ESPN's Mark Jackson is an Ass Clown.

Let's all remember back in the day when Mark Jackson was with the Jazz backing-up John Stockton. Well there in Utah he was a cancer and tried to get a coup going to get the younger players to turn on Stockton and get Sloan fired. As you would expect he was ran out of town. So now that he is one of ESPN's crap announcers he is getting his revenge on Utah and Jazz fans. Did this guy saying anything all night that was interesting or insightful? I sure didn't hear it all I heard was him and Jeff Van Gundy calling each other "Dawg". OK I'm on the record as not a big fan of ESPN really, they have taken over all the sports and their experts really suck. So if you really want to know what is going on in sports read the blogs and forget about ESPN. I just had to vent this because it was driving me crazy all night. Mark Jackson might be as bad as Ron Boone, nay Jackson couldn't carry Booner's jock.

Mark Jackson at his best.

A famous Aggie on NBCsports.com

Wayne Estes was already Utah State's career-scoring leader when he took the court this Monday evening against the University of Denver. The 6-6 senior forward was in the midst of an All-American season, averaging 33.7 points per game. Only Barry (37.1) was ahead of Estes, who was also averaging 13.7 rebounds a game.

Andreasen, KVNU's play-by-play announcer, was grateful for the distraction that tonight's home game at Nelson Fieldhouse would provide. Earlier in the day, he had attended the funeral of his father-in-law.

Elsewhere in the stands sat Eleanor Olson, the sports editor of Utah State's yearbook, The Buzzer. Estes' most unabashed fan among the Aggie coeds -- at least among those who were not also pursuing him -- Olson had begun keeping score at Aggie games as a freshman to track his exploits.

Some 350 miles north in Butte, Mont., Judy Morstein was relieved to be listening to the game indoors. Ordinarily Morstein, who had befriended Estes the previous summer, would drive her red Datsun convertible up the "M" mountain ("Here, we'd just call it a hill," she says) and listen to the games on KVNU in the sub-freezing temperatures. On this evening some friends who lived nearby let her listen in their home.

Twenty-five miles northwest of Butte, in Anaconda, the Estes family -- Wayne's parents Joe and Helen as well as Wayne's 10-year-old brother, Ron -- had no radio reception. They would wait for Wayne's post-game phone call.

Check out the complete story along with the video here.

Could he be worth billions?

Apparently Matt White has made quite a nice investment when he bought a rock quarry. His aunt needed money so he gave her $50,000 dollars that she needed for a nursing home. Maybe he should buy the Cubs they are up for sale. He would of course have to out-bid Mark Cuban.

VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Matt White, a journeyman pitcher trying to make the Los Angeles Dodgers, could become baseball's first billionaire player.

It has nothing to do with his arm. He owns a rock quarry in western Massachusetts.

White, who has appeared in seven big league games in nine professional seasons, paid $50,000 three years ago to buy 50 acres of land from an elderly aunt who needed the money to pay for a nursing home.

While clearing out a couple acres to build a home, he discovered stone ledges in the ground, prompting him to have the property surveyed.

A geologist estimated there were 24 million tons of the stone on his land. The stone is being sold for upward of $100 per ton, meaning there's well over $2 billion worth of material used for sidewalks, patios and the like.

Of course, that doesn't factor in the expenses involved in processing the stone and transporting it for sale.

"It sounds bogus even saying those numbers," White said. "I'm just a small town guy trying to get to the big leagues. It's beyond comprehension."

The news has prompted some of White's teammates to refer to him as "The Billionaire," but the 29-year-old left-hander isn't counting his money just yet.

"There are a lot of questions," he said. "It takes time, it takes money, it takes machines. There are professionals who handle that stuff."

White's father has been involved in selling the stone, but it's presently a small-time operation.

"I guess you could say the property is for sale," White said with a chuckle. "We'll have to see how things turn out. I don't even know where to start. I'm in the process now of getting in touch with business-savvy guys, finding out how much to ask."

Tim Hardaway HATES superheros and he wants them all gone.

In these times of war and domestic strife, lets all be thankful that just because Tim Haraway hates Superheros they don't leave us. Maybe if you look close you can see Tim stalking the Superheros in the distance.

Great article on Jaycee Carrol.

