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Greetings from under the custom made, black hat from your resident Okie coming off another Summerslam pay per view while preparing for Unforgiven in about three weeks in Cleveland.

BBQ’ed thoughts from hither and yon….

Great wrestling matches start with the combatant’s in ring effort and for there to be a clearly defined reason for competing with one another. With that said, the Hell in a Cell match at Summerslam delivered the goods. I loved the physicality and the pacing of the contest. The Undertaker is as dominate as ever and an argument can certainly be made that The Undertaker is the greatest WWE Superstar of all time based on productive longevity. Edge is allegedly recuperating in his fireside condo in Hell but more info on the status of the “R Rated Superstar” will be provided on Friday Night Smackdown.

I read where some “blue suit wearing executive” of this fine organization declared that Monday Night Raw was the top TV program in the WWE and not Friday Night Smackdown. An interesting observation that won’t endear this fellow to Tazz, not that any one I know has endeared themselves to my broadcast colleague outside of his immediate family.  This executive must have gotten his info from Mike Adamle, Raw General Manager who took numerous shots to the head in his illustrious NFL career.

Friday Night Smackdown emanates this week from the Quad Cities an area still recovering from the unbelievable floods of earlier this year.  Hopefully the

WWE was able to bring some needed entertainment to the area on Tuesday night. But I did not get to make it to the John Deere Steakhouse as I had planned but others did and raved about it. I dropped a few bucks in a Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament while in town and had to watch my spending.

Unlike Raw, who simply named their entrants to the “Championship Scramble” to be held at Unforgiven, the 4 challengers to HHH’s WWE Title in this format will be determined by competition in the ring. All 4 contenders will be determined on this week’s Friday Night Smackdown broadcast.

Did you know that with balladeer Johnny Cash now deceased that WWE Dot Com guru, Dr. Joe E. Styles, is now the leading candidate to be named by a popular periodical the most famous person in the world who wears black attire on a daily basis? 

Chris Jericho may be on the cusp of replacing fellow native Canadian Edge as the most disliked Superstar in the WWE after Jericho inadvertently struck HBK’s lovely wife Rebecca Sunday at Summerslam. I think both Jericho and Michaels should be traded to Friday Night Smackdown and commence to settling this issue in the ring. What about a former wedding planner and a wrestler to be named later? Plus, a case of J.R.’s BBQ Sauce! And 97% fat free beef jerky! This could be bigger than the Jets signing QB Brett Favre!  

Yours truly spoke with Stone Cold Steve Austin recently and Steve is still working out as diligently as ever but 3:16 fans don’t get your hopes of a “one more match” scenario for Austin. That is likely to never occur even though I would love to see it. However would WM25 in Houston, Texas be a good time and place for Steve to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame? It seems as if there is no demand for out of shape action adventure, film stars which pretty much eliminates that vocation for yours truly’s post WWE life. 

Speaking of the WWE Hall of Fame, I would like to see WWE.com and its visitors to be involved in the voting for the Hall of Fame to some degree.

Todd Grisham and Matt Striker, if that is his real name, is doing a really nice job of broadcasting ECW. It always takes time for new partners to mesh and when one adds in the added element of both being new in these particular roles I think that both these young guys are doing a “darned” good job. (PG13).

I can’t believe that my beloved United States Women’s Softball team lost the Olympic Gold Medal to Japan. This isn’t a shot at the Japanese as I didn’t think any team in the world could beat the USA in women’s softball. With that said, just wait until I see Funaki in catering next week in Pittsburgh!

Is it me or does it seem like grapplers such as U.S. Champion Shelton Benjamin, “The” Brian Kendrick, MVP, Vladimir Kozlov, Kenny Dykstra, Festus, and, of course, Jeff Hardy have taken clearly defined steps to raise their respective games in recent weeks on your favorite Friday night TV program? I say, give ‘em the ball coach and let’s see who can “get ‘er done.”

There is no fact to the rumor that the legendary ring announcer and WWE wrestling savant Howard Finkel and SD newcomer Scotty Goldman are cousins.

