Yeah I know this post isn't sports related but I thought I would show the world my videos I created. This is from my family trip to Hawaii a couple weeks ago. They both have the same pictures however the bottom one is longer and has different songs. I apologize for the lack of posts lately, been really busy. I plan to get back into it next week and maybe this weekend before the big game.
For now, enjoy these videos and if you have never been, you need to go to Hawaii. Or go back!
To say 2011 was an eventful, newsworthy year for sports
would be an understatement. From the
disgusting, mind numbing actions at Penn State and Syracuse to the
championships of the Bruins, UConn, and Auburn.
We here at The Truth have put together a list of our top 5 sports events
of 2011. Now, these are our favorite
events, not necessarily the most newsworthy.
Leave your thoughts and opinions and give your own top 5. Also, we really appreciate you checking out
the blog and will continue to deliver entertaining and informative posts. Any ideas on posts or guest posts are more
than welcome. Without further ado let’s
get to the fun.
Dan: Dan-o starts
it up with a mostly video top 5.
5. LeBron Loses
Anytime Lebron loses in the finals after his "Not 1,
Not 2, Not 3...." speech it is a great moment.
4. Uconn Wins
Hey, I might not be the biggest UConn fan, but it isn't
because I don't like them. They are a New England team and I can respect that.
Go Huskies!!
3. Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is one of my favorite sporting events
every year. Betting on the winning horse always makes it better but win or lose
there probably isn't another sporting event that gives you this type of
atmosphere and lets you cheer for who you want year in and year out. Obviously
a Boston team playing for their championship like the Bruins in the Cup or the
Patriots in the Super Bowl is a different story, but that doesn't happen every
year. The Derby does, and every year it is different horses and every year you
get to the find the horse you want to root for. Maybe you are a person who
actually places bets and you like the horse's pedigree and chance to win or
maybe you are just a casual fan and you like his story, you like why it has a
certain name, you like who owns it, you like their colors etc. Every person can
find a horse they like and every year Churchill Downs brings you the same exact
stadium rocking atmosphere. This year we saw Animal Kingdom walk away as the
winner, jockey John Velazquez who is one of the most respected jockeys in the
sport got his first Derby win, who only got to ride Animal Kingdom because the
main jockey Robby Alberado was hurt earlier in the week, a good story.
2. Patriots Continue
Their Success and Bobby Kraft Ends the Lockout
Although we haven't won the Super Bowl the last few years
the Patriots continue to give us something to cheer for year in and year out
and that is something to be thankful for. We have fallen short in the last
month of the season the last couple of years but for the other 16-18 weeks of
the season the Patriots at least allow us to root for another Super Bowl chance
each year and that is a lot more than most teams can say.
However, that isn't the biggest success of the New England
Patriot's this year. Robert Kraft the best owner in professional sports who is
responsible for the reason we now have 3 Super Bowls and a successful football
organization that we can be proud of helped the NFL dig itself out of the
darkest days of the league and end the lockout. Because of Robert Kraft, his
wife and his influence he has within the league he helped bridge the gap
between the owners and players and is the reason we get to witness one of the
most exciting week 16's in NFL football history tomorrow on New Year’s Day and
why our Patriots are in position for another Super Bowl. Thank you Robert, thank you Myra and thank you
to the entire Kraft family.
1. B's win cup
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V: Below are Matty V’s top 5 stories of 2011.
5 - Iona gets upset
in MAAC tourney title game: This
wasn’t a big surprise because they were such a young team last season. The
bigger surprise was it wasn’t an Iona vs. Fairfield matchup like everyone
predicted. Iona did its work in the tourney, but they ran into a hot St.
Peter’s team at the time. With another year of experience under their belt and
the addition of Momo Jones, 2012 looks promising for the Gaels.
4 - Pats acquire
Ochocinco and Hanyesworth: These
types of acquisitions usually benefit the Patriots well. We saw how Corey Dillon changed when he got
here, we saw the Randy Moss of old come out in a Patriots uniform. Ocho and
Hanyesworth haven’t panned out; they weren’t loud mouths or distractions like
they have been with former teams. Ocho
is my boy. I will never hate on the guy.
Everybody else can hate all they want and say he sucks. He
has not contributed a whole lot but he also hasn’t said a word to the media or
anyone for that matter. Say what you want, idiots, but he will contribute to
this team in the playoffs.
