Kevin Garnett Is Dropping Knowledge.

First of all congratulations to KG, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce on winning the championship. Everyone else affiliated with the Celtics or the city of Boston can go screw themselves. Now, down to business. We watched the Celtics clinch their first title in a certain amount of time and they seemed to be excited. Particularly Kevin Garnett who may have had a manic episode while being interviewed by Michelle Tafoya (yes, Kevin, you are certified....certified lunatic! AM I RIGHT!?!?!?). That video's made the rounds already but another Kevin Garnett also celebrated the finals win. A Kevin Garnett that was more inquisitive, thoughtful, and philosophical in nature. A Kevin Garnett that may have introduced a new phrase to the American lexicon with his statement "I knocked the bully ass out. I knocked his ass clean out." Congratulations on knocking out your bully KG.....T-Mac, hopefully next year you'll get into the second round of the playoffs and can say "I knocked the bully ass out" before you get swept....I need to find a new favorite team.

Your Daily Euro 2008 Update: Quarterfinals Preview

The breathtaking, the immaculate Ronaldo!

[Ed. Note: Once again, I apologize for the lack of daily updates from Euro 2008. To be honest, I really haven't watched any of the matches from the group stage and now that part is over. With this update I hope to get you ready for the Quarterfinals which start tomorrow.]

Here I will preview(read: make stuff up) and formulate outcomes for each of the quarterfinal matches which run from June 19th to the 22nd.

June 19, Portugal vs. Germany: Portugal looked strong in their first two group matches and then gave up a meaningless loss to Switzerland in their final match in which the second string players saw most of the action for Portugal. They're facing the Germans in what should be a pretty much uninteresting match. Germany has looked flat in its past two matches and is going into the Portugal match with very little momentum. I think that the Germans will defend poorly, especially against the Fifa Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo. Look for the Portuguese to handle Germany with ease.
Prediciton: Portugal 2, Germany 0

June 20, Croatia vs. Turkey: Turkey was involved in the best match of the tournament, maybe even the year, when they scored 2 goals in 3 minutes for an unthinkable win over the Czech Republic, but Croatia is still the favorite in this matchup. The Croats won all their matches in the group stage, even though they didn't blow any team away, and have been playing more consistent and solid football than the Turks. Turkey won two matches in group stages, one already having been mentioned and the other against an inferior Switzerland team. Howevah, look for this to be a highly compelling match and for Turkey to pull the upset.
Prediction: Turkey 3, Croatia 2

June 21, Netherlands vs. Russia: The Dutch look to be the favorites of this tournament after their dismantling of group C, with a scoring margin of 9-1. Having defeated traditional powerhouses, Italy and France, very easily seems to bode well for Netherlands who are the complete package. As for Russia, KillaFam tells me that they are fun to play with on Fifa 08, and he beat me with them, so I'll give them a 10% chance in this match. They beat a fairly decent Sweden team in their final group match quite decisively. But, look for this to be mostly domination for the Dutch against the Russians.
Prediction: Netherlands 3, Russia 1

June 22, Spain vs. Italy: In the final quarters matchup, we have a tremendous Spain team against the last World Cup champion, Italy. The Spanish side has scored goals at will with a total of 8 in the group stage. Italy needed a win against France to keep their Euro 08 dreams alive, and won 2-0. Spain has excellent strikers in Fernando Torres and David Villa, who can strike the ball from anywhere on the pitch because of their brilliant precision. This is also a very fast team, or at least that's the case in Fifa 08, who can get into open spaces at anytime. Italy didn't look like the same team that won the 2006 Fifa World Cup in their first two matches, but returned to form in their win-or-go home match against the French. They are carrying momentum into this matchup and it should be a highly entertaining one. Look for this to be the best match of the quarters, maybe even for it to go into extra time, with Spain narrowly avoiding defeat.
Prediction: Spain 2, Italy 1

