New Year's: A time of reflection (A year already? Where has all the time gone? I mean, besides directly to my fat ass), disappointment (Well, I spelled my name right and I've definitely succeeded in drinking more, but outside of that my 2010 resolutions are an epic bust) and hope (Next year? I'm totally learning tennis and the guitar…on the wii)
Another favorite staple of mine? Lists! The best of this, the worst of that, the most popular, compelling, or tragic people or events to make their mark on the waning year of 2010 are furiously compiled by anyone and everyone with an opinion and a keyboard for your enjoyment and confusion. So what kind of half-assed journalist would I be if I didn't cram a beer bong full of my own personal top 10 list and force it down your gullet before the apple drops and you tongue kiss a stranger? The sissy communist kind, that's what. Presenting the Top 10 thought-provoking sports stories of the year 2010 according to me (catchy, huh?):
10. LeBron screws Cleveland, himself. In the most obscene example of the media created hype since David Beckham, LeBron James teamed up with ESPN to produce an hour TV special based solely on which hell-hole he would play basketball in: Miami or Cleveland. The country gasped at his decision to play for the Heat. Moments later it was discovered the gasps were merely the beginning of a yawn and the NBA quickly returned to irrelevancy. Don't believe me? How's Miami doing this year?
9. Return of the zubaz. Arena Football, the league described as a party where a football game breaks out took a leave of absence in 2009 only to shock trailer parks everywhere with an unlikely economy-shmeconomy return, where our own Tampa Bay Storm made it to Arena Bowl XXIII where they lost 59-67 to the dreaded Spokane Shock. Arena Football: Where the tickets are cheaper than the cheerleaders and you may actually get punched out by a player. True story.
This article appears in Dec 23-29, 2010.