Well, underneath the radar of the Major League Baseball Hot Stove, Vince Carter finally got his wish to leave Toronto and is headed to the Jersey swamplands to play with J-Kidd and the Nets. This winter is not going to be pretty for my adpoted hometown up in the Great White North. Vince making a break for the bright lights of Asbury Park, Carlos Delgado looking to leave the Blue Jays for a job south of the border, and not a Maple Leafs game in sight any time soon. Hey, you've always got that indoor lacrosse team the Toronto Rock to look forward to.
But, I hope that Vince does well out in Jersey. As a fellow hometown boy from Daytona Beach (I used to know Vince's brother through a mutual friend, and my aunt was his banker), Vince has done much for the community. A matter of fact, he footed the bill for a new athletic complex at his alma-mater Mainland High School. So, he's a good guy, even though it was evident that he wasn't playing at the same level this year as he has in the last few.
A Note of Thanks to DirecTV
Man, that was close. At the beginning of the current basketball season, it was announced that the Orlando Magic had signed a deal with local Tampa Bay station WXPX, our local PAX affiliate. Two seasons ago, our local baseball team the Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed a similar agreement to air on PAX. However, DirecTV didn't carry our local affiliate as they provided the national feed to the network (and who wants to watch that?). I had written to them twice about picking it up, but to no avail.
I switched to DirecTV when our local cable conglomerate BrightHouse Networks dropped the cable provider of the Orlando Magic, the Sunshine Network, in a contract dispute. I'm a man who needs to see my Magic! Not being able to see half the D-Rays games for a couple seasons... Sucks, but I can get over it. But not the Magic. So, I was pricing the switch back to cable this week planning to go through with it after the holidays (the BrightHouse/Sunshine dispute was resolved last year) when, last night, I was flipping channels and noticed "Hey, we get channel 66 now!" So, my love affair with DirecTV continues meaning that I get to keep dating the hottest chick in school instead of having to go with the backup plan of the ugly girl who'll put out.
And DirecTV/D-Rays fans here in the Tampa Bay area, you may send me your thanks and praise for getting us those games in care of AOwL.com. Now, since CNNfn shut down this week, lets see if we can get them to switch it for the Anime Network!
Some Love for Maxim Radio
Starting this week, Sirius Radio started the gradual rollout of their newest station Maxim Radio. The station is a joint venture between Sirius and Maxim Magazine. And so far, even just being on the air for about seven hours a day, it has become my favorite station on the service. Pretty much, just like the magazine, it's strategically aimed at guys. The station provides a great mix of popular music, inane DJ banter, comedy sketches, and more. I won't give it my full endorsement until I get a chance to hear the full schedule (the channel is supposed to go on the air full-time the week of the Super Bowl), but so far it's worth a listen if you're on the service.
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