Simply the best.

College basketball has gotten a bad rep this year for being boring and is trying out a new shot clock in the NIT to spice things up. Best case scenario is ratings plummet for this seasons tournament and CBS brings out their check books to get Gus Johnson back on board.

Now if you’ll excuse me I have a very important “meeting” to jump into…. at Consol Energy Center… hit it.



It’s good to see Pittsburgh represented by Bobby Mo but I’m not seeing a clear path to cutting down any nets this year. 

Instead, I’m going out on a limb and picking this guy out of Moon Township. Graduated from Clarion and is now coaching in the tournament. Maybe you’ve heared of him, John Calipari 



Don’t even try to find context on this one. Will Ferrell is his funniest in 5 minute spurts, so TV appearances like this are a home run. He is making his rounds this week to promote his new movie Get Hard, and I assume since the hot take this week that it’s super racist, Ferrell bailed on the usual movie banter and just went out and was funny.

This is exactly how I like my Will Ferrell. Anchor Man, Elf, Step Brothers? Nope, nope, nope, none made me laugh and the only leading role I ever got behind was Ricky Bobby. You put him in a robe ordering his mom to bring him meatloaf? I’m in stitches.

That’s a perfect portion of Will Ferrell. He was funniest on SNL when he had a 5-10 minute sketch and even if it were a clunker he got his laughs and it was over before it became too nauseating.

The best part about mainstream actor Will Ferrell is when he has a movie he needs to make the rounds. Fortunately, fellow SNL Alumni Jimmy Fallon has a show that can provide Ferrell the platform to lose his mind on TV and, in most cases, go viral the next day.

Jesus Christ what a disaster. I turned this game on at the tip and saw more empty seats that I would for a women’s game.  

Forgettable season all around. At times it looked like Jamie Dixon was putting together one hell of a coaching job while at others Pitt was unwatchable. By the second half the look on Jamie’s face suggested maybe he just had stupid players who didn’t listen, and as pessimistic as that sounds it just means the next batch can’t be much worse.  

Shame on Jamie for letting Maverick Rowan slip away. Since he transferred to a High School in Florida and decommitted from Pitt it’s been a revolving door of visits from the likes of Roy Williams, Rick Pitino, and Bob Huggins. Jamie’s gotta get his ass down there and sway this kids mind back to Pitt. 

Time to shift gears. We’re exactly one month out from Pitt football’s spring game at Highmark field, let’s hope the Narduzzi Era is as good on the field as it is on paper. 



Buisness Wire WWE (NYSE:WWE) and DraftKings Inc., a leading destination for daily fantasy sports, today announced a new partnership, which will offer one fan a chance to win the ultimate trip to SummerSlam®, WWE’s biggest event of the summer. Beginning today and running through April 15, 2015, fans will compete in the “Ultimate SummerSlam Experience” through select professional basketball contests in order to win unique WWE prizes on DraftKings.

Where do I sign up? For the last three years I’ve invested a lot of time into Fantasy Baseball, and while dominating regular seasons have only amounted to second place finishes, that hunger for a championship may be slipping away. I apologize to my former co-managers but on the road to Wrestlemania, I may have to reallocate my resources to put together a dominating lineup for “The Showcase of the Immortals.”

When you’re listening to sports talk radio sometime this summer, dont be surpised when the following commercial comes through the airwaves.

Summerslam is coming up… and if you’re into WWE then you’ll want to hear this, when I heard this, I was shocked… There’s this guy… from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania… apparently big into Fantasy Wrestling… who’s won… get this… over 1 MILLION DOLLARS… DAMN!! He’s 28 years old and he’s playing in those new daily leagues at DraftKings.com, where you can pick a new team any day and get immediate cash payouts! 1 million dollars playing fantasy wrestling? And look, go to DraftKings.com and enter the promo code “TheYuppieYinzer” and get free entry into tonight’s WWE Raw Event

Now hit my music.

