Monday Morning, a Day Late and a Dollar Short

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Well, here I am...Been battling being sick, along with the rest of the family fighting through being sick too...I was just too tired to get writing...But I will get right into the big news...Not the Broncos beating the Patriots...Not the Seahawks, (my team) beating the 49ers...Richard Sherman...Dude made the game saving play for the Seahawks, talked smack, and people were shocked...Dude has always talked smack...Just like many CB's have...And he gave it hard to Crabtree...You know, a guy that plays the position that is known for talking the most shit, WR...

Why...Why are people shocked...And why are people so offended? Seconds after the game, stupid Erin Andrews sticks a mic in his face, and he screams that he is the best CB in the game...Oh, BTW he is...and then he called out Crabtree...So fucking what...Somehow this caused people to go nuts, and the crazy Twitter racists came out in full force, mainly because poor Erin Andrews looked scared...Don't pin her or your inner racist on Sherman...You and her were that way before he said he was the best...

RIGHT_HERE everything you need to know about Sherman, including the stats that backup his theory that he is the best CB...and HERE is a good piece about Sherman, by Dan Wetzel...

I know I'm in the minority....No one seems to like this guy but his teammates...Well, a couple years ago, I signed my fandom contract with Seattle, so while Sherman may be brash...May be an asshole...I like him...He's on my team...I've described myself this way before...I'm not everyone's cup of team...Hell, if I wasn't on my team, I wouldn't like me...But I'm on my team, so I love me! 

That's how I see Richard Sherman...He's on my team, so he's my guy...I've seen abunch of people talking about now rooting for Denver, and hoping Manning schools him...Well, you're free to feel that way...Me, I hope Manning tests Sherman, and I hope Sherman picks him off 3 times...Because some people may hate seeing Sherman's big mouth on TV talking shit, but I hate seeing Manning's big head on TV trying to sell me every possible piece of crap I don't need!

-In hockey, people are all fired up over the line brawl Saturday night between Vancouver and Calgary...Calgary was the visiting team so their lineup is submitted first...They decided to start their thumpers...4th line...This is something that doesn't sit well with Vancouver coach John Tortorella's as we have seen before...Calgary is making it clear, either they want to throw, or they just want to try and rough up one of your top lines...So Torts, as he has done before sends out a lineup of his thumpers...You know shit is about to get real when a defenseman lines up to take the games opening faceoff...




Over 140 penalty minutes in 2 seconds....Classic...

Now there are people saying this is bad for hockey...There's no reason for this...Torts overacted, blah, blah, blah...You know what, a rival rolls into your building and puts out their thumpers, there is only one way to respond..."Nobody comes into our house and pushes us around!"  That's shit isn't just for movies...It's life...Some one kicks in your door and wants to take your shit, and hurt your family, you don't curl up in the corner and say 'please don't hurt me.'  You go right back at the fucker...

Yeah, I know, hockey and everyday life for you and me aren't the same...But you have to see the comparison...These guys are playing for real...This is their livelihood...I'm not putting my top line out there when these guys are looking to rumble....You gotta bring your muscle...

This shit happens in hockey sometimes...It's not all lovey dovey like you see after football games when players from opposing teams are hugging, and all smiles and shit...There's a reason why handshakes are saved for the playoffs...The season is long, and you're gonna see these guys again, and you don't like some of them...

I don't know...I'm kind of rambling...Too much cold medicine and not enough sleep...I'll just close with, Richard Sherman may be an asshole, but I'm alright with it...And hockey's fine, shut the fuck up!

Have a week...

The Beeze.

Lying, Cheating, Ruining Lives...Just Another Day Living Strong!

Lance Armstrong is finally admitting to being a total fraud...Sadly, he's sitting down with Oprah to do it, instead of with a real journalist who might hit him with some real questions...Lawsuits are already getting geared up against Armstrong...His "Brand" and legacy are going to be shot to hell...GOOD!

Now, if his LiveStrong foundation is helped you, or a loved one, that's great...There is no mistaking the great work the foundation has done, raising almost 500 million dollars...That said, how many people only donated because of Armstrong, and his story...The man inspired so many people...Beating Cancer, and becoming the world's greatest cyclist...But the inspirational story was at least half, a lie...He became the man in his sport, b y cheating...Cheating and lying...Are people feeling cheated...Do some want their money back?  There are plenty of other Cancer charities that aren't built on a lie...

Can that be washed away by all the good his charity did...Many think so, and I don't blame them for that view...But there have been stories out there for years that people have ignored...They ignored the stories because Armstrong said they were lies...And how badly people wanted to believe the amazing story of Lance Armstrong...

It wasn't just lying and cheating for Armstrong...Anyone who tried to oppose him...Or out him, he went after full force, to ruin their lives....Yahoo writer Dan Wetzel has tried to bring much of this to people's attention, and he did again LAST_NIGHT...For all the good things people think of Armstrong, he is really just a piece of shit...

A couple of those stories really stuck out to me...Wetzel wrote these as questions Oprah should ask Lance...I'm copying them here in case you're too lazy to click that link above...

"3. Let's talk Betsy Andreu, the wife of one your former teammates, Frankie. Both Andreus testified under oath that they were in a hospital room in 1996 when you admitted to a doctor to using EPO, HGH and steroids. You responded by calling them "vindictive, bitter, vengeful and jealous." And that's the stuff we can say on TV.

Would you now label them as "honest"?
And what would you say directly to Betsy, who dealt with a voicemail from one of your henchmen that included, she's testified, this:

"I hope somebody breaks a baseball bat over your head. I also hope that one day you have adversity in your life and you have some type of tragedy that will … definitely make an impact on you."

When you heard about that voicemail, why didn't you call Betsy and apologize then?"

and this one...

"4. By the way, did you take performance-enhancing drugs prior to your diagnosis of testicular cancer, as Betsy Andreu, who I now have every single reason to believe, says you admitted to doing? Do you think it played a role in your diagnosis?

And while the reason you contracted cancer does nothing to diminish the intensity of your battle, or the great example of strength it provided, don't you think it would've been an essential part of your public campaign against the disease to mention that you used performance-enhancing drugs?"

and this one...

"6. What do you say to Emma O'Reilly, who was a young Dublin native when she was first hired by the U.S. Postal team to give massages to the riders after races?

In the early 2000s, she told stories of rampant doping and how she was used to transport the drugs across international borders. In the USADA report, she testified that you tried to "make my life hell."

Her story was true, Lance, wasn't it? And you knew it was true. Yet despite knowing it was true, you, a famous multimillionaire superstar, used high-priced lawyers to sue this simple woman for more money than she was worth in England, where slander laws favor the famous. She had no chance to fight it.

She testified that you tried to ruin her by spreading word that she was a prostitute with a heavy drinking problem.

"The traumatizing part," she once told the New York Times, "was dealing with telling the truth."

Do you want to apologize to her? Not in general. I mean directly and by name. I mean, Lance, of all the people to attack like that, of all the people you had power and wealth over, you had to go after her? How Lance, could you do this to someone, and why would anyone want to believe again in someone capable of doing this to someone?"

I know many will defend Armstrong, based solely on his charity...That's fine, but I think you're wrong...Feel free to defend the foundation...Still support them...They didn't lie, cheat, and ruin lives...They just tried to help people...To me, there is no defense for Armstrong...He was a fraud in his sport/profession...And he is a fraud in life...

Fuck you Lance Armstrong!

The Beeze.