We're Almost There: New Year's Eve "Shout Out" Edition

Happy New Year's Eve to all!Last week’s match up with the Giants and the Jets was a wonderful sight to behold. Wait a minute, wasn’t there inconsistencies on offense and defense?  Why yes there was, but more importantly than that, was a New York Giants team that showed up to play ball for FOUR QUARTERS! It really doesn’t get much better than that. In this game we see a “spark” ignited in the running game between the three backs Jacobs, Bradshaw, and Ware. They didn’t have monstrous rushing yards, no, but each time they got the ball they ran it like men on a mission! That, my friend, is what Giants football is all about! Pounding it in yard for yard! May I also take this time to shout out Ahmad Bradshaw; not taking away from our other backs in any form or fashion, but that dude is the epitome of a BEAST!

Also sending a shout out to Victor Cruz for the 99 yard touchdown in the second quarter. Hold up, I didn’t do that right! Sending a shout out to Victor Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz! There it goes, that play was exhilarating to watch. The next shout out goes to our defense for holding it down for all four quarters, a much better exhibition than the week against the Redskins. You know I can’t talk about the defense without sending a shout out to Jason Pierre-Paul. His pursuit in the pass rushing gives me chills! Every player has his own style, but just the persistence in the chase gives me LT flashbacks! I am definitely down with JPP!

Yes, I Still bELIeve...

“Tis the season to be jolly! Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la! G-men straight up caused a folly! Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la! With that nauseous execution. Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la! Cowboys on top is a delusion. Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. "

I should have known if there was an easy way to control the NFC East the Giants would bypass it! That game against the Redskins was atrocious! Drop passes, interceptions… *deep sigh*but I digress. Leaving the past behind and focusing on week 16 against the Jets. Giants must dominate on both sides of the ball this Saturday.  Two wins to get in and this Big Blue fan still bELIeves! The NFC East is ours for the taking, and New York Football Giants run New York!! The potential can't be denied, the bigger question is where is the heart? Their backs are against the wall and it's time show up and show out! Let's Go Big Blue!!!

Sporty Picks Week 12 Edition

Okay, this is my first list of picks for the season! Week 12 let's go...

Thanksgiving Day picks, yeah they count too…

Packers v/s Lion: Sporty picked the Lions, just because I hate the Packers being undefeated.

Dolphins v/s Cowboys:  Sporty picked the Dolphins, simply hoping that would give my Gmen some breathing room. Didn’t work out that way, that missed field goal came back and haunted the Dolphins. Close, very, very close!

Forty Niners v/s Ravens: Sporty picked the Ravens. Thank you Ravens for at least making Turkey Day bearable.

So I’m sitting at 1 out of 3. Let’s see how my Sunday picks come out!

Lesson Learned?

It has been awhile since my last post. The Giants have now slipped into second place of the NFC East sitting at 6-4 losing to the ‘Skins in (wk 1), Seahawks (wk 5), Niners (wk10), and Eagles (wk 11). As it stands today, at this very moment, the Dallas Cowboys are sitting in the #1 position in the NFC East. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

In the second game against the Eagles the Giants had 17 rushing attempts for 29 yards. (insert dramatic pause) Yes, 29 rushing yards! WOW! Now we all know that New York Giants football is made up of three very important factors. 1) Smashmouth, in your face, no hold bars defense 2) controlling the clock 3) AND AN AGGRESSIVE RUNNING GAME! Now I know if it’s not there, it’s just not there, but 29 yards! Again I say WOW!

Sporty Pleads...

Dear New York Football Giants,

Remember the debacle, which was much bigger than Dodge, and BEAT THE EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!! Point. Blank. Period.

Love ,
Sporty

Sporty's Salty...

The NFL Lockout has been lifted after 132 days and I am elated! So excited that we can now discuss football and not the possibility of getting to football. The New York Giants made some really hard cuts yesterday with center Shaun O'Hara (swallows hard) and guards Rich Seubert and Shawn Andrews being released. Then something happened that just clouded everything else, I got wind that Plaxico Burress may be considering a return to Big Blue O_o...

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When Plax first got out of prison I changed my twitter avi and posted an update on facebook eagerly awaiting his return to his family and the NFL...hopefully as a Gmen. Then he got out and started promoting other teams in media coverage/on twitter and calling out former issues with Coach Coughlin. He basically made it seem as though returning to Big Blue was not an option. Which made me quite salty with him, so now I'm like "HUH?". Is Big Blue  going through the motions because it's just apart of free agency or are they attempting to make it look as though the Giants were willing and it was his choice to move on, should he move on.

