RISE UP BELIEVELAND! YES!

The regular season in Cleveland is officially over with the playoffs only two mornings away. Some believe that the Cavs didn't play hard the whole year, or they underestimated their opponents, making many cavs nerd fans (realcavsfans.com) to actually give up. However, me and Juice NEVER gave up on the Cavaliers, and let us to question the loyalty of Cleveland fans as a whole, as giving up and booing seems to be the norm of the city.

Thus, we give a call to the city to STOP their silly booing of everybody and to RISE UP behind a team with a ton of talent. Their is so much more to post about the playoffs which we will bring later. Go Cavs.

Save me Sunday

This has been a terrible week in sports.

Not a great week in general for me either with classes and stuff, but enough about that.

It started Monday, as the Buckeyes lost in the b-ball title game. That was unbearable and tainted a great season mainly due to the fact that we lost to the Florida GAYtors and they now own us. And, I can't stand those cocky kids. I can't wait for them to blow in the NBA.

The TRIBE won two against the Sox to start the season, but then lost and now have had two straight games SNOWED OUT. How miserable is that? Not only is the snow after 80 degree weather terrible enough, but THE TRIBE isn't even on.

Then, the Cavs. Oh, the Cavs. They gave such a worthless, careless, and lazy effort against Miami that I quit on them. Unbelievable but true. I saw the end and then the tease in overtime, but it was a loss because they didn't care at all for the first 43 minutes. Terrible.

They have dropped from the 2 seed to the 5.

And, in the Masters, MY BOY Tiger is struggling, but still has a shot.

All I am asking, on Easter Jesus Sunday, is for this week to not have a bitter ending. It has been one of the worst sports weeks of the Hammy era, and now it is coming to an end.

Can the Cavs defeat the Pistons, leading to a relatively easy end to the season? Can they somehow win the 2 seed? Can the Tribe play a baseball game? Will it stop snowing? Will Tiger be on the prowl Sunday. Hopefully, on Easter, we can hunt down some W's.

SMOOGING!

Well, folks, we promised it, so here it is.

Steve and I want to introduce you to one of our good friends. His name is Chris Smugala, and he goes by the nickname "Smooge".

He is known and loved by millions. His presence evacuates presidents.

He even has his own facebook group.

Smooge is a worldwide legend, both in person and in name.

Smooge is not just used to describe him, but his actions have created verbs and adjectives to go along with his name.

The first use of Smooge is lying. Smooge is a great kid, but he lies a lot. Not big lies, just white lies, misinformation and Bullshitting. Put all that together, and you have a word: SMOOGING

Smooging (v)- The act of lying, making stuff up to trick your friends, talking out of your ass, misinforming people to sound better, and doing a really, really bad job of getting people to believe it.

Here is an example used in a sentence: "Hey Pete Rose, stop Smooging your way into the baseball Hall of Fame."

We want to get a petition out there to add this word to the dictionary.

Here is a real life story of Smooging from Smooge's life recently:

After not being involved for football for about a year, and getting into McDonald's shape, Smooge had a combine for the semi-pro football team in Cleveland. Recently, Smooge had been seen at the local b-ball stomping ground, The Brad, huffing and puffing after 2 minutes on the court. He looks two steps slower than he was at tip-top shape in high school.

But, Smooge said that he ran a 5.06 in the 40-yard dash, which is right about where he ran back in high school. He has put on pounds and lost speed since, but he held to that claim. Here is how the Smooging goes.

He tells us something, we don't believe him, and we say no way, Smooge, really. And, to try to convince everyone, he says "YEEAHH!! YEAH.....YEEEEEEEEEAH!!" in a very excited voice.

As if that was unbelievable enough, he said that he has a 36" vertical leap. What a SMOOGER!

36 inches??? Are you SEeeeeriouuuus? What a joke. I never believe anything that kid says.

That is all the time we have for today's lesson, GO TRIBE.

