Two big news items for fans of AC.

1. Ask AC is back, alive, and generally well. After spending the last month locked in my room watching Game 6 of the NBA Finals on a constant loop while wearing my Eddie House jersey and cheering for every Garnett block, Paul Pierce three pointer, and James Posey hug, I have decided to come back to the general population. While I could spend the next 15 years watching the 39 point Game 6 victory of the Celtics over the Lakers, I have been told that I need to once again become a semi-contributing part of the human race, and for that I think we are all a little bit sad. Anyway, I will be back answering your questions with my usual aplomb (that is aplomb and not Eve Plumb, though I bet she would also be a strong contributor) until the NBA season starts.

2. The annual Wagercom.com editorial meeting is in Las Vegas this upcoming weekend. We will be at the Mandalay Bay pool on Saturday August 23rd discussing Reggie Bush’s soon to be breakout year, Kobe Bryant’s ass raping habits, and which Olympics’ athlete we’d most like to boink (and I think Amanda Beard is still the winner though the cougar, Dara Torres, warrants some love). Either way, feel free to stop by and say hello to your favorite Wagercom.com writer. We will be the ones about 25 feet from the hottest chicks there ogling them while double fisting alcoholic beverages. Also, as always we are looking for a little help with our fantasy football draft so if you know anyone who could help us find this kind of entertainment, please e-mail immediately.

Now on to your questions:

Hello

I have a couple odd sports question. ESPN are classic at hyping brett favre stats. But I once saw a stat that I wish I could remember during a packer game on TNT.

It went something like this…..

When Brett Favre starting the 4th quarter trailing in the game, his career record is 8-90. Could you confirm that stat?

Also, ESPN loves to brag up his “come from behind” victories. Could you confirm how many games in Favres career in which he trailed by 8 or less with 4 minutes or less, and didn’t win?

Questions from a lifelong Green Bay Packer fan, who is just sick of the drama queen Brett Favre.

Thanks

J. Kane

Mr. Kane,

I appreciate your questions, though they are not that odd. Odd sports questions are more like:

1. “How many times before a game does Kevin garnett throw up?”

2. “If LeBron James and Iron Man got into a fight, by how much would LeBron win?”

3. “How many groupies does the average NBA player bang in one night and what percentage of them have herpes?”

So your questions weren’t so much odd, rather they were just annoying. Here’s the deal. I hate anything Brett Favre. I hate watching him on my TV, I hate the stupid news coverage, and I hate his shitty statistics. That said, it is my sworn duty as a member of the media to answer all questions which come my way. Therefore, I will do my best to help you out here.

1. I don’t know how many times Brett Favre has won when losing by 8 or fewer with under four minutes to go. My guess would be not many. He has 38 come from behind victories in the 4th quarter out of 160 total wins. My guess is that at most 1/3 of those came in the final four minutes so probably 13-15 wins.

2. Brett Favre has only lost 93 regular season games. His career record very well could be 8-90 when starting the fourth quarter at a deficit. However, for that to happen he would have had to have lost the lead 30 times in the fourth quarter and then come back if you believe the stat from answer 1 above in that he has 38 come from behind 4th quarter victories. So in short, he won a lot of games, many of them in the fourth.

I actually felt bad about not answering your questions fully so I went back and put together this chart and uploaded it to youtube, which should provide better answers. Hopefully this works for you.

God Bless,

AC Titticock IIIi Esquire

Lead NBA writer www.wagercom.com

Have you been watching the Olympics basketball tournament? Is the US going to win the Gold?

Mark L.

Yes, I have been watching the US basketball team and they have simply dominated. Below are the three biggest surprises for me in watching the team.

1. LeDong is a man among boys and the leader of the team. I really thought Kobe would try to take over more than he has but it is abundantly clear that LeDong is in charge. He is not only like a running back when he is on the court, but he hustles, hustles, and hustles. It is clearly Ledong’s world and we’re all just living in it.

2. Playing Jason Kidd is point less, or to be more specific, he makes the US team pointless (as in not having a pg on the floor when he is in). He has fewer than 10 assists and has only attempted one shot. Plus his feet are slower on defense than Kirstie Alley’s at a salad bar. There is nothing Jason Kidd does better than Chris Paul and really no reason for him to be playing and thus making the US play 4 on 5.

3. Dwyane Wyane Wade is back. Look out NBA, things could be interesting next year.

Anyway, yes I think the US will win the gold and below I will break down the three reasons why they will win and the three biggest areas of concern.

