Athletes of the Year: 2005-09

2000-04 is

These are the athletes of the year for 2005-09

2005

Athlete of the Year: Reggie Bush
January: Matt Leinart (Corey Dillon, Jeremiah Trotter, Marat Safin)
February: Rodney Harrison (Allen Iverson, Jeff Gordon, David Toms)
March: Sean May (Tiger Woods, Andrew Bogut, Deron Williams)
April: Tiger Woods (Johan Santana, Brian Roberts, Tracey McGrady)
May: Brian Roberts (Ray Allen, Dontrelle Willis, Bobby Abreu)
June: Annika Sorenstam (Asafa Powell, Tim Duncan, Floyd Mayweather)
July: Lance Armstrong (Venus Williams, Bobby Abreu, Jermaine Taylor)
August: Felix Hernandez (Jason Giambi, Phil Mickelson, Vlad Guerrero)
September: Roger Federer (Donovan McNabb, David Ortiz, Jimmy Rollins)
October: Jermaine Dye (Reggie Sanders, Reggie Bush, Roy Oswalt)
November: Reggie Bush (Ladanian Tomlinson, Vince Young, Jermaine Taylor)
December: Peyton Manning, Allen Iverson, Elton Brand, Shaun Alexander)

2006

Athlete of the Year: Roger Federer
January -Vince Young (Kobe Bryant, Ben Roethlisberger, Roger Federer)
February - JJ Redick (Willie Parker, Shaun White, Adam Morrison)
March - Joakim Noah (Jaromir Jagr, Gerry McNamara, Tyrus Thomas)
April - Albert Pujols (Phil Mickelson, Chris Shelton, Lebron James)
May - Dirk Nowitzki (Oscar de la Hoya, Justin Gatlin, Dwyane Wade)
June - Dwyane Wade (Rafael Nadal, Bernard Hopkins, Zinedine Zidane)
July - Roger Federer (Fabio Cannavaro, Tiger Woods, Floyd Landis)
August - Tiger Woods (Chase Utley, Miguel Cabrera, Asafa Powell)
September - Maria Sharapova (Ryan Howard, Johan Santana Troy Smith)
October - Chris Carpenter (Marco Scutaro, Adrian Peterson, Jeff Suppan)
November - Ladanian Tomlinson (Chad Johnson, Troy Smith, Dwayne Jarrett)
December - Drew Brees (Reggie Bush, Greg Oden, Colt Brennan)

2007

Athlete of the Year: Tom Brady
January: Roger Federer (Chris Leak, Deuce McAlister, Peyton Manning)
February: Bob Sanders (Dwight Howard, Kevin Harvick, Dirk Nowitzki)
March: Michael Phelps (LeBron James, Sidney Crosby, Kobe Bryant)
April: Alex Rodriguez (Al Horford, Zach Johnson, Barry Bonds)
May: Floyd Mayweather (Baron Davis, Tim Duncan, Quinton Jackson)
June: Tim Duncan (LeBron James, Rafael Nadal, Magglio Ordonez)
July: Venus Williams (Bernard Hopkins, Roger Federer, Tony Stewart)
August: Barry Bonds (Tiger Woods, Brandon Webb, Tyson Gay)
September: Tom Brady (Clay Bucholtz, Justine Henin, Andre Woodson)
October: Josh Beckett (Mike Hart, Manny Ramirez, Adrian Peterson)
November: Randy Moss (Adrian Peterson, Tim Tebow, Darren McFadden)
December: Chris Johnson (Terrell Owens, Floyd Mayweather, Dwight Howard)

2008

Athlete of the Year: Usain Bolt

January - Tom Brady (Ray Rice, Plaxico Burress, Maria Sharapova)
February - Justin Tuck (LeBron James, Ryan Newman, Vladimir Klitschko)
March - Chris Paul (LeBron James, Tracy McGrady, Stephen Curry)
April - Chase Utley (Mario Chalmers, Trevor Immelman, Tim Duncan)
May - Lance Berkman (Chris Paul, Cliff Lee, Jon Lester)
June - Tiger Woods (Rafael Nadal, Paul Pierce, Steve Detweiler)
July - Rafael Nadal (Venus Williams, Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio Margarito)
August - Usain Bolt (Brad Ziegler, Michael Phelps, Albert Pujols)
September - CC Sabathia (Michael Turner, Brandon Marshall, Ronnie Brown)
October - Cole Hamels (Chase Daniel, Colt McCoy, Manny Ramirez)
November - Brock Lesnar (Graham Harrell, Sam Bradford, Blake Griffin)
December - Michael Turner (Manny Pacquiao, Joe Thornton, Peyton Manning)

