Hey fellas, it's time to throw out all the blow-up dolls...fake sex has gotten a bit more real with Roxxxy the Robot...below is the story that ran earlier this week:
LAS VEGAS – A New Jersey company says it has developed "the world's first sex robot," a life-size rubber doll that's designed to engage the owner with conversation rather than lifelike movement.
At a demonstration at the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas on Saturday, the dark-haired, negligee-clad robot said "I love holding hands with you" when it sensed that its creator touched its hand.
Another action, this one unprintable, elicited a different vocal response from Roxxxy the robot. The level of sophistication demonstrated was not beyond that of a child's talking toy, but Roxxxy has a lot more brains than that — there's a laptop connected to cables coming out of its back. It has touch sensors at strategic locations and can sense when it's being moved. But it can't move on its own, not even to turn its head or move its lips. The sound comes out of an internal loudspeaker.
Douglas Hines, founder of Lincoln Park, N.J.-based True Companion LLC, said Roxxxy can carry on simple conversations. The real aim, he said, is to make the doll someone the owner can talk to and relate to.
"Sex only goes so far — then you want to be able to talk to the person," Hines said.
The phrases that were demonstrated were prerecorded, but the robot will also be able to synthesize phrases out of prerecorded words and sounds, Hines said. The laptop will receive updates over the Internet to expand the robot's capabilities and vocabulary. Since Hines is a soccer fan, it can already discuss Manchester United, he said. It snores, too.
Owners will also be able to select different personalities for Roxxxy, from "Wild Wendy" to "Frigid Farrah," Hines said. He's charging somewhere from $7,000 to $9,000 for the robot, including the laptop, and expects to start shipping in a few months.
A Japanese company, Honey Dolls, makes life-size sex dolls that can play recorded sounds, but Roxxxy's sensors and speech capabilities appear to be more sophisticated. Hines' goals are certainly more far-reaching.
An engineer, Hines said he was inspired to create the robot after a friend died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. That got him thinking about preserving his friend's personality, to give his children a chance to interact with him as they're growing up. Looking around for commercial applications for artificial personalities, he initially thought he might create a home health care aide for the elderly.
"But there was tremendous regulatory and bureaucratic paperwork to get through. We were stuck," Hines said. "So I looked at other markets."
The broader goal of the company is still to take artificial personalities into the mainstream, beyond sex toys, Hines said.
"The sex robot thing is marketing — it's really about making a companion," he said.
In a 2007 book, "Love and Sex with Robots," British chess player and artificial intelligence expert David Levy argues that robots will become significant sexual partners for humans, answering needs that other people are unable or unwilling to satisfy.
Elizabeth Merrill of ESPN.com wrote an intersting story about how NFL players play with pain... "Birk pops one elbow, then the other, and fans his legs until his pelvic bone makes a cracking noise. He takes a couple of deep breaths, and his feet hit the floor. The first few steps are similar to tiptoeing through hot coals. But it'll get better; it always gets better once he makes it to the bottom of the staircase. It's Monday, and time to start another week in the NFL. ...
- After reading Bill Plaschke's column in the Los Angeles Times, it is not surprising that Pete Carroll is leaving USC...I never knew that athletic director Mike Garrett and Carroll did not get along...
- One name mentioned for the USC job that was very intriguing was Herm Edwards...Edwards did not make it in the NFL, but I could see him being a very good college coach with all his energy...
- Gilbert Arenas is a jerk...what as he thinking when he brought a handgun into the locker...that is his workplace -- that would be like me taking a gun to work...Arenas' jersey number, zero, matches his smarts...
- Did you know that Doc Rivers, head coach of the Boston Celtics, is currently the longest tenured coach with one team...
- NBC should have hired Charles Barkley to be the color analyst for the Bengals-Jets game instead of Joe Thiesmann and Joe Gibbs...Barkley would have made it interesting, afterall, the game sucked...
- What a shocking poor start for Tom Brady on Sunday...I'm not saying the Patriots are getting rid of Brady, but I wonder if Bill Belichick will be looking for a young quarterback late in the draft this year...
- Whatever happened to Drew Bledsoe?...
- Did you see Wes Welker sitting in the owner's box drinking beer...
