Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Ben Johnson

Hahahahahahahahaha! Vancouver Canucks!! Played all year to host game 7. How’d that work out? You think it was going to win itself? Just guarantee it and not actually show up to play?!

I HATE that fucking stadium in Vancouver!!! Twice in a little over a year there have been heartbreaking overtime losses there-USA vs Can in the gold medal game and the Hawks just several weeks ago. I HATE those stupid white fucking towels they insist on waving. They probably make good handkerchiefs to cry into. (Fucking golden!)

I HATE how they try to make Canucks games an American vs Canadian thing-considering ALL NHL teams have Canadians, Americans, Swedes, Czechs, Finns, etc. Have you guys ever seen the national anthems before a game in Vancouver? They bring out some 4th grade music teacher reject to sing the Star Spangled Banner off key and WAY too fast. Then they bring in the professional opera singer to belt out Oh, Ca-na-wahh? So, friggin’ disrespectful! Sing both anthems right, you losers!!.

Anyhow, they may have barely beat a subpar Hawks team this year, but Vancouver’s angst will continue. Enjoy the Presidents’ trophy. Take that back to your hometown this summer and see who turns out!

Congratulations to the Boston Bruins for their dismantling of the Vancouver Canucks. That city has had seven championships from their sports in the last decade and it was their first hockey championship since 1972. Like Nemo, I cannot stand this fucking team. A majority of those guys are pieces of shit. They have Alex Burrows is enjoys pulling hair and biting fingers like a damn pussy. Include that with a douche like Ryan Kesler and a one of the dirtiest players in the game in Raffi Torres. Speaking of Torres, Barry Rozner of the Daily Herald said on the radio Wednesday morning that the Blackhawks should get him. Keep in the mind, this is the same guy that said they should trade Patrick Kane. What a dumbass.

In addition, their fans are pieces of shit too: As in 1994 when the Canucks pissed away the Cup against the Rangers, their fans were rioting in the city like sore losers. Here’s the link.

Last but not least, bye-bye Bobby Lu.

Hey guys. You all remember this article I wrote last year? Within that article are comments from various idiots as well telling me I was wrong. An example would be by a man (or woman) named Richard Chugger who defended LeBron for saying that the teams he was on were bad and that’s why he never won a title. So then, he goes to the Heat and what happens? Yep. Still no title. I wonder how the assholes at ESPN are feeling right now. This feels so fucking great. It couldn’t have happened to a better bunch of turds like the Heat.

For many years before that article and to this day, I have said that LeBron James will NEVER win a title. Why? Because he is and will always be a self-centered, selfish punk. Seeing the Mavericks win put a big smile on my face. I am happy for Mark Cuban. He took a laughingstock of the NBA and turned it into a championship winning team. I give him credit because I thought their team was finished a couple years ago. It just goes to show you that with the right owners, general manager, coaches, players, etc. that anything is possible.

Memo to LePunk: Have fun in Miami for the next four years. Enjoy never getting your ring. That is unless you buy a championship ring from a player on the Mavericks.

Deb Placey has had a lot of air time on the NHL Network since the Stanley Cup Playoffs have been under way. She is the host of their NHL Live! show as well as hosting the pre/post game shows in the Stanley Cup Final. If anybody wants to pull the shit of “she’s old”, fuck off. 45 isn’t old. If you think she is, well like a fine wine, she is getting better with age. Many women that I am attracted to are ones in their 40’s or 50’s. Deb Placey is indeed, a babe. It’s not just her looks either. What makes her attractive the most is that she actually knows what she is talking about unlike other women reporters who just report the obvious (Sarah Kustok). So here’s to Deb Placey. Keep up the good work.

Good Monday to you all. Stay cool folks. We are going to be in the upper 90’s for the next couple days.

1. First off, I wish that everyone had a safe Memorial Day weekend.

2. I would like to thank Fork and CT at Hockeenight for their gathering on Friday night at Galway Bay Pub near Lincoln Park. I ended up meeting and surprisingly getting along with Big Cheyenne, Morpehus, Mike D., Oleg, Thrillho, Start Kyle Orton, Tonker and wait for it…a drunk Irish Yeti. He did NOT bring his stat book. Sorry if I missed anybody else but anyway, thanks again guys for a fun night.

3. So that brings me this: We are still on schedule for the weekend of June 24th for Genre’s return home. Unfortunately, we only have Friday, the 24th and Sunday, the 26th. I was reminded the other day that I already had Saturday, the 25th booked for something else.

This gives us at least three weeks to figure this out. I am guessing Sunday, the 26th would be the best day. If not, we can all meet up either in Chicago or as we previously planned, in Kenosha. So please, let me know what day and location works the best.

GOOD-BYE!

And there you have it ladies and gentleman. The Bulls did what I said they were going to do. I said it a hundred times and I will say it one final time this season: Missed free throws, stupid shots and dumb turnovers will hurt the Bulls when it matters the most.

