Rob’s dealing with those pesky final examinations, so yours truly is going to fill in for today’s round of linkage. Don’t get too excited, I didn’t drink my morning egg nog and every Detroit team lost yesterday, so I’m cranky.
- Two link dumps in a row we start off with the sad news of an unfortunate, way too soon, death. Actress Brittany Murphy, 32-years old, passed away yesterday. How does this relate to sports or Detroit? It doesn’t really, except that I loved her in the movie ‘8 Mile.’ It’s just sad. Pop ‘Clueless’ or ‘8 Mile’ into your video cassette players sometime this week in her memory.
- More sad news, on a different scale: The Pistons lost their fourth straight yesterday by getting thumped by the defending champs. By some miracle, the 11-16 injury ridden squad is still the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference (sandwiched right between my middle school AAU team and the Bulls).
- Getting all the crummy news out of the way at the top of the link post, the Griffins Wings lost yesterday to the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-0. Much like the Pistons, the Wings are dealing with a laundry list of injuries right now and as a result, it’s affecting everything from their goal production to what I eat in the morning. Gone are the days when I could list off the entire Red Wings roster.
- Enough with the bad news; let’s get silly. There’s nothing sillier than a fat black man getting pantsed on national television. Oakland Raiders d-lineman had his drawers pulled to his ankles in front of everyone on Sunday as he went to make a tackle on the Broncos running back. Deadspin has the whole sleazy story, supplemented with screenshots, a video, and veiled excitement.
- Panthers WR Steve Smith = general silliness. What you won’t hear in the following video is his initial line from the interview, “I play for keeps!”
- The Saints failure to make another absurd comeback (what a choke) and save their undefeated season leaves all hope for an undefeated team in the hands of Peyton Manning and the Colts. Like Tirico Suave so eloquently puts it, please put the ’72 Dolphins to the spikes — finish them!
- If you didn’t catch the 4th quarter of the Packers/Steelers game yesterday, you lose 37 man points, one for every point the Steelers put up in the game. Here is the game winning touchdown with no time remaining and the full game highlights are on the right side under Daily D4L-Vision. What a doozie that was!
- Seattle, Milton Bradley is now your problem. Enjoy the rain. Piss off. With genuine disrespect, Chicago
- There were six other NBA games on Sunday in addition to the Pistons/Lakers. Here are the top 10 plays from the day, two of which make the Pistons look as bad as they were. As much as it hurts me to say this, you’ll definitely want to watch the No. 1 play courtesy of the Boston Celtics. It has a whole lot of creative neatness to it.
- Speaking of NBA games, Christmas has a sexy slate. I know I’ll be watching some NBA while I play with my new toys. What about you?
- Don’t forget to get your Detroit4lyfe app for your iPhones and Androids. If you don’t have one of these phones, it’d probably be worth it to get one just for this application.
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