- I wonder what Joe Buck thought about Artie Lange trying to kill himself...Lange allegedly stabbed himself nine times in a suicide attempt...
With only a few games left in the college football season, Mel Kiper has released his Top 25 Big Board for the NFL Draft...this was as of December 31:
1. Ndamukong Suh, dt, Nebraska 2. Gerald McCoy, dt, Oklahoma 3. Eric Berry, db, Tennessee 4. Jimmy Clausen, qb, Notre Dame 5. Sam Bradford, qb, Oklahoma
6. Russell Okung, ot, Oklahoma State 7. Joe Haden, cb, Florida 8. Derrick Morgan, de, Georgia Tech 9. Dez Bryant, wr, Oklahoma State 10. Brian Price, dt, UCLA
11. Rolando McClain, lb, Alabama 12. Jason Pierre-Paul, de, South Florida 13. Taylor Mays, s, Southern Cal 14. C.J. Spiller, rb, Clemson (photo) 15. Anthony Davis, ot, Rutgers 16. Everson Griffen, de, Southern Cal 17. Carlos Dunlap, de, Florida 18. Dan Williams, dt, Tennessee 19. Aaron Hernandez, te, Florida 20. Brandon Graham, de/lb, Michigan (photo)
21. Sergio Kindle, lb, Texas 22. Jermaine Gresham, te, Oklahoma 23. Jerry Hughes, de, TCU 24. Sean Witherspoon, lb, Missouri 25. Patrick Robinson, cb, Florida State
During the Christmas break I brought out my DVD set of Kojak: Season 1...for all the young people, Kojak was the baddest ass out there in the 1970s...Telly Savalas starred as Theo Kojak...
"Kojak" was a one hour drama that ran from 1973-78...the storyline was set in New York City's 13th Precinct with Savalas playing the lead of Lt. Theo Kojak...Kojak was a tough, bald cop who ate lollipops and always said, "Who loves ya, baby?"...Savalas, who was Greek, often slipped in pieces of Greek heritage during the show...
Savalas' real-life brother George Savalas, who originally used the name Demosthenes, played the role of Detectives Stavros...also starring were Dan Frazer as Capt. Frank McNeil; Kevin Dobson as Det. Bobby Crocker, Mark Russell as Det. Saperstein; and Vince Conti as Det. Rizzo...
If you watched the shows closesly, there were always small bits of odd humor...I remember one show where Kojak was sitting at his desk reading a book about bugs...most people would not find humor in that, but I thought it was great...
Below is the 50 second clip of the opening theme...at the 21 second mark, I always loved how Kojak was running down the street and did this double look before pulling his gun...like I said earlier, Kojak was a bad ass!!!...
Former (Cleveland) Plain Dealer sports reporter Dick Zunt died on Saturday of cancer at the age of 78...Zunt, who was known as Zippy, covered Cleveland area high school sports for years...below is a column by Terry Pluto about Zunt:
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The first time I met Dick Zunt, it was on the phone. I was 16, calling in a Benedictine High school football score to The Plain Dealer.
Yes, I met Dick on the phone, because he did more than take the facts of the game. He asked about me, about the Bengal football team of 1971, and then he made a big deal of thanking me for calling him.
Whenever I called in another game and got Dick on the phone, he acted as if we were old friends, peers in the newspaper business. As former Plain Dealer writer Dan Coughlin said, "Dick shook more hands and made more friends for the Plain Dealer than any other reporter."
Coughlin also said Zunt was known to add a few extra bucks to the $2 a game that high school correspondents received. I know that's true, because I got a little of that bonus money during the two years that I reported games to the paper.
Zunt died from cancer at age 78 early Saturday morning. His full-time career at The Plain Dealer spanned 1957-63 and 1964-2001. He called The Plain Dealer with news items beginning in the early 50's.
From beginning to end, it was always about high school sports for the man called "Zip" or "Zippy" by his friends.
"He had no desire to do anything else," said Coughlin, who joined the PD staff in 1964 with Zunt. They covered high school sports together, along with Ed Chay.
Some writers view covering high schools as the damp, dark dungeon of the sports department. To Zunt, it was the penthouse. Every day there was a high school story to cover was a great day for him.
