OAKLAND – Retired head coach and broadcasting legend John Madden used his old telestrator pen to cut the Thanksgiving turducken at his home in Pleasanton Thu.. ‘First, Dad was enlightening us about the turducken using the turkey baster as a microphone,’ said Madden’s child Chris. ‘He was going on about BOOM the different meats and BAM the ingredients in each layer of stuffing. Then he took his telestrator pen, which he carries around all of the time, and started carving up the meat with that. It was disgusting.’ Madden worked as an NFL color commentator for thirty years and retired after the 2009 season. ‘I guess he doesn’t know what else to do,’ announced Chris. ‘He spends a lot of time out in the driveway in the Madden Cruiser, pretending like he is driving to a game. It’s kinda sad.’ After carving the turducken, Madden then used the pen on his grandchild Jacob’s cheek to telestrate how he would eat his cut. However , the stray gravy ended up looking like a crude penis and testicles, making tension at the table without detection by the oblivious ex-commentator. TAUNTR.com

The Packers dominated the Lions on Turkey day (a.k.a. Thanksgiving) last Thursday – intercepting Matt Stafford four times and making him look like a turkey too. Donald Driver won the galloping gobbler award, and Charles Woodson provided a spark once again for the Packers defense. Even with a slightly injured Calvin Johnson and a slightly injured Matt Stafford playing their hardest the Lions had no teeth. If it wasn’t for Jordy Nelson’s fumble of the opening kickoff the Lions might not have scored any touchdowns at all. Come on White Lightning, you’re better than that! It was a fantasy football feast as well for anyone who played the Green Bay defense, as they scored a ton of fantasy points from turnovers and sacks.

If you looked at the video above – now you know that Charles Woodson may be old but he still knows what the Heisman Trophy that he won looks like. Check out his pose after the pick-six. Classic!

Now it’s time to bust out of your pants with a John Madden classic, the Turducken. For anyone who doesn’t know, this is a combination of a turkey, a duck, and a chicken, all cooked as one giant bird. So how do you make this roast beast? Try this recipe.
Looking ahead to next week, the Packers play the red hot Ravens on Monday night at Lambeau Field. My roommate has tickets. Maybe I should put away the carving knife now… because I really want those tickets. Here, roomy roomy! I have a surprise for you! Perhaps we will be having a roommate stew to go with our Turducken; oh yes that could be rather tasty. Until next time cheese heads – Go PACK!

This Week’s Winner: C-Wood and his Heisman Trophy pose.
This Week’s Loser: Matthew “#1 Overall Pick, throwing it up for four picks” Stafford.

As always, I encourage and appreciate responses!! I will comment on your comments.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -  There were no “booms,” “bangs” or “doinks” on Thanksgiving.

There was just John Madden, his wife Virginia and a turducken.

For the first time in a long time, including his 30-year broadcasting career, Madden did not have to think about football.

Saddened Madden

“It’s an odd feeling,” said Madden, who didn’t know what to do with himself. “You know, it’s like you’ve got this feeling and it’s just odd, and that’s why you call it an odd feeling.”

The 73-year-old Hall of Famer, who spent the last three decades in living rooms across the country while working for the major four television networks, had trouble watching the games Thursday.

“Watching football is difficult when you’re not around the game,” he said. “You see, because I don’t work in football anymore, it’s difficult to watch. If I were around the game, it would be easy, but because I’m not, it’s difficult.”

While Madden hardly watched any of the three holiday games, he refused to leave his Madden Cruiser, which he has slept in for the entire season, his wife said.

“John is John, so when John’s being John, you can’t stop him from being John,” she said. “He’s just John.”

A man and his turducken

Madden’s refusal to sleep in the same bed as his wife has not been a surprise, his wife said. Without a structured schedule, Madden doesn’t know how to function, so he resorts to most of his past habits to stay sharp, she said. And that sharpness, unfortunately, leaves Virginia Madden without a spooner at night.

Her husband admits he doesn’t understand the fascination with the cuddling position.

“I’m not a big spoon guy,” he said. “Spoons can only go so far, which is why we have the fork. The fork can pick things up. The spoon only scoops, and when you scoop, you drop stuff. I don’t wanna drop stuff, so I use the fork.”

