Unofficial New Year!

Welcome to the Sports Capital—a virtual tour into the mind of the mind of a sports fan who actually knows what he’s talking about. Shocking, but true! I guess I can be called a sports analyst—a sports analyst is one who analyzes sports, right? Well, that’s what I do… By deductive logic, I can thereby also lay claim to being a columnist, an enthusiast, a talent scout, a Madden/NBA 2K8/MLB 2K8 Expert, and a comedian, so needless to say, you’re gonna get all angles from me. My blogs may be anything from random musings, to proactive or reactive opinion pieces, to cleverly crafted fake news articles. And on occasion, they will have nothing to do with sports—not often, but this is just the disclaimer.

I can’t think of a better day to “kick off” my blog than today—an unofficial American holiday. February 29? “What holiday is this?” you may ask. Well my friends, this is the day that I get no work done at my job, for the mere fact that hours will be consumed scouring the news wire for blockbuster superstar signings and nifty role player contracts. LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THE FIRST DAY OF NFL FREE AGENCY!!! Forget January 1st, THIS is the first day of the New Year! As the NFL has undertaken a metamorphosis into a 365-day-per-year obsession, today is when we officially turn the page from 2007 to 2008. Some people claim that December is the most wonderful time of the year. Are you kidding me??? Inconvenient snow, overcrowded malls and electronics stores, the first Larry Hughes injury of the year. Compare that with the journey that we are about to embark on: The start of NFL free agency, the start of the MLB season, March Madness, the stretch run of the NBA season, the NFL Draft, and tax refunds, all within a six-week span. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and HELL YES. I’ll take some of all of that. Check please!

We’re only a few hours into it so far, but we’ve seen some quality players change uniforms. Jonathan Vilma will be donning black and gold (Saints), DT Corey Williams goes from Green Bay to Cleveland, Tampa has signed C Jeff Faine, San Fran has snatched up RB Deshaun Foster, LB Dontarrious Thomas, and QB J.T. O’sullivan, and DT Kris Jenkins is going to the J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS. Of course, all people want to talk about is Randy Moss, but believe it or not, there are several other people who are good at their jobs too. I’ll give extended thoughts about all these above and much more later. In the meantime, let me at least pretend to work for a couple hours—otherwise I’ll have to turn this blog into a paysite to supplement the income that I’m no longer getting. Later…

I got sent to what team? New Orleans? Is that the city with all the floods and sh!#?