NBA Finals Game 6 Recap

Celtics win! Not only did the Celtics win, they throttled the Lakers in the process. It looked like most year's 1 vs. 16 match-up in the NCAA tournament. The only competitive quarter, in which it looked like the Lakers were giving effort, was the first with the Celtics being up by a score of 24-20. The Celtics played inspired defense throughout the game, never letting up like they did in game 2, and overall tremendous team ball as five Boston players were in double figures. Paul Pierce deservedly won the Finals MVP trophy for his remarkable play throughout the playoffs, but I would have liked to see co-MVPs with Pierce and Ray Allen because without his shooting the Celtics would not have won the championship. I'm not including Kevin Garnett in that discussion because, aside from game 6 where he absolutely dominated, he shied away and deferred to other players in too many big moments during the Finals. So, the current version of Boston's Big Three all win championships for the first time in their careers, and overall the city of Boston gets their 17th NBA championship. Congratulations to the 2008 Boston Celtics for winning the title, enjoy it while it lasts.

Well folks, the 2008 season has come to an end and I'm saddened because basketball is probably my favorite sport to watch and I wish I had been writing about it the whole season. I'll definitely have something on the 2008 NBA Draft, so look out for that.

NBA Finals Game 4 Recap

Well, I was basically wrong about everything from last night's game except the outcome. In what was probably the greatest road comeback in Finals history, Kobe Bryant cemented his place as nowhere close to being as good as Michael Jordan. Bryant had 17 points on a dismal 6-19 shooting effort which was in large part due to the defense that was being played on him by Paul Pierce in the second half. Pierce didn't quite go for 30 points, but he had 14 points in the second half and was clutch down the stretch. Kevin Garnett had a solid game as well, shooting 7 of 14 from the field for 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. And Ray Allen was superb with 19 points which included some timely buckets, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals all while playing the entire 48 minutes of the game. Also, I was wrong about Rajon Rondo having to be involved in order for the Celtics to win. Turns out, he's not needed as much as I thought finishing with only 5 points and 2 assists in 17 minutes of action. I did however get that Sasha Vujacic prediction correct because he only had 3 points on 1 of 9 shooting. The Lakers had this game won with everyone playing well in the first half, even Lamar Odom who has been nonexistent in this series, but everyone reverted back to old ways in the second half and Kobe never took over like he normally does. This loss has doomed the Lakers because no team in NBA history has come back from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals. So, the Celtics will be looking to close out the series on Sunday night in Los Angeles.

Game 5 preview to come sometime during the weekend.

Your Daily Euro 2008 Update

Yeah, he's flopping.

The group B matches were played today with Germany losing to Croatia and Austria tying Poland. Basically, today was a terrible day and if you didn't watch you made a wise decision. I for some reason watched Germany choke against Croatia in a terribly slow and boring game in which Ivica Olic scored in the 23rd minute and Darijo Srna put the game away in the 63rd minute after a lucky bounce off the post left him with an empty net behind the entire German defense. Lukas Podolski added a goal after the 80th minute but by that point the game was already lost so Germany resorted to WWII tactics of trying to hurt any slavic person within arm's length racking up an impressive 2 yellows and one red. Croatia, not to be outdone, accrued 4 yellows proving that they had no intention of advancing further than the first knockout rounds. Neither Poland nor Austria interest me so I didn't watch, but the game ended in a 1-1 tie with Roger Guerreiro (he quit on his dreams of joining the Brazilian national team) scoring first for Poland and then Croatian born Ivica Vastic gave Austria a dignity saving goal off a penalty in the 93rd minute causing pandemonium in Vienna until Germany soundly defeats Austria in their next match.

Kabob Evans Predictions (because I too am a futbol expert, in that I play FIFA)-

Netherlands vs France; France is a team in transition, Zidane is gone, Henry lost a step, and their coach is a crazy guy who plays players based on their zodiac signs. France's conservative approach is not a good a match for the Netherlands's 2 fast and 2 furious attack or their seizure inducing jerseys. Netherlands 3 - France 1

Italy vs Romania; People are drumming up a lot of expectations for Romania and really the only thing Romania has going for it is that many of their players are playing in Serie A and as such have some experience against the Italians. The Italians are the better team and will take care of Romania. Italy 2 - Romania 0

KillaFam is the resident futbol expert at Kabob Evans winning the majority of online FIFA matches against Umair. He is also the resident expert at making stuff up.

