The Kardashians in Minnesota?

So two NBA reporters claim the Lakers are trying to ship Lamar Odom to the Minnesota T-Wolves for the number two pick. It makes sense, the Lakers are getting old and need to get rid of Odom. But talks hit a snag when the Wolves countered for Gasol instead of Odom.

This sucks! I totally would have loved seeing Khloe in downtown Minneapolis. Or is it St. Paul? That would be entertaining TV. A media-mogul (what exactly do they do?) leaves the sunny beaches of Cali for the...what does MN offer besides lakes? E News better be calling the powers that be to make this happen.

Either way, it leaves me wondering if the Wolves would have sold more Kardashian jerseys than Michael Beasley.

How come none of the Basketball Wives are actually wives of basketball players??

Anyone seen that show, "Basketball Wives, on VH1?  Yeah, I didn't think so.  Apparently it's a bunch of women walking around in "real" life, showing what they do on a daily basis.  Which, from the commercials and what I have read on SportsByBrooks, their daily basis appears to be walking around, treating people poorly, acting like they contribute to society, and just generally having an undeserved sense of accomplishment.  The title is a bit misleading though.  Considering that only TWO of the women are actually married to a basketball player (and one of them is married to Eric Williams...10 points to you if you know who that is and you are NOT related to Eric Williams).  The rest of the cast includes: Shaquille O'Neal's ex-wife, Dwight Howard's baby mama (who is class personified), Michael Olowakandi's ex-wife (same amount of points as Eric Williams), Kenny Anderson's ex-wife, Antoine Walker's ex-fiancee (she wasn't a wife at any point either!!) and Speedy Claxton's wife.  Honestly America, we can't actually watch this show and increase ratings.  Can we at least make these women have some kinda of skill other than sleeping with a basketball player?  But alas, I know why VH1 chsoe the title they did after all "Talentless, Freeloading Women, Who Used to be Involved With Basketball Players In Some Capacity Until The Players Ran Out Of Money" just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it??

Come on golf reporter, don't be an idiot!

Sometimes I think the media asks questions, just to heat themselves talk, I really do.  A little background; Rory McIlroy won the US Open yesterday by a record margain and with a record low total number of strokes.  Congratulations.  He also became the youngest player ever to win the US Open (21 years and some change).  Congratulations again.  Aside from just the win alone being amazing, or the record way in which he did it being amazing, it was a small shot of redemption following his Greg Norman/Jan Vandervelde-esque collapse at April's Masters.  Now for the meat of the issue with the media.  In his post-tournamet press conference, a reporter actually asked the following question, "With this win, do you think we can start talking about the 'Rory Slam' [a refernce to Tiger Woods "Tiger Slam" when he held at four majors at the same time but not in the same Calendar year] which would include next year's Masters, and some redemption for you?"  Are you freakin kidding me reporter?  Are you freakin kidding me??  That's the DUMBEST freakin question I have heard at a press conference in as long as I can remember.  You should not be allowed to ask questions ever again.  Can you let my man Rory enjoy ONE championship, before you start talking about him winning FOUR?!?!  Just cause you already have your 2012 Masters storyline written and you don't wanna have to write another one and, ya know, do your job, don't start forcing all this stuff on a 21 year old golfer.  The fact that you used your one post tournament question to ask that, shows how much of an idiot you are.  Now McIlroy answered the question, somehow.  But I think it would have been better if he had said something like this...

63 of the Day!!

So you've prolly never heard of this guy...but you should!  His name is Trip Thurman, number 63 in your Blue-Gold All-Star programs...number 1 in your hearts!  6'5" 310 lbs, Offensive Lineman from Dover High School in Dover, DE.  He just won Most Valuable Lineman for the 56th annual Delaware All-Star game.  Which is weird considering he didn't even make first team All-State.  Dude's one of the top 250 players in the country (according to rivals.com) and heading to the SEC to play college ball, and yet somehow is not one of the five best lineman in the state of Delaware??!!  We all know I love me some Delaware but come on now, we're gonna need a better effort out of you Delaware Football Coaches Association.  Bush league.  Full disclosure; he is my neighbor and has been for the last 18 years so I mean yeah...maybe I'm a little biased, so what?  Wanna fight about it (obligatory Family Guy reference)??  Anyway, he's headed to the University of Florida (insert fart sound) but we won't hold that against him here at 63 sports.  Sadly I will have to root for Florida 11 times next year (12 if you count the bowl game) but that is IT!!  Congrats again Lil Fella!!