Keep an eye on raw boned and aggressive Ryan Braddock who makes his 2nd SD appearance this Friday night. In time, I think Braddock will turn heads.

Did you know that you can purchase autographed copies of “J.R.’s Cookbook” for only $9.99 when you visit our online store at www.jrsbarbq.com?

Is it just me and my nearsighted and totally biased opinion but is the United States Title getting more popular than the long standing Intercontinental Title?

If so, we can always “Blame it on Rio.” Come on…do your home work…its a little funny.

WWE Champion HHH joins “The Tazz” and me on some commentary this week on Friday Night Smackdown which I think you will enjoy.

“Got Sauce?” We do on our website in the form of high quality T shirts with the catchy phrase of “Got Sauce?” and our BBQ logo on the front. This new item sells for $9.99 each. Hey, we are approaching the gift giving season aren’t we?

R Truth is slated to debut very soon on Friday Night Smackdown and it seems as if there is an anticipation of such. What will call this young man, R Truth or once we get to know him can he be simply called “R”?

The King, who I got to visit with in Indianapolis Sunday, is very excited about Unforgiven being held in one of his all time favorite cities, Cleveland. The Browns are at home earlier the day of the PPV and King has indicated he would like to attend some of his beloved Browns game before broadcasting the Raw portion of Unforgiven. Maybe Jerry will invite yours truly to tag along. Browns General Manager Phil Savage is a long time wrestling fan and a friend of both Lawler and mine.

Our Q & A section of our www.jrsbarbq.com site is rolling along and you are invited to check it out and ask your questions. We get some beauty’s let me tell you. Take care and thanks for your support of Friday Night Smackdown.

Boomer Sooner!
J.R.  

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Hey Everyone,

How's your day?  I wrote a blog earlier, but lost it quickly to my computer crashing.  I just got back from lunch with Dan, my best man.  I haven't hung out with that guy in such a long while... We ate at a small Chinese-Like place off of campus... It was pretty good.  Let me see if I can find the name...

Ah, I can't find it, but it's next to the school.  It's "Tea" something.  It was nice because it was vegetarian-oriented.  I had some tofu with rice and a small salad.  Not bad.  Since it was next to the Long Beach VA, we we sitting among MDs and such.  It makes me think a bit about medicine...

I'll be there in a few years.  I read about a CRNA school which stated that there was a 1:10 chance of getting into their CRNA program, provided that the basics were met:

• Bachelor's in Nursing, or a science
• A good GRE score
• > 3.0 GPA
  
• ICU experience
  
• Certifications
• Research is good.
  
• Anything else that helps.
  

I was relieved when I read that.  I hope level of difficulty to enter CRNA program doesn't change for the worse.  I think Jenny is happy about this, too.  I'm also glad that what I've done since the age of 23 (getting my RN license), is still applicable and that I don't need to start over.

I'm working on the DSC machine right now, all the curves are turning out well, with the excpetion of a little noise at the end of the run, but it's expected, I suppose.  I had acid circulating in the machine and I just removed it out.

Oh!  I bought a wallet.  Finally.  I've been meaning to do so for such a long time, but haven't found the right one.  I just want something thin, just enough to hold a few cards and cash.  Not bad.

My Baby's coming home tonight and for once, I am not off for work.  I cherish these evenings.  You'd think that since we moved in with one another we would see one another all the time.  It's not always true. Sometimes we'd go three or four days, without seeing one another.

It's funny, because I know exactly what she's doing right now at work: sitting at the computer desk and listening to NPR on her podcast.  I've found the station in the car, 89.9.  Since we don't have a tv at home, it's important we get our news from somewhere.  I'm proud of my baby; she's so organized with everything.  And with her composure, she could probably run for office, LOL!

Anyway, this blog is more a ramble than anything else, so I'll collect my thought and write more later.

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Has anyone heard about Smackdown changing channels?

If so can you tell me what channel and date it"s moving.

I have Direct TV so if you know what channel, it would be greatly appreciated.

