NFL Preview: NFC

Hey, the NFL Lockout is over. It only took 130+ days and a bunch of rich people to stop arguing over money in order to end. Now that it’s over, we can finally take a look at the upcoming NFL season. To help with that, I decided to make a comprehensive 32-team NFL preview so that you can know what to expect from your favorite team this fall. Scroll down and check out what I said about your team and check out my AFC Preview for the rest of the league as well as my final predictions.

NFL Preview: AFC and Final Predictions

 

Welcome to Part II of my thirty-two team NFL Preview. In this part I cover all sixteen teams in the AFC and lay out my predictions for league this year. Scroll down to find your team and go to the very bottom to see check out my final predictions. Also, click here if you haven’t checked out Part I where I cover the NFC. Thanks for reading and enjoy the preview.

 

2011 Tour de France: Stage 17 Recap

Stage 17 Profile

Stage 17: Gap -> Pinerolo – 179km

Today’s stage began as most do, with a breakaway forming at the beginning of the stage. The day’s break contained fourteen riders. Some of the notable riders were: Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky), Ruben Perez (Euskaltel-Euskadi). The first climb of the day was the category three Côte de Sainte-Marguerite. Chavanel was the first rider to cross the top of the côte. After the first climb of the day came the intermediate sprint. Sandy Casar (FDJ) was the only rider to attack for the sprint, every other rider remained in the saddle. When the peloton arrived, Mark Cavendish

2011 Tour de France: Stage 16 Recap

Stage 16 Profile

Stage 16:  Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux ->Gap – 162.5km

For almost the first 100km of racing, there was no successful breakaway. The peloton would constantly chase back each group that made an attempt to get away. The day’s breakaway consisted of ten riders including the likes of Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky), and Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad). The large break didn’t even contest the intermediate sprint, Dries Devenyns (Quick Step) casually crossed the line first. There was also a chase group of three riders that never caught up with the larger breakaway, they crossed a few minutes after the first breakaway. The peloton didn’t contest the sprint either, when the approached it. This stage had only one categorized climb, the category two Col de Manse

Golden Mixtapes: XV’s Everybody’s Nobody

Golden mixtapes are mixtapes that we deem top-notch, and are a must listen to.

Rapper XV released his most popular mixtape Everybody’s Nobody on August 1st, 2009. This mixtape was what made XV more known, because before this, he was unheard of outside Kansas. The good thing about this mixtape is that not only are the beats really good, but his lyrics are awesome.

2011 Tour de France: Stage 15 Recap

Stage 15 Profile

Stage 15: Limoux -> Montpellier – 193km

This stage began as most stages do, with a breakaway forming at the start of the stage. Today’s breakaway consisted of five riders. Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step), Mikhail Ignatyev (Team Katusha), Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis), Mickaël Delage (FDJ), and Anthony Delaplace (Saur-Sojasun). The breakaway never got too far away from the peloton. The lone categorized climb of the day, the fourth category Côte de Villespassans, was first crossed by Ignatyev. A little over 60km after the climb of the Côte de Villespassans, the breakaway

Mic Mang – Been There Heard That

Mixtape Cover

I was lucky enough to get a hard cover of Mic Mang’s second mixtape Been There Heard That about a week before its scheduled release date. So far, I am not impressed.

I am sorry to say this about my good friend Michael, but his second mixtape serves as a sophomore slump for this young rapper. Still, anyone who listened to his first mixtape can clearly see the true potential in Mic Mang. From the upbeat song “The Thrill” to the chill “Dreamin,’” I am also confident that his next mixtape will be even better than the first.

Nizzy’s Top 5: Older Rock/Alternative Rock Songs (Top Five Older Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs)

So i was were originally going to do the top 5 for older rock/alternative rock songs, but then i realized that the top five were all red hot chili peppers songs so later i will do a new article and have another top five excluding RHCP. Feel free to comment with your own top 5, or point out any songs you feel I might have left out and should give a listen to. Here is what I think are the 5 best rock/alternative rock songs before 2000:

Thurston’s Top 5: Older Rock/Alternative Rock Songs

So we were originally going to do just the top 5 for older rock/alternative rock songs, but there are just so many good ones that we had to include 5 more songs that did not quite make the cut. The songs that just missed the cut make up my top 10 for this category. Feel free to comment with your own top 5, or point out any songs you feel I might have left out and should give a listen to. Here is what I think are the 5 best rock/alternative rock songs before 2000:

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” is the first single and song off of Nirvana’s second album, Nevermind. This song is probably their most known, as well as most successful song. Many people first heard of Nirvana because of this song, it helped make Nirvana one of the most popular bands in the world at the time. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. This was the first song I heard by Nirvana, and it left me wanting more. Kurt Cobain’s opening guitar solo, before Dave Grohl starts on the drums, draws my attention immediately and entrances me. The Krist Novoselic plays the bass perfectly. The guitar, bass, and drums go well together throughout the song. Cobain’s voice isn’t the greatest, but it goes so well with their style of music. Overall there’s nothing else I can say, other than that this is probably the best rock, or grunge, song.

NBA Lockout: Why it’s Happening and What it Means

 

     Think the NFL lockout is bad?  Think again. While many might be sick of the whole NFL lockout, the NBA version is likely to be worse. The NFL is closing onto a deal. The NBA could not be farther from one. The NFL’s problems are only about revenue sharing. The NBA’s problems extend beyond that. The question with the NFL lockout is whether or not any games will be missed at all. Meanwhile, NBA fans are asking how many games will be missed and whether or not there will be a season. The NFL lockout has lasted over 100 days. How long will the NBA lockout last then? This article tells you what each side wants, why they want it, when we might be able to expect a deal to get done, and what the lockout means for the league.