Madden telestrates the turducken creation process

Madden made good use of his fork Thursday, chomping away at a fresh turducken and all the trimmings that Virginia cooked. After eating a 20-lb. bird within a bird within a bird, three pounds of stuffing and two pounds of cranberry sauce, Madden took a breather to return to one of his favorite pastimes: telestrating.

While football was “out of the question,” Madden turned on “What’s Cluckin’ in My Turducken?” and began to go wild.

Pulling out the telestrator that Al Michaels gave him for his retirement, Madden pointed out the key methods that can mean the difference between a turducken gone right and a turducken “gone cluckin’,” he said.

“Watch this,” Madden said, his voice finally full of the passion that made him the most popular football color commentator of his generation. “The turkey may be dead, but it’s still ready for that duck. But the duck has to want to go inside that turkey and it can’t until the chicken wants to go inside the duck. Now watch these two men work their magic … right HERE. FREEZE IT!”

If only Madden were talking about the turducken and not the video.

“But I inhaled it fellas,” he said. “And when I inhale a turducken, it can’t come back out. Because I digested it, and you see, that’s the way digestion works.”

Oh Raiders, you did not let me down. Thank goodness your win over the Bengals was merely a fluke and you got back to what you do best; commitment to mediocrity. The struggling Cowboys really needed to regain some confidence after struggling offensively in the last two games with only a touchdown in each game. The defense continued to do well, surprisingly well. In these past few weeks our defense has been a welcome bright spot. The offense seems to be getting back on the right track. We had 10 plays that went for 20 yards or more. Romo threw for 309 yards, Witten had his best game of the year although he was to be a game-time decision to play. Roy Williams and Romo seemed to have a better connection this game. It’s evident that Austin and Romo have spent more time together, but Roy should come along eventually…I hope. We also had 196 rushing yards between our three star backs which is excellent. When we are balanced like that, it’s hard to beat us. The Giants got walloped by the Broncos, later that evening so when we meet them in our next game, we are going to have to finish them off, which won’t be easy since this Giants team is desperate. Did you see Umenyiora arguing with members of the offense on the sideline last night. I’d love to hand the Giants another loss and destroy their playoff hopes. Especially since they spoiled the opening of JerryWorld. The only thing missing from the Thanksgiving Day game was a little John Madden and Pat Summerall with their 8-legged Turducken, a duck stuffed inside of a chicken, stuffed inside of a turkey. I know Madden is retired, but maybe he can just do one game a year? There’s not ever gonna be another John Madden.

What is a turducken, you may ask. It’s simply, a de-boned, whole chicken stuffed into a whole, de-boned duck that is then stuffed into a whole de-boned turkey. It’s origins are still in question, but the most accepted theory is that it originated in Louisiana, around 1985 when a farmer walked into Hebert’s Specialty Meats with the three birds and asked to put them together for him. It was only really known in the South, that is until John Madden started giving away this frankenstein of fowl to the winning NFL football team on Thanksgiving. Now, it’s becoming more popular all over the country, even spawning some variations, such as a pigturducken. I don’t think I have to explain that one.

You can assemble this meat mash-up yourself (click here to see one put together), or purchase one already prepared. There are several places that will ship one to you frozen, including the originators themselves, Hebert’s Specialty Meats. I decided to go local and order one fresh from The Meat Market in Clovis for my family.

The cost is $120 but comes already stuffed and I was told, will serve about 20-25 people. Recalculated by taking my particular family into account, that will feed about 10 of us.

I’m looking forward to taking on this big bird behemoth come Thursday and I’ll make sure to report back to you after I come out of my food induced coma. Until then, hope you and yours have a great Thanksgiving.

Our old friend John Madden recently talked to the Chicago Tribune and it can be found here:

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/players-only/2009/10/john-madden-blackhawks-fans-have-been-great.html

Quite a difference from the John Madden that I used to talk to in the Devils’ locker room, but I am glad he is enjoying himself with the young, up-and-coming Blackhawks.

Size isn’t just important at the sales grounds. Sometimes, I would swear it is everything. The advantage of large horses at the sales is that they tend to generate a larger return for sellers, providing they are strong and correct, walk well, and pass the vet.

The competition at the racetrack is even stiffer than at the yearling sales, and the results at the racetrack leave no doubt that big horses have some advantages over smaller competitors.

