WEST COAST’S EVIL EMPIRE

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It was Red Sox nation that called their hated rival, the Damn Yankees, the EVIL EMPIRE. They would throw money at the high level free agents like they printed their own. Then Boston saw their own football team, the Patriots, pick up big names every year to help Tom Brady collect Super bowl trophies. It goes on in every sport where the rich get richer. In the NBA, the Golden State Warriors look like they are in no rush to stop winning championships. You would wonder when they got Kevin Durant, how they could fit another superstar on this dream team. Lebron picks the Lakers. The Warriors respond with a CHECK MATE  and sign DeMarcus Cousins. Looks like the Warriors trumped the King once more.

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DeMarcus Cousins has been a star player for years with the Sacramento Kings. Yes’ Sacramento still has a team. Those Chris Weber days where the Kings should of taken down the Lakers in the playoffs. Had them on the ropes but Kobe and the big man prevailed to eliminate the Kings. Only time I believe watching NBA basketball that I saw the Kings a few seasons that they actually were a good team. Now they are crappy like they have been most of their existence. They had DeMarcus Cousins, however he was a giant headache and they traded him to the Pelicans. Last year DeMarcus Cousins was still playing great basketball however he suffered an injury. This injury was a set back in his free agent year as he might of had more offers if he was totally healthy.

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However it might of been a blessing when the Warriors came calling. The Warriors have won three titles in four tries. They still have a talented team with or without Demarcus Cousins. They have brought back Kevin Durant who was a huge addition they added a few seasons ago. They extended Steve Kerr as their head coach. What else do you need? A center. Only position they had over the four finals that has been a rotating position with someone new, someone old or plain someone else. Now you add Demarcus Cousins and it’s like the fabulous five. This starting five the Warriors will have, could be the best of all time.

The biggest question is, will DeMarcus Cousins become a giant headache for the Warriors? Could DeMarcus bring down the Golden Machine from voicing his displeasure from not getting the ball enough? Will his slow play fit in the fast paced game of the Warriors? Steve Kerr has played for Phil Jackson. When the Bulls added Denis Rodman, Phil Jackson was able to handle his type of personality and Steve Kerr witnessed how Jackson handled things.  I see the same things translating through Steve Kerr from one of greatest coaches of all-time.  Plus veterans like Curry and Durant should be able to handle Cousins if he gets out of line. Cousins could adjust his game to adapt to the Warriors’ speed of their play.

Overall, bringing in Cousins is a huge move and it should win another title for the Warriors. Cousins only took a one year deal. Which is a win win for the Warriors. If Cousins does not work out, they could cut him or bench him. However for DeMarcus Cousins, this is a big opportunity to expand his bank account. This one year deal is only a five million dollar deal. If DeMarcus plays like the all star that he is, it can earn him riches next season when more teams will have cap space and more teams will be out looking to spend big money at Menards. In DeMarcus Couisns’ world, he could help the Warriors win a championship, then next year he can earn the big bucks and try to knock out the Warriors. Perhaps join Lebron James and the Lakers. Oh that NBA drama you gotta love. If only they can improve the play on the floor and actually make a traveling call.

THE KING OF LA LA LAND

King James is heading to California.

CALIFORNIA ACCORDING TO ARCHIE BUNKER

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“California is full of nuts and fruits. Every fruit is a little nutty and every nut is a little fruity.”

“God is going to dump California. He’s just waiting for the last of the crazies to get there.”

It’s another new chapter in Lebron James’ world. It involves leaving Cleveland for the second time. Lebron opted out of his contract, became a free agent and now is heading to the LA. Lakers, not the other team in town. The Lakers will be his third team. This will be another cast of characters. More players will be wheeled and dealt as the King will take his throne in pursuit of another championship while practically printing money in a major market. He will be looking to create another power house in LA like he did in Miami. He made up with the Cleveland fans by getting a team that actually beat the Warriors down three games to one in a best out of seven series.

