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The NBA implemented a new dress code of "business-casual" to promote a new, more professional look for the players, as opposed to the look of neanderthal cavemen who destroy everything in their path, which was promoted by that Pacers-Pistons brawl last season.
Reading this news, it appears that most of the players (notably black players, I'm observing) are really pissed about this change. The code apparently says that players cannot sport doo-rags, hats tilted sideways, t-shirts and jerseys, or big dookie gold chains. Players are expected to be representing the league when they are on league time (i.e. throughout the season, sitting injured on the bench, and on airplanes to away games).
This wasn't a problem for the Magics, the Isaiah's, the Ewings, and god forbid even the Barkleys. But for the Duncan's, the Iverson's, the Stephen Jackson's? Well...
-Said Tim Duncan: "I think it's a load of crap. I understand what they're trying to do with the hats and do-rags and jerseys and stuff. That's fine. But I don't understand why they would take it to this level. I think it's basically retarded. I don't like the direction they're going, but who am I?"
Yes, Tim, you're absolutely right. It is retarded to expect professional basketball players to act & dress like ... hmm, professionals? Dressing professional is retarded ... right, so I guess the Dawn of Hope residents look like Fortune 500 execs?
- Allen Iverson: ""I feel like if they want us to dress a certain way, they should pay for our clothes."
Hello, you shithead, they already are paying for your clothes, to the tune of millions of dollars a year.
- Stephen Jackson: "I have no problem dressing up (business) casual because I know I'm a nice-looking guy. But as far as chains, I definitely feel that's a racial statement. Almost 100 percent of the guys in the league who are young and black wear big chains. So I definitely don't agree with that at all."
Bwaa-hahahahaha! It wasn't even one news article out before someone started waving the race card. Jesus tapdancing Christ, it's getting so you can't do anything in the world today without someone thinking your infringing on their racial heritage. Oh, wait, Puff Daddy & Jay-Z are out wearing suits and casual business wear ... are they the victims of some vile racism too? And don't forget, Jackson, about 500 years ago, being young and black and wearing big chains ... you know, wasn't really that great a fashion statement.
The SGM Hoss Report
Whatever happened to the big man in wrestling? As prominent as the Big John Studds, the Steve "Dr. Death" Williams, and the Van Vaders used to be, it seems that big name professional wrestling is relying more and more on the lighter middle- to cruiserweight wrestlers to push their product. John Cena is the current big name WWF champion. Jarrett is holding weight in a fed where the X-division reigns highly on the list of important contributions of TNA. However, the big man, the heaviest of heavyweights still lingers on. This is to review the contributions throughout the week of the big man ... the HOSS~!
(Now, understand that I've taken a brief hiatus from watching WWF product, simply because Raw, the flagship of the company, has grown to insult me by relying on tactics better suited for 6-8 years ago, but have no business on my TV in 2005. That said, I will be relying on newsreports of the shows to get an idea of who's coming up in the hoss game.)
1) Batista: Remains the WWF World Champion for Smackdown! since April 3, 2005. Shame that the apparent quality of SD! doesn't exactly make this achievement that great. However, Eddie Guerrero made Lesnar look even better. Speaking of ...
2) Brock Lesnar: Lesnar remains New Japan's heavyweight title holder. Rumors of him being involved in TNA are apparently way off base, and will be until 2010, when his no-compete clause settlement with WWF expires for American competition. By that time, expect him back in WWF, dancing with the Mariachis and destroying midgets until sundown.
3) Kane: The big Fred machine came back, and I think if I was actually watching Raw, I would have automatically known the outcome of the battle royal the minute he came out. So he scored a berth in the running for Cena's title, good for him. I figured it was time for the annual "let's push Kane for the title for a little while, just for fun" run. Of course, anyone who puts down money on the chances of a Cena/Angle/Kane main at Taboo Tuesday might as well just hand their money over to me. I see Kane/Big Show vs. Cade/Murdoch ... "so long tag titles, we hardly knew ye."
4) Big Show: He also scores a high spot for Taboo Tuesday, defeating Edge to be considered as a candidate for a World Title shot against Cena, with Angle seconding. But, see also "Kane, Big Red Machine, The" for my beliefs on his chances. Sorry, that main is Cena/Angle/Michaels, anything else is just worked balloting. Imagine Big Showbowski to team with Kane ... I'm also calling a turn between to two, to set up the umpteenth Kane/Big Show angle. Shame Ray Traylor (rest his soul) already made off with BS's dad's corpse ... maybe Kane can rape it, given his cadaver love.
5) Monty Brown: Steals the win in the big six-man tag match on Impact 10/22, killing AJ Styles with a Pounce from nowhere. He's looking solid going into his World title hunt, which should strongly commence after his destruction of Lance Hoyt at "Bound For Glory." Were I writing this on Sunday, post-PPV, he'd probably rank higher on the list than #5.
6) JBL: His stock may have dipped some since he lost the World title, and he may not have been able to do shit for Batista in the ring, but his bullying persona, combined with this decimation of Rey Misterio, seems to fit well. It would be amusing if Misterio & JBL were picked for the same side in the Raw vs. Smackdown tag hyped for TabTues. But the sheep will probably pick Matt Hardy ... pbbbbt.
