Sports Report for 8/11/08

8/11/08 – SPORTS REPORT

MY FOOTBALL PICCS FOR MONDAY WERE 1-0. MY BASEBALL PICCS WERE 3-6.

FOOTBALL
S ADAM ARCHULETTA SIGNED A 1 YEAR $730,000 CONTRACT WITH OAKLAND! IN THE FIRST PRE-SEASON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME OF THE YEAR, CINCINNATI DEF. GREEN BAY 20-17. AARON RODGERS (GB) WENT 9/15 117 YDS 1TD 1INT IN HIS DEBUT REPLACING BRETT FAVRE.

BASKETBALL
NO NEW BASKETBALL NEWS AT THIS TIME.

BASEBALL
WHO GIVES A FUCC ABOUT THE TRADE DEADLINE? ITS SAFE TO SAY THAT MLB DOESN’T. ADAM DUNN WAS TRADED FROM CINCINNATI TO ARIZONA FOR PITCHER DALLAS BUCC AND TWO PLAYERS TO BE NAMED. THE REDS HAVE TRADED AWAY BOTH ADAM DUNN AND KEN GRIFFEY JR THIS YEAR TO CONTENDERS. THIS TRADE SHOULD COUNTER THE MANNY RAMIREZ ADDITION IN LOS ANGELES. ARIZONA COULD STILL PULL THAT DIVISION OUT. NOW ONTO THE ACTION FROM MONDAY NIGHT, IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, CLEVELAND DEF. BALTIMORE 13-8. AUBREY HUFF HIT HIS 24TH HOMER OF THE YEAR FOR BALTIMORE. TORONTO DEF. DETROIT 7-2. MIGUEL CABRERA HIT HIS 24TH HOMER OF THE YEAR FOR DETROIT. MINNESOTA DEF. THE YANKEES 4-0. GLEN PERKINS FOR MINNESOTA GOT HIS 9TH WIN (9-3). BOSTON DEF. MY WHITE SOX 5-1. JOSH BECCETT GOT HIS 11TH WIN FOR BOSTON (11-8). OF COURSE, THAT LOSS ONCE AGAIN LOSES THE LEAD IN THE AL CENTRAL FOR THE WHITE SOX. MINNESOTA AND CHICAGO HAS EXCHANGED LEADS IN THE DIVISION EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST WEEK.

IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, PITTSBURGH DEF. THE METS 7-5. DAVID WRIGHT HIT HIS 23RD HOMERUN FOR THE METS. MILWAUKEE DEF. WASHINGTON 7-1. ST. LOUIS DEF. FLORIDA 4-2. HOUSTON DEF. SAN FRANCISCO 3-1. JOSE VALVERDE GOT HIS 29TH SAVE FOR HOUSTON. THE DODGERS DEF. PHILADELPHIA 8-6.

PRO WRESTLING
RANDY ORTON WAS INVOLVED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AND WILL NOW BE OUT LONGER. HE RE-INJURED HIS COLLARBONE AND WAS NOW WILL BE OUT ANOTHER 3-4 MONTHS. HE WAS ORIGINALLY JUST CLEARED TO RETURN AT SUMMER SLAM. NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE HE WONT RETURN UNTIL SURVIVOR SERIES AT THE EARLIEST. NOW, LETS GET TO MONDAY NIGHT RAW!
WWE RAW
August 11, 2008
Richmond, VA
Commentators: Michael Cole & Jerry “The King” Lawler
A video putting over the Cena-Batista happenings aired. John Cena’s music hit and he came down to the ring. Cena cut a promo about his match with Batista at Summerslam. He said Mike Adamle had been trying to get him to help him out in terms of hyping the match. After a long soliloquy, Cena said we didn’t need gimmicks or any funny stuff like that. All we needed was Batista and John Cena in the same ring together and thus invited Batista out to the ring.Cena said tonight they’d be allies, but at Summerslam they’d be allies. Cena said this match was six years in the making. Batista was groomed for success by some of the all time greats. Cena pulled himself up by the bootstraps and did it himself. Either way, they were the two best. Batista said he’d been watching Cena, too. They’d both won Royal Rumble matches. They’d both won main events at Wrestlemania. He’s seen standing ovations and get boo’d out of the building and throughout all of that, he never changed who he was and he respected that. He said he wouldn’t be caught dead doing some of the things Cena did, but he admitted it gets the job done. He said however, he was willing to bet that everyone above the age of 15 was ready to see him beat the crap out of Cena at Summerslam. Cena didn’t like that. After feigning a shot to the face, Cena shook his hand and walked off.
****Commercial****
A video aired covering the major cable awards Raw received this past weekend.
Kelly Kelly v. Beth Phoenix
Santino called Michael Cole “Michael Cole”. Line of the year.Kelly came right at Beth and dove on her back but Beth quickly chucked her over her head. Kelly cart-wheeled back and went for a roll up, but only got a one count. Kelly got shot into the ropes and maybe that was supposed to be a back drop, but didn’t end up that week.Beth went for a cover and got a one count before she military pressed Kelly only for the spry blonde to roll through and snag a roll up for a two count. The momentum didn’t last at all as Kelly found herself snared in the double under-hook before eating the face buster.
Winner: Beth Phoenix via pin fall
Santino entered the ring and tried to get Beth to send a message to Mickie. Mickie and Kofi chased the two off and after some jaw-jacking, Santino challenged Mickie to a match. She accepts.
****Commercial****
Mickie James v. Santino Marella
We came back to Mickie countering Santino pretty well. She hit a drop toe hold and rode Santino around the ring for a little while before hitting an arm drag. Santino stopped goofing around and hit a body slam, but almost blew his knees out going for a knee drop. Mickie went right at the leg until the official stepped in and pulled her off. Santino kicked Kofi on the outside to cause a referee distraction. Beth snuck into the ring and tossed Mickie into the ring post allowing Santino to snag a roll up with a handful of tights for the win.
Winner: Santino Marella via pin fall

Mike Adamle was talking about being Ronald Reagan and whatnot. Kane walked in and Adamle said he was taking on Chris Jericho tonight. He was also going to see what was in Kane’s bag by the end of the night. Kane told him it’s a huge mistake.
****Commercial****
Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase were in the back after a WWE Classics segment. Rhodes said people like him and Dibiase were respectful of history. They learned a lot from it. Dibiase said the two had the gall to talk about who ‘the man’ was and who the main event was, when the two of them were clearly the biggest thing in the WWE. He said none of that mattered to them. What mattered was tonight. Cena and Batista aren’t a team, but Dibiase and Rhodes are.
****Commercial****
Cryme Tyme v. The Highlanders
After a back and forth exchange to get things going, the Highlanders were able to knock JTG to the floor and work him over enough for a one count on the cover attempt. Rory worked a hammer lock on JTG but was quickly back dropped. Shaad hit the hot tag and clothes-lined the on-coming Robbie before hitting a long standing vertical suplex. After booting Rory over the top rope, he nailed the big slam for the victory.
Winner: Cryme Tyme via pin fall

JBL’s apparently issuing a challenge to CM Punk for Summerslam. It’s a challenge Punk can’t win.
****Commercial****
JBL’s music hit and he rode his limo out to the stage and made his way down to the ring. World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk followed shortly thereafter. JBL said before he beat him at this contest, he was happy to inform him his pathetic World title run was over. Punk told him to shut up and he was so tired of hearing the old, tired argument since he became champion and he was going to say it clearly. He said the world title was around his waist because he earned it. He said for those slower out there, Summerslam is right around the corner and last time he checked…JBL said he held the title on Smackdown longer than both of them. JBL said he built this business and wanted to know what exactly Punk’s merits were. He said he broke in with a crappy Indy promotion out in Chicago, joined ECW because they couldn’t find anyone who didn’t wrestle in a bingo hall, was drafted to Raw on a fluke and cashed in on a beat down. He said he was just a Cinderella.JBL showed him a bottle of Jack Daniels and said he wanted him to take a drink. He wanted to know that this champion was willing to check everything at the door even if that meant checking his values and morals in, in order to stay champion.After pondering it, Punk whipped out the soap box and put over how he was who he was because of what he believed in and that he didn’t need to check it in for JBL. He’d be just fine.JBL shot back and after an exchange, Punk tossed the whiskey into his face and JBL reeled back. Punk posed with the belt, mocking JBL as he wiggled around on the mat.
****Commercial****
Kane v. Chris Jericho
Jericho went right at Kane only to get tossed back with ease. Kane hit a slam and a low drop kick before gathering Jericho and ramming him into the turnbuckles. Kane went to drop an elbow but Jericho moved out of the way and went for an Irish whip, but Kane instead just elected to chuck him over the top rope and to the floor.On the outside, Kane chucked Jericho into the ring steps before tossing him back in the ring. Lance Cade tried to help out a little, allowing Jericho to hit a springboard drop kick on Cade. He stomped away at Kane’s head on the mat. Jericho rather stupidly tried a side headlock but Kane was able to power out of the move.Kane hit his big lariat in the corner before missing up on a second follow through. Jericho rolled through and went for the Walls of Jericho, but Kane powered out and hit a sidewalk slam. Kane went to the top rope, but Jericho cut him off only to get tossed to the mat. Kane flew off the ropes and connected with a clothesline before Raw GM Mike Adamle and security came waltzing down to get the burlap sack Kane had. Kane hit a huge big boot on Jericho in the ring before gripping his bag and yelling ‘no’. It gave Jericho the opening he needed as he bounded across the ring and hit the code breaker for the win.
Winner: Chris Jericho via pin fall
Kane is on the mat clutching the bag as Jericho celebrated. Adamle had a mic and got into the ring. He said he knew what was in that bag and he knew who he was referring to when he was asking is he alive or dead. He said ‘he’ was indeed Kane and the monster inside of him. Adamle said he tried to be a normal person, but he just couldn’t do it. He said deep down inside he was struggling for that answer, but when he made the declaration that ‘he was dead’, he proved that he can exorcize his demons and lead a normal life. He said he’d do it by giving him that bag. He said he knew what was inside but the people deserved to know what was in there.He said it was time to stop fooling around. Adamle quoted Ronald Reagan weirdly and asked him to hand him that bag. Kane took the mic and said there was a mask in the bag. He said the man who wore it was scarred, tortured and damaged beyond all human recognition. He said the problem was, is that it wasn’t his mask. He pulled out the mask and it was Rey Mysterio’s. Everyone’s baffled as Kane walks off to the back laughing.
****Commercial****
William Regal v. Jamie Noble
Regal pounded Noble to the outside of the ring before rolling Noble up for a one count. Noble hit a dragon screw after kicking out and hit a fun senton in the corner for a one count. Noble mounted the top rope and hit a cross body for a two count before Regal uncorked another ridiculous suplex. Regal kneed Noble in the head and knocked him out cold for the win.
Winner: William Regal via pin fall
****Commercial*****
World Tag Team Championship - Batista & John Cena v. Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase
Batista and John Cena couldn’t agree on things from the get-go and Rhodes & Dibiase quickly pounced on Cena and worked him over in the corner. Rhodes outsmarted Cena in a striking exchange and hit a side Russian leg sweep for a quick two count. After a rope exchange, Cena hit a shoulder block and slammed Cody Rhodes to the mat before taking Ted Dibiase off the apron. Cena went for a five knuckle shuffle and did it in Batista’s face before hitting Rhodes with the fist.
****Commercial****
We came back to Ted Dibiase controlling Cena on the mat. Batista and Cena are dysfunctional, Rhodes and Dibiase are a machine. Cena powered to his feet and Dibiase missed a splash in the corner. Batista got the hot tag and began demolishing Dibiase with shoulder blocks before Dibiase caught him with a boot I n the face. He charged Batista only to eat a spine buster. Batista went for a Batista bomb but Cena came in and broke it up. This is not going well for them.Cody Rhodes tagged into the match and went to work on Batista, whom he chop blocked from behind. After a roll up attempt, Rhodes got caught in a power slam and smashed to the mat. Batista got pay back for last week. Cena didn’t like it and got in Batista’s face. Ted Dibiase pounced and sent Cena clattering into Batista, sending the animal to the floor. Dibiase held onto Cena and rolled him up for a squeaky clean win.
Winners and NEW Tag Team Champions: Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase via pin fall

