad. The Modern Pent-athlon World Cup in Russia also starts today, offering British ath-letes qualification opportunities.
Tomorrow Tom Daley goes in the final World Series leg in Mexico after success in Moscow last week.
Sunday London Marathon. The prestigious race doubles up as a qualifying event this year, with elite runners looking to secure their places at the Games.
Who’s up?
Usain Bolt Taking a break from various advertising dem-ands, the Jamaican sprinter has pledged to ‘amaze’ fans with a 9.4 seconds 100m run this summer. "I’m work-ing as hard as possible so I can go as fast as possible," he said. British athletes Have been promised access to more tickets for friends and family by UK Athletics following criticism of original ticketing restrictions.
Who’s down?
Haile Gebrselassie Double gold medal-ist gave up hopes of making Ethiopia’s marathon team. "He has given up with pain in his heart," manager Jos Hermans said.
Dan Keatings Ankle injury has sidelined the 22-year-old gymnast for four weeks ahead of the European Championships, delaying his hunt for a place in Team GB.
Bodybuilding started out as a way to build the muscles and show the potential of the human body. Today, many bodybuilders look to artificial implants and muscle enhancers like Synthol. unfortunately, those who need to use an unnatural body enhancer are taking the original point of bodybuilding out of the game.
Synthol to Build Bulk
Synthol is an injectable oil that can create muscles that look like they should not be on any human being. Results can be disproportionate muscles and a freakish look that makes the user look like they have a swelling disease. Those who use Synthol make bodybuilding look more like a freak show rather than a physical fitness competition.
Inject Synthol for larger Muscles
When Synthol is injected in to the largest part of the muscle, it will puff, making the muscle look big and strong. if it is done well, people will not notice what you have done, but many Synthol users take it to the extreme. Luckily, the visual effects of Synthol are temporary, but the muscle does weaken over time. so, bodybuilders who choose to artificially inflate their muscles could pay for in the future.
Plastic Surgery and Implants
Instead of using Synthol to increase muscle size, other body builders are turning to more permanent artificial body enhancements. because calf muscles are more difficult to build, many people turn to plastic surgery and implants. Calf implants are very popular with bodybuilders because they look natural and can give more shape to the leg.
Glutes and Pecs
Other bodybuilders will turn to other implants, like pectoral implants to make the chest look bigger and fuller. Men and women can also turn to bicep implants to improve the look of the arm. They also can have implants placed in the buttocks to enhance the glutes. many bodybuilders will use implants to add bulk and contour. many plastic surgeons can customize the implants to whatever size and shape the bodybuilder wants.
If you feel like your exercise program has stalled and you need to supplement with Synthol or a surgical implant, be sure to discuss your decision with a physician and your family. Since these all involve modifying internal body parts, it is important to know what you are getting yourself into. if you have to have an implant removed, the body may not look the same afterwards.
(CBS) The Cubs lost in the most Cubs way possible short of forfeiting due to locusts to open the 2012 season Thursday. good thing I’m at peace with that. But I still heard fans jumping off the ledge after the game, and that both makes me weep for sports fandom and hope that such people never come back. Overall, though, I think Cub Nation feels the same way I do about the season to come, so there is hope for sanity.
I hope White Sox fans can be realistic in majority as well. Be nice to Chris Rongey. It’s not his fault, but this is.
Oh, and happy Passover and Easter to all.
On to your questions. All emails and tweets are unedited.
What will be @DanMcNeil670‘s reasoning behind being absent? Time to play the DaanMaacNeeel Speculation Game! #TFMB—@Chiumbrella
I’ve actually been asked this question in private several times, and my answer every time is that I honestly do not know and have not inquired about it. (And to kill two birds with one stone, I don’t work at The Score studios, and I’ve been there twice total. The off-air goings-on rarely if ever make it to my ear, so as far as this question and others I get about Score guys and how they are personally, I can only say that every one I’ve met has been nothing but nice—off the air—to me, and I know little about any rumors that go around.)