2009

Athlete of the Year: Manny Pacquiao

January - Larry Fitzgerald (

February - Santonio Holmes(

March-Maya Moore(

April LeBron James(

May-Lionel Messi(

June-Roger Federer(

July-Mark Buehrle(Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Georges St. Pierre)

August-Usain Bolt(Cliff Lee, YE Yang, Albert Pujols)

September-Drew Brees(Jahvid Best, Floyd Mayweather, Jimmie Johnson)

October-Cliff Lee (Jared Allen, Andre Eithier, Alex Rodriguez)

November - Manny Pacquiao (Chase Utley, Hideki Matsui, Steve Nash)

December - Ndamukong Suh (Mark Ingram, John Wall, Brandon Marshall)

Top 10 Television Shows October-December 2016

July-September is here.

I do this quarterly, top ten tv shows.  Giving me a yearly list of 40 I'll pair to 20 for the year end rankings.

1. Please Like Me (AU)
2. High Maintenance (HBO)
3. Billy on the Street (Tru)
4. Last Man on Earth (Fox)
5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
6. Transparent (Amazon)
7. Better Things (FX)
8. Black Mirror (Netflix)
9. Survivor (CBS)
10. Superstore (NBC)


With Pivot's going under, Please Like Me no longer has American distribution for its current season; that doesn't pose as much of a problem to access as one might think.  Spoiler alert - it's crushing. High Maintenance is delightful in every incarnation. some level of the hosannas thrown at Atlanta for its level of diversity should be kicked toward High Maintenance.  Billy on the Street is the funniest half hour on television virtually every episiode.  Last Man on Earth, generally uneven in season one, has really found its groove as the body count has started to rise.  Nine-Nine is a solidly crafted low stakes network sitcom with a letter perfect performance by Andre Braugher. Transparent had its softest season to date and maybe is overly ranked here - Better Things fits comfortably in that FX roster with Baskets and (well, maybe no longer) Louie.  Survivor Millennials v. Gen X was an upper tier season of what is still the best reality competition show on television.  Superstore's politics may become even more important under a Trump Administration.

2016 NFL Supercontest Week 15

I'm 33-35-2

Den +3.5 loss
Cin +3 loss
LA +16 loss
Jax +6 win
Carol +6.5 win

2-3
35-38-2

2016-17 College Bowl Picks

Picking every game of the college bowl season, most both straight and against the spread.

