2007 Top Ten

so instead of the usual Best Moments of 2007 or whatever, i'm going to list the Top 10 Things that Annoy Me In Sports Right Now. (I'm bitter, thanks Jim Sorgi you tool)

After a weekend in which i watched the Giants totally blow it against the Patriots, then the Vikings get eliminated from the playoffs, then the Titans eliminate the Browns from playoffs, then the CU Buffaloes lose to 'Bama, i'm bitter.

Here's the Top 10 Thing in Sports that Annoy Me:

10: Soccer in the USA: Okay, so i'm a total soccer-nut. i love it. i play it, i follow it, and i invest in it by going to MLS games and watching the games on TV. I even purchased an English soccer channel earlier this year to watch just one game.

But the truth is that you can't sell soccer to NFL fans. so stop trying. The MLS is good, better than some people will admit, but let the product sell itself, stop over-producing it, when you do that, the american fans fell let down and well, soccer loses. so just stop pushing it here, let the league and it's players prove they're worth watching without the 'Beckham Cam'.

9. Coors Field: How stupid was it when the Rockies made it to the World Series and still the announcers know nothing of Coors Field. Seriously, this is the World Series, you should everything about the 2 teams that are there. But the humidor or whatever, and the announcers still thinking (outloud) that its the easiest park to hit homeruns out of is just stupid. there were at least 2 other parks that were easier in the playoffs alone including Boston and Philadelphia.

8. Rockies Awards: Staying with MLBA for a second. The fact that Holliday didn't get MVP, Tulo didn't get Rookie of the Year, Francis didn't get the Cy Young and Hurdle didn't get Coach of the Year is wrong. Seriously, we're the 2nd best team in baseball and we go 0-4 in awards. And on top of that, we broke the record for in-fielding percentage and got no Gold Gloves. really?

7. Barry Bonds Haters: If you're whining about Bonds, please stop, or at least refocus your effort to something more original like Shawne Merriman.

6. NBA Downfall: This could be several different points on this list, but i'll put them all together. The NBA is getting lame, the gambling ref scandal doesn't help. The talent is too spread out so you have superstars with no help, see Lebron James, and the TV coverage is terrible. Who wants to see the Spurs play 5 nights a week? seriously, show some other teams.

5. Hockey Highlights: I don't follow NHL, i never will. The fact that season is so long just pains me. then, when i watch Sportscenter's top 10 and see 5 hockey highlights, lame. seriously, maybe 1 or 2 but with the NBA going on, plus NFL, golf, soccer and everything else, lets cut the lame hockey highlights out

4. Impatient Owners: Stupid owners making stupid decisions and ruining teams. I won't dwell so just see Rick Adelman firing in Sacramento or Marty Shottenhower...in San Diego.

3. New England Patriots: I hate them. I hate that everyone talks about Tom Brady and forgets about Peyton Manning. I hate Rodney Harrison. I hate seeing Junior Seau not in a Chargers uni. I hate that we'll have to hear about this team forever now. I hate Belichick and how he apparently used Cleveland as a practice stop before becoming a good coach in other places. I hate all the coverage and interviews with the Patriots. i like Randy Moss

2. New York Giants: This is pretty much the east-coast bias issue, but this team is so overrates its not even funny. how do they get so much publicity? Eli is terrible, Shockey is terrible, he'd be the 6-8th best TE in the AFC if he played there. Tiki was never really that good. The only good part of this team is Plaxico and the D-Line. But still, the NFL shows talk about this team like they're good or something. they're terrible in a weak conference. Imagine some of the AFC teams playing the NFC like Jacksonville, San Diego, Cleveland.

1. ESPN: this company has been going downhill fast. their website is 90% fluff, they're tv stations are full of blow-hards like Steven A Smith, and about the only thing still worth watching is the Top 10 Plays. They're even jacking up ESPNews now, i used to go to that station just for numbers and scores, but now they have shows on there as well. This is slowly going the way of MTV where now MTV doesn't actually play any music at all. At what point will ESPN stop showing sports and just show Madden Nation and WSOP?