'Tis the Season...

That C.A.C. Basketball cracks 100 teams. The deadline for the Winter '08 season is right around the corner (1/14), so enter a team, a couple friends, or just yourself and join in the fun!! See what all the fuss is about! Here's the Link to sign up!

This season Cambridge Athletic Club features:

3 Levels of 5 v 5 Basketball

- For all the former college level superstars, the hyper-competitive A League should satisfy your desire for the best run in the city
- For the rest of us? Yea, the B Level is where we'll want to hoop it up. The bonus, we can have better stats than the A Level guys, and you know it makes you feel good...
- And for the first time at C.A.C. a Women's 5v5 League. We need to do a lot of work promoting this and getting the word out there, so sign up!

Monday Night A1 Draft League (1/14/08)

- Still the best 4v4 (every league is 4v4 unless specified) experience you can have at C.A.C. All the players are thrown into a draft and all captains make their picks based on their own ranking system.
- Top level players means each captain gets a chance to be Danny Ainge and draft day trades aren't unheard of.

B1 League

- Our second most popular league is a mixed bag of all level of players.
- This is a "Enter Your Own Team" League, but free agents can be put together to make competitive teams and everyone has a shot at the championship!

B2 League

- Our most popular level of play, the B2 is always filled to capacity, so be sure to get a team in early!
- Our "Everyman" 4v4 League is another "Enter Your Own Team" format. This is for the average player, so get a bunch of friends together to get in a weekly run!

Corporate League

- Got a bunch of players around the office and need a team building exercise? Nothing is better than a weekly game of hoops. Plus, this league is Co-Ed, so everyone can get involved!

Women's League

- Our Women's League 4v4 is very competitive and has become a year round league at C.A.C.! Get a team in and join the fun!
- No seriously, these girls can ball, check out the video!

You'll love the blogs, write-ups, stats, and message board features that the leagues offer! Don't forget to check it out! C.A.C. Basketball

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Loose Balls Vol 2.0

Obviously, one of the main faults of this little experiment is the fact that I don't seem to have any sort of order or plan with what I'm doing. Well you're right, I don't. So starting next week, I'm going to make a concerted effort to try and organize my thoughts and post on a regular basis. Tuesday seems as good as any other day for a link dump, so that's what you'll be getting. Bank on it.

For those that don't know, I've been appointed to C.A.C. Player Prez, which basically means I have a whole lot of time on my hands. Actually I do a lot, but it wouldn't seem like it to you. As usual, the biggest hurdle to getting me to do anything is my pure and unadulterated love of being lazy. Seriously, it tall order to motivate me to do much of anything. But I am drinking less (comparatively) so who says I can't head in the right direction? This week we've got all sports related links to throw at you. Some solid reading/info, as usual.

Pats Open as 26 Point Favorites - Since the opening of the line, it seems like it's settled at about 24.5 for most major books. That's only an NFL record. My question is, how many delusional Jets fans did it take betting on the cover for them to lower the line? I know it's going to be cold and windy in Foxboro on Sunday, but when is Belicheck letting off the accelerator. They ran 9 times against the Steelers, I'm guessing they'll call two running plays this week. Unfortunately their cheerleaders won't be dressed as such...[Bloomberg.com]


ESPN's Playoff Odds - I'm not as in love with the ESPN/SportsCenter name branding as I used to be, but this is still worth an occasional look. I say that because currently, the C's are predicted to have a 61.4% chance at this season's Larry O'Brien Trophy. Obviously, the computer only takes into account what has happened so far, and I know the Cs haven't exactly had to climb Mount Olympus in the early going, but it's nice to see them taking care of business. [Espn.com]

Ellsbury in Limbo - I know trade talks have cooled since the end of the Winter Meetings, but don't count on Theo being done wheeling and dealing. Here's a check into how Ellsbury is holding up after being the focal point of a blockbuster for the first time in his career. [SportingNews.com]

Kobe Now the Vet - Free Darko isn't for everyone, and most will realize this after reading just a couple posts, but yesterday's point about Kobe now needing to be the understanding Vet is a good one. Kind of like when he burst onto the scene and Shaq was the Man. [freedarko.com]

Let's try and get a little consistency around there parts. Check back tomorrow, or late tonight, you never know when you're going to get another Drunk Post

The Curse of Super Mario Kart

So I finally dusted off the cobwebs surrounding my SuperNintendo this past weekend because laying around all day icing my ankle was getting extremely boring. Of course, the first game that I busted out was my all time favorite, Super Mario Kart. Now I don't know about you, but when I was 10, I could totally kick this game's ass. So of course, I thought it'd be no big thing to plug it back in and revel in my dominance of a 14 year old video game.

After just one play through the first race at 150CC level, I decided I needed to tone it down a bit. I was a bit rusty, and was more than a little ashamed at my 6th place finish. Nothing wrong with warming up the engines before jumping into the race. 100CC was just as embarrassing, so I did a little Wikipedia search. Apparently, KoopaTroopa isn't the way to go. Who would have guessed that Bowser is the fastest, eventually?

Pick it back up, jump back in. Getting my ass handed too me!! Apparently the key is jumping around corners, I'll be damned if I remember ever doing that. Constant spins out of control convince me that I never once have played this game. Of course, I follow through with only the most natural reaction, and toss the control across the room. Anyone who's played their fair share of games knows that it's perfectly acceptable to take out your frustrations on the control, after all, the buttons have got to be sticking. So I suck at a game I used to think I dominated. What's the next logical step that I take?? Begin drinking of course!! Nothing dulls the pain of the ankle injury like tylenol and vodka. Delish!! (As a brief aside, can we all agree that Rachel Ray should be shot and all her commercials taken off the air??)

I'll admit it, I picked the game back up and beat the 50CC level just to make myself feel good. But any higher and I suck. I'm addicted, I'm going to keep playing that much is obvious. How will I ever be as good as I remember my 10 year old self being??

So what am I going to do? I'm going to sit here and play this thing like it's 1994 all over again. In just a couple of weeks, I'm going to be just as good as the guy that put this clip together.



Obviously the music sucks, but the highlights are unreal. Needless to say I'll be studying the game tape day and night to be this good...

Mario Kart History [Wikipedia]
Mario Kart Hints and Cheats [You Tube]