Be warned: This novelty will last until the Eggnog Tipping Point is reached. That’s when readers and bloggerette alike find themselves having to add eggnog to their rum, instead of the other way around, in order to find anything humorous in the posts. But we ourselves are easily amused–see the previous post for proof—so buckle up, the Eggnog Tipping Point is a ways away. (And if you’re in the mood for non-snarky, non-gimmicky posts about Da Holidaze, check out b5-er Libby’s new blog, All Holiday Cafe.)

Here are 5 things on the Gossip on Sports Holiday Wishlist. We reserve the right to add/substract/modify the list until Santa shows up for the cookies on Christmas Eve. Yes, smart alecks, he WILL show up at our house, even though yours truly is on the naughty list. How so? Let’s just say everyone has their price, including those do-gooder elves of his.

Wishlist 

1. We wish for the Patriots to go undefeated. The more we can add to our New England Sports Bragging Repertoire, the better.

2. We wish for Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson to stay together for a while. If they dwell in coupledom long enough, there’s bound to be some blog foddah in there somewhere, particularly if Jessica’s Big Daddy opens his trap to the press. This is a guy who once said publicly, “She’s got Double-D’s. You can’t cover those suckers up!” Right. Just like you can’t get Papa Simpson to use that high-tech self-censoring device the girls pitched in and got him for Father’s Day.

3. We hope something blogworthy happens in hockey. We like the sport and darn it, for all their on-ice drama, we haven’t found much this season in terms of off-rink antics. Why do some sports get all the drama queens? It isn’t fair!

4. We hope the Celtics beat the Milwaukee Bucks on December 14 at the TDBanknorth Gahden. We’re headed to that game with The Bee and doled out plenty of denarii for seventh row seats. We don’t want to see the Celts lose, especially to a team that dropped a game to the so-full-of-drama-they-warrant-their-own-gossip-blog New York Knicks.

5. We hope for more sports-related stories linked to Brazilian supermodels so that we can put up more pictures like this . . .

(Photo courtesy of DailyCeleb.com) 

 . . . which, if our recent market research is accurate, appear to be a reader favorite. Oh, and that’s Victoria’s Secret model Izabel Goulart, for those of you who left your Guide to Brazilian Supermodels at home today. 

P.S. Until Tuesday at noon, you can still vote for Gossip on Sports for Project Blog, Week 3! To vote, check out the poll in this post from the other day OR visit Allison’s blog (if you leave a comment there, you can win a prize). Gossip on Sports is making a good run in the reader vote this week—thanks for the votes so far!

Post from: EveryJoe

5 Things on the Holiday Wishlist

*Note: Substitute ”wicked” here if you’re envisioning a Boston-based gossiper. 

Yesterday, Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury wasn’t having fun anymore. So, he did what all kids do: He picked up his toys and went home. From Phoenix. To New York. On game day.

The reason for mounting his Huffy Bike? Coach Isiah Thomas told him he wouldn’t be playing the game against the Phoenix Suns.

Marbury said, “Yuh-huh!”

To which Thomas shot back, “Nuh-uh!”

OK, so we paraphrased a little. But that’s the essence of it.

According to the New York Daily News, the hair-pulling didn’t end there, with a source repeating Marbury’s supposed words:

“Isiah has to start me . . . I’ve got so much [stuff] on Isiah and he knows it. He thinks he can [get] me. But I’ll [get] him first. You have no idea what I know.”

Ooooooh, blackmail! Does Isiah have cooties? Does he like someone, we mean like them like them, and Marbury knows it? Did Coach Thomas reveal a secret and make Marbury cross his heart and hope to die if the word gets out? Maybe they even pricked their fingers and swore to be blood brothers, but now Marbury’s changed his mind!

This calls for a detention, perhaps even in addition to the $180K fine Marbury faces for skipping the game.  

Meanwhile, we’re going to sit back and see if the Celtics can’t make it 7-0. Ah, Schadenfreude, how bloggers (and readers like Prospero) love thee.

Post from: EveryJoe

Junior High Antics in the NBA