Black Friday Tidbits - 11/24/06

Well, Thanksgiving is over. Hope you got your fill of turkey and other goodies. Today is known as Black Friday because it's one of the biggest shopping days of the year. In actuality, it's must closer to Christmas as many of us procrastinate until the last minute. Well, in between shopping and turkey leftovers, I hope you have a little room for your weekly helping of tidbits. In honor of the shopping day, I'll do the tidbits QVC style.



First up we have Larry Johnson. He is listed at $99.99. Such a bargain for the NFL rushing leader with 1202 yards (1551 total) and 15 combined scores. It's amazing that such a spectacular season is flying under the radar. That' because LaDainian Tomlinson has 23 combined touchdowns already (14 his past four games). Next up is Tony Romo. He was originally found in the bargain racks, but after polishing him off, he is proving to be a gem. His 306 yard, 5 TD performance on Turkey Day will undoubtedly add to his luster. He has averaged 281 yards his past four games while sporting a 9 to 1 TD/INT ratio. It does make you wonder why he wasn't turned to earlier. His value is bound to rise (especially with the rumors he's dating Jessica Simpson), so waste no time getting your Romo for $34. Joey Harrington was found in the dollar menu for most of his career, and now finds himself leading the Dolphins to four straight wins. He returned to the town he was ran out of and delivered an impressive three touchdown performance. Lions fans were booing and mocking him. Did they not realize their team is still AWFUL? Good for Joey. He can be yours for $12. Last week featured a lot of heartaches. The 1972 Dolphins popped their champagne last week as the Cowboys handed the Colts their first loss of the year. You can have a bottle of that champagne for $20. Call now before the supplies run out. You can have a case of Chunky's Soup deliverd to your home for $20 plus S & H. I'll have to warn you, you could find yourself injured like Donovan McNabb (Terrell Davis, Kurt Warner, Big Ben, Brian Urlacher, and Michael Strahan are other victims of the Curse). Perhaps LaMont Jordan, Kevin Jones, and Marques Colston also had it as their pregame meals last week. What can only be labeled as tragic, Philadelphia Eagle Andre Waters took his own life on Monday. The hard hitting DB was one of my favorite Eagles.


Now we'll go to our baseball items. Take a look at these shiny MVP awards. The first one belongs to 2nd year phenom Ryan Howard. He shrugged off the notion of a Sophomore Slump by following up his Rookie of the Year season with 58 home runs and the NL MVP. Justin Morneau has become the topic of debate for baseball fans all over the country with his upset win over Derek Jeter in the AL MVP. You can have your replica MVP awards for $50 each or $80 for the set. A few baseball stars have come off the market with the Cubs signing Alfonso Soriano to a $136 million dollar deal. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California, United States, North America, Earth signed Gary Matthews away from Texas for $50 million. Juan Pierre won't be welcoming Soriano to the outfield he roamed as he moved out west to the Dodgers for a cool $44 million. You can bid on Carlos Lee, but it's going to cost you a pretty penny in this silent auction.


The NBA is featuring two executive sales. Isiah Thomas and Kevin McHale were Hall of Fame players. They have become Hall of Shame execs though. New York is off to a 4-9 start with Isiah coaching the garbage he assembled. Minnesota has the 2nd worst record in the Western Conference (Memphis is worse, but only because Gasol got hurt in Internation Play). You can have a 2-1 special on these two for $5. They were originally marked at $100 each so this is a real bargain. Hurry up and call. At these prices they can't last long. Jerry Sloan is listed at $40. He always seems to slip under the radar. However, his 11-1 start with the Jazz has to earn him plenty of praise. This time Karl Malone and John Stockton aren't around to get the credit. The Spurs (10-2) and Lakers (8-3) are challenging them for the NBA's elite. Carmelo Anthony doesn't mind the new NBA basketball, which you can order now for $99. Call in the next 15 minutes and we'll throw in free S & H. Carmelo leads the league with a 31 pts/gm scoring average. Dwight Howard leads with 13.8 rbs/gm, and Steve Nash leads with 10.9 assists/gm.



The NHL did some holiday collections this week from Capitals Coach Glen Hanlon ($30K) and Thrasher Coach Bob Hartley ($10K) for a fight between the clubs. Donald Brashear and Brian Sutherby of the Capitals and Scott Mellanby of the Thrashers were suspended for their involvement. Teemu Selanne scored his 500th goal this week. In an NHL special we're selling team t-shirts a dollar per point. Buffalo is leading the way and you can have their shirt for $37. Anaheim ($36), San Jose ($32), Dallas ($30), and Nashville ($30) round out the top five. Columbus ($12), Philadelphia ($13), Phoenix ($14), and St. Louis ($15) are the best bargains. We're also featuring Jaromir Jagr hair extenders for $15. He leads the league with 34 points. Rod Brind'Amour (32), and Marian Hossa (31) are right behind. Brendan Shanahan leads the league in goals with 17 while Jagr leads with 23 assists. Ray Emery is your GAA leader at 2.01. Dominik Hasek trails at 2.06. Evengi Malkin leads rookies with 20 points. He's only played in 16 games, which makes it that much more impressive. The Penguins and the Metallurg Magnitogorsk are still fighting over his rights and retribution.



Last week was the epic Ohio State-Michigan battle. You can buy a DVD of the instant classic for $15. There is bonus coverage of the past five meetings. Act now and we'll throw in a highlight DVD of Cincinnati's upset of #7 Rutgers, #19 Virginia Tech's upset of #14 Wake Forest, and #4 USC's defeat of #17 Cal. For $50, $75, or $100 you can order college football food packages for the quality games this weekend: #3 USC vs. #6 Notre Dame, #5 Arkansas vs. #9 LSU, or #11 Texas vs. 8-3 Texas A & M. In case you missed it between turkey, stuffing, and the NFL, Miami knocked off #18 Boston College yesterday.



Gonzaga knocked off #2 North Carolina. They will face Butler, fresh off an upset of #22 Tennessee in the NIT Season Tip-Off. For $20,000 you can have Adam Morrison watch the game with you. Another $5000, and the mustache will come along. UCLA defeated Georgia Tech to take the Maui Invitational. Call now for half price pineapples and poi. Upsets of the past week: #25 Creigton lost to Nebraska, #8 Georgetown lost to Old Dominion, #8 Duke lost to #17 Marquette, and #19 Georgia Tech knocked off #11 Memphis.


That concludes the Tidbits. As always, feel free to add any stories you liked this week in sports or discuss any of the stories I mentioned. Thanks again for supporting my blog.