Ron

Film of the Year

1. Wedding Crashers (3 pt)

2. Batman Begins (2 pt)

3. Star Wars: Episode III (2 pt)

4. The 40 Year Old Virgin (2 pt)

5. Murderball (2 pt)

6. The Producers (1 pt)

7. Hitch (1 pt)

8. March of the Penguins (1 pt)

9. Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (1 pt)

10. A History of Violence (1 pt)

Performance of the Year: Mickey Rourke in Sin City

Worst/Most Disappointing Film: Jarhead

Next Year's Most Wanted: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best DVD Package: Sin City UnCut

Tommy Boy- Holy Schnike Edition: 8/10

Farley and Spade are hilarious in this movie. Just a great comedy movie.

McAdams is understandable, but Church is just disgusting to look at. The list has been pretty "meh" to me so far.

My heart broke at the end of the PSU game.

The officials in the USC-ND game did a great job. The ball popped out and went out of bounds and the clock should have been stopped. Great job by USC making it seem like they were spiking the ball and instead running it in. Gamble paid off, and USC remains undefeated.

Notre Dame fans will never forget this game though, I'm sure they'll feel like it was an awful call for years upon years. I know I would feel like that if I were a fan of the Irish.

I'm sorry but I don't think the officials did a great job let alone a GOOD job at all on that final series. First of all, ok the ball popped out, but they have to MAKE THE CALL. They just sat around doing nothing and then they're like, oh, he lost the ball. Then secondly, he got hit AT THE 1, and when the ball is punched out, it wouldn't go out at the one (which it didn't it at least went 1 or 2 yards back) BUT they gave USC the ball at the 1. I'm not so mad at the fake spike thing, but I just felt that the officials at the end there did just a terrible job of calling that last series.

My heart broke at the end of the PSU game.

The officials in the USC-ND game did a great job. The ball popped out and went out of bounds and the clock should have been stopped. Great job by USC making it seem like they were spiking the ball and instead running it in. Gamble paid off, and USC remains undefeated.

Notre Dame fans will never forget this game though, I'm sure they'll feel like it was an awful call for years upon years. I know I would feel like that if I were a fan of the Irish.

Yankees over Angels in 4

White Sox over Red Sox in 5

Cardinals over San Diego in 3 or 4 I haven't decided yet

Braves over Astros in 5

Yankees over White Sox in 6

Braves over Cardinals in 7

Yankees over Braves in 6

Yankees win the division with today's win over Boston (and the Cleveland loss). That now means that if Cleveland loses tomorrow, the Red Sox are in no matter what they do tomorrow. However if the Indians win tomorrow, we have 2 scenarios: Boston wins and is in, or Boston loses and a 1 game playoff is played in Fenway on Monday.

And the Astros/Phillies race all depends on who can win today. That'll set up a huge Sunday.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? It still is one of my 2 favorite movies ever.

Theres a rumor on espn right now about the Manny deal:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2119978

The Padres also acquired Joe Randa today.

Story:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2114965

If there are any open spots I'd like to join (that's if you'll have me).

Yea, I just got home from work and got your pm, I'm in.

As for draft time.. I dunno. Im always available on Tuesdays at anytime so thats fine, but any other time should work...

yeah, whenever you start this, I'm down. I'm currently 1st in the EWB Fantasy Baseball League (The Summer of George owns.)

The only one I can really remember is the previously mentioned Futurama episode with Fry's four leaf clover. That one always does it to me.

Kenny Rogers wins YET again tonight, now 7-2 on the season, and has won his past 7 starts. Glad I have him on my fantasy team .

Anywho, my Phillies win again too, and are now 2 games under .500. They still suck, but if Utley gets more playing time, I'll be a happy camper.

One and Done, 76ers Fire Obrien

PHILADELPHIA -- Maurice Cheeks is running the show again for the Philadelphia 76ers.

In a surprising move nearly three weeks following the end of their season, the Sixers fired Jim O'Brien on Monday after one season as coach and replaced him with Cheeks, one of the most popular players in franchise history.

"Mo is family. Mo bleeds 76ers. He bleeds Philadelphia," team president Billy King said.

Cheeks will be introduced as Philadelphia's 21st head coach at a Tuesday news conference.

Philadelphia is certainly banking on the former point guard to have a happier homecoming than O'Brien, a Philadelphia native who played for Saint Joseph's. O'Brien's stubbornness and seemingly unwavering belief in a system that didn't fit his players cost him his job despite a 43-39 record and a return to the playoffs.

"I just felt the direction we were going and the overall play wasn't where we wanted to go," King said.

O'Brien just finished the first year of a three-year deal that included an option and paid him about $4 million a year. O'Brien, though, was not very popular with his players -- most notably former All-Star Chris Webber -- who often complained about their roles.

King said after the Sixers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Detroit that he planned to bring O'Brien back. After meeting with his players and other members of management, King had a change of heart and decided over the weekend he had to make a change.

Certainly, King knows a thing or two about making changes -- Cheeks will be the fifth Sixers coach in four years under his watch. Larry Brown left for Detroit following the 2002-03 season, and assistant Randy Ayers was promoted and fired 52 games into the 2003-04 season before he was replaced by Chris Ford.

