December ← 2010 ← Carguments

Kind of Reminds Me of…

Dec

2010

Do you remember that time LeBron James rushed across the runway of a Bosnian airport, while taking sniper fire, so that he could meet up with an undercover police officer in the men’s room? Tim Hardaway does and he hates it. If that doesn’t sound familiar it’s probably because it didn’t happen. The story is ...

Why no love for Tebow? 1

Dec

2010

The Denver Broncos were trailing the Houston Texans 17-0 at half-time and 23-10 with 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter. A come from behind fourth quarter win for a rookie quarterback making his second career start. And yet Tebow gets no love. ESPN and Foxsports both called Tebow a “raw rookie from Florida.” ESPN ...

Heat Take Down the Champs 1

Dec

2010

What a difference a little over a month makes. At the end of November The Heat were 10-8, and they were, for all intents and purposes, struggling. The media made it into a huge story. Were The Big Three a bust? Was Spoelstra going to be replaced by Riley? Were they players turning on their ...

Did you hear about the Sequel to that Reboot?

Dec

2010

This is what the Hollywood landscape looks like right now… At The Box Office – TRON Legacy: A sequel to a 20 something year old movie that was never popular – Yogi Bear: A live action outing for a cartoon bear that must be at least 40 years old and was never really popular – ...

Jennings Heated Trade

Dec

2010

- TheLongTalk predicted Brandon Jennings recent injury back on October 21st in the Preseason Precog post. TLT said, “…Milwaukee – Centers getting healthy and PG is due for a sophomore injury.” It seems as though second years players, especially those whose teams rely heavily on them to stay competitive, break down somewhat in year two. ...

Cargument Argument of the Week 1

Dec

2010

This weeks Cargument is a simple one… Who wins in a battle between Leonardo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and G.I. Joe’s Snake Eyes? #12 with the Right Answer: TLT and RT90, Wow. This is way before my time. I have no idea…really I don’t. I guess I am showing my youth and TLT’s ...

Heckling His Own

Dec

2010

Apparently Donald Sterling has been overheard heckling his Clippers players, Baron Davis in particular. What does this mean for a team that is currently rocking a 5-20 record, good for last place in the league? (on the morning of 12/14) Where do they go from here? No one, outside of the Clippers organization, expects anything ...

Ways to Make Baseball More Interesting

Dec

2010

Thinking about baseball today, TheLongTalk realized that America’s Former Favorite Pastime doesn’t have to be so lame. It could be exciting, it could be entertaining, it could be bigger then Football. If only everyone would listen to TheLongTalk… Here’s what’d make Baseball better… - 7 Innings: Shorten the game and more people will watch. 3 ...

Cargument Argument of the Week

Dec

2010

This weeks question will keep us in the Holiday spirit and looking at the floor of our local mall… How much found money is to much to keep? A few stipulations – The money you find has been lost by someone, your profit will be their lose – The money has no identifying markers, it ...

Contraction 3

Dec

2010

The New Orleans Hornets will be owned by the NBA soon. Next summer there’s a 50/50 chance the league will shut down. David Stern has said the league stands to lose $400 million this year… he’s even mentioned the possibility of Contraction… So if the league had to lose some teams who would they be? ...