Sports Report for 8/10/08

8/10/08 – SPORTS REPORT

MY BASEBALL PICCS FOR SUNDAY WERE 10-5, MAKING MY FINAL TOTAL FOR THE WEEK 51-45-53%. MY NFL PICCS WERE 6-7-46% FOR THE WEEK.

BASKETBALL
IN THE FIRST OFFICIAL GAME OF THE OLYMPICS, THE USA DEF. CHINA 101-70. YAO MING ONLY HAD 13 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS FOR CHINA. DEWAYNE WADE HAD 19 POINTS AND LEBRON JAMES HAD 18 PTS 6 REB 3 AST AND 3 BLK FOR THE USA.

BASEBALL
IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, DETROIT DEF. OAKLAND 6-1. CLEVELAND DEF. TORONTO 4-0. CLIFF LEE GOT HIS 16TH WIN OF THE SEASON (16-2). TEXAS DEF. BALTIMORE 15-7. JOSH HAMILTON HIT HIS 28TH HOMER FOR TEXAS. AUBREY HUFF HIT HIS 23RD HOMER OF THE SEASON FOR BALTIMORE. MY WHITE SOX DEF. BOSTON 6-5. GAVIN FLOYD GOT HIS 12TH WIN OF THE SEASON (12-6). BOBBY JENKS GOT HIS 24TH SAVE, AND THERE WERE HOMERUNS FROM CARLOS QUENTIN (32), JERMAINE DYE (27), AND JIM THOME (24). KANSAS CITY DEF. MINNESOTA 5-4. THE ANGELS DEF. THE YANKEES 4-3. TAMPA BAY DEF. SEATTLE 11-3. THIS GIVES TAMPA BAY 71 WINS, WHICH IS THE MOST IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. WILLY AYBAR HIT TWO HOMERS (5,6) FOR THE RAYS. SO, GOING INTO THE PLAYOFF PICTURE, HEADING INTO THE NEW WEEK, IN THE AL EAST, TAMPA BAY HOLDS A 4 ½ GAME LEAD OVER BOSTON. MY WHITE SOX GOT A ½ GAME LEAD OVER THE TWINS IN THE CENTRAL. THE ANGELS ARE STILL DOMINATING THE WEST BY 14 GAMES OVER TEXAS. THE WILDCARD IS CURRENTLY HELD BY BOSTON, FOLLOWED BY MINNESOTA.

IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, FLORIDA DEF. THE METS 8-2. MIKE JACOBS HIT HIS 25TH HOMER OF THE SEASON FOR FLORIDA. HOUSTON DEF. CINCINNATI 13-4. LANCE BERKMAN HIT HIS 23RD HOMER OF THE YEAR FOR HOUSTON. FOR CINCINNATI, EDWIN ENCARNACION HIT HIS 22ND HOMER OF THE YEAR! MILWAUKEE DEF. WASHINGTON 5-4 IN 13 INNINGS. PHILADELPHIA DEF. PITTSBURGH 6-3. CHASE UTLEY HIT HIS 29TH HOMER OF THE YEAR FOR PHILLY. SAN DIEGO DEF. COLORADO 16-7. SAN FRANCISCO DEF. THE DODGERS 5-4. ARIZONA GOT BACK ON TRACC WITH A 6-1 WIN OVER THE ATLANTA. BRANDON WEBB (AZ) GOT HIS 17TH WIN OF THE YEAR (17-4). THE CUBS DEF. ST. LOUIS 6-2. RYAN DEMPSTER GOT HIS 13TH WIN OF THE YEAR (13-5) FOR THE CUBS. SO, GOING INTO THE PLAYOFF PICTURE HEADING INTO THE NEW WEEK, PHILADELPHIA LEADS THE EAST BY 2 GAMES OVER THE METS AND FLORIDA BY 2 ½ GAMES. THE CENTRAL IS STILL LED BY THE CUBS BY 4 GAMES BY MILWAUKEE. THE WEST IS LED BY ARIZONA OVER THE DODGERS BY 1 ½ GAMES. THE CURRENT WILDCARD HOLDER IS MILWAUKEE FOLLOWED BY ST. LOUIS.

FOOTBALL
THE 49ERS SIGN LB TAKEO SPIKES. THE STEELERS SIGN QB BYRON LEFTWICH TO A 1 YEAR $605,000 CONTRACT.

NASCAR
GOD DAMN, I HATE NASCAR, BUT KYLE BUSCH WON THE CENTURION BOATS AT THE GLEN AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL. HE IS THE FIRST DRIVER IN NASCAR HISTORY TO WIN THREE ROAD COURSE RACES IN ONE SEASON.

