Roundup: NCAA Hypocrisy, Obama Reelection Sparking Gun Sales, Stanley Kubrick as a Photojournalist
Good Morning…This is Joanne Froggatt…aka “Anna” from Downton Abbey… Why government anti-obesity efforts fail…On Scottish Independence…Costa Rica is trying to go smoke free… Not just Catholics…Movie snack prices are ridiculously expensive…Rush is losing advertisements. Speaking of Rush…blowhard fight! Obama reelection fear sparks gun sales…iPads are taking over… A George W Bush impersonator died… The Oreo turns 100.
No one points out NCAA hypocrisy quite like Dan Wetzel. [Yahoo!]
Newspapers lose $7 in print ads for every $1 they gain online. Yikes. [Journalism.Org]
The A’s don’t have much leverage in stare down with Giants. [Mercury News]
Baron Davis discusses being heckled by Donald Sterling. [ProBasketballTalk]
ESPN headline writers have infiltrated Disney. [Gawker]
The 20 Dumbest John Madden Quotes. [The Honolulu Blue]
Drunk driver high-fives cop who pulled him over. [Daily Mail]
Man sues Baptist church, claiming his years as evangelist ruined chance to play for Man U. [Guardian]
Before and after pictures of the Japanese Tsunami. [MSNBC]
Why locker room twitpics are seldom a good idea. [Kickette]
Lamar Odom is having a rough time in Dallas, beyond the sex swing. [FOX Sports]
Indiana Jones’ tenure application was denied. [McSweeney's]
Stanley Kubrick was quite the photojournalist, before he grew up and did something with his life. [Retronaut]
A mother in Indiana lost her legs saving her children from a tornado. [Courier Journal]
Robert Mancini gets mistaken for Mario Balotelli. Understandable. All Italians look alike.
They took this surprisingly calmly.
Steph Curry hangs out with some kids on his off day.
The Kinks…
[Photo via Getty]
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- LeBron James and Paul George’s Epic Game 1 Battle Looks Even Cooler in Slow Motion [Video]
- Manchester City Players Were Super Excited To Catch Passes From Eli Manning [Video]
- Miami Heat Remix of Pitbull’s “Feel This Moment?” Dále!
- Buffalo Bills Fan Has O.J. Simpson Mug Shot Tattoo on His Thigh
- orly57 on John Tortorella And a Ref Dropped F-Bombs On Live TV During the Rangers-Bruins Game [Video]
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- Nada on Fox Sports 1 Heavily in Pursuit of Former NFL Player Trevor Pryce and ESPN Chicago's Sarah Spain
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March 6th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Waif
/Team Boobs & Hips
March 6th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
Oh … here’s the Roundup …
March 6th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
I’m mostly out of the mix today. Any emails you send … please also send to CRM, Duffy, Lisk, Hernia
March 6th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Obama reelection fear sparks gun sales
Hooray for living under irrational fear!
Newspapers lose $7 in print ads for every $1 they gain online. Yikes.
Hey now. I thought monetizing the ‘Net was the wave of the future, especially for news content. Evolve or die, old wave media.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
nice Kinks vid.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Working out all day? Gotta maintain those guns.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
Will they be able to fix the issue of the most recent post on the main page being from noon yesterday?
March 6th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Robert Mancini gets mistaken for Mario Balotelli
Ah Mancini. The mascot’s best buddy.
Before and after pictures of the Japanese Tsunami
wow. Lots to rebuild. Barren sites everywhere. The before shot on #23 is kind of heartbreaking.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
This list could be alot longer.
“If you hold onto the ball, you won’t fumble”
/If a frog had wings, it wouldn’t bump his ass everytime he jumps
March 6th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
I think I’ll requote this every 8-10 comments just to keep it fresh.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Those before and after pictures of Japan make me ask,,,where did all the garbage go? What did they do with the wreckage?
March 6th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
ribbit.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Movie snack prices are ridiculously expensive
Water is wet?
Robert Mancini gets mistaken for Mario Balotelli
Dat’s rayceessss!
March 6th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
where did all the garbage go? What did they do with the wreckage?
I thought the exact same thing. There has to be some Godzilla sized pile of rubbish somewhere over there. What’d they do in NOLA?
March 6th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Job creator.
