Big thanks to Hef for trading Quality Start days with me yesterday. Let’s see what happened last night.

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Cavs 97, Bucks 85: The Bucks are terrible. The Cavs didn’t play particularly well last night but still rolled to a 12 point victory. Big Z (23/17) and Big Ben (10 boards) were the highlights for the Cavs. After the game, Richard Jefferson came out of the closet. Dude’s gay.

Knicks 138, Warriors 125: Big time shootout at MSG last night. David Lee poured in 37 points and 21 boards. Chris Duhon (!) had 22 dimes. The Warriors are terrible.

Mavs 101, Kings 78: Ericka Dampier and Jason Terry had nice games, helping the Mavericks get back to .500 for the season. I’m still not ready to give up on this team.

Rockets 103, Spurs 84: Shane Battier is back for the Rockets. He will really help the team’s depth and defense, and he can knock down an open 3. He chipped in 15 points last night to bring Houston’s record up to 11-6.

Celtics 89, Bobcats 84: Kevin Garnett is gay. True story.

Enjoy your NFL Sunday, folks.

And it couldn’t come any sooner. Personally, I’m tired of hearing and reading about it. (Sorry Spencer, clown, Fetch, ETA: STIGS — YOU HAPPY NOW?) I’m finally back in Cleveland after four days at my parents’ house, where I spent Thanksgiving. Let’s check out tonight’s slate of NBA games.

Indiana @ Orlando: Indiana will look to get back in the playoff hunt with a win versus Orlando. If they can slow down Dwight (Hack-a-DHo anyone?), they’ll have a shot. Indiana’s Danny Granger is starting to get some press, which is nice to see, but I wish he contributed more than just points. He needs to develop more of a well-rounded game.

Boston @ Charlotte: I hope Fat May falls on and breaks Kevin Garnett’s ankle. Sincere.

San Antonio @ Houston: Tim Duncan is starting to get some help back. Manu returned earlier this week but has played limited minutes so far. He’ll need to shake the rust off tonight for the Spurs to win this tough road game.

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In one of the best games of the season, the Kansas Jayhawks stunned 13th ranked Mizzou to win the Border War. The game, the most played rivalry in D-1A college football, featured 916 yards of total offense.

Todd Reesing threw for 375 yards and 4 TDs, two of which went to backup QB Kerry Meier, who had 14 catches for 106 yards, including the game winner.

Chase Daniel had a good day, with 391 total yards, 103 of them on the ground. His longest gain of the afternoon ended when he was stripped of the football and KU recovered. Missouri took over 16 minutes to get their first first down, and they also surrendered a safety in the game. Dez Briscoe had 9 catches for 115 yards and a touchdown, and also had several key returns to set up short fields for the Jayhawks.

But the play of the game was a 4th and 7 when Reesing was pressured and had to scramble, and found Meier in the end zone to give the team the win.

This two year stretch for Kansas will be their first two winning seasons since 1994-1995, their first two .500 or better conference seasons  since 1980-1981, and their 11 conference wins in the past two years matches their total from the 5 before it combined. Todd Reesing also broke his own record in the game with 3,575 passing yards on the season.

Per Jay Glazer.

Update (11:07 CST): The Giants and their fans are full-on gheywads, especially Roman and Hef. More as it develops.

What 'chu talkin' bout, Bron Bron?

Don’t know if you heard the latest drama in the battle for Global Icon Status, but Charles Barkley recently came out and called Lebron stupid for even discussing going to another team while he’s under contract for two more years.  

If I was LeBron James, I would shut the hell up,” Barkley said in the Wednesday interview. “I’m a big LeBron fan. He’s a stud. You gotta give him his props. I’m getting so annoyed he’s talking about what he’s going to do in two years. I think it’s disrespectful to the game. I think it’s disrespectful to the Cavaliers.

Now, as much as I enjoy being disrespectful to the Cavaliers, Barkley is correct.  Lebronze should shut his damn pie hole and give the (very lousy) City of Cleveland a break.

Along those same lines, we here at MLJ are going to start giving Cleveland a minor break.  We’re going to try to avoid mentioning old what’s his name in context of playing for the Knicks, unless a major story breaks.  As such, we’ll try to keep it to obvious claims, like how much better Kobe is at basketball than him, and how he’s good at taking teams to 2nd round playoff exits.  That sort of thing.

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Good Evening, fans of excellence.  It was a mediocre day here at the three letter as everyone took the day off to let their aching stomachs rest.  Spence almost died and if he had, the blogging community would have been poorer for it (was that a compliment?  I think it was).  As you read this, I’m probably eating more turkey as we’re celebrating Second Thanksgiving with my in-laws.  The Hefs have a large family and Mrs. Hef does too but hers is full of words like “step-” and “half-” so there’s lots of people that are only tangentially related, if at all.  Nonetheless, it’s a joyous time in the great state of Arizona, and I’m grateful for another round of pumpkin pie.  After dinner, I’m heading out to the ASU/UCLA game and it’s supposed to rain (what?!?!?!?) so I’m anticipating a cold tomorrow.  Better get enough rum in me early to keep me warm, right?  Feel free to leave a comment as I’m sure some of you losers will be at home tonight.  Before you rent any movies, feel free to have them spoiled for you (Tyler Durden isn’t real!?!?!?!??!?!?!).

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1962: The last time the Lions on Thanksgiving mattered.

I didn’t come close to last year’s foodsplosion, which leaves me a very disappointed 096 on this glorious morning in Crapchester, NY.  I can’t explain it…I just couldn’t perform like I used to.  Something wasn’t right and I knew it after my first plate.  I’m never close to full after Round 1, but I guess I’m getting older and my metabolism isn’t what it used to be back in the day. 

Anyways, there was some football action last night.  And anything to take my mind of my decomposing consumption prowess is a welcome distraction.  At least my one fantasy team rocked (thanks Chris Johnson, Calvin Johnson (PPR league) and Witten!)

Tennessee 47, Detroit 10:  What an asswhooping.  How the Lions can continue to call themselves “professional” is beyond me.

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Thanksgiving is the time when they play a lot of great movies on TV, so I thought I’d be a jerk and spoil some of the good ones you haven’t seen before.  Enjoy.

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Oh what a great wonderful fantastic stupendous effervescent day here at the old compound. We all sat around the table eating turkey, praying to the spirit of our departed friend Gonzo, and watching football. Hef carves the Turkey. He is a really stickler for even slices. He is so slow it is ridiculous. Just carve it already. clown makes the candied yams. He has his own recipe that includes Tabasco sauce and tortilla shells. It is pretty good. Spencer provides the ‘incense” or so he calls it. Hef doesn’t like it. Nick P brings the pie and stigs sets the table. Rex plays bartender mixing drinks and regaling us all in stories of his latest conquests. Intern CRM makes the coffee . Fetch always has to clean the dishes because that is all what we had to do as teenagers. I am responsible for making the meal which is then ridiculed and picked at by the rest of the guys. But they eat it, don’t they? So on this Thanksgiving we are all filling our bellies and drinking our fill or in the case of certain members of our clan using certain substances to increase hunger and add value to his eating experience. We once again wish all off you the best on this holiday. So if you are alone or just sick of your family come and join is as we watch the following games: Read the rest of this entry »