PRO WRESTLING
LAST NIGHT WAS A TNA PAY-PER-VIEW….
TNA Hard Justice PPV Results - 8/10/08Location: Trenton, New JerseyCommentators: Mike Tenay & Don West
- The TNA "Cross The Line" promo hits.
- A video package runs highlighting the issues between Kurt Angle and AJ Styles, Team 3D and Christian Cage & Rhino and tonight's main event between Samoa Joe and Booker T for the TNA World Heavyweight Title in a Six Sides of Steel filled with weapons. They also tease Sting's involvement in last month's Victory Road PPV main event.
- 15 minutes ago: We see footage of Sting arriving to the arena. He isn't wearing makeup, gets out of his car with a bat in hand and heads inside the arena. Sting blows off Lauren as she tries to interview him.
- A graphic opening hits welcoming us to Hard Justice. We go live to Trenton, NJ when Flithee and Grandmaster Caz come out to kick off the show. Ice T is no where to be seen as they finish the live performance. A series of pyro goes off in the entrance area to kick off the show.
- We go to the ringside area where Mike Tenay and Don West rundown the card for tonight. They also wonder what role Sting will play tonight after just arriving.
- Consequences Creed is out first to kick off the show.
TNA X Division Championship Match - Petey Williams (c) w/ Rhaka Khan vs. Consequences CreedThe bell rings and the two circle the ring. Creed with a headlock and shoulder block. Creed with a hip toss on Petey. Creed applies a headlock and Petey tries to roll through numerous times. Petey misses a cross-body and Creed returns with an elbow to the back. Cover by Creed, but only a two count. Petey with an armdrag, attempts a Canadian Destroyer, but Creed counters out quickly. Shoving between the two as Petey backs to the corner as the referee breaks it up. Creed with a press slam and then driving his knees into the gut of Petey. This gets a big reaction from the crowd. Petey bails to the outside to recover. Creed jumps over the top rope with a flip taking out Petey. Creed hit the back of his head on the ring apron during this spot. Petey recovers with a leg drop over Creed on the ring apron. Crowd is really behind Petey. Petey with a springboard over the top rope into a codebreaker on Creed. Cover by Petey, but only gets a two count. Creed with a few left hands, does the splits and Petey takes him out with a big dropkick to the face. Loud "PETEY" chant after this. Petey with some right hands in the corner on Creed. Creed slides out under the ropes after an irish whip. Petey with a baseball slide into Creed who falls off and hits his head on the ring apron. Petey with a springboard over the top rope and catches Creed with a huracanrana. Crowd is insanely behind Petey. Petey with a dropkick to the back of Creed against the ropes. Petey with a rake to the eyes on Creed. Creed catches Petey with a huge superkick out of no where! Petey with a small comeback, but Creed is back up and catches Petey with a huge clothesline. Creed with lefts, splits and a final big punch. Creed covers, but Petey kicks out after two. Petey with a big russian leg sweep. Petey goes for the Destroyer, but Creed counters and Petey hits a jawbreaker. Creed responds right away with a huge clothesline. Petey catches Creed with a shoulder block from the ring apron, jumps over the top, but Creed catches him on his shoulders. Petey with a quick rollup that results in a two count. Another rollup by Creed that gets countered. Creed flips over the back of Petey and catches Petey with a kick to the head. Creed lifts up Petey, but Petey counters and applies the Sharpshooter in the center of the ring. Creed reaches for the bottom rope and Petey holds his arm back. Creed breaks free and gets to the ropes to break it up.Creed with a splash and knee to the head on Petey in the corner. Creed with a huge DDT, goes up top, jumps and connects with the leg drop on Petey. Cover by Creed and Petey barely gets a shoulder up. Khan jumps into the ring to distract Creed. Creed lifts her up and drops her with an RKO off his shoulders. Petey jumps in, attempts a Destroyer, but Creed counters and drops Petey on his head behind his back. Cover by Creed and Petey again somehow kicks out! Abdul Bashir (formerly Daivari) walks out with a steel chair and cracks it over the back of Creed. This allows Petey to hit the Canadian Destroyer on Creed and get the pinfall.
Winner & STILL TNA X Division Champion: Petey Williams
After the match, Bashir gets into the ring and drags a camera man over to a knocked out Consequences Creed. He said this represents the United States. Bashir calls himself the Middle Eastern Nightmare.
- Backstage, Jeremy Borash is with TNA World Champion Samoa Joe. Kevin Nash is sitting nearby. He asks him if he will be distracted since Sting is here tonight. Joe said he is tired of the hocus pocus and games Sting is playing. Nash, who looks to be in great shape right now, tells Joe he will have his back tonight if Sting tries to get involved.
- TNA Knockouts Champion Taylor Wilde, Gail Kim & ODB vs. Awesome Kong & The Beautiful People
We start with Velvet Sky and ODB. Sky sprays some air freshener on ODB. ODB takes out Sky with a shot to the crotch, sprays her own crotch with the perfume and throws it at Traci Brooks, who is the special guest referee. Gail Kim gets the tag and takes out Sky. Tag to Angelina Love and a tag to Taylor Wilde. Wilde with some big side dropkicks on Love. Wilde begs them to tag in Awesome Kong. Kong gets the tag and levels Wilde. Tag to Kima nd Kong lifts her up and slams her down. Tag to ODB and she chops Kong. ODB attempts a few takedowns, but Kong takes her out with a big clothesline. Kim and Wilde then get a double clothesline from Kong. Double-team work by Kim and Wilde to take Kong out. Kong gets tossed to the outside. Sky and Love help her back up. ODB cuts off Kong as she gets into the ring. Kong grabs ODB by the hair and tosses her to the other corner. ODB spits in Kong's face. Kong then splashes ODB in the corner. Traci then sends Raisha Saheed to the back and this upsets Kong. Sky gets the tag and applies a full body submission on ODB. Kim gets the tag along with Love. Love kicks Kim off the ring apron and Kim hits the ring barricade with force. Love continues the assault on Kim, covers, but only gets a two count. Love starts choking Kim and then mounts her hitting some right hands. Kicks to Kim in the corner. Love shoves referee Traci Brooks. Traci shoves her back. Wilde gets the tag and takes out Love and Sky with big dropkicks. Cover by Wilde and Kong breaks it up. Kim with a huge kick to the face of Kong. All six women are brawling now. In the ring, Love takes out Wilde with a huge kick. Wilde then reverses Love and gets a quick rollup for the pinfall.
Winners: TNA Knockouts Champion Taylor Wilde, Gail Kim & ODB
- Backstage, Lauren is following around Team 3D. They are looking for Sting up in the rafters. Brother Ray looks down and he is afraid of heights. Ray stayed up against the wall far from the ledge. Brother Devon yells out for Sting and says they are behind him. Ray says Sting can feel free to help them in the Jersey Street Fight later tonight. He said they had to go since Devon was scared of the dark.
- A video package runs highlighting the events between LAX and Beer Money Inc.
TNA World Tag Team Championships MatchLAX (c's) w/ Hector Guerrero & Salinas vs. Beer Money Inc. (Robert Roode & James Storm) w/ Jacqueline
Flithee performed LAX's theme song live during their entrance.The match kicks off with Hernandez going after James Storm and Homicide going after Robert Roode at ringside. Hernandez sends Storm back first into the ring barricade, while Homicide nails Roode's head off the steel steps. Storm fights back sending Hernandez into the barricade breaking it apart. The bell rings when Homicide rolls Roode into the ring and takes him out with a big elbow to the sternum. Hernandez hits the ring and LAX hit a double splash in the corner. Hernandez follows it up with a big body splash in the center of the ring. Hernandez catapults Roode into Homicide who hits a clothesline. Roode falls back down and Homicide hits a big elbow drop. Spinning neckbreaker by Homicide on Storm. Hernandez with a big vertical suplex on Storm as Homicide nails Roode off the ring apron. Hernandez still has Storm up and then drops him back down on the mat with force. Quick suplex by Homicide on Storm. Storm and Roode hit a double clothesline on Homicide on the outside. Hernandez follows this up with a dive over the top rope taking out Roode and Storm. Hernandez even lands on his feet after the spot, which gets a big reaction from the crowd in Trenton. Jacqueline with a cheap shot on Homicide and Storm spits the beer in the eyes of Homicide. This allows Roode to get in some shots and rake the back of Homicide. Roode snaps the neck of Homicide and Storm follows it up with a big knee to the back. Roode with a big backbreaker on Homicide. Homicide screams that his eyes hurt. Roode and Storm with a double suplex. They do the infamous "BEER" (Storm) and "MONEY" (Roode) spot. Homicide fires back with some rights on Roode, but Roode trips him up with a drop toe hold. Tag to Storm who puts Homicide on his shoulders. Storm drops Homicide's feet against the top rope and then brings him down in a big DDT. Cover by Storm, but Homicide gets a shoulder up. Homicide attempts a comeback, but Storm levels him with a flying knee to the head. Tag to Roode and they separate the legs of Homicide. Roode with a headlock on Homicide. Homicide fights up, but Roode drops him again. Roode with the Three Amigos and then does the Eddie Guerrero taunt. Roode goes up top, but misses a body splash. Tag to Storm and tag to Hernandez. Hernandez launches himself in hitting Storm with a big shoulder block. Hernandez with high back body drops on both Roode and Storm. Hernandez with a body splash on Roode and then wraps a flag around his neck launching him. Spinebuster by Hernandez on Storm, cover, but Roode breaks it up.Roode with a sunset flip on Hernandez, but Hernandez lifts him up. Kick to the head by Storm and Roode with a neckbreaker off the top on Hernandez. Cover by Storm, but Hernandez kicks out. Double clothesline by Hernandez on Roode and Storm. Homicide gets the tag, goes up top, jumps and takes out Storm and Roode with a dual dropkick. Homicide with a suplex on Storm and goes up to the top. He knocks Jacqueline away, hits a body splash from the top and Storm somehow gets a shoulder up. Roode is in and gives Homicide a huge spinebuster. Hernandez is in and takes out Roode with a big fallaway slam. Storm takes out Hernandez with a backcracker. Homicide levels Storm with a running stunner. Hernandez then lifts Homicide up in a Border Toss and throws him over the top rope into Roode and Storm on the outside! That was a little dangerous. Roode is in, Hernandez charges and Roode pulls the top rope down. Hernandez is on the outside and Jacqueline low blows him. Salinas goes after Jacqueline and Hector breaks it up. In the ring, Homicide goes for the Gringo Killer on Storm. Roode runs in and cracks a beer bottle over the head of Homicide with the referee distracted. Storm then covers Homicide, the referee is back in and counts the pinfall.
Winners & NEW TNA World Tag Team Champions: Beer Money Inc. (Robert Roode & James Storm)
After the match, Roode and Storm down some beer bottles as they celebrate with the TNA World Tag Team Titles over this shoulders. We see some highlights of the match. Back live, Homicide is holding his face in pain as Hernandez, Hector Guerrero and Salinas attend to him.
- Backstage, we see Kevin Nash with Sting. Nash seems to know what Sting has planned for tonight and says there has to be another way. Sting disagrees and says there is no other way.
- A video package runs highlighting the events involving Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt and So Cal Val.
-Black Tie Brawl and Chain Match"Black Machismo" Jay Lethal w/ So Cal Val vs. Sonjay Dutt
The rules of the match is that Lethal and Dutt will be chained together. You can win the match by pinning your opponent or by removing the tux off his back. Wow, really? They showed Lethal's family at ringside cheering him on. The referee chained up Lethal first. When the referee chained up Dutt, Lethal removed his chain and tied it to the ropes. Lethal got in some cheap shots on Dutt and smiled. The referee broke it up and demanded he get tied up. The referee tries to restore order hauling the chain back, but that allows Lethal to hit a clothesline. Lethal then agrees to get chained up and Dutt moves the chain under him, crotching him when it gets put on and the bell officially rings. Dutt then starts removing some of Lethal's tux. Dutt drives his foot into the head of Lethal a few times. Lethal gets to his feet and takes out Dutt with a big elbow to the head. Lethal removes some of Dutt's tux as well. Lethal tosses Dutt over the top and then jumps over himself taking out Dutt. Dutt catches Lethal with a knee to the gut. Dutt goes into the crowd, but Lethal drags him back to the ringside area. Lethal props Dutt against the steel ring post and wraps the chain around him. Lethal then starts removing Dutt's tux.Lethal attempted a big right hand, but Dutt ducked and Lethal connected with the steel ring post. Dutt nails Lethal's head off the ring apron a few times. They get back into the ring and Dutt catches Lethal with a big kick to the face. Lethal fights back with a big right and then starts choking Dutt with the chain. Lethal then pulls the chain back and Dutt is being hung. Val screams at Jay to stop. Val then heads to the back upset as Lethal looks on. Dutt then pulls Lethal to the corner shoulder first into the ring post two times. Dutt then puts Lethal in a tree of woe in the corner and starts removing his tux clothing. Dutt mocks Lethal and then tosses him out of the ring shirtless. Dutt mocks Lethal's family hitting some right hands on Lethal in front of them. Dutt with a big charge on Lethal taking him out. Fairly loud "BORING" chant starts up. Dutt with a backbreaker on Lethal, springboards off the top rope and Lethal pulls on the chain launching Dutt in mid-air to the mat. Lethal uses the chain to whip Dutt around the corners. Lethal with a knee to the head and then plants Dutt on his face. Dutt with a counter on Lethal taking him out with a big inverted DDT flying over his head. Loud "FIRE RUSSO" chant starts up.Dutt misses a dive from the top and Lethal fires back with a big fishermans suplex. Lethal mounts Dutt and gets in some stiff right hands. Lethal screams "YOU RUINED MY LIFE" and hits the Lethal Combination on Dutt. Lethal goes up top, connects with the flying elbow and gets the pinfall on Dutt.
Winner: "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal
After the match, we see a shot of Lethal's family cheerly loudly at ringside.
- Backstage, Jeremy Borash is with Booker T and Sharmell. Borash mentions Sting is in the building tonight. Booker complains about having to dress in a lockerroom. He calls Sting and himself the crown jewels of pro wrestling and says Sting has issues that he will take care himself personally, especially involving Samoa Joe. Booker said he doesn't respect Joe and knows Sting doesn't either. He said Sting and himself paved the way for guys like Samoa Joe and said he is nothing but a backyard, trailer park, wannabe, independent worker. Booker said he will prove tonight why he deserves the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