Hanyesworth came here fat and out of shape, plain and
simple. He sucked. Couldn’t get on the field because Kyle Love was/is
more dynamic than fat Albert is. Once
Brandon Deaderick got healthy and Gerard Warren started to contribute,
Haynesworth was out the door. The move was a low-risk high-reward moved that
just did not work out.
3 -The Red Sox
Collapse: Everybody talks about the Yankees blowing the 3-0 lead to the Sox
in 2004. I think this was worse. No words can describe this. Disgusting. Flat out disgusting. This makes me never want
to have fried chicken and Bud Light ever again.
2 - Robert Kraft
single handedly end the NFL lockout:
This man is by far the most respected owner in the league. The man loses
his beloved wife and has hated rivals giving him hugs on national television.
The impact the Myra has on this organization makes you think that this was her
way of saying “shut up and just play football.” We are extremely lucky to have
an owner like Robert Kraft for our hometown team. Let’s go win the Super Bowl
for MHK.
1 - Bruins Stanley
Cup Victory:
If you’re from Boston and love Boston sports, you are insane
if this isn't #1 on your list. This is big for me to have this as #1 because we
all know I’m not the biggest hockey fan. This team was special. I mean, they
have to be extremely special to get me to tune in and watch on a nightly basis.
From the experience of Recchi, to the excitement of Segs and Marshmont, this
team had it all. The scary part is they are even better this year. This isn't a
hockey team, it's a gang of brothers. Hockey wasn't like this a few years ago
in Boston. Times have certainly changed.
Matt:
This was one of the hardest things to come up with. My top 2 were easy choices, however I feel
like I will make some Bruins fans a little upset with the order of the top
2. I won’t ramble anymore, here is my
top 5:
Honorable Mention:
Butler back in the NCAA championship,
Brandon Bass trade, Heat Lose in NBA Finals
5 - Red Sox Collapse: Before people say “Hey, Hey, Hey, that’s
not a positive story for 2011,” let me explain.
This Red Sox team was flawed, even when healthy they were never the best
team ever, as the Boston Herald proclaimed.
This team was never going to win a World Series, so this collapse
expedited some of the changes that needed to happen. This team got boring to watch
and very complacent. Listen, I loved
Francona as much as the next guy but he needed to go, Theo was missing on a lot
of free agents of late, and players such as Wakefield and Varitek wore out
their welcome. My view is, after about
10 years, management becomes ineffective and needs new blood, and with this
collapse that new blood is now in charge.
Here is to hoping that new blood will help turn around a stale franchise
and lead us to really be the best team ever.
4 – Basketball is
Back: Everyone knows, basketball is
my favorite sport – both college and the NBA.
I hated the lock out probably more than most; however it turned out to
be a positive for both the NBA and NCAA.
First, college basketball had more players return for another year from
the likes of Thomas Robinson to Doron Lamb, from Perry Jones III to Harrison
Barnes, and from Jared Sullinger to Jeremy Lamb. When all these guys stay, it leads to a
better product for college basketball and you have seen that with so many
exciting games already. Moving on to the
NBA, obviously the lockout being lifted means I get to see my beloved Celtics
with the Big 4 one more year. Also, if
there was still a lockout you wouldn’t be able to see LeBron take 4th
quarters off like last year. Besides the
Celtics, watching Kevin Durant and the Thunder will be my favorite team to
watch this year. Let’s hope this year’s
playoffs are just like 2011’s.
3 – Records Fall: I’m only going to talk about Ray Allen
breaking the career 3 point record and Rob Gronkowski breaking the touchdown
record for a tight end, because well, I don’t really care about Drew
Brees. To watch Gronk this year is just
amazing. Gronk cannot be tackled by just
one guy, and sometimes two guys aren’t even enough. He is such a match up nightmare, especially
in the red zone where safeties and corners are too small while linebackers are
too slow to cover him. It really is
exciting every time he touches the ball.
“Me catch ball, me score touchdown, me spike ball hard.” Moving on to one of the best pure shooters I
have ever seen, Ray Allen. Watching him
shoot the ball is just a thing of beauty, I could not be happier to see him
break Reggie Miller’s record especially against the Lakers at home with Reggie
Miller in attendance. You could not have
written a better script for that record to fall.
2 – Bruins win the
Stanley Cup: I’m sorry Boston,
hockey is just my least favorite sport.
I will admit I was blown away by how exciting playoff hockey was. Tim Thomas really was unbelievable and single
handily kept the Bruins in many games.