Some of these advantages are as obvious as those that attract attention at the sales. A big horse should have a bigger stride, for instance. With longer legs, a longer body, and correspondingly larger muscles and bone, a big power horse is a formidable competitor, and one of John Madden’s maxims comes to mind: “A good big horse will beat a good little one.”

But, as with most maxims, there was a corresponding one from Madden: “Many big turnips are hollow.” There’s more truth in the statement than might appear from the homely wrapping of Madden’s phrase.

Just as they have advantages, the big power horses possess some disadvantages when compared to their slightly smaller, typey, and mechanically well-balanced competition.

The big horse has two chinks in its armor. With increasing size also comes increasing difficulty in preserving soundness and speed.

The soundness issues come from two sources. First, the power horse puts more pressure on its legs by relying on its propulsion power for speed, and second, the longer any bone is, the greater the bending stress it has to survive when put under great pressure.

To compensate for these challenges, a power horse needs more bone, and this adds more weight. To compensate for the increase in added weight and size, the power horse’s engine, which he is relying on for his success, has to increase in greater proportion to what it is pushing forward.

An appropriate analogy would be the difference between the engines of a large sedan and a compact car. While a small car can race very efficiently with an oversized engine, a large car with a little engine cannot go very far or very fast.

Following this analogy, horses who succeed due to specialized traits are more likely to lose class (or success) if they aren’t mated so that they have greater chances of retaining their best traits. In the normal course of breeding, these specialized horses will not find the most suitable mates as often, and as a result, they will be less consistent than the horses of Type I, who can mate with most mares and still retain many of their best traits.

Data
Title: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: Season One [or, season three of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with a new title]
Year: 1986
Network: ITV
Episodes: 7, at c. 52 minutes
Creator: John Hawkesworth (developer)
Directors: Howard Baker, Peter Hammond, David Carson, John Bruce, Patrick Lau, John Madden
Writers: John Hawkesworth, T.R. Bowen, Jeremy Paul, Alan Plater, John Kane; based on stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke
Music: Patrick Gowers

My reaction
Synopsis: a private investigator solves mysteries
How I saw it: mostly streaming online (from Netflix), over the past couple weeks
Concept: Great.
Story: Good. Not really any bad episodes in this batch (although the first couple aren’t great). A few of them are great.
Characters: Great.
Dialog: Good. The quality of the adaptations are much better than I remember The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes being.
Pacing: Good.
Cinematography: Indifferent.
Special effects/design: Great.
Acting: Great. I’m surprised to find I’m not disappointed by the re-casting of Watson. And Brett’s even better than before.
Music: Great.
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great). Again, I have to point out that this is not My Sort of Thing. I’m not a big fan of mysteries – especially crime drama – and as a rule I hate period drama. But I absolutely love this show.
Objective Rating: 9/10 (Very good).

10. UFC 2009 Undisputed

THQ released this game in 2009.  The graphics are incredibly realistic and controls intuitively map each of the fighters limbs to one of the face buttons.  All the big UFC fighters are available across 5 weight classes, each having their own style of fighting.  It made my list because it is the most realistic and technical MMA fighting game that has yet to be released. The really impressive thing is that this was their first crack at the game. After a few more years of development it will truly be the “undisputed” champion of simulation fighting games.

9. Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball

This was, without a doubt, the most entertaining baseball video game.  Released in 1994 by Software Creations for SNES, it was officially licensed by the MLB but not the players association. This meant the teams and stadiums were real, but the players were not. The game featured unique stadiums for each team which was groundbreaking at the time.  I remember playing this game for hours on end.  There has yet to be another baseball game that comes close to entertaining me as well.  Do keep in mind that the Blue Jays had just won the World Series in ‘92 and ‘93 so my opinion may have been biased due to all of the Baseball fanfare.

8. Gran Turismo

Originally released by Sony Computer Entertainment for Playstation in 1997, this game was the first in a dynasty of great racing games.  It featured ground breaking 3D graphics, 175 different cars to take for a spin on 11 different tracks.  This has now evolved to completely HD 3D graphics, 1000 cars and 75 different tracks in the March 2010 release of Gran Turismo 5.

