Snoop Dogg to the Hall

Hulk Hogan and Snoop Dogg at WWE Wrestle Mania

Snoop Dogg is mostly known for being a world famous rapper, but he also has a huge love for sports!  His son was a 4-Star recruit to the Pac 12 powerhouse UCLA, and along with his love of football he is a huge WWE fan.  Snoop Dogg is finally getting recognized for being a huge WWE fan by getting elected into the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame.  Snoop's connection to WWE started awhile ago with his cousin Diva Sasha Banks a former WWE wrestler.  Along with being cousins with a WWE wrestler Snoop has made appearances at several WWE events over the years, made guest appearances at Raw 31 with Bill Simons, and he also guest hosted a Raw episode back in 2009.  So congrats to Snoop Dogg on making the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2628308-snoop-dogg-to-be-inducted-into-2016-wwe-hall-of-fame

RG3 to the Land

Ever since Robert Griffin III won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award in 2013 he has been on a downward trend with injures and constant coaching changes.  So what does a smart QB do when they hit rock bottom, they sign with the Cleveland Browns in hope that they can be the one to revive this franchise.  RG3 signed a 2-year deal worth $15 million dollars which included  a $3.5 million dollar signing bonus, and $6.75 million dollars guaranteed two years to RG3.  So with RG3 due to be the Browns 25th QB since 1999, we as Browns fans hope that means he will be lucky number 25 for the Browns!

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/15058201/cleveland-browns-sign-robert-griffin-iii#

"Steph-on" Curry

Can you imagine how much bigger a shoe company Nike would be if they would've signed Stephen Curry instead of letting him sign with Under Armour?  Well Stephen Curry signed with Under Armour and is making a lot of money for himself and Under Armour.  Under Armour is the first three months after giving Curry a signature shoe made $154 million dollars.  So how did Nike really end up loosing Curry?  Well Nike should've doubled checked on how to pronounce Curry's first name, because they pronounced it Steph-on in stead of Steph-en.  Curry was used to that happen, so this didn't bug him to much, but what put the cherry on the sundae was when Nike accidently left Kevin Durant's name on a slide show that supposed to be for Curry.  So now for Nike all the can do is watch Curry dominate the shoe game and wonder what could've been.


http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/03/the-story-of-how-nike-lost-stephen-curry-is-unbelievable

Sadness in Cleveland

Siri is a helpful feature on the iPhone where you can ask it almost any question you can think of and it will come up with some sort of answer.  Now Siri is taking shots at Cleveland Browns fans, because when you ask Siri "Where is sadness," it takes you to a picture of FirstEnergy Stadium home of the Cleveland Browns. 

We get it as Browns fans that people are going to find this funny and make fun of Browns fans for this, but we don't let it phase us. Browns fans are used to being made fun of for the constant coaching changes, losing seasons, and the fact they can't even find a good QB.  So this is just another laughable moment for us as Browns fans.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14994878/sadness-cleveland-siri-finds-browns-home

Madness of March

Every year millions and millions of March Madness brackets are filled out in hope that you are the one who can fill out a perfect bracket.  The odds of filling out a perfect bracket are 1 in 9.2 QUINTRILLION, to put that in perspective you are more likely to hit 8 half-court shots in a row, or flip heads on a coin 30 times in a row.  So the real question is why do so many people try to get perfect brackets when the odds are so stacked against them.  People fill out the brackets in hope they are the one that has the perfect bracket and win the money, and go down in history as being that guy that has the perfect bracket.  Even though most of the world fail at the perfect bracket challenge they still have a lot on the line because most people create their own pools and bet money along with bragging rights.  USA Today estimates that about $9.2 Billion will be bet on in this March Madness tournament alone.  So even though the odds of getting a perfect bracket are not in your favor you can still win some money out of the bracket challenge.  I am willing to bet all of the money in my bank account that none of you guys will have a perfect bracket, so good luck to you all.

Pylon Camera

The NFL is hands down the most popular sport in America.  The NFL uses replays on so many of the plays to determine is it was a catch, fumble, in/out of bounds, or a touchdown or not.  So how can the NFL help the replay officials in New York to make the calls easier?  Well the NFL debuted the pylon camera this year to make plays on the goal line and the back of the end zones easier for referees to call.  A lot of time during the NFL games you see plays happen right on the goal line and the referees don't know if the ball crossed the goal line or not, and they don't have a good enough replay angle to make the call.  Now the NFL brought the pylon camera into play, this camera gives the replay officials the ability to see if the ball did or did not cross the goal line before the player was down or out of bounds.  This change the NFL is making is a change that is better for the game, this camera determines if it is a touchdown or not which could be the call that determine if a team wins or loses a game.  So unlike the robot umpire behind the plate for baseball, the pylon camera for football is a change that is needed for the game and makes it better.

Robot Umpires

Umpires are the most scrutinized people in baseball, so why don't we just eliminate them completely?  Baseball has expanded replay to help the base umpires make the correct out or safe call, fair or foul ball, and homerun or not.  We can't go to replay to review a strike or ball call though, so the Pacific Baseball Association has a robotic strike zone for each player with an umpire making the call based on what the robot calls.  This is so that players know a strike is a strike and a ball is a ball, so now the players can't argue the strike or ball calls.  The idea of a robot calling balls or strikes is the worst idea ever!  What is a sport without human error, human error is a part of every sport and it's what makes the sports interesting.  Take for example Jim Joyce who blew Armando Galarraga's perfect game for the Tigers,  of course the Tigers were upset and furious with Jim Joyce, but its a part of the game and human error is what makes it special.  So taking out behind the plate umpires ruins the game, and gives an obvious advantage to the pitchers which they don't even need in this day and age with the ability to throw 100mph pitches.  So lets keep the replay system we already have in baseball and keep the human error the behind the plate umpires bring to the game.