Terrell Owens, College Basketball, and...Todd Agnew?
Posted by: David Bunch
Once again an overpaid professional football player is showing us what he's really made of. Terrell Owens has been indefinitely suspended by the Eagles due to comments he made publicly because he was upset that the Eagles did not acknowledge his 100th touchdown. How heart breaking. There's also a report today that a former team mate has admitted that he and Owens got into a locker room fight in which "no punches were landed". Hey guys, this isn't the kindergarten play ground here. You have a responsibility to the fans and public in general to behave yourselves like upstanding citizens.
On a more positive note, the college basketball season is just about ready to get underway. Here is the pre-season top 25, and an interesting article on how the NCAA would like to see the season start. This makes a lot of sense from a marketing standpoint. If you think about it, NCAA men's basketball gets a lot of attention for a few weeks in March. If I'm the NCAA, I want to expand that interest, okay hype, for as long as possible to make as much money as possible.
And while I'm rambling about what's on my mind today, this weekend my wife and I picked up the new Todd Agnew cd. It is a fantastic record. Musically it's bluesy and gritty, bordering at times on edgy. This will probably limit it's appeal since the lion's share of the market seems to be geared to "adult contemporary/pop" sounds, but this album deserves attention for another reason. The lyrics are of the "stop you in your tracks and make you think" variety. An example is the song "My Jesus" in which Agnew states:
Heavy hitting stuff. Other songs explore similar themes and many take lyrics directly out of the Bible.
For more information on the record, check out Ninety and Nine's review of the album here.
Once again an overpaid professional football player is showing us what he's really made of. Terrell Owens has been indefinitely suspended by the Eagles due to comments he made publicly because he was upset that the Eagles did not acknowledge his 100th touchdown. How heart breaking. There's also a report today that a former team mate has admitted that he and Owens got into a locker room fight in which "no punches were landed". Hey guys, this isn't the kindergarten play ground here. You have a responsibility to the fans and public in general to behave yourselves like upstanding citizens.
On a more positive note, the college basketball season is just about ready to get underway. Here is the pre-season top 25, and an interesting article on how the NCAA would like to see the season start. This makes a lot of sense from a marketing standpoint. If you think about it, NCAA men's basketball gets a lot of attention for a few weeks in March. If I'm the NCAA, I want to expand that interest, okay hype, for as long as possible to make as much money as possible.
And while I'm rambling about what's on my mind today, this weekend my wife and I picked up the new Todd Agnew cd. It is a fantastic record. Musically it's bluesy and gritty, bordering at times on edgy. This will probably limit it's appeal since the lion's share of the market seems to be geared to "adult contemporary/pop" sounds, but this album deserves attention for another reason. The lyrics are of the "stop you in your tracks and make you think" variety. An example is the song "My Jesus" in which Agnew states:
My Jesus would never be accepted in my church
The blood and dirt on His feet would stain the carpet
Heavy hitting stuff. Other songs explore similar themes and many take lyrics directly out of the Bible.
For more information on the record, check out Ninety and Nine's review of the album here.
