Fat Matt Stairs, NO MORE

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I am an ESPN insider, and check their Sports Rumors every day. I love looking at all the B.S. that ensues throughout the major sporting leagues. Most of it never happens, some of it is cooler talk, but today there was a report that tickled me. I literally spent five minutes laughing hysterically. Matt Stairs (at the age of 41, and one of my personal favorites) has finally, FINALLY dropped 31 pounds! He went from 230 down to 199, the lightest he's been in 15 YEARS! How did the ol' beer belly drop the weight? None other than Nurtisystem. Thank you Dan Marino! Granted he is a career .264 hitter, last season Stairs looked like he couldn't swing because his man boobs were always in the way. He hit .194 in 103 at-bats, not very good for a guy with 259 career home runs.

Reportedly, Stairs lost the weight because he wants to "enhance his mobility in the field" because he is looking for another job. He is willing to take a minor league deal as long as he gets an invite to Major League camp. Here's to hoping we get to see half of Matt Stairs stroll up to the plate in the 9th inning against the Dodgers for another chance at a walk off situation.

NBA Rookie of the Year Candidates

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Unlike some of the past few years, the NBA has a tough task at hand when it comes to deciding who the Rookie of the Year will be for 2010. Guys like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Brandon Roy, Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, and Amare Stoudemire completely ran the table in ROTY voting making it easy in the past. Entering this season, most crowned Blake Griffin but the favored front runner fell ill to the Clipper Curse making way for a plethora of equal rook's looking to steal the award. After a few weeks, it looked like the 20 year old from Compton California, Brandon Jennings, was leading th
e pack, but Tyreke Evans, Stephen Curry and DeJuan Blair might have something to say about that. With the NBA close to the trade deadline, and All Star break, here is a little peak at the top ROTY candidates.

NBA Power Rankings 1/19



So now that I am fully invested in the NBA season because college football has ended, and the NFL has had a crazy amount of dud playoff games I want to have a weekly post that you the reader can influence. I want to do a week by week NBA Power Rankings based on play, my personal opinion, and you the fans. We have already got some emails asking who the elite teams are, so keep those coming in. I also ask for NBA fans, and readers alike to email themanchise@gmail.com with your top five teams and your opinions will also influence these posts from here on out (and if you have no life as I do give me some sort of reasoning and I will be sure to add those to the post). So please, fellow "Manchisers" give me your feedback!

1. Los Angeles Lakers- This was tough considering how well the Cavs had played lately, but after I looked at some numbers the Lakers had it all the way (so allow me to break this down). The Lakers have played 41 games and The Flowing Spaniard has only played in 24 of those. Add in Ron Artest missing five games, and Kobe dealing with a frustrated back and splinted finger and it is remarkable this team hasn't fallen apart. With all of these injuries, the Lakers still have the best record in the NBA while playing the tenth toughest schedule. They have the best player in the league, and when completely healthy, this team is dangerous because of the balance they have with any five on the floor.

Playoff Sunday


First I want to offer our thoughts and prayers to Gaines Adams and his family. The Chicago Bears defensive end was 26 years old and died this morning of cardiac arrest. The number four overall pick in the 2007 draft was looking for a new start in Chicago and towards the end of the season it seemed like he might revive his career. In 47 games, Adams had 67 tackles and 13.5 sacks. ESPN is reporting that Adams had an enlarged heart which was the cause of the cardiac arrest. It is always a shame to loose somebody that young in any situation, and again we extend our prayers to both his real family and football family.

On to a better note, unless your a Cowboy fan, the Vikings are absolutely causing a ruckus in the Metro Dome this afternoon. Brett Favre and Sidney Rice have diced the Dallas defense up to this point and are leading 20-3. Tony Romo has fumbled three times, two of them were lost. He has been sacked six times, and has been hit around ten. The offensive line looks like the guy Ronnie dropped in The Jersey Shore (just laying there motionless while the Viking defense hoots and hollers in their face). Romo looks like he might cry either from the pain from being hit, the mistakes (3 fumbles, and a interception), or because he wants to look like Joe Flacco (Flacco always looks like he might cry. He is like the fat kid that always wants to play tag, but when he's "it" and can't catch any of the faster kids, he sits down in the middle of the park and is seconds away from tears). If things couldn't get any worse, Shaun Suisham might be thrown off the top of the massive jumbo-tron that inhabits Jerry's World for his two missed field goals. There is still time left and hopefully the Cowboys can put something together to make this game interesting. Updates will come.

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