Archive for April, 2008

David Stern sings the praises of Key Arena…

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Constable Echelon

….in 1995.

Outstanding (yet infuriating) find from our dormant-no-longer friendos at Northwest Sports.

Schultz Files Suit; More E-mails (Northwest Sports)

While I’m at it, I’d like to recommend people check out The Word on the Pound. Shockingly exhaustive coverage of the search for Tony Wroten’s new coach at Garfield, plus all the NBA Draft buzz. It’s the real dookie.

The H wins Dickey Joke contest! Hip Hip Huzzah!

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Congratulations! We have a runaway winner in the Dickey joke contest! Congratulations to “The H” with the late entry. Savor your six-pack, safe in the knowledge you earned it with your pooply mouth.

Headline: “In Reversal of Roles, Dickey Catches, Pitches, Then Blows Save in Messy Clean Up Effort”

PS: Happy trails to Rob A. Dickey, who was sent down to make room for Putz.

Boys will be boys (add sodomy)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Constable Echelon

Ahhh, locker room hazing. The sweetest taboo. That simple time in a boy’s life where he and his friends blow off steam by playfully whipping each other with towels and…forcibly inserting their fingers into the anuses of younger teammates?

It must be Oregon!

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I Got Your Sweet Flip Right Here, Sideways Mouth

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Sager Bombs

Oh, and PS: don’t let the legal fees hit you in the ass on the way out.

So Wait, Am I Supposed To Boycott The NBA Playoffs?

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Sager Bombs

I’m not gonna lie here.  My regular season pro basketball and hockey viewership is sporadic at best.  If it happens on purpose, it’s mostly to watch Charles Barkley and Don Cherry.  The rest of the time it’ll be because it’s on at the bar.

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Seattle Supersonics move approved for 08-09 only

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Constable Echelon

From the Oklahoman:

NBA owners last week approved the relocation of the Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma City only for the 2008-09 season, a league spokesman said, and the team would have to submit two more relocation applications with the NBA if it is forced to remain in Seattle through 2010.

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The Diaries of Lisfranc

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Fig Jam

What the hell is the Lisfranc joint, and why do UW football players keep injuring it?  Don’t we have trainers for this kind of stuff?  I’d never even heard of the lisfranc until QB Isaiah Stanback injured his during the Oregon State game 2 seasons ago.  Frankly, I wasn’t convinced it was a real injury.  I thought maybe it was something else and they just chose to make up an injury to placate the Husky faithful. 

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I will Sugar Bear Shake the shit out of you

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Constable Echelon

Seahawks defensive tackle Rocky Bernard was arrested early Monday morning for allegedly punching his baby mama in the forehead. This sentence is where I would usually come up with a wry remark to frame the news item in a humorous light, but here that is unnecessary.

Wait, I got one. Maybe she shouldn’t have been wearing that Alex Smith jersey.

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Is Kevin Blackistone not Turtley enough for the Turtle club?

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Pistachio Diguisey as Mr. TurtleKevin Blackistone is a Turtle

Turtle. Turtle. Tuuurtle.

A Trend Indeed: They’re jumping out of our movies and into our sports!

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Constable Echelon seeks out and reports on the trends that shape today’s sporting world.

I watch a shitload of television. Plenty of folks would have you believe that’s a waste of my life. They’re right for all I know. But where I watch too much television, they probably spend too much time judging other people to fill the voids in their lives that I so ably choke by watching television.

You tell me who’s having more fun.

Often the endless cycle of sports, sports highlights, sports news, rockumentaries, HBO series, terrible movies, and the odd decent movie I flip through merges into an abstract melange. Sports media paste, if you will. And like a kindergartener I eagerly shove as much of this forbidden treat into my mouth as possible before teacher can catch me.

Wait, what?

The (roundabout) point is that I’ve seen Stephen Curry, Lenny Dykstra, and Mike Montgomery before in the a/v ether.

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