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Last week I was riding down the street on my lunch break at work minding my own business until I pass squalie on my way to run an errand. I look in my rear view and I see him make a u turn and weave and an out of traffic to get behind me.

My worst experience was a few yrs back when I was driving on I-80 heading to Iowa State Univ. to drop off a desktop PC for my brother. I guess the cop saw some big boxes in the back seat and assumed I had a car full of…..something.

The cop goes through the snow in the middle of the dividing lane and drives about 80mph to catch up with me. I eventually got a ticket for…..get this…SNOW ON MY LICENSE PLATES.. my back licences plates!

Of all the times I’ve been pulled over I’ve never got a ticket for speeding or improper lane change etc..I’ve always got bogus tickets or warnings for offenses I did not even do.

Even though I hate being pulled over for no reason, I’m thankful the cops didnt Sean Bell me.

RB

ATLANTA – Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce and Washington Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson were fined $25,000 each by the NBA on Monday for making “menacing gestures” in playoff games, another attempt by the league to crack down on bad behavior.

Pierce was sanctioned for flashing a hand gesture toward Atlanta’s Al Horford and attempting to stare him down in the fourth quarter of the Celtics’ 102-93 loss to the Hawks on Saturday. Pierce had to be pulled back to the Boston bench by his teammates.

After Horford hit a clinching basket with 22 seconds left in Atlanta’s Game 3 victory, the rookie began jawing with Pierce before heading for the Hawks bench. Pierce followed Horford as far as midcourt, glaring in his direction before holding up his right hand, forming an “O” with his thumb and index finger and extending the other three fingers.

Pierce’s gesture resembled a gang sign, though Boston general manager Danny Ainge denied that it had anything to with such an illicit activity. He said the player holds up three fingers to represent “blood, sweat and tears.”

“Watch what Paul does when he’s introduced. He’s done it for every game,” Ainge said. “That’s not anything related to” gangs.

Ok, we all know that Pierce’s hand gesture did not mean “blood sweat and tears.” And to my knowledge, Paul is not a Kappa  either….I’m just curious how David Stern can fine him 25k while there’s a picture of him throwing up the same “menacing gesture?”

Jay-Z disses DeShawn Stevenson….

Jay-Z is washed up. Despite just getting married and touring across the country w/ Mary J. Blige, Jigga man has found time to get invovled in a petty beef between two basketball players. What’s even crazier is he goes at Deshawn Stevenson despite the fact that Stevenson has never even mentioned Jay-Z’s name in his on going beef w/ LeBron James.

EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR: 

BEST  Mitch Kupchak, LA Lakers– Kupchak raped Chris Wallace and the Grizz by trading Pau Gasol for one of the biggest busts in NBA draft history Kwame Brown. More importantly, found a way to keep Kobe Bryant happy while turning the Lakers back into a championship contender.

RUNNER UP  Billy King, unemployed/Philadelphia 76ers–It’s a shame King was fired before the team of youngster he build got a chance to gel. He received a lot of criticism for not getting enough in the Iverson deal (which probably led to his firing) but it looks as if Sixers will have a longer stay in the playoffs than AI’s Nuggets.

WORST EXECUTIVE NOT NAMED ISIAH THOMAS   Chris Wallace, Memphis Grizzles–Exchanged Gasol for Brown. I guess Wallace was looking to team up Brown with fellow 1st round bust Darko Milicic to sport the worst front line in the NBA. Also traded for Jason, or was it Jarron?, Collins, another 7 foot stiff.

COACH OF THE YEAR:

BEST  Byron Scott, New Orleans Hornets–Not even a die hard Hornets fan would’ve predicted this type of success. The surpising Hornets finished as the # 2 seed in a conference where a 50 win season did not even guarantee a playoff birth.

RUNNER UP  Rick Adelmen, Houston Rockets–Nate McMillan had an inury proned Blazers team competing out west; Mo Cheeks took one of the youngest teams in the NBA to the playoffs; Eddie Jordan guided a the Wizards to the 5th seed despite Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler playing a combined 11 games; Doc Rivers should be mentioned because he had the best record in the eastern conference. Adelman, coached the Rockets to home court advantage in the 1st round and led the team to a record setting winning streak while Yao Ming was injured.