I’ve had one conversation with Mac, and that was two years ago while we shared a cigarette outside the Boers and Bernstein Roast. I don’t even remember what we talked about, and I’m sure he wouldn’t recognize me if we crossed paths.
That said, whatever has had Mac off the air, I sincerely hope the outcome is positive. He seems like a good dude, and since he returned to The Score a few years ago, a void in entertaining midday radio has been filled. The way his absence has been treated light-heartedly on the air leads me to believe everything with him will be okay, and I’m glad if so.
During the school year, I’m teaching during most of the McNeil and Spiegel Show, but I’m lucky enough to be on Spring break for the next week and will definitely be tuning in on Monday when Danny Mac makes his triumphant return. then I’m sure he will do his best to quell the sewing circles out there speculating all the odd scenarios they have him supposedly in.
My money is on plastic surgery gone horribly wrong, by the way.
I just took a leak and the streams were split. One was clear, the other yellowish. Wtf? I’m dead serious. #TFMB—@JOSH_MCDANIELS
According to urologist Arthur Goldstein, M.D., one of the most common reasons for a split stream is doing one’s business standing up with just an unzippered fly. this can often be remedied by either urinating while sitting down or completely dropping one’s trousers while standing and urinating. I advise you to do one of the two at all times from now on, especially when at the Patriots offices and practice facilities and especially when your players are around.
As far as the separate colors, I believe it’s a metaphor for your future. On one side you have a clear, pure path, beckoning you to live and work in a positive fashion and not be an insane piece of garbage. On the other side, you have the dirty, nasty path—the one that pretty much sums up your coaching career thus far. you now have a Frostian opportunity here, and I hope to hear you someday say, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–/ I took the one less traveled by,/ And that without my pants.”
What are your feelings on sideline reporters – mild nuisance or pandering twits? As you can tell, I don’t think very highly of them. I’m all for the gaining of as much information as possible, but often projectile vomit when I hear someone asking, “What was going through your mind when you hit the game winning shot? Or “how do you plan on scoring more points than the opposite team?”
If 99% of athlete responses are just stock clichés anyway, then what’s the point? yes, every once in a while you get gems from Bart Scott, Shaq, Tony Allen, Carlos Zambrano, etc… but I can do without the good if it means getting rid of the bad. How can we make it end? (If we can’t make it end, then can’t all sideline reporters look like Erin Andres? Or maybe be Erin Andrews)—Eddie Griffin, Lincoln Square
I, too, hate most of the TV sideline reporter situation. The pregame, in-game, and postgame interviews with players and coaches are 99% awful and bring the viewer little to nothing of substance. The only information of use that sideline reporters convey during games is about injuries, but even then the sideline reporter is overall a useless middleman. Notice a baseball radio broadcast: rarely is there someone who reports from down near the field, yet injury information makes its way to the radio booth seemingly without any difficulty.
The one guy who gets it right is Zach Zaidman during WBBM Bears broadcasts, and I’m not just saying that because we’re both paid handsomely (ha!) by CBS or because we’re both handsome Gingers. Zaidman doesn’t bring any fluff to the broadcast—he’s sharp, to the point, thorough, and pertinent. That’s all I ask if there has to be someone on the field.
The sound bite gems that we get once in a while during sideline interviews wouldn’t really suffer if sideline reporters were eliminated. Personalities like Bart Scott, et al have a way of pushing to the surface no matter what, and there are still press conferences, locker room interviews, etc. that produce those great nuggets.
Erin Andrews has become an exception, not as far as what info she brings, but in that she has become bigger than her job. She is now part of viewing product, whether she likes it or not or will admit that or not. I begrudge her neither for being an attractive woman nor having a creepy throng of droolers that tune in to see her, and the same goes for other pretty faces who do the job such as Pierre McGuire. If the job exists and attractiveness helps somebody get that job, I can’t fault somebody for it. at the same time, I don’t tune in to a TV sports broadcast for T and A. Cheerleaders, flaunted boobies at Cubs games, and such exist to distract from what’s bad on the field/court/ice and tap into the animalistic nature of perverts and idiots. Sadly, broadcasters know that there are so many of those people that T and A warrants exposure on a broadcast.
