Tonight is the BCS National Championship at The Granddaddy Of ‘Em All. Beastly Alabama Crimson Tide of the mighty Southeastern Conference against the woeful Texas Longhorns of the weaktastic Big XII Conference. It’s David and Goliath and this time it counts.

Due to his propensity for having intercourse with his cousin, commenter Illformula is a devout Bama fan. He wears houndstooth briefs every Saturday even though they don’t match his infamous wifebeater. Based on this and my fandom for the best athletic program in the nation Texas Longhorns, we have decided to make a low wager bet. The loser (in this case, illformula) will send the winner (me) a t-shirt (or a beater, if one wishes) from a local establishment.

If by some freak occurrence I lose, I’ll probably send him a Salt Lick shirt. It’s a great conversation starter and god knows that Texas bbq beats the fuck out of Virginia bbq or Carolina bbq, or wherever the fuck he’s from.

*or a t-shirt

In anticipation of the coming baseball season, we will be previewing all 30 teams over the next month. To see all of our team previews, please click here.

This team is coming off a World Series victory… like 8 years ago! [Ed: Try two.]

The Cardinals have one of the drunkest/sleepiest/best managers in the game in Tony La Russa. In addition to having a future Hall of Famer for a manager, they are also affectionately known to fans as the Buzzsaw. Read the rest of this entry »

Today was great – you know it, I know it and you know it. A lot of stuff happened, but I didn’t get to experience much of it. To continue the theme of MLJ Car Accident Week, my missus got into a wreck with my daughter. Thank goodness everyone is alright, but it sucks that it was the other driver’s fault and I have a sneaking suspicion that they are uninsured. Goodbye, deductible. How was your day?

I’ll be home most of the night, but most likely away from the computer. I still haven’t caught up on my sleep from the trip de Mexico, so I’m hoping to turn in by 9:00 tonight (Central).

What’s on? Here you go (All times American Heartland Time):

7:00, Lakers at Celtics, TNT: Kobe Bryant goes for the season sweep against that huge fagina Kevin Garnett. If he goes for 50 tonight, he vaults into the lead in the MVP debate.

8:00, The Office, NBC: Yahoo! TV Listings indicate that this is Part 1 of 2, so expect some sort of “To Be Continued” cliffhanger at the end of the episode. Sorry to ruin the surprise.

Well, that’s all I see that’s worth recommending. Lord knows that I’m not gonna stay up for Mavs at Jazz.

Why don’t you spend some time with your loved ones? Clown out.

A very important programming note, today October 20th 2008, I, the Great RomanWarHelmet, am taking over the Miami Sports – City of Champions website. You see, myself and the Editor in Chief of City of Champs made a small wager over who would have a better record for the 2008, my beloved Mets and his shitty Marlins. At that point in time the Marlins had a 3.5 game lead over the Mets. Of course, we know what happened so I am now getting my payoff by taking over his little blog and making it a New York utopia. Which is essentially what Miami is for New York Hef’s. Today be prepared to be dazzled as I tear down what ever it is that the 8 sports fans in Miami hold sacred. And if one of those things is stopping the Mets from making the playoffs, well I guess a team that has 2 World Championships in a decade has it’s priorities straight. Enjoying their 3rd place finish. Real champs right there. Come on over and enjoy the fun.

So, this little bet between my precocious little buddy, cortes at CityofChamps, and I is not even fun anymore. The Marlins have very little chance of making up those 8.5 games (9 in the Loss column) and it truly gives me nothing to fill time with for the rest of September. I will, of course, shit in his face one more time when the mathematical possibility of the Marlins catching up goes away but I figure it is time for me to give you, the interested reader (OK readers, there may be two of you) an idea of the type of posts I am going to bring to Miami Sports…City of Champions. But before we do, let us recap what has happened since the last time we looked at the bet. Read the rest of this entry »

I was going to write about my bet with cortes two weeks but that silly goose, Intern CRM, wrote his stupid post, inserting himself in a place where he didn’t belong. This bet is all about me taking over a 17 year old’s blog and making the title City of Champs more correcter by actually talking about Championship teams. Well, what a difference two weeks makes huh? You know the answers but let’s just go through the formalities: Read the rest of this entry »

Well, here we are. The series five of us have been waiting for. Mets vs Marlins. Roman vs cortes. MLJ vs cityofchamps. Since it is only July, and these teams have nine games left with each other AFTER the three they play this week, this series is not going to decide this bet. For those who don’t know (Sportsgal cover your ears and eyes) whoever’s team has the most wins at the end of the season gets to take over the other’s blog. But this series can go a long way in deciding how this divisional race is going to play out. And in essence have a say over this bet. So before we go into looking at the series, let us look at where we stood the last time we analyized the bet: Read the rest of this entry »

As has been chronicled here and elsewhere, cortes of City of Champions and myself have a bet over who will get more wins this year, the Mets or the Marlins. The winner invades the other guys blog and causes all sorts of chaos and destruction. There will also be punch and pie. Well, as cortes was writing up a few choice words about the greatness of the U’s legal team, Jeff Conine’s Hall of Fame chances, and who will replace Dwayne Wade after he joins the Knicks in 2010 (we all know LeBron will be a Net, it’s science) something funny happened. A team of such strength, such perseverance, such wonderment put on a Tatisian effort and has won 9 straight games and counting. The Mets are on fire. The Marlins not so much. So let’s look at the records of these two teams the last time we checked in on this all important bet: Read the rest of this entry »

For those who don’t know (everyone but 12 people) cortes from CityofChamps and I have a bet over who will have a better record at the end of the season, the Mets or the Marlins. The winner gets to invade the other guy’s website for a day and spew hatred and propaganda to the laughs and amusement of the readers (well in CityofChamps case it’s cortes’s mom and 2 buddies and fetch). When this bet was first made, the Mets were a failing baseball team and the Marlins were hot. A few weeks later it was examined and it was getting a bit interesting:

As of June 30th:

Marlins 42-39

Mets 40-41

Well, something happen on the way to awful for the Mets. Willie was fired and Jerry Gangster took over. Guess what? The Mets are on fire. And they are charging hard. Now to the Marlins credit they have hung tough and we have a nice three team race going in the NL East and this silly bet now has legs and It gives me an easy topic to write every 7 to 10 days. Much to the chagrin of sportsgal. So where does the bet stand today?

As of July 11th:

Marlins 48-44

Mets 48-44

Thats right. Dead even. Suck on that Junior! (Well not literally, I don’t want to go to jail for having…umm… relations with a minor) Now with that out of the way I have a very important announcement after the jump.

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A few weeks ago young cortes from CityofChamps (smug little SOB) and myself made a fun little bet. If the Mets have more wins than the Marlins I take over his blog for a day and if the Marlins have more wins than the Mets he gets to write as many posts as he sees fit here at MLJ. Hef, of course, does not like this bet. Hef, you see, is all about control. And as we all know, Hef’s people already control the media, Hollywood, the banking system, the legal system and the hot dog business so him wanting control over my bet with cortes was to be expected. I had to dazzle Hef with a power point presentation and then explain that cortes was a good egg and perhaps a minority. Hef said, “We already have Clown, I filled the quota.” My response to that was as a self respecting Irishman I could never welsh on a bet, unless there was something more in it for me. Hef claimed he had nothing more for me and that I should just keep my silly bet but I better win. So with Hef’s blessing I give you this week’s analysis of the bet. Read the rest of this entry »