Then to watch Krejci, Lucic, Bergeron, Seguin, Chara, Seidenberg, and
Marchand step up throughout the playoffs was special. You can tell this team really loves playing
together and should be exciting for years to come.
1 – Auburn wins
National Championship: Let me start
by saying this – WAR EAGLE!! What a
season this team had. From all the
controversy and trashing of Cam Newton, it was unbelievable to see this team
fight through it all and win the National Championship. Lots of people were picking the high flying
Oregon Ducks to win, but Auburn showed why they were the best team all
year. From the likes of Cam, Michael
Dyer, Nick Fairley, Onterio McCalebb, Josh Bynes, and Darvin Adams, this was
just an amazing season. With how good
Cam was, you could basically tell the defense what play they were running and
they would still get positive yards. Beating
Oregon, Alabama, LSU, Arkansas, Georgia, and South Carolina (twice) really just
shows how strong this Auburn team was. War
Eagle all day.
Again, thanks for checking the blog and we hope that 2012
will continue to be a very fun and exciting year. Check for our bold predictions for 2012
coming Monday or Tuesday.
I know you all have missed me dearly. I understand. The world can be normal once again.
After a nice long weekend down in NC, a miserable 16 hour drive up fro NC while driving a freakin uhaul truck, a full day of moving into the new apartment and two long days of work, I am finally making some posts again.
Shout out to Dan, Matt, and my two brothers Steve and Mike for helping out with the move (esp Steve for riding shotgun in the uhaul for 16 hours). Appreciate all of it. Gotta give a special thanks to the boss as well for setting up the wireless so our blog can get back to where it needs to be.
Everyone can carry on with their lives starting now...
Well after all those low blows to each of us yesterday, I think its time to move on to more important topics. Planned within this week and next I covering David Stern, Rajon Rondo, Chad Ochocinco, the Red Sox spending this offseason, and any other interesting topics that come up. We appreciate you checking out the blog and remember, we only write the truth.
Whats up, whats up, whats up....first and foremost welcome to the blog. We are very excited to express our love for our hometown teams and hatred to those we despise.
Let me give you a little background about myself. I love boston sports. Pats, Sox, Celts, Bruins. All of it. Everything about it. Pats are by far my favorite sports team with the Sox coming in 2nd. Celts and Bruins can duke it out for 3 and 4. I graduated from THE Iona College in 2010. If you havent noticed yet, our bball team is gonna make some noise this season. Watch out for them in March (you heard it here first). there will be frequent updates about game/the team on here. Below you will see who I choose to root for when it comes to college bball (along with THE Iona College) and college football. Let the madness begin...
As you can see, "The Boss" is a dirty fighter...likes to come out swingin with the low blows right off the bat. Class act this fellow is. I want to clear one thing up real quick, this "timmy chomps" garabge...all Matt and Dan. They claim that I love Tebow just because I am a Florida Gators fan. Could not be any further from the truth. I hate Tebow just as much as they do, probably even more than they do. I know i know, you must asking yourself how I like Florida and hate Tebow. Different story for a different day. Now, "The Boss" is an Auburn football fan. WAR EAGLE! No, wait, Tigers...pick a damn name! He didnt even like them until Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown brought them a championship (well half of one) back in the early 2000s. Yes I'm bias here because im a Gator fan, but come on. I didnt hope on the Gators bandwagon when they won their Championships...you all see where I am going with this.l As for college bball, like Matt said, we still dont agree here. Yes, I am a die hard UNC Tar Heel fan. Loved them since the Vince Carter days back in the 90s (no championships btw). Kansas boy over will claim that he has been a fan since the Paul Pierce era, blah blah blah. We (Dan and myself) know that he fell in love with this team when Mario Chalmers made that unbelievable shot in the championship game. Sensing a theme here? I am. Admit it, Raef LaFrenz and Jaquces Vaungh didn't melt your heart and say "hey, I wanna be a Kansas fan!"
Had to post my side of the story. Lane came out guns hot. Someones gotta kick him off his high horse. Dan...youre up next.
