OK try to follow along. The Yankees have won their first round playoff series vs. the Minnesota Twinkies. They'll play the winner of the Tampa Rays and Texas Rangers who play again today in Arlington Texas with the Rangers looking to close out the Rays and set up a date with the Yanks in the ALCS.
Speaking of Rangers, the Broadway Blueshirts smacked the Buffalo Sabres around last night 6-3. The Islanders will host the Rangers in a rare Monday afternoon game at 1 pm. The Devils lost Brian Rolston and Anton Volchenkov to injuries in Washington last night in losing 7-2. The Devils are about to find out how devastating Kovalchuk's contract can be to a team right at the top of the salary cap. The Devils simply can't just bring guys up to replace injured players without first checking to see if that would put them over the cap. There is every chance the Devils play a roster spot short Monday as they too have an afternoon game vs the Penguins, this afternoon tilt starting at 4 pm.
The Giants play the suddenly hot Houston Texans in a 1 pm kickoff in Houston. This IS a big game for the 2-2 Giants. Lose and they're 2-3 and suddenly chasing weeks to try to get back to .500 and then above. Win and they'll stay up near the top of the NFC East. If there is any advantage for the G Men today it's that Houston has the worst ranked pass defense in the NFL. On Monday night over at the Meadowlands former Jet Brett Favre will lead the struggling Minnesota Vikings against the J-E-T-S. No word on if Favre has been sexting pictures of, ahem, 'Little Brett' to Jets team trainers and doctors and or staff as he is accused of doing (and which he won't deny) while he played in New York. You can read accusations here and here and see the alleged pics here (NSFW)..
Now you're set on sports for the next couple days.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Late night open thread
Saturday night scoreboard edition
Michigan State 34
Michigan 17
Sparty beats up on little sister for the third year in a row. Michigan hasn't beaten MSU in football or basketball in 1071 days and counting.
South Carolina 35
Alabama 21
Good for South Carolina, for a day anyway it wiped that smirk off Nick Saban's face
Boise St. 57
Toledo 14
Poor Toledo players will have to go home and get special Lasik surgery from looking at that crap-assed blue field all day.
Stanford 37
USC 35
Lane Kiffin sure is putting his stamp on the USC football program isn't he? What a mess
Wisconsin 41
Minnesota 23
Minnesota's head coach Tim Brewster got really pissy with Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema for going for a 2 point conversion with 6 and change to play. Hey Brewster, here's a clue, don't let them score a wheelbarrow full of TD's and you won't have to worry about Bucky running up the score.
New Mexico St. 16
New Mexico 14
Well with the way the rules are in college football these days SOMEBODY had to get a win today.
Lehigh 21
Fordham 17
You can't stop Chris Lum, you can only hope to contain him.
Vanderbilt 52
Eastern Michigan 6
EMU head man Ron English is getting closer to that elusive first win....ever
The Jersey City Desk Game of the Week®
Bryant University 25
Sacred Heart 24
Bryant's Jordan Brown ran wild in the 4th quarter in Smithfield Rhode Island today scoring on a 2 yard TD run and a 73 yard punt return for the deciding score on homecoming Saturday for Bryant. Jordan Brown may loot and pillage Smithfield for 24 hours.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Michigan State 34
Michigan 17
Sparty beats up on little sister for the third year in a row. Michigan hasn't beaten MSU in football or basketball in 1071 days and counting.
South Carolina 35
Alabama 21
Good for South Carolina, for a day anyway it wiped that smirk off Nick Saban's face
Boise St. 57
Toledo 14
Poor Toledo players will have to go home and get special Lasik surgery from looking at that crap-assed blue field all day.
Stanford 37
USC 35
Lane Kiffin sure is putting his stamp on the USC football program isn't he? What a mess
Wisconsin 41
Minnesota 23
Minnesota's head coach Tim Brewster got really pissy with Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema for going for a 2 point conversion with 6 and change to play. Hey Brewster, here's a clue, don't let them score a wheelbarrow full of TD's and you won't have to worry about Bucky running up the score.
New Mexico St. 16
New Mexico 14
Well with the way the rules are in college football these days SOMEBODY had to get a win today.
Lehigh 21
Fordham 17
You can't stop Chris Lum, you can only hope to contain him.
Vanderbilt 52
Eastern Michigan 6
EMU head man Ron English is getting closer to that elusive first win....ever
The Jersey City Desk Game of the Week®
Bryant University 25
Sacred Heart 24
Bryant's Jordan Brown ran wild in the 4th quarter in Smithfield Rhode Island today scoring on a 2 yard TD run and a 73 yard punt return for the deciding score on homecoming Saturday for Bryant. Jordan Brown may loot and pillage Smithfield for 24 hours.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Governor Christie has a re-think over killing the Hudson River tunnel project
And thank god for that. This tunnel project means jobs NOW and means profits yes for Christie's base (the land barons) later. It means less cars in and out of NYC and more places to start businesses here in New Jersey at the outlets of this transportation tunnel. We are so pleased U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was able to get at least a two week stay of execution for the project (which we think means they'll have alternative ways to fund this to make Governor Christie happier). This project is bigger than Christie's personal beliefs and yes, we also believe his posturing before he joins the GOP field for president in 2012. This project was envisioned as far back as 1957, an additional tunnel to the main hub at Penn Station in NYC.
We spend the amount of the cost overruns Christie is worried about per WEEK in Iraq (Um, Chris, who got us into Iraq? Your former boss did that's who and you weren't worried about the cost THEN). This project is vital to the needs of this state and we hope somehow it gets back on track and done. Forward thinking societies find ways to make projects like this happen.