"He had great respect for high school sports," said PD reporter Mike Peticca. "That rubbed off on all of us who worked with him."
This man went to events on his days off. Coughlin said Zunt attended 50 consecutive Mansfield Relays, as track was perhaps his favorite sport. He was a runner at St. Ignatius in the late 1940s.
Coughlin added, "And for the last 40 years, he took up the collection at the noon Mass at St. Patrick's." Or as St. Ignatius football coach Chuck Kyle recalled, "It seemed like there were two Dick Zunts, because he was everywhere."
"High schools were the ultimate job to him," said PD executive sports editor Roy Hewitt. "He never acted like he was having a bad day."
"For eight years, I was a high school writer at the [Cleveland] Press and competed with Dick," said Tim Rogers, now with the PD. "When I went to an event with Dick, he always tried to help me. He introduced me to all the right people. He didn't have to do that, but Dick couldn't help himself."
Zunt's greatest fear was letting others down. The one thing he hated about covering a high school game is that one team had to lose.
"He was so understanding when you got beat," said Strongsville's Joe Lynch, who has been a basketball coach at various area high schools since 1968. Lynch said Zunt "never" second-guessed coaches, and "always praised your effort when you lost."
Or as Bishop Roger Gries, who visited Zunt this week said, "His stories were never about him, they were about the coaches and kids."
Some write for attention and awards, Zunt wrote for scrapbooks. He knew that it was a big deal for a kid to have his name in the paper, so he made sure lots of names appeared in his stories.
"He just had a rosy outlook," said Peticca. "He was excited to be with people, and wanted everyone to feel special."
Coughlin said former Plain Dealer copy editor Chuck Murr told a story about how Zunt would call the office to dictate a story. As he began to say that Cleveland Heights beat a certain team, he was stopping every few sentences to say hello or talk to people who were walking by as he was on the phone.
"Hey, Jim, nice shot there ..." Zunt would say, then returning to Murr with his account of the game.
"He had the longest good-byes," recalled Wally Mieskoski, who worked with Zunt at the PD. "He just wanted to keep talking to you."
Rogers said it would take at least 20 minutes to walk out of a high school gym with Zunt after a game: "That's because he had to say goodbye to every coach, player, parent, usher and janitor that he saw."
For Dick Zunt, this is the final goodbye. But so many people will always remember the first time that he said hello – and for that, the family and friends of Dick Zunt are blessed.
- The Mike Leach situation is one weird incident...I just can't grasp the reason why Leach would isolate this player by putting him in an equipment shed with the lights off and not allow him to sit down...I know Leach is an odd duck, but I don't get his thinking...
Leach should have just left Adam James alone instead of singling him out...it was report on College Football Talk that two current Texas Tech players are glad that Leach was fired...they said that Leach humiliated Adam James...
Leach should have known better than to single out a player especially after the downfall of Mark "Bear" Mangino at Kansas last month...
- People who are 30-years-old and younger have missed out on one of the greatest columnist ever - Mike Royko (photo)...Royko died in 1997...Royko's writing style was that of Magic Johnson handling a basketball...Royko was one of the best...
- ESPN.com had a great story on Ernie Harwell as he waits for death - Elizabeth Merrill
Former ABC sports broadcaster Dave Diles died on Saturday at his home in Athens, Ohio...growing up in the 1970s, I can still recall hearing Diles voice as he read the scores as the host of the "Prudential College Football Scoreboard Show"...back then, Diles would provide the scores of Colgate, Holy Cross and even Slippery Rock...Diles was 78-years-old...
Below is a 3:17 clip of Diles talking about leaving ABC Sports...
Just a few more thoughts on the Indianapolis Colts:
- Head coach Jim Caldwell said that he did not want his starters to get hurt, specifically Peyton Manning...if that is the case, why didn't Caldwell pull Manning during the course of the season when the Colts clearly had the victory secured...
For instance, on October 25, the Colts were hosting the St. Louis Rams...the Colts were winning 28-6 with less than five minutes remaining in the game when Manning threw a touchdown to Austin Collie...why was Manning still playing at that point in the game?...he could have easily gotten hurt...Caldwell is contradicting himself...