SROD…you’re alive. Good to know.
Duffy, good work on the Round Up. I found myself clicking quite a few links.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
santorum election fear sparks plastic sheets sales.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
thanks, babar.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Alot of it went out to sea
March 6th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Who? What?
March 6th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
There has to be some Godzilla sized pile of rubbish somewhere over there. What’d they do in NOLA?
March 6th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Indiana Jones’ tenure application was denied
I feel this review applies 2012 archeological standards and forces them on his mid 30′s work. Also, I feel much of his work would be classified as an agent for the US Govt so some of this criticism, including the “Nazi scholar … who, I’m told, plummeted into a fathomless abyss at Dr. Jones’s hand” should not be held against his actual work for Marshall college. He should sue or take his work to a more esteemed school, like Faber.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Damn iPad quote fail!
March 6th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
I don’t know that the Tiana watermelon candy is worse than the Cinderella vanilla dipping stick.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Seems like enough evidence for a class action lawsuit.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Blame it on the site. No one would even notice. Especially the EIC & Minions
March 6th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Same was said after he was elected in 2008.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
I see their UI still blows. Took their sites out of my daily rotation when they did that. I don’t know what controls what scrolling! Ahhhh!!!
March 6th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
I went to bigleadsports.com instead of thebiglead.com and the main page was fine.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Posts bring you back to thebiglead.com, though.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Died of natural causes at 48 eh? Obama’s done it again!
March 6th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Once things dried out, you would just burn, burn and burn some more. The amount of toxic waste & debris must have been unbelievable.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
It seems like online newspapers and porn sites are the only ones that still use those obnoxious pop-up windows.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
A George W Bush impersonator died
I followed this link to the one on Will.I.Am’s cars. 59 Vette, the Royce and the Delorean.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
just wait for the spike in sales int he rest of the country if Santorum wins
March 6th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Obama reelection fear sparks gun sales
As someone who owns several guns, this is absurd. NRA’s biggest donors are Winchester, Remington, etc. Creating fear means big profits for those companies. I’m not a member, but I receive letters from the NRA all the time and can’t believe people buy into their BS.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Agree w/much of the Wetzel article, but don’t really know what the solution is. There has to be some sort of administrative body to manage college athletics, but the NCAA has zero credibility at this point, assuming it ever did.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Walgreens dollar candy bin FTW.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
This is Joanne Froggatt
After further review, she is a little biscuit. When she finished growing up, she’s gonna be something real flash.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Right now, going to the movies is like going to the mall, insomuch as you can get the same thing cheaper and better somewhere else. .
March 6th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
People are so dumb.
Love the avatar.
/Go Dawgs
March 6th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
I was still seeing the post from noon Monday until I logged in this morning. Then I saw everything posted in the past 21 hours.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
a dipshit I know just last week told me I better stock up on bullets because the price is “getting ready to sky-rocket”.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Walgreens dollar candy bin FTW.
The 3 for $3 movie-theater sized candy is a steal. Dots.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
I’m hoarding birth control pills and condoms in case Santorum wins.
More importantly, are you seeing the most recent ads?
March 6th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Will they be able to fix the issue of the most recent post on the main page being from noon yesterday?
An interesting way to get pageviews.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
it’s the only way movie theaters turn profit since ticket sales normally just cover the cost of the film lease from the distribution company, which charges so much b/c the studios have jacked up their prices.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
I know a gay guy who’s a bigwig with the NRA. I wonder if he’s “out” at work and how that would be received.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Gawker does a fantastic job of completely outsmarting themselves with their offerings.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Two weeks from now we’ll get a “The Chris Berman You Don’t Know” profile. Ask him why he’s an asshole when you see him.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Haven’t you heard? This site has no desire to create page views. That’s not what it’s about.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Gawker does a fantastic job of completely outsmarting themselves with their offerings.
That’s why when I insist on no cocaine during working hours at my job.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
if he’s got a permit to carry concealed then i’m sure it would be well received.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
I was thinking more along the lines of, “Syracuse drug investigation shows the NCAA shouldn’t waste their time drug testing at all.”
March 6th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Exactly.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Wetzel is a better spin doctor than Alex Jones. Well done.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
I’m mostly out of the mix today.
