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I Make Picks, Ya’ll Win Money

Not really. It’s just getting hard to come up with titles other than Week 8 Picks, ya feel me? Hell, you might win some money, though. Last week I went 6 for 13. Yikes. Let’s get on a path to redemption shall we? THE PICKS!!! New England -7 @ St. Louis – New England is hardly looking like the team of yesteryear, but I still believe they are going to win this game. St. Louis tends to score late, and New England tends to give up a lot of points late. Regardless, I’m taking New England -7. Indianapolis +3.5…

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The Fans are Chanting Barry…Manilow

1.) I watched exactly one pitch of the World Series yesterday, and luckily for me, it was Pablo Sandoval’s first home run.  Good stuff. But, sorry World Series, baseball is boring and I had AMC’s Halloween marathon to keep me busy. With that being said, did anyone else see the clip on Deadspin? If not, let me summarize. Barry Zito has just hit an RBI single (I think) and here is where it gets interesting, allow me to post the transcript between the wonderful (sarcasm) announcers Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. Buck: How about Zito? And how about 4…

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Surfing as a Spectator Sport

This is not a sport we talk about often on the Headrush, but it is one that I am increasingly finding enjoyable as a spectator sport – Surfing. Nearly all the events are streamed live online, the latest one being the Rip Curl Pro Portugal (http://live.ripcurl.com/?portugal2012#popup-1). Each event website has interesting commentary, an excellent Heat Analyzer feature where you can watch highlights from previous match-ups, and video extras. Here are highlights from the Final (if you read the comments on the video there was a bit of controversy, which will be addressed later): Portugal Final What makes it so…

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The Super Quick Picks

It’s Thursday! That means the games for Week 7 start tonight. That means my picks for this week are going to be just as good as last week! First, how did I do last week? 8 of 13. Not too shabby, I must say. I called the Jets game. Called the Bucs. Almost called the Cowboys minus half a point. Second, if you haven’t noticed, our latest Tweet doesn’t show up in Chooch’s quote box anymore!! Twitter has literally revamped their entire API, meaning all the thousands of people who used to embed Tweets without their gay-ass widget can’t…

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The Ballad of Vick Ballard

1.) Today, I am starting Vick Ballard in two fantasy football leagues.  Who is Vick Ballard you ask?  Damned if I know!  I couldn’t pick Vick Ballard out of a lineup, but now, my fantasy football hopes are pinned to him. Especially in theheadrush league, as I put up 172 pts last week, good for 2nd most in the league, only to be shallacked by the dude who put up the most points in the league: 272. But that’s how it goes sometimes in fantasy. Oh, here’s a picure of Vick Ballard that I just found on-line. Now I…

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Matt Cord Returns as Sixers PA Announcer!!!

Last year, Matt Cord was promoted, of sorts, in the Sixers organization and no longer held the title of PA announcer from all of the Sixers’ games in Wells Fargo. Tom Lamaine filled the position during the very short 2011-12 season and basically destroyed it. For 2 reasons: 1) Tom Lamaine compared play-by-play announcing at a basketball game to weather reports on the weekly news 2) Matt Cord was probably the coolest PA announcer in the history of basketball Seriously, it was so awesome hearing Matt Cord scream “AAAANDREEEYYYY IGUUOOOOOO (pause) DALA DALA DALA DALA!!!” during home games. He…

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Makin’ Some Picks Ya’ll

Hey there friends! The bland 2 days you have to spend without football are over! The Pittsburgh Steelers are getting ready to take on the Tennessee Titans (yawn), but before I get to that, I have some fodder. I just finished reading a story on Yahoo where a drunk girl in Colorado apparently wandered into some mansion that wasn’t hers, so when the home owner discovered her, he shot her in the hip. She was 3 times the legal alcohol limit and may have been given a date-rape drug. Police noted that her statements were incredibly incoherent and she…

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