The Bad Ash Blog

We are dwindling down to the final moments of the NFL offseason... Thank the good Lord.  Do you all have your Fantasy squads ready? All drafts are finished so I hope you all got your dream teams.  I cannot even help but grin as I write this. And no, it is not because Tom Brady is finally serving his four game suspension. (Is Deflategate really about to be over?!) NFL football is about to be back and that simply means that, soon, all will be right in the world again.  Never gets old We just had an amazing college football kickoff weekend, but for me... The real football begins on Thursday night.  This season is going to be a little different. And no, I am not saying this because of the normal trades and cuts and all that jazz. For starters, there were only about 37 guys to retire last year (okay, I am exaggerating).  Jared Allen, Justin Tuck, Charles Tillman, Greg Jennings, Matt Hasselback (18 years strong!), Calvin Johnson, Marshawn 'Beast Mode...

I am here to end this debate once and for all... Okay. Just kidding.  This kind of debate is like no other. It will go on for an eternity, and then longer. Sorry, I just kind of felt that this picture was necessary. Mirror mirror, on the wall... Who is the greatest basketball player of them all?  Seriously. Nobody lie to themselves. We have all enjoyed this topic of conservation with our coworkers on a slow day at work, correct?  "Hey. Who is in your Top 5?" Cue the rolling of the eyes and the sarcastic chuckles once you begin.  Who is on your Sports Mt. Rushmore? I am not responsible for this Mt. Rushmore (I felt that was vital to say). It may turn into a heated conversation, but those are the conversations that we live for as sports enthusiasts.  Michael over Kobe... Kobe over LeBron... Wait, LeBron over Kobe?  Okay, but Magic and Bill over LeBron.  Steph over ... ? No way. Stephen Curry is only 28 years old. His legacy is ...

#MambaMentality Kobe "Bean" Bryant, Vino, Black Mamba, the GOAT... Whatever you may call the man, fan or not, the respect for him should be at an all-time high. For everyone.  Legendary. I have heard different reactions to the realization that the era of Kobe has ended and unfortunately I have heard people say things like, "Oh finally," "It was about time," "He should have retired a couple years ago," or, "Kobe sucked his last couple years." I have decided that I am not taking any sort of disrespect or discrediting the Mamba in anyway from anyone. You will strike me as someone extremely foolish.  As we were all expecting Kobe to announce his retirement when he did, I had been planning my tribute to him for over a year. There's a lot of information on this guy... Who knew? People are not wrong when saying that Kobe struggled his last few seasons, but I do not believe that was an excuse for criticism. His last season w...