We spend the amount of the cost overruns Christie is worried about per WEEK in Iraq (Um, Chris, who got us into Iraq? Your former boss did that's who and you weren't worried about the cost THEN). This project is vital to the needs of this state and we hope somehow it gets back on track and done. Forward thinking societies find ways to make projects like this happen.
Late night open thread
Rutgers (and why do they play on Friday nights like high schoolers?) got a 34 yard field goal from San San Te with a mere 13 seconds left in Piscataway tonight to tip UConn 27-24. Rutgers starts out the Big East season a cool 1-0 and improve to 3-2 overall. This win does help clean the skunk smell off of the Scarlet Knights from last week's hideous fail against lowly Tulane.
A little.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
A little.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with LOUIS JORDAN AND HIS TYMPANY BAND!
Tonight fans a little something different on the music series. Tonight is a look back, waaaay back into American music and it's influence going forward.
There are a lot of people who think the rock and roll beat can in fact be traced back to Louis Jordan. But Johnny you say, that's a bold claim. Indeed it is. Tell you what. Play this song, the American standard 'Caldonia', and then go pick a song by another guy credited with inventing the rock and roll sound, Chuck Berry, and we'll bet you can hear a little of Louis Jordan in it.
Oh, and no, nobody's living room has been this utterly cool since this was filmed.
There are a lot of people who think the rock and roll beat can in fact be traced back to Louis Jordan. But Johnny you say, that's a bold claim. Indeed it is. Tell you what. Play this song, the American standard 'Caldonia', and then go pick a song by another guy credited with inventing the rock and roll sound, Chuck Berry, and we'll bet you can hear a little of Louis Jordan in it.
Oh, and no, nobody's living room has been this utterly cool since this was filmed.
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with BESSIE SMITH!
Our look back at tremendous American music marches on with legendary jazz singer Bessie Smith. Remember that hit David Lee Roth had in the late 80's with 'I Ain't Got Nobody'? Yeah that song was already sixty years old. You read that right, sixty.
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with CAB CALLOWAY!
Simply magnificent, Cab Calloway in 1942 with 'Minnie the Moocher'.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Devils drop opener to Dallas Stars 4-3 in OT
The Devils dropped their season opener in overtime to Dallas 4-3 tonight in Newark. In what could best be described as a surprisingly good game for an opener, there was a lot of ebb and flow for both teams. The lack of those annoying holding and hooking and tripping calls often prevalent in the opening games of a season allowed for some open play. The Devils jumped out on top early 2-0 in the first period on goals by Travis Zajac and Zach Parise (Both powerful names on a Scrabble board). Dallas responded to tie it at 2-2 by the end of the first period. Dallas had the jump in the second period outshooting the New Jersey Six 12-5 yet allowed a Jason Arnott goal before scoring seconds later to tie it at 3.
It WAS troubling to see a third of the building empty on opening night. The Devils have some offensive skills people. Those who love offense will enjoy John MacLean's hockey club. Johnny is actually of the mind that adding a true offensive defenseman would benefit the Devils immensely. On the game winning Dallas rush it began with Andy Greene mistiming a jump up into the play which sent Dallas the length of the ice on a 2-1 which Loui Eriksson held onto and snapped past Martin Brodeur. Johnny thinks the Devils need a real whip smart offensive quarterback who knows when to jump in and when to stay back. A guy who can start New Jersey's lightning quick forwards up ice with a sharp first pass. Volchenkov was a brilliant signing in the offseason. A tremendous defensive defenseman who is always at the top of the blocked shots stats and eats major minutes.That aspect is covered. An offensive defenseman will be needed to play MacLean's up tempo style.
We'd love to hear what exactly the brouhaha was in the upper level midway through the second period. SOMETHING big was going on to the point the Dallas bench was fixated on whatever was happening. Their backup goaltender couldn't take his eyes off of it. If you know please pass it along.
It WAS troubling to see a third of the building empty on opening night. The Devils have some offensive skills people. Those who love offense will enjoy John MacLean's hockey club. Johnny is actually of the mind that adding a true offensive defenseman would benefit the Devils immensely. On the game winning Dallas rush it began with Andy Greene mistiming a jump up into the play which sent Dallas the length of the ice on a 2-1 which Loui Eriksson held onto and snapped past Martin Brodeur. Johnny thinks the Devils need a real whip smart offensive quarterback who knows when to jump in and when to stay back. A guy who can start New Jersey's lightning quick forwards up ice with a sharp first pass. Volchenkov was a brilliant signing in the offseason. A tremendous defensive defenseman who is always at the top of the blocked shots stats and eats major minutes.That aspect is covered. An offensive defenseman will be needed to play MacLean's up tempo style.
We'd love to hear what exactly the brouhaha was in the upper level midway through the second period. SOMETHING big was going on to the point the Dallas bench was fixated on whatever was happening. Their backup goaltender couldn't take his eyes off of it. If you know please pass it along.
Devils opening night on a BRILLIANT fall day, does it get any better?
Come back tonight Jersey City Desk fans for the music series (If Johnny doesn't go out for a few pops in the Ironbound section of Newark tonight) and full coverage of the Devils opener. Johnny's got happening seats and will have some pics to share and maybe a nice video clip he'd love to throw in Gary Bettman's face as being shown without the express written consent of the National Hockey League.
Boy howdy, can the weather get ANY better today?
Boy howdy, can the weather get ANY better today?
Thursday, October 7, 2010
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