Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Sports Grind Entertainment
Calvin Casey, Rudy J, Salami
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Sports Grind Entertainment which consist of Calvin Casey, Rudy J and myself (Salami) for being on air seven years ago today. On this day back in 2004, Sports Grind Entertainment LLC went on air for the people on KLUP-AM 930 a non sports station in San Antonio. Behind the drive of Calvin Casey the show eventually found its way onto the airwaves of Ticket 760 a 24/7 sports radio station in 2007. Currently the show can be heard live weekdays 2-4pm CST. Throughout the seven years the show has remained 100 percent independently owned.
Congratulations Calvin Casey, Rudy J and Salami you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Dwight Howard Gets Skittles Candy Pinball Machine
Jealous
I love Skittles and was super jealous when Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose received his own vending machine courtesy of the delicious candy maker. Now comes news that Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard has been given his own candy pinball machine thanks to Skittles. The candy brand, owned by Wrigley, made a custom pinball machine featuring images of the Magic star accompanied by pictures of the candy. A slot in the front of the machine has room for about 30 packs of Skittles.
Howard said he has been eating the rainbow colored candy for his entire life and says his dentist has endorsed his eating of the candy as long as he follows one rule.
“He told me I could eat them as long as I flush my mouth out with water to get the sugar out,” Howard said.
Hey Skittles if your reading this, I would love to have my own custom Skittles machine since I’m in love with your candy.
Chad Ochocinco Rides Bull For 1.5 Seconds
For the inexperienced bull rider the ride atop a bull is definitely all about a macho thing and the adrenaline rush you get from attempting an extreme sport or at least that was the case when I did so back in high school.
See I can relate to why Cincinnati Bengals Chad Ochocinco would want to do it, since a group of us guys wanted to test each others manhood one last time just before graduation. We all headed over to Vic’s Arena out in Marion, Texas to see if our word held any meaning and that’s where I found my manhood could only last 2.9 seconds atop a 2,000 pound bull however the rush I got that night carried on through the day I walked the stage.
Last night Ochocinco did the same when he backed up a promise he made on Twitter to get on the Professional Bull Riders circuit and ride a bull. His ride only lasted 1.5 seconds atop Deja Blu but earned $10,000 for his getting out the chute. His time however did fall 6.5 seconds short of the time needed for him to rename the bull after Bengals coach Marvin Lewis.
Ochocinco later tweeted that if sponsors are taken into account his ride wasn’t for $10,000 but actually $210,000.
Tampa Bay Rays Joe Maddon Ejects Entire Umpiring Crew
It has been a rough week for manager Joe Maddon and the entire Tampa Bay Rays organization with the dreadful start on their season and the sudden retirement announcement from Manny Ramirez amid the clouds of a second fail drug test. Well Sunday’s game against the Chicago White Sox didn’t bring any reprieve to the situation when Maddon was thrown out from the game for objecting to the call proceeded to eject the entire umpiring crew. In case MLB removes the video you can watch it in it’s entirety HERE.
Who told you that this team would be the biggest AL disappointment of 2011?
MLB Predictions
Est. 1869
What’s lies ahead in the 2011 Major League Baseball season, well no one knows for sure but Opening Day is upon us and it’s time to roll out a few predictions. I can only hope to match last year when I picked the San Francisco Giants to win it all and then right before the World Series started calling it over in five games, which had a few local industry folk laughing at the gesture cause it was against their beloved Texas Rangers.
If you happened to listen to our live show a week ago then you already heard a few of these but a few have been added before today’s first pitch. So here I go (wish Calvin Casey and Rudy J would have participated).
Enjoy opening day, enjoy the season. I know I will.
