Saturday, April 2, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Black and Blue: NCAA Tournament, NFL Lockout, Champion's League
New episode of Black and Blue Podcast! Check it out!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
We Are Moving Sites!
We've decided to try a new medium. We've moved our blog to WordPress. The new address is http://blackandbluesports.wordpress.com.
It has a lot more functionality and it looks to be our new permanent home! Follow us over there!
Tim Herb - Senior Writer
It has a lot more functionality and it looks to be our new permanent home! Follow us over there!
Tim Herb - Senior Writer
Goal of the Day - March 03, 2011
Who remembers this? Wicked goal.
What was it we said a Berbatov was? I think it was Johnny Walker Blue Label, Gold Label, and Black Label all mixed into one drink.
Goes down smooth just like this set up and volley. We may hate Man U, but you can't disrespect a finish like this.
A Lesson in Risky Promotion - New Cameron Newton Evidence
Scott Moore of 97.7 the Zone out of Huntsville has been making some huge waves the past few days, in the southeast anyway. The first real clip of him talking, I heard yesterday on Chuck and Chernoff on 680 the Fan in Atlanta. He claims to have heard the tapes between Cecil Newton and John Bond, stating that Cecil is claiming to have offers from Tennessee and Auburn. This is old news to anyone familiar with the story. The real "new" revelation in the Newton Saga is that Moore claims that it can be proven that Cameron Newton was in the backgrounds during the call and "knew about it."
I'm not really trying to reiterate the story. The story has been told so many times already and has been dissected thoroughly. The best of these stories being by Barrett Sallee of ChuckOliver.net and CFN.com.
When Moore came on the Chuck and Chernoff show, he did his very best to tease the hosts with information and refused to crack or give in when the hosts was grilling him with blunt and doubt casting questions. Moore, whether he has this new evidence or not, is doing a hell of a job promoting his brand new show that debuts in the coming weeks. He's refusing to give in to playing the tapes for the next two weeks.
See, he's doing exactly what we are taught in broadcasting courses in college. He's teasing and advertising this story to keep, or in this case, build an audience, and have them on the edge of their seats in anticipation to hear the "damning" evidence against everyone's favorite Heisman trophy winner, Cameron Newton.
What happens if when the time comes for him to play the tapes on his show and they're just what we've all heard before. I get that your main goal is syndication as a radio host, no matter what you talk about, but you better make sure that you aren't plugging your show with false promises. People are going to love you, hate you, or just not listen. Love and hate will bring listeners, apathy won't. If false promises are made, it's a recipe for apathy with a side of indifference.
--Tim Herb - Senior Writer
I'm not really trying to reiterate the story. The story has been told so many times already and has been dissected thoroughly. The best of these stories being by Barrett Sallee of ChuckOliver.net and CFN.com.
When Moore came on the Chuck and Chernoff show, he did his very best to tease the hosts with information and refused to crack or give in when the hosts was grilling him with blunt and doubt casting questions. Moore, whether he has this new evidence or not, is doing a hell of a job promoting his brand new show that debuts in the coming weeks. He's refusing to give in to playing the tapes for the next two weeks.
See, he's doing exactly what we are taught in broadcasting courses in college. He's teasing and advertising this story to keep, or in this case, build an audience, and have them on the edge of their seats in anticipation to hear the "damning" evidence against everyone's favorite Heisman trophy winner, Cameron Newton.
What happens if when the time comes for him to play the tapes on his show and they're just what we've all heard before. I get that your main goal is syndication as a radio host, no matter what you talk about, but you better make sure that you aren't plugging your show with false promises. People are going to love you, hate you, or just not listen. Love and hate will bring listeners, apathy won't. If false promises are made, it's a recipe for apathy with a side of indifference.
--Tim Herb - Senior Writer
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Goal of the Day - The Return of the Mack
First Goal of the Day in a long long time.
Quite a beauty. Players make the keeper pay for coming out all the time, but this one was just beautiful. It's hard to see on the first couple shots of it, but the last slow-motion replay shows it best.
Kobe vs Lebron
So, every year we get down to this topic and how they compare to each other and how they compare to Jordan. Well, the fact is that regardless of where they rank in the top 50 of all time, Jordan is light years of ahead of who ever is number 2. 6 Championships, 5 MVPs, 1 Defensive title, 9 times named to the NBA All Defensive Team.
