The Debut of The Rundown

We are back on the Sports Minds blog and here's a new feature, The Rundown. The Rundown gives you the top stories to follow for the day or games to watch tonight.

• The Fallout from the upset of the year in College Hoops: TCU over #5 Kansas
• Recapping National Signing Day: Tide consensus #1 class, Ole Miss nabs #1 recuit Knemdiche
• Gregg Williams reinstated to NFL, signs as Titans assistant
• King Felix and Seattle Mariners agree to $175 million contract
• Reigning MVP Peterson played second half of the season with sports hernia, has repair surgery
• Kobe, Lakers face KG and the Celtics in a renewal of one of the NBA's greatest rivalries in Boston
• Clippers get Paul and Griffin back for tomorrow's game, as well as the season debut for Billups

Keep a close eye on these stories and games and follow late-breaking developments on my Twitter page.

Several Projects On Deck for MOSM blog...

Many of you may have been wondering why we have been off the blog the last couple of weeks. Here's a couple reasons:

• Both Matt and Jack have been battling illness (we're ok :) )
• Matt dealing with Midterms

And the most important reason we've been off is to focus on bringing you the best content and opinion on the blogosphere. With that being said, here's some of the things we are working on over the next 6 months...

• Complete WrestleMania 28, Extreme Rules, Over The Limit, Money In The Bank, No Way Out and SummerSlam coverage
• Coverage of Opening Day for the Atlanta Braves (and the other 161 games too)
• Capability to Live Blog
• Several YouTube Original Series
• Interviews with on the rise athletes in Georgia
• Hawks coverage including the playoffs
• and Much More!

So stay tuned here for more details, including what our YouTube address will be. But until then,

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Oh, that reminds me, one of those things we might be working on (if things fall into place), will be M! True Piedmont Story (and yes, it's a Z! True Long Island Story parody)!

Now...

(always wanted to do that!)

The Jack Attack's 10 Favorite Sports Themes That NEED To Return

I'm back with another "Top 10" countdown, this time I rank 10 iconic sports themes that need to return to the airwaves.

10. NFL on NBC (Used Super Bowl XXVIII and 1994 season)

**It's a shame they decided to replace this theme. It was great, point blank.**

9. NASCAR on CBS (Used 1995-1997 (Winston Cup) and 1998 (Busch Series))

**Just recently found this, but it screams this era of NASCAR.**

8. NBA on TNT 

**I am a HUGE fan of the current theme, but this one should definitely be used for "Inside The NBA"**

7. MLB on FOX  (Used 1998-2010)

I have no idea why FOX thought it was a good idea to use the NFL theme for ALL of their telecasts...

6. NFL on CBS (Used 1992-1993)

**Love the new theme too, just would like to see this anywhere.**

5. NASCAR on NBC/TNT (Used 2001-2003 and 2004 Daytona 500)

**NBC just needs to come back to NASCAR. Point Blank. I loved this theme so much, here's two instances of it for you. The 2001 Pepsi 400 at Daytona and the 2001 Chevy Monte Carlo 400 with the Looney Tunes from Richmond.**

4. NCAA Basketball on CBS (used 1993-2003)

**I don't like the remix. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.**

3. College Football on ABC (used 1998-2005)

**This was a casualty of the greatest sports tragedy in sports TV. The dissolving of ABC Sports and the creation of ESPN on ABC.**

2. NASCAR on FOX (Used 2001-2007)

**Once again, who told these guys their NFL intro would work for everything?!**

1.NBA on NBC  (Used 1989-2002)

**Comcast...If you are smart, get the NBA contract from ESPN/ABC**

Disagree? Let me know how ya feel!

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The 10 Best Sports Play-by-Play Commentators According to The Sports Minds (Part 2)

They are the voices of sports we hear every day. Here are the Top 10 according to Jack Patterson...


10 (tie). Mike Joy and Allen Bestwick
Claim to Fame:
Joy: Play-by-Play for NASCAR on FOX and SPEED
Bestwick: Play-by-Play for NASCAR (Sprint Cup) on ESPN, ESPN 2 and ABC

9. Dan Shulman
Claim to Fame: NBA, College Sports for ESPN

8. Verne Lundqvist
Claim to Fame: SEC Football, College Basketball, Golf and Tennis on CBS

7. Marv Albert
Claim to Fame: NBA on TNT and NFL on CBS

6. Joe Tessitore

Claim to Fame: College Football and Friday Night Fights on ESPN

5. Ian Darke

Claim to Fame: Premier League, Men's and Women's World Cup for ESPN

4. Mike "Doc" Emrick

Claim to Fame: Play-by-Play for the New Jersey Devils, Winter Olympics on NBC and the NHL on NBC and NBC Sports Network

3. Mike Tirico

Claim to Fame: Monday Night Football, NBA, College Sports among others for ESPN

2. Kevin Harlan
Claim to Fame: NBA on TNT, Monday Night Football on Westwood One Radio, College Basketball and NFL on CBS

1. Gus Johnson
Claim to Fame: College Football and NFL on FOX, College Basketball on Big Ten Network, remembered for his time at CBS

The 10 Best Sports Play-by-Play Commentators According to The Sports Minds (Part 1)

They are the voice of the sports we hear everyday. These are the 10 best according to Matt Brown...