American League East winner:
Boston Red Sox
American League Central winner:
Chicago White Sox
American League West winner:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
American League Wild-Card winner:
New York Yankees
American League Pennant winner:
Boston Red Sox
National League East winner:
Philadelphia Phillies
National League Central winner:
Cincinnati Reds
National League West winner:
San Francisco Giants
National League Wild-Card winner:
Milwaukee Brewers
National League Pennant winner:
Cincinnati Reds
American League Surprise team:
Detroit Tigers
American League Disappointing team:
Tampa Bay Rays
National League Surprise team:
Pittsburgh Pirates
National League Disappointing team:
St. Louis Cardinals
American League Rookie of the Year:
Kyle Drabek, Toronto Blue Jays
National League Rookie of the Year:
Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds
American League Manger of the Year:
John Farrell, Toronto Blue Jays
National League Manager of the Year:
Dusty Baker, Cincinnati Reds
American League MVP:
Carlos Quentin, Chicago White Sox*
National League MVP
Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers
American League Cy Young Award:
Dan Haren, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
National League Cy Young Award:
Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
*indicates changed from on-air pick
Shaquille O’Neal Pays Homeage To Notorious B.I.G.
I can still remember coming home from a late night of partying on March 9, 1997 with my boy Jarrod and turning on the television to see MTV reporter John Norris tell me the shocking news update that my favorite rapper of all time Notorious B.I.G. had died. It’s one of those days that still is so vivid to me even though it has been 14 years since his passing. Such a sad day.
Now all these years later we still remember him in each our own way and Boston Celtics Shaquille O’Neal is no different who decided to remake a video to his song with Biggie Smalls, “You Can’t Stop the Reign.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWw2PHQEWTg[/youtube]
San Francisco Giants Fan Rant Against MLB
You ever come across a song or video that all you needed to do was press play and suddenly your same exact thoughts are expressed by someone across the country or world for that matter? Well that’s exactly what happened to this die hard baseball fan when watching this 3:42 truth video rant on MLB by Sully Baseball. It’s a fantastic message with so much truth and Major League Baseball does need Giants.
Mark Cuban Sues The UFL
Cuban Sticks It To Everybody
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban filed a lawsuit this week against the United Football League to get back a $5 million investment he made last April. According to the Dallas Observer, Cuban became an investor in the start up league early last year and loaned the league $5 million.
“I didn’t want to take on the responsibility of a franchise,” he said at the time of the investment. “It will make things really interesting, potentially. Now if there’s not a lockout, it’s a valid league. But, that just made it more interesting.”
According to the lawsuit, Cuban expected to be paid back the loan by October of 2010. The due date was then pushed back to Dec. 1, but Cuban never received his money back. Cuban filed the suit against the league’s co-owner William Hambrecht which guaranteed the loan.
It’s funny because it’s almost seems like yesterday when the people of San Antonio where making a huge up-roar that this city should make a push to have an UFL franchise. They however choose not to listen to the reasoning I was putting out there for the masses that the league was a financial trap and will not be existence in just a couple of years. I wonder if they believe me now?
2010 SGE’s Monday Night Football Champion: Salami
2010 MNF Champion Salami
The 2010 Monday Night Football season has come to a close with a back in forth game between the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons and that means it’s time to for Rudy J to hand the Monday Night Football Championship belt back over to myself. The 2010 season was not even close as I smoked the other guys for the widest margin of victory in the history of Sports Grind Entertainment, and we’ve have been doing this since 2004.
The final records for everyone involved was:
Salami 15-2
Rudy J 10-7
Calvin 7-10
As with every year the winner gets the distinction of being number 1, a round of drinks, and this year gets a brand new Flip MinoHD.
Former NFLer Ryan Leaf Signs Deal To Write 3 Books About His Life
Forever Linked
Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf said he will write three books about his life, football career and addiction to painkillers. Funny he’s now going to get paid to talk about his drug use but a certain program director had to set up a meeting for calling Leaf out it on the air-waves just because the national media hadn’t yet picked up on the story. It’s OK and all is now forgiven even if a certain program director wont, vindication.
The deal was announced by Crimson Oak Publishing, a publisher that bills itself as specializing in books about “hope, possibility and determination.”
