THE COUCH loves sports...not sure that it has been evident here recently. Sure, every once in a while y'all get a blurb about sports, and then it is probably baseball. I am not apologizing for being baseball heavy...of course that is the sport we love the most.
SO, today we begin Sports Friday. It will not be a weekly feature, but it will pop up every so often.
If y'all don't like sports, THE COUCH certainly understand if y'all don't sit today. There will be a seat available Monday.
Vroom Vroom...the Nextel Champ of making left turns, Jimmie Johnson had a bang up off season (didn't he just win the championship two weeks ago?). Seems Jimmie should have been invited to our Clambakes. He is one party animal.THE COUCH caught up with Jimmie this week for a quick chat...
TC: Jimmie, thanks for speaking with us today.
JJ: My pleasure, hey where is the safety harness on this thing?TC: No Jimmie, no harnesses..anyway how's the wrist?
JJ: Wrist is fine..I can drive, I will wear a brace in the car, but no problem.
TC: Right...For the uninitiated Jimmie, tell us what happened.
JJ: No LEFT...What do you mean.. NASCAR is the biggest sport in the world...everyone knows me...
TC: OK, well, not sure about the world, so tell our visitors who might live on a tiny desert island in the North Sea.
JJ: Well, I was at a charity golf thing in Florida. So the guy driving made a quick turn and I wasn't holding on tight and I fell. I didn't see the caution flag.
TC: Must have been a right turn...Ah, JJ...people have said they saw you riding on the roof of the golf cart.
JJ: Even you knew that ...sheesh no privacy. OK well yeah I'll tell you, I was Ghost Riding The Whip and I made a slight error in weight distribution.
TC: JJ, Ghost Riding The Whip is walking next to the CAR, not riding the roof of a goft cart...
JJ: I am outta here
TC: No, Jimmie, the door is to the right...not the left....
JJ: I can't make rights...
The NY Giants decided that the horrid season they just completed was the fault of the offensive and defensive coordinators and NOT the head coach. Tim Lewis, Defensive Coordinator was let go yesterday after Joh Hufnagel the offensive coordinator was replaced before the final regular
season game.Tom Coughlin gets to come back. This guy came in as a drill sargent two years ago. This season his team was a wreck. Penalties, acts of defiance from players, games where they looked like the keystone cops.
Perfect example of what happens to a business when the kids finally have control. I hope this is not an example of how the next generation of Mara's and Tisch's are going to run this team.
By the way..two years 25-23...nice record Tom. You might have written a nice letter when Wade passed, but it is time for you to move on as a coach.
Memphis Tigers are rated 20th in the AP Poll and 19th in the ESPN/USA Today Poll. THE COUCH has to find a way to get tickets to a game soon.
LPGA has begun it's new season. Michelle Wie shot a 78 in the first round of the SONY OPEN,
15 shots off the lead. This in her home state of Hawaii.THE COUCH thinks that maybe Michelle might need that schooling she is missing being on the tour at 18.
The odds here at THE COUCH is she has a blow-up before the third tournament of the year...any takers?
Sidney Crosby is 6 months shy of his 20th birthday. He is a good looking kid who has the world in the palm of his hand.
Sidney plays hockey for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. He leads the league in scoring with 65 goals in 38 games. He has done this while playing in fewer games and averaging less minutes per game then any of the other players who make up the top five in that category.He also leads in All-Star voting. This kid is the real deal.
As they say, if he stays healthy he could outdo Gretsky.
Yup, held baseball for last. Those of you who have been around a while might remember THE COUCH holding vigil hoping for Barry Bonds to retire. He hasn't but he might end up doing so now.
See, it has been reported that good old Barry tested positive for amphetamines during the 2006
season.Yes kids, you heard us...the poster boy for the steroid cloud hanging over baseball tested positive for uppers.
Now, in classic Bonds fashion, he immediately said they were not his, but he had gottne them from the locker of a teammate, Mark Sweeney. After Sweeney's agent went ballistic, Balloon-Head-Bonds, backed off and saying Sweeney had nothing to do with the amphetamines. Now, he never denied the report of the positive test.
The amazing growing man is in negotiations with the SF Giants for a one-year $16-million contract. The hold up on the signing is language regarding the 'roid-doughboy's following team regulations and what would happen if he was indcted or other legal actions were taken.
Maybe this will open Baseball's eyes and the teams will not hire this creatin and force him to go away.
$250-MILLION DOLLARS FOR AN ATHLETE!!!! I was shocked when Alex Rodriguez signed a 10-year deal for $250-million. Look, movie stars make $12-$15 mill for a picture...but now we
have a new winner...David Beckham just inked a deal to get $250-million to play soccer for FIVE YEARS! Not in England...Nope, not in Italy, not in Columbia, not even in Brazil.
IN THE USA! The Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer is going to pay Beckham to play for them.
NOTE to owners of the Galaxy...SOCCER ISN'T THAT BIG! I bet he now makes more then your entire team is worth!
Finally, say a prayer for Bobby Mercer. He played for the NY Yankees, taking over centerfield for Mickey Mantle. Recently Mercer has been one of the announcers for the Yankees. Bobby, who is 60, had a malignant tumor removed from his brain last week and is recovering in the hospital.If I have not been to visit, I apologize...work has been crazy and time has just gotten away. I will be taking some time this weekend to come by.Have a tremendous weekend.
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