Weekend Review

This past weekend was filled with many interesting sporting news in NBA and College Basketball. But, no sporting news was bigger than what went on in Major League Baseball. I am not going to get to much into the whole A-Rod thing but here is what I took out of his interview, along with some other news outside the world of sports (for once).

When Shorty texted me on Saturday while I was on a light post on one of the busiest streets in my town, I literally thought that I was going to "fall off the ladder" when he wrote that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids. I hate writing or talking about this subject, but all I know is that this situation sucks! What I will write about was A-Rod's interview with Peter Gammons. I have always thought that Alex always spoke like he had a piece of paper in his hand reading off what his agent Scott Boras thinks he should say. But, yesterday he actually sounded human. I don't know if we could ever believe him, but yesterday, when I was told about the interview, I didn't really expect him to talk so openly about it. I thought that he was going to beat around the bush with some of Gammon's questions, but he really didn't. And you really saw how much the situation bothered Alex, and how "stupid" he was. I do commend him for taking the interview in such a short amount of time, and at least to me sounding sorry for what he did in a trusting tone.

I don't know if any of you get the MLB Network, but for a huge baseball fan it might be my favorite television network ever! The season hasn't even begun yet, but I can count on this station if I ever find nothing on, or use it for a late night treat. Located on station 213 on Directv, all I have to do is go a couple pages down from ESPN and their you have it. I just thought that you should all know that...I LOVE THE MLB NETWORK!

The Grammy's on Sunday night as usually didn't disappoint as far as performances were concerned. Although there were a couple of acts that were scratched thanks to Chris Brown and Rihanna. For those of you that don't know, both pop stars canceled appearances at Sunday's Grammy Awards after news broke about Brown's involvement in an assault on a woman the previous night. It was an emotional night for Jennifer Hudson, and still don't know how she didn't break down after her "You Pulled Me Through" performance on stage. I noticed that while M.I.A, Jay-z, TI, Lil Wayne, and Kanye were performing "Swagger Like Us" on stage, I saw Coldplay in the front row bobbing their heads jamming to the song which I thought was pretty cool. When Smokey Robinson, Jamie Foxx, Ne-Yo and Duke Fakir-the only actual member of the Four Tops performed I thought that that was awesome, but to top the night was thoroughly surprised on how much I enjoyed the Jonas Brothers perform "Superstition" with Stevie Wonder. It was a pretty good night at the Grammy's that was filled with surprises and no shows.

Finally in local news, it has been pretty interesting in Palm Coast, Florida this past week. My favorite pizza restaurant, which gives me the only sense of great pizza from the north has been in national news. There was a complaint of a customers order and the owner of the pizza shop, "Goombas", told them to come and and he'll take care of the order for them, no charge. The owner, a Mafia hitman from Brooklyn turned Mob-rat living in the Florida sunshine, blew his new identity when he lunged over the counter of his government-approved business, and pistol-whipped two patrons who complained about a calzone. As told in the Daytona News Journal... Warrants for Joseph Milano, which were signed by a circuit judge Friday, also list the name "Joseph Calco." Calco was part of a crew of aspiring mobsters, but became a federal informant and testified at the trial of Anthony Spero, who was identified by authorities as one of New York's top organized crime figures. Interesting huh?! Safe to say that this guy is in some serious trouble. They even put the guy's address in the paper. My uncle told me the other day that he has noticed more black limos in the area as of late, but I think that he is just kidding...or is he? There was a great bit written in the paper that I loved, it said, "Milano's home was guarded Thursday by a large dog apparently corralled by an invisible electronic fence. A neighbor said she recently saw Milano working on the eaves of the home. She said it appeared he was installing security cameras." Nice! Here's the video,watch him go under the counter then the gun in his hand...