I found a wonderful resource today that I would like to share! I was looking for an assignment sheet I could print out to write the girl's daily work down on, and I found that and a lot more here:

http://www.education-world.com/tools_templates/index.shtml

There are printable calendars (very kid friendly, with seasonal pictures to color at the top and they fill in the dates), awards, templates, bulletin board ideas, planning guides, election references, graphic organizers and lots more! I am adding this to my favorites :)

Brittany Wants to Be a StreetFreak...
Wednesday, on my show, Brittany called and mentioned that she isn't too thrilled abouther job as a receptionist and would like to "have fun interacting with people"...

I asked why she isn't a 103-5 KissFM Street Freak for my show!?? She was totally interested, so we invited her to come up to the show yesterday afternoon and meet Lil Jes from Promotions and talk on the air for listeners to decide if she'd do a good job...she had a LITTLE trouble finding the studio, but when she got here, I video'd the interview!

Leave your comments about whether you'd come out to an event to meet Brittany ;c)

 

Yup...

I just grabbed BOX seats for some lucky Kage Kult Freaks! I have 12 seats and want to "upgrade" people that we see exposing the KULT tomorrow at the show!!! This could be a poster, body paint, WTF ever!!!!! Get CREATIVE!!!

Hell even if you don't have tix and you want to try your luck at getting our attention from outside the gate....go for it!!!!

EXPOSE THE KULT for STP!!!! -j

That headline may come across as a little more arrogant than intended. Its basically a Jamaican saying to imply a surplus of a certain item - in this case Olympic gold medals for Jamaica. Bolt came out like a bolt from the blue - and his exhuberant celebration of his success has apparantly offended some American sports commentators among others.

Its interesting to note that American sprint champions of the past have not been known for their wallflower-like qualities. No complaints were heard then. And in these Olymipics their 'USA! USA! USA!' chanting during the women's volleyball , their 'That's what I'm talking about!" comments (after winning the swimming relay by a hair's breadth against France) and no doubt many other jingoistic forms of behaiviour have also gone by without as much as a lifted eyebrow.

So it is flattering in the extreme to find that efforts are being made to mar Jamaica's Bolt and our other athletes- questioning their level of sportsmanship, and also whether or not they are clean.

Its a bit rich coming from a country which gave us Marion Jones and many others, both known and unknown.

It is with deep regret that I watched the US 4*100 relay teams drop their batons - because I would have loved to watch Jamaica demolish them in the final - but also because its an awful thing to happen to any relay team. But watch. Should Jamaica - or any other country, win those relays, we will hear it is because the US did not participate.

Meanwhile, fingers crossed for two more golds. Its been Jamaica's best Olympics ever. And Britain's too by the looks of it. May the good fortune continue!

 

 

MSNBC made the comparison between Jim Nabors and Michael Phelps on television the other night and I totally agree with them. Looks like Mrs. Phelps was doin the hibbidy dibbidy with good ol' Jim Nabors.

What do you think? 

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(Football)

...Gene Upshaw, who came from the small college ranks to become a Hall of Fame guard, and who took the NFL Union from a nickel and dime operation to taking home 60-percent of the NFL's revenues, has passed away at the age of 63, this morning, in Lake Tahoe, of pancreatic cancer. Upshaw reportedly was told his case was 'terminal' this past Sunday morning after being taken to the hospital for the first time.

...The legendary Raiders lineman, was a lst round draft pick as a center out of Texas A&I, was switched to guard, and became a legend playing in between Jim Otto and Art Shell. He went to law school in the off-season, and became Executive Director of the NFL Union during the nasty 1987-players strike, spanning 23-years as Union chief after his 15-year playing career.

...Upshaw fought bitterly for free-agency, saying he was going to end the "Plantation Mentality" that existed amongst owners. The Union won 20-different lawsuits over free-agency. He crafted the NFL salary cap, that has started at 31-million dollars and has grown to 116-million this year.

...He also created a revenue sharing plan for small market teams, and kept labor peace from 1991-thru today. The 1-blight on his record was his refusal to help fund health care for oldtime pre-pension players and his battle with the Gridiron Greats, who demanded Union profits be funneled back to retirement health care.

...NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Upshaw ran the Union with 'dignity-pride-conviction and respect.'. A solemn Raiders owner Al Davis said Upshaw was a 'fabric of the Raiders mystique and legacy'.

...A sad day in the Redskins camp. The 31-year old daughter of longtime coach Joe Bugel, Holly, has passed away from cancer.

...Shawne Merriman, the Chargers top linebacker, may be facing a 2nd knee surgery for cartilage problems and a possible 2nd injury a bone bruise. He flew back from Birmingham, Alabama, where surgery has been recommended. He has been out with increasing pain from surgery 5-months ago, and indicated there may be a 2nd injury, a bone bruise, after getting hit on the knee with a helmet in practice weeks ago.

...1-day after extensive workouts on the field, Antonio Gates is off the field for therapy for stiffness and pain his toe. Left tackle Marcus McNeil will not practice with on-going neck stinger issues; receiver Vincent Jackson is sitting with on-going hamstring issues.

...The Eagles have lost receiver Kevin Curtis for 8-weeks with sports hernia surgery.

...Kansas City has lost starting linebacker Demorrio Williams with a broken hand; they are already without linebackers Donnie Edwards and Nap Harris with injuries.

...Miami is without 2-starting linebackers, Joey Porter with back problems, and Charley Anderson with hamstring issues.

...The Cleveland Browns, who lost 3-players with injuries in their Monday nite loss to the Giants, have now lost running back Jamal Lewis with a hamstring and Willie McGinest with a groin injury. They had already lost QB-Derrick Anderson with a concussion and kick return star Josh Cribbs with an ankle.

...Cincinnati lost 2-more receivers, Andre Caldwell with a sprained foot and Marcus Maxwell with a shin injury. The Bengals still don't have Chad Johnson and TJ Houshmanzadeh back yet either.

...The Giants, with an ailing Plax Burress and Amani Toomer, practiced today without Steve Smith and Mario Manningham.

...Detroit backup QB-Drew Stanton went down with a thumb injury today.

...Denver's 5-time Pro Bowl center Tom Nalen needs more knee surgery and will not start the season with them.

...The Dallas Cowboys have named Pac Man Jones as a starting cornerback.

...Central Florida rookie Kevin Smith, a lst round pick in Detroit, was elevated to starting running back today.

...Alex Smith, whom the 49ers gave a 24-million dollar signing bonus too, will be their number 2-quarterback to start the season. He has gone thru 4-offensive coordinators in 4-years

...Raiders coach Lane Kiffin refused to backoff on his front-office criticism; he said the team has too many borderline players on the roster; has no guts to cut players; and has too many players in the trainers room and not on the field.

...Trouble in Cincinnati; reports that Coach Marvin Lewis is upset owner Mike Brown has forced him to put troubled receiver Chris Henry back on the roster.

...Steven Jackson ended his 27-day holdout with the Rams, signing a 6-year deal with a 17-million bonus.

...The NFL has fined Green Bay linebacker Nick Barnett 1-game check, 155-thousand dollars, for a bar fite last February.

(College Football)

...Dan Fouts, bounced off Pac-10 broadcasts by ABC-TV, has been hired to do some NFL games with CBS.

...San Diego State has lost offensive tackle Taylor Wallace, the Utah State-El Camino JUCO transfer; he will not play this year with off the field problems. The Aztecs prior had lost Louisville transfer tackle CJ Millbaugh who was not accepted because of academic issues. Earlier this week, they lost starting left tackle Mike Matuma with foot surgery.

...UCLA says 8-freshman will play this fall, including Oceanside's top recruit Nelson Rosario.

...USC quarterback Mark Sanchez went thru 7-on-7 passing drills last nite with no problems with that kneecap.

...The NCAA today banned Arizona State assistant Grady Stretz from all recruiting and placed him on probation for his role in an academic fraud scandal involving JUCO transfers at New Mexico.

...The NCAA today banned all horse collar tackles this year, and banned hi-low chop blocks, not only at the line of scrimmage, but also down the field.