Kobe and Lebron both skipped college. That's becoming a huge new topic about whether the NBA wants to make kids play 3 years in college, which I think is absurd. A guy called into Colin Cowherd today and said, and I'll paraphrase... If your organization, and you need to do your homework. If a guy isn't ready for the NBA then your staff needs to be aware of that. Kwame Brown is a huge bust. You overpaid a guy and now the NBA wants to put in rules to protect the owners from themselves... Something along those lines. I agree completely. I may not feel entirely to the point that this gentlemen does but I agree.
Cowherd spent a week also arguing that we shouldn't hate a guy who's moved locations for a better area and used Kobe as an example. Kobe played his whole career in LA. But we refused to play for the Hornets who he was drafted by. And no one has a problem with Lebron playing in Miami. We have a problem with him waiting until a few hours before to announce it. He turned into a prima donna.
My roommate and I got into an argument and he said that Lebron is as far ahead of Kobe as Jordan is ahead of Lebron. Lebron changed a team, in a conference that was overall awful compared to the West when he "turned the Cavs around". And he did. But you can be sub .500 and make it to the playoffs in the East. The west, at the time was more competitive. Even this year, as for right now, the Pacers (26-32) make the playoffs and the Grizzlies are the 8 seed in the west at 33-28.
When Kobe was struggling in the west, all alone, without Phil Jackson, without Shaq, and dropping almost 40 a game including a crazy 80+ points; he was alone. Mo Williams is substantially better than anyone Kobe had with him through those years. Kobe isn't the greatest ever, and Lebron is a freak of nature. Lebron has holes in his game and so does Kobe. Lebron makes a team better because he averages 20+ pts 7 rebs and 7 assists throughout his career. It's impressive. They have different styles.
The first thing NBA I remember was watching the Jazz and the Bulls play in the finals. I couldn't give you a year. I remember Jeff Hornacek being my jam! As a person, I like Kobe more, but if I could pick either of these guys to play for my organization, if I could draft them this year and have to build a team around them... Well I'd be missing the same piece from both... A big man... I'd probably pick Lebron...
I was chatting with a really good friend about Lebron and how much of a freak he is. He doesn't utilize his size as much as he could. He has a problem backing into the paint. Kobe utilizes his abilities better. He's smaller, probably not quicker. But, in my opinion, Lebron is better, but the styles are different. The utilization is different.
But I'd rather live in LA than Miami.
Joseph Champey - Senior Writer
Kobe and Lebron both skipped college. That's becoming a huge new topic about whether the NBA wants to make kids play 3 years in college, which I think is absurd. A guy called into Colin Cowherd today and said, and I'll paraphrase... If your organization, and you need to do your homework. If a guy isn't ready for the NBA then your staff needs to be aware of that. Kwame Brown is a huge bust. You overpaid a guy and now the NBA wants to put in rules to protect the owners from themselves... Something along those lines. I agree completely. I may not feel entirely to the point that this gentlemen does but I agree.
Cowherd spent a week also arguing that we shouldn't hate a guy who's moved locations for a better area and used Kobe as an example. Kobe played his whole career in LA. But we refused to play for the Hornets who he was drafted by. And no one has a problem with Lebron playing in Miami. We have a problem with him waiting until a few hours before to announce it. He turned into a prima donna.
My roommate and I got into an argument and he said that Lebron is as far ahead of Kobe as Jordan is ahead of Lebron. Lebron changed a team, in a conference that was overall awful compared to the West when he "turned the Cavs around". And he did. But you can be sub .500 and make it to the playoffs in the East. The west, at the time was more competitive. Even this year, as for right now, the Pacers (26-32) make the playoffs and the Grizzlies are the 8 seed in the west at 33-28.
When Kobe was struggling in the west, all alone, without Phil Jackson, without Shaq, and dropping almost 40 a game including a crazy 80+ points; he was alone. Mo Williams is substantially better than anyone Kobe had with him through those years. Kobe isn't the greatest ever, and Lebron is a freak of nature. Lebron has holes in his game and so does Kobe. Lebron makes a team better because he averages 20+ pts 7 rebs and 7 assists throughout his career. It's impressive. They have different styles.
