- There is no one whose fire burs hotter in the NFL than
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith Sr., who has played his entire
career as if someone slapped him in the face and insulted his mother before
every practice and game. He’s fought with teammates in practice, scrapped with opponents
before, during and after games and still remembers media members who panned his
selection as a third-round pick. He’s playing with a chip on his shoulder
that’s as big now as it was when he entered the league more than a decade ago.
So given that he caught eight passes for 99 yards and a touchdown in that game,
including his 1,000th career reception, in a 27-17 loss to Dallas last week,
how is Smith feeling? Pissed off, of course, because he has been called out by
two rookie cornerbacks this season. Believe it or not, he doesn’t give a sh*t
what some unproven DBs think of him…but he doesn’t sound happy about it.
"I can really give a flying f---," Smith said after Cowboys rookie
cornerback Anthony Brown said he had lost all respect for Smith after seeing
how much trash he talked in a losing effort. That came after Jacksonville
Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey attacked Smith on social media earlier this
year. "Older guys, they understand the respect game. These young guys, these
new millennium guys, they don't really get it," Smith said. "I've had
two rookies that unfortunately, they have lost all respect for me, so it's been
really keeping me up at night. It's tragic. I've been losing sleep. With all
the lack of sleep, I know we lost, but I was almost unable to send my cleats
and gloves all the way to Canton because of the lack of the sleep thing."
Keep playing angry, Steve……..
- The tales of illicit smuggling are just rocking the
greater European region this week and the hits just keep on coming. First,
Estonia gets its socks knocked off by the commander of its navy being linked to
the scandalous smuggling of cigarettes and alcohol through its ports and now,
Croatia is dealing with the fallout from a turtle smuggling ring that has
obviously shaken a nation to its foundation. Yes, Croatian customs authorities
say they have prevented the smuggling of 715 live turtles, a protected species
in the European Union's newest member state, proving that when the EU welcomed
Croatia to its ranks, it gained a country that takes seriously the plight of
all of God’s creatures, great and small. According to authorities, the
discovery was made Thursday in the Zupanja area, near the border with Bosnia.
It was a history-making occasion, taking its rightful position atop the list as
the biggest single seizure of live animals in Croatia. Details are still coming
in and authorities haven’t revealed where the turtles were headed or if they
knew the parties responsible for the turtle shipment, but it’s not a surprise
because the smuggling of rare or protected animals has flourished in the
impoverished Balkans in the aftermath of the wars in the 1990s. The region
became something of a wide-open, lawless place for those looking to ship, buy
and sell such items and judging by this latest incident, that problem hasn’t
been fully resolved just yet……….
- Because #Hollywood. There is nothing Hollywood loves more
than remaking, recycling and regurgitating old ideas, be it a straight remake
or a sequel of a movie that’s a known commodity, so of course a sequel to the
1980s comedy “Twins” is reportedly in the works, bringing the sort-of-dynamic
duo of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito together again with another
hilarious twist - casting Eddie Murphy as the duo’s brother. The original
“Twins” was released in 1988, starring Schwarzenegger and DeVito as a pair of
unlikely twins separated at birth. It’s funny because Schwarzenegger is a
massive Austrian and former bodybuilder, while DeVito is a sub-5-foot American
who….never mind, you get the point. So what better way to ratchet up the
comedic hijinks further than by adding a black guy as the long-lost sibling for
these hilariously mismatched brothers? The truly unbelievable thing here is
that it took 28 years to green-light a sequel for a film that was a massive box
office success, grossing $216 million worldwide. Talk of a sequel originally
flared up in 2012, when Universal announced plans for a sequel under the title
of “Triplets.” The studio reportedly had commitments from Schwarzenegger and
DeVito to appear, but the project never materialized and everyone simply forgot
about it. However, director Ivan Reitman has now confirmed that the idea is
alive and well. “We’re trying to get a script,” Reitman said, indicating that
the project is still in its early stages. Early stages or not, it’s a sequel
and as such, you’d damn well better believe it’s going to get made………
- Never change, drunk college students. You’re an endless
source of entertainment, a chance for the world around you to shake its
collective head in disbelief, laugh its ass off and wonder how you keep finding
new ways to hit rock bottom. In this season of giving, hearing about a drunk
college chick who tried to use a slice of pizza as a form of identification to
get into a bar and then b*tch-slapped the bouncer who refused to accept her
piece of a pie as proof of her age is a gift we can all enjoy. It all went down
at the aptly named Monkey Bar, where co-owner Rasif Rafiq’s security staff
encountered a woman who most likely had consumed a few alcoholic beverages
before she even arrived at this fine establishment and must have stopped by a
local pizzeria to funnel some food into her stomach in an effort to soak up the
alcohol. Why the bouncer refused to accept pizza as proof of being old enough
to drink is unclear because we all know that Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Papa John’s,
Little Caesar and every local pizza joint is not going to sell a cheap, hastily
made circle of dough covered in cheap sauce, mozzarella and various meats and
vegetables to anyone under the age of 21. Having a slice of deep dish is just
as good as having a viable driver’s license, so the bouncer was clearly out of
line and probably deserved to be slapped for refusing the drunk chick entry to
a place where she could continue her dogged pursuit of alcohol poisoning. When
the woman became aggressive, a police officer in the area intervened, further
worsening this woman’s night by issuing her a trespassing notice forcing her to
stay away from the Monkey Bar. That might not even matter because if a local
watering hole treated you that way, would you ever want to go back? This bar
may have lost itself a potentially very profitable customer…….
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