...The NCAA says it will reopen the appeals case of Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Ben Mauck, and will review medical evidence that might give him a 6th year of eligibility. He missed 2-years at Wake Forest with shoulder and broken arm problems.

...8-Georiga Southern players have been suspended for their season opening game against Georgia because of curfew problems.

 

(Baseball)

...The woeful Padres (48-78) face the Arizona Diamondbacks tonite and (18-4) ace Brandon Webb. The Friars are (17-39) since mid-June.

...Controversy is growing around the Padres pitching staff, which now features ace Jake Peavy, and a rotation made up on Chad Reinek, Cha Baek and Josh Banks. The staff is made up of Peavy, reliever Heath Bell, future Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman, and 7-pitchers, who were dumped by other clubs.

...Rumors out of New York indicate the Mets might be interested in talking about a deal for Trevor Hoffman; they would have to acquire him to get him on their playoff roster by August 31st.

...The Dodgers, who fell 2-games behind Colorado after committing 4-errors last nite, won today. James Loney homered to back Derek Lowe's pitching in a win over Colorado. .

...Garrett Anderson puts a 23-game hitting streak on the line tonite as the Angels open a homestand with the Minnesota Twins. The Halos have lost 5-of-their last 6-games. John Lackey (10-2) starts tonite at Angels Stadium.

...The battered Yankees say Carl Pavano will start Saturday at Baltimore. Pavano has had 5-different injuries since signing a 40-million dollar free-agent contract four years ago. He has won 5-games in 4-years.

...The Mets have signed ex-Tampa Bay reliever Al Reyes.

...The Pirates have traded power hitting infielder Jose Bautista to Toronto for minor leaguers.

...The Houston Astros have claimed Giants 3rd baseman Jose Castillo.

...The Red Sox have signed ex-Reds free-agent catcher Dave Ross, shipping (2-9) pitcher Clay Buchholz to Pawtucket.

...Tom Glavine got good news; the Braves lefthander does not need elbow surgery for a strained tendon.

...Kansas City outfielder Mitch Maier suffered multiple facial fractures when beaned in the face last nite by a Cleveland hurler.

...St-Louis pitcher Kyle Lohse has been slapped with a 5-game suspension for throwing at Cincinnati pitcher Ed Volquez.

...The Umpires Association has now agreed to the Instant Replay proposal. 3-Umps, including the Umpire in Chief, will have access to review video.

(Basketball)

...The Dallas Mavericks re-signed forward Devean George to a 2-year deal.

...The New York Knicks have hired ex-Orlando GM-John Gabriel as Director of Scouting working under Donnie Walsh.

(Hockey)

...Toronto Maple Leafs center Mark Bell has been released after serving 3-months on a prison work farm for multiple DUIs. He called it an eye opener to be around drug dealers-killers and wife beaters.

...Mark Crawford, the ex-Kings coach, who was the Coach of the Vancouver Canucks, when Todd Bertuzzi broke the neck of Colorado's Steve Moore in a fight in a game, in a deposition, said the was trying to get Bertuzzi off the ice in a line change, when Bertuzzi jumped Moore in a fight. Bertuzzi charged Crawford, in a between period speech to his team, told Vancouver players Moore 'had to pay a price' for injuring a Canucks player with a leg whip check earlier in the season. Crawford said he never ordered the attack.

(General)

...IOC chief Juan Rogge today criticized Jamaican Gold Medal star Usain Bolt for showboating and taunting in winning the 100-meter race, saying the Olympics should be about sportsmanship. Rogge refused to answer questions why the IOC refused to open a probe of the 3-underage Chinese gymnasts who won Gold Medals.

...The New York Times and Reuters are reporting that Bolt, who set world record in the 100-and-200, has been drug tested 11-times this year and passed 4-tests since July 11th.

...Unbeaten Team USA plays Manu Ginobli and Argentina tonite in the basketball semi-finals.

...The devastating week for US Track & Field continued today in Beijing.

...Tyson Gay dropped the baton in the 400-meter relay wiping out their chances today, as they finished 8th.

...Lauryn Williams dropped the hand off from Torri Edwards and the US womens team did not even finish the race.

