Sports News Pissing Us Off This Monday

Thanks for Giving us Another Reason to Hate The Yankees (Photo: Post)

Don't you hate f-in Mondays? Particularly, when you have one of those weekends that wasn't? Well, color me foul-mooded this Monday evening. Hence, why some of the following stories may be rubbing me the wrong way a bit more than usual. These fall generally under the category of give-me-a-freakin' break and/or you-have-to-be-kidding-me.

Yankee Crap: We make no bones about it. We hate the Yankees. It's not even Wes Mantooth type hatred, where we actually respect them. We don't. We despise the organization, their fans and everything about the team and what it represents. Therefore, we actually somewhat enjoy when they provide more fuel for our hatred. Which is what comes with this whole Elliot Johnson "controversy." Here are the basics. A 23-year old kid fighting to make the Tampa Bay Rays plowed over a reserve Yanks catcher in a spring training game. Catcher fractured his wrist. Predictably, the Yankees are whining. Rays Index, though partisan, captures our sentiments exactly.

I've Had Enough of "Psycho T": At one point, before all the hype, we didn't mind Tyler Hansbrough. Apparently, this country just can't suppress the excitement that there's a white kid starting for a big time school with a chance to be player of the year. That's one of the only explanations I can come up with right now. Oh! And he hustles...he's fearless...he's indomitable...such a leader! Makes us want to throw up. We usually don't go the way of much mainstream media linkage, but we thought Mike Freeman at CBS sports.com had a good quote on this one:

"When Dick Vitale basically declared during this weekend's Duke-North Carolina broadcast that Tyler Hansbrough displayed the most desire of any player he has seen in all the years he has been covering college basketball, for a moment -- a fleeting one -- I thought I was smoking crack again."

Vitale's hyperbole is symbolic of the rest of the media. Read the rest of Freeman's column here (via The Big Lead).

NASCAR Scandal: So, a guy ripped a tire company on national TV. WHY DO WE CARE? It's NAS-CAR. Unbelievable the amount of people talking about this. Probably the same folks who can't get enough "Psycho T."

Issac Bruce in Rice's #80: Honestly, I used to like Issac Bruce. He's been a solid player for a long time. Never bitched much, although he probably had the license to do so in the later years in the 'Lou given his tenure and contributions to the franchise. Now, he has to go out and do something dumb. The point is not whether Rice would let Bruce wear his #80. It's about Bruce showing some respect for a peer who is inarguably the greatest receiver of all-time and spent 15 years in a Niners uni. Grab another number, Isaac. It's called respect for the game. Oh yea, and way to endear yourself to the locals.

Stop Hitting Women, Seriously: Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison was arrested on Saturday after breaking down the bathroom door (behind which his girlfriend had barricaded herself), cracking her cellphone in half and then slapping her. As followers of all things the 'Burgh, Sportocracy relates that this is indeed the second offseason incident regarding an angry woman and Stillers player. Luckily for Harrison, his girl didn't go popping caps in the walls. It's one thing to shake the sh*t out o someone (like Chris Rock said), but c'mon fellas? Open-handed slaps to the face? Does that make you feel like more of a man?

That's all we've got for now...we're spent. Looking forward to Tuesday.