Oh no he didn't...

Eddie House is filthy:



I love everything about Eddie, his swagger, his hustle, his socks and especially his threes. He is one of the biggest sleepers coming off the bench in the NBA.

On a lighter note...

I don't know how many of you watch the show Community, but the show is really made by four characters: Chevy Chase, Danny Pudi, Ken Jeong and Donald Glover. Glover is a pretty hilarious guy, he writes for 30 Rock and is the co-creator of www.derrickcomedy.com. Anyways, I thought I'd cheer up your day a little with this hilarious clip (NSFW):

I am Tiger Woods from TWoods

Chris Henry 1983-2009

From a story that at fist seemed like another Tiger Woods drama unfolding has taken a turn for the worse. Bengals wide receiver, Chris Henry, sustained injuries during an alleged domestic dispute with his fiancee. The dispute began at his home, roughly a half-mile from the site of the incident and ended with him falling out of a moving pickup truck. His fiancee was behind the wheel. There have been no arrests or reports of who the woman is, only speculation.

Often in the headlines for troublesome behavior, Henry was not the epitome of model athlete, but still a hell of a receiver and my condolences go out to his friends and family. He was 26.

Lotsa Big Moves

Taking some time off between the start of the winter meetings and now probably wasn't the best of ideas, so I guess I got some catching up to do.

First and definitely the biggest transaction of the meetings is the three-way trade of two Cy Young winners. The Phillies got Roy Halladay, the Mariners got Cliff Lee and the Jays got dick. I shouldn't be so hostile to those three prospects and J.A. Happ, but you have to feel bad for them. Halladay clearly wanted a ring and they weren't going to provide it, so maybe this is the best they were going to get for him. I really think the Phillies got hte best out of this deal, trading away Cliff Lee after possibly his best two seasons and using him to his utmost potential last season. But they are looking at a lot of money being shelled out ot him, they're already talking extension and big money.

Division rival of the Mariners have made some moves as well, adding World Series MVP Hideki "I still use a translator even though I've been playing in the US for almost 8 years" Matsui. He'll be a real valuable DH or potential extra outfielder, depending on what happens with the slowly decaying Vladimir Guerrero. They also lost John Lackey.

Speaking of John Lackey...WELCOME TO BOSTON! I remember hearing rumors at the beginning of the off season that he wanted Burnett-esque salary numbers, which ain't gonna happen brotha. Instead the Sox locked him up for 5 years for $82 mill, which is too much if you ask me. And he's most likely going to be number three in the rotation. Unreal pitching staff. Also the Sox add two-time Gold Glove winner and All-Star outfielder Mike Cameron. Does this mean the end of the greedy ass, boot-licking Jason Bay? One would hope. Cameron as already been approached by Theo Epstein and Terry Francona on his ability to play the corner in the outfield, which he hasn't played since 2005. Judging by the acquisitions, I think it can be said that the towel has not been thrown in on the 2010 season. Dan Shaughnessy thinks otherwise. Of course he does, he is always the first writer to step in and bash a Boston team or athlete.

Winter meetings hath returned

The buzz of the free agent market always reaches it's peak somewhere at the beginning of December, but not we can actually start throwing around some of the big names and type A free agents. It's a few hours into the first day and there already some big moves. A three team deal that is:

The Yankees receive center fielder Curtis Granderson...[with a] $25.75MM guaranteed over the next three years. The Diamondbacks receive a pair of starting pitchers: Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy. The Tigers receive four players: starter Max Scherzer, relievers Daniel Schlereth and Phil Coke and center fielder Austin Jackson. The Tigers get five years of Scherzer, six of Schlereth, five of Coke, and six of Jackson, potentially 22 years of control in total.


By the looks of it, the Tigers really got the best end of this deal. Scherzer is supposed to be the next big thing, if he can get his act together and become the starter everyone expected him to be. And Austin Jackson is nothing to sneeze at, he quick and a puts the ball in play. Although he does strikeout quite a bit. With some work he could be another Granderson.

