Embarrassingly.

In The Great Gatsby, I believe the minor character who sponged off Jay Gatsby and lived in his mansion was originally named Pep Rally. What does booing accomplish? What is the point? It accomplishes as much as a pep rally, which you readily endorse.

Robin Lundberg states, “I don’t understand this hatred of LeBron. I just don’t hold grudges.” Adrian Grenier begs to differ.

Robin Lundberg states, “Anyone who wanted the Knicks to match-up against the Heat is dumb.” I believe Stephen A. Smith has been called worse.

Since you led off your show with horse racing and boxing and Great Gatsby talk, I will end this piece by saying, “23-skidoo.”

An article in the June 26, 1906 New York American credits the phrase to one Patsey Marlson, then a former jockey hauled into court on a misdemeanor charge. At his hearing, Marlson is asked by the judge how the expression came about. He explains that when he was a jockey, he worked at a track which only had room for 22 horses to start in a line. If a 23rd horse was added, the long shot would be lined up behind the 22 horses on the front line. Apparently, “23 skidoo” implied that if the horse in the back was to have any chance of winning, it would really have to run very fast. Marlson also says in the article that the expression was originally “23, skidoo for you.”

Perhaps the most widely known story of the origin of the expression concerns the area around the triangular-shaped Flatiron Building at Madison Square in New York City. The building is located on 23rd Street at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, and, due to the shape of the building, winds swirl around it. During the 1920s, groups of men would allegedly gather to watch women walking by have their skirts blown up, revealing legs, which were seldom seen publicly at that time. Local constables, when sometimes telling such groups of men to leave the area, were said to be “giving them the 23 Skidoo”.

It is at a triangular site where Broadway and Fifth Avenue—the two most important streets of New York—meet at Madison Square, and because of the juxtaposition of the streets and the park across the street, there was a wind-tunnel effect here. In the early twentieth century, men would hang out on the corner here on Twenty-third Street and watch the wind blowing women’s dresses up so that they could catch a little bit of ankle. This entered into popular culture and there are hundreds of postcards and illustrations of women with their dresses blowing up in front of the Flatiron Building. And it supposedly is where the slang expression “23 skidoo” comes from because the police would come and give the voyeurs the 23 skidoo to tell them to get out of the area.

An early nickelodeon movie, It Happened on 23rd Street, which dates from 1901, shows women’s skirts being blown up by the updraft from a ventilation grating, exposing their knees.

However, the slang expression “23″ was already in use before the Flatiron Building was built (1902), and Webster’s New World Dictionary derives skiddoo (with two d’s) as probably from skedaddle, meaning “to leave”, with an imperative sense.

Multiple Olympic basketball references, leading off the 9 AM hour talking boxing, and Rangers hockey talk gets two minutes and three questions. A two-hour Robin Lundberg hosted show gets zero minutes and zero questions talking hockey. A three-hour Robin Lundberg hosted show gets two minutes and three questions talking hockey. And regardless if it is a two-hour or a three-hour Robin Lundberg hosted show, he definitely will not discuss Mets baseball.

TDKR > Avengers

Justin C

On Friday, after the Rangers won game 1 on Thursday night, Ruocco and Lundberg did not spend a single second discussing the game, but had plenty of time to kill since Jared Jeffries missed his 1 PM scheduled spot like he was practicing layups.

Fighting is a huge part of some of the unwritten rules of hockey. Let’s go back to Wayne Gretzky’s tenure during the NHL.

As a sports reporter, I’d assume that you would know that Wayne Gretzky played on the Oilers during 80’s. I wouldn’t expect you to know that Wayne Gretzky always played along side an enforcer throughout that span of time, specifically Dave Semenko and Marty McSorley. The main role of those two players was to protect Wayne Gretzky.

Both Dave Semenko and Marty McSorley brought a huge intimidation factor onto the ice. They basically let the other team know that if you are going to take a shot at Gretzky, then you better expect one of us to ruin your night. Take away Semenko and McSorley, and you have players from other teams cheap-shotting Gretzky at will without any fear of retaliation.

With fighting, it is the same thing. There is a reason why fighting has been a part of the game for so long and why it will continue to stay in the game. If you take away fighting, then it becomes open season for cheap shots in the NHL. For example, Brian Boyle gave a couple of punches to Erik Karlsson in game one. If that went unanswered through the rest of the series, then the Senators are essentially saying it’s okay that Boyle messed with their star (and undersized) player. But it didn’t go unanswered. Right off the bat Carkner came out swinging against Boyle. Carkner let Boyle know that he isn’t going to get away with punching the Sens’ star player.

From your article, I assume you don’t watch much hockey. The greatest cheap shotter of all time is Darcy Tucker. He did everything that goes against the unwritten rules of hockey, especially hitting players below the knees. Someone like Tucker would go wild in games in an NHL that doesn’t have fighting. He would go around cheap shotting everyone knowing that no one would be able to step up a take exception to what he is doing.

