Four more episodes to go till our 100th show. Time flies when you’re busier than squirrels the night before the first winter storm, you know - the one the weatherman fails to predict. And how ’bout that rain storm in Pittsburgh - who’d have seen that coming? Well, besides basically the entire human species with access to a computer or TV or radio. Apparently the groundskeepers are locked away at night.

This was what Ben Roethlisberger dreamed about later Monday night. Notice the nice, firm base…

But The Girls are not locked away - though many have tried. And this coming weekend we sandwich the sports world by hosting our regular Friday show (1-3PM EST) on SIRIUS 123 (where rumor has it Jimmy “Mr. MVP” Rollins may show up) and return to terrorize midtown Manhattan and the world on Monday (same bat channel, same bat time).

If you missed last Friday’s show we will do our best to replay a few glorious nuggets that you will want to hear. Something happens when the entire building is vacant and it’s just The Girls, Erik Fenton and Producer (and tether to terra firma) Dave LeGreca. They shouldn’t ever let that happen again. Howard Stern has nothing on us. Well, except for several hundred million dollars - but we’re working on it.

So kick back and relax as we take you through the week that was…

New Digs, Bad Fields and You’re Fired! with The Girls!
Episode 96

Today The Girls are coming to you live from the new Fantoo World Headquarters where, as usual, we pick the absolute worst week in all of sports history, and yes we do mean going all the way back to the original GAMES, to take off. Our timing, much like Eli Manning, just blows. So Episode 96 has much to cover. Strap yourself in.

The Girls try to make sense of the needless shooting of Sean Taylor. We wish he had listened to his peeps and moved out of Florida. Can’t imagine how the ‘Skins are preparing to take on the Bills this weekend - watching film that still has Taylor on it. There is an excellent page for reflections of and tributes to Taylor on the Redskin’s website. Sad.

College coaches are more sought after than Britney Spears. You have a winning season? Who cares? Pack up and move on. It’s undefeated or nothing. And to hell with that whole interview process. Just because we preach equality and we’re associated with higher thinking doesn’t mean we have to do the right thing. This is college football, people.

The NBA is starting to look a wee bit more like the good old days with the Golden State Warriors doing the unthinkable after their horrific start by knocking off the Suns. Then along come King James who crowns the posterior of the collective unit known as the Celtics - handing them their second loss. All of Boston weeps. They are crushed - Carol thinks they might be imploding. We’ll keep an eye on it. And the Mavs act out as Dancing with the Stars ends and there’s not a glimpse of Mark Cuban holding up that shining ball.

Where has he been???? We love this picture. He looks like every Celtics fan just after Boston fell to 5th in the NBA lottery…”Ah Noooooo!!!! That’s SO wrong!!!!!”

Coach Avery takes it out on a ref, who’s name is then plastered all over every publication. Thought refs weren’t supposed to be mentioned by name, but The Girls think they gave that right away when they pulled the handle of Lady Luck. And the Knicks are still a soap opera, with the latest episodes have them winning and grinning. Somebody must have dug up the body.

Over in the NHL we take a look at a rookie who just might be hoisting the Calder Cup come the end of the year. And of all teams, he’s on the Atlanta Thrashers. Atlanta - there is hope for you yet. So, The Girls salute blueliner Tobias Enstrom, all five feet - ten inches of him. Wha????? (And they say that height is ‘generous’) The boy is simply killing it and is the top reason to find your supplemental oxygen and get yourself up to the Versus channel, bypassing the NFL Network, which you don’t get anyway.

Hitting a fever pitch in #96 leads us to the NFL where we simply slam those who allowed that farce of a game in Pittsburgh. You may make steel, but you have no idea how and when to lay sod. Which doesn’t seem to be all that complicated, but somehow you pulled it off.

The Culprit

It’s a miracle only Ricky Williams got hurt. Which is simply tragic in a dark comedy kind of way. In PacMan’s first game out he is probably going to vaporize.

The Patriots ARE NOT invincible, Eli Manning is more than a mere mortal, he’s a starter mortal, and the game of the year is on the horizon. Get ye to a sports bar because if you don’t have the rare gem that is the NFL Network you ain’t seeing the Packers visit the Cowboys Thursday night. Also on the gridiron is our Fan-Tutor which explains the new fave phrase of the talking heads - checking down. Like ‘check it’, but different.

Don’t forget - NASCAR’s venerable, vaunted, and downright thigh-slappin’ funny banquet is on tap this coming Friday. Get yourself a Sam Adams’ Utopias beer, chug it (so what if it’s 27% ABV?) and settle in for a night of frivolous fun.

So grab your favorite unitard, some fried gator and a bucket of sweet tea, it’s time to talk sports with The Girls!

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