Drunken Audible
Los Angeles Sports Musings for the Sneaker Inclined. // The Drunken Audible is an RSS feed from CLH and Sharky H. Towers with an emphasis on the Lakers, the National League West, the various Fútbol leagues of the world and how much money we're losing during the NFL season. And shoes.
Our President FUCKING SHREDS. Basketball is the source. Deny it at your own peril.
Smush trashes Kobe. I would hate being told I was garbage everyday at work, too. but Kobe was right… just ask the rest of the league who aren’t exactly banging down Smush’s door for his services.
Kobe vs. Artest - The Lost Trashtalk Audio
Awful Announcing Redux
Again with the announcers… upon the officials reviewing a Rockets 3 pointer at the end of the game the Rockets announcers said that if it was Kobe the announcers wouldn’t even bother to check and would just call it a 3. This is a trend. You’d never hear anybody question Jordan’s calls back in the day. Ever. Superstars get the benefits in this league. Kobe ain’t alone in that.
You’d never know that if you were to believe the hack announcers most NBA teams have on the payroll.
NBA League Pass is fine I guess, even if I have to listen to Lakers away games with the opposition’s announcing teams. Most of them are such ridiculous homers it’s just insane. The Portland announcers are no exception. In fact they are the worst. They spent less time calling the game than pointing out how in their mind the Lakers cheat every day of the week and twice on Sunday. My favorite is how one of them said not once, not twice but THRICE how Kobe was going to have to “bring a knife from the bench” if he wanted to get fouls called on him. They also acted as though Trevor Ariza was conducting a mob hit on Rudy Fernandez. That foul was, in fact, ANYTHING but a flagrant two. It was debatable if it was even a flagrant. Ariza clearly played the ball.
It’s too bad Oden wasn’t in the game. I’d love to see these clowns make excuses for him all game long.
“ When Matt Kemp walked into the clubhouse this morning, Manny greeted him with, “I was here at 6 a.m., where were you?” To which the ever-witty Kemp responded with, “I was here three weeks ago.
A winter’s worth of baseball indifference is starting to thaw. Expect rivers in about 3 weeks.
OF COURSE Von Wafer (playing for the Rockets, but shown here in a Nuggets jersey) would torch the Lakers before promptly drifting back into basketball obscurity. Did you really expect any different?
Conspiracy
Between the strangest injury report sub-plot in years in the Tomlinson injury and the fact that this officiating crew has called more penalties than any other crew this Chargers Colts game reeks of pure gambling debacle.
And we start the game with a SKETCHY Pass Interference call on Jammer. Hold on to your hats.
You Really Suck At Your Job.
Eric Allen. It’s incomprehensible how you hold down your gig. As I drove through the desert this morning listening to ESPN radio give me play by plays of the morning football games, I was struck by your utter lack of anything not totally fucking obvious. Great insight. Real handle on words. Thanks for coming. This is a problem too great to discuss in this forum. Unfuckingbelievable.
The Sun Yue Era begins. 5 minutes, 4 fouls, 4 points. Look, I was pulling for the poor kid like the next guy but I feel cheated that we didn’t get to see him foul out. We had to settle for comedy silver.