Tribe Suicide

BREAKING NEWS:

In this afternoon's Tribe exhibition game against the rival Blue Jays, ace and number one starter C.C. Sabathia got drilled in his pitching arm by a line drive. All Cleveland fans kill yourselves, the curse continues to live on.

C.C.'s scheduled start against the ChiSox is 5 days away. C.C. was nailed, and everyone scurried out to check on him. Apparently he yelled an obscenity directed at Matt Underwood, and was taken to the hospital where X-ray are reportedly negative.

It is just a bruise, but he still could miss that first start, as he is day-to-day.

SOUVENIER CITY

In a related story, Matt Underwood is just as bad if not worse at announcing on television as he was on radio. The problem now is that he still announces as if it were radio, saying exactly where and how the ball is hit, and trying to announce every single pitch even in the middle of an interview with David Dellucci.

Matt, you don't need to do that, this is TV. We can follow the action.

More Tribe updates as they bring the heat to Chicago on Monday.

Who Cares?

I have come to two realizations when watching the cavs, and was thinking about it where every person does their best thinking (shower). Whenever the Cavs win, I feel as if they can't be beaten, and will destroy everyone they play, which is the same feeling I had during that 8 win streak. However, after loosing 3 of 4 while Detroit is allowing us to gain ground, and the overrrrrrrrrated bulls are on our tail, I really have this feeling as if we would get destroyed by the local high school team.

I think the exact reason why this is happening is not my attitude, but the Cavs' attitude. In their most prolific wins this season, they came out with massive energy and try to destroy their opponent. During this passionate streak, they attack the hoop, don't settle for smooge jumpers (I know you don't get it but you will soon), Gooden runs around like a mad-man, and the team plays together on both sides of the ball.

On the other hand, when they decide to not show up against teams like Charlotte and Atlanta, they come out with the "We are waiting for the playoffs" attitude. They do the exact opposite of when they are playing well, the offense is all one-on-one, the defense is matador-like, and they settle for smooge threes (I know, I know).

Thus, as the Cavs head into the stretch run, keep an eye on their energy level early on. See if LeBron stares down the other team like he did against Detroit last year, and watch for that pep in their step. Because that pep could be the difference between a dissapointing or successful Cavaliers basketball team.

In honor of Bill Simmons

No, Bill Simmons isn't dead, but at Nosebleeds, you might be able to tell that someone (NOT ME) should be sued for plagiarism of his writing style. Thus, because of his dominance over thousands of people daily, we have decided to do a running blog of Thursday night's beginning games first-half because we have nothing else better to do (We need girlfriends).

1. I thought everything was positive for tonight when Clark "Cornflakes" Kellogg was not in studio, but of course, I get screwed by CBS again. Instead of getting the Memphis/Texas A&M game, I get Kansas' soon to be destruction of Southern Illinois.

2. Continuing on that thought, Dick Enberg is broadcasting the game with Jay Bilas. Did you know Jay Bilas is an attorney? So all you people who think he doesn't have any brains, don't sue him over basketball analysis, he'll chew you up in court.

3. There is NOBODY IN THE STANDS. Is this the women's tourny or a Tribe home game? If San Jose can get a regional final in a hockey arena, you better believe The Q will get one in the near future.

4. Southern Illinois leads the nation in Ronaldo Balkman look a-likes. They got two in the starting line-up. Remember when teams used to die their hair blond or all go bald to show team unity? I think everyone on SIU should go with the Ronaldo Balkman look, imagine the white guys.

5. Like any team who doesn't want to win a national championship, SIU decides to jack threes all game. I have a theory about teams like that in both the NBA and NCAA: you stand around and jack threes, you'll loose in the big time. There are sooooo many teams that have proven my theory: The Phoenix Suns, half of college basketball.

6. I also forgot one thing that has smeared the games: Media timeouts. It's all about money baby.

7. I didn't get the gift from God as CBS teased me about the Texas A&M viewers getting the game in 10 minutes. Still got stuck with this mismatch.

