Thanksgiving.....A time to reflect on what you really are thankful for. With everything going on in the world it is easy to forget how great we really do have it. Sure, our 401K's are dwindling every minute and the job market gets scarier every day. But, can you truly complain about your life??? I mean we all go to a job every week, have a beautiful entourage of women (fiances and girlfriends of course not groupies) and have the absolute privilege of meeting up with our closest friends every Friday Night to compete under the lights in softball followed by a night of drinking at Gators. Plus, we live in Florida where the weather is downright beautiful all year round.

Wow........That is livin!

Again, I can't stress what a pleasure it is to have a great group of teammates/Friends to go to war with every Friday Night. I have been a sports fanatic since I was born. However, every day my passion for watching sports gets drained just a bit reading about how many professional athletes forget they should be downright giddy to be paid Millions of dollars to play sports for a living.
If it weren't for Rocky reruns I think I would lose interest in sports more and more every day......however every Time I watch Rocky it reminds about how great the essence of competition and sports really is.

So, forgive me for rambling but I just need to vent and make a point on who are the biggest douche bags this Thanksgiving in Sports recently, so you too can be thankful we don't have to play alongside these knuckleheads........even though we play for the pure passion of the game and for free........actually we pay them just for the right to play and it is the best money I have ever spent. Also, I have added a few others who just take things too seriously and way out of context.....

Htiek's List of Thanksgiving Turkeys:

1) Stephon Marbury: I mean this guy is making $20.8 Million dollars this year just to sit around and sulk like a baby because he can't have things his way. Does he realize what is going on in the world.....I mean how many jobs could have been saved with this douche bag's salary.

In the beginning of the season He was told he would not be the focus of the team and probably wouldn't get to play much. Coach Dantoni told him he could suit up and maybe play some mop up minutes but he didn't want to embarrass Steph so he gave him the option of suiting up or not. Steph chose option B, Sit on the bench deactivated rather than embarrass himself and have to play 10-12 minutes a night in mop up time............$20.8 Million?????????

Steph was frustrated and even contemplated running back to his high school alma mater to practice with them just to stay in game shape..........or be around people that thought he was cool so he could get an ego boost.....one or the other. Well, in an ironic turn of events the Knicks have been depleted by injuries and trades and have been forced to play games with a 7 and 8 man squad. What did the Coach and team do......turn to Steph to ask him to earn just a bit of the 20 Million dollar salary and help out his teammates by giving them some much needed relief off the bench.

Wow.....what a heartwarming story. Steph get's his big chance to make good and prove to the world he can still play and show he is not a total waste of a human being. What's that Steph pouts and refuses to suit up.........just to stick it to the Man?????? Brutal! Well, needless to say his teammates are pissed and want him gone now. How do you leave your teammates hang like that? I mean Really???

2) Allen Iverson: We all know his history blah blah blah. However, he is no spring chicken and for a veteran trying to win a ring after being traded to the Pistons AI said he was willing to do whatever it takes to win......Even Practice.........God Forbid he have to practice.

Well, shortly after being traded another one of his ex-coachs George Karl openly sighs and claims how happy he is to get rid of him cause he screwed up their team/offense with wasted possession's. Hmmmmmm.....there's some fuel to the fire for AI to prove everyone wrong.

So Saturday AI talks about adjusting to his new team...Here is his quote: He talked Saturday about the importance of finding chemistry with a new team through practice.
"I've been through it before," "The most important thing is getting more practice time." Iverson said

So.......What does he do? He gets mad at his new coach for having the audacity to ask someone making $20 Million plus to come in for a few hours Thanksgiving morning to practice........so He just skips it.

3) Chad Ocho Cinco: Have you ever seen someone that needed attention more than this guy. I mean the guy is constantly trying to get attention and even changed his name to bring more attention to him and a failed attempt to sell more jerseys. Well, being one of the most hated villains on a putrid Bengals team is no way to sell jerseys moron. I mean let's face it who buys the majority of a team's jerseys???? I think even a 5 year old could tell you it's the fans of the team. Well, your not going to sell Jersey's by pissing of the team and the fans idiot.

Well, Last week Ocho Cinco overslept and arrived late for a team meeting Wednesday night at the Bengals practice facility. Late or not, sources confirmed Ocho Cinco was extremely groggy. After taking his seat, Bengals offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski told Ocho Cinco to sit up straight in his seat. After the receiver refused, Bratkowski again repeated his demand.
At that point, Ocho Cinco stood up and walked out of the meeting altogether. After shouting at his player to return, Lewis chased him down. After several heated words were exchanged between the two, Lewis finally told Johnson to go home.

I mean really, You get paid millions of dollars and you can't make a meeting on time. And when you do arrive late you act like a child and pretend like your the Victim here.........Ridiculous.

4) Parents of these High School ballers that got cut from their Basketball team:

Again, I can't stand that everybody in this great country of ours always think they are the victim. Here is a story of a High School basketball team where some players that recently got cut alleged it was because they wore corn rows and were racially profiled against by their coach.

OK, I guess you could make an argument for an decent case here......Only 1 Major problem.
It was an ALL Black High School. The team was all black

"We have racial profiling going on," said Frank McCullough, pastor of Mount Olive Christian Church, adding that's the only explanation in his mind. "He took a look at the way the young men wore their hair, and made comments about that and whether he thought they should be hanging out with certain people."

Yes 2 of the kids wore cornrows but 2 kids that did not get cut also wore cornrows..........Do you think maybe those kids that got cut just sucked???????

5) Lastly, I mean where is this word coming to when we can't even celebrate Thanksgiving in our schools anymore??????????????

Kids at a California Kindergarten can longer celebrate Thanksgiving:

Here is another great story where kindergarten students will no longer dress up as Pilgrims and Native Americans when they have their Thanksgiving feast.

"It's demeaning," Michelle Raheja, the mother of a kindergartner at Condit Elementary School, wrote to her daughter's teacher. "I'm sure you can appreciate the inappropriateness of asking children to dress up like slaves (and kind slave masters), or Jews (and friendly Nazis), or members of any other racial minority group who has struggled in our nation's history."

Yet another example of adults sucking the fun out of life, this time using 5-year olds in order to do it. Brutal!

Well, I hope everyone Had a Happy Thanksgiving and are thankful we don't have to listen to or hang out with any of the aforementioned douche bags of society.