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Super Bowl star Plexico Burress shot himself in the leg at a night club in New York City on friday night. Not only did he ruin his season, and hurt his team, but he is also going to be charged with criminal possession of a weapon. Why is it that all football players have to get into trouble at night clubs? Adam “Pacman” Jones got into who knows how much trouble, and now Plexico Burress. Burress is reportedly ok; he was released from the hospital Saturday afternoon.

Plexico’s injury did not seem to affect the Giants, who rolled over the Redskins today 23-7. The surprise of the day was the 49ers victory over the Bills. Good for San Francisco, they need what they can get at this point. Isaac Bruce, the formers Rams star, had a pretty good day for the Niners, with 5 receptions and a touchdown. Denver is currently beating the New York Jets, which is good for the Patriots, who are up 10-3 on the Steelers in the third quarter at this moment. I can’t really say much else at this point. I have a twelve page essay to type on Roman government compared to Greek government, and then compared to modern western government. So I have a fun day ahead of me. Thanks for reading

Black Friday became a bloody Friday in Southern California when two men shot eachother to death near the check out line of a Toys R’ Us in SoCal. Apparently the shootout was started because two women began screaming at eachother, and then one of the women punched the other woman in the face. Before anyone knew what was happening, one of the men pulled a gun, the other did the same, and they shot eachother to death. I am not exactly sure how this happens, or what kind of person brings a gun to a Toys R’ Us for that matter, but that is irrelevant. This just shows how screwed up the world is… people can’t go to a Toys R’ Us without being beat up and/or shot to death? Police reports claimed that the fight was not over merchandise, which makes me wonder what it was about. Also, investigators state that the two couples did not know each other prior to the incident, which seems odd, because how many people would bring a gun to a toy store?

In sporting news, Stephon Marbury is simply an idiot. He got fined $400K for refusing to play a basketball game. He is getting paid millions of dollars to play a great game, something he should love, and he just flat out refuses to play. What an idiot. Marbury is now claiming that he never told Coach Mike D’Antoni that he isn’t playing, apparently insisting that an NBA coach made up a story about his player refusing to play; that is clearly preposterous (did I spell that right?). Marbury makes $190,000 a game, $21 million per year, which probably makes him the most overpaid athlete in the history of sports. Because Marbury skipped the game, he didn’t get paid his $190,000 for that game, and he is being benched against Golden State tomorrow which is another $190,000, PLUS he is getting docked pay for his next game, which is another $190,000. Also, he was fined $400,000 which brings the total to $970,000 that moron Marbury just lost. He has been bleeding the Knicks dry for years, and it has come to this. Marbury is acting mad, saying that this is the end of “the marriage”. No one will sign him after this. Bye bye Starbury

This week’s MNF matchup featured the New Orleans Saints and the Green Bay Packers. The Saints were finally home from a 42 game road trip (that included a game in London against the Chargers) and they made the most of their home field advantage. The Saints put on an offensive show, beating the Packers 51-29. Drew Brees was (in my opinion) the MVP of the game with 323 passing yards and 4 touchdowns, and no picks. The Saint’s D also stepped it up, intercepting Aaron Rodgers three times, and holding him to under 250 yards. Pierre Thomas for the Saints was the best runningback on the field, in a game where running was not a huge factor. He had 87 yards and a career high(tie) two touchdowns. The game was more of an aerial attack, with Drew Brees taking on Aaron Rodgers. Brees was clearly victorious in this aspect, and so was his team. The Saints are now 6-5, whereas the Packers are 5-6. Green Bay seems to have lost all hope at making a playoff run, and seem more focused on trying to fill the void left by the great Brett Favre, who is adjusting nicely with the Jets. Also, Deuce McAllister rushed 5 times….for a total of 5 yards and a touchdown. A week day for the Deuce, but a great day for the Big Easy. Good job Saints.

Alabama is ranked number one in the AP Top 25 rankings and in the BCS rankings. Florida is number two in the AP rankings, whereas Texas is two and Oklahoma three in the BCS. I think that Oklahoma should be number two; especially after their impressive rout of Texas Tech recently. The Sooners shut down the Red Raiders. However, the thing that impressed me about the rankings was not in the top 5, or even the top 10. My favorite team, the Boston College Eagles are ranked 20th. Its great to finally see BC back on top (20 at least). Alabama looks great this year, obviously, and they deserve their number one ranking. I guess we will see soon whether or not they can keep that ranking.

Also, the Warriors lost again on Sunday, which is getting more and more pathetic with each passing game. I love the Warriors, but they can’t seem to win a game. They can’t even beat the 76ers. Luckily, my other favorite teams the Celtics and the Heat are doing well. The C’s are obviously dominant this year, but even the Heat are doing pretty well. Dwyane Wade is fantastic. He really has come back from his injury, as was evident in his offensive and defensive domination of the Beijing Olympics this past summer. Go Flash

