Weekend Open Thread

I need someone to explain this to me. The San Antonio Spurs and New Orleans Hornets wrapped up game 5 of their NBA playoff series on Tuesday night in New Orleans and then t raveled to San Antonio to play game 6 on Thursday night. So why do we have to wait until Monday for game 7? Needless to say one thing I won’t be watching this weekend is Spurs/Hornets but I do intend to check out Boston/Cleveland and Lakers/Jazz on Friday night and then Cleveland/Boston again on Sunday because we all know the home teams are winning.

We’ve also got interleague baseball this weekend with the Yankees/Mets being the marquee match-up. Who would have though that the Yankees would be under .500 and in last place in the AL East at this point?

NASCAR has the Sprint Showdown at the Lowes Motor Speedway where Kyle Busch and Jeff Burton get to keep dueling for the top spot in the Sprint Cup standings.

Also there’s the Preakness on Saturday and while I’m not a big horse racing fan I am interested to see Big Brown run again because he’s got a really good shot at winning the Triple Crown.

Well that’s what I’m watching this weekend. How about you?

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Are We Seeing The Final Saga of The Joe Paterno Story?

I hate it when I’m watching a movie and realize that it should have ended twenty to thirty minutes earlier. You know what I’m talking about. There was the perfect scene that would have made the perfect ending to what could have been a very good movie. Instead the director for some unknown reason decided to prolong it and the movie instead turned out average. The end is everything because that is what people remember the most. That’s why I’m concerned about Joe Paterno’s legendary coaching career at Penn State. Continue...

I’ve Got To Get Better At This!

My Opinion on Sports had a birthday last month and I failed to acknowledge it. Yes, I admit that I am absent minded from time to time but this little website/blog is my baby and I’m pretty sure that this is the second year in a row I’ve overlooked the anniversary date.

Since its inception in April of 2005 My Opinion on Sports has attracted over 81,500 visits with 136,300 plus page views. We’ve also branched out into some sport specific sites with Bases Loaded covering MLB, NonStop NASCAR, 4th and Inches covering the NFL, The BCS Mess covering college football and The March to Madness which covers college basketball.

Thank you to everyone who reads the site, leaves comments and participates on the message boards sharing your opinions on sports.

Why Use A List Broker?

Marketers want to reach a maximum number of people for a minimum price and with minimum effort in order to lower overhead and increase profits. On simple way to accomplish that is by using a “list” to contact a specific demographic, gender or age group. Of course to get all the bang for your buck you’ll want to make sure that you select the right list broker to meet your needs.

O.J. Mayo Was USC’s Highest Paid Athlete in 2008 (We Think)

Reggie Bush and his family made hundreds of thousands of dollars while he was a star at USC from 2003-2005. To date nothing has happened to the Heisman Trophy winner or the athletic department for his receiving of improper benefits as a college athlete. Now on the heels of the news that basketball star O.J. Mayo received over $30,000 and other benefits while he attended high school and during his only season at Southern Cal it at least appears that USC is the place to go if you want to get paid as a college athlete.

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Barry Bonds Is Old!

If you were the GM of a major league baseball team how much would you be willing to offer the career leader in homeruns to play for your team? If that person was a roid head who was cancerous in the club house and had also been indicted this past year on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice and would most likely be facing trial by the end of the year he would look a lot less appealing. Oh yeah, and he’s 43!

Continue on to complete article and share your opinion in the poll.

Not Going To Be The NFL’s Citizen Of The Year

Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson had a run in with the law while boating in Texas over the weekend but you’ll be more appalled by the actions of former Vikings defensive lineman Darrion Scott who was arrested for abusing his two year old.

Benson is going to fight the charges against him, saying that he wasn’t intoxicated and was abused by the law enforcement officers. In fact, after being pepper sprayed the officers tried to wash out his eyes and face and his lawyer equated that to torture.

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Speed Racer Ad Takes Innovative Approach

TORONTO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)----Jokeroo.com, http://www.jokeroo.com, one of the pioneers in internet video and entertainment, has premiered the video fade-out advertisement with the upcoming movie, Speed Racer. The new format was designed to attract marketers across the globe with an advertisement that's high impact and engaging, while avoiding any negative impact on the user.

Although the campaign is still in its infancy, it has produced spectacular results posting a click-through north of 4 percent, which is much higher than eMarketer's quoted preroll standard of 0.5 to 0.9 percent. "When coming up with the idea we were looking for something that offered great performance for the advertiser while keeping the user happy," says Aleks Dugonjic, the President of Jokeroo.com.

The creative takes up the full screen outside of the video player environment, which avoids interrupting the user experience but allows the advertiser's brand to go unnoticed. The fade-out can last up to thirty seconds until it slowly starts fading out and the Jokeroo.com webpage appears. A live example can be found here: http://www.jokeroo.com/funnyvideos/transformers_stop_motion.html

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