John Helt

Umm, is it over?  Ruben Amaro  Jr. is trying to save the season.  Wait, that don’t sound right.  What is he doing?  Really.  Pence is gone.  So is Shane Victorino.  Cliff Lee was gone if the Phillies organization decided to pay some of what Lee is due, around 80 million.  Blanton survived.   No one was  [ Read More ]

I was one of the front runners for good ole Joe Paterno.  I didn’t support his decision to hold this information to himself.  What I did think, what he was saying was in fact the truth.  I believed that he was unaware of the heinous behavior of his once defensive coordinator.  How can someone who  [ Read More ]

And its all ooovvverr I watched the Jon Jones vs Rashad Evans match. It did cost me $55.00. To be honest, that fight really wasn’t even that good. The undercards prior to that made it worth fifty plus dollars. I am, or maybe was, a very big boxing fan. I would watch however I could.  [ Read More ]

:::Organ Begins to Play::: Ladies and Gentleman, we are gathered here today to celebrate the career and life of a very special man. He is a beloved husband, dog’s right’s  activist and a damn good, eh hem sorry, excellent baseball player. Wearing number 26 for the Philadelphia Phillies, his numbers will never show what he  [ Read More ]

When I think back of my All-Star career in Little League baseball, I remember being rewarded for a win with a free water ice. As I played Lacrosse, the reward was a drop in laps on the next practice. Those were the sports I mostly played that had “benefits”. In Lacrosse, there is a drill  [ Read More ]

Watching Super Bowl 46 as a Tom Brady fan was heart breaking. Again, the defense weakened for the Patriots and again on the closing minutes. The Wes Welker drop with 4 minutes left in the game obviously didn’t help either. With that catch, Tom Brady and the Patriots would have, for the most part, put  [ Read More ]

Get the dust off the Iverson jersey, get the rally towels from the Detroit series and inflate the tires to the bus….The SIXERS are your next NBA Finals Champions!!!  Yes I said Iverson, because I am assuming that you haven’t worn one since.  Why would you buy a Iguodala one, even with the contract it  [ Read More ]

Now, it is over.   Tebowmania was thankfully stopped by the hands of the Hoodie and his creation.  Tom Brady is the monster built by Bill Belichek.  The Tim Tebow hype was stopped this weekend by a beat down put on by the Patriots.  Reality has now set in. Tom Brady was out to prove  [ Read More ]

Let me make this is as easy as it can be, Thank you!  Literally.  I got the report back from my website server and it looks like I got 11,000 visits to this site and 80,000 hits on certain pieces I wrote.  Yes, even I am shocked.  Never thought that number would be nearly as  [ Read More ]

Yes…a really crappy weekend in the sporting world of Philadelphia.  Phillies lose, and on Sunday, the “Dream Team” follows.  The Phillies and the Eagles have done something that we, outside of New York , despise.  What is that you ask.  That would be buying a Championship. This being a blue collar, working class type of  [ Read More ]

In the many years of watching football on Sundays, Peyton Manning will not be on my screen.  Being a huge Tom Brady fan, the news of this is bittersweet.  I enjoy every week comparing the stats and running in to the Manning lawyers to boast.  With this being said, Peyton will always be America’s quarterback.  [ Read More ]

There is no unique way to say has the NFL gone soft.  No funny, play on words type thing to catch your attention.  The question is there and answers vary.  Why though, does it seem that as the talent and players become even bigger, can a league go to a situation where hitting (key part  [ Read More ]

Ryan Howard has held the position of clean-up hitter for the past couple years now.  Ryan has shown that home runs and runs-batted-in are stats that he is a front runner in year after year.  So why do year after year…..after year do we always have something bad to say about him? Get the obvious  [ Read More ]

Dr. Jack Kevorkian died June 3rd at the age of 83.  Most commonly known as Doctor Death, he assisted terminally ill people in assisted suicide.  At least that is what he told the world. I assuming that you have your own opinion on the Doctor of death.  His record is apparently 130 and 0, with  [ Read More ]

As Amir Khan trains and prepares for a fight with a past his prime Zab Judah, I still wonder where is the fight with a class A fighter.  While the sport of boxing is still laying on the canvas, the sport is still looking for a decent fight.  While fans still wait around for a  [ Read More ]

Bernard Hopkins seems to be aging in the opposite direction.  This being said, he is the oldest boxer to ever hold a title at 46 after passing right on by George Foreman.  The difference between the two is that it seems Bernard isn’t stopping.  He promised his mother six years ago that he would be  [ Read More ]

July 29th of 2009 was the date that we got Ben Francisco.  It was also the date that we got Clifton Phifer Lee.  Phillies fans were estatic to get a top quality pitcher.  It was also easy for us to fall in love with him considering that in his first outing as a Phillie he  [ Read More ]

The Code of Silence known throughout the La Costa Nostra mob.  Basically, keep your mouth shut.  It also implies that even if you didn’t do the crime, you may have to serve the time.  I bring this up because Greg Anderson is living by this.  Greg Anderson by the way is Barry Bonds’ trainer that  [ Read More ]

Floyd Mayweather made a comment about making a 100 million dollar payday.  The comment I’m assuming was directed at Manny Pacquiao.  Basically, it’s this easy.  Give me a 100 million dollar check and I’ll fight Manny. Floyd Mayweather is an undefeated superstar in boxing.  He moved up the ranks from a super featherweight class to  [ Read More ]

Alas, the 2011 baseball season has arrived with great expectations.  As we welcome Joe Blanton and the Four Aces to mound.  The Phillies have turned this city around to be a baseball town, gee did I really say that Jeffery…sorry.  With the Diamond Club tickets already sold for the season, just getting a standing room  [ Read More ]

Arcade Fire won Album of the Year according to the contributing voters of the Grammy panel.  Arcade Fire’s album the Suburbs was fourth on my list to win.  Eminem’s “Recovery” and Lady Gaga’s “Fame Monster” were sure fire front-runners to take this award.  Recovery was an album that had perfection written all through it as  [ Read More ]

Elton Brand is starting to actually pan out.  When Brand arrived in Philadelphia back in July of 2008, expectations were running high.  Sixers had young team in what was a very weak Eastern Conference besides the big three.  The 6 foot 9 254 pound product of Duke fell far from expectation.  As Sixer fans grew  [ Read More ]

As game time approached, fans and viewers aren’t just excited to see the Main Event of the evening.  They also are in store for the theatrics of the Super Bowl.  Every year, whether we admit it or not, we watch for the Half-time show and the obvious commercials that cost millions for a 30 second  [ Read More ]

I feel that the Philadelphia Daily News front page said it best.  All it had was three letters with a question mark.  WTF?, with the classic Andy Reid dunce face.  Andy Reid announced that after an “extensive” search for defensive coordinator, they came up with Jaun Castillo.  If unaware, Jaun is veteran in the Eagles  [ Read More ]

I am assuming that you are going to ask what Ice Chess is.  If you do know, then I am assuming that you wish there was a place to play and learn.  Ice Chess is more commonly known as Curling.  Curling, which begun as a Scottish sport, isn’t the most popular sport here in the  [ Read More ]

Gee, did I spell that wrong…anyway…I once owned this Buick Regal.  It was from 1983, a little beat up just because it was from 1983…duh.  It was my first car and that meant that I was free, at least to me I was.  The Regal got me to a bunch of exciting places that I  [ Read More ]

Wild card team the Green Bay Packers, led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, spoiled the ride that was Michael Vick’s comeback to the NFL as well as his recovery to be the role model he once was.  Yesterday’s game was full of Eagle’s miscues and poor timing in deciding to start scoring late in the game.  The  [ Read More ]