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I'm Back!

2010-04-19T14:02:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to let everyone know that after a couple of month hiatus, TotalSportsUpdate will be back up and running this week. Thank you to all that have come by and continued to support the site. See ya soon!

Trick Or Treat

2009-10-31T20:12:00.000-07:00

With it being Halloween I thought I would pose some trick or treat comparisons to the sports world. I will be talking about the surprise athletes in sports, treats, and the disappointing athletes in sports, tricks.So let's start with the treats right now in sports. First being Darren Sharper of the New Orleans Saints. Guy was left for dead and now will probably win the NFC Defensive player of the

Alright, I Give Up

2009-10-29T23:42:00.001-07:00

So I'm finally giving in after all of these years as a baseball purist. I was pissed when the wild card was added. I hate the DH rule. And I can't stand these small ass stadiums that are made just for the homerun to excite the casual fan. But now something I never thought I would want to happen needs to happen. Major League Baseball needs to have instant replay for any call or play during a game!

Don't Say The Word "Hate", Unless....

2009-10-28T16:36:00.001-07:00

So I have a six year old girl and I'm trying to instill her withthe foundation of being a good person. You know, "love everyone" and "don't lie". Well the other day I found myself in a perplexing position of teaching my daughter that it is ok not to like someone or something. And that person was Kobe Bryant and the team was the Los Angeles Lakers.I know, I know. I'm going to hell for this one.

Broncos...Best Team In Football?

2009-10-19T23:25:00.000-07:00

Don't call the men with straight jackets just yet. I'm not ready to go to the funny farm this week. But I will say that I am drinking the kool-aid when it comes to the Denver Broncos and after six weeks into the NFL season I ask you to find me a more complete team then them. Not as easy as you would have thought. Well, pull up a chair, pour yourself a glass and I will elaborate more on why I

Oh No She Didn't!

2009-10-15T21:49:00.001-07:00

Alright, I'm sure I'm going to get a whole lot of crap from my women readers on this one, but it is something that has been bugging me for a long time. Alright, I'm just going to say it...Women sports announcers should not exist! I'm not talking about sideline reporters or the sportscasters on ESPN. I'm talking about the play by play or color commentators. I'll give you my reasons why I think

Don't Get Raidered!

2009-10-13T23:35:00.001-07:00

Well with about a third of the season just about done, we take a look back at what has happened so far. We will take a peak at the good, the bad and the Raiders, because let's face it, nobody does ugly like the Raiders do!Let start off with the good and no better place to start off then in Denver. Did you see the Broncos starting off 5-0 and I'm not talking when you play as them in Madden. What

Enough Already!

2009-10-12T22:52:00.001-07:00

I'm so tired of it. We live with it and have to deal with it on a daily basis. Can't we just stop worrying about this crap and just move on? When will enough be enough? When will one or two people stop trying to influence millions and let the people start to think for themselves? I'm talking about race relations and more directly their relationship in sports.Race was once again brought to the

Revenge Is A Dish....

2009-10-11T22:50:00.000-07:00

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was about six years old and I wasn't really sure what it meant, but it sounded good. "Revenge is a dish, best served cold", were the words that Khan uttered to Kirk in Star Trek II. I thought to myself, revenge isn't a meal that I've ever heard of and I like my food to be hot. Well, over twenty-five years later (yea, it makes me cry too), I still like my

Yea, I Think I Have A Problem

2009-10-07T23:04:00.000-07:00

Well at least I think I do. MLB playoffs started today and my favorite team, the Yankees were playing at 3:00 pm and I was on the couch ready to go, but I couldn't get something ot of my mind. It's like that bad song you can't get out of your head after someone has been singing it all day. Only, it wasn't a bad song, it was actually music to my ears. The Celtics were playing in their first

Let The Games Begin!

2009-10-06T22:19:00.000-07:00

Here we are and October's real games have started. That is baseball playoffs at its finest. With the amazing 6-5, 12-inning victory by the Minnesota Twins over the Detroit Tigers, baseball's second season has finally begun. We are down to the final eight teams to determine who will be the World Champions of baseball and the playoffs officially begin tomorrow with six of

Monday Night Magic!

2009-10-05T22:09:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure if I have ever been as excited for a Monday Night Football game as I was for tonight's game between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Favre's, err I mean Vikings! And boy did it not disappoint!You know how you look forward to a great movie that you been so excited to see since you first saw the trailer and then it sucks worse then Al Davis running the Raiders. Or how about a

How Do They Do It?

2009-10-03T22:43:00.000-07:00

So I'm sitting here on a Saturday night fighting a stomach flu. I can barely move around. Eating anything? Forget about it! Alright, I know I'm a big puss, but it got me thinking how can pro athletes play nightly with injuries and illnesses and heartburn has sidelined me.So MJ was able to puke up a lung and beat the Jazz. Kirk Gibson couldn't even walk and he was able to beat the A's. Byron

Somebody Needs To Be Burped!

