Your Thanksgiving Day TV Schedule

It's perhaps the greatest day of the year.  Football, Food, Family.  Here is what you'll (I'll) be watching this Thursday.

9am-Noon: MACY'S DAY PARADE
Look for my favorites: Woody the Woodpecker and Spider-man.  Also Cam Neely and Mike Ritcher will be on a float promoting the next day's Bruins-Rangers game.

12-2pm: THE NATIONAL DOG SHOW
You can watch 30 mins uninterrupted of this bad boy before switching back and forth with what's next.  But who doesn't love a dog show?  Give me the Working Class every time.

12:30pm: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
Big NFC North match up here, but an even bigger fantasy football game.  Calvin Johnson, Reggie Bush, Matt Stafford, Eddie Lacy, Jordy Nelson, Jarrett Boytkin, and Matt Flynn?

4:30pm: Oakland Raiders @ Dallas Cowboys
Not the best game, but it's still football.  Maybe eat during some of this one.

8:30pm: Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Ravens
Two disappointing teams go at it with playoff chances really on the line.  The winner is guaranteed anything but the loser is probably done.

9:30: Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular
I'm no Lady Gaga fan, not even close.  But as you know, I'm in on anything Muppets.  Pair them with Stalin and I'm watching.  Hopefully it's not too much Gaga and friends. 


HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE SPORTS BRIEF!

The New Muppets Movie Trailer

I'm in. Anything Muppets and I am in. See you there, Muppets Most Wanted on March 21

Best Pro Prospects By Class

The Rich Keefe Project's Top 5 NBA Prospects by class, and I'll even throw in a bonus "International" group.  Here we go.

FRESHMEN:
1. Jabari Parker, Duke
2. Julius Randle, Kentucky
3. Andrew Wiggins, Kansas
4. James Young, Kentucky
5. Wayne Selden, Kansas

SOPHOMORE:
1. Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
2. Gary Harris, Michigan State
3. Rodney Hood, Duke
4. Glenn Robinson III, Michigan
5. Perry Ellis, Kansas

JUNIOR:
1. James Michael McAdoo, North Carolina
2. Jordan Clarkson, Missouri
3. Roscoe Smith, UNLV
4. Bryce Dejean-Jones, UNLV
5. LeBryan Nash, Oklahoma State

SENIOR:
1. Doug McDermott, Creighton
2. Adreian Payne, Michigan State
3. C.J. Fair, Syracuse
4. Keith Appling, Michigan State
5. Cory Jefferson, Baylor

INTERNATIONAL:
1. Dante Exum, Australia
2. Dario Saric, Croatia
3. Ondrej Balvin, Czech Republic
4. Bogdan Bogdanovic, Serbia
5. Alessandro Gentile, Italy

Sports References in Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP 2

• Tom Brady
• Patriots
• Broncos 
• Saints 
• Russell Wilson
• 0-16 Lions
• Brian Dawkins
• Brian Baldinger
• Ndamukong Suh
• Giants
• Falcons
• Miami Dolphins
• Sugar Ray Leonard
• LaDainian Tomlinson
• Dale Earnhardt 
• Danica Patrick
• Freddie Roach
• Mayweather
• Pacquaio
• Dikembe Mutombo
• Sugar Ray Robinson
• Ali

I'm sure there are more that I missed.  And yes this is a very dorky post. 

The Rich Keefe Project's Lottery Big Board

It's early in the college basketball season, but this is how my Top 14 looks right now.  (No clue on the international guys, so no Exum or Saric here.)

1. Jabari Parker, SF, Duke, Freshmen
2. Julius Randle, PF, Kentucky, Freshmen
3. Andrew Wiggins, SF, Kansas, Freshmen
4. Marcus Smart, PG, Oklahoma State, Sophomore
5. James Young, SG, Kentucky, Freshmen
6. Gary Harris, SG, Michigan State, Sophomore
7. Wayne Selden, SG, Kansas, Freshmen
8. Aaron Gordon, F, Arizona, Freshmen
9. Noah Vonleh, F, Indiana, Freshmen
10. Joel Embiid, C, Kansas, Freshmen
11. Glen Robinson III, SF, Michigan, Sophomore
12. Andrew Harrison, G, Kentucky, Freshmen
13. James Michael McAdoo, F, North Carolina, Junior
14. Rodney Hood, F, Duke, Sophomore

New Love Jam by Opey

Celtics Fans Guide to Watching the 2013-14 Season

Brought to you by The Rich Keefe Project. 

How should Celtics' fans handle this bizarre season?  Root for a loss every night? Hope they make the playoffs?  Here is a friendly guide on how to "enjoy" this season.