CBS While federal regulators have approved the sale of powdered alcohol, being marked as “Palcohol,” it won’t be coming anytime soon to stores run by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. The PLCB’s Stacy Kriedeman says the state store system will not put powdered alcohol products, equally subject to state regulations, on its shelves. “The form that it takes makes it incredibly easy to not only transport but to conceal,” she notes. “It would be so easy to just open a packet, sprinkle it on someone’s food or put it in somebody’s drink without them being aware that it was happening.”

Wow Pennsylvania, be more of a wet blanket. Just about as sheltered and naive a comment Kreideman could have dropped there. The story also cited the creator of Palcohol (does that deserve to be capitalized?) saying “snorting it would go down like snorting black pepper,” and “it would not be easy to spike a drink, because of the length of time it takes to dissolve.”

I don’t know what kind of barnyard activities Stacy gets into, but snorting black pepper isn’t the recreational activity for the masses. It takes an hour to snort enough powdered alcohol to accomplish the same effect of a single shot. Educate yourself Stacy, be better. Just another example of how out of touch these clowns making rules are. Roofies are highly effective, I doubt scumbags are interested in replacing tiny pills with a dump truck of powdered alcohol to get the same job done.

This announcement comes on the heels of another announcement allowing beer distributors to sell 12 packs.

Well whoop-dee-fucking-do Stacy, how about you let grocery stores sell 12 packs like a real state? No one is leaving beer distributors upset they had to spent 20 bucks on a case of Bud Light, they’re pissed they had to make a second stop after getting groceries and still have a third stop for the wife’s wine habit.

PPG For the second year in a row, left-hander Francisco Liriano will be the Pirates’ opening-day starter, manager Clint Hurdle announced Tuesday. Liriano will take the hill against the Cincinnati Reds April 6 at Great American Ball Park as the first Pirates pitcher to start on opening day in consecutive seasons since left-hander Oliver Perez (2005-06). “We just want to put to rest that we’ve had nine different opening-day pitchers in a row,” Hurdle said. “We wanted to settle down and kick that one to the curb.” Liriano signed a three-year, $39 million contract in December.

Between the glove at third base and the announcing of the opening day starter, it’s been a solid day for the Buccos. I like the move, it’s a sign of consistency and the first time in almost a decade that they’re able to send the same ace to the bump in back to back opening day starts. 

AJ Burnett’s return dropped some panties in the Allegheny Valley but he’s the wily ole veteran at this point and will fit into that role nicely.  The announcement of the rotation also suggest Gerrit Cole will get the call in the Pirates Home Opener April 13th vs the Tigers and maybe that mush arm Justin Verlander?

I didn’t mean to channel any PTSD there but your boy Jay Hay is killin it over at the hot corner and erasing any ugly memories of his predecessor. Love that it’s his job to lose, just need him to continue to produce. A lot of Fantasy Baseball magazines are pegging him as a bust with lofty expectations from his 2014 campaign. Best case scenario he’s still bringing it and a reduced defensive roll brings Pedro’s bat to life.

Neil’s doin it too…

“Everyone don’t panic! Our ace isn’t throwing meatballs again, the radar gun is broken.”

Give it up Justin, Kate Upton’s witchcraft has run its course and you just don’t have it anymore. His career path is pretty much the same as Henry Rowengartner. Kate Upton was just that random baseball someone haphazardly left out there and you slipped on, returning your shoulder to pedestrian status. If you’re hellbent on making a run at 2015, I think your only option at this point is to “float it.”

Other than that, you’re pretty much left with funky butt-loving.

Beefcakes being beefcakes, and Arnold being Arnold. Hell of a record English powerlifter Eddie Hall just broke with Arnold Schwarzenegger only steps away. If we are being completely honest I think I could break every La Fitness record if I had Arnold shadowing me for a few hours.

It breaks my heart that the strongest guys out there look more like they eat 1,000 buffalo wings instead of lifting 1,000 pounds. Makes absolutely no sense that these people do not look more like The Rock in Pain and Gain.

Looks like tonight just became a gym night. Meet me there Mr. Schwarzenegger?