- A video package runs highlighting the events between Team 3D and Christian Cage & Rhino.
Jersey Street Fight Match - Team 3D vs. Christian Cage & Rhino
All four men started brawling right away. In the ring, Rhino takes out Devon with some rights and a big shoulder block. Rhino with a big clothesline on Devon after countering a hip toss attempt from Devon. At ringside, Ray throws Cage back into the ring after they had been brawling earlier. Ray with a big right hand to Cage, but misses a charge and Cage chops him. Ray with a huge high back body drop on Cage. Ray cracks a sign over the head of Cage. They do a split-screen trying to follow Rhino and Devon heading into the crowd. Cage and Ray also brawl into the crowd. The action is all over the place, but the split-screen helps. Rhino takes beer from some fans and pours it all over Devon. Fans are getting in the way as Rhino and Devon head to the backstage area it would seem. Cage and Ray are brawling up the steps in the crowd. Ray and Cage get near Rhino and Devon up in the high rafters of the arena. Atlas Security is trying to maintain order as Cage splashes Ray from the top of the steps. Rhino and Devon brawl to the ringside area with Devon sending Rhino over the ring barricade by the ring. Ray and Cage are coming down the steps. Ray has a crazy look on his face and embraces with the fans chanting "TNA" loudly. Ray with a sledgehammer on Cage off the steps. Rhino and Devon are now near the entrance ramp and Rhino sends Devon into a road work sign. All four are near the ring now. Cage and Ray are in the ring and Cage brings in a sign, cracking it over the head of Ray. Devon levels Cage with a clothesline. Rhino is in and hits a shoulder block in the corner on Devon. Cage and Rhino with a back body drop on Ray. Double suplex by Cage and Rhino on Devon. Ray takes out Cage and Rhino with a street sign as Devon was down in the corner. Ray goes to the outside and tosses in the steel ring steps. Devon picks up the steps and drives them into the head of Rhino. Ray sets the stairs up near a corner. Ray grabs Cage and sends Cage into the steps face first. Ray puts Cage over the top of the stairs and chops his chest. Ray goes up top, but Cage cuts him off with a few rights. Cage grabs Ray and drives him face first into the steel steps. Cage with a shot on Devon using a street sign. Cage stands over Ray, misses a shot using a street sign and Ray connects with a full nelson slam on Cage off the steel steps! Cover by Ray, but Cage gets a shoulder up. The crowd in Trenton start another loud "TNA" chant.Ray grabs another street sign and hits Cage with it. The crowd chants for tables. Rhino takes out Ray with a clotheslines, but Devon was waiting for him and takes him out. Devon charges at Cage, but Cage holds up stop sign and Devon stops. Rhino with a Gore on Devon! Cage with a cross-body on Ray, cover, but only a two count. Cage attempts an Unprettier on Ray, but Ray counters into an electric chair. Ray is sitting on the top rope. Rhino grabs Devon and drives his head into Ray's crotch a few times, rolls up Devon, but only gets a two count. Rhino and Devon catch each other with a double clothesline. Ray screams "MY BALLS!" as the fans laugh and Cage gets to his feet. Cage attempts a huracanrana, but Ray counters into a huge powerbomb off the top rope! Cover by Ray and Cage kicks out. Ray with a shot to the back of Rhino using a street sign. Another chant for tables from the crowd. Devon slides a table in and the fans cheer loudly. They prop a table up in a corner as Rhino gets to his feet. They irish whip Rhino into the table, but Rhino stops himself and double clotheslines Team 3D. Cage then slides a ladder in and Rhino takes out 3D with it. Rhino sets the ladder up near the corner. He yells at Cage to get up there.Cage climbs up the ladder, gets to the top and connects with a frog splash on Ray! Ray stands up favoring his chest and Rhino takes him out with a Gore through the table! Rhino covers Ray and gets the pinfall.
Winners: Christian Cage & Rhino
After the match, Johnny Devine runs out and hits Rhino over the back with a kendo stick. Brother Devon is hitting Rhino over the back of his head. Brother Ray grabs the kendo stick and holds it up as Abyss' music hits. Abyss runs down the ramp, hits the ring and takes out 3D. Abyss stares down Devine. Devine grabs the kendo stick, misses and Abyss hits a Black Hole Slam. Abyss grabs the kendo stick. The fans chant "USE IT", but Abyss drops it and poses. Abyss then heads to the back.
- Backstage, Lauren is with AJ Styles. She asks if he got a chance to talk to Sting. Styles said they had some issues, talked and everything was cleared up. She asks about his match with Kurt Angle tonight. Styles said Angle has put him through a lot in the last few months and tonight is personal. He said Kurt wants to hurt him and he wants to hurt Kurt. Styles said he is leaving it all out there in the ring. He said he might be a better wrestler, but he is not the better man. Styles begs Kurt to keep getting back up tonight and promises he will be the last man standing tonight.
- A video package runs highlighting the events between Kurt Angle and AJ Styles.
Last Man Standing Match - Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles
The bell rings and Kurt Angle slowly gets into the ring. When AJ Styles charges, Angle bails from the ring and goes back to the ringside area. Angle smiles at Styles as Styles begs him to return to the ring. Angle walks back up and tells the referee to keep him back. Angle gets in, Styles charges again and Angle again leaves the ring. Styles then chases Angle and this alows Angle to get the advantage, hitting Styles over the back and leveling him with some big right hands and kicks. Quick suplex by Angle on Styles into a headlock. Styles fires back with some stiff right hands of his own sending Angle to the ground in the corner. Angle with a rake to the eyes, big uppercut, but Styles fires back with a huge dropkick on Angle. Styles dumps Angle over the top rope. This is followed up by Styles flipping over the top rope and taking out Angle! Styles with some stiff right hands on Angle and sends Angle into the ring barricade. Big kick from Styles to the chest of Angle. Angle slides back into the ring and gives Angle a scoop slam. Styles drops his knee across the head of Angle, covers, but Angle kicks out after two. Angle fires back with some punches and uppercuts of his own on Styles. Angle irish whips Styles into the ring barricade. Styles leaps over, then springboards off, Angle catches him, shakes his head, turns around and launches Styles over his head back first into the ring barricade! Pinfall by Angle, but Styles kicks out. Mike Tenay reminds us that a pinfall is required for the referee to start his 10 count. Styles with some big rights on Angle. They brawl up to the ramp. Angle attempts a suplex, but Styles counters and hits a suplex of his own across the ramp. Cover by Styles, but Angle kicks out. They fight to the top of the ramp near the screens. Styles with some stiff right hands. Angle suplexes Styles back off the top of the ramp! Styles somehow flips back and lands on his feet, but catches some spotlights near the ramp. Angle then flips off the ramp and hits Styles, landing on his feet! Impressive spot by Angle. Angle drags Styles from the ramp and throws him back into the ring. Angle with a huge kick to the ribs of Styles. Backbreaker by Angle on Styles, cover, but Styles kicks out. Angle applies a headlock on Styles. Styles fights to his feet again. Styles with a huge kick to the head on Angle. Angle falls to the mat and Styles kicks the ribs of Angle as well.Styles with some chops on Angle in the corner. Styles with another big chop when Angle did a float over from the corner. Angle fires back with a huge release overhead suplex! Angle with a scoop slam, cover on Styles and Styles kicks out yet again. Angle again goes back to the headlock to keep the action grounded. Styles screams out in pain as he fights back to his feet. Styles with some elbows, chops and right hands. Styles throws some knees to the body as well. Both meet in mid-ring hitting a double cross-body. Styles takes out Angle with a series of clotheslines. Styles with a springboard shoulder block from the ring apron. Styles with a torture rack on Angle and then spins him off his shoulders landing hard on the mat. Cover by Styles and Angle somehow kicks out. Styles gets Angle up for the Styles Clash, but Angle counters into an ankle lock. Styles counters that and hits a big spinebuster on Angle. Styles goes up top. Angle jumps up with. Styles catches him with an elbow, Styles jumps, but Angle catches him and hits a powerbomb! Angle tries to give Styles the Styles Clash, but Styles counters into an ankle lock on Angle! Angle reaches for the ropes, but Styles pulls him back out and drops down to apply more pressure. Angle taps out. Styles stands up and the referee starts the count. The referee gets to 9 and Angle stands up on one leg. Angle elevates Styles over the ropes to the ring apron. Styles back in, springboards back, but Angle gives him a low blow. Styles is down as Angle grabs him, hits one german suplex, a second german suplex, a third german suplex and a fourth german release suplex. Cover by Angle and Styles kicks out. Angle drops the straps, Styles counters an Angle Slam and Styles hits the Pele Kick! Both men are down and Styles then covers Angle for a two count. Styles is back up top. Angle follows and Styles elbows him off. Styles looks to hit a moonsault, but Angle jumps up and flips Styles off with force! Angle covers Styles and gets the pinfall. The referee starts the count. The referee gets to 7 and Styles is up. Angle with an Angle Slam, cover and pinfall. The referee starts the count again. Angle holds his arms up. The referee gets to 9 and Styles is up. Angle tries an Angle Slam, but Styles counters and hits the Styles Clash. Styles rolls Angle over and gets the pinfall. The referee starts the count. The referee gets to 9 and Angle is barely up. Styles with a charge on Angle, lifts Angle up to the top rope, Angle punches Styles' ribs, Angle looks to suplex Styles off the top to the outside, but Styles counters and pulls Angle off the top hitting a huge DDT! Styles covers Angle and gets the pinfall. The referee starts the count. Both men are down. Styles is the first up at 9 and Angle is still down. The referee gets to 10 and Styles is your winner.
Winner: AJ Styles
After the match, AJ Styles holds on to the ropes celebrating his win. The referee then checks on Kurt Angle and the referee calls for help. Medical officials walk out and put a neckbrace on Angle. They lift him up and put him on a stretcher when Styles turns around and sees this. Styles runs down, hits the ring, grabs Angle and hits him with another huge suplex. Styles yells into the ear of Angle and then heads up the ramp. When Styles gets to the top of the ramp, the lights go out in the arena and we can barely see Styles. When the lights come back on, Sting has Styles and drops him with a Scorpion Deathdrop. Kevin Nash appears at the top of the ramp and asks Sting, "What was that?" They show highlights of the match leading to the finish and the antics that went down afterwards.
- A video package runs highlighting the events between Samoa Joe and Booker T along with Sting's involvement.
TNA World Heavyweight Championship MatchSix Sides of Steel with Weapons - Samoa Joe (c) vs. Booker T
We see Booker T making his way to the arena with Sharmell backstage. A video package is played highlighting Booker T's career in TNA. We then see Samoa Joe making his way to the arena. A video package also plays highlighting Joe's career in TNA. Jeremy Borash did ring introductions for the challenger Booker T and the champion Samoa Joe. Booker still brought the belt with him to the ring and showed it off.The bell rings and Joe and Booker circle each other. Lock up and Joe pushes Booker away. Booker grabs a hockey stick, but Joe cuts him off with a few chops. Booker catches Joe with a big elbow in the corner and Booker gets in a few shots of his own. Booker grabs a kendo stick, but Joe cuts him off with shots to the gut. Joe with an elbow and kick to the head on Booker in the corner. Joe pulls down a trash can, snapmares Booker, puts the can between Booker's legs, kicks the can in Booker's face and then splashes his body on Booker over the trash can! Joe with a kendo stick and cracks it over the head of Booker. Joe with some right hands to the face and more shots to the body. Booker with an irish whip on Joe in the corner and Booker gets in some shots of his own. Booker grabs a trash can and cracks it over the head of Joe. Booker misses a shot with a hockey stick and Joe fires back with a big kick to the head. Joe grabs two trash can lids and crack them against the head of Booker a few times. Cover by Joe, but Booker kicks out after two. Joe grabs a steel chair, misses and Booker hits a spin kick sending the chair into the face of Joe! Joe stands up and Booker cracks the chair over the head of Joe. Joe is busted open at this point.Booker places a trash can lid over the head of Joe and connects with a leg drop to the face. Blood is falling down the face of Joe at this point as Booker chokes Joe against the ropes. Booker climbs up the cage and Joe comes up with. Joe locks the head of Booker and jumps off hitting a modified stunner off the top rope to the mat! Joe with some rights to Booker when they both stand up. Joe sends Booker face first into the side of the cage. Joe then climbs up the cage, but Booker pulls Joe off and hits a back suplex. Cover by Booker, but Joe gets a shoulder up after two. Booker with a guillotine choke on Joe. Joe gets his foot on the bottom rope and the referee breaks it up. Booker throws a trash can lid at Joe, Joe catches it and Booker kicks it into his face. Cover by Booker and Joe grabs the bottom rope to break up the pinfall. Booker starts climbing up the cage and Joe catches up with him on the top rope. Booker and Joe trade blows. Joe then jumps off the rope and kicks Booker right in the head. Joe lands with a thud on the mat. A dazed Booker falls off and crotches himself on the ropes. Joe with a snap slam on Booker in the middle of the ring into a cover, but Booker kicks out after two. Joe plants Booker with a powerbomb and then transitions into a crossface. Booker gets his feet on the ropes to break it up. Joe puts two chairs on top of each other in the middle of the ring. Joe puts Booker up on the top rope. Joe with a big kick to the head on Booker. Joe has Booker up for the Muscle Buster, but Booker counters and gives Joe a Book End over the two chairs! Booker covers Joe and Joe somehow gets a shoulder up after two. Booker does the spinarooni, kicks Joe in the gut and connects with the Axe Kick. The lights then go out in the ring. When the lights come back on, Joe has a guitar in his hand and he smashes it over the head of Booker. Joe hooks the leg and gets the pinfall.
Winner & STILL TNA World Heavyweight Champion: Samoa Joe
After the match, Samoa Joe picks up the guitar and smiles. Joe leaves the cage and reclaims his TNA World Heavyweight Championship. We see a shot of Booker T recovering on the mat. Don West yells, "Does this mean Mike what I think it means. Does this mean that he is back?" The PPV goes off the air with Joe walking up the ramp with the TNA World Title and Booker T staring at the guitar with a shocked look on his face.

