TGIF: JaVale McGee, and Everyone Else

We have some good GIFs to look at, but JaVale McGee is in his own league this week:

from Hey Belinda

Backstory: McGee threw a one-handed alley-oop to himself off the backboard during a Nuggets/Rockets game on Wednesday. I think these things were running through his head during the initial frightening expression:

Am I in trouble? It went in...we're not losing in a blowout...I didn't get called for a goaltend...coach is smiling...Sweet! Time for Pierre!

If you aren't up on Mr. McGee, I suggest you take my #FF advice and acclimate yourself. Anyway, this is the greatest.

Did you hear about Lance Armstrong?

I missed the Oprah interview, but here's a recap:

We mentioned Hakeem Olajuwon getting dunked on in this week's podcast.

That was an uncommon occurance. It was usually more like this:

President Obama was inaugurated for his second term.

His daughters are discovering how easily they can steal the show. Evidence:

from Gifrific

And the Patriots lost.

Ray Lewis and Tom Brady have...uh...different emotional approaches:

from Gawker

from Scott Johnson

from 96.1 KISS

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TGIF - Royal Updates

Justin Bieber, the closest thing to royalty on our side of the pond, was allegedly photographed allegedly smoking maryjane. Fans (Beriefers?) are… upset.

In less scandalous news, Queen Elizabeth made an official decree this week stating that if the eldest child of William and Kate is a female, she can be called “Princess.” Until now, the only way a female could be the heir is if her father had no sons, which is how Elizabeth became Queen. So this undermines almost a century of primogeniture. It’s a big deal and the Royals are celebrating!

from Know Your Meme

from i ruv u

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TGIF: College Bowl Season

from bigleadsports

Jadeveon Clowney had the hit of the year. Since the recipient didn't get concussed, everyone is allowed to bask in it.

from Gifulmination

If you can't tell, Oregon won their bowl game.

from CJ Fogler

Oh yes they did.

from Gifulmination

Unrelated to college football: Pitbull, featured on one of the New Year's Eve shows, is terrible. Each time this gif loops, I am hoping Clowney will burst into the frame and send his beer or glasses or head flying.

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Football Fantasia: Week 17 Recap

You probably don't care about the details much now that the season is over. You have won or lost, and are either being smug or sulking with your friends as we speak. Rather than do a typical rundown of the week's performances, here are some closing thoughts on the season.

1. I love it, but fantasy football is stupid. You know how NBA statisticians adjust scoring and defense for the pace of the game? And how baseball sabermetricians downplay pitchers' wins and losses in favor of performative measures like, uh, how well they pitched? Well fantasy football is in no-man's land, rewarding players for relatively unspectacular performances (i.e. Ryan Fitzpatrick throwing meaningless touchdowns) and for conduct detrimental to the team (i.e. Tony Romo getting more desperation yardage and scores after burying the Cowboys with a couple pick-sixes). It was a good thing for Drew Brees' fantasy owners that the 7-9 Saints had such a miserable defense this year. I know there are fantasy wins that result from actual quality on the field, but let's pretend otherwise since my team came up short in the championship. You can too.

2. You should listen to me next year. Why? Because I just asserted it, first of all. Secondly, fantasy is fairly random, and its analysis very redundant. Odds are I get some right and some wrong and how well you notice either will depend on how your team did. My preseason picks for top fantasy players all hit the #1 or #2 spot at their position, save for LeSean McCoy (#21 RB, ouch) and Julio Jones (#9 WR, at about 2.5 points per game less than top dog Calvin Johnson). Notable predictions included Julio moving past teammate Roddy White in production, Tom Brady staying healthy thanks to his tendency to duck invisible defenders, and DOUG MARTIN! Pretty good, right? Yeah, except for the following: a couple random touchdown switcheroos would have White back in front of Jones, my love for the Patriots was due to a perception that Josh McDaniels' return would have seismic a impact on the offense (it did, just for the running game), and Doug Martin was no secret since there are no secrets anymore. I also said this about Martin:

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