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The second time he left Cleveland he obviously did some growing up. Last time he held an hour long show to make the decision on national television to tell the world he was going to south beach. Him and his friends got together, hatched out a plan and before you knew it, his toes were swishing through sand at the beach. Is this second time leaving Cleveland a stab in the back to Cavalier fans? Is the one championship enough to quiet them as he walks out of their lives for good?  Do you think the Cavaliers had unfinished business as they have been to the finals and lost to Warriors more times than they won? Who do you blame? Lebron not sticking around? Management for not setting him up with enough weapons?

Why the Lakers? The present Lakers team does not have enough talent to beat the Warriors or Rockets and that’s with Lebron.. Plus now you have moved to the Western Conference which is much harder to get to the finals in. Lebron and the Cavaliers had it easy in the Eastern Conference with all the watered down teams, half of them can’t even float to save their own lives. Does Magic Johnson have a plan? Will Lebron be GM as in Cleveland and recruit players? He texted Kevin Durant to come to the Lakers when he opted out of his contract. However Kevin gladly resigned with the Warriors as he knows where his bread is buttered.

Imagine the Lakers and Lebron James have a plan. Like when the Cylons came back with their plan in Battlestar Galactica. The Lakers signed Lebron for a 4 year deal. Lebron has 153.3 reasons why he will stick to the LA plan which comes out to 153.3 million dollars over those 4 years. Plus the Lakers are a huge market unlike Cleveland. Space Jam 2 is in the works because another thing LA has is Hollywood. Plus being in a top market, a well known team like the Lakers will have him like Scrooge McDuck swimming in pools of money. I think the Lakers will surround Lebron with young talent. It might not be year one, but at some point over this 4 year deal, LA Lakers will give the Warriors a run for their money.

Cleveland fans are probably walking around the streets like zombies. They are probably angry. However they are happy looking at the 2016 championship the Cavaliers brought home mainly because of Lebron James. They continue to pace around the arena with mixed feelings inside. Do you feel betrayed by the man who ripped your heart out of you once? Are they comfortably numb feelings as fans of Cleveland got to see a 52 year sports drought in their own city end because King James came back and saved the town? The Clevlanders still have the Indians. Hey, the Browns I predict will win six games this season. That would end their perfect football season of winning nothing last year except a delightful parade to celebrate a perfect record.

If I was living in Cleveland I would be pissed off. I don’t think I would have welcomed him back the first time, with that terrible way of making a choice of what team you wanted to play for. Many moons ago I liked the Lakers. From Magic Johnson and James Worthy and the pilot in Airplane that had that great hook shot over. I think he went by Roger Over. Then the Lakers had the rapist and the big man that could not hit a free throw and they went on and won multiple championships. I did not care for Kobe and Shaq and the former Bulls’ coach Phil Jackson. This will be another Lakers team I will hate with Lebron always leaving when the going gets tough. He’s like the kid that takes the ball and goes home because it’s his ball and he’s mad because it’s not going his way. Lebron would abandon ship with the women and children. While Michael Jordon would find a way to still beat you by patching up the ship while it sank. I will say Archie Bunker is correct that California has just landed the KING NUT.

A LEMON OR A NUGGET

Some believed the Bulls were going to make some noise in the 2018 NBA draft. Some believed they were going to trade up to get one of the top players on the board. Many thought they were going to be able to land Michael Porter Jr.  The Chicago Bulls had the number seven draft pick and they played it safe in picking Wendell Carter Junior from Duke. It’s a safe pick that is indeed not sexy. Most teams will draft the best player overall. While some teams will draft players at positions they need. The Bulls were in need of a center and that’s why they scooped up Carter Jr instead of taking a gamble on Michael Porter Jr. who could be one of the best players in the whole entire draft. Did the Bulls drop the ball not taking Michael Porter Jr. ?