THERE WAS ALSO A WWE SMACCDOWN/ECW HOUSE SHOW….
WWE Smackdown & ECW House Show Results - 8/10/08Location: Binghamton, New York
- Evan Bourne defeated Kenny Dykstra.
- WWE Divas Champion Michelle McCool defeated Victoria.
- Jeff Hardy defeated WWE U.S. Champion Shelton Benjamin via DQ after interference from MVP.
- R-Truth defeated The Brian Kendrick.
- Finlay defeated Mike Knox.
- WWE Tag Team Champions Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder defeated Jesse & Festus.
- ECW Champion Mark Henry defeated Matt Hardy.
- The Big Show defeated Edge in a Street Fight.

THERE WAS ALSO A WWE RAW HOUSE SHOW…
WWE Raw House Show Results - 8/10/08Location: Salisbury, Maryland
- Kane defeated Matt Striker.
- D-Lo Brown defeated Charlie Haas.
- William Regal defeated Jamie Noble.
- Snitsky defeated an unknown wrestler.
- WWE Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston defeated Santino Marella.
- WWE Women's Champion Mickie James defeated Katie Lea.
- John Cena defeated Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr.
- World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho in a No DQ Match.

Sports Report for 8/9/08

8/9/08 – SPORTS REPORT

MY BASEBALL PICCS FOR SATURDAY WAS A HORRIBLE 6-9, MAKING MY WEEKS RECORD 41-40. MY FOOTBALL PICCS WERE 2-4 FOR SATURDAY, MAKING MY WEEKS RECORD 6-7. I AM HAVING A SHITTY PICCING WEEK. I HAVE NEVER BEEN A 50% SPORTS PICCER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. GOD DAMN, SOMETHING IS WRONG…LOL

BASEBALL
IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, CLEVELAND DEF. TORONTO 4-2. THE ANGELS DEF. THE YANKEES 11-4. FOR THE YANKEES, ALEX RODRIGUEZ HIT HIS 26TH HOMERUN AND JASON GIAMBI HIT HIS 23RD. FOR THE ANGELS, VLADIMIR GUERRERO HIT HIS 21ST HOME RUN AND MARK TEIXEIRA HIT HIS 2ND SINCE JOINING THE ANGELS AND 22ND OF THE YEAR. BALTIMORE DEF. TEXAS 9-0. FOR THE ORIOLES, DANIEL CABRERA HAD A SOLID OUTING GETTING HIS 8TH WIN (8-7). BOSTON DEF. CHICAGO 6-2. DICE-K GOT HIS 13TH WIN FOR BOSTON (13-2). JIM THOME HIT HIS 23RD HOMER FOR THE WHITE SOX. DETROIT DEF. OAKLAND 10-2. ARMANDO GALARRAGA GOT HIS 10TH WIN FOR DETROIT (10-4). MIGUEL CABRERA HIT TWO HOMERS TO LEAD DETROIT PAST OAKLAND (22,23). FRANK THOMAS HIT HIS 8TH HOMER OF THE YEAR FOR OAKLAND. MINNESOTA DEF. KANSAS CITY 7-3. TAMPA BAY DEF. SEATTLE 8-7. TROY PERCIVAL GOT HIS 26TH SAVE OF THE YEAR FOR TAMPA BAY.

IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, ST. LOUIS DEF. CHICAGO 12-3. TROY GLAUS HIT TWO HOMERS FOR ST. LOUIS (20,21). ALBERT PUJOLS HIT HIS 24TH HOMER OF THE YEAR. TODD WELLEMEYER GOT HIS 9TH WIN OF THE YEAR (9-4) FOR ST. LOUIS AND CARLOS ZAMBRANO SUFFERED THE LOSS FOR CHICAGO (12-5). ZAMBRANO ALSO HIT HIS 3RD HOMER OF THE YEAR. MILWAUKEE DEF. WASHINGTON 6-0. BEN SHEETS PICCED UP HIS 11TH WIN OF THE SEASON FOR MILWAUKEE (11-5). PHILADELPHIA DEF. PITTSBURGH 4-2. HOUSTON DEF. CINCINNATI 3-1. MIGUEL TEJADA HIT HIS 12TH HOMER OF THE SEASON FOR HOUSTON. BRIAN MOEHLER GOT HIS 8TH WIN FOR THE ASTROS (8-4) AND JOSE VALVERDE GOT HIS 28TH SAVE. THE METS DEF. FLORIDA 8-6. CARLOS DELGADO HOMERED (25) AND SO DID CARLOS BELTRAN (16) FOR THE METS. FOR FLORIDA, MIKE JACOBS HIT HIS 24TH AND JEFF CANTU HIT HIS 20TH HOMER. SAN DIEGO DEF. COLORADO 8-3 BEHIND A STRONG OUTING FROM GREG MADDUX (6-8). TREVOR HOFFMAN GOT HIS 25TH SAVE. ADRIAN GONZALEZ HIT HIS 28TH HOMERUN. ATLANTA DEF. ARIZONA 11-4. BRIAN MCCANN HIT HIS 21ST HOMER OF THE YEAR FOR ATLANTA. JAIR JURRJENS GOT HIS 11TH WIN OF THE SEASON (11-7) AND DAN HAREN GOT HIS 6TH LOSS (12-6) FOR ARIZONA. SAN FRANCISCO DEF. THE DODGERS 3-2 DESPITE JEFF KENTS 11TH HOMER FOR THE DODGERS.

FOOTBALL
BRETT FAVRE WILL START THE JETS 2ND PRESEASON GAME. IN PRESEASON ACTION, WASHINGTON DEF. BUFFALO 17-14. MARCUS MASON (WAS) HAD 80 YARDS RUSHING ON 16 ATTEMPTS.CAROLINA DEF. INDIANAPOLIS 23-20 (OT).D’ANGELO WILLIAMS (CAR) HAD 2 RUSHING TD’S. TENNESSEE DEF. ST. LOUIS 34-13. TAMPA BAY DEF. MIAMI 17-6. RICCY WILLIAMS (MIA) HAD 31 YARDS ON 5 CARRIES FOR A 6.7 AVG. JACKSONVILLE DEF. ATLANTA 20-17. ROOKIE MATT RYAN (ATL) WENT 9/15 113 YDS WITH A TD. MKRISTO BRUCE (JAX) HAD 2 ½ SACCS.HOUSTON DEF. DENVER 19-16. KRIS BROWN (HOU) HAD 4 FIELD GOALS.SAN DIEGO DEF. DALLAS 31-17.JACOB HESTER (SD) HAD 2 RUSHING TD’S.

BASKETBALL
NO NEW BASKETBALL NEWS TODAY.

PRO WRESTLING
I ALREADY POSTED THE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACCDOWN TAPINGS RESULTS EARLIER IN THE WEEK.