Don’t get me wrong—me likey pretty ladies very much. I prefer my sports to be just sports, though.
Overall, the sideline reporter helps fill dead air, brings a faux sense of “being in the game” for the viewer, tells useless emotional background stories, and relays injury information. Essentially, the sideline reporter is the appendix of sports media—doesn’t help, can kill.
Thanks for emailing, tweeting, and reading. If your question did not get answered this time, that does not necessarily mean I am ignoring it. It may be saved for the next mailbag. hopefully you’re a slightly better person now than you were ten minutes ago. If not, your loss.
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Tim Baffoe attended the University of Iowa and Governors State University and began blogging at The Score after winning the 2011 Pepsi Max Score Search. He enjoys writing things about stuff, but not so much stuff about things. when not writing for 670TheScore.com, Tim corrupts America’s youth as a high school English teacher and provides a great service to his South side community delivering pizzas (please tip him and his colleagues well). you can follow Tim’s inappropriate brain droppings on Twitter @Ten_Foot_Midget , but please don’t follow him in real life. He grew up in Chicago’s Beverly To read more of Tim’s blogs click here.
There is not a guy out there who has not longed for the chance to get every girl he sees. the problem is, none of us are all great at being able to seduce women. We think we are strong and powerful guys, but somehow a woman can bring us to our knees. That is the problem my friend, you are lacking the self confidence needed to attract women and in the end seduce them. Gaining self confidence is a process, but I want to share a few tips that will bring it on a little faster. And always remember the old adage, you need to fake it til you make it.
The art of seduction comes down to one primary thought, it is all about raw sexual attraction. if you can gain the ability to have that show through, seducing women becomes an easy game. these tips are quick, simple and easy to implement. in fact you could put all of these into action today and be a better man at seduction.
Ready to be Successful at Seduction And get the Girl YOU Really Want?
1. Don’t Under Estimate Her Emotions
We all gripe and complain about the emotions a woman has, it seems every time we turn around they are close to tears or angry. the fact is, they aren’t, it’s just what we have come to believe. What you need to do is pick up on their emotions and play off of them. you need to be able to make a woman feel the right way. you have to bring out a sense of sexual urgency and energy within her. For lack of better words, you have to set the flame on high deep within her. when you are able to sense and trigger the right emotions, any women is within reach for you.
2. there is More to Seduction than just Techniques
Every where you look online, you will read about techniques for better sex, better blowjobs and better ways to pick up girls. you have to break free of all the techniques out there, because all they will do, is just bog you down with details. part of being able to seduce a woman is getting into the right mindset and breaking the chains of who you are right now. you don’t have a girl, because you are going about things the wrong way. so that shows me, you need to change your direction of thinking. once you do this, you will see a major change in being able to get women.
3. it Doesn’t matter if you are as ugly as A Goat
Not all of us were blessed with Brad Pitt’s good genes, and short of plastic surgery there really isn’t much we can do about it. Although don’t let your looks hold you back, because they don’t matter as much as you think. if you are not the best looking guy in the world, that’s not what’s holding you back with women. It’s because you have always heard the ugly guy never gets the girl, and you have suffered a blow to your ego and self confidence year after year. so forget about the looks, go buy some new clothes and give yourself a change of style. there is some truth to the saying that the clothes make the man. Even if you can only afford one really good outfit, go buy it and see the change it gives your attitude. just keep yourself clean and be unique, let your personality shine through.
4. one Final Tip to get Her in Bed
Every woman you meet or talk to already knows that you want to sleep with them. so they put up barrier after barrier to keep you from the prize. Your job is to break through each one of those barriers. Women are on the winning side, they can have sex with any guy they want. It’s just the way it is, they have the vagina, we have the penis. We are always going to be chasing them, not the other way around. so plan to be breaking down those walls they put up, they already know what you want. once you get past those initial ways, seducing her becomes an easy task.
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