7. John Madden Football

I could not make this list without paying homage to the game that spawned the largest sports video game franchise.  John Madden Football was released by EA Sports in 1989 for Apple II Computer.  The franchise continues to be one of the most realistic (albeit overly complicated) sports video games thanks to John Madden:

He balked at the idea of seven-man football, saying that he wouldn’t lend his name to something that wasn’t completely authentic. Technological limitations made this impossible at the time, but EA stuck with Madden anyway. The persistence paid off. John Madden Football–with a full 11 players per side–was released in 1989 for the Apple II computer. This first game served as a launching point that soon propelled the series to other, more enduring platforms such as the Sega Genesis and the PC.

From The History of Football Games at gamespot.com

6. NBA Live 05

Released in 2004 by EA Sports, this game featured a new NBA All Star Weekend game mode that allowed you to partake in the electrifying Slam Dunk Contest.  The NBA Live franchise doesn’t really do it for me as it seems somewhat less refined than their flagship titles (FIFA, NHL and Madden), but the Slam Dunk Contest was fun.   Probably more so than the actual game itself.

5. NHL 2006

NHL 2006 was released by EA Sports in 2005 and featured the new “skill stick” control setup which gives the gamer complete control of both the players skates and stick independently.  Traditional hockey games would merge the two making the players take shots only in the direction they were skating.  Dekeing? Now possible, thanks to the skill stick.  This version also featured a new physics engine that removed the magnetic attraction between players and the puck for more realistic game play.

4. Wii Sports

This was the first video game to get the gamer  physically involved in the game.  It was released by Nintendo in 2006 and was a compilation of sports simulators that came with the Nintendo Wii game console to demonstrate what it could really do. It included tennis, baseball, golf, bowling and boxing games.  No, the graphics are not very impressive.  The players have very primitive structural models that look far from human.  All that being said, it was a breakthrough in sport video gaming and served as a springboard for all other Wii sport games.

3. NHL ‘94

Published in 1993 by EA Sports this was the first true hockey game and a definite cult classic.  This game even makes appearances as an easter-egg in future releases to remind us of a better time.

After establishing themselves in the virtual rinks, EA combined both NHL and NHLPA licenses in NHL ‘94, allowing them to feature all 26 real teams (including both expansion teams) and players of the new NHL season for the first time in the series. Aside from the licenses, the gameplay for this edition sees for the first time the inclusion of the devastating one-timer shot, but to keep forwards (literally) in check, defenders also feature harder body checks, with new animations.

From Moby Games review

Just spend a few moments trying to understand this website: www.nhl94.com…Need I say more?

2. Pong

The classic game was released in 1972 by Atari and featured two paddles that would hit a ball back and forth across the screen.  This prehistoric tennis game was not only among the first sport video games to be released, but helped to launch the entire video gaming industry with is popularity in the arcades and later in the home.

1. FIFA 10

The best sport game ever created. Released in 2009 by EA Sports, the players can now move in 360 degrees as opposed to the (very frustrating) 8 directions available in previous versions. A plethora of special moves at your finger tips, intelligent passing logic, almost every team and stadium under the sun, stunning graphics and animations, new player collisions and great online play make this the game to which we compare all others.

I’m such a dork.  When Oblivion first came out, I was so excited by the commercials, that I actually bought my XBox 360 just for that game.  I spent soooooo many hours playing, my poor husband would just sit on the couch next to me and watch me play.

I learned two very important things.  Save.  And keep more than one save.  In fact, saves at key points should be kept indefinitely.

I decided I felt like playing again, much to my husband’s dismay.  It’s a great way to just zone out. Today I spent over an hour trying to complete the Sanguine quest where you cast the Stark Reality spell.  The spell causes all the guests at a dinner party to appear in their underwear.  It’s funny, but you go to jail and lose all your cool items.

And since I’m admitting to dork things, I’m currently reading World War Z.  Which, in case you’re unfamiliar, stands for World War Zombie.  And it isn’t nearly as dorky as it would seem.  When I decided to read it I had a much different idea of how the book would be.  Although the book deals with zombies, it’s a serious look at how people (government agents, normal citizens, scientists, etc) react to a world outbreak.  It’s really compelling.  I was expecting something more silly or a more traditional horror.  The book is horrifying, but not because it’s about zombies.  The book is actually on my local high school reading list (I didn’t know that when  started reading it, I actually picked it up because it was halloween and I had been reading all kinds of vampire stuff and decided to switch it up and erad about zombies).