The Zodiac Killer PART ONE! (My favorite Serial Killer)

MY FIRST INDIVIDUAL PROFILE ON MY STUDY OF SERIAL KILLERS IS GONNA BE MY FAVORITE SERIAL KILLER OF ALL TIME. THIS IS A MAN WHO TOYED WITH THE PUNK ASS POLICE FOR YEARS AND YEARS. HE BASICALLY TOOK A SHIT RIGHT IN THEIR FACE AND NEVER GOT CAUGHT…HE IS THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT, MAYBE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JACC THE RIPPER…HE IS THE GREAT….ZODIAC KILLER!!!!

The Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac Killer is one of the great unsolved serial killer mysteries of all time, taking only second place to Jack the Ripper. Even though police investigated over 2,500 potential suspects, the case was never officially solved. There were a few suspects that stood out, but the forensic technology of the times was not advanced enough to nail any one of them conclusively.
This October, 1966 killing began a ghoulish series of murders that panicked the people of the San Francisco area. For years the Zodiac taunted the police with weird ciphers, phone calls, insulting and cryptic messages. Before it was all over, this clever and diabolical killer changed the lives of eight people, only two of whom lived to tell the tale. On the night of Sunday, October 30, 1966, long before anyone was to hear of the Zodiac, an 18-year-old student named Cheri Jo Bates was brutally murdered near the parking lot of Riverside City College's library annex. Neither rape nor robbery seemed to have been a motive, as her clothes were undisturbed and her purse was present and intact. After disabling her lime green Volkswagen by pulling out the distributor coil and the condenser, then disconnecting the middle wire of the distributor, the zodiac killer had apparently waited for Bates to return to her car and try to start it, whereupon he made a pretense of unsuccessfully tinkering with the engine. After this ruse, and probably with the offer of a ride, he lured her into a dark, unpaved driveway between two empty houses owned by the college, where they spent approximately an hour and a half. Exactly what they did during this time is uncertain, but eventually the man attacked her, slashing her three times in the chest area, once in the back, and seven times across the throat. Police determined that the murder weapon was a small knife with a blade about 3 1/2" long by 1/2" wide, but the wounds to Bates' throat were so deep and brutal as to nearly decapitate her, severing her larynx, jugular vein, and carotid artery. She had also been choked, beaten, and slashed about the face. Found about ten feet from Bates' body was a paint-spattered man's Timex watch with a broken 7" wristband, stopped at around 12:23, which one source claims was later traced to a military PX in England. The paint was analyzed, and was found to be common exterior house paint. Also found at the scene were the heel-print from a shoe that appeared to be close to size 10, as well as hair, blood, and skin tissue found in the victim's hands and beneath her fingernails. Greasy, unidentified palm and fingerprints were also found in and on her car, about 200 feet away. Although the library closed at 9:00 p.m. (and books found in her car verify that she had been inside before then), two separate witnesses reported hearing an "awful scream" at around 10:30, followed by "a muted scream, and then a loud sound like an old car being started up" about two minutes later. This time matches an estimation given by the coroner, and is generally accepted as the time of her death. Judging by these details, the murder of Cheri Jo Bates would appear to be nothing more mysterious than a particularly vicious crime of passion, committed perhaps by a spurned suitor, an ex-boyfriend, or a subject somehow linked to Miss Bates. Certainly, the simple fact that Bates spent over an hour in the dark with the man who murdered her suggests that she knew and trusted him enough to converse more than casually. It was not until almost exactly one month after the attack that the case approached a bizarre new level.

The First Letter
On November 29, 1966, carbon copies of an anonymous letter were mailed to the Riverside Police and the Riverside Enterprise. Typed using a portable Royal typewriter with either Pica or Elite typeface, it was entitled "The Confession," and carried a "byline" that consisted of the word "BY" followed by twelve underscores. Both copies were on low-quality white paper eight inches wide and torn at the top and bottom so as to be roughly squarish, and had been sent unstamped and with no return address from a secluded rural mailbox. Presumably, the author planned on the letters being sent by Postage Due mail. At least one of the details referred to in this letter had not been made public, and at the time, investigators agreed that it was most likely genuine, though this opinion has changed over the years. This confession has been double-spaced to make reading easier.

THE CONFESSION
BY _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SHE WAS YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL BUT NOW SHE IS BATTERED AND DEAD. SHE IS NOT THE FIRST AND SHE WILL NOT BE THE LAST I LAY AWAKE NIGHTS THINKING ABOUT MY NEXT VICTIM. MAYBE SHE WILL BE THE BEAUTIFUL BLOND THAT BABYSITS NEAR THE LITTLE STORE AND WALKS DOWN THE DARK ALLEY EACH EVENING ABOUT SEVEN. OR MAYBE SHE WILL BE THE SHAPELY BRUNETT THAT SAID XXX NO WHEN I ASKED HER FOR A DATE IN HIGH SCHOOL. BUT MAYBE IT WILL NOT BE EITHER. BUT I SHALL CUT OFF HER FEMALE PARTS AND DEPOSIT THEM FOR THE WHOLE CITY TO SEE. SO DON'T MAKE IT TO EASY FOR ME. KEEP YOUR SISTERS, DAUGHTERS, AND WIVES OFF THE STREETS AND ALLEYS. MISS BATES WAS STUPID. SHE WENT TO THE SLAUGHTER LIKE A LAMB. SHE DID NOT PUT UP A STRUGGLE. BUT I DID. IT WAS A BALL. I FIRST CUT THE MIDDLE WIRE FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR. THEN I WAITED FOR HER IN THE LIBRARY AND FOLLOWED HER OUT AFTER ABOUT TWO MINUTES. THE BATTERY MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT DEAD BY THEN. I THEN OFFERED TO HELP. SHE WAS THEN VERY WILLING TO TALK TO ME. I TOLD HER THAT MY CAR WAS DOWN THE STREET AND THAT I WOULD GIVE HER A LIFT HOME. WHEN WE WERE AWAY FROM THE LIBRARY WALKING, I SAID IT WAS ABOUT TIME. SHE ASKED ME, "ABOUT TIME FOR WHAT?" I SAID IT WAS ABOUT TIME FOR HER TO DIE. I GRABBED HER AROUND THE NECK WITH MY HAND OVER HER MOUTH AND MY OTHER HAND WITH A SMALL KNIFE AT HER THROAT. SHE WENT VERY WILLINGLY. HER BREAST FELT WARM AND VERY FIRM UNDER MY HANDS, BUT ONLY ONE THING WAS ON MY MIND. MAKING HER PAY FOR ALL THE BRUSH OFFS THAT SHE HAD GIVEN ME DURING THE YEARS PRIOR. SHE DIED HARD. SHE SQUIRMED AND SHOOK AS I CHOCKED HER, AND HER LIPS TWICHED. SHE LET OUT A SCREAM ONCE AND I KICKED HER IN THE HEAD
TO SHUT HER UP. I PLUNGED THE KNIFE INTO HER AND IT BROKE. I THEN FINISHED THE JOB BY CUTTING HER THROAT. I AM NOT SICK. I AM INSANE. BUT THAT WILL NOT STOP THE GAME. THIS LETTER SHOULD BE PUBLISHED FOR ALL TO READ IT. IT JUST MIGHT SAVE THAT GIRL IN THE ALLEY. BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU. IT WILL BE ON YOUR CONSCIENCE. NOT MINE. YES, I DID MAKE THAT CALL TO YOU ALSO. IT WAS JUST A WARNING. BEWARE...I AM STALKING YOUR GIRLS NOW
.CC. CHIEF OF POLICEENTERPRISE
Neither envelope bore a complete address; they were handwritten with a felt-tip pen in the following manner.Daily EnterpriseRiverside CalifAttn: CrimeHomicide DetailRiversideOne fingerprint was found on the envelope sent to the RPD Homicide Detail, but it has never been matched to a suspect, and whether it was left by the author, a postman, or a police officer is unknown. The killer's claim that "she did not put up a struggle" was contradicted by the numerous defense wounds on her hands and arms, as well as by the flesh and hair found beneath Bates' fingernails. While a contemporaneous newspaper report reflects uncertainty as to whether the knife actually broke in her body, no evidence of this event is reported in the autopsy report, and more recent pronouncements from RPD detectives are unanimous that the knife did not break. Bates' car had indeed been sabotaged in the manner described, which had not been fully revealed by the news media. The phone call that is referred to near the end of the letter has never been elaborated on by authorities, though researcher Tom Voigt suggests that it was placed to the Riverside Press, rather than the police, and so went misunderstood and ignored. The letters were delivered on the same day they were posted. The next day, November 30th, both the Enterprise and the local police submitted their copies to the Riverside County Postal Inspector, who in turn notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Murder is not a federal crime, but extortion through the mail is, and the FBI briefly considered joining the investigation under this pretense. However, since no specific victim of extortion was named or alluded to, there would be no federal aid in the investigation. In an unexplained turn of events, what appears to be a photocopy of the "Confession" was attached to an FBI report declassified in the 1990s, but the typescript and number of words per line are different from those in the well-known copy that appears in a photograph of the letter lying either on a detective's or a reporter's desk.

Bates Had To Die
On the six-month anniversary of Bates' death, the Riverside Press, the police, and the victim's father (whose name and address had appeared in the local newspaper the day after the murder) were each sent nearly identical copies of another letter, this one written in pencil on lined notepaper. Instead of a signature, two of the letters bore a symbol that resembled a letter Z joined with a numeral 3. In what would become a hallmark of the Zodiac's epistolary style, the envelopes were franked with excessive postage: in this case, they each carried two of the necessary four-cent stamps. The letters sent to the police and Press read as follows:
BATES
HAD
TO
DIE
THERE
WILL
BE
MORE
The copy without the hieroglyph signature, sent to Joseph Bates, substituted "Bates" with "She." One latent fingerprint was developed on the letter sent to the Riverside Police Department, but its origins are not known, and it has never been matched to a suspect.
In mid-April 1967, a janitor at the RCC Library discovered a poem written on the underside of a folding school desk. The desk had been in storage for an unknown period of time, but the contemporary receipt of the "Bates had to die" letters led many investigators to believe that the poem described Bates' murder and was written by her killer. Some amateurs, however, have noted that the style and tone of the letter indicate otherwise: one compelling theory is that that an unrelated student penned it following an unsuccessful suicide attempt. The handwriting is of debatable resemblance to the three "Bates" notes or any other Zodiac printing and the date of its origin is unclear, so the entire issue remains open to interpretation.
The poem read:
Sick of living/
unwilling to diecut.
clean.
if red /
clean.
blood spurting,
dripping,
spilling;
all over her newdress
oh wellit was redanyway.
life draining into anuncertain death.
she won'tdie.
this timesomeone ll find her.
just wait tillnext time.
rh
The cryptic signature, "rh," may have been a reference to RCC's President at the time, R. H. Bradshaw.