8. We have our first Masters ad. That music just makes me think of white golfers and members who disliked African American members getting destroyed by Tiger. Go get 'em Tiger! TIGER!!! WHEW!!

9. Man, attending Miami makes me really appreciate the women here. I state this after seeing the SIU cheerleaders who were recruited from the local cow pastures.

10. Wow, SIU is keeping the game close. Imagine if Randal "Meet the" Faulker would have made two of his dunks.

11. Nice Cavs possession by SIU. They have a chance for the lead, attack the bucket right? No, stand around and shoot a fade three that hits nothing by air.

12. Rush from Kansas is soooo close from having a flat-top hairstyle. Where's Hot-Rod when you need him?

13. SIU's offense: a guy dribbling, drives and the four other guys stand around the perimeter waiting for the kick. It's good to see the Cavs creative offense is spreading around the country.

14. I'm not the biggest supporter of college basketball (and never will be until UM starts winning more or they move the three point line back). But one category I give college basketball an advantage over the NBA is the ref participation. They stay out of the game and let players destroy each other. In the NBA, breathe on a player and the refs will give you a T.

15. Well at the half, we have Kansas winning 27-24. I really wouldn't be surprised if they wake up and run away.

Great Time of Year.

College basketball, NBA, football nerds talking about the draft: What a perfect time of year for sports. It's too bad baseball has to come around and ruin the fun. It's been a long time since I made a post, so here's one!

MIAMI REDHAWKS. Yes, those folks from Ohio stunned the rest of the MAC by winning the conference tourny on a "gift from god" shot by Doug Penno to beat the Akron "Zippity" Zips. The reason I bring this up is because by attending the miraculous tourny, I found a sense of pride by Miami RedHawk fans, one that can't even be found at our home games. Unfortunately, Miami isn't located near a metropolis to an extent where the citizens come out for the games, (usually old people are the main fans), and our student section is as good as dead, (as my prof put it, "it's not cool to show school spirit for Miami Students"). I found the lack of student support shocking from a University that has had basketball players like Ron Harper, Wally Scerbiakdskafjadkak (I hope you understood that), Wayne Embry and the great god-like savior Ira Newble.

However, that all changed when the RedHawks made their run into the NCAA tournament and almost defeated the Oregon quack ducks. You can see just by walking on campus the pride that Miami students are now showing with the success of the basketball program, and I hope that our student body and faculty catch on the support for future sports games. I'll be their next fall when the RedHawks open up, screaming like I did at the MAC Championships, but I have a feeling I won't be hearing my echo next year.

Thus, I have made a suggestion for Miami to get the student's more involved. Unless you live on the north quad of the campus, you'll never see pictures or ads about the players and athletes. The University needs to promote the players more, because the only time we hear the school talk about our athletes is a small post on the website that says "Good job team." Thus, if the school takes more visual pride in the athletics, the students would to.

FUMING MAD

Long time no write. But, I have a topic that MUST be addressed. With the great wonders of the NCAA Tournament in progress, and NBA season going down the stretch toward playoff time, the "news" that still surfaces around the NBA and NCAA hoops are the fates of Greg Oden and Kevin Durant.

Who will get drafted first? Who should be drafted first? Who will have the better career?

I have a better question: Have any of them even declared for the NBA draft yet?

Answer: NO!!!

For the love of God, and that means you ESPN, stop putting pressure on kids to go to the NBA draft. Many people consider the NCAA Tournament one of the best times of the year in sports, and still, all you can talk about is who will go first between Oden and Durant.

I would certainly like to know what they are currently doing on the court. I know Durant's team made an early exit, but Oden and the Bucks are still alive (I was lucky enough to be sitting courtiside in Lexington for rounds one and two).