Back on September 27, the Colts were beating Arizona 31-10 in the fourth quarter...why didn't Caldwell protect Manning by pulling him during the fourth quarter?...
- Even when Caldwell pulled Manning on Sunday, there was still a chance Manning could have gotten hurt -- just ask Joe Paterno...a few years back, the legendary Penn State coach was run over while standing on the sidelines...JoePa suffered torn knee ligaments of some sort...so who is to say that Manning could have accidently been injured while his back was turned from the playing field...if Caldwell wanted to protect Manning and his other starters, he should have sent them into the locker room where he would have been totally safe from injury...
- Colts general manager Bill Polian also showed his arrogance, ignorance, and disdain for Colts fans during his weekly talk show on Monday night...Polian, who was peppered with questions by upset Colts fans, stated:
“16-0 to us was inconsequential. … It was not something that we felt we owed anyone, our fans included.”
“We could take a poll and ask Colts fans in August if they would be happy with 14-1, most would be happy with that.”
The first comment was a slap at all the Colts fans who have filled the stadium every week to support his team...the second comment showed his ignorance...
Sure, back in August a Colts fan would be happy if their team was 14-1 at this point in the season, however, if that one loss came earlier in the season...back in August, any Colts fan would have had the same feeling then as they do now -- go for the 16-0 mark...
- When next season rolls around, maybe the best thing Caldwell and Polian should do is purposely lose the first game of the year in order to end any chance of a 16-0 season...with Manning as the quarterback a 0-1 start would not hurt the Colts...so what is the difference between throwing a game in week 1 compared to week 14?...
I found the one team that I hope does not win the Super Bowl -- the Indianapolis Colts...
What the Colts organization did today was unethical, unprofessional, and a negative blow to the sport of football...the Colts had an opportunity to go 16-0 and possibly even 19-0, but the organization ordered all the starters to be pulled from the game in order to avoid possible injury...
As Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark and others sat on the sideline and watched helplessly as an inferior New York Jets team ended the Colts unbeaten streak at 14-0, a chance at history was thrown aside...
Head coach Jim Caldwell stated after the game that the team's goal and objective was not to go 16-0 but to win the Super Bowl...that is fine, but goals and objectives are changed accordingly...and when this organization had a chance to make history, it was unfair for general manager Bill Polian and Caldwell to take the opportunity away from these players, especially Manning...that would have been the crowning achievement on Manning's career -- a possible 19-0 mark...
Most people do not like the New England Patriots and especially head coach Bill Belichick...but both should be applauded for going all out to finish 16-0 during the 2007 season...Belichick did not rest his star players out of fear of injury...he played to win every game -- the way it should be...in the end, the Patriots did not win the Super Bowl, however, their accomplishment of going 16-0 had nothing to do with them losing...
Right now, the Indianapolis Colts organization is a disgrace to the NFL and sports for cheating their players and loyal fans an opportunity to go 19-0...every Colts player and fan have a right to be upset with Caldwell and Polian...
Manning may be one of the highest paid and most popular players in the NFL, but in the end, he is just a regular employee like the rest of us who had to obey the orders from management even though he disagreed with it...
- Will someone explain to me what in the world Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was thinking when he called for that onside kick?...in the end the Steelers won the game, but that was still a bonehead call to make...
- Why were the Green Bay Packers only rushing 3 defensive players on the last play of the game?...they should have put a pass rush on Ben Roethlisberger to force him to throw the ball early...
- I wish the St. Louis Rams would go back to their old yellow and blue uniforms (photo, right)...the blue and gold are nice, but their yellow and blue are classic...
- The last few weeks Brett Favre hasn't looked so MVP-like...
- Whatever happened to former Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer?...
- The Oakland Raiders took the scalps of 4 possible playoff teams this year: Eagles, Bengals, Steelers, and now Broncos...not bad for a team that is considered dysfunctional...
- The Giants must establish Brandon Jacobs early if they have any ideas of beating the Redskins on Monday night...
- Dallas played a great game on Saturday night to beat the perfect Saints...but one big win does not clean the slate for the organization and Tony Romo with their dismal December record...
