Quick Plug for Hillesland

More blogging over at the New York Times for ol Zach Hillesland

More blogging over at the New York Times for ol' Zach Hillesland

Hillesland has a new blog entry in the NYTimes.  I wonder if they like him so much they are just going to give him a job?  I’d tell him not to go into journalism right now because of the way newspapers are all going out of business, but I guess a jobs a job, right?  Or at least it is something to do while he waits to go to grad school, which I think I saw he may be doing at ND next year.

YES! Shaq to Cavs!

Shaquille O'Neal as a Cavalier.  Not sure about Riley as their coach though.

Shaquille O'Neal as a Cavalier. Not sure about Riley as their coach though.

In a move that is unfortunately 4 months too late for the Cavs to win the title this year, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2010 NBA Championship tonight by signing Shaquille O’Neal.

TGIAB has an exclusive picture of Shaquille O’Neal in his new Cleveland jersey.  Also, Pat Riley has been hired to replace coach Mike Brown who has been fired.*

It should be a spectacular year by Shaq, who is in his final year of his contract, so he needs to makes sure he does well enough to get signed up for another 2-3 seasons.  I’m pretty sure he has Twittered that he wants to play a 3-4 seasons before retiring.

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John Daly at it Again

I really hope Daly was wearing these pants when trying to explain what happened.

I really hope Daly was wearing these pants when trying to explain what happened.

Just when John Daly seems to have his life completely under control… the man is back on the PGA Tour, he played an actual PGA event, and he at elast tried to qualify for the US Open), he goes and makes a driving error.  Sadly, we’re not talking about the driving error like hooking the ball off the tee, but instead this: John Daly has harmed his RV by trying to drive it through a 12′ high tunnel.  Evidently, it’s taller than 12′.  So, when you do the math, that means some of Daly’s RV wasn’t making it through the tunnel.  Luckily, a Jimmy Roberson of Mobile, AL, was nice enough to let the excess RV parts to land on his 1998 Cadillac Seville.  I’m sure all Daly fans are happy that Mr. Roberson was so kind.

When he found out when he was pulled over shortly thereafter, Daly was cooperative.  It looks like Roberson is going to ask for Daly to give him some cash for his efforts, which only seems fair.  One question I have, though, is this Read more »

Christmas is only Two & a Half Months Away

Yesterday I started getting excited about ND football.  Maybe it is because the Chicago baseball teams haven’t been as good this summer, or maybe it is because I live in South Bend and no longer Chicago, but my mind has not been quite as focused on baseball this season.  I’ve been paying attention to baseball, but I have also been thinking about football.  Maybe that is the difference between 6-6 with some promise in the bowl game vs. 3-9?  Anyway, on rsand’s advice I started reading some of the previews at BGI and that made me pretty excited for Fall camp in a month and a half, and the season starting at the beginning of August.  Just to keep everyone excited, watch this video to remember how the team had a real offense on Christmas Eve.  I hope that is a present that keeps on giving this coming season.

US Open Preview

Without the Flamboyant Daly there to distract and compete with him, Tiger should be able to build on his recent success at the Memorial and defend his US Open Title

Without the Flamboyant Daly there to distract and compete with him, Tiger should be able to build on his recent success at the Memorial and defend his US Open Title

Tiger won the Memorial.  Therefore, Tiger is healthy.  Therefore, Tiger will win the US Open.  It’s pretty logical, really.  In fact, if I were you, I’d bet on it, as we were right last year.  Last year, Tiger was coming off of knee surgery going into the US Open, and was actually playing with torn knee ligaments.  This year, he is healthy (to our knowledge).  That’s a pretty good sign.

The Phil Factor

Phil Mickelson is just returning to the Tour and is dealing with his wife’s tragic situation (breast cancer, for those who don’t know).  My guess is he will be rusty.  I’ve heard a lot that he will be a fan favorite, and that will help him.  The reason for this is two-fold: First, everyone wants to see him succeed because of his wife’s illness; Second, his previous performance at Bethpage is supposedly where he became a fan favorite, at least according to the media.  However, his status at fan favorite was the case last year when he was playing his “home course” and it didn’t work out for him.  My guess is that it won’t help this year, either. Read more »

Awesome Back Flip Video Thursday

A couple of weeks ago, we showed you a series of stunts by people who were good at some sort of “freerunning” or “parkour” in London.  This week, I bring you another video of someone pulling a sweet back flip off a vending machine:

Do I hear him snoring at the end of that?