Hmmm. Cagily leaves out further info:
A. Tied to TV for the Super Tuesday coverage?
B. Big meeting w/ Gannett overlords.
C. Mending fences w/ BBoB. Re-contacting Lessig re: mobile site.
D. Joys of parenting.
E. Other. (fill in below)
March 6th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Wetzel is a better spin doctor than Alex Jones. Well done. Clown
Wetzel is also reporting that Bin Laden was not dumped in the ocean, but was taken to Delaware.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
I mean…I know that’s sad and all, but come on, wait until you hit a red light or something.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
and studios are raising prices to make up losses from pirated films. so, essentially, the industry hit hardest by the impact of pirated films was the movie concession industry as more people are sneaking food and other snacks into the theatres and not buying at the counter.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
agreed that Wetzel is the worst.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Meeting with Victor Conte.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
After further review, she is a little biscuit.
Hi 5 for the biscuit reference, never heard anyone outside my group of friends use that
March 6th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
my favorite steely dan song is wetzel logic.
/nods at yesterday
March 6th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Could it be because movie studios overpay for Cameron Diaz style shitty acting, overpriced big budgeted movies and marketing that hypes horrible movies only to see those movies lose tens of millions of dollars?
March 6th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Those before and after pictures of Japan make me ask,,,where did all the garbage go? What did they do with the wreckage?
Read a couple stories a few months back that a good amount of the debris is about to hit Hawaii any day now
March 6th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
That’s actually pretty much his point.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
me, I stole it from a DirecTV commercial.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
that can’t be it.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
awesome, some idiots sitting near me are debating “drill, baby, drill” and ethanol subsidies. i feel like i’m on the set of a cable news show.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Me thinks J-Mac doth protest too much regarding Ryan Braun. We need to get his urine sample, then have Spence keep it in his fridge for a efew day.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Until they price their movies correctly, this won’t change.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
that does have something to do with it, i suppose. but most of those big budget action movies with huge marketing funds make their bank in the asian market, where the special effects are the draw and there’s no loss to the story with lack of dialogue to translate.
Ultimately we can all blame the MPAA for everything wrong with cinema today, so that’s where I’ll take my next argument.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Should have posted a pic of Sybil instead of Anna.
/Downton Abbey is the best show on tv.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
me, I stole it from a DirecTV commercial.
Interesting, they owe me royalties. I smell a lawsuit
March 6th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Yup. They’re saying it generated 25 million tons of debris. That’s insane.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/02/japan-tsunami-debris-to-reach-hawaii-north-america/
March 6th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Wife watches the show but I haven’t seen a second of it. Is the guy behind her in the roundup picture getting ready to sneeze? Or is he just overly British?
March 6th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Cameron Diaz must give the greatest blow job in the history of blow jobs.
It is really the only explanation for her movie career.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Is that MLB The Show ‘Cubs winning the world series’ commercial on the internet yet?
March 6th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Crickets in here today, huh?
March 6th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Is he going to start offering viable solutions any time soon?
March 6th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
If we need someone to find out, I volunteer.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Seems the comments have slowed down in general these days.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
i’m listening to a co-worker talk about how voting is ridiculous because there’s someone who decides who wins the elections and its not based off of popular vote.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
While Lady Sybil is the best of the Crawley daughters (poor, poor Edith) I’m on Team Anna…just something about the way she says “Mistah Bates”
March 6th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Police say a central Pennsylvania man thanked and tried to high-five the officer who flagged him down for driving without his lights – only to then be arrested on a drunken driving charge.
Officer Adam Bonsell says 27-year-old Gerald C. Decker told him, ‘Thanks, buddy,’ and tried to high-five him.
Officer Bonsell told him, ‘That’s not how it works’ and asked him to step out of the car.
Legend
March 6th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
I’d be curious about the debt ratio on the present theatres. I’d presume tons of them were built since 1998 and that cost gets pushed into concession prices. At the time, I remember the profits from Titanic gave theaters a lot of extra cash to invest in theatre construction.