The first thing NBA I remember was watching the Jazz and the Bulls play in the finals. I couldn't give you a year. I remember Jeff Hornacek being my jam! As a person, I like Kobe more, but if I could pick either of these guys to play for my organization, if I could draft them this year and have to build a team around them... Well I'd be missing the same piece from both... A big man... I'd probably pick Lebron...
I was chatting with a really good friend about Lebron and how much of a freak he is. He doesn't utilize his size as much as he could. He has a problem backing into the paint. Kobe utilizes his abilities better. He's smaller, probably not quicker. But, in my opinion, Lebron is better, but the styles are different. The utilization is different.
But I'd rather live in LA than Miami.
Joseph Champey - Senior Writer
Friday, February 25, 2011
We Are Back(Getting There Anyway)
Hey folks.
So glad you're reading this, because we're happy to announce that we are getting back into the sports writing game, and in the next week or so you can expect a new podcast episode!
As you've seen, Joe has been writing the past week or so to make up for my laziness. I've been without a home computer for the past few months, but rest assured a new one will be built by Sunday night.
We are excited to get back to providing you guys with content. We are going to be recording more regularly, writing regularly and adding new guests to our podcast lineups.
We are also talking possible relocation, but we will be keeping you informed of that. We want to bring you a cleaner and more polished experience. We aren't exactly veterans to the game so to speak. We aren't Ray Lewis yet, but more like a Brandon Flowers. And if you get that comparison, then you're in the right place!
We'd also love to hear if you guys have any suggestions! You are, after all, the reason we write and record. Anything you can think of just submit to us. Email
Just look out for new content in the next few days!
Thanks so much!
--Tim Herb
NBA losing steam.
The NBA is basically not only going toward players who make $10+ million a year but also going toward two and three super stars per team. This leaves the league very top heavy and dilutes the league as a whole. It will essentially become 4-8 power house teams and 4-8 mid tier teams that have less talent but are better coached and better managed to help them stay afloat. Then there will be just the real garbage bottom of the barrel teams in high demand. These teams will sell only in local markets and be terrible media outlets. These markets teeter on the brink of implosion. The league will become saturated and top heavy. The poor markets will only sell tickets when high profile teams and players roll into town.
Even in high profile teams with low profile players still have little to no marketability. The lowest tv rating for any NBA final in the last decade was the Pistons versus the Spurs.
So what becomes of the league? What becomes of those who are set to wither and waste? Media beloved Colin Cowherd keeps hounding people/fans for being mad at Melo and Lebron for going to better markets and playing for winning teams. Which I have no problem with. If you offered me more money to go work in an area with more entertainment and that has more to offer along with money or a better work environment who would honestly say no?? But the unions and CBA aren't set up to accommodate the guy who plays for $15 million its set up to make sure the reserves make more than $20,000 a year. And that's what people are missing! Especially these all business Colin Cowherd types. Its not the high profile guys that lose out. Rush Limbaugh got fired for being a racist and still makes multi-millions a year. Its the guys who can be the 15th man on a team but will get cut when the league is contracted. Where do they go?? ABA? Then the ABA bottom players get shoved out the door too. I'm sure league minimum in the NBA is higher than any ABA contract.
We put in these things to protect workers rights and players rights but then have high profile Lebron James come out and say they need a contraction when he "doesn't understand what contractual means." Give me a break. If all the high profile guys go to the same 8-16 teams the NBA will die and there isn't enough high profile talent to keep it afloat.
--Joseph Champey
Even in high profile teams with low profile players still have little to no marketability. The lowest tv rating for any NBA final in the last decade was the Pistons versus the Spurs.
So what becomes of the league? What becomes of those who are set to wither and waste? Media beloved Colin Cowherd keeps hounding people/fans for being mad at Melo and Lebron for going to better markets and playing for winning teams. Which I have no problem with. If you offered me more money to go work in an area with more entertainment and that has more to offer along with money or a better work environment who would honestly say no?? But the unions and CBA aren't set up to accommodate the guy who plays for $15 million its set up to make sure the reserves make more than $20,000 a year. And that's what people are missing! Especially these all business Colin Cowherd types. Its not the high profile guys that lose out. Rush Limbaugh got fired for being a racist and still makes multi-millions a year. Its the guys who can be the 15th man on a team but will get cut when the league is contracted. Where do they go?? ABA? Then the ABA bottom players get shoved out the door too. I'm sure league minimum in the NBA is higher than any ABA contract.