Now I’m watching ESPN and this joker commentator is talking about El Kabong.  You know, like Quick Draw McGraw.  Really.  The guy said something about some guy and his team El Kabong-ing the competition.  Wow!

Nothing will be as fun as my favorite football commentator, Mr. Turducken himself, John Madden.  I love watching any game when Madden is commentating.  But my favorite quote ever was him saying something about his favorite sight (or the best site, or there’s nothing better than the sight) of a young tight end on the field.  And I could not agree more.  There’s not many football sights nicer than a young, tight end on the field.

In a similar vein, I have to be a 12 year old boy here, the commentator just said something about the best unit out on the field.  Hahahaha, he said unit!

stumbled across a UFL game the other night. Woah man. So that’s what happened to Dennis Green. You’d think he would’ve just stuck with the NFL Network. Anyway, the God-awful uniforms reminded me of the Carolina Panther’s uniform. Now the Panthers don’t look that bad, but they are still pretty bad. Plus, the team is called the Panthers, could you pick a more lame, generic name? I really don’t think you can. And to top that off they have the worst logo in the NFL. Look at this thing.

It looks like a 15 year old came up with it. If you look at it from a distance it just looks like a big black blob. With a lot of NFL teams making alterations to their uniforms I think it’s high time the Panthers follow suit.

Everytime I see the Texans logo I think of something you’d see on a package of meat you’d get at the grocery store. Does the USDA have a logo for the meat industry in America? And if so does it look anything like the Texans logo?

Call me crazy but I kinda liked seeing the Bucs in their old orange uniforms last week. Look at their old logo, not only is he winking at you, but he’s got a dagger in his mouth so you know he might kick your ass! What an underrated logo.

The Patriots old logo is so hilarious it’s actually kind of cool. With them wearing the throw back uni’s this year it might be a good idea to continue to alternate uniforms every season. There’s only so much “flying elvis” that people can take.

In other thoughts, what happened to John Madden? How rich is that guy? I actually found myself sort of missing the old fart last Sunday night, even though I’ve never been a fan of his play by play. I’m not sure Chris Collinsworth is a good replacement. On Monday Night Football Jon Gruden is doing a great job. Not only is he funny but he makes some interesting observations.

Games to Watch in Week 10

New England vs. Indianapolis - The media has been very happy this week.

Philadelphia vs. San Diego - Two teams with winning records trying to close the gap in their respective divisions.

Dallas vs. Green Bay – Dallas trying to widen their lead in the division. Green Bay trying to get back in the playoff picture.

Jacksonville vs. New York Jets - Two 4-4 teams trying to get some positioning in the playoff picture. Loser could be in serious trouble.

Lock of the Week

Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh - The Steelers should roll in this one. In their previous game in Cincinnati, the Steelers dominated for 3 quarters and looked like the clearly better team but let up in the 4th quarter. That probably won’t happen this time. The Bengals have a number of defensive injuries, while the Steelers have RB Rashard Mendenhall and safety Troy Polamalu in the lineup, both of whom were absent in the previous game against the Bengals.

It’s officially November, which officially means Thanksgiving turkey and football.  I happen to love both those things, culminating with the 8-legged turkey they used to give out to Barry Sanders every year during the Thanksgiving day football game after he ran for 170 yards or something.  While I never believed in the existance of an 8-legged turkey, I can tell you that I wanted to believe in them more than the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus.  Just seemed like a pretty damned cool idea to me, what can I say?  You gotta believe in something, right?

real turkey

I wish was real turkey... on a side note, this is the best photo of the famed bird I could come up with. come on interwebs, it's like 2010 almost and nobody's bothered to archive a better pic of an 8 legged turkey? for shame...

So sticking with the theme, wouldn’t you like to help out your neighbor with the gift of turkey?  Food banks around Arizona are happy to receive turkey donations for those who might have to go without.  Check out this select list of drop-off points and turkey drives that are just waiting for your participation!  If you know of some others not mentioned here, feel free to send ‘em my way and we’ll get the word out!  And if you’ve got a good Barry Sanders or John Madden story, share that as well.

