the max

He hit Madden in the face with his stick. Watch the replay.

How many of those four million are attributed directly to Stern though? Not as many as he'd have you think. And I don't think XM is leaning on O&A to get subscribers as much as they are leaning on them to have a good show and stay on the air to have the three hour XM commercial on every morning in four major markets.

Papelbon has the Rick Vaughn mohawk after losing a bet with a teammate last night.

Stern and Co. call O&A ripoffs, but I fail to see it. Stern is pissed, because most of his fans didn't follow him to satellite radio and now O&A get an opportunity to have Stern's old fans listen to their show. As for XM making a mistake by giving up an exclusive property, that may be true, but they also get a three hour commercial on regular radio during the O&A show, since they'll likely be plugging XM the entire time. Also, it's not like XM is losing exclusive content, since the censored show will likely be simulcast on satellite and terrestrial radio. CBS has thrown in the towel, but it's not like there's any kind of talent to put on the air in that timeslot. It's unprecedented that CBS would pay the amount of money to a rival that they will be paying for the rights to air the O&A show. I just don't see how this is a bad move for XM.

You can take DiNardo out of AAA but you can't take the AAA out of DiNardo.

The Pests really did their job well if O&A are back on DirecTV. I'll wait to see how well the show works out with most of it being censored. I read somewhere that it was going to be three hours censored and three hours uncensored, but that might have been changed or something. Either way, I'll wait until it airs before I hate it or accept it. Hopefully Ron and Fez get a good timeslot. I didn't really like them at first, but their show is actually very good. It goes from constant swearing and ripping on the interns and producers to good interviews with interesting guests.

So could any respectable coach.

Yeah, it's the episode "What to Think" and the sketch is "'Globo-Chem' Advertising Presentation featuring 'Pit-Pat' the Pansexual Spokescreature"

Inappropriate, racist, xenophobic, misogynistic assholes. Probably the funniest fuckers I've heard in years now that they're completely uncensored. Lil Jimmy Norton (stand up comedian) is also on the show as a sidekick of sorts. He's the worst of them all.

Please no.

I think it's because it had been so long since a good "epic" fantasy type film that spanned a few hours. I enjoyed the books and movies just fine (the books are better, of course. That's what everyone else says too), but I can understand why some people didn't "get" ROTK, since it was really really long. Plus the controversy with PJ's fade to black multiple endings made it feel like it ended before it officially ended. The film was over once Frodo destroyed the ring and he and Sam were rescued by the Eagles, but many felt that it still continued the story after that.

The Rays slogan this season is "We come to play." Notice that it doesn't describe HOW they intend to play upon arriving. 8-0 Red Sox after three.

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay - Ottawa in five. (2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal - Carolina in six. (3) Philadelphia vs. (6) New Jersey - Philly in seven. (4) Buffalo vs. (5) N.Y. Rangers - Buffalo in five. (1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton - Detroit in six. (2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado - Dallas in five. (3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim - Calgary in six. (4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose - San Jose in seven (this will be a very entertaining series.)

The offense will come around though. Crisp looked comfortable before he got hurt, Manny isn't going to be in a slump all season and Lowell will eventually figure it all out. If anything, the beginning of this season has made me happy that they're able to pitch this well, since that always bodes well for the playoffs.

I'm thankful that I have XM since I'm blacked out of the Tampa v. Red Sox game for some reason. FSN Florida was playing the meaningless Thrashers v. Panthers game.

Keep an eye out at Target. They've been marking '24' down a lot lately, with season one getting as low as 20 bucks a few months ago.

I got drunk during the "Jeter is clutch" one that we had for game 1.

I'm glad Atlanta didn't make it. Waddell was too cocky in guaranteeing the playoffs and that rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe he'll get overzealous and fire Hartley. Bruins could sure use a great coach like him. His players actually listen to him.

This is going to be like season three. Once that season got going, it kicked ass and never looked back. Political filler tonight, but this is going to come down to the fucking wire. As much criticism as I've hurled at this season, it's making up for it now. Kick ass episode tonight.

Yeah but the jerseys aren't molesting anyone. Except fans of the teams that are being "jesusified" or whatever.

After blowing a one goal lead in the third...

I'm sure CWM has it written down in his 'I heart TSM' notepad.

Yeah, but the Cloutier pic rocks.

you make more than I do and I'm a state employee. congrats.

It's amazing what can happen when you have no defense.