Whoa Whoa Whoa, Bud Selig has a somewhat good idea??? Nope...nevermind

Alright, so there's recently been a lot of hub bub about baseball realigning.  Basically, MLB/Bud Selig want to move the Houston Astros to the American League, eliminate all divisions so that there are 15 teams in each league, and then add one Wild Card spot.  That certainly is a neat and tidy way of stacking the teams (I mean it's driven me nuts for years that there are 6 teams in the NL Central and only 4 in the AL West!!  I knew there had to be SOMEONE in the MLB offices that was as OCD about this as me) but there are some issues with this layout.  Not the least of which would mean that there would have to be at least one Interleague series at all times.  This despite the fact most people agree, there is too much interleauge play as it is.  A second problem, is scheduling.  Right now they have unbalanced scheduling, which is just...awesome.  I mean it makes perfect sense the Yankees and Red Sox play 114 times and the Yankees and Blue Jays play 12 times right??  Of course it does.  Don't even get me started on adding another spot to the playoffs!  Why, so when a team that chokes their way out of a playoff spot in the last week (*cough, 2010 padres, cough*) they can still fall ass backwards into the playoffs??  Yeah everyone wants to see an 82-80 team back into the playoffs just so they can get swept out in the first round.  Dang Bud...even your good ideas, turn out to suck.

Stay Classy Ohio

Totally understand the Lebron jokes. A guy that has "Chosen 1" tattooed on his back like he's some kind of chosen NBA savior, kinda arrogant. Especially the fact this 'savior' expected to win an NBA Final Game on just 11 shots.

So when Lebron failed to answer the call to raise his level, I fully expected America pour its hate out.

From his former boss: "Congrats to Mark C.& entire Mavs org.," Gilbert wrote. "Mavs NEVER stopped & now entire franchise gets rings. Old Lesson for all: There are NO SHORTCUTS. NONE."

To random internet jokes: "I gave Lebron a dollar and only got back three quarters." AND "Lebron James Day, everybody gets to leave work 12 minutes early."

Ok, Ok. I get it. You have to have tough skin when going after the holy grail. But the next two moves mocking Lebron James comes to you from the "Get a Life" department.

For starters, the Ohio Governor made the Dallas Mavericks honorary citizens. Clearly overlooking the millions of Americans who's hard work goes unnoticed to commemorate a basketball team from Texas as if they accomplished something for Ohio. Ok, a joke, but do Governors have time to discuss matters unrelated to their agenda? Or just a pathetic attempt for more votes. Assclown.

A Chicago Cubs affiliate held a promotion last night poking fun at Lebron James. It was "Lebron James Invisible NBA Championship Replica Ring" night. Two things are all I need to say about this weak attempt to get involved with a national topic. One: Lebron crushed the Bulls the series before. ANY talks of mocking his ability to close coming from Bulls fans baffle me. (See Game 5 Eastern Conference Finals). Two: THEY'RE THE CUBS AFFILIATE. THE CUBS. What do they know about championship rings??

The worst part about trying to win the Holy Grail, is getting mocked by lesser critics. Lebron will be back on the main stage, the Ohio Governor, might not be. But at least show some human decency for a guy marred with sweat, tears, and blood that clearly erred on the big stage.

Number 63 of the day

I'm gonna post on a somewhat daily basis, a player who wears #63 with a short blurb about them, just cause...well...I want to.  I guess not doing it everyday kinda makes the "63 of the day" a lie, but I digress.  Today's lucky winner is Brad Marchand #63 for the Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins.  Now I'm going to ignore the fact that he plays for a Boston team that has recently won a championship.  I'm sure we will all see "diehard" fans running around in Bruin hats now, girls in the pink version of the hats, everyone of them swearing they love Zdeno Chara's bushy, central European playoff beard.  Now Brad didn't win the Conn Smythe (although he would've gotten my vote), so we'll give him the next best thing...#63 of the day!  Also quick side note, I would eat a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch out of the Stanley Cup when I had it for a day...just sayin.