LOGAN, Utah -- Great shooters always tell the same story."After our pregame film session and run-through, I stay after a little bit," Utah State guard Jaycee Carroll says. "There are specific shots I want to work on."
Ryan Talbot, USU Athletic Media RelationsJaycee Carroll is averaging 20 a game for the Aggies. Then Carroll, at a reporter's request, enumerates a list of shots that he requires himself to take -- correction: to make -- before he will excuse himself for the Aggies' pregame meal. "I do five from the right wing (beyond the arc), then five from the left wing, then three pull-up jumpers from each side, then 10 free throws," says Carroll, a 6-2 junior from the truck-stop town of Evanston, Wyoming. "Then 10 three-pointers. Then I go to pregame meal."

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Kid Kayo is Utah's only hope right now.

The SL Tribune has been running articles about reforming the boxing commission in Utah to encourage more fights and to foster a greater boxing environment in Utah. Well in the most recent article they highlighted a boxer named "Kid Kayo" Chris Fernandez, who is promoted and fights in Utah. He is trying to work his ways up the ranks and the article points out how the laws aren't very friendly to pro boxing. This is quite a shame because I am one that firmly believes that Utah could be a great place for prize fights. I'm not talking about the huge fights, but the up and comers and with the huge Latino population you have the foundation to build on. I'm continually suprised at the short sight of the Utah goverment when it comes to athletics and sports.

His knuckles bound in yellow tape, his face concealed by a black hoodie, Chris Fernandez bounces around the ring, taking his frustrations out on the shadows.
His training is constant, and his focus is singular - he wants a title fight and to earn enough money boxing to take care of his three boys.
But his pursuit of this dream has dropped him into an ongoing political slugfest on Utah's Capitol Hill.

In one corner is Fernandez's manager, Greg Hughes, a well-positioned Republican lawmaker from Draper who is sponsoring a bill he hopes will lead to more fights and bigger crowds.

In the other corner are members of the state's Pete Suazo Athletic Commission and ultimate fighting enthusiasts, who look at the legislation as a threat and at Hughes as an opportunist with a big conflict of interest.

Despite the venomous political fight, those in both camps agree that Fernandez may be the best fighter Utah has seen in some time.

Read more of the article from the SL Tribune.

Here is a clip of one of Chris's fights off youtube.com. Chris is in the Green.

Thank heavens baseball is around the corner.

Well Kerry Wood is starting another year and the Cubs fans are hopeful this is their year. Kerry is now throwing and Sweet Lou thinks he looks good. It looked as though his chest has healed after the fall in the tub. But with the way this fire-ball thrower has been in his career this could have spelled doom. I can see it now the Cubs fans talking about the curse of the tub.

MESA, Ariz. -- Kerry Wood threw 25 pitches off a mound Monday, his second session in Cubs camp, and impressed new manager Lou Piniella.
"He threw the ball nice and easy," Piniella said of Wood, coming back from a partial tear in his right rotator cuff. "The ball really comes out of his hand real easy. He's got some good life to it."

Wood has been throwing for a few months, but his sessions in camp were delayed when he suffered a bruise on his chest after falling out of a hot tub one week ago. The Cubs have not established any rules regarding jacuzzis.

"It was just a freak thing," Piniella said.

"I've been off the mound longer than most of the guys here," Wood said. "Once we get the chest issue out of the way -- I still feel it a little bit -- I'll be OK."

Man the Cubs were living life on the edge not giving in some what to what Zambrano wanted. Zambrano wants to stay in Chicago and there is no doubt he is their ace and they need to take care of him. If you compare his numbers to Barry Zito, Zambrano's numbers are better. Zito's huge contract shows what Carlos could be getting on the free market. The Cubs spent over $300 million this summer and it looks as though they will be spending over a $150 next year for Zambrano.

MESA, Ariz. -- The Cubs and Carlos Zambrano reached agreement on a one-year, $12.4 million contract Tuesday, avoiding a showdown just a few steps before the scheduled arbitration hearing.
The deal is the largest single-season award ever given to a Cubs pitcher, topping Kerry Wood's 2006 salary of $12 million, and continues the team's large offseason spending spree.

Cubs general manager Jim Hendry and Zambrano's agent, Barry Praver, were walking toward the hearing room in the Phoenix Hyatt, and decided they were close enough to skip the session, which was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. MST.