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Michael Porter Jr. did eventually get picked at number 14. He will join the Denver Nuggets and most likely be red shirted his first year in the NBA. Michael Porter Junior has shown the world his talents since high school. He is a gifted and very talented basketball player. However his problem is he suffered a back injury being on the court playing for University of Missouri. In November, he had an invasive back surgery called L-3-L-4 microdiscectomy to treat herniated discs in the back. Michael Porter Jr. did return to the court March 8th in the quarter finals of the SEC tourney and also played in the NCAA March Madness tournament. He played In two games and he came off the bench only for precautionary reasons. His Senior year in high school he averaged 36.2 points per game along with 13.6 rebounds leading his team to a perfect season. The kid racked up all the awards from Mr. Basketball USA to McDonald’s All American. Plus what he did in the Nike Summit leading the USA team over the World Select team scoring 19 points in 23 minutes. The achievements on his basketball resume go on like Santa’s naughty and nice list.

The Bulls and other teams passed on this kid because they believe that his back probably will not hold up in the NBA. The Bulls brass are probably still being haunted by all of the Derrick Rose injuries he suffered after coming into the league like gang busters and winning an MVP award in the process. Both Gar and Pax wake up in cold sweats at night thinking about all the multiple Rose comeback attempts that fell short. Perhaps the Bulls brass’ jobs are on the line and if the Porter Jr. experiment did not get out of the lab and blew up, things could get ugly for them. The Bulls and other teams will always say they did not like the doctor reports on Michael Porter Jr’s back and they will have their excuse for the future on why they passed on him.

I think the Bulls should have gambled and taken Michael Porter Jr. First of all, the Bulls are in a rebuild during which you have time to sit this kid for a year and help him get his back stronger with right training and diet to take on the long grind of a NBA season. Second, this draft was very weak with only a few players that can make an impact right away. Plus you have a few years that no one is getting pass the Warriors or Lebron’s newer team. With only a handful of teams that are above the rest you have time to tinker and gamble to come up with a future squad that can wreck havoc over the league for years to come. Plus, I do not believe John Paxson and Gar Foreman’s jobs are on the line. Working for the Bulls you can hold on to those jobs like the pope. You do need guys like Wendell Carter Jr.  for all the dirty work they do. I love those types of grinders that get the rebounds and play defense. However you do need a super star that can score anytime he wants to. In this league you need more than one. Will the Nuggets rise up in the west with Michael Porter Jr. leading the charge? Will the Bulls and other teams have egg on their face like the Portland Trail Blazers when they passed on Michael Jordan? If the Bulls did draft Michael Porter Jr. they would have found a way to shoot themselves in the foot the way they operate things.  The Bulls brass is running the organization like a lemonade stand.  Porter would have been the biggest lemon if Paxton and Foreman got their hands on this kid.  Now at least he has hope for a bright future with the Nuggets not suiting up in Chicago.

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The Cold Ice Brings Sunshine to the Capitals

Washington D.C. has not had something exciting happen to their town in a very long long time. Eight long years with Obama and his care packages. The battle royal with Hillary versus Trump as they fought with each other, biting one another. Scratching and pulling hair like two school kids at the bike rack after school. Then the latest tragedy of Trump in the White house. With him meddling into all the sports leagues. Such as throwing big time fuel on Kaeepernick and his kneeling for the National anthem. This caused backlash across the league. It could have been a subject that would disappear on it’s own. Now it’s become more slimy and gruesome, Now you have championship teams boycotting going to the White House to meet that despicable man who is running this country.  These are the dark days of Washington D.C. I can’t even see the local badminton intramural team coming for a visit.

Besides the raunchy smell of politicians in D.C.. the sports landscape has not fared well either. Georgetown still suffers from the Princeton upset in March Madness years and years ago. Then the Redskins have been nothing since the 1990s. Only topics are a name change and getting rid of the Redskins who have played like deadskins. Besides not being able to strike a multiple deal with a franchise quarterback, less of topic to chat about since Kirk Cousins finally departed the DC area and headed to Minnesota. Georgetown and the Redskins are dinosaurs as their history was the talk of our capital. Now they are old clunkers found on the road dead.