• Is Brad Stevens the coach for the future?  The former Butler coach signed at 6-year deal.  Does he have the respect of the players, do they play hard?
• The development of the young players, Avery Bradley, Jared Sullinger, Kelly Olynyk, Vitor Faverani, MarShon Brooks.  Which guys do you want to keep, who should be traded?
• Trade value of the vets: Gerald Wallace, Brandon Bass, Kris Humphries, Courtney Lee
• Is Jeff Green a Top 3 player on a title team?
• Competitive games, take the losses, but don't freak out with the wins... especially if it includes sticking it to LeBron James and Ray Allen
• Scout the opponenets.  Who might be the next Garnett/Allen?  (Will the Blazers/T-Wolves be bad enough to trade Aldridge/Love?)
• Get in on college basketball!  Watch Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, Arizona, etc.  Learn Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle, Jabari Parker, Andrew Harrison, Joel Embiid, Aaron Gordon, and the like so you have a strong opinion come June's Draft.

There you have it.  Good luck this year.

Jeff Green's Game Winner

Like it or not this was awesome.  I don't care if you want the Celtics to go 0-82, the face LeBron James makes after Green's buzzer beater was more than worth it.  For those of you who missed this on a Saturday night...

Keefestradamas Picks

Every Friday on the Adam Jones Show, Jones makes 4 picks for the weekend in a little ditty called Jonestradamas. 

Well with me filling in we busted out Keefestradamas. Here are my picks for this weekend. 

Miami Heat -15.5 over Celtics

Alabama -13.5 over LSU

Phil Kessel WILL get a POINT vs. the Bruins

Dan Henderson over Vitor Belfort

There ya go. Fingers crossed. Only my sterling reputation on the line. No big deal. 

Keefe Hosting Friday and Monday Night

Rich Keefe will be hosting Friday and Monday night on 98.5 The Sports Hub. 

He will be on pre, halftime, and post Celtics-Magic on both nights. 

Current NBA Players From Butler Power Rankings

1. Gordon Hayward, Utah Jazz
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How Sincere Is This Mayor? How Poor Is His Tie Choice?

So apparently this Mayor of Toronto did crack.  He definitely wore an NFL tie to his apology press conference.  What the hell?  This is a direct slap in the face to the Argonauts and every self respecting Canadien.  Has to be his only tie right? 

Let's put it on you, you have a high ranking job, and have just been busted for smoking crack.  You need to get out in front of this, put people at ease.  Grab your favorite American sports tie with all the logos (including the old-school Buccaneers and the highly debated Redskins) and shoe horn your fat ass into a suit, fake cry and boom, you should be set.  P.R. 101. 

I still think a Maple Leafs tie would have been the way to go.  They go nuts for that team up there.  Good luck next term guy (do they do terms in Canada?)

Fantasy Brief

Week 9 is here. 

 "A lot goin on.  But there always is isn't there, a lot goin on."  -Ricky Slade, Made

Pick Ups:

Kenny Stills, WR, Saints (unless you drafted him like this guy.)

Mike Brown, WR, Jaguars

Saints D/ST

Alex Smith, QB, Chiefs

Terrelle Pryor, QB, Raiders

Percy Harvin, WR, Seahawks (if you're lucky enough to be in a league where everyone is clueless.)

Bounce back potential: Dwayne Bowe.  Bills give up a ton of WR points.  Bowe has been awful, roll the dice this week. 

Remember to tune in tomorrow:

Sports Hub Fantasy Football Show, Sundays 8-10am

Is Jigsaw The Most Recent Horror Villain Icon?

You got the Big 3 of Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, and Jason Voorhees. They've all been around for decades. Nearly 30 years for Freddy, longer for the other two.  

If you want to throw out Norman Bates, Hannibal Lector, Leatherface, the Candyman and even little Chucky I'd be all for it. These are legendary horror movie villains.  

Ghostface from Scream?  The symbol is sure, but it's always someone different.  

Not gonna give you the Leprechaun. Nope.   I could be talked into Pinhead. But still that is less than 10 and they have all been around for awhile.  

Speaking of awhile let's put Dracula and Frankenstein (or the Monster) in their own classic category.  

Who is the newest legend?  I don't think it's close. Jigsaw.  The Saw movies were real good, especially the early ones.  And Jigsaw belongs in this group.  Hall of Famer. 

Hope everyone had a great Halloween.  I'll chill out on the horror movie talk now.  

Horror Franchises

If you have to rank all of the horror movie franchises what would your Top 10 look like?  You have to consider all of the films in the series, including the remakes and reimaginings (I think that's what they call it).  So even if a movie like Halloween (1978) is the best how much does that Busta Rhymes one or the Rob Zombie sequel hurt it?  

Basically all horrors movies are part of franchises so it's all good.  I've been watching a bunch of horror movies this month so I wanted to throw out there the best series.  Did I already do this?  Probably. But here are the best franchises in order. 

1. Halloween

2. Scream

3. Saw

4. Evil Dead

5. Romero's Living Dead

6. A Nightmare on Elm St. 

7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

8. Silence of the Lambs

9. Friday the 13th

10. Final Destination