The first book will focus on Leaf’s playing career at Washington State, including the team’s 1998 Rose Bowl appearance. Another book will be a broader biography covering his youth and troubled NFL career. A third book will be about his addiction to prescription painkillers, which resulted in a 2009 indictment while he was coaching quarterbacks at West Texas A&M.
In April, Texas State District Judge John B. Board sentenced Leaf to 10 years of probation and ordered him to pay $20,000 in fines after pleading guilty to eight felony drug charges.
Miami Dolphins Chad Pennington Sings Along To Eminem
Miami Dolphins newest starting quarterback Chad Pennington was caught on camera phone dancing and playing sing along to to Eminem’s Lose Yourself the other day in practice. Follow me around the streets of San Antonio and you can definitely catch me in the act too, so go on with your bad self James Chadwick Pennington aka Noodle Arm.
SGE NBA Predictions
SGE PICKS
The NBA season is just hours away from 2010-2011 tip off and if you didn’t get a chance to listen in live to our show today or don’t have the time to download the archive, we’ve gone ahead and made a post for you. So let’s go ahead and give a quick rundown of some the NBA predictions like Rookie of the Year; Teams Most Improved/ Teams Most Disappointing; MVP; NBA Finals; an over under on the San Antonio Spurs wins; and one really BOLD prediction. Lets start it off with the NBA guru of the show Rudy J
RUDY J
Rookie of the Year: Los Angles Clippers Blake Griffin
Team To Make The Playoffs That Didn’t Last Year (E): Philadelphia 76ers
Team To Make The Playoffs That Didn’t Last Year (W): Los Angeles Clippers
Biggest Disappointment (E): Atlanta Hawks
Biggest Disappointment (W): Dallas Mavericks
MVP: Chicago Bulls Derrick Rose
NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs vs Boston Celtics
Over/Under On San Antonio Spurs Winning 53 games: Over
SALAMI
Rookie of the Year: Sacramento Kings Demarcus Cousins
Team To Make The Playoffs That Didn’t Last Year (E): New York Knicks
Team To Make The Playoffs That Didn’t Last Year (W): Sacramento Kings
Biggest Disappointment (E): Charlotte Bobcats
Biggest Disappointment (W): Houston Rockets
MVP: Oklahoma City Thunder Kevin Durant
NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers vs Miami Heat
Over/Under On San Antonio Spurs Winning 53 games: Under
CALVIN CASEY
Rookie of the Year: Sacramento Kings Demarcus Cousins
Team To Make The Playoffs That Didn’t Last Year (E): New York Knicks
Team To Make The Playoffs That Didn’t Last Year (W): Sacramento Kings
Biggest Disappointment (E): Orlando Magic
Biggest Disappointment (W): Dallas Mavericks
MVP: Oklahoma City Thunder Kevin Durant
NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics
Over/Under On San Antonio Spurs Winning 53 games: Over
BOLD PREDICTION: Miami Heat LeBron James Records A Triple Double On The Season
SGE 2011 Super Bowl Picks
Sports Grind Entertainment
RUDY J – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs GREEN BAY PACKERS
CALVIN CASEY – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs CAROLINA PANTHERS
SALAMI – BALTIMORE RAVENS vs CHICAGO BEARS
Dennis Rodman Had Sex With 2,000 Women
Dirty Boy
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman sat down with a Minneapolis Star-Tribune columnist for an interview when he revealed in a series of questions about his personal life in which he claimed he has had sex with 2,000 women and that “probably 500″ were not whores.
Rodman even answered a question about who was better in bed, Carmen Electra or Madonna for which he replied “me.” In an ex-spouse-related question Rodman was asked about his ex-wife Anicka Rodman’s claim that he gave her two STDs which he responded that he “never have,” but kinda hard to believe since he’s putting 2,000 women in the huckle buck.