Il debito film thriller diretto da John Madden basato su una sceneggiatura scritta da Matthew Vaughn

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La locandina del film

KILLSHOT
di John Madden
con Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

È finalmente uscito anche per il mercato home video italiano uno dei film più attesi della stagione da tutti gli amanti del thriller e, in particolare, di Elmore Leonard: “Killshot”, dall’omonimo romanzo del maestro americano e recentemente ritradotto e ripubblicato per Einaudi Stile Libero da Luca Conti (potete leggere la recensione del libro pubblicata su Pegasus Descending CLICCANDO QUI).

Abbiamo detto “finalmente” a causa dei forti e continui ritardi che hanno fatto slittare il suo arrivo nelle sale americane – e poi italiane – di diversi anni, visto che tale uscita era prevista per il 2006 per infine essere posticipata al 2009. In Italia ha avuto scarsissimo successo, probabilmente dovuto anche ai pochi cinema in cui il film è stato trasmesso e nonostante una prova gigantesca del redivivo Mickey Rourke, a mio personalissimo avviso addirittura superiore all’interpretazione in “The wrestler” che ha portato il film di Darren Aronofsky ad aggiudicarsi il Leone d’Oro al Festival di Venezia 2008 e lui a rilanciare una carriera che molti avevano ormai dato per finita.

La storia che il regista John Madden ha trasposto sul grande schermo è rimasta piuttosto fedele all’impostazione datagli da Leonard, anche se con un cambiamento del finale che ho trovato inconcepibile e con dei tagli qui e là che per chi non ha letto il romanzo possono rendere di difficile comprensione lo svilupparsi della vicenda. Manca, inoltre, nel film di Madden, l’ampia critica svolta invece dallo scrittore al sistema di protezione testimoni in cui i coniugi Colson, coprotagonisti della vicenda, incappano. Nel romanzo i Colson sono anche vittima dei soprusi, dell’incapacità e della prepotenza della polizia, cosa che nel film è invece pressoché assente andando a sbiadire di molto l’incubo messo in scena da Leonard. Ciò che rimane dai vari tagli e dalle numerosi semplificazioni è un thriller molto meno complesso e introspettivo rispetto al romanzo, fatto di repentine accelerazioni e frenate.

Il mio giudizio non può che essere parziale a causa del condizionamento datomi dalla fresca lettura del romanzo. Nonostante i buchi nella trama e il cambio del finale, molto più banale rispetto a quello scritto da Leonard nel libro, il film diverte e appaga notevolmente la vista grazie ad una bellissima fotografia formata da colori grigiastri che riescono a tradurre in video le sensazioni e l’atmosfera fine anni ‘80 formatasi nella mia mente durante la lettura di Killshot. È inoltre, come già accennato sopra, semplicemente un Mickey Rourke perfetto quello che veste i panni di Blackbird, assassino tanto spietato quanto freddo, colui che ha fatto dell’ammazzamento con un solo colpo di pistola una autentica religione, uno stile di vita. È un Rourke che parla pochissimo, come ha voluto lo scrittore per il suo memorabile personaggio, ma in grado di occupare la scena con la propria presenza fisica per tutto l’arco del film e inculcando attraverso la sua lentezza e i suoi silenzi una continua attesa nello spettatore. Se qualcosa in grado di dare una svolta alla narrazione o di risolvere il rebus in cui tutti i personaggi sembrano essersi persi arriverà da Blackbird, questo lo sappiamo fin dalla sua comparsa sullo schermo e in qualche modo rimaniamo in una pausa sospesa fino alla fine. Su Blackbird, dai una sterzata!

Il film, in conclusione, diverte e non deluderà chi non ha letto il libro. Agli altri, come me, scatenerà una rincorsa mentale a colmare i buchi lasciati da Madden. A tutti rimarrà in testa l’interpretazione di Rourke. Agli amanti di Quentin Tarantino, invece, persisterà il rimpianto di sapere come avrebbe trattato lui questa storia di cui aveva acquistato i diritti nel lontano 1997 per poi mollare tutto a causa di “vedute divergenti” con i produttori esecutivi. Sig.

CLICCANDO QUI potete vedere il trailer di “Killshot” e leggerne la scheda completa.

Paul M. Banks a.k.a. The Sports Bank, NBC Chicago Street Team “It’s exciting in Chicago, it’s the first time in a long time that people are expecting a good season out of the Hawks, and that’s a good thing. I feel like we could be a better team than we were last year but we know it’s not going to easy,” said Patrick Sharp, one of the Hawks’ top scorers during 2009-10 training camp.