Theatres often get more profits from movies with sustained runs. So a movie that brings in $30 million in week 5 profits a theatre more than $30 million in opening weekend. I know these ratios change but a theatre often has to play by the rules of the studios. They’d all go bankrupt featuring indie slates.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
I saw Lady Sybil in normal clothes with her hair down and just a little bit of makeup and she was stunning. I love Anna, but Sybil is beautiful.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Miss America sings National Anthem at Bucks game, Aaron Rodgers in attendance
MVP has found his next target.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Key & Peele.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Its either that or she does not mind pegging her way to the top.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I just read an article about a 1st grade teacher who got arrested for sexual assault on a 6 year old. His name (not that common) is of the same guy I ran track with in HS, and his age sounds right. Can’t find a picture of him. That would be quite fucked up if it was him.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
/Downton Abbey is the best show on tv.
Key & Peele.
Daily Show/Colbert Report combo. The Limbaugh/Birth Control stuff last night was fantastic.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Haha spot on, Butters.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Surprised Comedy Central renewed it what with it being funny and all
March 6th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
4 episodes in on Season 1, via Netflix Instant, and all I want to do is kick-punch Thomas the Footman in the neck.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Obama reelection fear sparks gun sales
Do these people not realize Obama is currently president, and has yet to take away their guns?
March 6th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Key & Peele.
No way really? My brother keeps begging me to watch but it just seems ehh to me
March 6th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
I thought a lot of people commented by this time yesterday.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
That would take real thought and it would put himself out there to be scrutinized.
So…no.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Thomas is both literally and figuratively a cock sucker.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
No way really? My brother keeps begging me to watch but it just seems ehh to me
I’ve heard good things as well, although the one episode I saw relied pretty heavily on the Obama impersonation. Hope they have a little more reach than Frank Caliendo.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
depends… for example, Titanic and Avatar were released before Christmas and dominated against Oscar films, and they were so popular, they were able to stay in theatres long enough b/c they were still drawing profits into January and February, which is always a very, very weak field for competition.
but, theatres could keep those films in there since there were no other popular films coming out that would need that screen or two dedicated to those films.
the very rare film can sustain a run like that, but in most cases it isn’t profitable to keep a film longer than the lease you pulled from the distributor b/c you’re taking up a screen that would be better used for the hot new film that week.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
They know that a Kenyan Muslim who hates white people and wants to socialize the country is president. Not sure of his name, though.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Him and O’Brien are almost cartoonish villains, like something out of a soap opera when they’re smoking and scheming…it’s great
March 6th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
just read an article about a 1st grade teacher who got arrested for sexual assault on a 6 year old. His name (not that common) is of the same guy I ran track with in HS, and his age sounds right. Can’t find a picture of him. That would be quite fucked up if it was him.
I would be investigating the hell out of this if I were you
March 6th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Theatres
You spelled theater wrong. Damn Canadians.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Key & Peele sketches are hit or miss, but I will always watch anything involving Keegan Michael Key.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Butters are you through Season 2?
March 6th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Just a product of their Tosh.0 lead in.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
I see arkbadger has plunged into twitterland. Can’t wait to make my first Mike Matheny joke.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
/Downton Abbey is the best show on tv.
Key & Peele.
Daily Show/Colbert Report combo. The Limbaugh/Birth Control stuff last night was fantastic.
None of this is Justified. All of this is wrong.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
I liked the one where they’re in the movie theater yelling really articulate points at the movie
March 6th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
/covers
earseyesMarch 6th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
/Downton Abbey is the best show on tv.
I’m trying to get my fiance to start watching this with me. Any convincing show topics I can use?
March 6th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Key is a babe.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Yes, thought it was coming close to falling off the rails (the burned man story was just the worst) but they seemed to right the ship during the Christmas special…had problems with Sir Richard since I kept expecting him to call Mary “Calisi”
March 6th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
how would they realize that when they are still pre-occupied trying to show me his forged birth certificate.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Like Norm’s show and that Onion Sports show?
March 6th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
His name (not that common) is of the same guy I ran track with in HS, and his age sounds right.
