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Blackhawks beat Phoenix. Toews "undresses" Ekman-Larsson (cartoon)

Hawks Win!
Raffi Torres is insignificant.
I've said this before - if you're not watching hockey because you're mad at the strike, GET OVER IT.
The Blackhawks are playing crazy good right now, and last night was the perfect example.
This move that Toews put on Ekman-Larsson was astonishing, and of course he scored about .7 seconds later.
WATCH HOCKEY.
Get excited for PITCHERS AND CATCHERS - that happens Sunday.

I gotta RUN.

Oh yeah, the words in the illustration are exactly what Pat Foley said when it happened.
I would have laughed my ass off but Toews' move put my jaw on the floor.

 

Ryan Braun. PEDS. Rumors. Anthony Bosch. Scandal!...NOT AGAIN!

Well, here Ryan Braun is again.
With his name right next to Alex Rodriguez in the newest PED scandal.
This is the newest story I could find, from Yahoo's Tim Brown and Jeff Passan.
It says that Braun says they retained the services of Anthony Bosch (the guy who runs the place that supposedly got the PEDS for A-Rod, among others) as a consultant during Braun's last period of public PED woes.
The difference is that next to A-Rod's name were specific PEDS, while next to Braun's there is nothing.
But on another document there is "20-30K", which Braun explains as a dispute over the cost of Bosch's consulting.
From the article:

So, if you're an expert on PEDS, you can charge a guy like Ryan Braun $20,000 to $30,000 for some advice?

Man, that's nice.
Love to hear what they chatted about. 

Anyway, this just came out so we'll see where it goes.

 

What really happened to the power at the Super Bowl? (gif)

 

Wonder where Lovie Smith is watching the Super Bowl?

Oh.
Of course!
He's on Gilligan's Island with the other castaways at a Super Bowl party sitting next to Thurston Howell III eating bean dip.

Is this kinda mean?
Yeah.
But once again, I'm watching a Super Bowl that doesn't feature the Chicago Bears except in the previews.
The previews that show the San Francisco Forty Niners' Colin Kaepernick back in his first start ever, rackin' up 32 points against what was supposed to be an elite Bears defense.
Remember that game?

Plus, I feel like crap with some stupid flu-cold so I'm not in a good mood anyway and I'm not going to a party because I have to lay on the couch and drink ginger ale.

Okay?

I'm going back to the couch now.

You. You should hurry up and order a "happy pitchers and catchers report day" card, because it's only a week away.

Now, go make Pork Tinga and watch the bowl!


 

Portrait of Jim Harbaugh in the 4th quarter, Superbowl.

You saw the San Francisco Forty Niners win over Atlanta, right?
Down 17 points, 14 at the half, the mighty comeback, Colin Kaepernick's 181 rushing yards against the Packers the week before had the Falcons freaking, and to me it didn't seem the Falcons blew it as much as...well seriously? Nobody had ever seen anything like Kaepernick against the Packers. I sure hadn't. 
A looooong time ago in Jamaica, I brought this crazy wind-up bird somewhere.
It actually flapped it's wings and flew like a real bird, an honest to god engineering marvel.
We were staying at Drumville Cove, and one night I wound the thing up, flew it around.
The people who worked there had never seen anything like it.
I finally flew it out towards the ocean, and when it flew past the lights and disappeared into the darkness, one of them screeched out in all serious excitement, "Heem fly to America!" 
It's what happens in your mind when faced with the completely unfamiliar.
I think the Falcons thought Kaepernick might fly too.
They just freaked.
It's why I think the Niners are gonna win, too.

Anyway, at the end of the game there were a couple times when I thought well, Jim Harbaugh's just crazy.
The first was when Harry Douglas made that catch and Harbaugh thought touched the ground.
He throws his challenge and...doesn't get the call.
Man, he went nuts.
Kooo Kooo.
Blind rage animal crazy like mama bear lost her cub so just get out the way.
Coaches, all they want to do is control everything.
But it never works out, and different guys deal with it in different ways.
Lotta the time, the team reflects the behavior and it can be bad or good, depending.
It looks like it's working for the Niners for sure.
Anyway, that crazy part, that's when I thought of doing this illustration.
It's Jim Harbaugh done as good as I can fake the great Francis Bacon, who did alot of paintings that seemed to get to the animal insides of human beings. 
Horror, only scarier.


Pretty fun to paint, too.
And honestly, I think Harbaugh might even like it if he ever saw it.

So...that's all I got.
Trying to get everything done so I can watch the Bowl.

GO NINERS!