Expectations are indeed high for a team deemed by many the Western Conference favorite. It began this past weekend in Finland, in a two game split with the Florida Panthers, and debuted in North America with a loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night. Despite the inevitable ups and downs of a roller coaster off-season, the Hawks are trendy like Taylor Swift when it comes to picking a Cup participant.

“They’re warranted, we have some good hockey players here. Going all the way to game five against Detroit opened some eyes and there’s expectations,” said the newly acquired John Madden. There is one Blackhawk who will be under the spotlight more than any other. If Left Wing Patrick Kane is looking for a song to encapsulate his upcoming season, perhaps its 2pac’s “All Eyes on Me.” No player in the Olympics or the NHL will have the spotlight shined as bright upon him this winter. “Kaner” is the face of the franchise, EA Sports NHL ’10 video game, and when February comes, Team USA hockey.

And when the Hawks take to the road, opposing fans will heckle him, worse than Hawks fans heckle any member of the Red Wings. Of course, on the other hand, a lot of people in this country have very short term memories, so if we see a couple “Hatrick Kane” nights early in the season, pretty much everyone will forget what happened in Buffalo on August 9th.

For a more in-depth preview of the forwards click here, goaltending and defensemen go here. For more with Patrick Kane, follow this link.

The Blackhawks open their home slate versus Colorado tonight at 7:30. There will be a special red carpet event on Madison Street from 5:00 to 5:30 P.M. Players will arrive via limousine on Madison Street in front of Gate 3 and will each be introduced before walking down a red carpet and into the United Center. Blackhawks Radio Play-By-Play Announcer John Wiedeman will serve as the master of ceremonies for the event, which attracted thousands of fans last season.  It’s free and open to the public and also features appearances by Blackhawks alumni, executives, broadcasters, Tommy Hawk, the team’s mascot, and the Bud Light Ice Crew.

See more of Paul M. Banks’ sports-writing at:

-the site he founded The Sports Bank.net

-NBA analysis at Walter Football.com

-”Patrick Kane Chronicles” at Buffalo Sports Daily

* La verdad oculta : (Proof) [DVD]. Madrid : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, D.L. 2006. Director: John Madden. Intérpretes: Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hope Davis.

Basada en la novela Proof de David Auburn, ganadora del premio Pulitzer.

En la víspera de su vigésimo séptimo cumpleaños, Catherine, una joven que ha pasado años cuidando a su brillante pero inestable padre, un genio de las matemáticas llamado Robert, no sólo deberá sobrellevar la llegada de una hermana con la que apenas tiene relación, Claire, sino también atender a Hal, un antiguo alumno de su padre, que espera encontrar datos de gran importancia en los 103 cuadernos de trabajo de Robert. Al tiempo que comienza a entablar una profunda amistad con Hal y a hacer frente a los estrictos planes que tiene Claire para su vida, Catherine lucha por resolver una incógnita mucho más desconcertante: ¿heredará la locura o la genialidad de su padre?

- Crítica desde el punto de vista matemático (Matemáticas en tu mundo)

- Sinópsis y  críticas en Filmaffinity

- Ver tráiler (V. O. en inglés)

I want to go to there -

So, while I was watching the Bengals game this Sunday on my fuzzy, poor picture TV, John Madden was doing this.

Stupid WordPress.  I can’t figure out how to embed video.  Here it is.

How cool is that?  The guy had the perfect idea of bringing every football game to fans.  There are 10 screens that are voice activated.  Not like the guy needs to buy a ticket where he goes, but this is just to freaking cool.  The guy eats, sleeps and breathes football.  And a few other things too.  One day, he’s going to wake up surrounded by Landau scrubs because he probably had a heart attack, but God bless him!  He’s downed enough turkey legs for the whole world.  He’s kind of like those guys from da Bears skits on SNL where they have a heart attack every 2 seconds and just pound their chest really hard to fix it.

Speaking of heart attacks, how about my Bengals being the Cardiac Kids.  Every game this year has come down to the last second.  I loved the shot of Bill Palmer in the video who looks as cool as can be.  Could you do that if your son was in the NFL?  You have these 300 lb monsters trying to kill your son, and not even a Phoenix vest would protect them.  And yet, there they are, Archie Manning and the rest just watching their boys go to work.  Awesome.  What a cool scene.