WORST COACH NOT NAMED ISIAH THOMAS  Avery Johnson, Dallas Mavericks–Last year the Mavs had the best record in the league but were sent packing in the 1st  round of the playoffs. This season they added Jason Kidd and were fighting for a playoff birth down to the last week of the season.

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER:

WINNER  Rudy Gay, Memphis Grizzles–Doubled his scoring avg from 10ppg to 20ppg and looks to be a future star.

RUNNER UP  LaMarcus Aldridge–Portland Trailblazers–In my opinion gets the nod over Hedu Turkoglu because he also doubled his scoring average and improved more overall as a player. Turkoglu’s stats improved and he was Orlando’s most consistent player, but I believe he benefitted more from the Magic’s system that his overall skill level increasing.

WORST   Eddy Curry, New York Knicks– His production declined in nearly every statistical category. Enough said.

SIXTH MAN:

WINNER  Manu Ginobili, San Antonio Spurs–This was the easiest award to pick. Nobody even comes close.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER:

WINNER Chris Paul, New Orleans Hornets–Paul led the league in steals and was a terror in the passing lanes night in and night out.

RUNNER UP  Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics–Surprisingly the Celts were one of the if not the best defensive team in the entire NBA this season. It all started w/ KG and his inspired play.

WORST  Denver Nuggets–I have to hand this award out to a team instead of an individual player. Denver is just plain terrible at playing defense as a team. Just imagine how many points they’d give up if they didnt have the NBA leader in blocks in the middle.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

WINNER  Kevin Durant, Seattle Supersonics–Durant was the early favorite after it was announced Greg Oden would miss the season due to microfracture surgery. KD finished was one of the youngest players in NBA history to average 20ppg. Other than an awful February, he had a very solid rookie season.

RUNNER UP  Al Horford, Atlanta Hawks–Horford nearly averaged a double double and helped the Hawks make the playoffs for the first time since…..well, a long time. Horford was so good the Hawks gave up on Sheldon Williams after one season. Wait. Or was Sheldon so bad the Hawks drafted Horford to replace him?

WORST   Corey Brewer, Minnesota Timberwolves– 5.8 ppg 37 fg% on the T’Wolves?

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER:

WINNER  Chris Paul, New Orleans Hornets–Paul was spectacular this season averaging 21 points 11 assists 4 rebounds 2.7 steals while shooting 48% from the floor. Not only did Paul put up great numbers, he led is team to the 2nd seed in a extremely tough Western Conference. The Hornets would not even be a .500  team w/o Paul as their quarterback.

RUNNER UP  Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers– Kobe had another MVP season. He went from being disgruntled and demanding a trade to leading the Lakers to the # 1 seed out West and in position to win his 4th championship. While this wasn’t Kobe’s finest season statistically, he’ll trade the scoring numbers for what he received this year. Help in the form of Pau Gasol.

WORST  Shaquille O’Neal, Phoenix Suns–Shaq, now the Big Cactus, seemed ready to pack it in for the season once the Miami Heat got off to a terrible start. As soon as he was traded to the Suns he came back a new man, diving in to the crowd for loose balls and showing a new motivation once he went to a contender. However, the Suns are one game away from being eliminated in the 1st round of the playoffs.

RB

Am I cursed?

I’m sitting here thinking about my 2007 and I’m scratching my head wondering what did I do to deserve this. 2007 Has definetly been one of the toughest years in my young life. There were signs this year was going to be difficult within the first 12 hours after the ball dropped.

I was on my way to the Nebraska vsAuburn game at the Cotton Bowl when the first of many hurdles that would come my way arrives. Scccccrrrrrr BOOOM! I can still hear the sound of my car crashing into the back of that Explorer on my way to the game. Everyone was fine and there was about $2,200 worth of damage done to my car. No big deal. I was so determined to watch my beloved Huskers play in person that I was not going to let a fender bender stop me.