One big deal so far and more to come. Here's a list of free agents with age and type:

Catchers
Eliezer Alfonzo (31)
Brad Ausmus (41)
Paul Bako (38)
Rod Barajas (34) - Type B, offered arb
Josh Bard (32)
Michael Barrett (33)
Ramon Castro (34)
Robinzon Diaz (26)
Toby Hall (34)
Jason Kendall (36) - Type B, not offered arb
Bengie Molina (35) - Type A, not offered arb
Jose Molina (35)
Miguel Olivo (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Mike Redmond (39)
Yorvit Torrealba (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Matt Treanor (34)
Javier Valentin (34)

First basemen
Rich Aurilia (38)
Jeff Bailey (31)
Hank Blalock (29)
Russell Branyan (34)
Miguel Cairo (36)
Frank Catalanotto (36)
Tony Clark (38)
Carlos Delgado (38) - Type B, not offered arb
Nomar Garciaparra (36)
Ross Gload (34)
Eric Hinske (32)
Nick Johnson (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Adam LaRoche (30) - Type B, not offered arb
Doug Mientkiewicz (36)
Kevin Millar (38)
Fernando Tatis (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Chad Tracy (30)
Daryle Ward (35)
Dmitri Young (36)

Second basemen
Ronnie Belliard (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Jamey Carroll (36)
Craig Counsell (39)
Mark DeRosa (35) - Type B, offered arb
Nick Green (31)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34)
Orlando Hudson (32) - Type A, not offered arb
Adam Kennedy (34)
Felipe Lopez (30) - Type B, not offered arb
Mark Loretta (38)
Pablo Ozuna (35)
Juan Uribe (31)

Shortstops
Eric Bruntlett (32)
Orlando Cabrera (35) - Type A, can't be offered arb
Craig Counsell (39)
Bobby Crosby (30)
Chris Gomez (39)
Nick Green (31)
Khalil Greene (30)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34)
Miguel Tejada (36) - Type A, not offered arb

Third basemen
Rich Aurilia (38)
Brian Barden (29)
Adrian Beltre (31) - Type B, offered arb
Aaron Boone (37)
Craig Counsell (39)
Joe Crede (32)
Bobby Crosby (30)
Mark DeRosa (35) - Type B, offered arb
Pedro Feliz (35)
Chone Figgins (32) - Type A, offered arb
Nomar Garciaparra (36)
Troy Glaus (33) - Type B, not offered arb
Adam Kennedy (34)
Mark Loretta (38)
Melvin Mora (38) - Type B, not offered arb
Pablo Ozuna (35)
Robb Quinlan (33)
Miguel Tejada (36) - Type A, not offered arb
Juan Uribe (31)

Left fielders
Garret Anderson (38) - Type B, not offered arb
Marlon Anderson (36)
Jason Bay (31) - Type A, offered arb
Emil Brown (35)
Marlon Byrd (32) - Type B, offered arb
Johnny Damon (36) - Type A, not offered arb
David Dellucci (36)
Cliff Floyd (37)
Joey Gathright (28)
Matt Holliday (30) - Type A, offered arb
Reed Johnson (33)
Laynce Nix (29)
Greg Norton (37)
Wily Mo Pena (28)
Dave Roberts (38)
Gary Sheffield (41)
Fernando Tatis (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Marcus Thames (33)
Randy Winn (36) - Type B, not offered arb

Center fielders
Rick Ankiel (30)
Rocco Baldelli (28)
Marlon Byrd (32) - Type B, offered arb
Mike Cameron (37) - Type B, not offered arb
Endy Chavez (32)
Coco Crisp (30)
Darin Erstad (36)
Jeff Fiorentino (27)
Ryan Freel (34)
Joey Gathright (28)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34)
Reed Johnson (33)
Corey Patterson (30)
Scott Podsednik (34)

Right fielders
Jermaine Dye (36) - Type A, not offered arb
Brian Giles (39) - Type B, not offered arb
Vladimir Guerrero (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Joey Gathright (28)
Eric Hinske (32)
Geoff Jenkins (35)
Austin Kearns (30)
Jason Michaels (34)
Xavier Nady (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Randy Winn (36) - Type B, not offered arb