It’s not contagious. You’ll be okay.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I thought a lot of people commented by this time yesterday. Sportsgal
The Round-Up wasn’t linked to the front page until about 30 minutes ago. It was up, you just had click a different post and then find it in the recent post list.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Ark…you’re on twitter now? ’bout damn time.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
The television shows I watch are better than yours and the show I think is best is the best and your opinion is stupid.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Anyone else watch Awake last week? I thought it was a great premise to a show. I’m in for the season at the very least.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
He can be a bit racist at times, but his show is pretty damn funny. He has a fuck ton of staff members, though, so I wonder how much of the show is his stuff.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Tell her it’s a really good show and she should at least give it a shot. I don’t want to discuss plot points because it will just give good stuff away.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I was pumped for that show months ago when I saw a 4 minute preview. I thought the first episode was pretty good. I’m definitely sticking with it. The premise is really cool.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I’m in too. I dont know how long they can keep this kind of premise going, but I found it interesting. Liked how his 2 different cases tied together.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Not really since it’s tough to put a show about rich white people problems into words and make it sound entertaining, just need to give it a look
March 6th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Holy shit, I totally forgot Sir Richard is in Game of Thrones!! I didn’t like the burned man story either but I thought all the other stuff more than made up for that story line.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Sybil gets downgraded for somehow making running off with the chauffeur feel completely sexless.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
You mean, “Khaleesi”
/nerd’d
March 6th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
When does Game Of Thrones start? I need to catch up ondemand. People seem to love that show.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Link to arkbadger’s twitter, please.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Not really since it’s tough to put a show about rich white people problems into words and make it sound entertaining
House of Lies has the same problem.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Wrong.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Also, a forgotten TBL meme is that ‘Game Of Thrones’ sounds stupid because it has a dumb title.
March 6th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
yeah, I made the plunge. it will be refreshing to hear new Cardinal managerial jokes, TLR drunk jokes were starting to get stale.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Link to arkbadger’s twitter, please.
twitter.com/arkbadger
March 6th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
The only thing she might be turned off by is the incongruous ipad product placement. Other than that, it’s a very good show.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
When does Game Of Thrones start?
April 1st
March 6th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
I have Awake recorded on my DVR but have yet to watch it. Not sure I want to get into yet another show but it looked cool. I guess I’ll give it try and see if I like it.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
I think the chauffeur has no sex appeal whatsoever. But I also don’t find Mr. Bates attractive.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
I’m in for the season, or at least I hope. I was really into Person of Interest for the first 4-5 episodes, then stopped completely because I was too busy with other stuff, don’t want to do the same here.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
I look at Tosh racism the same way I look at Chappele’s, where if I can laugh at it because it is so over the top, it’s ok.
/probably makes me a racist.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Google failed me
Plus that story felt completely stolen from Fiddler on the Rood with the middle daughter running off to Siberia with the political dude (I’m aware I’ve admitted to watching Downton Abbey and musical theater so far today, no need to point it out)
March 6th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Dammit, as much as I hated JJ Reddick when he was at Duke, after listening to him interviewed a few times and following him on twitter, I find him really likable.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
When does Game Of Thrones start? I need to catch up ondemand
April 1st. Season 1 out on blu-Ray/DVD.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Liked how his 2 different cases tied together.
Me too. I totally wasn’t expecting it to be a cop show on top of the main story arc. That was what really hooked me. Plus a solid cast of ‘that guys’ from other shows. And Wilmer but I can live with that I guess.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
I totally wasn’t expecting it to be a cop show on top of the main story arc. That was what really hooked me.
Not enough cop shows on TV for you?
March 6th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Much appreciated.
/Rosebud was the sled’d
March 6th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
You put up your full name but didn’t post a real pic, ark? Boooooo.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Less Asian psychologist, more wife and tennis coach. I don’t hate Wilmer, so he’s okay to be around for me.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
After seeing the Season 2 trailer, I’ve realized I apparently need to rewatch S1.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Oh well this is sure to be a barrel of laughs. I’m guessing $28-30M over 5.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Rex, if it makes you feel any better, I found out about that story line before watching the 2nd season when I wiki’d the show. I don’t think it ruined my watching experience at all.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Yeah I wouldnt think I’d like Wilmer but he’s ok in that role. Law & Order SVU psych guy is good, but 24 President lady as the other psych is annoying. The son was also Jack’s son on Lost, so he’s good at playing the son of a confused dude.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Plus a solid cast of ‘that guys’ from other shows.
The lead in that show will always be the over the top bad guy from The Patriot.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Missed the ‘/Leo’s a patient’ opportunity.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Not enough cop shows on TV for you?
