Weekend Wrap-Up

Aight all my Ferocious Gentlemen out there it is time for the 1st ever edition of the, "Weekend Wrap-Up." The wrap up will cover the big sports stories from that week, music news, movie news, and some youtube clips to look out for. But before we get into that, I want to make sure everyone joins our beat the streak group; that way we can all compete against each other and see who truly knows sports the best. Onto the Weekend Wrap-Up!

SPORTS: In a crazy week of sports a few stories caught my eye. I will not be buying the A-Rod book but hearing that he tipped off opposing batters to pitches, in hope that they would return the favor, was extremely disturbing. As if professional baseball didn't already have enough bad publicity. Also, is Brett Favre coming back? The more I think about it, the more it makes sense to me. Brett has been dropping hint after hint. "At this time, I am retired and have no intention of returning to football." No one says, "At this time," if they think their career is over. Plus, why in the world would he need that release from the Jets so badly? If he was retired for good, who cares who has his rights? Brett is out for revenge now. He couldn't control where he went before, when he was sent to the Jets. But after his release, now he is in the driver's seat. There is nothing Brett would rather do then beat the Packers twice next year, and I believe he will try to do just that with the Minnesota Vikings. But until that happens, don't worry, you'll hear pleeeenty of Brett Favre talk everywhere you go.

MOVIES: The highly anticipated, summer blockbuster X Men Origins: Wolverine came out last Friday and the critics weren't impressed, giving it a B-. I thought I would do some research of my own so I asked our resident geek/tech department worker ,Jason, what he thought of the film after seeing it. He provided a perfect answer, "I wouldn't skip Star-Trek for it." Like I said, perfect answer, thank you, Jason.

MUSIC: Rick Ross' new album, Deeper Than Rap, is currently number one on the charts (Barely edging out Hannah Montana, yikes!) The CD has some solid tracks but if you want to check out something new, look up a group called Chester French. The group is comprised of two guys who, get this, met at Harvard. They bring something new to the hip hop scene with their first album, Love The Future. Check it out.

YOUTUBE CLIP: The clip below has been giving me trouble ever since the NFL Draft. It is of the Chicago Bears 3rd round pick, a defensive end from San Jose State, named Jarron Gilbert. The video is of him jumping out of a pool full of water. I have no idea how it is possible, but I've watched it over and over again and it looks legitimate to me. He's pretty athletic with a vertical leap of over 35 inches and he squats over 630 pounds, but I still don't see how this video is possible. Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think. By the way, if you don't think this video looks too impressive, I suggest you try jumping out of the a pool using no hands, next time you decide to go for a swim.

Stay Ferocious All You Gents,
Riles P




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