Can’t wait for the Ocho and Owens Show
I don’t think NFL fans are fully appreciating what the Cincinnati Bengals have created. Let me repeat, Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson Ochocinco are going to be on the same team. Doe anyone understand how big of a circus this could potentially be? I don’t think we do. You see, iron sharpens iron and men sharpen men and well sideshows, they team up to form gongshows, so yeah, please believe I’m getting my popcorn ready to watch the Bengals all year long.
Both of these players are never at a loss for words. And both of these players have done something quite unique with their personas. With the amount of press attention, controversy and practical joking both Owens and Ocho have done, they become their own entities off the field. You can be sure that when Owens is done playing football he’ll have gigs on some sort of reality television show much like he has in the past. And Ocho, well, everybody loves Ocho, I’m a little surprised that he didn’t win Dancing with the Stars, actually I’m a little pissed, I had a c-note riding on him.
The point is, the world doesn’t love these guys because they are hard working athletes that just shut up and play football and win all the time, hell no, they’re loved because their personalities are larger than life. So, you put these two together and we’re likely to see NFL clowning on whole new level, at least I’m hoping so. Here’s a little reminder of just how far Owens and Ocho have taking clowning in the past, just in case you forgot.
Owens Celebrates In the Cowboys Star
The game became about T.O. and to be honest, it made it kind of awesome especially the second time he tried for the star.
What can you really say about Chad Ochocinco that he hasn’t already said about himself? The answer is nothing, here are some of Ocho’s finer moments.
Best of Ochocinco
I can’t wait for the Owens & Ocho show, with this possibly being T.O.’s last season, I don’t want to miss any of his antics now that he’s got Ocho by his side encouraging it. Carson Palmer might become the next posterboy for Tylenol Extra Strength Headache relief, I certainly don’t envy him in that huddle!
They’ve curbed end zone celebrations now, but back in the day of clown, TO and Ocho were the best in the business.
Wynn doubles its pleasure with double the profits in Q2
Wynn Resorts Ltd. has reported doubling its profits in the second quarter of 2010 over the same period last year, echoing positive results stated yesterday by Sands China and Melco Crown. The good news is largely down to the fact that Wynn opened Encore Macau, its second casino property in the Asian money factory, in April of this year. Double the casinos, double the profits… Does this mean shareholders can expect triple the profits when its Cotai resort eventually opens to the public? You’re setting a dangerous precedent here, Steve… Read more.
HS Ballers Roll the dice on going pro
Bettors should keep an eye on Jeremy Tyler, he might end up making noise in the NBA one day very soon. But we would rather him be making noise for college basketball right now wouldn’t we? What’s wrong with these kids, you’re a 6-11 beast with hands, relax, go to college, sleep with some hot cheerleaders, don’t worry you’re going to the league!
Everybody talks about Brandon Jennings, but it was Jeremy Tyler who was the first American born player, who actually left high-school early to go play professionally overseas. It was probably a bad idea and Tyler is now just another highschool phenom who decided to forego college basketball to play pro and is now on the verge of being forgotten. Read more.
It’s a bit of a risky call for many young North American basketball prospects to skip college and head straight to professional basketball overseas or in some foreign country. But since the NBA raised it’s age eligibility, we’ve seen more and young athletes having electing to try their luck in the professional ranks outside North America. I say it’s risky because going to college and moving to a completely different country are apples and oranges. For a 19 year old kid, being in a different country and essentially a different world can be a huge challenge. Now NBA star, Brandon Jennings found that out the hard way, and he actually tried to warn others to be wary of following in his footsteps. Read more.
Jennings was able to persevere through the culture shock from being away from, although he was lucky enough to have his family with him. Kids these days have to ask themselves if they truly know what they are getting themselves into and most of these young American ballers don’t, they just want to play ball. The next thing they know, they’ve ended up in a foreign world where nothing makes sense to them and they can’t even concentrate on ball, as the saying goes, “You’re a long way away from Kansas kid”.
To me, the worst part of this trend is how it hurts college basketball. I don’t want to see more and more talented young players heading overseas, I want to see them in Duke, North Carolina and Michigan State uniforms winning and losing championships and playing in Final Fours, and I know I’m not the only one.
But for the kid that goes overseas or plays in some other professional market, surviving the year will pay dividends. We saw how mature Brandon Jennings’ game was as a rookie, he credited that to playing with other men and constantly practicing and competing against other pros. Even though Brandon Jennings did not put up numbers overseas, the knowledge he brought back with him allowed him to put up huge rookie numbers in the NBA.
NBA player dies in Memphis…literally
When you hear an NBA player has died in Memphis, you might shrug it off, it wouldn’t surprise you that yet another player has killed his career with the Grizzlies franchise, but this time it’s far more serious than what happens on the hardwood. Former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has been found dead in Memphis, killed by a gunshot wound. Read more.
PokerStars claims immunity from Frank bill amendments
There’s been lots of cheering from gamblers ever since the House Financial Services Committee approved the Barney Frank-sponsored online gambling bill. The folks at PokerStars are also cheering, despite an amendment to the bill that would disqualify participation from sites that continued to take American customers post-UIGEA, like, er, PokerStars. However, PokerStars’ lawyers don’t think that specific wording applies in their case. So is PokerStars splitting legal hairs here, or employing some lame attempt at Jedi mind tricks? “These aren’t the poker sites you’re looking for. They can go about their business.” Yeah, good luck with that. Read more.
Bwin/PartyGaming merger is great news… for its competitors
In the wake of the Bwin/PartyGaming merger news, there’s a PDF up on their site that’s being used to sell skeptical shareholders on the (theoretical) benefits of the deal, and it’s an interesting read. For instance, listed prominently on their ‘roadmap’ is the plan to “further consolidate the online gaming sector through M&A.” In other words, the new fat kid on the block intends on becoming even fatter. (Could a PartyPastry offshoot be far off? Perhaps a fluffy golden cream-filled concoction called Bwinkies?)
The talk is not all about gorging and growing — one area in which the behemoth will be getting smaller is its roster of key staff members, as the merger is expected to result in a combined cull of some €30-40M off their payroll. That’s a lot of talented people suddenly on the dole and private companies like Bodog Europe expect to take full advantage by snapping up (a) staff who have been cut loose, and (b) those who rightly fear they will be made redundant in the next big merger, regardless of how many years of service they’ve devoted to their present employer.
In short, we stand by our earlier prediction that the people most likely to welcome this news will not be Bwin or Party shareholders, but their competitors in the online gambling marketplace. The fusion of the two entities into a whole removes one significant competitor from the arena, and dumps a lot of disgruntled ex-soldiers onto the city streets to search for another army who better appreciates their talents (and the trade secrets they might also bring with them). Not to mention that for the next year or so, senior execs at this new company will be so distracted with changing the letterhead and issuing new business cards and figuring out who gets the corner offices that they’re not likely to be bothered with pesky shit such as product innovation and the like. But hey, onward and outward, right?
