1. Drew Brees Saves New Orleans
Just about every woman in New Orleans would help Drew have another baby.
I’m a guy who loves feel good stories and the Saints winning Super Bowl XLIV was the best story of the year. When Drew Brees signed with the Saints as a free agent, he had been cast aside by the San Diego Chargers for Philip Rivers, and no other teams wanted to pay him top money because they believed that Brees lacked the size to be a commanding NFL quarterback, and also because he was coming off an injury to his throwing arm. Hell, the Miami Dolphins chose Daunte Culpepper’s destroyed knee over him. So for Brees to win, it was an incredible triumph in the face of people who just suck at their jobs.
This was really about a city that needed to feel alive again, and it worked. It was exponentially more effective than Sean Penn riding around in a boat with a shotgun. New Orleans may not be fixed, it may still smell awful in some places, and tourism is down because people think that Hurricane Katrina wiped it off the map and the BP oil spill turned the wildlife into mutants with laser beam eyes. But they’re wrong, and as Rome wasn’t built in a day, New Orleans won’t be fixed in a day. The Saints, though, are the Band-Aid over the bullet wound. Sure it won’t solve the problem, but it has stopped the bleeding just long enough for us to chug a hand grenade and go to a strip club. Damn, I love that city.
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I was going to say the World Cup video should’ve been at the top, but your argument about the hand grenade and strip club convinced me New Orleans deserves the honor.
New Orleans had an unfair advantage, as I had been there recently and indeed experienced hand grenades and boobies.
I thought it was Cheese Doodles that Stephen A. cherished like none other?
WTF is a Perkins?
//Why oh why oh did I leave Ohio
I know we’re all supposed to forgive the guy now since he’s winning games, but i still think that Mike Vick is disgusting.
What he did was inhuman and unforgivable. His being allowed into the league makes me like the NFL a lot less. That so many are so willing to overlook his repulsive behavior because he’s winning games makes me like NFL fans a lot less.
I know there are those that will say “the guy did his time” or mumble about forgiveness, but for gawds sake, this guy killed mans best friend for the fun of it.
No, he ran a dog fighting ring for profit. There’s a difference.
What? No Hawkeyes getting hit by trucks? I call bullshit.
Johnny needs to acquire Roberto Alomar AIDS.
@YMFC – Forest for the Trees.
@Johnny – You don’t have to forgive OR forget.
No Blackhawks Cup win after 50 years or Lingerie football? Now that’s just a disragious outgrace it is!
@Johnny-you should give some dogs your Roberto Alomar AIDS.
Michael Vick didn’t just run a dog fighting ring. He OWNED dogs that he personally killed by hanging, drowning and electrocution. He took his own household pets and used them a dog bait. His people took teeth out of dogs so they won’t bite while being strapped to a breeding device, and as to not be able to bit back during dog baiting.
While everyone is patting him on the butt for being soooo good, his dogs (those that survived the abuse) are still so traumatized from living in his kennel and will never be able to go to a home.
Yes, he has paid a debt, and perhaps even be allowed to play, but he should not be exulted, nor be given any award or special pats on the back. He is not a hero.
it’s funny how vick playing causes people to rage englessly (even though he did 2 years in prison and is still suffering the consequences) but no one says a word about ben roethlisberger still playing, even though he got off mostly scott free.
i find it hard to believe that people would think a dog killer is worse than a serial raipist, so i’m just going to go ahead and call you all racist now.
yeah. deal with it.
The only thing I remember beyond 2 weeks is shaking Bill Wennington’s hand at Game 2 of the White Sox / Astros World Series in ’05. Kudos for remembering all these great sports stories.
Stephen A. Smith is a poo head.
a dog killer is worse than a serial raipist, yes, and if i’m a racist for that, so be it
vick, GB will send you to hell
gaby, you are an idiot and I weep for those you know you.
rex grossman, you are indeed a sexy, sexy man!
gaby, I assume you are yourself a serial rapist or are one of Big Ben’s bodyguards.
Well, one could argue that Big Ben wasn’t even arrested, let alone tried and convicted of any wrong doing.
But, ya, a lot of the hatred at vick does seem irrational.