"I knew this thing was coming, and it wasn't an easy thing for anybody," Brown said from Miami before coaching the Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals. "Knowing Billy, it's not easy to let a coach go. His relationship with Randy was pretty strong. I think it was hard for him to let Chris go. He was excited about having Jimmy, but I don't think it ever gets easy."

Cheeks was one of the most popular 76ers from 1978-89 and played on Philadelphia's last championship team in 1983. He also spent seven seasons as an assistant coach for the 76ers, was part of the staff under Brown when they went to the NBA Finals in 2001 and developed a strong bond with Allen Iverson.

Cheeks was fired March 2 after nearly four seasons as coach of the Trail Blazers. He had a 162-139 record in Portland, the fourth-highest win total in Blazers history.

Cheeks guided the team to the playoffs his first two seasons, but the players hardly made Cheeks' tenure easy -- on or off the court.

The team was nicknamed the "Jail Blazers" after several brushes with the law, many of them involving marijuana possession.

"If players have problems with Mo Cheeks ... then there's got to be something wrong with those players," King said.

But Cheeks' return to the city where he was a four-time All-Star shouldn't come as a surprise. The Trail Blazers turned down Philadelphia's request to speak to Cheeks as a possible replacement for Brown, but the former point guard always remained popular with Philly fans and was at the top of the Sixers' short list to take over for Ford.

Now, they'll get their wish.

"We do not want to change coaches [again]," Sixers chairman Ed Snider said. "We've seen enough coaches."

The Sixers will pay Ayers, O'Brien and Cheeks next season.

"I don't think it's something we're very proud of, but I don't think it reflects poorly," Snider said.

O'Brien is the son-in-law of Hall of Fame coach Jack Ramsay. He led the Sixers to a 10-win improvement from a year ago and they returned to the playoffs, largely on the back of a healthy, happy Iverson.

While O'Brien avoided public spats with Iverson, he did not have the full support of the rest of the team. Some of the younger players, like Samuel Dalembert and Willie Green, felt they did not develop like they should have under O'Brien and were unsure about their roles.

"In looking at the development of some of them, yeah, I wasn't pleased," King said.

The Sixers also failed to really understand O'Brien's defense, a sticking point even in the postseason.

"Some of the criteria on our defense wasn't there," King said.

Cheeks, who once famously came to the rescue of a 13-year-old girl who forgot the words to the national anthem before a playoff game, now hopes to bail out his former team and bring them another championship.

"Mo has played this game here in Philadelphia, won a championship here in Philadelphia, understands players, understands defenses, understands the way I think we want to play," King said.

I saw the Wednesday showing at Midnight, and I was amazed. I was never a giant Star Wars fan, my little brother liked the movies, so I used to watch him when he did and I really got into it. I love the original three, and I and II weren't that good, but I felt that III was just spot on with everything.

And the one thing that STILL FN bugs me is how Leia can know more about her mother when she and Luke saw her for the same amount of time. My brother put it best "Luke's an idiot."

Im a huge fan of the show, I've seen every episode and have season 1 on DVD, and tonight just made the season. Like the beginning of the season struggled a bit with the storylines, but the latter episodes were great. A lot of unexpected things happened during the episode. I mean I watched the end and I was like "I totally didn't see that coming." And the whole Jimmy moving back thing I didn't really expect, but it would be interesting to see where that leads the whole story, I mean with what happened to Kirsten, the whole Ryan-Trey-Marissa Saga, Seth and Summer, there are just so many things that are going on right now, and so many things that need to be resolved. AHH I can't wait for season 3.

uhm...Vince..he scored 37 points so far in this game against boston. Thankgod it wasnt a bad limp...or oh brother.

2 mins to go and Nets lead it baby! And...Cavs lead it too

I think Rivers is just giving their young guys some playing thime...but WHY NOW? I mean, they could play spoilers to the Nets playoff hopes. I guess Lebron didnt pay off Payton or Doc that much so they declined.

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You do realize he pulled his starters in the 4th quarter last night when Boston was only down by 5 right? He was fair to both teams, and I for one am enthused that LeBron will have a nice looooooooooong summer vacation. Fuck the Cavs baby

Well if I can't make the time I'd just send in a pre-ranked list, but I'd prefer an earlier time (though I work Weds/Thurs/Fri from 4-11 this week).

Ducktales, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the old cartoon), Captain Planet, Garfield and Friends, The O.C., Cheers, and Gilligan's Island (come on it's a classic)

I am in as well.

Today's the day! Only 2 more hours until the Eagles Kickoff!

Fly Eagles Fly

Eagles 37 - Falcons 10

Steelers 16 - Patriots 13 (though I think the Pats can win)

I've watched every episode, and this is my favorite show currently on tv. As stated before, most people don't like season 2, well I can understand that, but I am still liking the episodes. Seth and Sandy are what make this show, and their comedy is just brilliant.

I can only remember two instances. The first being at the end of the Futurama episode "Luck of the Fryrish," it always gets me. And the other is at the end of Field Of Dreams. Every time I see the ending father/son playing catch part:

John Kinsella: Well, good night Ray.

Ray Kinsella: Good night, John.

[They shake hands and John begins to walk away]

Ray Kinsella: Hey... Dad?

[John turns]

Ray Kinsella: [choked up] "You wanna have a catch?"

John Kinsella: I'd like that.

seeing that part always brings a tear to my eye.