As the Statler and Waldorf of the Wicked Pissa staff continue to nurse their respective injuries, Timmy with his left knee and Rubba Shoes with his right shoulder. The real athletes in Vancouver continue to impress and inspire all of us. Rubba Shoes is busting with anticipation over the men's hockey team and will tell you why it is appointment television, if you can find it. Tiger might have lost 17 girlfriends, but two of his favorite mimbos are back on board. Check out the guys take on his imminent return and what it means for golf. They'll also break down the Patriots pre-draft to do list and find out why it was tough to see the newest wide out in Foxboro play last year. Uncle Dukes and the BIG 3 focus on the brand new "little 4" plus prep you for the most wonderful time of the year - March Madness! Are the Sox in a position to make another deal before camp breaks? Will Big Papi still be swinging away for the local nine after the break? Why is Varitek so happy? Obvious social conquests aside (read Heidi Watney). They'll wrap with a check on the fantasy world and a tribute to the past and present olympic hockey hopefuls from an 80's movie classic. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend.

Labels: Big Papi, Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, Heidi Watney, Jason Varitek, march madness, New England Patriots, Olympics, rubba shoes, statler and waldorf, tiger woods, timmy, vancouver

The Super Bowl of Stock Car took a bunch longer than expected due to an issue (read pothole) on the track at Daytona. So the 500 seemed more like a 750 but alas Jamie McMurray had no complaints taking the checkered flag in the end. Also no complaints coming from our current fantasy Nascar leader Rubba Shoes father-in-law. Timmy and Rubba will check in with Scotty Dukes for an All-Star weekend review and they'll also hear from Isaiah live at the track in his clients (read Budweiser) luxury suite. The boys will also discuss Rubba Shoes new ride and why one of the Red Sox pitchers is now doing short track speed skating in Vancouver. That might be a mistake...we'll see. It's all here on the weekend wrap up on the Wicked Pissa Dude Podcast. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Labels: Boston Red Sox, daytona, daytona 500, Fantasy Nascar, isaiah moskowitz, nascar, NBA All Star Game, Olympics, rubba shoes, Scotty Dukes, stock car, Super Bowl, timmy, vancouver

Rubba Shoes went to the Gloves with Timmy and his Dad on Tuesday night and someone got punched in the crotch, can you guess who? Everything seems to be headed south to Florida right now. The Bruins skate twice down there before the Olympic break and Nascar is set to put on it's "Super Bowl" at the Daytona 500. Let's not forget that the equipment truck leaves soon and the Sox will open Spring training in a week. The guys check in with Scotty Dukes to see where some potential deals might be made by the Celtics before the deadline. He'll give his take on the Captains decision to make a go at the All-Star Game in Dallas. All that and a wrap on the world of fantasy sports is right here on the Wicked Pissa Dude weekend preview. Thanks for listening.

Labels: Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, daytona 500, florida, florida panthers, golden glove, nascar, Olympics, rubba shoes, Scotty Dukes, spring training, Super Bowl, tampa bay lightning, timmy

What do you get when you mix a Democrat and a Republican together during political season on a sports talk show? MAGIC!!

It’s a new episode of Wicked Pissa Dude Radio where Timmy and Adam battle it out over who will be the next president of the USA and then they find common ground over the slumping Patriots (we know they aren’t slumping, it’s just the pre-season) and the slumping Red Sox (we know they just picked up a game…we’re from Boston, that’s just how we think) and the best moments of the 2008 Bejiing Olympics.

Also, we wanted to let you know about a couple of charities that we are supporting, starting with two walks to benefit JDRF in honor Timmy’s son Cameron. If you’d like to support our walk, click here.

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Once again we arrive at the end of an Olympic Games and unfortunately too at the end of the Summer. Congratulations to the US Olympic Team for all of their triumphs and efforts over the past couple of weeks. They have proudly represented our nation in a corner of the world where we are clearly resented and often unwelcome. Our amateur athletes largely go unheralded and that is a shame. Adam and myself felt we would be remiss to not take this opportunity to praise you all here on our little corner of the interwebs. You have made us all very proud. USA, USA, USA, USA (ad infinitum)

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We're back!! Another episode of Wicked Pissa Dude Radio is on and we're talking Olympics. Michael Phelps, Dara Torres, USA Gymnastics and even shooting. Check out the show.

This is the last week to sign up for the WPDRFL (Fantasy Football League.) If you want to get in, shoot us an e-mail radio@wickedpissadude.com and let us know your name, team name, where you're from and how many leagues you are currently in. League info will go out next Monday night, so get signed up now.

Also, if you haven't jumped on our networks, we've got plenty to chose from, Facebook and Myspace of course, but just added Digg, Furl, Reedit, De.Licious and Flickr. We'd love to have you join all of them if you're on all of them, so let us know.

