Ravens suck - what's new!

So I was talking with a buddy of mine this morning, and we were talking about a few games that happened in the NFL and NBA. The one game in the NFL was the Monday Night Football game between the New England Patriots and my Baltimore Ravens.

I was pretty pissed after seeing the Ravens scores throughout the night on my Blackberry, even up to the last couple minutes of the game. Then I saw the highlights and was even more pissed that they lost the way they did - let's just put it this way, Baltimore lost, New England didn't win.

The one thing I get annoyed about is whenever B-more loses, Billick always stands up and accuses the refs of bad calls; this one time, I have to agree with him (on some points). I don't think the refs were told by the league to let the Pats win - that's just ridiculous; but I do know there were some pretty petty calls and some really bad calls on those last couple drives. The one where Rex Ryan called the time-out - I don't know, that's a hard one to overturn; in those pressure situations, you have to rely on your ears to hear someone call time-out. It sucks that the call was made, cause the Ravens stopped the Pats, and they would have won the game.

Oh well - if Bart Scott wouldn't have lost his temper, there wouldn't have been a second unsportsman-like penalty on him. And, I'm sorry, but Jabar Gaffney did not have full possession of the ball when he went out of bounds on the touchdown; his feet were clearly down, but he was still bobbling the ball making sure to tuck it. That's what sucks. But it's over and there's really nothing anyone can do about it now.

However, we're now subject to Samari Rolle talking about how the ref called him 'boy' on the field. I know it's pride out there, and I'm not discounting any kind of derogatory term from anyone, but I just get tired of hearing complaints from the Ravens when they lose. It's like that one person you know, who complains about everything - even if it's good. And again, if the guy really did call him a 'boy' he should be suspended and docked pay; but why drag it into the media and make it the focal point of why you lost the game. Take it up privately to the league office and make your statement there. That one incident is not why the Ravens lost on Monday night, it's a combination of things - namely 13 penalties for over 100 yards, and a complete lack of offense.

Now, don't get me started on the offense; one game isn't going to change my opinion on how awful that side of the ball is. Sure, Willis McGahee ran all over the place, but that's because they finally gave him the damn ball; look throughout the season at how many times he carried - less than 20 times in a lot of games. I'm sorry, Kyle Boller is not that good of a QB, and Steve McNair is not even close to the 'Air McNair' figure head he was back in Tennessee. Plain and simple, the Ravens are not a good team this year; they may show glimpses of hope every so often, but they have to do something to change it up and revamp that offense or they'll soon turn into the laughing stock of the NFL.

I guess I'm more upset than I let on about the Ravens - that game really took a lot out of me. But, it was also last night's Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs game that also made me a little upset. See Michael is a huge Spurs fan; I'm a pretty big Mavericks fan. We talk about that match-up all the time.

So onto the Mavs/Spurs - freakin' Dirk - 15 points and only 9 rebounds???? What kind of bull is that! There was no true big man in the middle stopping him, and he still could only manage 9 rebounds. And I've got to give it up to Manu Ginobili - sick and hurt, and he powered through to score 37 points; that's not bad on a day where he's 100%! I'll chalk it up to a bad game design by Avery Johnson; and speaking of Avery Johnson, do you ever get the feeling that he's not the real coach? My thoughts are Mark Cuban is secretly feeding him plays in a tiny ear piece. I guess we'll all find out when the NBA decides to put microphones on all the coaches - now what a stupidly insane thing to do! I could probably go on all day about that one.

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David Benioff Talks Wolverine

So I just came back from the press day for David Benioff's new film, The Kite Runner. It's based on Khaled Hosseini’s best selling novel (of the same name); it opens in theaters December 14th.

While there, I couldn't help but ask him about his latest flick, Wolverine.

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It's all about Wednesday night comedy on FOX

FOX is returning to the comedy game on Wednesday nights and it's all thanks to Brad Garrett and Til Death and the lead-in new sitcom, Back to You with Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton.

One of the tallest Jews I've ever met, Brad talked to JewReview.net about the new season of his show, and TV newcomer Josh Gad plays the boss of Kelsey and Patricia on his show.

