Do You Expect Me To Talk?

"You have interfered in Australia's plans for world domination for the last time 007."

No Mr. Bond I expect you to read this article about some of the World Cup managers resembling a menacing villian from the Bond films. My top ten Bond films post is in the works, I promise but it is still in the working stages. In the meantime most of the World Cup matches are ending in non-pulse pounding draws or blowouts. Take this time to imagine how Maradona would stroke a fluffy kitty and tell 007 how this device he constructed will slowly leak hot magma into a cauldron which would slowly tip into a trough that would eventually kill James 4 hours later.

6 World Cup Coaches Who Look Like James Bond Villains [Asylum]

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Happy May Day (Belated)

May Day was on Saturday, but I was attending an Uno de Mayo celebration. In honor recognition of a belated May Day celebration, the one and only Grace Jones who played the Bond female villian May Day. She was also Catfish's favorite character to play in Goldeneye on N64(just kidding it was Valentin). A View to a Kill was on TV as I was nursing my hangover yesterday. I hit the trusty info button on my remote control and saw the movie got 2 and half stars. Just more proof that the star system is way out of whack. I am a fan of the Bond films(working on a top ten Bond films), but not a completely obsessed one. I've seen just about all the movies at least once. This one I had not seen since I was pretty young.

View to a Kill was bad on many levels. First, Christopher Walken played the villain but he did not play it with the lunacy that made him so memorable in later roles. Tanya Roberts as a geologist was about as believable as Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist. The biggest problem though was that Roger Moore was too old by this time, and he knew it. Old Roger Moore in love scene with Grace Jones? Do not want but hey, Duran Duran knocked out that theme song.
Anyway as our faux May Day celebration, let's look forward to what is happening in the sports world in May.

Playoffs? Playoffs! The NBA and NHL playoffs last all month long! Lucky for you the champion in both sports won't be crowned until June. It's the journey not the destination right? Jazz fans agree.

We'll be roughly halfway to the halfway point of the MLB season by May's end. It should give time for Mets fans to come back down to Earth(process started last night) and teams like the Yankees to get their rightful place in first.

World Cup....doesn't start until June. You can use May to hear about all the problems forthcoming for it.

UFC 113 will be this weekend. True MMA fans will be looking forward to Machida/Shogun 2, while others can spark up the Kimbo Slice discussion.

Hey, so May is not the pinnacle of the sports landscape but offseason football talk will always be there to entertain us, bring our hopes us, or cause us to lose faith in humanity.

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Tuesday Late Afternoon Links

Wilford Brimley wants you to check your blood sugar right now!

Saved By the Bell turned 20 yesterday and we did not even celebrate. Maybe because of how old it made us feel. [Sharapova's Thigh]

Great list of the best player currently wearing each jersey number 0-99. [Rumors and Rants]

I think online petitions are a waste of time, but I can think of no more of a noble cause that getting Pluto its title of "planet" back. If they end up calling it "the angry drunken dwarf planet" that's fine too. [YBNBY]

Tomorrow night is trivia night. Know your Bond Girls, in the biblical sense if possible. [Sporcle]

Former Hurricane, hobo weight-lifting partner, and 11th all-time rusher Edgerrin james may be on his way to signing with Seattle. [PFT]

A list of the seven fastest players in college football. [TBL]

Ichiro does not want a chick that digs the long ball, um, is this a metaphor? [Sportress of Blogitude]

I heard one of our local radio hosts who is usually talking out of his ass say the Mets have completely given up by trading Billy Wagner. Of course, it was Wagner who announced he was giving up on the Mets and not going to envoke his option in 2010 last year after his elbow injury costs them the playoffs. Knowledge is power folks. [Big League Stew]

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