The Wizards, Nationals and the Capitals are the three teams that are talked about. However with all the talent these teams have acquired over the years, how come when it comes to the playoffs, they have just fallen on their faces? The Nationals have been a pick to win the World Series every year. Even with Dusty Baker sucking on his swizzle stick, people thought it’s coming soon. The pitchers. Bryce Harper, one of the best young players in the game. However it’s the same old story, the Nationals create mistakes they can’t overcome and watch the Cubs move on to the next round. Dusty gets fired but they went cheap and replaced him with Davey Martinez. Which it could work well. However with Bryce Harper’s ticket out of town coming after this season, it could set their team back a few years. Could be sent to the scrap yard with the Skins. Same with the Wizards who can’t get past round two in the Eastern conference which is very weak. I think people talk more about the few years Michael Jordan came out of retirement and played for the Wiz, over the current teams. Can the Wizards add a player that could put them over the top to be able to get them to the next level? If Lebron James leaves Cleveland, the conference could  be wide open. Could the Wizards beat anybody representing the West? Or do they need to wait until the Warriors break up the band. This could be another Washington franchise heading to the junk pile.

Something finally changed and it was on the ice, not the field when the Capitals finally overcame the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was like finally beating the bully that has tormented you for years. No Capital team during the Ovechkin era has made it past round two. Alex Ovechkin is the Capitals superstar like Bryce Harper is for the Nationals. After the Penguins, the Capitals rolled through the playoffs and made it to the Stanley Cup to face the Las Vegas Golden Knights who have existed only for one season. The Golden Knights won the first game. So you’re thinking more dark clouds forming over the Capital. Thinking a team who was not a team at this time a year ago is going to make history. Now you will be on the bad side of history. However something changed and the Capitals prevailed and won four games in a row. Which won them their first Stanley cup. Finally a Russian helping the city win something that is good for the city. Now we wait to see if the team in Trump’s backyard, stops over for tea at the White House.

 

 

FEDERAL HOCKEY LEAGUE NHL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS

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The Charlestown Chiefs and the Syracuse Bulldogs have been going at it again. This time it’s not their usual rumble on the ice to win the championship.

BRAWLS

Both teams have squared off again. However they have been predicting playoff outcomes in the NHL playoffs.

First round both teams were perfect with their predictions.

BULL DOGS 4

CHIEFS       4  after first period

STATS:

BULL DOGS GOALS (PREDICTIONS) : DR.HOOK (BRUINS), OGILTHORPE (LIGHTNING), SCREAMING BUFFALO (CAPITALS) ROSS MAD DOG (PENGUINS)

CHIEFS GOALS (PREDICTIONS) THE HANSON BROTHERS (SHARKS), DUNLOP (PREDATORS), BRADEN (GOLDEN KNIGHTS), KILLER CARLSON (JETS)

Second round both teams switched conferences.

BULL DOGS TOOK THE LEAD

AFTER SECOND PERIOD

BULL DOGS 6

CHIEFS 5

STATS:

BULL DOG GOALS (PREDICTIONS) LUSSIER (GOLDEN KNIGHTS) GILMOUR (JETS)

CHIEFS GOALS (PREDICTIONS) LEMIEUX (LIGHTNING)

JOHNNY UPTOWN MISSED IN HIS PREDICTION.

THIRD PERIOD

Chiefs need to go perfect and hope the Bull Dogs faltered

NOT THE CASE

BOTH TEAMS SWITCH CONFERENCES LIKE SWITCHING NETS AFTER EACH PERIOD OR ROUND.