Reasons they will win:

1. Defensively they are just a force. Euro point guards can’t dribble through the pressure of Wade, Paul, Kobe, and LeDong. I loved when the second strong Chinese point guard tried to cross over on Chris Paul and he simply tapped the ball away for break away dunk. I also loved when Wade did the same thing to Spain’s boy wonder, Ricky Rubio (and by the way, does anyone know how Rubio got time off from Menudo to play in the Olympics?). The US team is too athletic and too focused.

2. The crowd is behind them. The Chinese love the US team and even have nicknamed Kobe “The Little Flying Warrior” (whereas I hear the have nicknamed Jason Kidd “The old slow crappy guy”). With the US getting cheered for everything they do, they should be able to coast to victories.

3. LeDong, LeDong, LeDong. He simply can not be stopped.

Reasons they could lose:

1. Mike Krzyzewski

2. Mike Krzyzewski

3. Mike Krzyzewski

So in short, I think the US will cruise to a Gold. They might have one semi close game but I expect double digit victories all around as long as Coach K doesn’t screw up their pick and roll defense.

Yo AC, what did you think about the Celtics victory? You haven’t said anything since they won. You still there?

NS, Germantown

I am still here. Rather than get into the whole Championship victory, below were my exact thoughts which I e-mailed to my Celtic brethren in the waning minutes of Game 6. Ahh, it feels good to be the Champs.

I've been waiting a long time for this but.....

Fuck Chris Wallace for being the worst GM in history

Fuck Marcus Banks and his bbiq

Fuck Jon Barry for being a prick

Fuck Jimmy Rodgers and his manperm

Fuck Jim O’Brien and his awful in-game substitutions

Fuck Dino Radja and his pack of marlboros

Fuck Eric Montross and his stupid flat top

Fuck Acie Earl for dropping 40 on us when he was with toronto

A Special Fuck You to Doctor Gilbert Mudge for sucking at his job.

Fuck Tony Massenburg just because

Fuck Brett Szabo and his goggles

Fuck Dominique Wilkins for nothing

Fuck Tony Harris for making me learn his name

Fuck Pervis Ellison and his knees

Fuck Greg Minor and his kids

Fuck Tony Battie for washing his hands next to me at 1am at Aria

Fuck Rodney Rogers for being a fat fuck

Fuck Orien Greene for sucking balls

Fuck Todd Day for being Todd Day

Fuck Ron Mercer for everything

Fuck ML Carr, just fuck him

Fuck Dontae’ Jones and his stupid apostrophe

Fuck Vitaly Potapenko for being born

Fuck Stoyko Vrankovic for starting the shitty big man euro trend in the nba

Fuck Jerome Moiso for being French

Fuck Mark Blount for his short arms and no heart

Fuck Ricky Davis and his triple double

Fuck Kedrick Brown for not going to a 4 year school

Fuck Jiri Welsh for being the only shooting euro who can’t shoot

Fuck Wally Szerczbiak and his fucking knee and his contract

Fuck Brandon Hunter for not being Charles Barkley II

Fuck Gary Payton for being a 98 year old whiner

Fuck Tom Guggliotta and his back

Fuck Justin Reed for not being Big Baby

Fuck Al Jefferson for not playing d, not being in shape, and being the second stupidest player in the nba

Fuck Gerald Green for being the stupidest player in the NBA

Fuck Michael Olowakandi for breathing

And most of all, Fuck Rick Pitino for taking away Red’s President title and ruining our franchise for 11 fucking years. Fuck you Pitino and your greased back hair, I hope you get fucking ass herpes for what you did to this team.

Fuck them all for the last 22 years of shit.

But more importantly:

Thank you Danny Ainge for putting this team together

Thank you James Posey for having balls bigger than Kobe ’s ego

Thank you Eddie House for shooting whenever you are on the court

Thank you Kevin Garnett for turning the attitude of this franchise around, this whole season is 80% Garnett

Thank you Ray Allen for killing it from 3

Thank you Leon Powe for not being homeless anymore, you are always welcome in boston

Thank you Rajon Rondo for your energy and for not getting riled

Thank you Sam Cassell for giving me something to still be angry about

Thank you Kperk for taking up so much space on defense

Thank you Doc Rivers for remembering Eddie House and bringing us Ubuntu

Thank you PJ Brown for unretiring

And most of all thank you Paul Pierce is for maturing, carrying this team in the playoffs, and being Kobe ’s daddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve waited 22 years for this but we are finally WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!! #17!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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