At least a get couple months to relax without sports. I could use it. Assuming there is a football season, things will be a quiet around here until late July when training camp starts. Until then, I will take a bit of a break on sports.

In the second part of this latest article, I am going to focus on the current state on TNA. I will say that I have not watched TNA in quite a while and that’s because it has become unbearable to watch. I am writing this article based on reading about what is going on lately and I think that in itself is a good enough reason not to invest time into their weekly show.

I have tried to watch TNA on a consistent basis in the beginning of 2010. I have tried to like TNA since and I cannot believe how awful one product can be. All of the blame can be placed on one person: Dixie Carter. I think even before Hogan and Bischoff arrived that TNA was at a standstill as far as talent and their development was concerned. However, when Carter decided to hire these two guys and give them the keys to the car, saying that disaster was going to happen would be an understatement. Let me say that I thought there would be a chance that Bischoff had one last run in him as the guy in charge and that if anyone was going to turn it around, he would be the guy. Instead, it was the same old shit. TNA would have been better off finding someone in the stands and appointing him or her to be in charge. It couldn’t have been any worse.

They took the most athletic and charismatic guy in A.J. Styles and ruined his career by hiring Ric Flair and having Styles play Flair’s character. Along with that was hiring the third floor of the senior citizen home and making them main event stars in the recently mentioned Flair, Kevin Nash, S cott Hall and continuing to let Sting hog the main event. All of those guys are at least 50 years old. Why TNA would want any of those guys even in a wrestling capacity is anybody’s guess. In addition, the Nasty Boys were rehired for a short period of time by none other than Hogan.

It gets worse ladies and gentleman. TNA has recently been having television and radio commercials promoting the name change of their show from “TNA Impact” to “Impact Wrestling”. Along with that, their commercials involve Hogan and a few others attacking Vince McMahon by saying they are a wrestling company and not entertainment. So now that they are not only failing miserably to WWE, they still continue to attack them knowing no one gives a shit about them other than the 2,000 fans who attend their shows by chanting “This is wrestling!” and “Holy shit! Holy shit!”.

The one thing I can give credit to Vince McMahon for is that he has never attacked another company publicly. He tells his workers to not worry about anything and to do their jobs. TNA on the other hand, continuously throw jabs at WWE by criticizing them. If TNA was winning this battle, I could somewhat understand it. TNA couldn’t carry WWE’s jock.

I have been meaning to write this article for a few weeks but due to work and the Bulls showing all of us how great they are, I am finally getting a chance to speak my mind on a couple things that have been bothering me in the world of wrestling.

When the WWF went to the roster split back in 2002, a majority of wrestling fans knew that things were going to change for the worse. In 1999 when Smackdown! made it’s debut on UPN, it was almost certain that WWF would take over and they did so by forcing Ted Turner and WCW out of business. Personally, I was really happy with what was going on with Smackdown! because I didn’t have cable at the time and the only way I could watch RAW was to go to a friend’s house, have that friend tell me what happened the next day or wait for Shotgun Saturday Night (later Jakked) to see the results. Then the roster split comes in which some stars are only on RAW and others on Smackdown!. This decision by Vince McMahon in my opinion is what has started a decline in credibility that wrestlers have and the titles that they are holding today. Since then, titles such as the European, Hardcore, Women’s and Light Heavyweight have all been retired. Today, only the WWE, World Heavyweight, Intercontinental and the newly introduced Divas belts remain. I believe the lack of titles has impacted the roster.

There are too many wrestlers and not enough titles. This is one of the many reasons why the WWE/World Title has changed hands so often in the last few years. Another reason would probably be because Vince McMahon, Triple H and the rest of the writers don’t know their head from their ass when it comes to talent these days. An example would be when Christin won the World Heavyweight Title at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view only to lose it on Smackdown! that same week. What I am about to present next is something that wrestling fans can find disturbing.

Time for stats (Cue Irish Yeti): In 2007, the WWE Title was held by only two wrestlers (Triple H and Randy Orton) and in 2008, Triple H and Edge were the only ones to hold the belt. In 2009 however, the title changed hands nine times. Just by looking at history, that’s way too many times and thus, has ruined the significance of holding a title in WWE. For the World Heavyweight Title, it changed hands seven times in 2009 and eight times in 2010.

If the WWE wants the significance of holding a title back, I think it is a must to bring back titles such as the European and Light Heavyweight Title. One problem I believe one unfortunate decision they made is that they retired the Women’s Championship and replaced it with the Divas Championship. Since the titles have switched countless times, we as fans cannot and will not remember many of the victories for guys like John Cena or Randy Orton. We all can remember the times when Steve Austin, The Rock or Hulk Hogan won their titles. Sadly, winning the title these days doesn’t mean as much as it did 15 years ago.

This last point is something I won’t spend much time on but WWE recently announced that their initials no longer stand for anything. Supposedly, WWE is entertainment and not wrestling. My question is why? Does McMahon hate the word “wrestling” so much? If so, what is he going to do about WrestleMania? Will he now call it “EntertainmentMania”?