Chivas Blows by Barca
August 4, 2011 Leave a comment
Last night in front of a crowd of more than 70,000 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Chivas de Guadaljara put on an absolute show against the world’s best team, FC Barcelona. The impressive score line was only outdone by the beautiful goals scored by the Mexican squad. After David Villa’s goal in the first 5 minutes of the first half, Barca surrendered 4 straight goals in the second including two highlight reel goals from 22-year-old Chivas striker Marco Fabian. I won’t try to describe either of them with words because simply, they can’t be. Here’s a video of the highlights. Take a second to learn some Spanish and enjoy the show.
Question marks have always surrounded Moss, its why he ended up a D-I AA Marshall, why he fell to 21st in the draft, why Minnesota sent him packing to Oakland, why the Pats traded him for nothing (and then Vikings let him go), and why Moss’ retirement is not met with the praise reserved for legends but rather the twitter potshots for punks. Yet say what you will about Moss, he’s in the small discussion for greatest receiver ever, and if you think that honor belongs to Jerry Rice then its safe to say Randy Moss was the greatest deep ball threat to ever lace ‘em up and he made it look sooo easy. 
Ja Rule got arrested yesterday for tax evasion. His multimillion dollar Borders Empire fell with him. Just kidding, your boy Ja doesn’t own a national book store chain, but that is the only thing less hood than getting busted for tax evasion.
Finally, ESPN lost one. The network that seems to be collecting every valuable talking head that’s out there couldn’t close the deal on the biggest one of all. Literally, the biggest. After much speculation and hearsay, Turner Broadcasting officially announced yesterday that Shaquille O’Neal would be joining Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley on the set of TV’s best pregame show. Now although the thought of the big guy going back and forth with Barkley is fantastic in theory, I have a few thoughts and questions about his decision. 
July 17th marks the return of television’s finest hour of programming. Just 33 episodes into its existence, AMC’s Breaking Bad has left an indelible footprint in the pantheon of superb cable programming. Creator and show-runner Vince Gilligan’s masterpiece has joined an elite group that includes The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, The Shield, Damages, and Mad Men. This stunning portrait of a simple man gone corrupt to protect his family is both harrowing and terrifying. Perfect TV. Although you shouldn’t need it, here are my 10 reasons to start watching Breaking Bad. 
