My Life Altering Last Year

Man, it's been a long time since I checked in here.  Over a year.  Since right before last year's football season began.

I think all this social media gave me ADD to where I couldn't concentrate on writing.  As I'm writing this I'm tweeting and sharing things on Facebook.

Anyway, I'm back and going to try and stay here now that I have some credibility to my name, somewhat, I guess.  Here's a quick summary of where I've been and what I do now.

In November my wife and I got married.  Then we moved from our hometown Fort Lauderdale, FL to Chattanooga, TN with our son this past January to start my business, Lookout Inspections, Inc.  Big change and it's for the better.  I'm a home inspector and meeting realtors and potential home buyers is the name of the game.

Leaving FTL meant putting my public address announcing job at FAU in my rear view.  In Chatt-town I announce for Cleveland State Community College.  The LA Dodgers Double A minor league team, the Chattanooga Lookouts, are in town and their P.A. just stepped down.  Wish me luck in getting that gig.

Something else I do in Chatt-a-nowhere, as I heard someone call it, is work for Bahakel Communications at their four local radio stations, Fox Sports, WUUQ, Hits 96, and Sunny 92.3.  Mainly I operate the board for football games and shows (Alabama & Boyd Buchanan) and represent the stations at events.  Sometimes I speak on air and eventually I'll have my own sports talk show, definitely, probably, hopefully, maybe.  We need some more advertisers for that to happen.

It's been a crazy life altering year and my wife, son, and I couldn't be happier.

I'll keep in touch more on here now that we're settled, I promise.

Miami Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill's Shocking Admission

Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill admitted to not knowing something about football that a lot of fans can rattle off the top of their head.

Last night on HBO’s series, Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins, Tannehill told back up Dolphins QB Matt Moore that he doesn’t know what division each team is in.

"I'm so lost on the whole divisions," Tannehill said.  "I know our division and that's about it.”

Moore was shocked and asked Tannehill if he could name the four teams in the NFC north, even giving him a starting point with the Green Bay Packers.

“Green Bay, Minnesota…. the Giants,” Tannehill answered.

After a little chuckle Moore moved on to ask Tannehill if he can name the NFC east teams.
 

“NFC East… the Chiefs?” Tannehill asked.

Moore busted out in laughter and asked,  “How do you not know this?  It shocks me."

Tannehill explained that he wasn’t a big NFL fan as a kid growing up and never invested his interest in liking just one team, so he never got to know the divisions.  He said he does know most of the team's conferences.

Well, the Chiefs are in the AFC West, not the NFC East, so he still has some learning to do on which conference each team is in, let alone getting to know each team’s division.

At least Tannehill knows which teams he needs to be out in the Dolphins' division, so that can be seen as a good sign.

The Dolphins play their final pre season game tonight in Dallas against the Cowboys starting at 8:30pm ET.

Colts vs. Redskins; South Florida Rookies Steal Show

All eyes were on the #1 and #2 picks of the 2012 draft in Saturday's game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Washington Redskins, but two other rookies scored the first touchdowns for each team.

The first quarter ended scoreless with the #2 pick, Robert Griffin III, leading the Redskins down the field.  The drive was capped off with a 2 yard touchdown run by rookie running back Alfred Morris, from Florida Atlantic University. 

The #1 pick, Andrew Luck, responded by leading the Colts to a score on a 31 yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver T.Y. Hilton, from Florida International University.

Morris, a sixth round draft pick, and Hilton, a third round draft pick, are no strangers.  Both played their college football in the Sun Belt Conference meeting each year in the Shula Bowl.

Morris finished the game with 107 yards on 14 carries and a TD and may have locked up a spot on the roster.  Hilton caught 4 passes for 54 yards and a TD and may receive playing time during the regular season based on his productive preseason play.

Washington came out on top over Indianapolis 30-17.

RGIII and Luck both had solid numbers.  Neither are expected to play again until week 1 of the regular season.

Washington's last preseason game is Wednesday night at 7pm ET against Tampa Bay.

The Colts last preseason game is Thursday night at 7pm ET against Cincinnati.

Chad Johnson Missing From Twitter

It's been an astonishing 19 hours since Chad Johnson last tweeted.  Something must have happened to him.  He rarely goes half an hour without a new tweet.

Well, something did happen.  He headbutted his wife during an argument and was arrested on a domestic violence charge.

It's going to be rough for Chad in a cell while he detoxes from tweeting.

I'm sure he'll relapse and be right back to tweeting once he gets bailed out today.

It will undoubtedly be an interesting tweet.  The next most interesting one will be when he tweets about getting cut from the Dolphins.

Pittsburgh Steelers George Zimmerman Connection

Tonight the Pittsburgh Steelers open up pre-season play against the Philadelphia Eagles.

For the Steelers sake, let's hope they have a better year than the guy sporting one of their jackets in this photo.

LeBron James is Jesus

LeBron James compiled the first ever triple double in Olympic basketball history in USA's blow out win over Australia yesterday.

His out of this world play is quickly turning him into a basketball God.

I work for a Florida Home Inspection company and going through some reports today I came across the proof that LeBron really is the chosen one.

World Peace Violence

Metta World Peace finally did it. He out Rodmanned Dennis Rodman. World Peace is now officially the craziest man to ever play in the NBA. 

When I first heard the news that Ron Artest legally changed his name to Metta World Peace in September of 2011 I immediately wondered how long it would take before his name change became sad irony.  Well, seven months later it happened.

World Peace will undoubtedly be suspended and it's possible he'll be banned from the league.

Remember, this is the same guy that went into the stands and fought Detroit Pistons fans back in 2004 at The Palace of Auburn Hills.  

If you get a second change to play in the league after being involved in the Malice at the Palace and still aren't grateful enough to restrain from elbowing a man in the head as hard as you can, than you don't deserve the privilege to make millions of dollars playing a game.

Hey, maybe he was sending a message with his vicious bow throw.  Maybe he was just symbolizing that world peace is not obtainable because violence even comes from World Peace.  Yea... I doubt it.

Born in Queensbridge projects in Queens, New York, the artist formally known as Ron Artest had a rough upbringing.  While that's never an excuse to elbow a man directly in the temple, it may explain a little about why he's so aggressive and let's face it... crazy.

This interview with Artest after a game in 2009 where he was ejected might explain a little where his aggression comes from as well.