A better storyline is, how far can Oden and Ohio State go? Instead, we need to have NBA Draft talk jammed down our throats. ESPN is using its dominant power in the field of sports to influence these young players.

Let these kids make their decisions first, then talk about their futures. I have said all along that Oden especially should stay because he has had an incomplete season, and still needs to develop his offensive game before he can be an elite force on the next level. Also, I'm a Bucks fans so of course I want him to stay.

With all this ESPN talk about he and Durant, I have another reason for him to stay. Oden should stay just to get the last laugh with all of the analysts that had already thrown his name in the NBA Draft hat.

Man among Men

Hey folks,

It's been a long time since we posted, (two weeks actually), but unlike many bloggers, we here at nosebleeds have real lives to live so finding time can be difficult during some periods. Anyways, the Cavaliers are still in second in the east and as they play the Rockets tonight, I have a great story to tell.

Many NBA fans only know Dikembe Mutombo as the G-Town grad who wags his finger at other players. In all seriousness, Mr. Mutombo deserves all the props in the world for his off the court efforts. Mutombo, who is known as the world's most generous athlete, donated $15 million from his own pocket to build a state-of-the-art hospital in his hometown in Kinshasa, R. of Congo. The hospital is the first one built in the country in 40 YEARS. So as many fans tend to get on the case of many players. Mr. Motombo should be appreciated by everyone.

No losing allowed

College basketball rankings should be one of the terms in the thesaurus that is synonymous with the word “joke.” Throw Buckeye loyalties out the window for a moment and just think about what has happened with the Ohio State team that is now number 1 or 2 in the country depending on which poll you look at.
Eleven games ago, the scarlet and gray fell to Wisconsin in Madison, making that their third loss, all three of them to teams that at the time were ranked in the top-5 nationally. After that loss to Wisconsin, the Buckeyes were ranked 7th in the nation.
In the following weeks, they crept up the rankings board to the four spot. Who were the teams ahead of them? They were Florida, Wisconsin and North Carolina, the only three teams that have beaten them this season. That seemed to make sense, because Ohio State shouldn’t be ranked ahead of teams that beat them.
Oh, the beauty of losses by the top three teams in the nation. First, Wisconsin fell off to Indiana on the road, a place where the Bucks don’t need to play this season. Then, North Carolina put together two losses. The capper was this week, when the long-haired ugly son of a tennis star and his Gator teammates fell to a dark horse Vanderbilt team on the road.
After all that, the Buckeyes have reached the pinnacle as the #1 ranked team in the ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll. Worthless. As Sean Salisbury once said, “Are you kiddin’ me?”
Let’s compare, shall we? Florida and Ohio State are both 24-3 overall on the season, with one conference loss apiece. Wisconsin is 26-2 on the year, with one conference loss. In a system of rankings, it would be an absolutely brilliant and mind-numbing idea if they actually ranked teams based on which team is better than another.
Florida and Wisconsin have very similar records to Ohio State, and both have beaten the Buckeyes. So, both the coaches and writers are basically trying to say that if Ohio State met Florida today, the Gators would be the underdog despite beating the Buckeyes by 30,000 points back in December and embarrassing twelve generations of Ohioans in the BCS National Title Game in football to boot.
The polls shouldn’t automatically punish a team for losing a game, if it is clear that they are still the team to beat in the country as Florida is. The rankings shouldn’t be based on who won or lost this week; they should be an accurate depiction of who the best team is. Right now, the Buckeyes are not the #1 team in the country, especially after almost embarrassing five more generations of Ohioans in a near-loss at Penn State.
The Buckeyes will hold the 1 or 2 spot by default for now, but a huge game looms with Wisconsin as long as neither team gets trapped in their mid-week games. As of right now, it looks like Sunday will pit the #1 team in America against…the #1 team in America. Maybe, for once, a team will earn its ranking on the court.