Speculation
In the wake of Bates' murder, Riverside Police worked the case under the assumption that Bates knew her killer, or at least that the killer knew her. They even identified a likely suspect from a pool of viable candidates, an ex-boyfriend bitter over their breakup and resentful of her blossoming relationship with a football player. The RPD maintains a local man as their prime suspect in the murder, and in December of 1998 even went so far as to secure a warrant for samples of this man's hair, skin, and saliva, which were sent to the FBI crime lab to be checked against the evidence found at the scene. The FBI completed this analysis, but it did not implicate their local suspect as the killer. When the Zodiac case exploded into national news in the fall of 1969, though, RPD Chief L.T. Kinkead nevertheless sent a 3-page synopsis of the local murder and the events that followed to investigators in Napa and San Francisco, a letter that seems to have been largely ignored. It wasn't until Paul Avery of the San Francisco Chronicle initiated a 1970 meeting between these investigators that they began to consider the elusive Bay Area serial killer as a possible culprit, though even then RPD Captain Irwin Cross "expressed doubt that the Zodiac [was] responsible". Despite the stylistic similarities between the aftermath of Cheri Jo Bates' murder and the linked murders that would later take place in the San Francisco Bay Area, the current opinion of the Riverside Police Department and most other investigators is that the Riverside and Bay Area episodes were not related. Opinion is split, however, as to who authored the 1966 and 1967 documents, and whether they were even written by the same person. The murder of Cheri Jo Bates remains controversial and there is no evidence to definitively exclude the Zodiac as the killer.

Vallejo
Solano County Sheriff's Office Case #V-25564
Vallejo Police Department Case #243146

Vallejo and Benicia lie just north of the San Pablo Bay and the Carquinez Strait, about 20 miles northeast of San Francisco. In the late 1960s, the area abutting the two rough-and-tumble, working-class cities was practically uninhabited, and even now only a few paved surfaces cross the barren expanses of southern Solano County above the Vallejo-Benicia Freeway. One of these is Lake Herman Road, running from eastern Vallejo to northern Benicia by way of the unincorporated area between them. As early as 9:00 p.m. on Friday, December 20, 1968, a light-colored hardtop four-door, possibly a Chevrolet Impala, was seen parked near the gated entrance to the pumping station off Lake Herman Road just east of Lake Herman. The same car was also seen there at about 10:00 by a different witness. Between these two sightings, a young man and his girlfriend were parked in the same spot when a car heading west toward Vallejo slowed to a stop several yards past their car, then began to slowly back up toward them. The car gave them both such a bad feeling that they immediately pulled out of the gravelly area and drove off toward Benicia. The other car followed them until the first exit, which they took, watching the stranger continue east on Lake Herman Road. At 11:10 p.m., David Arthur Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen were parked in the same place when they were shot to death near Faraday's brown Rambler. Having told Betty Lou's parents that they were going to a Christmas concert, they had instead driven to the isolated lover's lane and had been there for less than an hour when someone pulled in with them, exited his vehicle, and began firing into their car. The killer was armed with either a .22 caliber rifle or, more likely, a handgun loaded with .22 LR ammunition. From light footprints and ballistic evidence, it appeared that the killer started from behind the car, shooting out the right rear window, then the left rear tire, then coming around to the front left. The two teenagers scrambled out the passenger's side door.
Jensen, 16, left the car alive and must have started to run toward the road; her body was found less than 30 feet from the rear bumper. The shot pattern — five rounds along the right side of her back, ranging from the space between the fifth and sixth ribs all the way down to the pelvis —suggested that the killer was either competent with firearms or had fired into her body as she lay wounded by a previous shot, as a coroner's report states that the shots had come from no more than 10 feet away. In any case, the grouping does not indicate marksman-like accuracy, or even the great degree of skill that is often attributed to the killer due to this particular murder, especially considering that two rounds missed the wounded girl as she fled.
Faraday was killed by a single close-range bullet to the head; researcher Mike R. of NJ points out that the position of Faraday's body, with the boy's feet by the rear wheel and his head pointing away from the front of the car at an angle of about 45 degrees, suggests that he was not killed while climbing out of the door but rather while standing by the right rear wheel. All told, 10 shots were fired, but only eight rounds were accounted for. The entire episode was over in a few heartbeats, and the killer left the scene immediately upon its conclusion. This was determined by an almost minute-by-minute time line put together from the statements of several witnesses driving by the area between 9:00 p.m. and 11:15 p.m. One of these witnesses, Stella Borges, may even have seen the killer's car, described as a light-colored Chevrolet, headed toward Benicia just before she discovered Jensen's and Faraday's bodies. Despite the best efforts of Solano County Sheriff's Det. Sgt. Les Lundblad, assistance from half a dozen local law enforcement agencies, and a reward fund set up by students at the victims' high schools, no killer was ever identified. As author Robert Graysmith grimly noted in his seminal book, ZODIAC, "There were no witnesses, no motives, and no suspects".

TO BE CONTINUED...Stay MUTHA FUCCIN TUNED!

Tha Mind of a Serial Killer PART ONE.

I am about to start a series on my blog about one of the things that interest me more than anything in the entire world…The MIND of a SERIAL KILLER…I know some of you out there got some shit to say about this…some criticism….well…FUCC YA. Ya feel me? You got your obsessions…I GOT MINE.

For those of you that think its un-healthy to enjoy the work of serial killers….once again….FUCC YA.

I have my reasons…One of them being that serial Killer, John Wayne Gacy is kin to me…I don’t hold the same morals as Gacy…NOR YOU…howeva, I always have respect for an individual that does tha work that they were here to do, whether sent by a good force or an evil one.

RIP – JOHN WAYNE GACY!

STUDY OF SERIAL KILLERS #1

Monsters or Victims? What They Are and Who They Kill
"It was an urge. ... A strong urge, and the longer I let it go the stronger it got, to where I was taking risks to go out and kill people — risks that normally, according to my little rules of operation, I wouldn't take because they could lead to arrest." — Edmund Kemper
Where does this urge come from, and why is so powerful? If we all experienced this urge, would we be able to resist? Is it genetic, hormonal, biological, or cultural conditioning? Do serial killers have any control over their desires? We all experience rage and inappropriate sexual instincts, yet we have some sort of internal cage that keeps our inner monsters locked up. Call it morality or social programming; these internal blockades have long since been trampled down in the psychopathic killer. Not only have they let loose the monster within, they are virtual slaves to its beastly appetites. What sets them apart? Serial killers have tested out a number of excuses for their behavior. Henry Lee Lucas blamed his upbringing; others like Jeffrey Dahmer say that they were born with a "part" of them missing. Ted Bundy claimed pornography made him do it. Herbert Mullin, Santa Cruz killer of thirteen, blamed the voices in his head that told him it was time to "sing the die song." The ruthless Carl Panzram swore that prison turned him into a monster, while Bobby Joe Long said a motorcycle accident made him hypersexual and eventually a serial lust killer. The most psychopathic, like John Wayne Gacy, turned the blame around and boasted that the victims deserved to die. They must be insane — what normal person could slaughter another human, for the sheer pleasure of it? Yet the most chilling fact about serial killers is that they are rational and calculating. As the "British Jeffrey Dahmer" Dennis Nilsen put it, "a mind can be evil without being abnormal." Before we look at who they are, we must first describe what they are. The FBI defines serial murder as:
-A minimum of three to four victims, with a "cooling off" period in between;
-The killer is usually a stranger to the victim — the murders appear unconnected or random;
-The murders reflect a need to sadistically dominate the victim;
-The murder is rarely "for profit"; the motive is psychological, not material;
-The victim may have "symbolic" value for the killer; method of killing may reveal this meaning;
Killers often choose victims who are vulnerable (prostitutes, runaways, etc.)
Statistically, the average serial killer is a white male from a lower-to-middle-class background, usually in his twenties or thirties. Many were physically or emotionally abused by parents. Some were adopted. As children, fledgling serial killers often set fires, torture animals, and wet their beds (these red-flag behaviors are known as the "triad" of symptoms.) Brain injuries are common. Some are very intelligent and have shown great promise as successful professionals. They are also fascinated with the police and authority in general. They have either attempted to become police themselves but were rejected, worked as security guards, or served in the military. Many, including John Gacy, the Hillside Stranglers, andTed Bundy, have disguised themselves as law enforcement officials to gain access to their victims.

Why Are They So Difficult to Spot?

Getting Away with Murder
We think we can spot lunacy, that a maniac with uncontrollable urges to kill will be unable to contain himself. On the bus, in the street, it is the mentally ill we avoid, sidestepping the disheveled, unshaven man who rants on over some private outrage. Yet if you intend to avoid the path of a serial killer, your best strategy is to sidestep the charming, the impeccably dressed, polite individuals. They blend in, camouflaged in contemporary anonymity. They lurk in churches and malls, and prowl the freeways and streets. "Dress him in a suit and he looks like ten other men," said one attorney in describing Dahmer. Like all evolved predators, they know how to stalk their victims by gaining their trust. Serial killers don't wear their hearts on their sleeves. Instead, they hide behind a carefully constructed facade of normalcy.
Mask of Sanity Because of their psychopathic nature, serial killers do not know how to feel sympathy for others, or even how to have relationships. Instead, they learn to simulate normal behavior by observing others. It is all a manipulative act, designed to entice people into their trap. Serial killers are actors with a natural penchant for performance. Henry Lee Lucas described being a serial killer as "being like a movie-star ... you're just playing the part." The macabre Gacy loved to dress up as a clown, while the Zodiac suited up in a bizarre executioner's costume that looked like something out of Alice in Wonderland. In court, Bundy told the judge, "I'm disguised as an attorney today." Bundy had previously "disguised" himself as a compassionate rape crisis center counselor. The most coveted role of roaming psychopaths is a position of authority. Gacy was an active, outgoing figure in business and society; he even became a member of the Jaycees. Many joined the military, including Berkowitz, who was intensely patriotic for a time. Playing police officer, however, is the most predictable. Carrying badges and driving coplike vehicles not only feeds their need to feel important, but also allows them access to victims who would otherwise trust their instincts and not talk to strangers.
Yet, when they are caught, serial killer wills suddenly assume a "mask of insanity" — pretending to be a multiple personality, schizophrenic, or prone to black-outs — anything to evade responsibility. Even when they pretend to truly reveal themselves, they are still locked into playing a role. What nameless dread lies behind the psychopath's mask? "What's one less person on the face of the earth anyway?" Ted Bundy’s chilling rationalization demonstrates the how serial killers truly think. "Bundy could never understand why people couldn't accept the fact that he killed because he wanted to kill," said one FBI investigator.