BULL DOGS BRING IN LAST MINUTE GOON DAVE SCHULTZ AKA THE HAMMER AND HE PUTS THE TEAM UP BY TWO GOALS (TWO PREDICTIONS)

STATS:

BULL DOGS GOALS (PREDICTIONS) THE HAMMER (CAPITALS)

THE CHIEFS WERE HELD SCORELESS. MORRIS WANCHK’S PREDICTION JETS OVER GOLDEN KNIGHTS DID NOT WORK OUT

THE FINAL

BULL DOGS 7

CHIEFS 5 FINAL

BULL DOGS GO PERFECT IN THEIR PREDICTIONS TO OUST THE CHIEFS 7-5 IN PREDICTION OF NHL PAYOFFS AND WIN THE FEDERAL PINT

SINCE THE CHIEFS COULD NOT SEND IT TO OVER TIME WE HAVE A STANLEY CUP WINNER PREDICTION

NO WORRIES IT’S  BROPHY FROM THE PRESIDENTS WHO WILL PREDICT THE STANLEY CUP WINNER

BROPHY

WASHINGTON CAPITALS VERSUS LAS VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS

BROPHY TWO

JUST DON’T CHECK BROPHY AGAINST THE BOARDS IF HE’S WRONG. HE’S DRUNK AND HE MIGHT PISS HIMSELF ON A HARD HIT.

BROPHY HAS PREDICTED GOLDEN KNIGHTS IN SIX (4-2)

 

 

MOVING THE CHAINS RUNS IN THE FAMILY

Buffalo Bills are one of those teams in dire need of improving their receiving core. They have addressed their quarterback situation by shipping Tyrod Taylor to Cleveland. Then inking Cincinnati’s back-up quarterback, AJ McCarron, to a two year deal. Then they moved up in the draft, Wyoming Rough Rider gunslinger, Josh Allen. You have the meats, like Arby’s slogan, now where are your taters? Bills’ only true threat is Kelvin Benjamin, a guy they got in trade last year from Carolina. In round six, they drafted a guy out of Clemson, Ray McCloud. In round seven, they drafted a guy that is very intriguing to me. Could be under the radar. Could be a sleeper. Has football in his blood. Austin Proehl out of North Carolina, son of former NFL wide receiver Ricky Proehl.

Ricky Proehl was one of those guys you needed on the team to move the chains. To get that catch over the middle, to get licked and hold on to the ball to get the first down. He was drafted in 1990 by the Phoenix Cardinals, who now are known as the Arizona Cardinals. He played for a numerous amount of teams which included watching him play for the Bears later in his career. Other teams he caught balls for were the Seahawks, Panthers, Colts, and he was part of the greatest show on turf with the Rams. He was a part of two Superbowl championship teams. In his career he gobbled up 669 catches for 8878 yards with 54 touch downs.

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I think the Bills are hoping the son is better than the father. Even if they are the same statically wise, this pick could be huge. I know not many 7th round draft picks make a huge impact. Most of them never even make it. I think the Bills have the leg up when it comes to Austin Proehl as he has ties with head Coach Sean McDermott. Ricky Proehl was a receivers coach in Carolina and was on the same staff with Sean McDermott. The coach of the Bills has known Austin since he was 8 years old. Austin also went to North Carolina for college. Sure you can say both Sean and Ricky are friends and he drafted Austin because of that. However Sean McDermott had the inside track on this kid his whole life in football. Plus I think McDermott is a great coach. He guided the Bills to the playoffs last year. He broke a long sickening drought of the city not getting to playoffs, one of the worst in sports at the time.

With a gunslinger like a Josh Allen and McCarron who can chuck the rock down the field, you still need a safety net guy like an Austin Proehl. I think the Bills had that guy in Chris Hogan a few years ago. Then like vultures, the Evil Empire Patriots swooped in and raised the ante for Hogan, which at the time the Bills could not match. Now you see Hogan as one of Brady’s weapons of mass destruction around the NFL. I liked how Ricky Proehl played the game. He reminded me of another Bears receiver they had In Thomas Waddle. Just a guy that got open, took a wallop and the ball stuck to his fingers. If Austin can come close to playing like his old man, this pick could be a steal.  Jim Kelly had Don Beebe for years. This could be one of Josh Allen’s weapons for a very long time, especially with both of them drafted in the same year.