- Who would have thought Jerome Harrison would have the third best rushing day ever in the NFL...I am not annointing Harrison as the next league star, but the Browns should use him a lot over the next two games to see if he is truly a number 1 runner...
- Now that Eric Mangini has given Brady Quinn a fair shot at quarterback, I have been able to evaluate his handling of the position...to me, Quinn has a lot of work to do...the Browns should unload Quinn and Derek Anderson and sign a veteran quarterback who can step in right away...
- With Tampa Bay's victory, it looks like the St. Louis Rams have the inside track for the number one pick in the NFL Draft...
Whatever happened to Bookman from the 1970s television show Good Times...Nathan Bookman was played by Johnny Brown...interestingly Brown was considered to play the role of Lamont in Sanford and Son, but was unavailable to do so because of his prior commitment to Laugh-In..
On Good Times, Bookman was the building superintendent who, at first, hated the Evans family, but eventually became their friend...he was often called Boogerman or just plain Booger...below are some of the insults that Bookman took...
Bookman's showing new tennants around: Come on, let me show you the laundry room. The way I keep that place, it should be in a magazine! J.J: Yeah! Better slums and garbage!
Bookman: Last night I didn't get any sleep. I tossed and turned all night! Willona: Yeah. I know. The whole building was rumblin'.
Below is a 1:38 clip of Bookman doing his Christmas dance...
- Took my H1N1 (swine flu) shot on Monday...I didn't cry...
- Tiger Woods should suck it up and get divorced...supposedly Elin bought a house on an island off Sweden...I cannot see Tiger retiring from golf and living on some island halfway across the world...
- The Yankees need to resign Johnny Damon...Curtis Granderson does not fit the mold as a leadoff hitter for the way the Yankees play...
- I am dressing as Santa this year for our afterschool programs...first time ever that I am donning the red coat...
- Whatever happened to Christian Okoye - the Nigerian Nightmare? (photo, right)...
- A couple more weeks and this fella turns 41-years-old...
- LeBron vs. Kobe on Christmas...then an NFL game that night...
- I love those ESPN 30 on 30 documentaries...The U was a great documentary...
- A few weeks ago Drew Brees was a lock for my MVP...now I am starting to look at Chris Johnson...hmmmm...
- I like the new format on NBC's Football Night in America...Dan Patrick does a solid job with Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison...but Keith Olbermann has to go...he is so freaking annoying with his attempts of trying to be funny when doing the highlights...
- Is it me or do all vending machines now sell pop in a plastic bottle?...give me a can of pop anytime...
- I am jacked up for the New Mexico Bowl pitting Wyoming vs. Fresno State...honestly though, this is wear you find those under the radar players come the NFL Draft...
- Speaking of, how many days until the NFL Draft?...
The NFL season is quickly coming to a close with only three more games to go...and annual controversy is in high gear -- should teams that have clinched a playoff spot rest their star players...the talk started a few weeks back but has kicked into high gear this past weekend as the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts both stand at 13-0...
Former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher of the NFL Today on CBS stated quite emphatically that both head coaches, Jim Caldwell of the Colts and Sean Payton of the Saints should forgo trying to have a perfect season in order to rest and ensure their star players do not get injured before the playoffs...former Colts head coach Tony Dungy, of NBC's Football Night in America, also agreed with Cowher's assessment...
I'm sorry, but I cannot agree with either coach...I understand they are both Super Bowl winning coaches, but I don't believe in pulling or limiting the play of your best players with three games left...all professional athletes like a routine and playing it safe can hurt a player's rhythm...
Also, both teams have an opportunity to do something that only one other NFL team has accomplished: a perfect season...just two years ago the Patriots did not rest any of their stars as they completed a 16-0 regular season...this strategy by head coach Bill Belichick had nothing to do with their loss in the Super Bowl to the Giants...the Patriots were less than 1 minute from completing a 19-0 season...it took the Giants to play a solid all-around game and a miracle catch by David Tyree to ruin the Patriots chance at perfection...
As a fan of the NFL, I want to see both the Colts and Saints play for a perfect record...I will be rooting against either team if their head coach decides to tank a game because they did not want their star players to get hurt...only a few teams have ever made it to 13-0...these teams owe it to the fans to perform at its highest level to see if they can accomplish this rare and elusive feat of perfection...
