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San Antonio is infuriating to watch. Amare Stoudemire was totally in the right calling them a dirty bunch. The refs respond to anyone questioning the Spurs' unfairly earned choir boy reputation by not allowing Amare to play. And he still got 21 in the 19 minutes he was on the floor. There is no difference in the way Tim Duncan and Rasheed Wallace react to fouls called against them. One gets thrown out because society thinks he's an n word. The other is immune because he stayed in college for four years. What the fuck is that about?

Dear David Stern,

Just because the Spurs players used to go to church together, and that some of them are from other countries does not prelude them from being dirty motherfuckers. I hate them. Nobody wants to watch them/will watch them where everyone wants to and will watch the Suns. Pull your head out.

PS If the Sonics leave town and I subsequently see you in person, I will be going to jail. FYI

LAZAAAAAM HEEEEEAAAARRRRRGGGEEE (Quick Strikes)

How about Everton today huh? In my first game as a supporter Everton went into Chelsea and came out with a point. They honestly should have won the game but were done in by two shady officiating decisions. Chelsea's Ferrara slaughtered Arteta which the ref inexplicably ruled no foul. In the immediately ensuing play Drogba finished for Chelski with Everton's finest still writhing on the rain slicked turf. Everton boss David Moyes was so furious he went out on the field to scream at the referee. The referee responded by sending a rightfully outraged Moyes to the opposing stands.

Imagine if this were a UW Oregon basketball game and Ernie Kent got sent into the Dawgpack because the refs were sick of hearing him. What an amazing convention! Well done premiereship. When they showed pictures of Moyes from then on Chelsea fans were chatting him up and bothering him. But he was in the rich seats so there was no real danger.

Anyway Everton man of the match was 18 year old wonderkind James Vaughan. He scored Everton's go ahead goal to finish a wonderful counter attack that wobbled mighty Chelsea. He almost produced a stunning volley off a cross from Arteta shortly thereafter that required all of Cech's ability to parry it away.

In other news Everton apparently is in the mix to acquire Man City's Joey Barton. This guy apparently is talented but available on the cheap because he recently...oh...punched the shit out of one of his teammates in practice. He's not a character guy in the traditional sense. Or he is, because he sounds like quite the character. I have no opinion.

I do however think it's a shame if the Toffees don't resign Fernandes. Frankly he's one of the few players on the roster with the flair required to do anything in Europe next year.

QUICK STRIKES!!!!!! That was rousing.