All-Star Game

Hey folks,
It's that time in the year where 48 minutes of garbage time somehow draws the attention of the world. So not to rip off Bill Simmons, here are some typical notes that I paid attention to with a 2 minute delay.

1. Eddie Jordan, the east coach, pretty much is trying to destroy LeBron by playing him MAJOR minutes in an All-Star Game. Hey Eddie, if you play LeBron for the next two quarters, you're going home.

2. The Fraud and A Joke Award goes to: Wayne Newton. Seriously, how the heck does this guy make millions of dollars a year? He can't sing, can't dance, can't entertain, but yet he makes Oprah style money. I really noticed this during his pre-game song routine, where his lip-singing was off, his voice over voice sucked, and he was stuck in the mud. One thing came up when I saw him in an interview: If there was a Disney-World on another planet, and they had a human mascot, they would just employ Wayne Newton, because he is the fakest human being I HAVE EVER SEEN.

3. Marv Albert spent the whole game wondering if he was invited to Tony Parker and Eva Longoria's wedding. Hey Marv, remember the last time you were with any women?


4. Doug Collins aka "I couldn't win with Michael Jordan" proving why he sucked as a coach. He takes All-Star games like game 7 and regular games like All-Star games. For example, here's a quote when Mehmet Okur commited a foul on the inside "If you come in the lane, he is going to hit you hard, no EASY BUCKETS TONIGHT." You're a blind man Collins, blind man.

5. Carlos Boozer sat out tonight's game. GOOD. CLEVELAND WANTS YOU IN 4 WEEKS BOOZER IN CLEVELAND. God I can't wait!

6. The "Second Comming" Nike commerical has been shown around 100 times tonight. Every time I see that, I run under my bed because I think Rasheed Wallace is outside my room with a knife.

7. Guess who Dave Chappelle came to the game with. Prince. WHAAT? What a great couple and what a fitting situation. No rumor that Prince and the Revolution were invited to play. Shoot the J, SHOOT IT.

8. Kevin Garnett is chillin on the bench wondering if he will ever escape the doom in Minnesota. He really needs to get traded or he will be the greatest talent to go to waste.

9. Elvis impersonators were doing dunks off of trampolines in the fourth quarter and Gilbert Arenas felt like he needed to join in on the action. Again adding evidence to my theory that he really has no shooting conscious.

10. LeBron decided to scare every Cavaliers fan by trying to throw the ball off the backboard and dunk it. Instead he went 20 feet in the air, landed on Amare and realized what he did. Just doing that made some people in Cleveland jump off the Bob Hope bridge into souvenir city.

Snowing Snow

Hey Guys,

What a game Thursday night in Los Angeles. The Cavaliers stuck it to the Lakers in the last minutes to pull out a nice 114-108 victory. There were some very encouraging signs provided by the Cavaliers last night which really caught the eyes of me and many other Cavaliers fans.

1. How about Eric Snow? Everyone has been on his case because of his offensive inabilities, but since his move to the bench, he has provided quality play that any coach would want comming off the bench. Offensively, he is creating more, by that I mean attacking the bucket when he is left open and finding open guys. I can't count how many times last night when the Lakers triple teamed LeBron, and Snow either got fouled going strong to the hole or set up the the likes of Verajao for open layups. Defensively, he shut down Kobe in the fourth quarter, making him give up the ball to their really overrated supporting cast.

2. LeBron finally learned that nobody in this league can gaurd him when he attacks the hole constantly. Some rumor around the league is that LeBron has settled for jumpers because of his free throw troubles. But last night, he made a good effort to go to the bucket, which either lead to him being fouled (which he went 18-22!), made the shot, or his missed shot was cleaned up by Verajao. Also, he changed his free throw style. He has stopped kissing his wrists and finally has decided to look at the target before shooting (I have been saying that for months!).