We put in these things to protect workers rights and players rights but then have high profile Lebron James come out and say they need a contraction when he "doesn't understand what contractual means." Give me a break. If all the high profile guys go to the same 8-16 teams the NBA will die and there isn't enough high profile talent to keep it afloat.
--Joseph Champey
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
It's a Business.
We are raised to be loyal, we get attached to things. We love our teams. Whether you inherited your dad's teams, or have picked up a schmorgasboard of teams from all around, you probably love them. You've seen dumb draft picks. You've experienced the changing of the guard. But all in all, you still bleed their colors.
Owners and players have no loyalty anymore. Kobe demanded a trade after refusing to play for the team he was drafted to because he wanted to be in LA. When things got rough and he was dropping 40 a game, he wanted out. Joe Montana had two above average seasons in Kansas City. One was a player choice, the other was an owner move.
People want to make money, and people want to cut off poor finances. Owners want to win because the Colts are now one of the most marketed teams in America, because winning moves units and puts more money in your pocket. Ticket sales in some sports are nothing. The NFL is going to sell out every game. The NHL has really good ticket sales. The NBA is completely based who is coming to your house. If Kobe comes to your house, you're going to go to the game. If Kevin Love is coming to town, you'll probably skip the game. MLB's problem is playing 162 games a year. You just lost 20-3, who cares?? You have 161 more games.
Every generation has their teams, and some of those teams are passed down to their kids. Others pick up their teams. My biggest note on that is how many Colts fans there are. But never-the-less, people still act like they were birthed from Gary Brackett's uterus. It can be obnoxious. But there's still loyalty.
As soon as Roddy White doesn't catch 60 passes a year, see if he's still making "Roddy White money". The Falcons will sell him as quickly as they can if he's not producing.
At old mom and pop shops, there's some old guy who's worked for the family for 45 years will have a job until HE WANTS TO LEAVE. But not in sports. People are commodities. So why do we love them so much??
The personalization of business leaves more and more as technology has gotten bigger and bigger.
I just think its odd that money is worth more than someone's life, in business. And it's obviously absurd that a man can make 12 million dollars a year to catch a football.
Worker Unions...
--Joseph Champey
Owners and players have no loyalty anymore. Kobe demanded a trade after refusing to play for the team he was drafted to because he wanted to be in LA. When things got rough and he was dropping 40 a game, he wanted out. Joe Montana had two above average seasons in Kansas City. One was a player choice, the other was an owner move.
People want to make money, and people want to cut off poor finances. Owners want to win because the Colts are now one of the most marketed teams in America, because winning moves units and puts more money in your pocket. Ticket sales in some sports are nothing. The NFL is going to sell out every game. The NHL has really good ticket sales. The NBA is completely based who is coming to your house. If Kobe comes to your house, you're going to go to the game. If Kevin Love is coming to town, you'll probably skip the game. MLB's problem is playing 162 games a year. You just lost 20-3, who cares?? You have 161 more games.
Every generation has their teams, and some of those teams are passed down to their kids. Others pick up their teams. My biggest note on that is how many Colts fans there are. But never-the-less, people still act like they were birthed from Gary Brackett's uterus. It can be obnoxious. But there's still loyalty.
As soon as Roddy White doesn't catch 60 passes a year, see if he's still making "Roddy White money". The Falcons will sell him as quickly as they can if he's not producing.
At old mom and pop shops, there's some old guy who's worked for the family for 45 years will have a job until HE WANTS TO LEAVE. But not in sports. People are commodities. So why do we love them so much??
The personalization of business leaves more and more as technology has gotten bigger and bigger.
I just think its odd that money is worth more than someone's life, in business. And it's obviously absurd that a man can make 12 million dollars a year to catch a football.
Worker Unions...
--Joseph Champey
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