Ivan Drago: Justice Enforcer

This could quiet possibly be the greatest thing ever put on the internet. Its one of those old school fighting games like TMNT, Double Dragon, The Simpsons, etc. The catch? The main character is Ivan Drago and he's come from Russia to kick some modern day American ass! Play it. Seriously, play this game. Link (via Kotaku)


From the game...
"America has lost itself to madness and anarchy. Only one person can restore order... IVAN DRAGO! As the most powerful boxer in the universe, you must guide Drago through the tough city streets and beyond to find out the source of all this chaos. Let no one stand in your way!"

NFL Playoff time

Tomorrow the NFL playoffs begin, and we should be in for 4 intriguing matchups this weekend. The biggest storyline of this year’s playoffs may be to see whether Peyton can get over the hump and finally lead his Colts to the Super Bowl. If he doesn’t, he will always be thought of as the next Dan Marino. In the clip below, from the CBS post game show after the Colts got eliminated last year, Boomer Esiason talks about how Peyton may be the next Dan Marino, while Dan Marino sat on the set with him. Esiason fails to mention that he too lost a Super Bowl to the Joe Montana led 49ers like Marino did. Overall, Dan handles the situation well, unless you want to read more into the stare down he gives Boomer at the end.

Beckham in "Chia" form

So in Japan, they're selling desktop busts of David Beckham that allow you to grow grass out the top of his head. I'm not exactly sure if David Beckham or pictures of him were even consulted when making this product. I doubt I would even have been able to recognize this as David Beckham if I wasn't told. Link (GadgetInsight.com) This is my own personal artistic rendition of what a Beck's Grass Head SHOULD look like.

St. Pierre and Serra both out for UFC 67

Georges St. Pierre, the current UFC Welterweight Champion has withdrawn from his first title defense due to a knee injury. Now, rumor has it that Matt Serra has also withdrawn himself from the 67 card, opting to hangon to his title shot until at least UFC 69. I'm dissappointed mostly because I was looking forward to seeing Serra get knocked out. Though St. Pierre vs. Serra was supposed to be the headlining bout, I'm more intrigued by the matchups on the undercard. 67 will feature two former Pride Fighters making their UFC debuts, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic. Jackson is probably on the fast track to fight Liddell for the Light Heavyweight title. Afterall, he is Chuck's only unavenged loss in his MMA career. Cro Cop is also likely to earn a title shot in the not too distant future. He's a tad small for a Heavyweight, but he is used to fighting bigger guys in his Pride career.



I'm thinking Cro Cop is about to unleash a serious hurting on UFC.

Athletic criminals

As the end of the year is upon us, many websites are coming up with their “top” lists of “best of” lists for the year 2006. ESPN is no different, as today Patrick Hruby put out his police blotter power rankings list, with the top 25 crimes committed by athletes in 2006. Unfortunately he finished the list too early, so he was unable to fit Mike Tyson in there. Oh well, there’s always next year!

The ultimate road trip

Miguel Rodriguez is attempting to see a home game at all 337 D1 basketball arenas this season. The only problem is that he has 107 days to do it (not to mention a full time job and a pregnant wife). His rules include the fact that he counts a game if he makes it through one media timeout. It is going to be a tough road, but I am sure he will give it a valiant attempt. You can chronicle Miguel’s travels here.

Models choose the best looking athletes

On SI.com today, there was an article which featured the hottest athletes in sports, as chosen by SI Swimsuit models. While I believe that these girls are definitely qualified to tell us who’s hot and who’s not, I was puzzled by one of their answers. At #7 for hottest male athlete, they had Jesse Palmer. Palmer is a former backup for the Giants and briefly for the 49ers, but mainstream America knows him as the guy who was on “The Bachelor”. Now, Palmer is broadcasting games along with Ron Pitts, for FOX. I had heard that he was broadcasting, and not doing badly from the reviews I have heard about, but it took a little research for me to find out that Palmer is in fact still playing. He was the 4th string quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes last season. Technically I guess he can be included in this list of athletes, but it seems like his future and his present may be off the field, not on it.

Hornung not leaving the record books without a fight

In case you don’t know, Ladanian Tomlinson is good. In last night’s 20-9 win over the Chiefs, Tomlinson scored 2 more Touchdowns to bring his season tally to an eye popping 31. With his 31 TD’s, Tomlinson has now scored 186 points this season, breaking the single season mark of 176 held by Paul Hornung. Now Hornung is questioning whether Tomlinson deserves to be in the record book ahead of him. Hornung, who played Running Back and Kicker in his record breaking season, is contending that he had the record breaking season because he scored his points in 12 games. He also said that he would accept the record if someone had a better point per game average than him. Hornung’s average in 1960 was 14.6 while Tomlinson’s average this year is 13.28. It seemed like Paul Hornung had a lot to say, but he did not say the one thing he reslly should of, which is congratulations.