Designated hitters
Hank Blalock (29)
Jason Giambi (39)
Vladimir Guerrero (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Aubrey Huff (33)
Hideki Matsui (36)
Gary Sheffield (41)
Matt Stairs (42)
Mike Sweeney (36)
Jim Thome (39)

Starting pitchers
Brandon Backe (32)
Cha Seung Baek (30)
Miguel Batista (39)
Erik Bedard (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Kris Benson (34)
Paul Byrd (39)
Daniel Cabrera (29)
Aroldis Chapman (22)
Bartolo Colon (37)
Jose Contreras (38)
Doug Davis (34) - Type B, not offered arb
Lenny DiNardo (30)
Justin Duchscherer (32) - Type B, offered arb
Adam Eaton (32)
Shawn Estes (37)
Josh Fogg (33)
Jon Garland (30) - Type B, not offered arb
Tom Glavine (44)
Mike Hampton (37)
Rich Harden (28) - Type B, not offered arb
Mark Hendrickson (36)
Livan Hernandez (35)
Rich Hill (30)
Shawn Hill (29)
Jason Jennings (31)
Jason Johnson (36)
Randy Johnson (46) - Type B, not offered arb
John Lackey (31) - Type A, offered arb
Braden Looper (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Rodrigo Lopez (34)
Noah Lowry (29)
Jason Marquis (31) - Type B, offered arb
Pedro Martinez (38)
Eric Milton (34)
Mark Mulder (32)
Brett Myers (29)
Vicente Padilla (32) - Type B, not offered arb
Odalis Perez (33)
Andy Pettitte (38) - Type B, not offered arb
Joel Pineiro (31) - Type B, offered arb
Sidney Ponson (33)
Mark Prior (28)
Horacio Ramirez (30)
Jason Schmidt (37)
Ben Sheets (31)
John Smoltz (43)
Brett Tomko (37)
Jarrod Washburn (35)
Todd Wellemeyer (31)
Kip Wells (33)
Randy Wolf (33) - Type A, not offered arb

Closers
Mike Gonzalez (32) - Type A, offered arb
Kevin Gregg (32) - Type A, not offered arb
Fernando Rodney (33) - Type B, offered arb
Jose Valverde (32) - Type A, offered arb

Right-handed relievers
Luis Ayala (32)
Danys Baez (32)
Joaquin Benoit (32)
Chad Bradford (35)
Doug Brocail (43) - Type B, not offered arb
Kiko Calero (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Chad Cordero (28)
Elmer Dessens (38)
R.A. Dickey (35)
Brendan Donnelly (38)
Octavio Dotel (36) - Type A, not offered arb
Kelvim Escobar (33)
Eric Gagne (34)
Geoff Geary (33)
Dan Giese (33)
Edgar Gonzalez (27)
Tom Gordon (42)
LaTroy Hawkins (37) - Type A, not offered arb
Matt Herges (40)
Bob Howry (36) - Type B, not offered arb
Jason Isringhausen (37)
Jorge Julio (31)
Shane Loux (30)
Brandon Lyon (30) - Type B, offered arb
Gary Majewski (30)
Guillermo Mota (36) - Type B, not offered arb
Joe Nelson (35)
Chan Ho Park (37) - Type B, not offered arb
Tomo Ohka (34)
Tony Pena Jr. (29)
Joel Peralta (34)
Troy Percival (40)
J.J. Putz (33)
Juan Rincon (31)
Saul Rivera (32)
Duaner Sanchez (30)
Rudy Seanez (41)
Justin Speier (36)
Russ Springer (41) - Type B, not offered arb
Julian Tavarez (37)
Luis Vizcaino (35)
Tyler Walker (34)
David Weathers (40) - Type B, not offered arb
Jeff Weaver (33)
Jamey Wright (35)
Tyler Yates (32)