The mighty Tennessee Titans have finally lost. It was inevitable; I knew it would happen, it was just a matter of when, where, and what team would do it. People were comparing the Titans to last year’s Patriots, which is completely ridiculous, and they are not even close to the ‘72 Dolphins. I did not expect that the New York Jets would be the team to beat the Titans though. Brett Favre led the way with 224 passing yards and 2 touchdowns. The final score of this afternoon’s historical game was 34-13. In my opinion, the Titans were lucky to be undefeated so long as it is. They were lucky that the NFL has been absent of its usual powerhouses this year. The Patriots are mortal with Brady, the Colts are not the Colts we know and love, and the Cowboys are just bad (they lost to the Rams!). Luckily though, all the talk is over, the Titans finally were exposed as frauds. Also, the Patriots exacted their revenge on the Dolphins today. At this moment there is 30 seconds left in the game, and the Pats are up 48-28. The game is clearly over. Cassel passed for over 400 yards again, (415 yards with 3 TDs). The Brady fill in is certainly doing his best to carry the cleats of the NFL’s best quarterback

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Joey Porter built up a reputation as one of the hardest hitting defenders in the NFL during his years in Pittsburgh. He was traded to Miami in the 2007 and had a year that was uneventful, at best. Porter had one of the worst seasons of his career (statistically speaking) and his Dolphins finished at 1-15. Many critics said that Porter left whatever steam he had back in Pittsburgh with the Steelers. However, this year Joey Porter is showing his critics how wrong they were. He is a Defensive Player of the Year candidate and he is leading a Dolphin’s defense to possible playoff contention. The Dolphins are currently tied for AFC lead (as of today).  Tomorrow they play the Patriots, a team that they managed to beat earlier in the season with their unusual wildcat offense. The Patriots looked like a pop warner team against the Dolphins; they were in complete disarray the entire game, scrambling to figure out what was happening. Joey Porter is a huge part of the Dolphin’s success this year; he has an NFL leading 13.5 sacks as well as several forced fumbles and one recovery. Porter seems to be enjoying himself a lot more this year. It’s good to see that football has finally returned to Miami, and to Joey Porter.

Still, I want the Pats to win tomorrow….

This has been a pretty exciting last couple of days as far as the NBA goes. The Pistons handed the Lakers their first loss of the season, as well as snapping the Cavalier’s 8 game win streak. I was a little worried that the Celtics might have some trouble taking down Detroit yesterday. That is, until, I remembered the dominance that is the Boston Celtics. The Celtics embarrased the Pistons 98-80 in an easy game. The high scorer for the game was not one of the (new) Big 3, but rather the quick rising point guard, Rajon Rondo. Rondo is quickly proving himself as a legitimate point guard in this league. He is just as quick, if not quicker, than point guards like Chris Paul. He can pass very well and he hustles on defense. Rondo attacks the basket with tenacity and is pretty successful at it. However, Rondo could improve his jumper; if he obtained a quality 3 point shot he would be deadly. As it is, the Celtics seem nearly untouchable, except for the occasional fluke game (like the one against the Pacers earlier this season). Paul Pierce is having another great season. He slimmed down for the season and he is playing great. He scores without forcing shots. He is unselfish and a great teammate, which is partly why he is my favorite player in the league. As Brother Ali said. “The Truth is Here”.

I can’t really think of anything to write about today, it has been a pretty boring day so far. I failed a calculus test, did homework, and played basketball. The only thing that I am looking forward is Thanksgiving, and then finally getting a break from school over Christmas. Being a student sucks. At least the office is on tomorrow.

Actually, I do have something to say. I am pretty impressed with how the Miami Heat are playing so far this year. Dwyane Wade is back in his top form. We haven’t seen Dwyane like this since he dominated the Mavs in the NBA finals a few years ago. He seems to be recovering well. However, today Wade put in 40 points with 11 assists and the Heat still lost to Toronto. Wade can’t do all the work, its time for Beasley to step up and shoulder at least SOME of the load. Also, the Spurs are doing horrible this year. I know they have several key players injured, but come on, they’re the San Antonio Spurs. They can’t be playing this badly.

Dustin Pedroia was announced today as the American League MVP. I could not be happier about this (I am a huge Red Sox fan and he is my favorite player). Pedroia is having a great career so far, and he has only played two seasons. Last year he was voted the Rookie of the Year, and this year he was voted AL MVP. Pedroia, standing only 5′9″ tall, is the first second baseman since 1959 to win the AL MVP award. Pedroia put up huge stats this year, offensively and defensively. The Red Sox will have a great future if Dustin keeps up the great work at second base, and keeps hitting as well as he has been. Pedroia won the MVP voting in a land slide, easily beating out every other candidate. In third place in the voting was another Red Sox infielder, first/third baseman Kevin Youkilis. Good job Dustin. go sox

Yesterday the Pittsburgh Steelers made NFL history. Apparently the Steelers victory over the Chargers yesterday was the first ever 11-10 game in NFL history. In almost 13000 games there has never been an 11-10 game before now. The Steelers won the game with 11 seconds to go on a 32 yard field goal. Technically, the score should have been 17-10 in the Steelers favor though. Troy Polamalu picked off a terrible lateral pass and ran it into the endzone, but the refs called it an “illegal forward pass”. Later on the referees realized their mistake, but it wouldn’t have done anything but change NFL history. The Steelers were the victors regardless. Pittsburgh is having another great season, let’s see if they can actually make it through the playoffs without choking this time. San Diego is not 0-13 in Pittsburgh. Nice job chargers.