         
Dec 17 New Mexico Bowl: New Mexico over UTSA win 1-0
                                             UTSA +7.5 win 1-0
             Las Vegas Bowl:     Houston over SD St. loss 2-1
                                             SD St. +3.5 win 2-0
             Camellia Bowl:       Toledo over App. St. loss 2-2
                                             Toledo -1 loss 2-1
             Cure Bowl:              UCF over Ark St. loss 2-3
                                             UCF -5.5 loss 2-2
             New Orleans Bowl  SMiss over LaLa win 3-3
                                              La La +5 loss 2-3
             Celebration Bowl    Grambling over NC Central  win  2-0
Dec 19 Miami Beach Bowl  Tulsa over CMichigan win 4-3
                                              Central +12.5 loss 2-4
Dec 20 Boca Raton Bowl     WKy over Memphis win 5-3
                                               WKy -5 win 3-4
Dec 21 Poinsettia Bowl        BYU over Wyo win 6-3
                                              BYU -9 loss 3-5
Dec 22 Potato Bowl              Colo St. over Idaho loss 6-4
                                              Colo St. -13.5 loss 3-6
Dec 23 Bahamas Bowl         ODU over EMich win 7-4
                                              EMich +4 push
            Armed Forces Bowl: LaTech over Navy win 9-4
                                              Navy +4.5 win 5-6
            Dollar General Bowl: Troy over Ohio win 8-4
                                               Troy -4 win 4-6
Dec 24 Hawaii Bowl:            Mid Ten over Hawaii loss 8-5
Dec 26 St Petersburg Bowl   Miss St over Mia (Oh) win 9-5
                                               Mia +13 win 5-6
             Quick Lane Bowl     Mary over BC loss 9-6
                                               Mary -1 loss 5-7
             Independence Bowl  NC St over Vandy win 10-6
                                               NC St -4.5 win 6-7
Dec 27 Heart of Dallas Bowl Army over NTex win 11-6
                                                Army-10 loss 6-8
            Military Bowl            Temple over Wake loss 11-7
                                               Temple -13 6-9
            Holiday Bowl             Wash St over Minn loss 11-8
                                                Minn +9 win 7-9
            Cactus Bowl               Boise St over Baylor loss 11-9
                                                Bay +7.5 win 8-9
Dec 28 Pinstripe Bowl           Pitt over Northwestern loss 11-10
                                               Nwestern +5.5 win  9-9
             Russell Athletic Bowl Miami over WVA win 12-10
                                                  Miami -3 win 10-9
             Foster Farms Bowl    Utah over Indiana win 13-10
                                                Indiana +7.5 win 11-9
             Texas Bowl                A&M over KSt loss 13-11
                                                A&M -2 loss 11-10
Dec 29 Birmingham Bowl      SFla over SCarol  win 14-11
                                                SFla -10.5 loss 11-11
            Belk Bowl                   Va Tech over Ark win 15-11
                                                 Va Tech -7 win 12-11
            Alamo Bowl                Colorado over Ok St loss 15-12
                                                 Colorado -3 Ok St loss 12-12
Dec 30 Liberty Bowl               TCU over Geo loss 15-13
                                                 TCU +1 loss 12-13
            Sun Bowl                     Stanford over UNC win 16-13
                                                 UNC +3.5 win 13-13
            Music City Bowl         Tenn over Neb win 17-13
                                                 Neb +3 loss 13-14
            Arizona Bowl              Air Force over SAla win 18-13
                                                SAla +13 loss 13-15
            Orange Bowl               Mich over Fla St loss 18-14
                                                Mich -7 loss 13-16
Dec 31 Peach                          Alabama over Wash win 19-14
                                                Wash +15 loss 13-17
            Fiesta                          Ohio St over Clem loss 19-15
                                                Clem +3.5 win 14-17
            Tax Slayer                   Geo Tech over UK win 20-15
                                                Geo Tech -3 win 15-17
            Citrus                          Louisville over LSU loss 20-16
                                                Louis +3.5 loss 15-18
Jan 2   Cotton Bowl                Wisc over WMich win 21-16
                                                WMich +7.5 loss 15-19
           Outback Bowl              Florida over Iowa win 22-16
                                                Florida -2.5 win 16-19
           Sugar Bowl                  Oklahoma over Aub win 23-16
                                                Aub +3.5 loss 16-20
           Rose Bowl                    USC over Penn St win 24-16
                                                USC -6.5 loss 16-21
National Title                          Alabama over Clemson
                                                Alabama -6.5                  



         

                                                       
          

Athletes of the Year 2000-04

1995-99 is

Athletes of the Year for 2000-04 are here.

2000

Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods
Jan - Kurt Warner (Peter Warrick, Steve McNair, Torry Holt)
Feb - Andre Agassi (Pavel Bure, Shaquille O'Neal, Vince Carter)
Mar - Mateen Cleaves (Kenyon Martin, Alonzo Mourning, Marcus Fizer)
Apr - Vlad Guerrero (Vijay Singh, Randy Johnson, Lennox Lewis)
May - Shaquille O'Neal (Andres Galarraga, Pedro Martinez, Patrick Ewing)
June - Tiger Woods (Reggie Miller, Mary Pierce, Martin Brodeur)
July - Lance Armstrong (Pete Sampras, Tiger Woods, Mike Piazza)
Aug - Carlos Delgado (Will Clark, Tiger Woods, Karrie Webb)
Sept - Marion Jones (Venus Williams, Barry Bonds, Ian Thorpe)
Oct - Derek Jeter (Jim Edmonds, Edgardo Alfonzo, Mariano Rivera)
Nov - Ladainian Tomlinson (Shane Mosley, Lennox Lewis, Allen Iverson)
Dec - Marshall Faulk (Terrell Owens, Ray Lewis, Rich Gannon)

2001

Athlete of the Year - Barry Bonds

January - Ray Lewis (Josh Heupel, Kerry Collins, Jennifer Capriati)