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Labels: Bejiing 2008, Boston Red Sox, Dara Torres, Junior Seau, Michael Phelps, New England Patriots, Olympics, Wicked Pissa Dude Football League

Jason Lezak hails from Irvine, CA, which is just about as far away from MA as you could possibly get, but he is an honorary Masslete for his performance in the 4x100 relay that kept Michael Phelps' hopes of 8 golds alive and beat out the pesky French, who were talking smack before the race, by .8 of a second. So Mr. Lezak, you are an honorary Masslete for the day...

Taking back the title
Jason Lezak qualified for his third Olympics by finishing second in the 100m freestyle at Olympic Trials. Lezak set the American record in the event in semifinals, and his time of 47.58 sets him up as the likely anchor of the 4x100m free relay in Beijing. Lezak was a member of the first U.S. team to lose that race at the Olympics, falling to Australia in 2000, and again when the U.S. lost to South Africa in 2004. This time, the U.S. will be up against France as the top contender, led by world-record holder Alain Bernard.

Late bloomer
Lezak did not become an elite sprinting swimmer until he was 25. Now 32, he is trying to qualify for his third Olympics. Lezak won the 100m at the 2004 U.S. Trials, breaking the American record in the semifinals and posting the third-fastest time in history. He later finished as the runner-up in the 50m free to earn a second spot in Athens. Lezak, along with teammate Ian Crocker, failed to make it out of the preliminaries in the 100m free in Athens and finished fifth in the 50m free. Lezak won Olympic gold in the 4x100m medley relay and a bronze in the 4x100m free relay. Lezak also won two medals at the 2000 Sydney Games: a silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay and a gold for his prelims swim in the 4x100m medley relay.

Alone in the pool
Lezak is one of very few elite swimmers to train without a coach. He attributes his ability to coach himself to his many years with Dave Salo at Irvine Novaquatics. Lezak says he is able to make adjustments immediately based on how he feels in the pool, which is something coaches can't always do. Lezak says he has no problem motivating himself without someone yelling at him from the pool deck.

On Trials
At the 2004 Trials, Lezak was involved in a much publicized trash-talking bout with eight-time Olympic medalist Gary Hall Jr. Before their matchup in the 100m free, Hall called Lezak a "professional relay swimmer." Lezak didn't have much of a response, choosing to see what happened in the pool. In the semifinals, Lezak broke the American record (previously set by Anthony Ervin in 2001), posting a time of 48.17 -- the third-fastest of all time. Only 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Pieter van den Hoogenband had gone faster. In the final, Lezak won in 48.41 seconds, ahead of runner-up Ian Crocker and Hall, who had a terrible start and finished third. After the final, the two men shook hands in the pool. Hall, who later indicated that most of the trash talk had been for publicity's sake, got a bit of revenge two days later when he beat Lezak to the wall in the 50m free, then in Athens when Hall won the gold in the 50m free.

Anchorman
Lezak began to emerge as the top American sprinter when he won the 50m and 100m freestyles at the 2002 Summer Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He continued his strong swimming at the Pan Pacific Championships a week later, winning the 50m free and anchoring the U.S. 4x100m medley relay to a world record. That record fell one year later at the 2003 World Championships, when Lezak anchored another winning medley. Also at that meet, Lezak added a silver medal in the 4x100m free relay.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas
At age 5, Lezak joined the Irvine Novaquatics swim team and has never left. He first qualified for Nationals his senior year of high school but decided to go water skiing and gambling near Las Vegas with friends instead. That was something he used to do at least four times a year, or as much as his wallet would allow. Lezak said in 2004 that Vegas is fun when you're young, but as you get older you realize that "Vegas is bad news."

Olympic wedding
Lezak graduated from the University of California-Santa Barbara in 1999 with a degree in business/economics. He married Danielle DeAlva, who represented Mexico in Athens, in April 2004. The couple went to high school together and both train in Irvine.

Sorry, coach
A 1994 high school All-American in water polo, Lezak chose to concentrate on swimming despite the requests of the UCSB water polo coach. Lezak also played basketball until the 10th grade, as well as baseball and soccer while growing up. He says the other sports were relief from swimming and prevented him from getting burned out. Lezak's younger sister Erin also graduated from UCSB and played water polo.

Info courtesy of nbcolympics.com

adam@wickedpissadude.com

Labels: Bejiing 2008, Jason Lezak, Masslete, Michael Phelps, NBC Olympics, Olympics

Today's Masslete of the Day is Manchester By The Sea native Elliot Hovey. Elliot is a rower who grew up in Mass, but trains in Alameda, CA. Check out the stuff on Elliot.

A year of firsts
Elliot Hovey not only makes his Olympic debut in Beijing in the men's double sculls, but the 2008 Olympic regatta will be his first international competition, as this is his first year on the national team. A New England native, Hovey rowed for the University of California, Berkeley, and continued the sport with the California Rowing Club after college. In 2008 he and his sculling partner West Piermarini finished fourth at the second national selection regatta and first at Olympic team trials.

From the sweep to the sculls
A member of the varsity eight at Berkeley, Hovey and his teammates won the Pac-10 Championships and the IRA Championships in 2006. Upon graduating with a degree in American Studies that same year, Hovey continued rowing at the California Rowing Club, where he learned how to scull from Australian Olympic veteran Tim McLaren; "Tim has taught me so much about how to be a rower, an athlete and a human being," Hovey said.