Random Notes: The Cavs shot 41-55 from the line, showing they were more aggressive...Cavs pushed the ball more off of turnovers...Just because the Lakers supporting cast plays in LA, the media treats them like they are god sends (Same thing happens in New York, remember Steve Francis?) which highly overrates their abilities....Larry Hughes wanted to kill the refs about 10 times during the game....Mike Brown and the Cavs have seemed to found a balance in a faster offensive but still shut down defense by using the defense to create the fast offense.

Cava-downer

Hopefully the Cavalier Girls make everyone feel better, but here are some thoughts on the Cavs loss:
-The Jazz are a great team who are very tough to beat at home, and we had no Z, so going in we knew it was gonna be a tough one.

-What can you honestly do about a guy like Deron Williams going off on us like he did? There is no answer for a guy that white-hot.

-LeBron wasted a lot of possessions playing "LeBron ball" and just standing around while others watched.

-That said, we played a good overall game, defense was pretty good except on Williams, we challenged shots and rebounded well without Z.

-Boozer has roids pimples-Larry Hughes showed up, which was shocking.

-Great job in the final sequence to pull within one, only problem is we seemed to get a great sense of urgency that came too late in the game.

-Fouling/not fouling is a tough call down one with a four second differential, but we made the stop, problem was the rebound was tipped.

-Sasha got fouled. Normally, they do not call a foul like that in the waning seconds. But, the officials called TOUCH fouls the entire game, and not calling something on that is not being consistent. Can't be too upset about our effort, but we gotta get tomorrow's game.

Be My Valentine...again?

Hey Folks,

Happy Valentine's Day for all, and I continue my streak of being valentine-less since elementary school when they forced valentine's day on everyone. I was always the one who tried to draw the Cavs logo on my Valentine's day shoe box which really could explain a lot. Anyway, the Cavaliers hit the road before the all-star break as they head to Utah tonight and the Lakers tomorrow night. The best aspect about this game is that the Cavs had a chance to re-unite with some of their favorite valentines in Greg Ostertag (Z's little buddy) and Carlos Boozer (Yes we are still waiting for him to come to Cleveland).

However, Z won't be playing tonight due to some person issues, and we hope everything works out positively. So no Z/Ostertag fight a la Ali/Frazier. Also, OF COURSE, Boozer gets hurt before he has to play the CAVS, AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN. Since he bolted the then owner and world's richest blind man Gordon Gund, Boozer has only played the Cavaliers once and has never played the Cavs in Cleveland so he can get what he deserves. So get healthy Boozer, we need someone to unleash on.

Here is some Cavs-Jazz love. (Notice who's breaking up the Z/Ostertag love fest).

MMM Good.

Hey folks,

The Cavaliers (or Pavaliers as some people have put it) have looked good the last three games, and everybody here at Nosebleeds has figured out the solution. No, it hasn't been Eric Snow's productivity off the bench, of Sasha's stellar play. It has been the luck of superstition.

Last year, when the Cavaliers started out the second half of the season on a 5 game losing streak, I, with the rest of Cleveland, was jumping off the Bob Hope bridge into the Cuyahoga River anticipating another Cavaliers/Cleveland collapse. Thus, when the team was in trouble, the members of Nosebleeds.blogspot.com and other fans turned to a tasty treat. After consuming this treat, the Cavaliers turned their season around and made it sweet for us fans (don't mind the pun). Solution:



I started chewing LeBron gum the day of the Clippers game, and the Cavaliers haven't lost since! Hopefully, the rest of the Cavs stretch run will be as tasty as the gum.

Cleveland PAValiers

Ladies and gentlemen: WITNESS Sasha Pavlovic.

The bench player that the Cavs have been waiting for to pop off the bench a la Flip Murray and provide a much-needed offensive spark while LeBron is on the bench MAY have arrived.

This is Cleveland, so I'll be damned if I'm just going to start hailing Sasha Pavlovic as the next Manu Ginobli, because we all know how quickly he can turn into Reuben Boumtje-Boumtje. Remember him? That has got to be the best name in the 30,000 episode run of SportsCenter.

