2008 Woodie Awards
Off the Bench
Sports you should know
Tony Schwartz
Issue date: 2/16/07 Section: Sports
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I'll be honest here guys and gals, I was lazy this week and did not even Facebook anyone to do an interview. The reason: I have been preparing like mad for my first DJ gig tonight in Seattle. Come check me out at Dante's in the U-District mixing live from 9 p.m. until closing. Tell the waitresses you're friends of the DJ and you'll get half off your food.
Self-promotion aside, the majority of UPS athletics are either playing away from home this weekend or inactive. But if you are still looking to get your sports fix, I have compiled some information on a few options from the wide world of sports that you can try this weekend. Because I am great like that.
If I ran this campus, you can damn well bet for sure that cockfighting would be the most popular attended sport on a Sunday afternoon. While some of you may think it is disgusting, vile, dirty and inhumane, I'll make the point that this hasn't stopped the NFL from having Raider football games.
Seriously, staging a cockfighting match is illegal in forty-eight states and being a spectator at a cockfight is illegal in forty states. It also is an illegal form of gambling. The most recent bust I found was in 2005, where the notorious Great Smoky Mountains Cockfighting Beaktacular was broken up by Tennessee authorities and SWAT team members. David Webb, gamecock owner, reportedly lost more than 20 chickens valued at $150 each in the raid. "I've been around this stuff all my life. Everything I've ever known is a chicken fight," he said.
Don't we all feel that way sometimes?
Remember when ESPN first aired the World Series of Poker, it blew up across the nation, and suddenly every person of every age and walk of life was addicted to Texas Hold'Em like it was crack?
Well, I would not be surprised if ESPN decided to air episodes of another World Series event quickly gaining popularity across campuses nationwide: The World Series of Beer Pong!
The second annual WSBP event was held this past January in Mesquite, Nev. After 1600 games and a new keg switched in every 25 minutes, Neil Guerriero and Tone Vassilatos, as their proud parents know them, became legends to beer pong fans everywhere as the champions and winners of the $20,000 grand prize.
Self-promotion aside, the majority of UPS athletics are either playing away from home this weekend or inactive. But if you are still looking to get your sports fix, I have compiled some information on a few options from the wide world of sports that you can try this weekend. Because I am great like that.
If I ran this campus, you can damn well bet for sure that cockfighting would be the most popular attended sport on a Sunday afternoon. While some of you may think it is disgusting, vile, dirty and inhumane, I'll make the point that this hasn't stopped the NFL from having Raider football games.
Seriously, staging a cockfighting match is illegal in forty-eight states and being a spectator at a cockfight is illegal in forty states. It also is an illegal form of gambling. The most recent bust I found was in 2005, where the notorious Great Smoky Mountains Cockfighting Beaktacular was broken up by Tennessee authorities and SWAT team members. David Webb, gamecock owner, reportedly lost more than 20 chickens valued at $150 each in the raid. "I've been around this stuff all my life. Everything I've ever known is a chicken fight," he said.
Don't we all feel that way sometimes?
Remember when ESPN first aired the World Series of Poker, it blew up across the nation, and suddenly every person of every age and walk of life was addicted to Texas Hold'Em like it was crack?
Well, I would not be surprised if ESPN decided to air episodes of another World Series event quickly gaining popularity across campuses nationwide: The World Series of Beer Pong!
The second annual WSBP event was held this past January in Mesquite, Nev. After 1600 games and a new keg switched in every 25 minutes, Neil Guerriero and Tone Vassilatos, as their proud parents know them, became legends to beer pong fans everywhere as the champions and winners of the $20,000 grand prize.
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