Teaming up
McLaren had Hovey rowing in the single sculls until Wes Piermarini arrived in the fall of 2007. Because they were of similar size and shape, the two started sculling together. "We rowed differently and Tim is always telling us to do tweak things so we'll row more similarly," Hovey said. Not having known each other for long, Hovey says they try to get together outside of practice: "We live on different sides of town, but we'll grab a pizza now and then."

Rowing tradition
Hovey started rowing ten years ago as a freshman at the Salisbury school in Connecticut. Having played football and ice hockey in the fall and winter seasons, springtime came around and he thought rowing would be fun. Drawn to the history and tradition behind rowing, he also enjoyed the camaraderie among teammates, and being out on the water. He says his passion for the sport was fortified by his high school coach, Dick Curtis.

Athletic family
Athletic since childhood, Hovey started downhill skiing when he was three years old. By the time he was eight, he was racing, and continued until he was a sophomore in high school. His older sister, Averill, 28, also skied, but was most successful as a lacrosse player at the University of Denver. She is now the head lacrosse coach at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Outside of rowing
When Hovey isn't rowing, he helps out around the rowing club, and enjoys telemark skiing, golf and fly-fishing. After the Olympics he hopes to work in finance.

adam@wickedpissadude.com

Labels: Elliot Hovey, Masslete, Olympics, Rowing, Team USA

Each day during the Olympics, we here at Wicked Pissa Dude Radio are going to demonstrate our Masshole pride by highlighting one of the Massletes that are playing in the Bejiing games. So, Day 1 we'll start with Winchester, MA native who was born when I was eight...ugh, Alicia Sacramone is a women's gymnast.


2008
Sacramone kept a low profile in early 2008, mostly due to a sprained ankle. She hit all of her routines at Nationals, Trials and the final selection camp to earn her Olympic spot.


One-two punch
Since narrowly missing the Olympic Trials in 2004, Sacramone has established herself as one of the world's best on floor and vault, winning gold on floor at the 2005 World Championships and adding silver on vault in 2006. In 2007, Sacramone took bronze on vault and silver on floor at the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

Three for four
Though she's competed on uneven bars in the past -- and still trains on the event -- Sacramone opts to compete on vault, balance beam and floor exercise only. She's an Olympic medal contender on vault and floor, with five world medals in those two events, and is a strong balance beam worker. Even an average uneven bars score could make her an all-around threat, but Sacramone said in May that she's hung up her grips for good.

Break from Brown
Sacramone is taking the academic year off from her studies as a sociology major at Brown University.

Pioneer for a year
During the 2006-07 school year, Sacramone pulled double duty, competing for Brown's gymnastics team while maintaining her position on the U.S. National team. After the 2007 Worlds, she made the Olympics her priority and turned professional, foregoing her NCAA eligibility. She still remains close to the Brown team and attends its home competitions. Sacramone credits the lengthy collegiate season with turning her from a notoriously inconsistent beam worker to a go-to athlete in pressure situations. Her beam has improved so much that she would have made the world final in 2007 had it not been for the two-per-country limitations.

Best at Brown
Brown's top gymnast in 2006, Sacramone was the Ivy League's Rookie of the Year. She set school records on the vault, floor and also in the all-around. She became the first gymnast in league history to finish first on every event and win the all-around at the Ivy Classic, and she also set an Ivy Classic record in the all-around and tied the record on the vault.

Wild child to mother hen
The straight-talking Sacramone says in the past, she was "difficult" and "not willing to listen" to her longtime coach, Romanian Mihai Brestyan. Now, at age 20 and the oldest member of the U.S. gymnastics team, Sacramone says she's changed. She often fields questions and advises the younger gymnasts, many of whom she's taken under her wing as the unofficial team mom. When a mistake-ridden balance beam rotation at the 2007 Worlds unnerved the young U.S. squad, Sacramone circled the group and delivered a speech that was part pep talk, part battle cry. And fittingly, it was Sacramone's clutch performance that sealed the gold for the U.S. team.

Heartbreak
As a standout on the U.S. National team on floor and vault, many believed that Sacramone was a contender for the 2004 Games, despite her international inexperience. But a disastrous 2004 Nationals kept her from advancing to the Olympic Trials, and she spent August of that year watching the Games on television -- when she could bear to. That, coupled with a back fracture, nearly drove Sacramone to quit the sport. Never too lateAs a child, Sacramone enrolled in dance classes but quickly found them boring and switched to gymnastics when she was nearly 9, giving her a relatively late start in the sport. She caught up quickly, though, and reached the elite level at age 12.

Info courtesy of nbcolympics.com

adam@wickedpissadude.com

Labels: Alicia Sacramone, Bejiing, Olympics, USA Gymnastics

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Labels: Bejiing 2008, Bob Costas, Dara Torres, Kerry Strug, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, Olympics, USA Basketball