Not since SVU took the Benson/Stabler partnership out of my life.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Oh well this is sure to be a barrel of laughs. I’m guessing $28-30M over 5.
Anything in the range of $5.0M to $5.5M per year is a win for the Leafs. .
March 6th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
yeah, and house of lies is pretty shitty as a show, too so they have a double whammy.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Who else is picking up S1 of Game of Thrones on Blu Ray today?
…and Mass Effect 3…
March 6th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Yeah I wouldnt think I’d like Wilmer but he’s ok in that role.
Every time he opens his mouth I expect him to sound like Fez.
/Actually, I want him to sound like Fez.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
yeah, and house of lies is pretty shitty as a show, too so they have a double whammy.
it’s disappointing. Kristen Bell is my girl. Although, Diane Kruger may have lept ahead of her recently. Yowza.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
According to the rules of signing Russian players in the NHL to long term deals it’t not.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I kind of need to play Mass Effect 1 and 2 first.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Not since SVU took the Benson/Stabler partnership out of my life.
Like V4L, I much preferred Goren/Eames than any others.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
According to the rules of signing Russian players in the NHL to long term deals it’t not.’
/narrative’d
March 6th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
i watched the first episode and the only really funny part was when the grandfather said a girl in his grandson’s class looked like Shaq. couldn’t even make it 1/2 way through the 2nd episode… even with Kristen Bell.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Briscoe & Green are tops for me
March 6th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
He can be a bit racist at times, but his show is pretty damn funny
I look at Tosh racism the same way I look at Chappele’s, where if I can laugh at it because it is so over the top, it’s ok.
/probably makes me a racist.
Agreed. I don’t think it’s racist because he’s going for something so over-the-top and there’s no intent/malice.
After seeing the Season 2 trailer, I’ve realized I apparently need to rewatch S1.
You could read the books….
March 6th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Brian Burke is the GM that gave Luke Schenn that fantastic contract, right? And Mike Komisarek? Tim Connolly? Traded those 1st round picks? Just want to make sure.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
I’m surprised you never played them.
/team SVU
March 6th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
So two things:
1. Site is not properly loading new posts, I cleared my cache and managed to get here through Duffy’s twitter link.
2. I will create a responsive (automatically re-sizes to the screen size example here) mirror site if there is no mobile site. I will filll the mobile site with ads and links for amnesty for illegal immigrants and pro WTC mosque articles. You have 4 weeks.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Like V4L, I much preferred Goren/Eames than any others.
Briscoe & Green are tops for me
But we can all agree that L&O:LA was the worst idea ever, right?
March 6th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Who else is picking up S1 of Game of Thrones on Blu Ray today?
…and Mass Effect 3…
Mass Effect 3 waiting for me at home from Amazon. Gotta pick up Game of Thrones.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Brian Burke is the GM that gave Luke Schenn that fantastic contract, right?
Not a terrible contract.
And Mike Komisarek?
Terrible contract.
Tim Connolly?
Not a terrible contract.
Traded those 1st round picks?
Bad trade.
None of which are relevent in regards to Grabovski.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Defending the Canucks and now the Leafs? For shame.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
When did the first one come out, 2007? Something about the first really turned me off and I really didn’t want to play. Then the second came out and thought, ‘yeah, that looks fun, but I still don’t think I want to play them both’, then 3′s stuff comes out, and I know I have to play them all now.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
WHAT?!?!?
/passes out
March 6th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
But we can all agree that L&O:LA was the worst idea ever, right?
Yes we can!
March 6th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
I liked Awake for the most part, except that the breakthrough on the case was that he realized that the guy couldn’t see the alley that he claimed the shooter ran down from his window – wouldn’t that have been patently obvious to everyone from the start? Also, the parking lot dry spots thing was pretty lame, too. His partner’s irritation that he would be concerned with the parking spot behind the one with the blood drops seemed to be forced (as in, what’s the big deal – seems like a good lead to follow to me). I don’t know – I like the premise, but the police work part was a little thin. Maybe it needed to be in the first episode so they could set up the other side of the show.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
I remember that one mostly because I was going to see ‘Shutter Island’ that night.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Can you include the Chinese Ladies for Marriage ad for nostalgia’s sake?