NBA Finals Game 4 Preview

Dammit Rondo, learn how to shoot.

The Lakers are looking to tie up the series tonight at 2 games a piece and rebound from the 2 game deficit that they were in. If the Lakers win tonight, I see them going back to Boston with a 3-2 series lead. HOWEVAH, the Celtics are going to win tonight. First of all, Paul Pierce is not going to have another 2-14 shooting performance and Kevin Garnett is probably going to be bad offensively again because you can never trust him in the clutch, but expect him to play great defense and get tough rebounds. And expect Pierce to go for about 30 points tonight. Also, Sasha Vujacic is not going to shoot lights out again because I don't think he has had two good games back to back this entire season. I don't know if that previous sentence is true, but I'm gonna take a page out of KillaFam's playbook and say that it is. Anyways, I think a Celtics victory is also pretty dependent on the health of Rajon Rondo. He needs to play well for the Celtics to have any kind of offensive fluidity. He was a tremendous catalyst in game 2 when he dished out 16 assists, and only shot the ball 4 times. That's what he needs to do in this game because let's face it, Rondo shoots like a poor man's Jason McElwain. So, expect a win by the Boston Celtics tonight if Rondo is his usual self.

Prediciton: Celtics 90, Lakers 86

The 2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship Preview

We're talking golf here at Kabob Evans headquarters. I know what you're thinking: Who cares about golf? But this is a major championship we're talking about, and there are so many subplots. Like will Tiger be able to win the major coming off of knee surgery and basically no practice? Or will the pairings of the top players in the world make for dramatic television? Speaking of which, I don't understand why it has taken the heads of golf so long to put the top players together when that's the only players the average fan, like myself, actually know or care about. Although, this is coming from a sport that still doesn't allow women into Augusta National. Actually, women shouldn't be allowed to play sports; just look at the WNBA. Anyways, who am I kidding, I'm not going to watch any of this, except for maybe the final round and that's only if either Tiger or Trevor Immelman are in the hunt. I care about Immelman AND his wife because they're South African, and people from that country are cool (ex. Dave Matthews). Boy would I like to putt on the green of Carmenita Immelman. But anyways, for those of you who do care, coverage of the U.S. Open starts tomorrow at 1:00p.m. EDT on ESPN.

Your Daily Euro 2008 Update

[Ed. Note: Welcome to your daily Euro 2008 update. Unlike Raheelium's blog, Bihari Shabab, this will truly be a daily update of the day's matches. I cannot promise the same humor as that of Bihari Shabab Sports, but I can promise in-depth coverage of Euro 2008. You're welcome.]

Here was the day's most exciting match, and the highlights are provided for you in Turkish! It was very exciting for Turks all around the world as Arda Turan scored a stoppage time goal to provide Turkey with a crucial 3 points in Group A, while also effectively ending the Euro dream for the co-hosts of the tournament. Final score: Turkey 2-1 Switzerland. Actually, the only Swiss goal was scored by a player of Turkish descent so really the final score was 3-0 Turkey.

The first match of the day pitted Portugal against the Czech Republic. Nothing dramatic happened in this match and the Czechs were defeated by Portugal 3-1, ensuring a quarterfinals berth for Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo, who is breathtaking on and off the pitch, provided the second score for Portugal in the sixty-third minute. Since this was basically expected, and I don't feel like giving any more details here are Euro fans for your enjoyment.

NBA Finals Game 3 Recap

[Ed. Note: This will be the first of how ever many more games there are recaps/previews for the NBA Finals. People tell me I am somewhat of a basketball genius, even though I am a terrible athlete, so these should be informative.]