- I took a week off to recharge my batteries...I don't want to lose the edge...
- One of the best sports blogs shut it down last week after four years...The Big Picture pulled a Dick Vermeil and left the blogging world on account of burnout...The Big Picture will be missed as it had some of the funniest and thought provoking sports items...I am looking to steal his one shtick of "What Grinds My Gears"...but that is for another time...
- It was nice to see Alabama finally have a Heisman Trophy winner...it was clear that Mark Ingram was humbled by the honor...
- Colt McCoy lost the Heisman with his poor decision-making on the last play of the game against Nebraska...one play should not determine the Heisman except when that one play could have cost his team a perfect season...
- Alabama started out as a 3 point favorite over Texas...the line has jumped to Bama by 6.5...
- The great career of Armanti Edwards (photo, right), quarterback at Appalachian State, is over...and true to character, Edwards almost led the Mountaineers to a win over Montana...Appy State lost to Montana 24-17...
- Montana takes on Villanova this Friday to determine the I-AA champion...a true champion that is determined by a playoff...
- Does Tiger Woods complete the back 9 and finish with 18 different women?...
- The most disturbing part of the Tiger Woods incident is that he reportedly did not use a condom when having sex with these women...he was risking getting these women pregnant and acquiring some type of STD...Woods must be dumber than we think...
All season long these two teams have been watching each other - Florida and Alabama...at some point in the season they have shared the top spot...this game was destined to happen...
Last December 6th, these same two teams played for the same stakes -- the SEC title and a berth in the BCS title game...Alabama came into the game #1 while Florida was #2...Alabama went into the 4th quarter with a 20-17 lead...then Tim Tebow took over and willed his team to the 31-20 victory...
Florida goes into this game as a five point favorite...however, not often does a team get a second chance...this time the Tide rolls - Alabama 23-21
Pat Dooley of the Gainesville Sun writes about the big match-up... "Florida has played in four NC games, so the best argument one can make is that it's the fifth-biggest game in Florida football history. Bigger than 1996 Florida State? Both teams were unbeaten and ranked Nos. 1 and 2. But there was no conference championship on the line, so I would say yes." ...
Ivan Maisel of ESPN.com talked with 4 SEC coaches who stated that Tebow is the difference-maker... "They have one other thing in common, that is, with the fans and the media: They didn't stop talking about Gators senior quarterback Tim Tebow. But on that topic, the coaches' mileage did vary. There was the conventional stance of Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin, who said, "If it wasn't for Tebow, it's easy. Alabama wins the game." ...
Joseph Goodman of the Miami Herald expects the game to be decided in the fourth quarter... "Florida trailed Alabama 20-17 after the third quarter but the Gators dominated when it mattered most. Quarterback Tim Tebow made good on his promise and the Gators' defense bullied and embarrassed coach Nick Saban and his Crimson Tide in the fourth quarter." ...
Chase Goodbread of the Tuscaloosa News writes how the Alabama defense must prepare to face Tebow... "So when the University of Alabama linebacker endorses the popular sentiment that Tebow carried the Gators to victory in last year's Southeastern Conference Championship Game, take it from him." ...
Ray Melick of the Birmingham News writes about the differences of each team... "So now we know: If Alabama wins Saturday, it will be because of better coaching; if Florida wins, it will be because of better players." ...
Chase Goodbread writes about the differences from last year's teams... "Offensively, the experience edge clearly falls to the Gators. UF lost its top skill-position threat to the National Football League in Percy Harvin, but that won’t be any different for Alabama, which didn’t see Harvin last year due to an injury." ...
George Diaz of the Orlando Sentinel writes how 1 player is the difference... "Here's the only question that needs to be answered regarding Saturday night's SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. Tim Tebow or Greg McElroy?" ...
Andrea Adelson of the Orlando Sentinel writes about Mark Ingram's chances to be Alabama's first Heisman winner... "In all the storied years of Alabama football, not once has a player won the Heisman Trophy. No one has finished second, either. Its latest hope comes in the form of a 5-foot-10 bowling ball of a running back, a player who has put aside the hardship of an imprisoned father to post one of the best rushing seasons in school history." ...
