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Well thats up to you.

Apparently EA and Doritos have teamed up to allow the fans to decide who should be the cover athlete of Madden 11 this fall. Click on the link below and you can vote for Jared Allen, Drew Brees or Reggie Wayne. Personally, I’ve never been a fan of defensive players on my Madden cover and I’m not sure Reggie Wayne deserves it over Brees who has had a great year. Then again, I’m not sure I want the curse to be on Brees seeing as how I won’t Fantasy Football with him heading up my squad this season. Decisions, decisions…

http://www.doritoschangethegame.com/index.html

For the 4th time your MVP ladies and gentlemen…is Peyton Manning.

It was hard not to use the “MVPeyton” headline again but by now even the slowest among us has thought up that witty title (I think I used it when he won back in 2008).  All kidding aside the 4th MVP is something special.  Peyton has now won more MVP awards then anyone else in NFL history.  So where do you put him now along side the alltime great QB’s in the NFL?  If (ahem “when” the Seven good sportsfan year is still in effect until the Colts loose) he wins another SuperBowl this year and has a few more good years in him he has to be considered one of the top two or three QB’s ever right?

Grats Peyton, and I’m not just saying that cause I got a man crush on you or anything…

Oh in honor of our MVP I decided to post a few of my favorite pics of Peyton:

President Peyton

Leg-Guitar Playing Peyton

Insightfull Peyton

And last but not least (don’t hotlink it again or I’ll take it down)

Peyton Vs the Bears!

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Okay its a few days late, I’d like to say that its late because I have spent the last three days celebrating the New York Yankees 2009 World Championship (thats 27 for those of you scoring at home) but the reality is that the same night our fearless heroes brought championship home to the bronx I came down with a nasty case of the flu (no I don’t think its full blown swine flu but I may go as far as calling it Piglet) that I am still battling.

Anywho a day or three late and a dollar (or a few hundred million for the Yankees) short but I just wanted to congratulate them on a job well done and a relief to finally win again after our little dry spell.  27 championships, thats basically 25% of the championships since 1900.  1 in 4 people, does it just totally suck to be a fan of any other team?

And if you are keeping track, here is another reminder of how my 2009 sports fandom has gone:

NCAA Mens Basketball – UNC Tarheels National Champions

NBA – LA Lakers World Champions

MLB – NY Yankees World Champions

NFL – Indianapolis Colts 8-0….??? Lets just say if your a betting man put some money on the Colts baby!  (Seven and dropping can not be held responsible for any monetary losses or otherwise from following my advice)

(*you’ll notice no NCAA football team listed.  My two favorite teams aren’t exactly lighting the world on fire and originally I thought that my mojo wasn’t going to work for everything this year however I realized that my mojo doesn’t apply to fake sports that don’t crown a real champion with a playoff.)

The new Rip City jersey is what the Blazers wore last night in order to pay homage to their 40th anniversary as a professional team. This is the first of two nights that the Trailblazers will wear the Rip City jerseys.  The next time that they plan on wearing them is not until April 14th, 2010.

Rip City is a nickname that the Portland team was given way back in the day by Bill Schonely, and has become a way to tie the team and its fans together over the years. To honor the memory of not only the players that have come before this team, but the fans that have stuck with the city for all of these years, the Rip City jerseys were born. The first unveiling of the Rip City jerseys actually came during a pre-season game against the Suns, but on Sunday night it marked the first regular season game where they were worn. The Rip City jerseys may look a bit odd on Sports Center without an explanation, but they definitely will hold special meaning for fans.

SLAM ONLINE | » Blazers Introduce ‘Rip City’ Uniforms.

I’d like to be the first to congratulate the Boston Red Sox on their 3-0 sweep elimination at the hands of the Angels today!

It’s really sad how relieved I am that the Red Sox 2009 season has now officially come to a close.  As a die hard Yankee fan the only thing that is worse than the Yankee’s losing is the Red Sox winning.  I could almost bear to have the Yankees lose as long as Red Sox fans aren’t happy.

Of course I should know better than to doubt that the Yankees couldn’t beat the Sox, it is after all the year of Seven when it comes to sports.

For example, who is my favorite NCAA Men’s Baksetball team…the UNC Tarheels of course, your 2009 NCAA Mens Basketball Champions.

And who is my favorite NBA team?  Come on its the 2009 NBA World Champion Lakers, always has been.

So lets just say when the Yankees win (yes when) I’m going to officially retire as a sports fan.  No way I can top this year…

FX announced its comedy scheduling plans, setting a release date for its new ensemble series “The League.” “The League,” about a fantasy football league from producers Jeff Schaffer (“Curb Your Enthusiasm” and Jackie Marcus Schaffer (“Disturbia”) will premiere Oct. 29 and run Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. after new episodes of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”

Well if you can believe Ron Artest he is apparently the newest LA Laker to be after accepting a free agent offer from the Lake Show.  I have to say I really don’t like this move but its entirely for personal reasons.  Artest has proven that when he can keep his head in the game (or stay on his meds depending on who you listen to) that he can be a great player however this last season he also appeared to miss a step in his game defensively and has proven that he can be a chucking liability on the offensive end at times.

That said, this move also has a strange symmetry to Rodman joining the Bulls.  If anybody can reign in Ron Ron and get some production out of him its going to be Phillip the 10th and you just know this move wasn’t made with Kobe’s approval so I guess I will try and look at the positive side and say that he’ll be an upgrade over Ariza…hopefully.

Oh come on did you really think I was not going to say anything?