But, 21 points against the Lakers cannot be ignored. He even outscored the other Sasha on the floor, the Lakers' Sasha Vujacic. What a feat.

Not only did Sasha show that his offensive attack can come from anywhere--three-pointers, drives to the bucket, slam dunks, mid-range game, and free throw line--he showed that he can now do it more consistently and do it in the clutch.

Of his 21 points, 13 of those came in the fourth quarter, and he never sat in the fourth. His and-one layup with 1:24 left served as the capper to a big Cavs W. All of this came while LeBron chewed on his nails and did...not much else the entire second half until his grand finale Boomshakalaka dunk.

Coach Brown, give Pavs consistent playing time, and he could be that scorer off the bench with us. Of course, if the Cavs make a trade, Sasha has turned into a hot trade item. Either way, his play will benefit our team.

Long Time.

It's been almost a month since the Cavaliers won two games in a row, and that's not good for a team with high expectations. However, the Cavs seemed to return to prior form as they beat the Heat (no pun intended)103-79 at the Q. Here are some of the things I noticed from the game:

1. LeBron finally looked normal, as did the rest of the Cavs. They attacked the rim more, drew more fouls, and pushed off of defensive stops. I have been yelling at the TV screen the last month telling the Cavs to do those things, and they finally did. When Daniel Gibson took on Shaq at the rim and scored, I went INSANO.

2. The ESPN broadcasters really hate the Cavs, especially the rest of the crew. While Jason Kapono of all people draws massive raves from the ESPN staff, players like Sasha Pavlovic and Anderson (I'm going Brazilian on his name) are said to be nobodies. Just watching the Heat's supporting staff makes me want to cringe, which is why I don't understand why everyone on their team other than Wade and Shaq are hyped. This is why nobody in the east scares me, the Pistons will tire out, the Heat are just flat out OLD, and Washington has no concious as Kobe would say.

3. During the game, it seemed like it turned into the Toronto Raptors show. Now everyone is on their bandwagon just like Washington one week ago. They are 3 games over .500 and Michael Wilbon is calling them the "3rd best team in the east." Once that team crosses the boarder with that pressure on them and stops beating up on the Celtics, expect them to melt like snow in Jamaica.

4. No Damon Jones last night until garbage time. Good call by Mike Brown, because he needed people with speed to stop Wade's penetration into the lane, and it sure did work. I don't think Jones cares too much, because he's got 450 SUITS TO DRY CLEAN. MAN. I'll give the man some props though, he's got a pretty good style went it comes to suits. Almost as good as your's truly.

Cavaliers could use some Heat

Tonight should be an exciting one with DWAAAAAAAAAAAAyne WAAAAAAAAde and the Heat traveling to Cleveland to take on Bron Bron and the rest of the crew. In all honesty, the Cavs need this more than the Heat mainly because the media doesn't expect anything from the Cavs anymore. Hopefully the Cavs realize how to stop the Heat, put five people on Wade and make the senior citizens on their team beat them. So here is how the teams match up:

Best Players:







Washed Up Centers:






Annoying Players/Leaders of the Senior Citizens:





Mascot Battle



Enjoy the game everyone.

Everyone flip out

It's that time of year again, where college football teams make their signings, pay their players and then have a team of dorks tell them where they rank.

This is followed by the rabid fans of those respective teams going nuts over some superficial ranking that some wannabe jocks with videotape and time on their hands came up with. The rankings that they come up with are not straight from God's crystal ball of college football prospects. They are just some rankings that are arrived at through videotape, statistics, and hype.

Ohio State ranked 16th this year in the recruting ranks, and everyone in Columbus, who expects so much better, tries to make a big deal about it. Here is an example that can be applied at any big football program and should make everyone calm down, and realize the rankings do not matter.