What Makes a Serial Killer Tick?
Just as these killers rip open their victims to "see how they run" (as Ed Kemper put it), forensic psychiatrists and FBI agents have tried to get inside the killer's mind. Traditional explanations include childhood abuse, genetics, chemical imbalances, brain injuries, exposure to traumatic events, and perceived societal injustices. The frightening implication is that a huge population has been exposed to one or more of these traumas. Is there some sort of lethal concoction that sets serial killers apart from the rest of the population? We believe that we have control over our impulses — no matter how angry we get, there is something that stops us from taking our aggressions out on others. Do serial killers lack a moral safety latch? Or are they being controlled by something unfathomable? "I wished I could stop but I could not. I had no other thrill or happiness," said Dennis Nilsen, who wondered if he was truly evil. Serial killers are undeniably sick, and their numbers seem to be growing. Are we in the midst of a serial killer "epidemic," as Joel Norris describes it? If this is a disease, what is the cure?

Family Tree
Are Serial Killers Truly the 20th Century Bogeymen?
Is it our modern times that creates them, or have they been in operation before we classified them as a phenomenon? Although the term "serial killer" was coined in 1971, early fables of human/monsters reveals that there has always been danger in straying too far, or in accepting the help of strangers. The carnivorous characters in Grimm's Fairy tales become vivid metaphors of human bloodlust. Gruesome stories of Bluebeards and their bloody chambers, big bad wolves, trolls under the bridge and witches in the forest, all of whom make meals out of unsuspecting innocents, remind us of our contemporary monsters. These cautionary tales may represent an early, pre-psychological way of understanding the sadistic side of human nature.
Wolfmen "Lycanthropy," a combination of the Greek words "wolf" and "man", was another early concept created to describe the horror of senseless sexual murder. In The A-Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Harold Schechter and David Everitt describe the lycanthropic madman as sexual predators who terrorized 16th century peasant villages, so much that the authorities "regarded it as one of the most pressing social problems of the day." Among the most notorious of these medieval "wolfmen" was Gilles Garnier of France, and the German Peter Stubbe, both of whom attacked children, ripping them apart and cannibalizing them. Stubbe even went so far as to savagely mutilate his own son, gnawing at his brain. The wolfman myth is still popular today — we still hear how a full moon can bring out the crazies. Albert Fish, the notorious cannibal killer of children, was called the "Werewolf of Wisteria," and enjoyed dancing naked in the full moon. Other lunar lunatics include Ed Gein, who also frolicking in the moonlight, dressed in his mothersuit made from the skin of women. Unlike Gein, Bobby Joe Long did not appreciate being adorned in female body parts — at puberty he had his abnormally enlarged breasts surgically removed. Even after the operation, Long claimed to be affected by the moon's cycles through his own bizarre "menstrual" cycle.

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hydes
The 19th century gave rise to another chilling predecessor to the serial killer's persona — Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson created a literary man/monster who embodied the Divided Self — appearing civilized and rational on the outside, while inside a wretched brute struggled to break loose. One of the most intriguing peculiarities of serial killers is their benign, "Dr. Jekyll" appearance. They look and behave like everyman or any man — "abnormally normal", as Mark Seltzer says. If they come across as potentially dangerous in any way, they will neutralize it in their behavior. The imposing 6'9'' Edmund Kemper cultivated a "gentle giant" routine, which helped him to lure female hitchhikers into his car. The charming Ted Bundy wore a cast, looking meekly pathetic, and asked for help. The young women who gave him a hand must have thought of it as a random act of kindness. What resulted was a senseless act of murder. The notorious Gacy entertained hospitalized children in his Pogo the Clown costume. "You know, clowns get away with murder," he once said. Gacy used rope tricks from his performance to strangle unsuspecting young men, who thought the worst they would have to endure would be some hokey entertainment. With many serial killers, the hidden Hyde comes out only after the victim is lulled into complacency.

Frankensteins
As a man obsessed with recreating a human being from dead body parts, Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein was seeking the same ultimate power of creation as God Himself. While Dr. Frankenstein attempted to compose a man, our modern day Dr. Frankensteins are more gifted in the decomposing arts. Jeffrey Dahmer and Dennis Nilsen both tried to create companionship in corpses. Dahmer operated on his victims, hoping for his own love-zombie who would never stray. In his own attempts to create the perfect companion, Nilsen said, "I think that in some cases I killed these men in order to create the best image of them. ... It was not really a bad but a perfect and peaceful state for them to be in" (As if he were doing them a favor!) "I remember being thrilled that I had full control and ownership of this beautiful body," he mused. Many believe that Ed Gein was attempting to reconstruct his mother by stealing body parts from a nearby cemetery.

Vampires
And of course, one of the most popular monster monikers for serial killers is "vampire." In Gothic drama, vampires represented the repressed sexuality of straitlaced Victorian society, creatures of the night driven by beastly desires. The vampire motif is so frequent that we see localized vampires ("The Vampire of Dusseldorf" Peter Kurten; "The Vampire of Hanover" Fritz Haarmann; "The Vampire of Sacramento" Richard Chase.) Kurten claimed that his "chief satisfaction in killing was to catch the blood spurting from a victim's wounds in his mouth and swallow it." Another deeply demented vampire killer,John Haigh, claimed that disturbing dreams created his unquenchable thirst for human blood: "I saw before me a forest of crucifixes, which gradually turned into trees. ... Suddenly the whole forest began to writhe and the trees, stark and erect, to ooze blood. ... A man went to each tree catching the blood ... 'Drink,' he said.

TO BE CONTINUED....I will also be doing individual profiles....

Welcome Home Jermaine!

MY homeboy Jermaine is outta prison!!! Yea...WELCOME HOME CUZZ!

Sports Report for 8/8/08

8/8/08 – Sports Report

My baseball piccs for Friday were 9-6, making my total for the week 35-31. My NFL piccs were 3-0, making my total for the week 4-3.

BASKETBALL
F- Josh Smith signs to remain with the Hawks, 5 years $58,000,000.

FOOTBALL
The Philadelphia Eagles agree to a 3 year $21,000,000 contract extension with RB Brian Westbrook. The Miami Dolphins have signed QB Chad Pennington to a 2 year $11,500,000 deal. In Preseason games, Pittsburgh def. Philadelphia 16-10. Oakland def. San Francisco 18-6. Seattle def. Minnesota 34-17.

BASEBALL
In the American League, Baltimore def. Texas 9-1. Kevin Millar hit 2 homeruns (17,18) for the Orioles. Oakland def. Detroit 4-2. For Detroit, Marcus Thames hit his 21st homerun. Cleveland def. Toronto 5-2. Minnesota def. Kansas City 4-1. Joe Nathan got his 31st save for the Twins. My WHITE SOX beat Boston 5-3. Carlos Quentin hit his 31st homer of the season and Mark Buehrle shut out the Red Sox into the 8th inning to get his 9th win (9-10) and beat John Lester (10-4). The Angels def. The Yankees 10-5. Torii Hunter had 4 hits, including his 19th homer of the season. Alex Rodriguez hit his 25th homerun of the season. Tampa Bay def. Seattle 5-3. Carlos Pena hit his 21st homer of the season. Troy Percival got his 25th save and James Sheilds got his 10th win (10-7). In the AL Playoff Picture, In the AL East, Tampa Bay still holds a 3 ½ game lead over Boston and a 6 ½ game lead over the Yankees. In the AL Central, MY WHITE SOX cling to a ½ game lead over Minnesota. In the AL West, The LA Angels still dominate the division with a 13 game lead over Texas. Boston holds the wild card as we speak with Minnesota right behind them. The BEST RECORD in the AL is the LOS ANGELES ANGELS 72-43. The WORST RECORD in the AL is the SEATTLE MARINERS 45-71.

In the National League, The Cubs def. St. Louis 3-2. Jim Edmonds hit 2 homers (14,15) for the Cubs. The Mets def. Florida 3-0. Carlos Delgado hit a homer (24), as did David Wright (22) for the Mets. Houston def. Cincinnati 9-5. Carlos Lee hit his 28th homer of the season. Pittsburgh def. Philadelphia 2-0. YEA, I DID PICC THAT UPSET FOR TODAY! IM THA SHIT! Milwaukee def. Washington 5-0. God damn, CC Sabathia is AMAZING sometimes. He is 6-0 since becoming a Brewer and 12-8 overall. He pitched a complete game 5 hitter and had 9 strikeouts. WOW. Mike Cameron hit his 18th homer for Milwaukee. Colorado def. San Diego 6-3. Atlanta upset Arizona 11-6. YEA, I PICCED this one too. Chipper Jones hit his 19th homerun of the year. Finally, the Dodgers def. San Francisco 6-2 in Brad Penny’s return to the mound (6-9). In the NL Playoff Picture, In the NL East, The Phillies have a 1 game lead over the Mets and only a 1 ½ game lead over the Marlins. No doubt about it that the NL East is the most competitive in the majors. In the NL Central, The Cubs hold a 5 game lead over Milwaukee. Arizona’s lead in the NL West over the Dodgers has been reduced to only ½ game. Since Acquiring Manny Ramirez, The Dodgers have stepped up and look to be soon taking over the division. Milwaukee currently holds possession of the NL wild card, with St. Louis still right behind them. The BEST RECORD in the NL is the CHICAGO CUBS 70-46. The WORST RECORD in the NL is a tie between the WASHINGTON NATIONALS and the SAN DIEGO PADRES 44-72.

PRO WRESTLING
WWE releases Shannon Moore. Mick Foley says that when his contract expires on September 1st, he will not be re-signed. The WWE also announced the releases of Nunzio, James Curtis, Domino, Big Daddy V, and Referee Nick Patrick. WOW. I already gave the Smaccdown taping results for tonight, so I feel no need to post them again.
I do wanna give a shout out to Mike Siciliano. I read his columns on pro wrestling everytime he publishes one. I even frequent his blog. He is a hell of a writer and someone I respect when it comes to his pro wrestling knowledge. Keep up tha good work Mike.