Sporty Spotlight: 2011 Home Run Derby

Going, Going….Gone!!!!

Congratulations to Yankees’ second baseman Robinson Cano for capturing first place in the 2011 Home Run Derby in Phoenix, Arizona Monday night. Cano captured the title over Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, which makes the win even sweeter! Cano choose his father as pitcher ending the night with 32 home runs.  Cano is the third Yankee to win the Derby, joining the ranks of Tino Martinez (1997) and Jason Giambi (2002). Way to go Cano!!!!

Robinson Cano with his father and mother Jose and  Mercedes Cano

   (Christian Petersen / Getty Images / July 11, 2011)

Picture from Chicago Tribune

Sporty Spotlight: July 9, 2011

Congrats Mr. 3,000!!!!!!

Congratulations to Yankees’ Captain Derek Jeter for being the first Yankee to reach 3,000 career hits! Topping it off with a home run! How sweet it is! Jeter is the 28^th player in the MLB to reach this milestone. There were so many discussions on social networking sites before hitting this milestone in regards to whether Jeter was overrated. I guess the numbers in this situation speaks for itself. 3,000 career hits…enough said!

Sporty Says:

"WELCOME TO THE NBA"

It’s been awhile since my last post, a very long while! Let’s recap what’s going on  in MY world of sports up to this point: 1) The NFL is still in lockout and under negotiations <boo> 2) The NFL has held it’s 2011 Draft <Yay>  3) Baseball is off and in full swing <Go Yankees>  4) The Dallas Mavs are the NBA Finals Champions to the dismay of many Heat fans <giggle> and 5) The NBA has held their 2011 Draft with new prospects being brought into the league.

I watched the NBA Draft, and to be honest, I would have rather watched paint dry.  It was not exciting at all and after the Pistons first round pick, I changed the channel and waited for the alerts on my cellphone. Now the talents of the players had nothing to do with my boredom because I had no clue who was who since I’m not big on college ball. Next season I’m going to have to at least watch through March Madness so I’ll know a few names on the board!

By the end of the night the Pistons had drafted Brandon Knight (Kentucky), Kyle Singer (Duke), and Vernon Macklin (Florida Gators). Now when Knight was picked I constantly heard references to his academics (4.3 GPA not shabby at all!) and how smart of a player he was, but that he was a “developing” player, not one who would be able to step in and make a difference early. I wanted a player who could step in, put the team on his back and carry them back to former glory! Is that too much to ask? Okay, I guess it is. So I had mix feelings about the young man I had never seen play from Kentucky, 'cause the media didn't show any HYPE and he looked "stunned", to say the least, when picked.

Sporty Flashbacks:

I'm home from work under the weather but on cloud nine for two reasons:

1. Today, February 3rd is the birthday of my late grandmother Susie Mae Sanders, who passed away August 2010. As much as her presence is missed, her legacy is so much stronger. She was a former nurse, who retired physically, but not mentally from her trade, an ongoing learner, and a true historian. I remember as a little girl going to Trident Tech with my grandmother, she took classes there. She was so excited and eager to share what she was learning. She could run the history down on any person or thing from its creation to current date! She was also a sports fan, who always shared stories of her days playing basketball in high school. Must be where my "sporty" gene came from! And even more important than all of that, she was a wife, mother, and grandmother. I can still hear her voice on the other end of the phone saying "Yeah, I'm still here (gives her address) ...*then an awkard silence*" as I giggle and she tells me I'm right to laugh. She didn't hold anything back, LOVE you Grandma! She will be missed by all of us but I thank God for the lessons I learned through her life and even in her death.

February 3, 1930- August 8, 2010

2. Also three years ago on this day, my New York Football Giants made me and so many other fans the happiest people on the face of the earth by winning Super Bowl XLII. The "world" had already crowned the Patriots as "Undefeated" and my Gmen showed up, and in a little over a minute, showed out! Remember Manning's escape, which set up The Catch, followed later by the Steve Smith first down which led to The Game Winning Touchdown .  I still remember the naseau, the chills, and the final thrill!

                            SUPERBOWL XLII CHAMPIONS

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I only hope the Packers and Steelers are able to make this Super Bowl Sunday just as exciting! Well of course it won't really be "just as" but you know what I mean! SUPERBOWL XLV riding hard with the NFC. GO PACK GO...okay, that still feels so wrong !