Johnny Goodtimes

• First of all, just recorded a sports podcast with Lee Russakoff of Comcast.net. We discuss Cliff Lee, why the NHL is better than the NBA, and I give Lee a quiz on doughnuts.

• A bandwagon fan’s view of the Flyers run in the NHL Finals.

• Hurry up and join our iSportacus World Cup Pool! Get your picks in before tomorrow!

• BMT and I get in a brief but glorious flame war in a debate about Monster Trucks.

• Finally, is the Cliff Lee trade bound to be the worst trade in Phillies history?

• Here’s my latest quiz for Comcast: Conn Smythe Winner or Canadian Prime Minister?

• Will the Phillies score another run this season?

• An article I did for Comcast: Can KG and Steve Nash save the sissyfied NBA?

• Is Michael Jordan a Nazi?

Taser haikus!

A hearty debate in the iSportacus comment section over whether or not the taser should have been used on that kid Monday night. I say yes, Palestra Jon, BMT, Parsnip, et al. disagree. We’re still not sure exactly where Bob T. stands. He sort of plays the fence on this one.

I’ve started doing some writing for Comcast. Here’s my column for today: Best 5 Mexican American athletes of all time. I also heartily recommend the NFL Draft All-Name team, featuring Selvish Capers and Roddrick Muckelroy.

I’ve also begun doing quizzes for them. Here’s one: NFL First Rounder or Not Drafted at all.

A few days ago, we presented the expert’s picks for Best Place to Watch the Phillies Play. Needless to say, we received a lot of feedback and lot of people angry that their watering hole didn’t make the list. Therefore, we are offering up two polls on the site. In one, you’ll vote for your favorite bar that made the expert’s list, in the other you’ll vote for the best one of the People’s Picks. Come Monday, we’ll take the top 5 and put them in the finals. Rock the vote, and spread the word!

On iSportacus, we’re dedicating our week to finding the best spots in Philly to watch the city’s best team play. First we asked a panel of experts and came up with a top ten list, now we’re asking you (the petty bourgeoisie) for your opinions on the matter. Head over to isportacus and tell us in the comments what you think the best place is to watch the Phils play. We’ll have a deciding vote tomorrow.

Here they are: the top 10 places to watch Phillies games in Philadelphia, as selected by our panel of experts. For the record, I appreciate Palestra Jon’s efforts to rip our selections to threads. If more people don’t follow his lead, I will be remarkably disappointed.

Well, folks, we’re going full circle. I started hosting quizzo as a way to try to break into radio, and after several years, I’m finally getting that chance. After nagging them weekly for years, I think the head honchos at WIP finally gave me a latenight (2-6 a.m.) slot just to make me go away. Squeaky hinge gets the grease, I suppose. I will be also writing on the WIP website, and the crazy hours make doing radio, writing, and hosting quizzo all but impossible. Sadly, quizzo is the one that’s got to go. I’m sure I’ll have a more emotional goodbye in a couple of weeks, when I host my last quiz, but for now I just wanted to share the news.

I will still be hosting a Quizzo Bowl annually, so nothing will change there, and though it’s not yet finalized, it looks like Mike Minion will be taking over several of my quizzes. This is not an immediate departure. I will host two more weeks of quizzo before I step down, and the radio show will not debut until April 15th. I hope some of you will burn the midnight lamp with me from 2-6 a.m. More details on the radio show will be forthcoming. To read Dan Gross’s write up on this news, click here.

That’s right folks, we’re doing it again. The JGT/iSportacus Bracket-tacular has become an annual event that causes me even more stress right before Quizzo Bowl is one of the highlights of the year. Just click here and enter the password goodtimes (group # is 83655). You need to get a yahoo account to play (It’s simple, takes 5 minutes) and the winner walks away with $100 in gift certificates to local restaurants. 2nd place hauls in $50. So get your picks in, then stand by and get slaughtered. My 95th place finish last year was a mirage. I went with my heart instead of my brain. This year I’ve crunched the numbers and studied the game film, and am guaranteeing a first place finish.  Eat ‘em and smile.

Great interview with a Blue Jay blogger about Roy Halladay.

I’ve still got a few baseball trivia questions that have gone unanswered.

Jay Wright approves expanding the NCAA field. BMT doesn’t.

Cole Hamels is looking great this spring. 

A lively debate in the comments section about how the Phils handled the Chan Ho Park situation. 

Baseball season is here, folks. Follow the best Phillies blog in Philadelphia!

Want to take a moment to acknowledge a feather in the cap for our sports site. iSportacus.com was named “Best Phillies Coverage” by the Philadelphia Weekly. In a city whose baseball blogs include Phillies Nation, Beerleaguer, and We Should Be GMs, this is a pretty big honor and, quite frankly, a pretty big upset. Nonetheless, we are flattered. BMT and I have put a lot of effort into the site and it’s nice to know that a few people are noticing. Not a whole lot of baseball on the site now, but I can assure you we are both anxiously awaiting opening day and will stop caring about curling and Eddie Jordan as soon as the first pitch is thrown. And don’t worry, PW, I’m going to let your choice of Irish John as Best Quizmaster slide in the merriment of the moment.

With a hockey team that is on hiatus and a basketball team that is simply awful, we have been focused on the Winter Olympics. I think we’ve got some pretty good, original coverage.

How curling is a lot like World War Two.

BMT rants against the IOC for making goalies take messages off their masks.

My buddy Duff (the same one who used to host quizzo at the Rendezvous) is now living in Vancouver, and giving us a birds eye view of what’s going on in the city these days.

The NBA is in desperate need of more thugs.

Can a Whites-Only Basketball League Work? Yes (Sort of).

I make the case for why Donovan should no longer be an Eagle. 

BMT makes Donovan’s case for the Hall of Fame. 

And if you haven’t played the Tiger Woods Stop that Bimbo Game, I highly recommend it.

If you’re an Eagles fan, you should join the discussion over on isportacus. And if you hate Mcnabb, perhaps you’d enjoy Donovansfault.com.

In a shocking move, 76ers sign gangster rapper Jewelz.

Why the signing of Iverson is bad for the city.

Why the signing of Iverson is good for the city.

Iverson and Johnny Goodtimes: Reunited, and it feels so good.