March 6th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Defending the Canucks and now the Leafs? For shame.
It’s more having an understanding of the market than defending the Leafs.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
I’m not getting any of the CSS to load on this site now. Pretty sweet. I think a TBL text logo using the tag is now appropriate.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Has anyone had this issue on a computer? Seems to be working fine for me.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
You could read the books….
Would if I could, but I have the ADD of a 12 yr old xbox junkie.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
i’ve got it on my DVR to watch tonight. however, i’m wary about getting too invested in it b/c it seems like the big reveal will be that he’s the one who died or something like that.
still looks awesome.
ot/
firefox just blocked 3 pop ups on this site. wtf tbl.
/ot
March 6th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Has anyone had this issue on a computer? Seems to be working fine for me.
I’m on a computer and the site has been pretty buggy the last two days. At the moment it is fine though.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
it was done pretty quickly last night and I didn’t have a picture that was small enough, trying to get it taken care of today. I let Coach Holtz stand in for me in the mean time.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Puts the Leafs at $56.7M for next year with 17 rostered players. Now they have to figure out Kulemin. Oh, they could probably use a goalie too. Maybe two.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Yes. My work compute and my home computer. Same loading issues, and now the same issue of new posts not being on the front page when you come here.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Puts the Leafs at $56.7M for next year with 17 rostered players.
Based on Gary’s comments this week either a) the cap is going up or b) they will fight for salary rollbacks in the new CBA.
Plus a giant chunk of that money comes off the books after next year (Connolly, Lupul, MacArthur, Armstrong, Bozak, Steckel) and Leafs aren’t scared to bury guys in the minors.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
$5.5 AAV for a Belorussian that’s never topped 29 in goals or 58 in points. But hey, great deal!
March 6th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
I was worried about that, but at the end of the first episode they showed some previews for the season and there seemed to be an interesting twist as to what caused the accident that makes me think they wont go that route.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Awesome that it stripped out the [blink] tag.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
March 6th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
$5.5 AAV for a Belorussian that’s never topped 29 in goals or 58 in points. But hey, great deal!
/doesn’t understand NHL free agency
March 6th, 2012 at 10:34 AM
This bothers me to no end. The average person has zero use for an iPad, yet everyone goes out like sheep to buy one.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
i don’t think many people have a need for it yet since the tablet market hasn’t really defined itself yet. is it phasing out laptops, is it complimentary to laptops and desktops? is it powerful enough to handle some heavy duty creative apps people can use on the go in their respective fields, etc.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
She has the hands of a fifty year old.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
iPads are taking over
This bothers me to no end. The average person has zero use for an iPad, yet everyone goes out like sheep to buy one.
My work purchased an iPad for me and it just sits on my desk. It doesn’t do anything that my laptop or phone doesn’t already do for me.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
I still have screen caps of it.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
I’m on my home computer and have been having issues. New posts have not been loading.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
I understand that Mikhail Grabovski turned 28 about 6 weeks ago. He’ll be 34 when this contract runs out and is likely in the first of a few peak seasons. I understand that the Leafs are attempting to pay for future value (much like with Schenn… good luck with that). I also understand that paying for “upside” is a risk. And that there’s not more than 3 sure things on the Leafs current roster. I seem to comprehend that if both the Panthers and Jets make the playoffs this year, the Leafs will be the only franchise to not make the playoffs since the lockout. I understand that Leafs fans are impatient. Also, slightly off-kilter.
I understand why Mikhail Grabovski was just handed a bag of money. I just don’t they’ll get the upside they think they’re paying for.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
I understand why Mikhail Grabovski was just handed a bag of money.
Look at the list of free agent this summer, consider signing from the last few summers, and tell me he doesn’t get more money on July 1. It’s not a “bag of money” in terms of the current salary cap structure.
I seem to comprehend that if both the Panthers and Jets make the playoffs this year, the Leafs will be the only franchise to not make the playoffs since the lockout.
So you advocate getting better by letting your best players go for nothing? Solid strategy, please send your resume to KLowe@EdmontonOilers.com.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
We use the iPad a lot actually. I use it a lot at fantasy drafts to pull up stats and sites and it’s a lot more portable than a laptop. The wife plays games on it. Also having HBO GO is kind of awesome when taking a poop.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
What sort of person has a use for the Ipad?