When you see a fight on a highlight on ESPN, then of course it looks silly. Fighting in the NHL kind of looks silly to begin with. What the highlights don’t show you is everything leading up to the fight and all of the reasons why the fight commenced. Fighting has a huge impact on the game, and throughout season and playoff series.

If anything, fighting has taken a lesser role in the NHL recently. Most of the leagues goons have been phased out, i.e. Colton Orr and Georges Laraque. Players in the NHL are now being forced to have more skill and they can’t be pure goons.

By the way, fighting isn’t simply allowed in the NHL. A 5-minute major penalty is assessed to the participants in the fight.

If you ever want to educate yourself more on the topic, then The Code: The Unwritten Rules of Fighting and Retaliation in the NHL is a great read.

Same stratosphere, same metropolitan area, same old lies with absolutely no data support from Robin Lundberg.

it energizes the crowd and gets them into the game. it creates team unity when players are willing to stick up for each other. a team that comes out flat can get momentum after a fight. the non hockey fan is the only one who doesn’t understand the importance of fighting. The players do. The coaches do. The fans do.

When he goes antiquing, his favorite place is bingo halls. His best pick-up line is, “Have you been going here often?” — Robin Lundberg!

He has a crackpot theory that the New York metropolitan area can support 3 NBA franchises, including one in Newark, where crack and pot are readily sold — Robin Lundberg!

This man roots for greatness and that is why he became a Knicks’ fan during the 2005-2006 season — Robin Lundberg!

If you think you can get under this man’s skin, your out of luck — Robin Lundberg!

He is always striving to be the best man that he can be and that is why he is always out of breath — Robin Lundberg!

He places human hospital gowns on the sidewalk outside animal hospitals — Robin Lundberg!

He once ate a piece of fish that didn’t agree with him. He has no idea how a simple argument could get so out of hand — Robin Lundberg!

but back2 the topic, wolverine & hulk, with that team you have strength and speed.
batman and superman u have an entire package.. brains, brawn, projectiles, speed ect.
wolverine has only speed over batman, while batman is a better fighter, uses his brain and utility belt lol, superman and hulk? that fight will last no more than 3mins.
hulk gets angry, tries to hit supa (doge) grabs hulk flies him to space. game over 4 hulk.
&& wolverine isnt faster than superman so . . . . .

The ultimatums and needless public threats only served to back the owners themselves into a corner as well. If you keep making these types of all-in bets, eventually you’re going to get called. Then you have to live and die with the cards already on the table.

They all would have been better served keeping the negotiations quiet. The constant struggle for public opinion was a pointless one. The public has long waried of both sides, and will deem both responsible and guilty now. If they would have kept things private, perhaps each side could have backed off of their hard stances without seemingly losing face. I’m sure an agreement could have been reached without all of this nonsense.

You’re right… The die-hard fans are the ones that will be hurt the most. The peripheral fan doesn’t care enough to hold a grudge. They’ll come back as soon as their home team makes a playoff run. The die-hards have no choice. We love the game too much to walk away now. We, in fact, have the worst cards at the table. But we’re all in and just hoping that we get lucky on the River.

Jonesy–I thought the beats and hooks on Bad Meets Evil were fairly terrible. I get they were trying to rappity rap but the songs here are just crafted on a different level to me

Zlander–Thanks

Basketball or Football? Basketball is my favorite sport, but I dont think I cane live w/o football. My Mavs won, so I’m good for at least 10 years. lol. My Jets need to get one though.

1. Chemotherapy and drugs are half the battle against cancer. Knowing that you will still eventually die from cancer despite the chemotherapy and drugs is the other half of the battle.
2. Not dying is half the battle when playing russian roulette. Not wetting your pants is the other half.
3. Knowing that all life on Earth is meaningless is half the battle. Fighting the urge to do something meaningful in your life is a losing battle. And by losing battle, I mean a waste of time and effort.
4. Knowing that the film, Top Gun, resulted in a 500% increase in young men enlisting in the United States Navy who wanted to become Navy aviators is half the battle. Knowing that the 2009 film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, grossed over $302 million worldwide is deemed a victory for Al Qaeda.
5. If knowledge is power and knowing is half the battle, how much knowledge is necessary to become all-powerful?

Best Poker Name: Sunglasses for the Blind

Well, we both know that isn’t EXACTLY true, unless your definition of mid-range only includes 13 footers at a 47 degree angle from the hoop or “shots where the shooter got at least six inches of lift”. Because a more liberal definition .. say shots between 10-23 feet by guys who play 25+ minutes a night … and the computer spits out a handful of more names. Not a lot but a few ….

Dwyane Wade’s legacy has already been shaped and cemented with bringing the first ever NBA championship to Miami in 2006. If LeBron James contributes by assisting Dwyane Wade win a second NBA championship, then LeBron James will be similar to Roger Clemens helping the Yankees win a World Series in 1999 and 2000, just another passenger along for the ride.

