Panthers get a lesson on how to speak properly to the media...shouldn't more people be signed up for this? You better ax someone...


ESPN television analyst Dave Sims spent two hours Tuesday at the Duratz Complex on the South Side lecturing the Pitt football team on what to say and what not to say to the media. Sims stressed the importance of body language and appearance to the Panthers, emphasizing that they remove ballcaps and the like when doing TV interviews. He told them to be careful of how they conjugate the verb 'be' — "It's not, 'I be'; it's, 'I am …'" Sims said. He told them to work on their enunciation — "It's not, 'ax;' it's, 'ask,'" he said.

DVD audios the next big thing???? I'll take mp3s thank you.

Must read article on the sniper via instanpundit via this blog via the washington post.....exhale.

Stephen Hunter "mr. sniper" himself, who also authored many of my favorite books, offers his expert opinion on the sniper.

.What does this tell us about him? How good is he? Is he a master marksman skilled in the use of arms, a wary opponent, a figure out of pop fiction, dozens of novels, hundreds of movies? Could he be a terrorist, intent on bringing to America much of the daily fear that grips certain parts of the Third World? Is he at least a trained man, possibly a hunter or some kind of gun crackpot? Or is he from the more squalid American reality: an embittered loser with nothing happening anywhere in his life, who can't find a girlfriend or hold a job, who, in his immaturity, has let the power of the firearm inflame his imagination and turn him into a monster? Is he even a he? Could he be a she? We don't know.

He knows more, for one thing, than you could learn in the movies. In the movies, shooters routinely perform feats of marksmanship that are completely impossible in reality. They throw heavy rifles to their shoulders and snap off long-distance shots and people drop. They shoot from the hip, they hold the gun sideways, they shoot while somersaulting or flying through the air. That doesn't happen in the real world. So he's not a punk jerk who's couch-potatoed his life away in front of the VCR while cultivating zits, rejection and grievances. He knows a little something. He's not shooting from the hip or holding the gun sideways. He's not cracking out rounds and watching them hit and splash up dirt and debris.

He has rudimentary marksmanship abilities. He knows, first off, the importance of the stability of the shooting platform. He's clearly shooting off a rest, such as a bipod or a sandbag, or at the very least is supported by a wall, a tree branch, a car window frame. He's shooting to hit.

He knows more, for one thing, than you could learn in the movies. In the movies, shooters routinely perform feats of marksmanship that are completely impossible in reality. They throw heavy rifles to their shoulders and snap off long-distance shots and people drop. They shoot from the hip, they hold the gun sideways, they shoot while somersaulting or flying through the air. That doesn't happen in the real world. So he's not a punk jerk who's couch-potatoed his life away in front of the VCR while cultivating zits, rejection and grievances. He knows a little something. He's not shooting from the hip or holding the gun sideways. He's not cracking out rounds and watching them hit and splash up dirt and debris.

He has rudimentary marksmanship abilities. He knows, first off, the importance of the stability of the shooting platform. He's clearly shooting off a rest, such as a bipod or a sandbag, or at the very least is supported by a wall, a tree branch, a car window frame. He's shooting to hit.

Gav with the Pittsburgh update and report from the madness at midnight for pitt (koz remembers back in the day when we use to attend this grand event)....

I went to Midnight Madness on Friday and the hoopers appear to be picking up right where they left off. Julius Page jumped over a manager to win the dunk contest (the guy was standing straight up) and Carl Krauser looks smooth and poised. Could be a great season. The Steelers looked better but sometimes it's tough to tell whether the Bengals are just that bad. The D-line looked a little better, the D-backs still a little weak. Maddox was solid, though he still tries to force the ball into spots a little too much, ala Kurt Warner, so when he misses they pick the ball off. Bus and the line looked better, receivers are still playing great. We'll see on Monday night, it'll be a great test.

Finally going to start posting again. Sorry about the break but I was moving rooms within my apartment and now am finally settled. Champology will continue.....