Say Hello To The Bad Guy. Introducing The NBA’s “Dirtiest” Player

January 17, 2016 Mike Leave a comment

Via CBS Sports

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova is a hard-nosed player that often sacrifices his body to make a play. This leads to times when Dellavedova may seem too aggressive.

Like in last season’s playoffs when Dellavedova fought for a loose ball with Kyle Korver and coincidentally ended up injuring the Hawks guard on the play. Or when in an earlier playoff series last year, Dellavedova locked legs with Taj Gibson, preventing the Bulls forward from getting up. Gibson was ejected from the game after he kicked Dellavedova while trying to get free. Then in the Finals, Dellavedova got involved in a brief war or words with David Lee that resulted in Stephen Curry coming to his teammate’s aid by pushing the Cavs guard.

With instances like this, it should come as no suprise that Dellavedova was named the dirtiest player in the NBA in a Los Angeles Times poll of coaches and players.

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A total of 24 people were surveyed for the poll and Broderick Turner, who conducted it, doesn’t specify how many were players and how many were coaches. And although this is a small sample size, it shows that Dellavedova does have a bit of a reputation around the league.

Love it. Championship teams always have that guy that gets underneath the opponent’s skin. Dennis Rodman of the Bulls, Ron Artest on the Lakers, Draymond Green last season, DeShawn Stevenson of the Mavericks; All guys that played hard. You love them if they’re on you’re team and hate them if they’re on another team. Delly fits this mold perfectly. One of the most beloved Cavaliers for us and one of the most hated around the league.

That’s what happens when a good team has a guy that looks like this who plays hard and plays well:

He gets labeled as dirty because he dives for loose balls in the playoffs? If that’s considered “dirty” then I want every player on my team to play dirty. Every coach in the NBA would kill for their team to play “dirty” if that’s the definition.

Whatever, he’ll keep throwing Dirty Delly Oops and the Dirty Cavs (kind of has a nice ring to it) will keep steamrolling through the Eastern Conference till June.

ALSO- A whopping 24 people were polled? Awesome job, LA TImes. Way to have your pulse on the entire league and not just the 2 NBA franchises in your city.

ALSO x 2- You can buy that Cleveland NWO shirt here

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Chris Tabor Kept As Special Teams Coach, Is Leonardo DiCaprio In The Revenant

January 15, 2016 Mike Leave a comment

NEWS: Browns retain Special Teams Coordinator Chris Tabor

READ: https://t.co/8EXLJeyZxK pic.twitter.com/3Qi7hXq3n0

— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) January 15, 2016

YES!!!

Chris Tabor. Chris motherfucking Tabor. The guy just won’t die. He’s a cockroach in a nuclear holocaust. He’s unkillable and unfireable.

Hired by Pat Shurmur, retained by Rob Chudzinski, retained by Mike Pettine… and now retained by Hue Jackson. Whatever Chris Tabor is doing I need to find out and start doing it myself.

He’s like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant. He can get mauled by a bear, left for dead by his friends, attacked by Indians, maybe he’ll have to sleep inside of a horse or two… but he’ll always survive and he’ll ALWAYS be the Special Teams coach of the Browns. Doesn’t matter who’s coaching, Chris Tabor will always be in charge of punt formations and kickoff returns till the day we die. It’s commendable, really.

Now let’s get that left side of the line shored up so Travis Coons doesn’t have any more field goals blocked, eh?

ALSO- Once saw Tabor at the Hofbrauhaus downtown. He totally gets us.

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Videos: Jethro’s Memorial Service And A Memoral Montage Of His Life

January 15, 2016 Mike Leave a comment

Via Cleveland 19 News

A memorial service for Canton Police K-9 Jethro, the first of the department’s dogs ever killed in the line of duty, drew hundreds from across the country.

Jethro was shot in killed in the line of duty over the weekend. Police said he was responding to a call of a burglary on Saturday, when he was shot multiple times. He died from his injuries on Sunday.

The city held a funeral for the German Shepherd Thursday at the Canton Civic Center, on what would have been Jethro’s third birthday.

“Jethro’s legacy is to remind us all is that bravery and devotion can travel on four legs, and that loyalty and love can be delivered by the playful nudge of a wet nose,” Mayor Thomas Bernabei said to those assembled.

K-9 officers from as far away as Virginia and the New York Police Department attended the service. More than 100 K9s from various departments walked in a five and a half minute long procession in front of those gathered.

Man. Truly heartbreaking stuff. Combining bagpipes and dogs will take me to waterworks city every time. Just 100+ pups gathered to pay their respects to a fellow officer killed in the line of duty.

As I post this my dog is sitting on the couch right next to me doing that head tilt things dogs do as he hears the dogs on the video. This whole situation sucks.

Heads up: You will cry while watching the video below