February - Allen Iverson (Chris Webber, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan)

March - Shane Battier (Shane Moseley, Jason Williams, Jason Gardner)

April - Tiger Woods (Hideo Nomo, Barry Bonds, Hasim Rachman)

May - Barry Bonds (Shaquille O'Neal, Randy Johnson, Kobe Bryant)

June - Shaquille O'Neal (Jennifer Capriati, Patrick Roy, Karrie Webb)

July - Lance Armstrong (Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Goran Ivanisevic, Cal Ripken)

August - Sammy Sosa (Greg Maddux, Danny Almonte, Roger Clemens)

Spetember - Bernard Hopkins (Venus Williams, Barry Bonds, David Carr)

October - Curt Schilling (Rickey Henderson, Randy Johnson, Mike Brown)

November - Jeff Garcia (Marshall Faulk, Jerry Rice, Ken Dorsey)

December - Tim Duncan (Ahman Green, Brian Urlacher, Jason Williams)

2002

Athlete of the Year: Barry Bonds

January - Vernon Forrest (Ken Dorsey, Jerry Rice, Donovan McNabb)
February - Adam Vinatieri (Kobe Bryant, Sarah Hughes, Joe Sakic)
March - Sue Bird (Drew Gooden, Luke Recker, Cael Sanderson)
April - Randy Johnson (Barry Bonds, Tiger Woods, Paul Pierce)
May - Jason Kidd (Mike Cameron, Patrick Roy, Shawn Green)
June - Shaquille O'Neal (Lennox Lewis, Luis Castillo, Ronaldo)
July - Lance Armstrong (Serena Williams, Jeff Kent, Ernie Els)
August - Alex Rodriguez (John Smoltz, Rich Beem, Barry Bonds)
September - Serena Williams (Miguel Tejada, Oscar de la Hoya, Charlie Rogers)
October - Barry Bonds (Russ Ortiz, Emmitt Smith, Troy Glaus)
November - Carson Palmer (Brett Favre, Larry Johnson, Michael Vick)
December - Rich Gannon (Priest Holmes, Marvin Harrison, Mario Lemieux)

2003

Athlete of the Year: Lance Armstrong

January: Warren Sapp (Kellen Winslow, Rich Gannon, Serena Williams)
February: Kobe Bryant (Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan)
March: Roy Jones (Keith Bogans, TJ Ford, Dwyane Wade)
April: Carmello Anthony (Diana Taurasi, Jean Sebastien Giguere, Tracy McGrady)
May: Tim Duncan (Jason Kidd, Annika Sorenstam, Kenny Perry)
June: Annika Sorenstam (Arturo Gatti, Martin Brodeur, Albert Pujols)
July: Lance Armstrong (Serena Williams, Barry Bonds, Bill Mueller)
August: Albert Pujols (Dontrelle Willis, Gary Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez)
September: Shane Mosley (Andy Roddick, Jamal Lewis, Michael Schumacher)
October: Josh Beckett (Ivan Rodriguez, Dante Hall, Mariano Rivera)
November: Jason White (Larry Fitzgerald, Mike Williams, Ray Lewis)
December: Jamal Lewis (Ben Roethlisberger, Peyton Manning, Priest Holmes)

2004

Athlete of the Year: Peyton Manning

January - Matt Leinart (Brian Boucher, Ty Law, Deion Branch)
February - Kevin Garnett (Jameer Nelson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kobe Bryant)
March - Diana Taurasi (Chris Webber, Tracy McGrady, Emeka Okafor)
April - Phil Mickelson (Barry Bonds, Tim Duncan, Roger Clemens)
May - Antonio Tarver (Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Randy Johnson)
June - Rip Hamilton (Vlad Guerrero, Martin St. Louis, Maria Sharapova)
July - Lance Armstrong (Roger Federer, Alfonso Soriano, Todd Hamilton)
August - Michael Phelps (Hicham el Guerrouj, Vijay Singh, Carly Patterson)
September - Roger Federer (Ichiro Suzuki, Bernard Hopkins, Vlad Guerrero)
October - David Ortiz (Adrian Peterson, Carlos Beltran, Manny Ramirez)
November - Peyton Manning (David Greene, Kyle Orton, Matt Leinart)
December - LeBron James (Reggie Bush, Tracy McGrady, Jerome Bettis)