Posted by Cubicle QB

If this photo doesn’t frighten the bejesus out of you, then you may just have enough huevos to tune in to ESPN’s SportsCenter on Sunday at 10:30am and 11pm ET for the “Sunday Conversation” featuring three weird, crotchety old coaches who all happen to be buddies — Bobby Knight, Bill Parcells and Tony La Russa. The three will discuss a variety of topics including their friendships, coaching philosophies and how players have changed over the years — and occasionally yell obscenities at host Rece Davis, who we’re pretty sure cries at some point during the session. Even in this photo, Knight looks like he’s getting ready to throw a brick at the paperboy or something.

Here are a few excerpts from the conversation:

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Tags: Bobby Knight Bill Parcells, SportsCenter, Tony La Russa

by WindUpDoll

Do I even need to tell you that the results show is chock full of filler? There’s a songwriting competition.

Then it’s the cheesy group number! Starting off with ‘Get Right Back To Where We Started From.’ Do you get it? They were all singing songs from the year they were born, so that’s where they started from. Get it? It’s way cheesy. Michael Johns and David Cook do the ‘I’m-a-dude-this-is-so-not-gay’ chest thump. It’s because the girls are doing all the lead singing, leading the guys to do silly things. I hear this song and I think of Art Bell. Kathy calls it ‘dorkalicious.’ [Read more →]

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Tags: American Idol

by WindUpDoll

Aimee is in awe of all the compliments she’s gotten. Claire is missing her husband and daughter. Apparently she still pumps her breast milk for her daughter. I assume she then ships that? Not quite sure how that works.

Then we have our first fight — Dominique sets her alarm way early and since the girls sleep in one room, it’s torquing a lot of people off, especially Claire. The editors make it seem like this fight goes on all day. Lauren calls Dominique verbal diarrhea. So of course Dominique goes in the phone room and talks to her mom. She feels hurt. Boo-hoo Dominique. I’d want to slap you too if you let your alarm go off seven times without shutting it off. [Read more →]

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Tags: ANTM

Posted by Ryan

Jericho, Season 2, Episode 7, “Patriots and Tyrants”: Jake and Hawkins have one final opportunity to prove to the independent Texas government that they hold the evidence to one of the biggest conspiracies in history … but first they’ll have to get past the Cheyenne government.

What we kind of suspected was officially announced this week by CBS:

The March 25th episode of Jericho will be the series finale. Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this program; we simply wish there were more. We thank an engaged and spirited fan base for keeping the show alive this long, and an outstanding team of producers, cast and crew that went through creative hoops to deliver a compelling, high quality second season. We have no regrets bringing the show back for a second try. We listened to our viewers, gave the series an opportunity to grow, and the producers put a great story on the screen. We’re proud of everyone’s efforts.

There will be a small faction of Jericho diehards who will throw a fit and mail more bags of nuts to CBS. But this cancellation was warranted, expected and, quite frankly, an act of mercy. There’s really nowhere left for this story to go. The only thing we really needed to know from Season 1 was who was behind the attacks and why. Season 2 gave us the answer, along with a bunch of random chases, standoffs and gunfights. Unless you’re really engrossed with Stanley and Mimi’s wedding registry, you should be happy to have this series wrapped up.

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by WindUpDoll

Is it just me, or has Ryan’s ‘This… is American Idol‘ gotten even cheesier? I didn’t think it was possible, but I think he’s achieved some kind of Easter miracle with tonight’s delivery. The pause was longer, there was a head-bob going on. All kinds of queso.

The Idols are belched out from the center of the stage, instead of coming down the stairs. Tonight’s theme is: “You’re Old, America!” I mean, songs from the year the contestants were born. [Read more →]

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Posted by Mike

Hey, did you hear? Britney Spears is on this week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother. And, yeah, she’s OK in her limited role — but the real star of the episode is this week’s other guest, Sarah Chalke of Scrubs. Chalke plays Dr. Stella Zinman, a character we first heard about (but didn’t see) in the pre-strike finale “The Platinum Rule.” If you recall, Dr. Stella is the woman who is removing Ted’s butterfly tramp stamp over the course of 10 painful sessions. Ted is instantly smitten with her, and only becomes more so after debating with her which movie is the worst of all time, Plan 9 From Outer Space (her choice) or Manos: The Hands of Fate (his). Since ethics dictate that Dr. Stella can not date a patient, Ted decides that he will simply ask her out after his 10 sessions are over. The only hitch is, Dr. Stella tells him that she will say no. And so begins the difficult process of turning that “no” into a “yes.” No big deal. After all, Ted is not a Top 40 song you instantly like. He’s “Stairway to Heaven” — which we assume means he’s not allowed in guitar stores.