Here are some of my thoughts about Tiger Woods and his "situation"...
- This affair has finally humanized Tiger...since he shot onto the scene as a young man, he has always tried to control how the public perceives him...this incident shows that he has flaws just like anyone else...
- Let's face reality, whenever a woman, such as Elin Nordgren, marries a superstar, such as Tiger, she should not be stunned to learn, over time, that her husband has cheated on her...superstars such as Tiger, Alex Rodriguez, Kobe Bryant, etc. are multi-millionaires who lose touch with reality...everything is given to them...they stay at the most exclusive hotels and eat the best food...they are told how great they are by the public...this creates an ego that they are untouchable...all this fame and power also brings the aura of invincibility...it also brings women..lots of women...lots of beautiful women who will give anything to have sex with these men...
Over the last few days I have heard these "moral" sports talk show hosts and listeners condemn Tiger for this affair...he has been called a "sleeze" and "scum" by these morally righteous people...it is so easy to rip Tiger but no one knows how any of us would have handled this if we were in his shoes...we don't understand the power of being a superstar...I would by lying if I stated that I would not have an affair if I was some superstar athlete...I don't know how I would react...
Wives of famous athletes should not be shocked to find out "their man" cheated...these wives should not be naive to think their husband are true to their wedding vows...
- I predict that Tiger will not break Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 Grand Slam golf titles...Tiger has 14 titles but over the last year other professional golfers are not as intimidated by him as they were in the past...this incident is just another chink in the once-solid armor of Tiger Woods...
- Ultimately, Tiger did not commit any crime...if people are willing to give a dog killer like Michael Vick a second chance, then they should do the same for Tiger...
Ever wonder who the red-head hottie is in those KGB commercials...well, it's Elizabeth Bogush who is 32-years-old from New Jersey...she has a very small resume as evident by wikipedia: She has appeared in many TV shows, including Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and Breadwinners, and she has guest-starred in many more, including Scrubs, Beverly Hills 90210, Felicity, Everybody Loves Raymond, October Road, How I Met Your Mother, and The Adventures of Pete and Pete (the latter being her first role). Most recently, Bogush has appeared in commercials for the text messaging service KGB.
She has gotten everyone talking with her latest KGB commercial when she strips down to her undergarments (see photo above and commercial below) ...personally, she kinds reminds me a bit of Lauren Holly...Bogush was married for the second time in 2005...
The annual Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year will be announced this week...unlike in some year's there are at least six worthy candidates for this high honor...last year Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps was a hands-down unanimous choice for the honor -- well at least until he later got photographed smoking pot from a bong...
Anyway, here are my top five athletes who should be considered for the Sportsman of the Year....
5. Peyton Manning - over the last year Manning is the reigning NFL MVP and he has led his team to a perfect season so far...his career is deserving of an honor such as this...but I believe he will be passed over for now...eventually he will win this award...
4. Mariano Rivera - there is no way Mo will get this honor because he is someone who does not like the spotlight...but he has been the one constant for the New York Yankees from 1996 through 2009...without Rivera, the Yankees would not have won 5 World Series titles...and even at the age of 40, he showed once again this post-season why he is the most important player on the Yankees...
3. Jimmie Johnson - I know nothing about auto racing...but even I know it take someone special to win a title four times in a row...Johnson is probably the most deserving, but I don't see it happened just because he is with auto racing...
2. Roger Federer - this dude should have been the Sportsman of the Year already...he is the most dominant tennis player ever...this past year he finally won the French Open and once again reclaimed th Wimbledon title...he finished the year ranked number 1...his biggest drawback is that he is not American...if Federer was American, he would be more recognized for his greatness...
1. Tim Tebow - I think Tebow will be the 2009 Sportsman of the Year...I know that many people hate this kid...but the fact remains, he is a winner at the college football level...plus, he seems like the "real deal" off the field...sure it is easy to bash Tebow, but I would want his to be the QB on my college team...he epitomizes everything that is good with college sports...Tebow may be a flop in the NFL, but no one can take away his greatness at the college level...that piece of history is secure...
Hey fellas, it's time to throw out all the blow-up dolls...fake sex has gotten a bit more real with Roxxxy the Robot...below is the story that ran earlier this week:
