Hulk Hogan No Longer Supporting Obama, Brother!
I don’t even know what to say about Hulk Hogan’s comments. I guess his stupidity speaks for itself. Too bad he doesn’t realize the difficulty of getting things done when Republicans block what you are trying to do because they want you to fail.
Thank you Fox News for keeping us “informed” about the opinions of a professional wrestler whose popularity peaked during Ronald Reagan’s second term and then had a rebirth during Bill Clinton’s second.
Oh and BTW, the WWE owns “Real American” not you Hogan.
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: October 14, 2011 at 1:46 pm | by Ryan
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Bob Costas gives Al Davis his props
After The Divine Interception that gave the Oakland Raiders a 25-20 win over the Houston Texans, Bob Costas gave the late Al Davis his props during the halftime of Sunday Night Football. Here is the transcript.
“Over the last 24 hours, even those too young to recall the enormous accomplishments and aura of Al Davis’s Raiders of an earlier era have been made aware of Davis’s unique place in the game’s history: coach, GM, commissioner, owner, perpetual litigant and general pain in the assets to the league he constantly challenged and frequently sued — sometimes with good reason, sometimes out of a reflexive combativeness that seemed to know no bounds.
Al Davis was many things — not all of them admirable. That’s why he was so fascinating, and until recent years, so formidable. For a generation, his Raiders weren’t just committed to excellence, they consistently achieved it and in distinctive fashion as Davis created a sanctuary for misfits and miscreants and let them flourish in an us-versus-the-world atmosphere tinged with cloak-and-dagger paranoia. That approach created the Raider mystique, and then in later years, undermined it.
Al Davis was born in Massachusetts, grew up in Brooklyn, graduated from Syracuse yet somehow spoke with a vaguely southern drawl, part of what you might call an unusual personal style. He was a progressive, who broke ground with the hiring of Hispanic and African-American coaches, and a high-ranking female executive. But he was also petty, allowing personal vendettas to undercut, and then drive away significant figures like Marcus Allen and Mike Shanahan, while his once great franchise slipped into disarray.
He was compassionate and generous, and sought no public recognition for his many acts of kindness. If he liked you, he was also great company, but if you got on his bad side, for whatever reason, watch out.
He was simultaneously a visionary who influenced the game on and off the field, and a throwback, who hung on much too long, perhaps because as he himself acknowledged, he had no real life outside of his family and football.
Don Shula once said of his old adversary, “when you call Al Davis devious, he considers it a compliment.” For his part, Davis, who probably revered Machiavelli as much as Madden, often said he’d rather be feared than respected or loved. A true appreciation doesn’t ignore that fact, it recognizes it along with all the contradictions and complexities.
For better and for worse and everything in between, Al Davis was an American original. He deserves to be long remembered, not because he was a model, but because he mattered.
He was a rebel, a renegade, a Raider…and we will not see his like again.”
Well said Mr. Costas…well said.
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: October 10, 2011 at 10:38 am | by Ryan
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Just rest in peace baby
Al Davis hasn’t been dead for 24 hours and people are already saying some foul shit. Really people? Really?!?
Davis was a legend. The people bashing him, probably have no idea what he did for the Raiders and the NFL.
When hiring minorities was taboo, Davis couldn’t care less. He hired Black coaches if he believed they could help the Raiders win. He hired Tom Flores (the first Hispanic head coach), who won two Super Bowls for the Silver and Black. Davis made the Raiders an Icon. The term “Raider Nation” was the first of it’s kind. When you hear other teams putting “Nation” after their name, they are jacking Davis’s style.
Al was a rebel. His fued with Commissioner Pete Rozelle is legendary. Nothing was more sweet than Al Davis not only winning a $35 million dollar lawsuit against the NFL, but also winning Super Bowl XV the following year which meant his sworn enemy (Rozelle) had to present him with the coveted Lombardi Trophy.
Al Davis was the main reason the NFLPA has collective bargining rights. He was responible for the AFL/NFL merger, which gave us the Super Bowl. He brought the vertical passing game to the forefront of the league. Daivs gave John Madden a shot at coaching the Raiders – which resulted in winning Super Bowl XI. Would Madden gone on to be a symbol of Monday Night Football if Al hadn’t hired him? It makes you wonder what EA Sports would be calling their popular NFL video game.
I do realize Al Davis held the Raiders back. The last decade has been rough but you take the good with the bad. Al did more good for the Raiders and the NFL than most people want to give him credit for. Most people who talk trash about Al Davis, are fans of teams who will never have an owner accomplish what he accomplished. To quote a good friend of mine, “Al Davis was the Steve Jobs of the NFL, he changed things.”
Davis’ only flaw was loving something so much to the point he just couldn’t let it go…football. In the end he was only human. If you can’t comprehend that and if you choose to disrepect the man, then maybe you should choose to put your mouth around the barrel of a Desert Eagle and pull the trigger.
Al Davis, just rest in peace baby. Godspeed.
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: October 8, 2011 at 12:10 pm | by Ryan
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