Hock Show Weekend Top Five for September 7th – 14th, 2009
1. The NFL Debuts. And it was a glorious opening weekend. From Brady Quin throwing a pass completely backwards, to Jay Cutler melting down and Urlacher getting hurt, to Kyle Orton throwing an 80-yard tipped ball touchdown in the last ten seconds of a game, the whole weekend was pretty awesome. Also, I only care about the NFC North/former NFC North players, apparently.
2. Kanye West Needs a Kick in the Balls. After Taylor Swift won for “Best Video: Female,” Kanye stormed the stage, grabbed the microphone out of her hand, and demanded that the award be given to Beyonce for her video “Single Ladies” which he declared the best video of all time. Which…I guess Beyonce dancing around in black and white against a white background was…amazing? Beyonce returned the favor later in the night by letting Swift give her acceptance speech after a win.
3. The U.S. Open is a Tennis Tournament. And two or possibly more people won rather unweildy trophies! The big story coming out of the weekend, of course, was Serena Williams possibly (or possibly not) threatening to kill a line judge for calling a fault on her. It was a questionable call, but not worth a death threat probably.
4. Michael Jordan’s Kind of an Asshole. Michael Jordan’s Hall of Fame induction this week, and he decided to use it to settle some personal grudges. He flew an ex-high school teamate to the ceremony, just to berate his coach for starting the guy instead of him back then. Greatest player of all time? Yes. Jerkwad? Yep. He and Kanye should start a business!
5. It’s the End of the Road for King of the Hill. Was that really on for 13 years? Really?! I haven’t watched too many episodes of it, but that’s still a pretty impressive feat in today’s television climate. Now maybe Mike Judge can go make a Beavis and Butthead sequel. Ok, I’m kidding. Sort of.