So the L.A. Lakers won last night, but I didn't find it to be all that impressive. I felt the Lakers needed a resounding win against the Boston Celtics with at least a double-digit margin of victory for them to feel that they are actually back in this series. Instead, the Lakers allowed the the Celtics to hang around all night, especially with the fact that Boston had a lead going into the fourth quarter, even though Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett had completely putrid efforts on the offensive end. The only thing that saved the Lakers from being down 0-3 in this series was timely shooting from Sasha Vujacic, who has great soccer player hair, and Kobe taking over in the fourth quarter. One bright spot for the Celtics was that I think Doc Rivers finally figured out he should be playing Eddie House as his backup point guard instead of Sam Cassell. Cassell is the epitome of a ball-hog and he shoots every time he touches the ball. There is no ball rotation when he is in the game and a terrible shot is taken as a result. I would think Rivers would have figured this out before Game 3, but better late than never.

Game 4 preview to come tomorrow.

Peeping Tom Spotted Outside Essence Carson's Residence

[Ed. Note: I was originally given this idea like 3 weeks ago, but I am just now getting around to it. It probably is already too late for me to post this, but screw it I have to keep this feud going. And like I said, this builds momentum.]

Last night, outside of her home in Paterson, New Jersey a peeping tom was seen. I was able to attain the brief from a source inside the police department, and the perpetrator was none other than notorious sexual deviant Raheelium.

Brief Details:
"Yesterday at approximately 11:00 p.m., Ms. Carson heard a noise outside of her bedroom window. As she looked out the window, she saw a brown male, wearing only what she described as an extremely large Rutgers sweatshirt, running from the yard. Subsequent investigation by officers revealed that lawn furniture had been stacked in front of the window. The suspect then stood on the furniture to reach the window. Additional information received by the officers revealed the suspect to be Raheelium of Kenvil, New Jersey. As of now, officers are in search of the suspect."

Can you use it in a sentence, please?

This video is from the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee from a couple weeks ago. I may be a little late with this, but I don't care because I'm trying to get a little momentum going. Here is young Sameer Mishra who mistakes the the word 'numnah' for 'numb nuts'. It's just a funny moment, and I decided to share it. Sameer later went on to win the entire Spelling Bee with the winning word being 'guerdon'. To quote rapper Webbie, who taught millions of kids how to spell 'independent', "Do you know what that mean?" Fittingly, 'guerdon' means "something that one has earned or gained." So, a belated congrats from Kabob Evans to Sameer for making his over-bearing parents proud.

Hey Buddy!

Kabob Evans headquarters.

So, Umair was nice enough to remind me that I too blog for the mysterious Kabob Evans (obviously a nom-de-guerre) so I guess this is my first post. So a little about myself; Umair and Raheelium's little lover's quarrel has nothing to do with me so I'm staying out of it. I enjoy Gina Carano but don't approve of her job, women aren't made to be hit like that (unless of course the bitch gets lippy, then she's fair game. Obviously). I dislike cauliflower ear. Alot. I have no bad qualities and am never wrong, if you think I'm wrong it's because you're wrong. So shut up when you talk to me. I look forward to spontaneously posting for the reading pleasure of myself and Umair because let's be honest, I'm talking to myself right now. Hey buddy how are you doing? I'm fine and yourself? I'm good too, hey it's almost 2 am let's go to sleep guy! you're right! later broski...

Gina Carano Update

As previously blogged about on Kabob Evans, Gina Carano was featured on the May 31st telecast of Elite XC on CBS and she kicked ass. Gina, in the black trunks, was taking on Kaitlin Young, who I have no further information on aside from the fact that she is not the toothless streetwalker featured in the other Gina Carano video. Carano absolutely smashed Young like she was her red-headed stepdaughter. Normally, I would find this kind of thing really hot, but I felt bad about this fight because it was just a good old fashioned beatdown. I am going to go ahead and call Gina Carano being the next big thing in terms of hottest female athlete because kicking the crap out of another chick is hot. Also, it was pretty fantastic that Gus Johnson was announcing this telecast because that guy is awesome. He makes everything exciting, and if you have never seen him announce a college basketball game then you have really missed out. Anyways, Kimbo Slice was the main event of this telecast and here is Round 3 of his fight with James Thompson in which Kimbo slices open Thompson's ear. Just know that Round 3 was 100 times more disgusting in HD.