Gerry Dee Sports Reporter interviews Charles Barkley

There might be some that prefer the straight facts that people like Ed Werder from ESPN or John Lu from TSN provide.

If I have a choice in the matter though, I would take a nice feature from Kenny Mayne on the worldwide leader, a solid Cabbie on the Street piece, or a Gerry Dee Sports Reporter interview any day.

I'll take six minutes of this Gerry Dee interview with Charles Barkley on The Score over a four minute piece smothered in cliched filled quotes about bouncing back after back to back losses.

Some more halfers to keep in mind

I already made a Top 10 Halfers list a few weeks back and I know it would not be right to just leave it at that.

I don't want to say it is a mistake, but it could be fairly described as a glaring omission that I didn't included Aline Nakashima amongst the top 10.

I shouldn't receive too much heat for it. It's kind of like leaving a great player off of your Heisman ballot. There are only so many people you can vote for.

Continuing on the halfer front, just like Marie Digby, Kina Grannis is a halfer who has developed quite the following on Youtube for her music.

Check out her version of Frou Frou's Let Go.

The casting of a potential Ferris Bueller's Day Off remake

*Before I get started hear, I got a great response from the proposed Major League remake. I nailed almost all of the cast except for one character. I couldn't have been more wrong with my selection for Eddy Harris. I can't believe that I didn't recognize the perfect actor for the part when I first composed the article. How could I forget an actor who played one of my favourite characters of all time from any movie? The new and improved choice for Eddy Harris is David Koechner who is better known as Champ from Anchorman. (Ugh, WHAMMY!) Try to imagine him delivering the line, "Yo bartender! Joe Boo needs a refill!" He is the perfect choice.

Blame it on Ferris.

You have to blame it on him. If it wasn't for him then we probably wouldn't have terrible teen movies like John Tucker Must Die or I Love You, Beth Cooper. It's all his fault.

Somebody thought they could make a movie with a guy's name in it and make it as good as Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Those people couldn't have been more wrong.

You can't try and make horrible teen movies and expect them to be as good as Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It just can't happen. The only teen movie that could even come close to a FBDO is FBDO remake.

Hmmm...

Ferris Bueller - Shia Labeouf

Only because Jon Cryer is too old. Actually, I don't think there could be a more proper choice than good old Shia. He is young enough that he can still play a teenager. He is kind of dork who can pull off cool (with the exception of the last Indiana Jones, of course). I originally thought of James McAvoy, but I think he is a little too old to play this part now. Shia it is.

Cameron - Christopher Mintz-Plasse

McLovin has a shelf life and I'm not sure when that is going to be up, but he has more than enough time left to play Ferris' dorky best friend Cameron. The only change I'll make for him is that instead of a Gordie Howe Red Wings jersey, McLovin can rock a Stevie Yzerman one. It's new school, but still old school.

Sloane Peterson - Minka Kelly

Why is Minka Kelly not in more movies? I know she isn't a likely future Academy Award winner, but just take one look at her. One role she could definitely pull off is the hottest girl in school so this part should work out just fine.

Principal Ed Rooney - Christopher McDonald

Jeffrey Jones might have done the best job of any Principal in any movie about high school. Those are tough shoes to fill. I think Shooter McGavin is up to the task.

Grace the secretary - Melissa McCarthy

Red hair? Check. Big boned? Check. If George Costanza's mom was younger I would have chosen her.

Jeanie Bueller - Arielle Kebbel

Jennifer Grey was awesome as Ferris' sister. Those five consecutive kicks to Mr. Rooney's face were a thing of beauty. Arielle Kebbel can play hot (real life) or homely (The Grudge 2). This part calls for a little bit of both and hopefully this will make up for her being in John Tucker Must Die.

Economics teacher - Ben Stein

Just like with Bob Eucker in Major League, why mess with a good thing?

Straight Gouda: Ken Griffey Jr., Erin Andrews, and UFC 100 thoughts from my trip to Vancouver

One week, one post.

Ouch. Come on Jamie, you're better than that. I can't believe I just went third person... I thought I was better than that.

I guess I better make up for it right now with some overall sports musings from my trip home to Vancouver.

Hey Seattle, did you hear? Griffey is back!

There aren't too many players that could make me attend a game just to watch them play. Ichiro is one of them and even though his expiration date has come and gone, Ken Griffey Jr. is another.

I went down to watch a Mariners game last Thursday mostly because I wanted to see Jr. play at least once in what looks like his last season. He was batting .215 (now up to a whopping .222), he could barely run to first base when he made contact, and all he does now is DH. He's not even a shadow of his former self. His shadow could probably hit .250.

Despite all of his faults that have come with age it didn't matter to me when watching him step into the batter's box. There was still a little bit of magic involved whenever he swung the bat. I didn't care that he was done and neither did anyone else in the crowd. We just cared that he was there.

The Mariners store at Safeco Field and all of the shops around the stadium reflect how much he means to the city. Each one of them was like a separate shrine to one of the greatest that ever played centerfield. Almost every t-shirt said the same thing, "Griffey's back!" Just in case no one in the city knew already. I guess they needed a reminder.

The city did need to him to come back. Losing the Sonics was like a losing a game of Ro Sham Bo. The old Griffey would have been better to have back, but judging by his standing ovation after earning a walk in the eight inning, the older Griffey is more than good enough.

An Erin Andrews story for everyone in the blogosphere

I went out to the bar on Friday night and had a random celebrity encounter with Sean McCormick from Sportsnet and Jennifer Hedger from TSN at the Roxy. (This is where all random celebrity encounters occur in the city of Vancouver for those not familiar.) I actually talked to both of them briefly and they both seemed really nice and pretty cool.

That same night I met a girl who looked exactly like Erin Andrews. Same face, same nose, same everything. She was practically a clone. The Vancouver version of EA got kicked out of VIP for jacking a guy's bottle of champagne.

Molly Qerim's clone would have never done anything like that.

Here's Molly at the UFC 100 Fan Expo from last week.



About UFC 100...

I'm just going to come right out and say it: Brock Lesnar is a dick.

Not that I'm saying anything that everybody already doesn't know, I just felt like saying it again.

It has nothing to do with his WWE background either. Some people are born that way. Lesnar is genetic freak and somehow genetically imprinted in his personality that he is a dick as well. A post-fight Mike Tyson is articulate compared to him.

It really is a shame that a night that could've pushed them further mainstream than any other previous pay per views, the UFC will now be associated with a guy like Lesnar. It's even worse that he almost appears unbeatable in the heavyweight division.

I'm not sure who can beat him. I hope Fedor comes in and crushes him. Or Shane Carwin finishes him in the first round like he has everyone else. Or maybe even Bobby Lashley when he gets a chance to fight in the UFC. Whoever is fighting him, I will be firmly entrenched on their side when the fight goes down.

The whole situation with Lesnar and his idiotic remarks after the fight brings into question whether anyone other than hardcore MMA fans will even care to remember Georges St. Pierre cementing himself in the top two of the best pound for pound fighters in the world.

I guess it's tough to be appreciated when you are overshadowed my a mountain of a man who can now be placed in the pantheon of professional sports' biggest a-holes. The good news is that GSP won't have trouble being appreciated in June of 2010 when the UFC holds an event in Vancouver.