First of all, hello and welcome to "The Truth". Second of all, please excuse my friend "The Boss" he is a bit cranky but who wouldn't be when your favorite big 4 league is the NBA? Anyways, enough about that shmuck for now.. As previously mentioned in a post that probably wasn't worth reading, I was a Business Major, a Sport Management Major to be exact. I spent my college years studying why Billy Beane's MoneyBall strategy was or wasn't a sound strategy for the overall business plan of the Oakland A's and reading books like the Blindside. I can promise you that none of my posts will be grammatically correct but I can promise you my opinions will be The Truth and will be realistic and of a sound mind unlike you know who (read: The Boss). By the way, that whole "(Read:___)" bullshit, I have literally never seen it used like it was in the previous blog, by the end I wasn't sure what I was supposed to be reading because everything was telling me to "(Read:___) something else. I digress, more about me....
I am die hard Hockey fan and I do bleed Black and Gold.. I don't miss a game and I will never let you down on Bruin's or NHL knowledge. T-U-U-K-K-A is my homeboy and I cannot wait for him to be the B's number 1. Don't get me wrong Timmy is a bad mo-fo but let's be honest with ourselves, his body isn't going to hold up much longer with the style he plays and I am glad TUUKKA is waiting in the wings.. We can get into more detail on that later.. The Patriots are my second love, with the Red Sox coming in a distant third and limping in last are the Celtics. I do like the Celtics, I truly do, I just HATE the NBA, monkey's could run a league better than David Stern. I am not going to bother reposting my college teams again, The Boss already took care of that. I will add that UNH is my college hockey team.
So there you go, like it or hate it that's what I have to offer. I will be your one stop shop for Hockey on this blog and will contribute to Football as well as Baseball. I can assure you I will not talk basketball all that often unless it is college or I am trying to bring The Boss back down to earth, you will find that he likes to live in fantasy land when he talks about his Celtics (i.e. Rajon Rondo is a top 2 PG in the NBA), it's OK to laugh, he is used to it. One last note before I end this friggen fantastic introduction.. Our friend that you know as "V" aka Timmy Chomps, he is a Florida Gator fan. I would like to apologize on his behalf. I am not sure how it happened or why it happened all I know is that it's hard to look at him straight in the eye when I know he is probably day dreaming about Tebow doing his best naked tebowing pose. Don't let him fool you either, he will be have an "I love Tim Tebow" shirt under his Patriot's jersey this weekend..
This is way too long, read it again if you want more.. Oh ya one last thing, since Matt decided he was "The Boss".. you can just call me "The Truth" and not because I like Paul Pierce, makes no sense anyways he fakes more injuries than the Montreal Canadiens "The Truth" can't lie. You can call me The Truth because A) it is the only place you are going to find it on this blog and B) because my genius mind come up with the name.
Again this is way to long and The Boss is yelling at me to get a post up.. What he doesn't understand is you can't rush magic..
Welcome to the blog! Real quick introduction. My name is Matt and I am a 23 year old who is a big sports fan. I played college baseball and current have coached baseball for 6 years now. We are gonna make this fun, we won't always be politically or even always grammatically correct (all of us writing for this blog were business majors - a hint that there is more people joining the team.) Don't ask how 3 business majors got into the blogging world, I guess we just wanted a place to vent our views (read: truth) on whatever we wanted, but mostly sports.
Hopefully we will have a following that adds some good comments and we can feed off of those comments and make even better blog posts. So pass the word to your friends and have them pass it on to their friends (only if we are any good.) If we suck, let us know we suck - just blame it all on my co-authors.
Without any further ado..I will introduce my co-authors who are coming on board with me. Dan will focus mostly on hockey but he is very opinionated and we never agree (read: he's wrong). He and I highly disagree on a lot of college sports. His favorite college football team is Alabama, mine is Auburn (yes, again he is wrong for that), his favorite college basketball team is North Carolina, mine is Kansas. I know what you are thinking, he couldn't be more wrong with his teams, but I will give him the forum here to discuss his reasons why he likes them at some point (I would probably just skip reading those posts) He is somewhat knowledgeable and will at least get you upset at his points.
Our other author is just as unreasonable when it comes to his college sports teams. Florida for football and North Carolina for basketball. We call him Timmy Chomps - because he loves Tebow and the Gators. His name is Matt (yes, both our families we so original with our names), but we will call him "V" on the board so that way you can decipher who has the right opinions (read: me) and who isn't always right (read: V). He loves the Pats, so his main topics will focus on football but he will bring a little bit of everything to the table.
We couldn't be more of homers for our hometown professional teams, meaning yes you will have to deal with us gloating about how good the Boston teams are. We may be adding more to the team if this goes well. Let us know what you think, and if you don't like us, well we don't care.
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