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ONCE UPON A TIME A BLACK HAWK NOW HE’S FLYING AS A JET

Did the Chicago Black Hawks make the right decision after the winning the cup in 2010? At the time they had to make some big decisions due to the salary cap in the off season. They had to cut some actual meat off the bone from a team that was deep in talent. Who you keep as part of your core and those decisions can always come back to haunt you. They could keep you up at night. They could send you to the unemployment line. Even though how many hockey executives are starving these days? The one move that bothered me was trading away Dustin Byfuglien.

Dustin Byfuglien was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks. They brought him up as he was seasoned in the minor leagues by the Hawks. He came up as a defenseman but Hawks had other plans for the 6’5 265 pound man known as “BIG BUF”. They switched his position and made him a right winger. The big net presence was huge for the Black Hawks especially in the playoffs. He tallied 11 goals along with 5 assists in the 2010 playoffs. Three of those goals were in the finals. The way he cleared out defensemen as he bulldozed his way to the front of the net to expect the rebound. He drove the biscuit in the basket for a Blackhawk score. It seemed to be a common theme however a theme that did not last that long as he was shipped off to the Atlanta Thrashers. It did not seem that long as he might still have tasted champagne from the holy grail a few days before the shocking news came to him as he was traded.

Atlanta Thrashers moved and became the new old Winnipeg Jets. The original Jets moved from Winnipeg to Arizona and became the Phoenix Coyotes. While Byfuglien continues to play now for the new Jets, the Blackhawks have won two more Stanley Cups. Finally this season all the pieces were in place and the Jets not only made the playoffs, but have found themselves three games away from getting into the Stanley Cup Championship. In 2015 the Ducks easily swept the Jets out of the first round. This year the Jets have a high octane offense from their young superstars. Dustin Byfuglien is the assistant captain and he is a big part of the Jets defense. He is quarterback of the power play. He uses his big body to knock guys through the boards who most likely come away seeing stars. Plus he leads all defensemen in scoring throughout the playoffs. Big Buf has tallied  5 goals and 10 assists as he has slapped some screamers through the net for big scores to help Winnipeg knock out a great Nashville team.

Last time we saw the Blackhawks in the playoffs, they were swept by Nashville. This year the Blackhawks did not make the playoffs. It ended a nice run. Would things of been different if the Hawks would of kept Dustin Byfuglien? This season especially, it looked like Seabrook and Keith were ready for the retirement home. They have been on the decline for a long time. They looked very slow and lethargic-like on the ice. They were exposed more as the Hawks super star goalie Crawford missed most of the season. For years, Crawford bailed out the team’s defense by becoming a brick wall as pucks bounced off more and more every game.  Brent Seabrook only had seven goals while Duncan Keith had only two goals. Byfuglien has 5 goals in 13 playoff games so far. The main staples of the defense lost their zest for scoring. Plus they look like they’re washed up, while Big Buf has a lot of game left in his big frame.

Stan Bowman might be looking at himself in the mirror thinking he gave up the wrong guy after the first cup was won. However would the Hawks of put Byfuglien back at defense? I know he’s not a goon but he can be an enforcer. But Byfuglien should of been kept for his scoring and he was a big guy that could unleash you against the boards with ease. Some of the things I think the Hawks were missing was Guys like Byfuglien and Shaw that were able to stand in front of the net and fight for the puck and poke it in. Plus these two guys never backed down and were able to take hits and also give them. Plus Big Buf was able to throw down the gloves and protect the team’s superstars. He would lay out most of the guys as well. The Blackhawks have lacked toughness over the last few seasons and maybe before then. Watching Big Buf play defense brings you back to the days when Duncan Keith played like an animal spitting his own teeth out like a pez dispenser. It’s the typical Chicago way as they always send the wrong guys packing and for sure they always come back to haunt you. Plus they go on to win somewhere else. Sometimes you wished the brain trust of the people running our teams in Chicago would be traded away. It seems they hold on to these jobs like the Pope in the Vatican.

FEDERAL HOCKEY LEAGUE NHL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS ROUND THREE

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The Federal league are putting on the foil and predicting NHL playoff outcomes.