In Ohio State's 2002 recruting class, there was a guy who had the word "Athlete" next to his name. He was probably a negative 3 star recruit or whatever, nobody thought he would amount to anything, and they didn't know what position he would play.

That same recruting class involved one of the top-rated recruits in the country at Quarterback. He was the most hyped pickup in the class, and was expected to come in and become a Buckeye legend, maybe even a Heisman trophy winner.

The "Athlete" just finished his senior season as starting QB for the Buckeyes, and he won something called the Heisman Trophy.

The QB sat on the bench behind him for the last two years, thought about transferring, and is widely considered a major Ohio State bust.

Athlete Troy Smith, meet Quarterback Justin Zwick.

Lazer Rocket Arm

It's a slow sports day around these parts other than the Cavs winning (thank God), and ESPN overhyping every high school football player. So we found this funny story from the Chicago Sun Times:

How do you spell Scott Wiese?

In a few weeks, that would be P-e-y-t-o-n M-a-n-n-i-n-g.

Bears fan Scott Wiese, holding a name-change petition Tuesday, will have his name changed to Peyton Manning.
(AP)
Wiese, a die-hard Bears fan from Decatur, signed a pledge in front of a crowd at a bar in the central Illinois city last Friday promising that if the Bears lost the Super Bowl, he'd change his name to that of the man who led the Indianapolis Colts to victory.
Final score: Colts 29, Bears 17.

So, on Tuesday, Wiese went to the Macon County courts facility and started the process of changing his name.

''I made the bet, and now I've got to keep it,'' said Wiese, 26, who lives in Forsyth, just north of Decatur.

Wiese will have to advertise his intention in the local newspaper for several weeks, then have a judge give him the OK to become Peyton Manning.

The men have little in common, Wiese acknowledged. Manning, the quarterback, is 30 years old, stands 6-foot-5 and has a contract with the Colts worth more than $100 million. Wiese is 5-foot-11 and works at a Staples office supply store for somewhat less.

''I think I kind of represent all Bears fans,'' he said. ''Not that I'm saying they're all idiots like me, but I represent their passion because I really care about my team, you know?''



Was that him?

Not a game...PRACTICE

Hey readers, and welcome to the Nosebleeds. Your regular contributors are Steven A. and yours truly, Juice.
Both born near Cleveland, we grew up together in the green lawns and burning Taco Bells of Westlake. Both of us have been lifelong Cavaliers, Indians and Browns fans. Even though Steve hates the Tribe, which is a story for a different day.
The main difference: college sports. Where as Steven A. was born into a family of Blue-bloods (that's M*ch*g*n for those of you who do not know), Matt has been a lifelong Buckeye, and currently attends Ohio State. Steven A. attends the ivy-like Miami University.
We will bring our unique perspective on Cleveland sports, the trials and tribulations of waiting for a team that doesn't blow their chance at a championship. We live and die with these teams, and it makes for a sad existence sometimes. Most of the times. It must be some sort of disease.
In college sports, we will have very different views, with Steve's Blue-based propaganda, and Juice's Buckeye Pride.
On that note, I am a broadcaster for Ohio State men's and women's basketball this winter, so check out our site and you can listen to me broadcast live. The website is www.ohiostatesports.com I also host a Cleveland sports show on that site, C-Town Throwdown, which airs on the website on Thursday's from 6-7:30 PM.

Alright, we got a Cavs game to catch. Peace I'm out of here.

No, Seriously

We here at Nosebleeds are a simple group composed of people who think we are the next Michael Wilbon, but we are not bald, we swear. We'll get into more details about what we are and who we are all about as time wears on, but we can't breathe at the moment. The Cavs, one of our favorite squads has a HUGE game against the Clippers tonight. By huge, we hope you Clevelanders get it. So to get us ready for tonight's game we have some simple words for LeBron.

Just take over and attack the rim.

We'll have more later. Watch for some other folks to get you more details.

So, for you Cavaliers fans out there, here's a little teaser.