hotfootblog.com - 1/21/2008
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From the classic Eddie Murphy movie, Coming To America… Prince Akeem : Sir, did you happen to catch the professional football contest on television last night? Cleo McDowell : No, I didn’t. Prince Akeem : Oh sir, the Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. And in the end, the Giants triumphed by kicking an oblong ball made of pigskin through a big “H”. It was a most ripping ...
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The Roundup: Martin Luther King Day Edition
The Big Lead —
... we’ll get to the weekend primary results shortly, but Newsweek reporting rather interesting - Dems want Bill Clinton to shut the funk up … A-Rod, probably the most tanned baseball player in the majors … yes, when the stock market plunges for three straight weeks to open the year, we’d agree with the word “panic” … college pranks that backfire equal comedy … Eddie Murphy totally called the Giants victory - in Coming to America! …
Dane Cook was on the sidelines for the ...
Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It. [Giants Win]
Deadspin —
... this time. But let us not forget: He has one Super Bowl, lost one, and now cost his team a trip to two others in four years. We know, we know: It's Favre. But one quarterback in Wisconsin yesterday decided to take the game in his own hands, and the other just safely managed the game and stayed out of trouble. Guess which one's going to the Super Bowl?
Another Playoff Run Ends On A Bad Favre Throw [PackersNews]
(UPDATE: Lest we forget, by the way, Coming To America called this.)
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Breakfast Club Must’ve Edited Out Osi Umenyiora
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
HOT FOOT BLOG, via DEADSPIN, has the reason we should look to mid-’80s movies for guidance in NFL handicapping:
Speaking of ’80s movies, no matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t find anything about the Bolts-Pats game, except for this:
Subtitle: “The Philip Rivers story“
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Great Minds Think Alike Dept. : NY Bloggers Pay Homage To The Neglected Genius Of John Amos
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
example A, from Hot Foot’s Anthony De Rosa :
and example B, from Newsday’s Neil Best :
Coming To America Calls NFC Outcome
Brahsome - Care To Get Nice? —
We don’t want to get too aggressive with Hat Tips here, but we saw it at Deadspin this morning (via Big Blue) and then were reminded that we forgot to post it by The Sporting Blog (via Busted Coverage) a few minutes ago. So now we’re posting it. No explanation necessary really.
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Oblong ball made of pigskin goes through on third try
weblogs.newsday.com 1/21/2008 — Prince Akeem: "Sir, did you happen to catch the professional football contest on television last night?"
Cleo McDowell: "No, I didn't."
Prince: "Oh sir, the Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. And in the end, the Giants ...
Prince Akeem and the Giants
myespn.go.com 1/22/2008 — Eddie Murphy's movie, "Coming To America," was released in 1988. You decide if his character, Prince Akeem of Zumunda, was actually a modern-day Nostradamus by discussing a certain football game 20 years before it happened.
Prince Akeem Predicts NFC Championship Outcome
sportingnews.com 1/21/2008 — By Chris Mottram
This video is starting to make the rounds this morning, and although Busted Coverage ( among others
Man, I had nearly forgotten what it was like for Eddie Murphy to actually be funny.
See, Prince Akeem Knew All Along
mondesishouse.blogspot.com 1/21/2008 — All this time we wasted listening to analysts who don't know anything, when the answer to Sunday's outcome was lying before our eyes in a 20-year-old Eddie Murphy movie .
Eddie Murphy, Football Prophet? —
Hot Foot
From the classic Eddie Murphy movie, Coming To America…
Prince Akeem : Sir, did you happen to catch the professional football contest on television last night?
Cleo McDowell : No, I didn’t.
Prince Akeem : Oh sir, the Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. And in the end, the Giants triumphed by kicking an oblong ball made of pigskin through a big ...
Life (the NFL) imitating art (an Eddie Murphy movie) —
Sports Scope
In Coming to America, the 1988 movie starring Eddie Murphy, Prince Akeem, played by Murphy, predicted the outcome of the 2008 Giants-Packers playoff game. (Link goes to a youtube.com video) Prince Akeem walks into his manager's office at McDonald's and...
Video Picks for 1/22 —
MVN Outsider
MVN’s giving away copies of Disney’s “The Game Plan”…just click this link and post a comment to enter the contest!
Who knew Eddie Murphy, aka Prince Akeem, was a football psychic?
The game-winning field goal from the instant classic Giants-Packers NFC Championship…
THE AFTER PARTY —
Epic Carnival
Belichick to open “Hoodies R Us”. ( eTrueSports ) Dan Marino's cell phone issues. ( Eye on Foxborough ) Prince Akeem called the Giants win. ( Mondesi's House ) The NFC Championship in pictures. ( Loser with Socks ) Who has the best offense in baseball? ( I'm Writing Sports ) Anquan Boldin'll record a voice mail for you! ( AZ Sports Hub ) The Stupid City Super Bowl is upon us. ( Brahsome ) ...
Dec. 31, 1961: Packers 37, Giants 0; Rick Aguilera born —
Sports stories from Newsday
Here is my latest mildly amusing "guide" to the big game from the Sunday paper. It's difficult to find on the Web site, so I found it for you.
It's not as important as reading all of the stuff from Staple, Glauber and the others, but it does include mentions of Rick Aguilera, Dick Clark, Prince Akeem and Pam Oliver.
Good luck in the big game, Giants fans . . . even if a victory would ...
Eddie Murphy Knows His Football —
Knight-Packer
I did not mean for today to turn into an off-topic video day, but they keep coming, and this one is pretty cool. Twenty years ago, in Coming to America , Eddie Murphy predicted the outcome of the Giants-Packers game. Creepy.
(Via Dani)
When Movies See Into The Future —
Foul Balls
I was going to write a Basketball Diaries this morning, but there was only one basketball game scheduled yesterday. It seems the NBA is smart enough to know when it can't compete.
The Suns beat the Nets 116-92 in that game, and they did it by scoring more points.
Still, I don't have my post on yesterday's football games finished up yet, and something needs to be here to help fill your time,