March 6th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Ain’t nothing a bit a Lubriderm can’t fix.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Fuck Leaf fans, nothing worse than getting hammered after work and taking the transit home to find it overrun with cretins dressed in blue and white begging you to explain how the subway works. There is only two lines you dumb fucks.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
I understand that the Leafs are attempting to pay for future value
Isn’t that what all contracts should be about? Here’s a list of comparables. Explain how Grabovski is not a $5.5M player: Krejci, Plekanec, Booth, Leino, Cammaleri, Kunitz, Elias. (I could go on).
March 6th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
He gets more money on July 1st because there are 30 general managers in the NHL and not all of them are qualified to hold that position.
I don’t advocate letting him walk. I also don’t advocate a 20% overpay for a guy that hasn’t cracked 30 or 60.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:49 AM
i don’t think many people have a need for it yet since the tablet market hasn’t really defined itself yet. is it phasing out laptops, is it complimentary to laptops and desktops? is it powerful enough to handle some heavy duty creative apps people can use on the go in their respective fields, etc.
I think it has a nice in-between slot in our tech gamut between the cellphone and the laptop.
How much of your time in front of the computer is spent just viewing Youtube clips, browsing websites and reading blogs? Do you really need the computing power of a laptop to do that? To read TBL, view a movie or keep up with the news?
March 6th, 2012 at 10:49 AM
I also don’t advocate a 20% overpay for a guy that hasn’t cracked 30 or 60.
You keep saying it’s an overpay. Prove it, provide comparables.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:51 AM
The main gist of the linked article is that tablets are poised to overtake PCs.
Maybe it’s the contrarian in my, but I feel the same about smartphones. People don’t differentiate between “want” and “need”.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
There’s 4 of them on Chicago’s roster. They all signed before the cap got bumped but they’ve all cracked 60 or 30. Some of them multiple times. Hell, one of them has a 50 goal season and makes LESS than Grabovski will.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:54 AM
I bought a Kindle Fire. Perfect little tablet for the family. Kids like it, wife likes it, and cost me $175 on an open box from Best Buy. iPads are nice, but not worth the money, IMO.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
If anyone last night doubted my sincerity in saying I’ve kicked the Saints to the curb, I present further evidence of why they now have my enmity.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Why do you need to buy a $500 iPad when you can get 80% of the features from a $200 Kindle Fire? Or 120% of the features from a $500 laptop?
March 6th, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Here’s the exact comps written by a different hand:
March 6th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Sharp has a career high 71 points at $5.9M cap hit.
Please tell me you’re not comparing Hossa’s 12 year contract to this 5 year contract? The one where he makes $7.9M cash in the first 7 years?
Kane and Toews were coming off ELC’s, apples to bananas.
Try again.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Plenty of room on the Colts bandwagon for you.
March 6th, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Plus Sharp is 2 years older than Grabovski.
March 6th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Big market teams make big market moves.
March 6th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
The only thing that bothers me about the tablet revolution is that for 99% of owners, it’s a device that is only about consuming, not creating.
That being said, I’m not about to make a judgement call about what people “need”. We all have the latest HDTVs and smart phones among a million other things that make us little piggy consumers. People should buy what they want.
March 6th, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Big market teams make big market moves.
So you’re conceding. Thank you.
/no hockey market is bigger than TO
March 6th, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Yeah, I wouldnt turn down a free IPad, but its not neccessary for me. I’m getting a Fire for reading and browsing the web.
March 6th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
That 12 year deal will be 9 or 10 because he’ll retire when making the $1M in salary the final two years. The loopholes are there, take advantage.
I’d rather have Grabovski than Sharp, sure. Only because of the birthdates. Sharp still puts up better numbers than Grabovski.
March 6th, 2012 at 11:04 AM
That 12 year deal will be 9 or 10 because he’ll retire when making the $1M in salary the final two years. The loopholes are there, take advantage.
Sure, but you can’t compare Hossa’s contract to this Grabovski deal in terms of simply cap hit, without mentioning why his cap hit is so low.
March 6th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
Also, kudos for the Kinks. Love those guys. Village Green, Face to Face, Sleepwalker … great albums.