...The US went 1-2 in the Mens 400-meters with LaShawn Merritt getting the gold, beating a tired Jeremy Warriner.

...Dayron Robles won the Mens 110-Hurdles with Americans David Payne and David Oliver finishing 2-3.

...Allyson Felix got a 2nd place Silver in the womens 200-meter.

...Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their 108th match in a row as the US got Gold beating China in Volleyball.

...An upset in Womens softball. The US saw its 22-game win streak snapped, losing the Gold Medal game to Japan. They had the bases loaded twice but could not score.

...Steven Strasburg, San Diego State's ace, starts later tonite for Team USA against Cuba in the semi-finals of baseball. Japan meets South Korea is the other semi.

...A big day in womens soccer. Hope Solo, the controversial goalie, made 6-point blank saves, as the US beat Brazil 1-0 in extra time to get the Gold. Solo was the goalie who was kicked off the US-World Cup team.

...NASCAR says it decided not to expel Joe Gibbs Racing and his 2-Toyota teams from the Nationwide series, because it was the lst time in 17-years a Gibbs team had been involved in any cheating incidents. His team lost 600-points, was fined 100-thousand dollars and 7-crew members were suspended for the rest of the year for cheating during Dyno-Chassis testing at Michigan last weekend.

In all the furore surrounding Usain Bolt's second record-breaking performance of the Olympics yesterday, another story slipped completely under the radar.

Before the race, the cameras hovered over the American, Wallace Spearmon, in Lane 9. His second-round and semifinal races had been below-par, and there was even speculation he was carrying an injury. In the race itself, he went better than predicted and came in a respectable third.

It seemed that by the time Spearmon crossed the line, Bolt was already surrounded by a gaggle of admirers snapping photos and jostling to talk to the champion. In the midst of all this, only a minute or so after crossing the line and taking delivery of a US flag, Spearmon charged over to where Bolt was standing, grabbed him in a bear-hug and hoisted him into the air with a shout of triumph.

There's been a debate about sportsmanship at the Games over the last few days, with (admittedly restrained) criticism in the papers of Paul Goodison for his supposed gamesmanship in winning his gold, and criticism from the IOC about Bolt's behaviour after winning his medals in not shaking hands with his opponents. In the midst of all this, I found Spearmon's gesture quite touching, interrupting his own medal celebrations to congratulate emphatically the man- not even from his own team- who had run him off the track. Bolt, somewhat disappointingly, barely acknowledged him.

Literally, as it turned out. In a sad twist, it emerged that Spearmon had trodden on the line during the race, which meant disqualification. The cameras caught his initial, stunned reaction when he was told soon after congratulating Bolt. Once the news had sunk in, he seemed to accept the decision, and walked dejectedly back towards the exit. As he made his way towards the tunnel, Spearmon spotted his team-mate Shawn Crawford, who, in light of Spearmon's disqualification, had just been promoted to bronze medallist, and tossed him the flag he had been given to celebrate his own medal.Only then did he leave the track.

It's been a dismal Olympics for the Americans. But in a team (and nation) renowned for its super-competitive and uncompromising attitude it's uplifting to see that there's still a place for sportsmanship. There are several competitors who could learn a lesson about how to be a good loser here, and for that matter a good winner too. A great sporting performance is an inspiration, but it's the attitude that goes with it that's really touching: Freddie Flintoff comforting Brett Lee after the 2005 Edgbaston Test; Lutz Long giving long jump advice to Jesse Owens in 1936. It goes to show that although winning counts, there's a lot more to sport than that.

I know that the defining images of this Olympics for posterity will be Phelps's medals, Usain Bolt's two amazing finishes, and, at least in Britain, the grinning faces of Chris Hoy and Ben Ainslie. But it would be nice if, somewhere in there, someone remembered Wallace Spearmon too.

From E! Online:

UPDATE: E! News has confirmed Gwen Stefani gave birth this morning. We still don't know whether it's a boy or girl, but sources say the baby's name is Zuma. More details to come as we get them!

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...They have to be pulling our leg...right?  How do you get from Kingston to Zuma?