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TWO OLD RIVALS SQUARE OFF IN THIS SQUARE DANCE

In each round, a player from each rival has made a prediction in each match up of the NHL playoffs.

The first round each team went perfect.

BULLDOGS predicted all four correct. They had the Eastern conference games: Dr. Hook (Bruins), Ogilthorpe (Lightning), Screaming Buffalo (Capitals), and Ross Mad Dog (Penguins)

CHIEFS predicted all four correct. They had the Western Conference. The Hanson’s (Sharks), Dunlop (Predators), Braden (Golden Knights), and Killer Carlson (Jets).

After 1st period: Syracuse 4

Charlestown 4

In the second round, both teams switched conferences like switching nets after the first period

This time the Chiefs had Eastern Conference and the Bull Dogs had Western Conference.

Syracuse remains perfect with both predictions correct. Lussier (Golden Knights) and Gilmour (Jets).

The Chiefs hit one out of two predictions. Lemieux (Lightning)

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Johnny Uptown had Penguins over the Capitals for the first blemish of the game.

After the second period, Syracuse pull ahead by one goal.

Syracuse 6

Chiefs      5

ROUND THREE: I HOPE YOU BROUGHT YOUR TOYS WITH YOU

Both teams will switch nets again. Syracuse will be predicting Eastern Conference while the Chiefs have the Western Conference.

Chiefs need to get their prediction correct in hopes the Bulldogs fail which will force a tie going into the Stanley Cup Championship. They hope to take home another Federal Cup.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

WASHINGTON CAPITALS VERSUS TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

Syracuse up to their old tricks again as they made a last minute change to their line up. They have brought back one of the most feared players in the league from back in the 1970’s. Part of the Broad Street Bullies of the Philadelphia Flyers.

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KNOWN AS THE HAMMER DAVE SCHULTZ

THE HAMMER’S PREDICTION BESIDE BURYING YOU UNDER THE ICE IS CAPITALS IN SIX.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS WIN SERIES (4-2)

WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

WINNIPEG JETS VERSUS LAS VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS

Meanwhile the Chiefs are relying on Morris Wanchuk. Of course his prediction came after he got some snatch from one of the ice dancer gals.

MORRIS WANCHUK

MORRIS WANCHUK’S PREDICTION IS JETS IN SEVEN  (4-3)

ANOTHER POLICE ACADEMY SEQUEL IN THE NBA UPON THE HORIZON

NBA ROUND THREE PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS

DO WE KNOW ANYTHING?

When it comes down to it, the NBA is easy to figure out who’s going to win each match up.

OUR FIRST ROUND PREDICTION STATS: 7-8 IN MATCH UPS

UTAH JAZZ OUR ONLY BLEMISH

OUR SECOND ROUND PREDICTION STATS: 4-4 IN MATCH UPS

OUR TOTAL STATS SO FAR: 11-12 IN MATCH UPS

Utah Jazz is a team on the rise. It’s a young team that has really come together and has been a great story all year. The way they knocked out the Thunder, a team with three potential hall of fame basketball players, is what I would like to see more of.

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What was Russell Westbrook’s problem with one of the Jazz fans?

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Was this guy ringing his door bell at the hotel?

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NBA is too predictable right now. The Championship finals is the usual suspects. In a few years it will change and become a better league when more teams battle it out with each other. Lots of young teams like Philadelphia, Milwaukee and we talked about the Jazz. Minnesota is another team maybe in need of a player, not an X- Bull, to help them be a consistent force. Chicago Bulls will still suck. Our championship is another Police Academy sequel. Citizens versus Nazis on surf boards.

IT WILL BE ANOTHER SWEET CHUCK VERSUS HIGH TOWER

WE HAVE ANOTHER GOLDEN STATE VERSUS CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIP

BOTH HIGHTOWER AND SWEET CHUCK

LEBRON VERSUS CURRY FOR ALL THE MARBLES FOR ANOTHER WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S

WEEKEND AT BERNIES

ROUND THREE MATCH UPS  (BEST OUT OF SEVEN)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

BOSTON CELTICS VERSUS CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

Boston has been doing great things in the playoffs. However I think they run out of gas against Lebron and company. It’s the same old story, same old song and dance.

