What I have come up with is a list of the sports figures from 2006 who have exemplified how stupid one can really be. It’s because of them that others look so good and that gives bloggers a reason to type. The list is not comprehensive. There have been so many that have done so wrong this year but these are the some I just had to highlight.

Lindsey Jacobellis - I’ll start with a favorite. This might have been a forgotten moment because it happened in February but seriously how stupid can you get? Jacobellis was dreaming of a gold medal and rightfully so because she was so far ahead of the pack in women’s snowboard cross. Then a moment of clarity turned into stupidity as she decided to pull a trick on the final jump to look good for the cameras I presume. She could probably nail that landing after drinking a 12 pack and doing a line of cocaine. This one time she did not. She fell on the landing and had to say she was still happy with the silver medal. Doh!!

Houston Texans - Coming into the draft it was either Reggie Bush or Vince Young. Everyone knew that. Instead Houston decided to over think their need. They didn’t need a quarterback (David Carr is great!) and they don’t need a player who can fill the seats and do everything on offense (We got Dominick Davis!). They needed Super Mario who is quickly becoming another draft bust. Good thing Houston got him first because they probably thought he wouldn’t be around in the second round.

Zindane - As a soccer fan, this image will forever be etched in my memory for as long as this earth will have me. We have never seen such a meltdown on a world wide stage. Not counting bad performances in championship games, this was the single most bizzare moment. The camera picked up a great angle. The headbutt was as if it was perfected by a Hollywood stunt team. And it was mocked endlessly.

Floyd Landis - Wins the prestigous Tour de France and then gets busted for elevated levels of testosterone. He blames too much whiskey and then dehydration and after everyone laughs at that he says those ideas were not his.

ESPN Mobile - I remember when they unveiled this with a pricey commerical during the Super Bowl. What seemed to be a great idea for all sports lovers turned into a financial disaster. Not only was the phone plan extremely expensive and limited to one type of phone and carrier but those commericals they kept playing were bad enough.

Terrell Owens - The Dallas Cowboys gave him $25 million reasons to have a chance to keep being the worst teammate in all of sports right now. When the team is doing well and he doesn’t feel like he’s getting enough attention, he’ll stir up controversy. Now the Cowboys are on a downward slide and the T.O. we’re all used to seeing is coming out. Told you so Cowboys.

Super Bowl XL officiating crew - Now I know there are two sides to this, judging from the debate that heated up after the game. I still think they were horrible and blew so many obvious calls. Try to convince me that the calls were not favoring Pittsburgh. Everytime there was a big Seattle play, a penatly came out. Pittsburgh only had three penatlies all game. Phantom touchdown calls. Phantom holding calls. Even some Pittsburgh bettors said they feel like they won dirty money.

Lamar Thomas (ex-Miami Hurricane announcer) - For wanting to get down on the field and whoop some ass! The problem was he said it on the air and not to his drunk buddies. Special shout out to the player who used the helmet like a woman’s purse to attack.

Marcus Vick - Pulls a gun…oh I mean a cellphone…on some patrons in a Mcdonald’s parking lot. Was he trying to save them from trans fat in the fries? That’s after he stomps his way into the douchebag list. Now he has been sued for $6.3 million by a girl who says she was having sex with him when she was 15. A winner to bring home to mom. (pic from Deadspin)

Maurice Clarett - It’s almost like what crime did he not commit this year? The finale was when he was pulled over wearing a bullet proof vest with four loaded guns and a bottle of vodka.

Matt Millen - There would only be two things that survive a nuclear war. Matt Millen and cock roaches. How else can you explain how he has not been fired after years of “Fire Millen” wishes? First round draft bust after draft bust. He had turned that organization into a Ford Pinto. Remember that car? It became a focus of a major scandal when it was alleged that the car’s design allowed its fuel tank to be easily damaged in the event of a rear-end collision which sometimes resulted in deadly fires and explosions. Ford knew the design flaw but refused to fix it. Sounds eerily familiar.

Johnny Weir - The most ambiguously gay male figure skater of the year. He blames his dissapointing Olympic performance on the lack of comfort in the building. Apparently it made him feel black inside but I think that’s just from smoking. He also blames the bus system for not picking him up on time. Really Johnny was just skating with two hands around his throat.

I know next year will bring more riches in the stupidity department.

I hope everyone is having a good holiday so far. As I stated in my previous post I went to Las Vegas. I am back alive and feeling like I inhaled a carton of cigarettes as a non-smoker. As for my luck at the games, it basically chewed me up and spit me out like a bad shrimp cocktail. I was hovering steady for the first two days and then BAM! All my losses were in one hour and I never recovered from there.

However, I never get tired of going to Las Vegas. It’s still a place I love to go. Plus being able to spend time gambling with family is time well spent and fun.

It’s the long holiday weekend. Some have to work still. Some have it off. Most are out of school. I am in Las Vegas for the holiday weekend. My family does not do much for Christmas at home. We all are more of a gambling family. So what better place to come than Las Vegas where not only is there no clocks around but I don’t see much holiday decorations either. It looks the same year round. With all the millions they make they could at least put up a huge Christmas tree that rivals the one in New York City. Or at least some fake snow.

The place is actually dead. Right before Christmas is a slow time of the year. We’re staying at the MGM Grand and it’s actually got a good crowd. People are drinking, smoking and gambling. Some casinos I saw were dead. So quiet. Almost eerie.

So I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend. I hope to report back next week with some winnings.

Would you pay $10 to see this face box in the ring? Do you think he’s had some work done to his face? Botox? Face lift? Is a pig’s fanny pork? Does the pope wear a beanie? This could be his wax figure for all I know.

Last year when I heard a Rocky 6 was coming, I laughed. I know I was not the only one. It’s been 16 years since the last Rocky came out and even then it was nominated for many Razzie awards, which are given to the worst movies of the year. I know Hollywood is running out of original ideas for a movie but when you drag out a movie series six times, it can’t be so good.

Rocky Balboa is not getting any younger (Stallone is 60). Yet there’s going to be another Indiana Jones with Harrison Ford (64). Bruce Willis (51) has “Live Free or Die Harder” coming out. Also a Rambo IV is in pre-production now. I’m not kidding. So why can’t Rocky make a geriatric comeback?

Surprisingly the reviews are coming in and they are positive. That’s right. Positive reviews from critics. A sample from a front page article in USA Today.

“I expected to go all Scrooge on Sylvester Stallone’s sixth round as Rocky Balboa,” Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers writes. “(But) just when you’re ready to puke, the old Bill Conti theme (Gonna Fly Now) kicks in — are you feeling it? — Stallone steps in the ring and every day is Christmas.”

As word of mouth spreads, preview trailers once met with laughter are now greeted with applause and long, joyful shouts of “Yo!” The PG family-friendly movie could become the Christmas season’s sleeper hit.

If seeing 60 year old Stallone with his shirt off fighting then doesn’t turn you away, then you’ll see cameos by the cast of ESPN 2’s Cold Pizza including the unbearable Skip Bayless. All the HBO boxing analysts. Also Mike Tyson is listed in the cast playing himself.

I have no idea what they’re celebrating because there is no audio and all the Youtube comments are in a foreign langauge.

But I feel really uncomfortable now.