Friday video, late edition

I began my internet search trying to find a picture of Lebron’s face growth and ended up finding this gem.  How awesome is the internet by the way? 

(tgiab apologizes for the lack of journalism on the site recently.  Soon we will use words to describe something instead of video and picture).

Real or not?  I think they are.

tgiab featured on Straight Cash Homey Dot Net

Our very own dogolfer (as John Randle), gets in on some mohawk Rik Smits action at the Indy 500, in their latest jersey posting.

Way to go!

I can not decide if I like your jersey or haircut better

"I can not decide if I like your jersey or haircut better"

Help TGIAB Raise Funds

Won't this look great at Poll 13 come this Fall?

Won't this look great at Poll 13 come this Fall?

TGIAB wants a part of Notre Dame Stadium all for itself.  To meet that goal, we need to raise cash, and fast.  While I received an email today informing me that I have won $2,500,000 million and all I need to do is to inform the clearinghouse what my bank account number, address and birth date are, I feel that the money just won’t come quick enough.  This may be a once in a lifetime opportunity.  The opportunity, of course, is the ability to own one of the ND Stadium scoreboards.  This will be the perfect opportunity to purchase a part of history (since 1997) and keep score of what are sure to be epic dance-offs.  Since our membership has spent all of our petty cash on recent trips, we need our readership to support our bid effort.  Please comment and let us know how much you are willing to donate.  I’m sure that this will be tax-deductible.*
* Note, I am in law school but am not a lawyer… so I probably have no clue what I’m talking about when it comes to taxes.

Its a Danceoff…

To keep the video posting going, we thought this was too good to pass up.  USF and UConn had a rain delay in this year’s Big East baseball tournament and decided to put their idle hands (feet) to good use. 

Biz Markie – Keeping it real.

It looks like Tracy Morgan (Jordan) is playing the piano as Thomas Jefferson (if you watch 30 rock).

Awesome Video Thursday – London Trip

After the Indy 500, the four guys from three guys in a basement went to London to do some tricks.  Here are the results:

 

Petty cash funds reach a new low – Indy 500, NBA Conf. Finals

These matching shirts barely dented petty cash - - 2 for $10

tgiab.com took a sizable chunk out of their petty cash funds to give you, the fan, the best sports coverage possible.

tgiab.com made the decision, along with its strategic partner The Subway Alumni Show, to send its Portland and Chicago natives, JoePa and Dogolfer, along with tSAS’s Sprout, to the Indy 500.  It is a new Memorial Day weekend necessity.  It really is that good.

tgiab.com then made the decision to send its New York native, rsand,back to his home state of Colorado to cover the Lakers/Nuggets series.  With rsand back in his home state, the Nuggets won a huge game last evening to even out the series at two.

The fourth tgiab.com native from South Bend, ndgravy, attended his sister’s high school graduation in Rantoul, IL.  More on that in a  later article.

Now onto the sports coverage….

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Daly to Return to PGA Tour

YES! He’ll be back in Memphis in 3 weeks.

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Also, two members of TGIAB, a couple guest writers, and The Subway Alumni Show just got home from the Indy 500.  We’ll report more on that later if/when we sober up.

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The infield at the greatest spectacle, with dogolfer and Sprout

John Daly Shows Mickelson some love

Showing that he not only can outdrink anyone else on the tour, Daly showed today that he also has a bigger heart than anyone else on the tour.  Daly wore Pink pants in support of Amy Mickelson, Phil’s wife, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.  Clearly, John’s got a big heart.  That’s probably part of the reason he was so awesome at chipping on Friday.  Not only would he get paid, so that he could afford more high quality wings at Hooter’s as well as more beer, he also knew he would get a chance to wear the pink pants.  What a good guy.