OUR PREDICTION: CAVALIERS IN 6 (4-2)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS VERSUS HOUSTON ROCKETS

I think this match up would be a great championship. It’s got the MVP of the league in Harden going up against well you know, THE WARRIORS, who do come out to play. I think the Warriors have too many weapons but this will be a well fought series.

OUR PREDICTION: WARRIORS IN 7 (4-3)

BERNIE IS DOWN FOR THAT SEQUEL

BERNIE DOWN FOR THAT SEQUEL

SOME OF THE BOOBS IN THE UP COMING NBA FINALS

 

 

THE FIELD OF DREAMS

What ever happened to capturing the other school’s mascot? Usually you hear rival schools get into an old fashioned rumble. The world has changed these days as you never hear about the flaming dog poop on the porch trick done anymore. These days, kids are most likely defacing the other school’s property with spray paint. That might be the understatement of the decade. Can you pry a kid away from their phone? These days rival wars are fought on fac book through the computer screen with emojis and hashtags.

Thomas Tramaglini of New Jersey has some old school fight in him. He’s a man that has bitter feelings against his rival school. Unless he has bathroom issues. Only problem, Thomas is a 42 year old man. Plus he is the Superintendent of Kenilworth Public schools in New Jersey. Shakedown breakdown you are busted for taking a crap on the rival school’s football field. You might think a dog is pooping on your lawn all these times when you wake up to fetch the newspaper.  However have you looked in the mirror? Who have you pissed off? Someone might be squatting on your lawn and leaving you a nice hot steamy surprise in the morning.

Let’s profile the alleged pooper. First, it was not Thomas’ first rodeo. This has occurred more than once so now we have to dig deeper because we have a serial pooper. This was not a once in awhile thing either. The track coaches at Holmdel high school reported the findings of the human poop on the lawn on a daily basis. This prompted a sting operation in which police found Thomas in the act letting out a deuce. My first thought… did he get a chance to wipe before the cuffs were placed on his wrists? What about washing his hands as well? I feel sorry for the guy doing the fingerprints on him. Thomas Tramagini faces a list of charges such as lewdness, public urination, defecation and they threw in littering as they threw the book at him, Danno.

Thomas is the first crazed public pooper. In 2015, they called this person the Bowel Movement Bandit as he pooped on 19 parked cars in Akron. Just think of a person climbing on the hood and letting projectiles fly out on top of your ride. Hope the wipers work for those muddy ones. Then the Mad pooper in 2017 in Colorado Springs, was a women jogger who just stopped, let it out and continued her morning run. Southern Illinois had somebody pooping in the washing machines. Can you imagine not catching the whiff opening up the lid there and throwing your delicates in that super loader? You know the list is a lot longer with others loving to be a free pooper of society. Only their dog is not walking behind them picking up the turds in a plastic bag.

I can see in times of desperation. Times when you’ve got to go go and nothing around for miles. It’s either in your pants or a spot behind the jiffy lube. Obviously Thomas Tramagoli has anger and resentment issues to drive over to a rival school on a daily basis and unload. You wonder is he reading a newspaper while he waits? What’s he doing for toilet paper? One guy I know found himself in a sticky situation in a port a potty with no toilet paper. He took off his under shirt, ripped it up and made his own toilet paper. The Macgyver of the port a potty world. Thomas Tramogini is no dummy as to rise in the ranks and become a Superintendent, he obviously has education. However to risk a job paying him $147,000 dollars a year to poop on the rival’s football field is mentally insane. He must have had plenty of rage built up where he needed to go to this field and let one loose almost every day. No worries… he’s on a leave of absence and will be getting paid through June. However after that, he might be drowning in his own mudslide of life.