7) Abyss: Kane-Lite continues to destroy and make me a happy man. Shame he can't translate this into a TNA title shot. Chalk me up to one person who'd be extremely pleased with an Abyss/Samoa Joe match. Book it, STAT!
8) Chris Masters: So, have we given up on the Masterlock Challenge? No one can break it?? C'mon, surely someone can ... anyone? Hello? All I hear is crickets chirping.
Hoss to watch
Bobby Lashley: Ahmed Johnson 2005 looked pretty solid in the two matches I was priveleged to see him compete in. Now, if only he can break out the botches and accidental concussions & multiple self-inflicted injuries, and we'll have a return to my favorite black wrestler of all time.
[Comics] Infinite Crisis #1
The Good:
Wonder Woman, murderer - 'Bout damn time, too. Although it really puts into question the wisdom of writing Max Lord as the killer of Blue Beetle, if the plan was for him to get offed so soon.
Geoff Johns - He ain't no Marv Wolfman, but he can handle multi-character stories well enough.
Everything old is new again - The Titans to Freedom Fighters transitions was very well done. Now, do I honestly think any of these folks are truly dead/ won't be somehow resurrected in some later storyline? Hell no.
"The last time you inspired anyone was when you were dead."
The Not-so-much:
Seven issues do not a maxi-series make - I like the almost 2 yr setup of this storyline, don't get me wrong. But when it finally went down, I feel like I'm coming into the middle of something, instead of wholeheartedly being down with the whole story.
Earth-2 Superman? - Double-you tee eff? You gotta be joking me. I just don't see that working. That singlehandedly made this thing feel like "Secret Wars 2," to me.
Scary Movie Madness: Horror Films coming out Oct 25 2005
A complete overload of giallo next week, it appears.
- Bird With the Crystal Plumage
- Cannibal Holocaust
- Day Of The Triffids
- Dead & Buried
- Doctor Blood's Coffin
- Dominion: Prequel To The Exorcist (Yes, there's already one out, called "Exorcist the Beginning." That was done by a different director, with a different storyline. "Dominion" is the original director's vision. I read about this in Fangoria ... the whole thing smells like a work for more money to me.)
- Frankenstein's Bloody Terror
- House Of Wax (Not the Vincent Price one. Not worth your time. Seeing Paris Hilton get killed provides as much visceral thrills as watching her get fucked. And having seen the latter, I can only imagine her acting is just as shitty in the former.)
- Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales
- Munsters Complete Season 2
- Nail Gun Massacre
- Seven Deaths In The Cat's Eye
- Spider Forest
- Strip Nude For Your Killer
- Terror Beneath The Sea
Amazon.com is running a Buy 2-Get 1 Free sale for all videogames. Sell your first born, get copies of "Psychonauts," "God of War," and "Shadow of the Colossus." That last one, PSM ranks that bad boy pretty damn high. The first two I have, and are very solid gaming experiences. Although you could probably hit the Toys R Us stores and get better selections, as Amazon keeps you pinned in to the same price categories.
Me, I think I'm going the cheap way out this time and going for some twenty bones games.
Sale ends the 29th of Octoberpus.
Junkyard Dog & Rodney Dangerfield are your 2005 Hennig Cup winners!
TNA Bound For Glory
Bell time: 7:30PM
NWA World Title Match
Jeff Jarrett (c) -vs- Kevin Nash
Special guest referee: Tito Ortiz
(Note: News reports have come out saying that Nash was rushed to the hospital this weekend, and he may not be in shape to compete. Don't know how this affects the show.)
TNA X Title Match
30 Min Ironman Match
AJ Styles (c) -vs- Christopher Daniels
(I still say that 30 minutes does not an Ironman match make, but hey, Styles/Daniels I at Against All Odds was alleged to be a great match, so we'll see.)
NWA World Tag Team Title Match
America's Most Wanted (James Storm/Chris Harris)(c)
-vs-
The Naturals (Chase Stevens/Andy Douglas)
Ultimate X Match
Winner is the #1 contender to the X division title
Petey Williams -vs- Chris Sabin -vs- Matt Bentley
Monsters Ball 2
Jeff Hardy -vs- Abyss -vs- Rhino -vs- Sabu
(People have been bitching about the stips for this, where the four wrestlers are "locked in a room for 24 hrs with no light, no food, no water, then released to unleash psychotic holy hell on their opponents." People are too damn "smart" for their own good, I say.)
Samoa Joe -vs- Jushin "Thunder" Liger
X-Division Four-Way Match
Sonjay Dutt -vs- Austin Aries -vs- Alex Shelley -vs- Roderick Strong
(I don't know much about this match, but I know from having watched enough ROH that you have in this match 3 members of Generation Next in Aries, Shelley, and Strong. Hmmm ... Doesn't look good for Dutt. I hope this means Jack Evans shows up.)
Lance Hoyt -vs- Monty Brown
3 Live Kru -vs- Team Canada
Simon Diamond, David Young & Elix Skipper
-vs-
Apolo, Sonny Siaki & Shark Boy
(Right here's your "free 30 minutes," plus a number of promos to get the show started.)
Again, another weekend down, another article out.
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