2009-10-01T12:40:00.000-07:00

I love it when the new guy at the firm comes in at a higher salary than the guy who has been working there for ten years. Or how about the guy who gets promoted to the same position as you and gets paid more than you? Well, that's what happens in the NFL. There is no official rookie pay-scale as there is the NBA, but usually the way the system works is that when someone

You Have The Right To Remain Silent!

2009-09-30T21:21:00.000-07:00

You knew it was coming. You knew that it was too good to be true. First the NFL said that you couldn't have excessive celebrations after touchdowns. Then there were the rules that the PGA put out that you couldn't ride around the course in a golf cart. And now this. On Wednesday, the NBA officially released it's social media guidelines regarding NBA players, personnel

Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now?

2009-09-29T21:27:00.000-07:00

Another week of college football done another wave of serious injuries to potential NFL players. Tim Tebow was knocked out of the game against Kentucky with a concussion. USC's Stafon Johnson didn't even step onto the practice field and he was severely hurt, weight lifting accident. And we all know about Sam Bradford and the injury he sustained in Oklahoma's season

Hey Busdriver! What Did We Just Run Over?

2009-09-28T15:34:00.000-07:00

Whatever happened to airing out your differences behind closed doors? Remember when baseball players used to have the "kangaroo court" and if you made an error or something else detrimental to the team, they would handle it internally? How about the criticism that comes down on a player like T.O. when he publicly criticises the coach or the quarterback for not getting

Sick To My Stomach

2009-09-27T22:25:00.001-07:00

Wow, I didn't see that one coming. Isn't getting blindsided the worst? Like when you go in for your annual review expecting to get that well deserved raise and instead you get a pink slip, a box for your crap and a police escort out of the building. How about when you have been hanging at the bar for awhile and that girl at the end of the bar keeps looking over at you

The Art Of A Good Fantasy Trade

2009-09-24T23:24:00.001-07:00

There are many times in life that you need to negotiate deals. When you are accepting a job offer would be a time that you might try to get a higher salary. When you are getting a car and have been there for 18 hours you might try to squeeze an extra five bucks out of the dealer. What about buying a house? Oh my goodness, if they don't replace the carpet and lamanent flooring the deal is going to

The Guy You Love To Hate

2009-09-23T23:13:00.000-07:00

How long have you been at your current job? How about the industry that your career is in? Some might say five years, some might say fifteen and the really tenured guys would say thirty or more. Well, Bobby Cox has you all beat. He is going to celebrate his fiftieth year in baseball next season and it will be his last, at least as a manager. On top of that, Cox has been with the same team, the

It's About Time!

2009-09-22T23:54:00.000-07:00

Am I the only person that is actually excited about the possibility of replacement referees being in place when the NBA's pre-season starts, with the possibility of going into the regular season like that? Now my bitterness and anger is pointed at anyone that wants more money when they don't deserve it. Sure, the current contract between the officials and the NBA expired on September 1st. Sure

Rooting For The Good Guys

2009-09-20T22:32:00.000-07:00

The other day I was watching a Chicago White Sox game and in the 3rd inning Paul Konerko hit a mammoth home run to left field and the announcers for the game on WGN started to cheer wildly. Ken "Hawk" Harrelson was announcing the game and he along with the other announcer screamed their normal saying after a White Sox player hits a home run, "You can put it on the board

Remember Our Lost Love

2009-09-19T23:27:00.000-07:00

The other night I watched a movie that I haven't seen in years. "For The Love Of The Game" came out in 1999. I was 22 at the time and had just started dating my future wife. I went to the movie expecting it to be as good as "Field Of Dreams" and I remember leaving the theater disappointed. But, 10 years later, I thought I would give it another chance and see if the movie was as bad as I

A Loss Is A Loss, Right?

2009-09-18T18:20:00.001-07:00

We had another classic Saturday of College Football with close games, blowouts and upsets. It was a day when sportscasters were able to be coroners and pronounce teams dead. "Well, BYU, yea they are done." "Wow, I was really hoping USC could do something, but they're dead." Chalk outlines are going up in cities across the nation as we speak, but I'm wondering are they a little premature? Sure,

What Is A Sport?

2009-09-17T23:59:00.000-07:00

Well, I was over at a friend's house the other night and while flipping through the channels we eventually landed on ESPN and started to watch the World Series Of Poker. It amuses me to watch grown men wine and cry like babies while throwing around chips that are worth more than I make in a year. However, between whinings over "bad beats" and "horrible plays", mostly by Phil Hellmuth of course, a