10. Brad Nessler
Claim to Fame: Thursday Night Football on NFL Network and College Sports on ESPN

9. Darrell Waltrip

Claim to Fame: NASCAR Winston Cup Champion, Lap-by-Lap Analyst for NASCAR on FOX and SPEED

8. Verne Lundqvist
Claim to Fame: SEC Football, College Basketball, Golf and Tennis on CBS

7. Dick Vitale

Claim to Fame: College Basketball on ESPN

6. Mike "Doc" Emrick

Claim to Fame: Play-by-Play for the New Jersey Devils, Winter Olympics on NBC and the NHL on NBC and NBC Sports Network

5. Wes Durham

Claim to Fame: Voice of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Atlanta Falcons on radio

4. Chip Caray

Claim to Fame: Play-by-Play for the Atlanta Braves on SportSouth and FOX Sports South

3. Mike Tirico

Claim to Fame: Monday Night Football, NBA, College Sports among others for ESPN

2. Jon Gruden

Claim to Fame: Super Bowl winning Coach, Monday Night Football analyst

1. Gus Johnson

Claim to Fame: College Football and NFL on FOX, College Basketball on Big Ten Network, remembered for his time at CBS

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Recapping a Major Day in Sports

Oh, where, oh, where do I begin with this insanity that was Sunday, January 30th, 2012...


I guess we start at the beginning of the day with a tennis match that looked like it may turn into a "last man standing" match...

Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in a 5 set thriller to win the Australian Open. That match lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes, longest Grand Slam final in history. Being a former tennis player, 2 hours was my longest match in my career and I nearly passed out of fatigue. That performance was completely unreal.

                                                                                                                                                             

Back to the mainland, and for the first time this year, to the racetrack. The unofficial start to Daytona Speedweeks is the Rolex 24- a 24 hour endurance race around the famed 3.56 mile road course that encompasses parts of the traditional 2.5 mile NASCAR circuit. This year's running had so much more meaning, it was the 50th running of the race. And wouldn't you know it, we would have a owner getting an elusive first win and two drivers who get career-defining wins...

Needless to say, Mike Shank, AJ Allmendinger and Justin Wilson were extremely emotional...the great thing is that the other two drivers, Oswaldo Negri, Jr. and John Pew (two extremely accomplished road racers in their own right) were just as emotional. That's the beauty of sport, my friends.

                                                                                                                                                                

Down 1-95 from Daytona to Miami, where a battle between the Chicago Bulls and the NWO (4 LIFE!)  Miami Heat came down to the wire...

Miami would win 97-93 and LeBron sent in demo to be on the next SportsNation "Dunkface" segment, courtesy of John Lucas.

                                                                                                                                                                        

From South Beach to North of the Border, we head to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for the 2012 NHL All-Star Game or Match des Étoiles de la LNH for our French speaking fans. But it was a New Yorker spoiling any chance that the team led by the Senators' Daniel Alfredsson of winning...

NY Ranger Marian Gaborik had a Hat Trick (2 goals was on his own teammate, Henrik Lundqvist) and was the difference, as his team, led by the Bruins' Zdeno Chara won the All-Star game 12-9. Gaborik was named MVP and won a car.

                                                                                                                                                                     

Now, from Canada, we go to way sunnier and warmer Hawai'i for the NFL Pro Bowl. And if the Bengals want another wideout for Andy Dalton, they might wanna look towards Miami...

The AFC beat the NFC 59-41 in the typical "no one actually gives a damn about this game" score. Brandon Marshall nearly had 200 yards was named MVP.

                                                                                                                                                                   

From Hawai'i to the "Gateway to the West" as the WWE stopped in St. Louis for the 25th Annual Royal Rumble as we start the Road to WrestleMania 28. In the final two in the Royal Rumble Match, it was the Living Legend vs. the Rising Star...

The "Celtic Warrior" Sheamus eliminates Chris Jericho to win his first Royal Rumble and will be heading to Miami for WrestleMania. But who will he face? Matt and I will have predictions of who that might be, a complete recap of the Rumble and a look ahead on the way to Elimination Chamber, later today on "The Slam Diary: Rewinding the 25th Annual Royal Rumble."

                                                                                                                                                                           

And closing out this phenomenal Sunday was the final day of Winter X Games from Aspen, Colorado. Needless to say, these two clips are certifiably insane...

How in god's name do you jump snowmobiles over 70 foot ramps, I'll never know. How in the hell Heath Frisby did a frontflip- I repeat- a frontflip with a 450 lb. snowmobile, I don't wanna know. But I sure like to watch!

And just when you thought that Winter X had hit the holy grail twice in the same event, they did it again later that night. And wouldn't you know, it was the "Flying Tomato" delivering the theatrics...

In a thrilling showdown for the Gold in Slopestyle, Shaun White dropped the first ever perfect run in the history of Winter X, clinching his 5th straight Gold medal in the event.

                                                                                                                                                                          

It was a hell of a sports day, top to bottom. It's why we love sports. 

Remember: Catch "The Slam Diary: Rewinding the 25th Annual Royal Rumble" later today and our 1st "Sounds of the Squared Circle" Music Countdown later this week!

Until then,

-JP