I don't have too much to add to the plethora of articles written about these two giants of the Yankees. Both were integral parts of the Yankee game experience for most of my life. I don't know if I would like George much if I worked for him, rooted for any other baseball team, or had to interact with him on a regular basis.......

After the worst season a team could have, this side of Cleveland, finally a ray of light was shown to the residents of Yinzer nation. Finally, some GOOD news. The Steelers resigned their Superbowl-winning head coach to a 3 year deal firmly ending speculation that most-successfully run franchise in the NFL would against tradition and dump a proven winner. Sorry, try again Tomlin haters.

Jump it.

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I don't really have a lot to say. Dan Gilbert said a lot of it for me. Well okay, maybe I do....

An addendum:

The offseason (minus a few Pirate games here and there) is a truly awful time for most sports nuts. After the initial frenzy of NHL and NFL free agency, we are left with scrap heap acquisitions, speculation, offseason fluff pieces (Boy, Willie Gay is turning heads in minicamp #578958954) and most importantly, mind-numbing boring days. Sure, one can go interact with people and or pick up a new hobby. But really who wants to do that. We are all perfect just the way we are.

Anyway, in an attempt, keep my hate in midseason form, I bequeeth upon you loyal SUS reader a fine and cutting-edge new blog concept -- This week in hate. Sure, every other blog does it. But come on, Not many blogs have the inate rage and bitterness of this self-loathing hindu.

This week's subject: Heat. No. Not Miami. Though, I'm sure I'll be getting sick of the Miami Heat / Bawston Celtics douchebaggery that is about to follow this coming NBA season.

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Well, the Knicks have been the only team since the year's 7th month commenced to actually sign a free agent away from another team. Amare is a Knick and instantly becomes the best player we have had since Ewing before he broke his hand in 97.  However, we all realize one more major piece is coming. Here is a look at the top 5 possibilities. Next to each possibility, I will list the projected record if these respective plans come together. So, without further adieu............

Cue the confetti and balloons. In discussions I had with the ghost of Devo at tonight's Yankee debacle, I said that midnight July 1st had the feel of some kind of holiday, a special occasion. Not necessarily a joyful day but just a day of great importance in life. Well, at least for a sports nut like me........

Hello Hebrews and Shebrews, and a warm greeting to all of you non-chosen people as well. If the Yankees season was a race with 9 checkpoints, the Yankees have passed 4 checkpoints well before any of its fellow racers. If that metaphor confused you as much as it confused me, good, it shows you are paying attention. However, although 44.44444444% of the season is not the most obvious point to do a recap and talk about my club, the powers that be at SUS apparently opine for my 10 cents on the Bombers.  So without further adieu..............

Let me preface this by saying, I hate Madden.

/gets on soapbox

It's an average effort at football with gameplay that still hasn't caught up to even it's PS2/XBOX prequels. The 34 defense is worthless against human opponents. The velcro/suction blocking isn't helping said 3-4 defense.Cheese plays are still there. You still can't block a field goal. I still can't create my famed 5-2 front playbook. I can still turn half of my team in 99 overall rated players even if their names are Willie Colon, Chris Kemoeatu, Justin Hartwig, William Gay, etc. Yeah, sure,  the graphics are awesome. But if I wanted to interact with pretty attractive things, I'd go to a bar and get rejected by NYC's finest.

Not to mention, the gameplay "upgrades" are more for the Sports Center/Trey Wingo crowd would could care less about actual football simulation and would rather enjoy their fantasy football variety game rather then the game of chess and matchups.

But what can we do? Try some new trials into the football realm? Absolutely. Try to learn programming with a fulltime job and a blogging empire to run to make a better game? Ok, I can try that too. But since I'm lazy, I'll probably just get this because I can't stomach continually updating Madden 2009 manually. So yeah, I'll get it. But, I'm not going to like it.

With that being said, ratings and crap after the jump. I'm going to enjoy ripping on this game until It's in my grimey, little, brown mits some day in August. And then, I'll rip on it more with ACTUAL PROOF!

What the flying shit is this. I know the Knicks aren't the best basketball team around but you'd think their lone allstar can pull someone a bit better than effin SNOOKI. Pic after the jump.