I’ll never forget my encounter with Rodman back in the summer of 2000 when my homeboy Ricardo Vela and I where messing with a drunk Rodman on the party boat of Trent Reznor at Lake Texoma. It was a Fourth of July weekend and he tried to beat us down with good reason, since what we where saying to him and trying to provoke him. Rodman had enough of our crap and got into our faces and the whole time I couldn’t help but notice how much dirt is caked on all over his arms and neck area. It was gross and has been a long lasting mental image every time I hear his name. Good times though.
WTF: Dominique Jones
Need To Go To Prick Tattoos In The 210
This is Dallas Mavericks guard Dominique Jones newest tattoo and it’s one hes very proud to show off, the NBA logo. Before I hear someone mention that what if his career never pans out in the league, then what? I’ll say at least he stepped onto a stage you nor I ever did and he’s walking away with the memories and accomplishment of reaching the NBA.
Being a tattoo lover and having 10 myself, I gotta ask Dominique who did your ink though? It doesn’t look like good work. I hope that its just the pixels from your iPhone causing it to look sloppy.
Fan Lets Foul Ball Hit Girlfriend & I Would Do The Same
I’ve said far too many times on-air that you will never find me making an attempt on a foul ball or home run at a baseball game. That’s not my thing, I’ll leave that to the kids in the stands and fathers of those kids.
But most everyone is taking shots at this dude for not protecting his girl when it’s her responsibility to pay attention. By the way did you not see the end result? He not only watched his girlfriend get hit, he ended up with the ball and more than likely a happy ending to cap off the night.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Myself (Salami)
Myself (Salami)
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to myself, Salami, for my blunder on Tuesday’s show when I confused former former Pittsburgh Steelers Jack Lambert with Oakland Raiders Jack Tatum.
Just moments before our daily show was about to air live on Tuesday, I received word via text message that the former Raiders defensive back, Tatum, had died. Shortly after our sponsor announcements and introductions where made, co-host Calvin Casey turned the mic over to me so I could inform our listeners that the NFL had lost one of it’s legends. That’s when the blunder began to spill out of my mouth. As I spoke of Tatum, I was actually describing Steelers linebacker Lambert but continued to use Tatum’s name.
Visions of those iconic photos of Lambert looking towards the camera with his lack of teeth on full display and the highlights of the Steelers from the 70′s on NFL Films was all that my mind kept repeating. Like my brain waves where stuck on one wave length and it happened to be Lambert.
The problem was this live and it was all incorrect. When speaking of Tatum I should have been relaying the information of his iconic moments, like his hit on New England Patriots wide receiver Darryl Stingley, his involvement in the Immaculate Reception or perhaps I could have spoke of his Super Bowl hit on Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Sammy White.
When you present yourself ‘live’ you open yourself up for such blunders. I simply tripped up at the one, missed the all alone layup, struck out looking and for that though I admit my fault but still recognize my meltdown and award myself with the Mama Margie Major Meltdown.
The Assassin deserved better, Raider fans deserved better, our listeners as a whole deserved better.
LeBron James Joins NWO
Screw ESPN’s “The Decision” where were you the night that Hulk Hogan turned heel and join Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in the NWO? The Kings With No Rings just cant touch the memory of seeing former NFL player Stockar McDougle face on that drunk college night.
Go Bulldogs!
2010 SGE’s NBA Playoffs Champion: Calvin Casey
2010 NBA Playoff Champion Calvin Casey
The 2010 NBA Playoffs have came to a close Thursday night with the Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Boston Celtics to earn the title back-to-back champions and that means it’s time to hand the NBA Playoffs Championship belt over to Calvin Casey. The predictions started early on the Sports Grind Entertainment as I declared shortly after last years championship and the signing of Ron Artest or resigning of Lamar Odom that the Los Angeles Lakers would be back in the finals. It didn’t stop there as Calvin Casey picked the Boston Celtics to appear in the NBA Finals before training camp had ended and Kevin Garnett still hobbling up court or before Rajon Rondo developed into one of the NBA’s elite.