Now, thinking back I wish I had never even attended the game because it was just a preview of how the rest of the year would unfold and the last time I’d see an inspired performance by the Nebraska defense.

To be honest, I don’t even remember the score of the Cotton Bowl. All I remember was Bill Callahan’s bone head play calling cost my team the game and more importantly a semi statement victory. His predictable play calling and inability to recruit a kicker with a powerful leg were exposed for the nation to see this New Years afternoon.

A little fender bender was not going to stop me from going to the Cotton Bowl to root for my Huskers.

As January passed my Portland Trailblazers seemed to be mathmatically eliminated from the playoffs before the NBA All-Star break. Even though it pained me to see them lose game after game, the future looked bright with Brandon Roy on the wing looking like the rookie of the year and Zach Randolph piling up double doubles on a nightly basis. Not only did we have young talent on the team, but it looked as if immediate help would be on the way if we could somehow continue to lose so one of the ping pong balls from the NBA lottery could bounce our way.

The right number on the right ping pong ball from the lottery could land my team the best college player since Carmelo Anthony. There was something about this skinny kid down I-35 in Austin that made me turn down my hatred for Texas Longhorn burnt orange. Kevin Durant was the real deal. I could picture him in a Blazers uniform nailing open jumper after open jumper and making life easier for Roy and Z-bo.

Fast forward to late June. My wish came true, and the Blazers won the NBA lottery. However, the feeling is bittersweet because everyone seems to think the Blazers will pass on Durant to draft this 57 year old looking, injury prone, overhyped goof named Greg Oden. Oden was tall, and blocked shots and rebounded well, but I still was not impressed. To make matters worse, they shipped Randolph to New York for a Charmin Soft jumpshooting powerless forward named Channing Frye.

The Blazers added to my pain by making my biggest fear a reality when they drafted Oden. He responded to being drafted  number one and given the keys to the franchise by recording 10 fouls (yes, 10 fouls) in a summer league game. After sucking it up in his second game, the team decides to shut him down for the summer so he can have his tonsils removed. Little did I know, that would be the only time I’d see Oden in a Blazers uniform this season. He injured one of his 62 year old knees getting off the couch and is currently out for the season after microfracture surgery. While Durant is in Seattle scoring in bunches, Oden is sitting at home playing w/ his new puppy. Yes, this 7 foot 250lb manchild owns a puppy. I don’t even know what kind of dog it is, but it’s definetly not a baby rot or a baby pitbull. As far as I’m concerned he might as well have a poodle.

Microfracture surgery ended Oden’s season before playing a single regular season game.

As bad as the first half of the year was, I was not expecting the second half to be even worse.

Where do I start? My fantasy football team is 2-7, my Bengals look like they’re about to implode and Nebraska’s football team is…….well….probably getting scored on RIGHT NOW.

This past weekend Kansas beat Nebraska 76-39. No, i’m not talking about a Keith Langford, Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison led KU basketball team beating the Huskers in the fieldhouse. I’m talking about the Kansas FOOTBALL team. 76 points?? Kansas ( I still can’t believe I’m typing this) beat one of the most storied programs in college football as if we were a 1-AA directional school from New Hampshire.

As of early November Nebraska has one conference win and blowout losses to Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and Missouri. The lone win was against a rebuilding Iowa State squad w/ their own set of scoring problems.

Callahan needs to go ASAP. Defensive Coordinator Kevin Cosgrove could not diagram a defensive scheme to stop a pee wee flag football team, and would be better off selling insurance somewhere. Sam Keller is overrated, the line can’t block and opposing offensive lines part our defense like the red sea. Should I go on?

The worst coach in college football…

I could spend all day and night describing what’s wrong w/ Nebraska football, crying about the Blazers passing on Durant and all the injuries to my Bengals, but it goes beyond that. My computer froze during the first 2 rounds of my fantasy basketball draft leaving me w/ a team without a true go to scorer. In true fashion, my team got smacked around the opening week of the NBA season.

The only thing I can do is look in the mirror and wonder am I cursed when it comes to my sports teams?

P.S What did you expect me to blog about? I only know about sports, cars, clothes and music…