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Posted by Cubicle QB

Saturday’s Games

Some more good action on Saturday’s second-round games. Despite coach Trent Johnson getting ejected for two technical fouls, #3 Stanford rallied to beat #6 Marquette in OT. My alma mater, #3 Wisconsin, advances to the Sweet 16 after a convincing beatdown on #11 Kansas State. #1 Kansas made easy work of #8 UNLV, and #3 Xavier took out #6 Purdue. Thanks to a commanding second half, #7 West Virginia knocked out #2 Duke, and there is much rejoicing. My only regret about Duke losing is that it didn’t happen two days ago. (Yeah, it’s cliche to bash Duke. But it’s so much fun.)

“The Legend of Lance Hardwood” is taking shape, growing stronger as we go deeper into the tournament. Tied for third place, I still have the most number of points possible. The Duke loss was an acceptable casualty. I had them in the Sweet 16, but others had them in the Elite Eight. Washington State beating Notre Dame stung just about everyone.

Pitt’s loss to Michigan State is most unfortunate, but not a back breaker for Lance Hardwood. That back breaker is coming right about now…

Sunday’s Games, Or “The Death Of Lance Hardwood”

Lance Hardwood finds himself in first place after Sunday’s games, but this little taste of the top is all he’s going to get. I picked Georgetown to win it all, and they got kicked in the junk by #10 Davidson. Western Kentucky and Villanova won again, and I’ve got 12 of the Sweet 16 right, but the only team I couldn’t afford to have booted out just laid a big stinky one on the court.

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Posted by Mike and johnnysweeptheleg

Before we get started, we remind you that, like Michael, we will be going away for a while. But, also like Michael, we’ll be back — the week of April 24, when Lost returns to ABC at its new time, 10pm ET. Unlike Michael, we’ll try not to run around yelling “Walt!” at all times between now and then.

Last week’s teaser trailer promised that someone would die this week. Two people did. The catch is, nobody said anything about it being someone we actually cared about. (Is anyone but Alex really going to miss Karl and Rousseau?) We were told nothing of the forthcoming man-on-man action between Tom and his off-island “indulgence” — so, um, that was merely a bonus. Here’s what else happened …

johnnysweeptheleg’s Lost In A Moment:

Sayid doesn’t beat around the bush. Make no mistake, he enjoys beating you up, but he doesn’t beat around the bush. Sayid kicks off the episode confronting Michael about why he’s here. Michael responds, “I’m here to die.” Well, I guess we all are, Michael, in a Sylvia Plath manner of thinking. Most of the episode consists of how Michael got back to this freighter and became former Phoenix Suns point guard Kevin Johnson. See, it appears after Michael got back to New York, he tried killing himself more times than Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. But the island won’t let it happen, as we learn from Tom.

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Posted by Cubicle QB

Welcome to our NCAA Tournament blog, also called “The Legend of Lance Hardwood.” Lance Hardwood is my office pool bracket name. Lance Hardwood might be nothing more than a legend soon, though, as he’s tied for last with 12 of the 16 games picked correctly. Fortunately, the damage was all contained to the first round, and Lance Hardwood still has plenty of time to make a run.

If you’ve been picking straight according to the seedings, then your cowardice has mostly been rewarded. There were no upsets in the early Thursday games. I picked several: #9 Kent State over #8 UNLV, #12 Temple over #5 Michigan State and #11 Kentucky over #6 Marquette. (#9 Texas A&M over #8 BYU doesn’t really count as an upset.) I also took #10 Arizona over #7 West Virginia in a sentimental pick that didn’t pan out. I did have #11 Kansas State over #6 USC, but that was sort of a sexy pick — I have no faith in any basketball team coached by Tim Floyd.

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Tags: CBS March Madness On Demand, Kige Ramsey, Lance Hardwood, NCAA Tournament

by Zhillbear

On Malakal, Tracy thinks Ozzy is too controlling — he decides when the tribe eats, what the tribe eats, when the chickens will be killed. She thinks he’ll win the game unless they get him out of there.

Erik, meanwhile, idolizes Ozzy, who is taking the young ice cream scooper under his wing. Cirie can’t come up with enough figurative language to describe the situation — stardust comes out of Erik’s mouth when he says Ozzy’s name; the two are like the father teaching his cub in The Lion King; “I think if Ozzy were to propose marriage to Erik right now — done deal.” Erik eagerly gobbles up every word of instruction his idol feeds him, and Ozzy encourages his student with praise such as “Good job, dude” and “We got good nuts now!” (Oh, I should mention that Ozzy is teaching Erik how to chop down coconuts.)

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Tags: Amanda, CBS, Fans vs. Favorites, micronesia, Ozzy, Recap, shower, Survivor, Tracy