Either way, when questions are posed to LeBron and Wade during this NBA playoffs about winning a NBA championship, Wade can proudly state, “Been there, done that.” LeBron James can’t.

Lundberg, do you suffer from selective amnesia? We found out Wade could win a NBA Championship individually in 2006. Is that soon enough for you? Can you please stop lumping them together? The Miami Heat organization existed before LeBron James came to Miami.

The Miami Heat completed their first season in 1989 (1988-1989). I am pretty sure that John Calipari had no association with the Miami Heat organization that would lead to their first 22 years in existence from being vacated.

I got snookered!

“I get that people hate the guy (I’m still perplexed how deep the hate runs for some…over a TV show) …” How exactly do you, yourself, explain your visceral hatred for Adrian Grenier who plays the fictional character, Vincent Chase, on a TV show?

What do a 16-year old pregnant girl and a 43-year old woman accused of assaulting a parking valet have in common with an 18-year old artist twice rejected by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and a 55-year old man responsible for the extermination of over 6 million Jews? Absolutely nothing except for the fact that people feel the need to give perspective to actions that have no relevance to the actions.

I touched on Jesus Christ and Adolf Hitler. Now let’s get to abortion. I can not fathom a better public service announcement for pro-life supporters than Gloria James sitting in front of a group of teenage girls and rattling off the New York State Lotto motto, “Hey, you never know.”

And for those of you that only know me as Lundberg’s Lady Friend, my real name is April.

Rock > Cena, even though Cena will be booked to win in the end.

Your arguments against college basketball are flawed in themselves. Your constant comparison of professional basketball versus college basketball needs to be analyzed. You sound like an 80-year old man saying, “In my day, professional baseball players had to fight in two wars, WWII and Korea, work two jobs, and in their spare time, work on a cure for polio.” To which the general response is, “Grandpa, we were talking about little Jeffrey’s tee ball league, why do you always feel the need to make the comparison?” You have repeatedly defended your position about the superiority of talent of the NBA. Good for you. Yes, amateur athletes are inferior to professional athletes. But just like in amateur porn, amateur basketball players make mistakes, penetrate the wrong hole, cough up the ball prematurely, and there is usually some crying in the end, but it is just as enjoyable to watch as professional basketball players and professional porn stars going through the motions to give the viewers a predictable but satisfying ending with the Lakers jizzing on the competition.

Your use of Jared Jeffries and Mike Conley as examples for the lack of talent in college basketball since they were the top players on losing teams in National Championship games is poor. I think to better demonstrate the lack of talent in college basketball, the 2002 National Champion Maryland Terrapins would be a much better example. This team was led by Lonny Baxter. No, not Lonnie Baxter, Attorney at Law who you see on commercials claiming that he will fight for you. Also, other talentless players from that team were Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, and Chris Wilcox, who just recently scheduled a game against the New York Knicks.

Robin Lundberg’s inability to control himself from taking repeated shots at college basketball can be traced to his inferiority complex from growing up in Maryland. Due to Maryland’s lack of a professional basketball team and the University of Maryland’s lack of success in the ACC when compared to Duke and North Carolina, Lundberg’s lack of attachment to a specific team in multiple sports explains his flexible and everchanging rooting interests in teams. How many individuals do you know have rooted for the Redskins, Giants, Eagles, Cavs, Heat, and Knicks? I know one. Robin Lundberg.

1050 ESPN Radio is vastly inferior to WFAN in ratings, talent, and reception, but I still enjoy listening to both, especially when I am in the two block broadcast radius of 1050 ESPN Radio studios, but a comparison does not have to be made each and every time the inferior station’s name is brought up. That would be like when the Mets’ money problems are brought up that it has to be pointed out that 1050 ESPN Radio is going on the cheap by having their own hosts do the job of the Sportcenter update anchors that they fired back in October.

Jon Rothstein’s favorite sentence in the world is, “You know who he reminds me of?” When you respond, “no,” Rothstein believes that you are generally interested in his comparison, but what you really wanted to say was, “Please, no!!! And if you say Eddie House, I am going to burn this building to the ground! Enough with the comparisons for Christ’s sake!” My feelings exactly.

Lack of interest or lack of knowledge in a topic leads to generalities which leads to comparisons to topics you wish you were talking about in the first place. So during next March Madness, just stick to NBA talk.

I apologize if you thought I went on and on and would never end but I was just preparing you for the NBA playoffs from April 16 to when hell freezes over.

Everybody!

Limey scum, Limey scum!
I toss a bomb and still they come…

Along the ring of Kerry you can hear the bleat of gulls,
I’ll sip the blood of the English from their bleached and hollowed skulls.

Everybody!!

This could have been a good article. It is a crying shame it’s not.