You can read the great chat with Josh Gad here. And Brad's hilarious interview here.

All you want to know about this season on Family Guy

Family Guy has to be one of the best shows on television, and this summer, I had the chance to be part of the table read for the FOX animated series' 100th episode.

After that, I spoke with Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis and Seth MacFarlane about the show and what we can expect from Season Six on Family Guy.

The entire interview is right here. Family Guy's kick-off this fall was a retelling of Star Wars.

Kathy Najimy is Awesome!

So during the recent Television Critics Association, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kathy Najimy, who voices Peggy Hill from King of the Hill. We also got into talking about her husband's band, The Dan Band.

You can check out the whole interview here.

King of the Hill premieres tonight on FOX.

Stephen Colbert's Repentance Hotline

So Stephen Colbert has once again set up his Repentance Hotline through his program, The Colbert Report.

All you have to do is call up the designated number, 1-888-OOPS-JEW (1-888-667-7539) and you can repent for all those sins throughout the year. I guess this is rather than doing it at shul during Yom Kippur.

I’m still trying to figure out if this is a good thing or just a really stupid thing. From what I can recall, Colbert set up the same kind of thing during Chanukah last year. And my theory is he’s definitely trying to have fun with the whole concept.

I’m not the biggest fan of Stephen Colbert to begin with, but there are certain things that he does that are really funny. Most of the time, I find him completely arrogant and annoying. There aren’t too many skits that make me laugh, and I think sometimes he says some things which just are plain rude.

Last night, he had Ed Asner call in to the Repentance Hotline – extremely funny stuff! If you want a laugh or two in the next two days, dial 1-888-OOPS-JEW (1-888-667-7539).

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JaMarcus Russell signs with the Raiders???

So I hear JaMarcus Russell has finally signed his contract last night for $68 million with the Oakland Raiders. That makes him the final draft pick to sign with his team; granted, he was the number one pick but four months? What was everyone thinking???

My theory is the Raiders wanted this guy badly enough after the way they performed on Sunday – I guess they really just need some fresh legs at quarterback. 83-year-old Dante Culpepper isn’t going to cut it.

But let me point out something here – at first, they were squabbling over $3 million. The originally contract from the Raiders was offered at around $27 million; Russell’s people wanted around $30 million. So what the hell happened to push it up to $68 million?

Now, does anyone actually think Russell’s going to perform well enough that he’ll take the Raiders to the ‘next level?’ Most likely, he won’t even play in one single game this year; the kid held out of training camp, the pre-season, and the first game of the season. If Al Davis has a brain on his shoulders, he shouldn’t let this kid even on the field this year.

But then again, we already know the man doesn’t know anything about how to put a winning team together anymore. The Raiders have become the laughing stock of the NFL – way to go Detroit, you don’t have that distinction anymore!!

Anyway, if it were up to me, after all this holding out, I would have traded him or just plain gotten rid of him. Who needs a 21-year-old punk on your team, who’s only out for money? You already have 50 on your team with much more experience, why add a fresh rookie to that mix.

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Britney Spears fizzles - but are you really that surprised?

So people are saying that Britney Spears’ performance at tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards was a letdown.

But really – was anyone actually expecting anything mind blowing? I know I wasn’t.

Take nothing away from how incredibly talented Ms. Spears is – she’s certainly an amazing performer. Always has been, and maybe will possibly be one of the best of all time. But it’s been nearly 4 years since the girl was sane.

And I mean that with all the sincerity in the world; you kind of have to feel sorry for the girl. A millionaire-turned-trailer girl - - oh, wait. Sorry, trailer girl-turned trailer girl, who earned a crap load of money, and didn’t know how to handle it.

Ok, so back to the performance – first, her new song, Gimme More, didn’t do anything for me when I first heard it last week. And so, hearing it live and watching Britney lip-sync it and try to dance on stage didn’t do too much more. Common girl, you did used to sing live during your concerts; what happened?

I don’t know…maybe in another year you’ll get the guts to sing again. But right now, you just don’t have it.

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