Left-handed relievers
Joe Beimel (32) - Type B, not offered arb
Bruce Chen (33)
Alan Embree (40)
Scott Eyre (38) - Type B, not offered arb
Casey Fossum (32)
Eddie Guardado (39)
Mark Hendrickson (36)
Ron Mahay (39)
Will Ohman (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Darren Oliver (39) - Type A, not offered arb
Horacio Ramirez (30)
Glendon Rusch (35)
Scott Schoeneweis (36)
Brian Shouse (41) - Type B, offered arb
Ken Takahashi (41)
Jack Taschner (32)
Ron Villone (40)
Jamie Walker (38)

*Thanks to MLB Trade Rumors for the list*

Sox essentialy trade SS with Jays

The Red Sox hunt for a shortstop has come to stop when they signed 34-year-old Marco Scutaro. This coming after the Red Sox released Alex Gonzalez and the Jays picked him up. Scutaro accepted a two-year contract with an option for a third. No longer does Pedroia play the left side of the infield. Whats great about this deal is Marco is the definition of utility player, you throw the guy a glove he'll play the position. If Jose Iglesias pans out to be a shortstop in two year, then Marco can easily move anywhere in the field or even play off the bench.

2008 stats (a career year): .282/.379/.409, 12 HRs, 60 RBIs, 35 doubles.

Tiger "I'm not out of the" Woods

Is it just me or has this whole Tiger Woods scandal gotten out of hand? Sure, the man smashed some random biddies on the side, he's a scum bag nobody's perfect. Sorry Nike, your golden boy has a few skid marks. This guy probably never touched a girl until he started making his steady bank roll. Then POW! All of the female attention one man can handle. So what does he do? Wifes up the first one that come around, shit I'd do the same. Now he realizes, "Geez I can do this with other women?!? Let's do it!" It sucks that he has a family and two children, but he is human and doesn't die when exposed to kyrptonite (Mistress pictures after the jump).

He's still in the thick of it all. After beating around the bush with the media he issued a vague apology on his official website:

I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.

Let the man deal with his golf-club-wielding-wife and get back to being one of the most dominant athletes on the planet.

For now enjoy Chappelle's imitation of Tiger Woods becoming 100% black.

Scary Moment

Panthers defenseman Keith Ballard throws a hissy fit after getting beat by Ilya Kovalchuk and decides to take it out on his goalie Tomas Vokun by bashing his brains in. What boggles my mind about this is not only does he smash Vokun's dome with a stick, he proceeds to continue to break his stick on the post, acknowledges his actions and skates off. What a little bitch. Vokun was hospitalized and suffered an ear laceration.

Big Changes in the World of College Football

Charlie Weis, head coach of Notre Dame/ex-patriot coach/man who strikingly resembles a pair or one of those Russian doll thiningies, got the boot.

Weis was let go by Notre Dame with six years left on his contract. He finished 6-6 this season and 35-27 in five seasons, among the worst of any Fighting Irish coach. "For many of you who may have thought that was a foregone conclusion, I would say to you that the decision was harder than you might have thought, principally because of the man it involved," athletic director Jack Swarbrick said.

For those who didn't see this coming, shame on you. Notre Dame, a once prestigious and bowl contending team, is now losing to teams like Navy and UConn. Not to bash any of those teams, but this team is just pathetic now. When they are winning they blow it and when they lose, they looooooose. So, see ya later King of the FUPAs. Hello Rob Ianello, Notre Dame assistant head coach who will take over until a new head coach is fired.

In similar news, long time coach and one of my all-time favorite CFB head coach, Bobby Bowden is stepping down.

Florida State's Bobby Bowden announced today that he will coach the Seminoles in a bowl game before retiring. He'll leave as the second-winningest coach in major college history behind Penn State's Joe Paterno.

It's always sad to see someone who has been so influential to a sport take his bow and leave. But it's even more sad to see him go out in a blip rather than a blaze of glory. Everything can't be like the movies though, so when a man of his caliber says it's time to go then enough's enough. The man has 388 wins, give him some love.