But once the playoffs became real and our predictions where put to the test, Calvin Casey ran away with it only losing one series and that was him predicting the San Antonio Spurs to defeat the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the Western Conference. Here’s a look at the final records for everyone involved:
Calvin Casey 12-1
Rudy J 9-4
Salami 9-4
As with every year the winner gets the distinction of being number 1, a round of drinks, and in our side wager wins a brand new iPod touch.
WTF: Oakland Athletics Fan
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I call crazy but the longer I think about being the MLB OG fan I am and of someone that bears double digit tattoos, the less it becomes crazier in my eyes. If I was to witness baseball history such as a perfect game I just might tat my ticket to my body but not sure Dallas Braden comes along for the ride.
WTF: Nike Burger Shoe
Just Do It
I want a pair to stuff in my fat face, this is instant jealously. One pair wouldn’t hit the spot either, my closet is gotta have backups for the backups.
I need some calories so I’m off to Whataburger.
Ice Cube Discusses 30 For 30 Film “Straight Outta LA”
If you’ve listen to Sports Grind Entertainment for any real length of time your aware of my love affair with O’Shea Jackson aka Ice Cube. Yes, it’s true when I was 8 years old that I asked my mother if I could get a Jheri Curl so I could be just like my idol O’Shea and when she denied this little caucasian, I was full of hate towards her.
Fast forward to the current day and I’m still in Cubes corner even with “Are We There Yet?” on his track record. He took the opportunity to sit down on the Jimmy Kimmel Show to discuss his ESPN 30 for 30 “Straight Outta LA” that we posted about on September 11. Now just can’t wait for the upcoming release of his “I Am The West” album.
Ryan Leaf Gets 10 Years Probation In Drug Case
Vicodin & Budweiser = Shirt Unbutton
Former Washington State University Cougars quarterback and 1998 number two overall NFL draft pick Ryan Leaf was sentenced to 10 years probation in exchange for pleading guilty on seven felony drug counts in Texas yesterday morning.
It’s funny when your program director sets up a meeting for calling Leaf out on his drug use before national media picked up on the story and here we are with Ryan pleading guilty. Vindication, I must say even if a program director wont. It’s OK and all is now forgiven since Texas State District Judge John B. Board sentenced Leaf to 10 years of probation and ordered him to pay $20,000 in fines.
A grand jury indicted Leaf in May of 2009 for stealing prescription drugs from a player on the West Texas A&M football team. Leaf was the team’s quarterbacks coach at the time and resigned his position in 2008.
After the hearing, Leaf told reporters “Deep in my heart I knew I had a problem,” referring to his addiction to prescription pain medication.
The end of me reporting on washout Leaf has come.
Pilots Wings Stripped For Low Stadium Flyover
One of the most electrify moments at an open air stadiums is experiencing a flyover right before a game begins and the fans in attendance at Bobby Dodd Stadium got a little more than they expected.
Having grown up on Air Force military bases for the majority of my life and being around fighter jets was an everyday thing for me but one I was captivated by. So engulfed in the fascination that I treated fighter pilots as celebrities, riding my bike up to the flight-lines and asking for their autographs.
A bit of sorrow lingers with me as I relish in childhood memories and find out that two Navy fighter pilots lost their wings after thrilling a Georgia Tech crowd with an extremely low flyover before a game against Wake Forest in November.
Instead of flying over Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta at 1,000 feet above ground level the two F/A-18 Super Hornets passed at 1,000 feet above sea level putting them dangerously close to the stadium rim. The Navy wouldn’t name the two pilots from the Strike Fighter Squadron 136 at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va.
I’m not going to argue the or frown upon the Navy’s decision in their regards for safety, it just put a damper on my day thinking of two pilots who protect and serve our country suddenly has their hard work and dreams lost on a move that was to bring enjoyment to the fans.
For a second and shorter look of the flyover click (here).
