<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261591078662579542</id><updated>2011-06-08T01:37:37.577-05:00</updated><category term='Stephen A. Smith'/><category term='Peter King'/><category term='Tarheels'/><category term='ACC referees'/><category term='Carolina Panthers'/><category term='free throws'/><category term='UNC'/><category term='blowhards'/><category term='NFL MVP'/><category term='shaved gouda'/><category term='Clemson'/><category term='Tigers'/><category term='ESPN announcers'/><category term='snow job'/><category term='DeAngelo Williams'/><title type='text'>158point3.com</title><subtitle type='html'>Dedicated to the pursuit of perfection...especially because it doesn't make any sense.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Nuke LaLoosh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518317992085467540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261591078662579542.post-3291957344084772484</id><published>2008-12-29T13:27:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T14:32:39.562-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peter King'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeAngelo Williams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Carolina Panthers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NFL MVP'/><title type='text'>The inconsistencies of Peter King's MVP voting</title><summary type='text'>Peter King stole my lunch hour, and I’ll never have it back. Because while I should have been leisurely surfing the web for a sandwich break from my otherwise hectic work day, I felt compelled to write for the first time in months.A significant portion of King's Monday Morning Quarterback column today is dedicated to his thoughts on the NFL MVP voting. King has decided to cast his vote for Peyton</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/feeds/3291957344084772484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7261591078662579542&amp;postID=3291957344084772484' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/3291957344084772484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/3291957344084772484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/2008/12/inconsistencies-of-peter-kings-mvp.html' title='The inconsistencies of Peter King&apos;s MVP voting'/><author><name>Nuke LaLoosh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518317992085467540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261591078662579542.post-2228127411659274544</id><published>2008-06-04T20:32:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T20:37:22.730-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hold Your Horses, Jayson Stark! (or, "Why John Smoltz Shouldn't Make His Cooperstown Plans Just Yet")</title><summary type='text'>Around the Web today, baseball writers hailed the induction of the newest member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, John Smoltz. If his career is indeed over as a result of season-ending shoulder surgery at age 41, then the game has lost a respected member of its club. But is John Smoltz really the first-ballot, shoo-in Hall-of-Famer that the mainstream media is making him out to be?If you think the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/feeds/2228127411659274544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7261591078662579542&amp;postID=2228127411659274544' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/2228127411659274544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/2228127411659274544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/2008/06/hold-your-horses-jason-stark-or-why.html' title='Hold Your Horses, Jayson Stark! (or, &quot;Why John Smoltz Shouldn&apos;t Make His Cooperstown Plans Just Yet&quot;)'/><author><name>Nuke LaLoosh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518317992085467540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261591078662579542.post-4667253112086158278</id><published>2008-02-11T10:58:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-11T11:31:25.338-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tarheels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ACC referees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UNC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tigers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free throws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='snow job'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clemson'/><title type='text'>Don't call it a choke job...</title><summary type='text'>It would be easy to say that Clemson choked last night in Chapel Hill. Up as many as 15 points in the second half, and up by nine points with exactly three minutes remaining, the Tigers lost 103-93 in double overtime. As a result, infamy was achieved - Clemson has now lost 53 straight times in Chapel Hill, an NCAA record for consecutive losses on an opponent's home court.Yes, it would be easy to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/feeds/4667253112086158278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7261591078662579542&amp;postID=4667253112086158278' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/4667253112086158278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/4667253112086158278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/2008/02/dont-call-it-choke-job.html' title='Don&apos;t call it a choke job...'/><author><name>Nuke LaLoosh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518317992085467540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_Wsy6B4O2rP4/R7B1qt5sftI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ocuFoCRYCWs/s72-c/Foul.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261591078662579542.post-8803291874916762004</id><published>2008-02-08T10:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T11:13:28.601-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Greatest Ever....</title><summary type='text'>None of us have written in a long time. A very, very long time. But now that I'm involved in a fantasy baseball league here on the Interwebs, it's time to kick the tires and get this thing going again.I'm pretty sure this fantasy league is going to be the Best Fantasy Baseball League Ever. And that made me think of something I wrote on the old website back on January 19, 2006. So I'm going to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/feeds/8803291874916762004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7261591078662579542&amp;postID=8803291874916762004' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/8803291874916762004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/8803291874916762004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/2008/02/greatest-ever.html' title='The Greatest Ever....'/><author><name>Nuke LaLoosh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518317992085467540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261591078662579542.post-7839197203778268455</id><published>2007-07-02T10:52:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-03T10:05:32.334-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blowhards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ESPN announcers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shaved gouda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stephen A. Smith'/><title type='text'>(REPOST) An open letter to Stephen A. Smith</title><summary type='text'>In light of the hit that Bernie Bickerstaff has reportedly placed on the head of Stephen A. Smith, I dug up this old post from the old website.(Originally posted on the old website, 6/18/04)Updated, July 3: Thanks to Burke Brockbank for passing along this must-see Stephen A. video tribute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvJGghOuFlQ------------------------------------------------------------------</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/feeds/7839197203778268455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7261591078662579542&amp;postID=7839197203778268455' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/7839197203778268455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/7839197203778268455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/2007/07/repost-open-letter-to-stephen-smith.html' title='(REPOST) An open letter to Stephen A. Smith'/><author><name>Nuke LaLoosh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518317992085467540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261591078662579542.post-5453176117609585546</id><published>2007-06-28T13:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-28T14:39:14.647-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Como Esta Bitches</title><summary type='text'>A vacation to the Mediterrean shores of Spain is experienced by two separate and unequally important groups: tourists from Eastern Europe and me. These are my stories.We made it to Barcelona.  Spent the morning at the pool since we couldn't check in until 3.  Saw a lot of European butt crack (male and female).  People here wear very short shorts (male and female) and have a decent amount of body </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/feeds/5453176117609585546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7261591078662579542&amp;postID=5453176117609585546' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/5453176117609585546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/5453176117609585546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/2007/06/arrival-time.html' title='Como Esta Bitches'/><author><name>Jon Show</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261591078662579542.post-7060586814322052969</id><published>2007-06-28T10:40:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-28T13:38:06.774-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Bobcats Draft Dilemma</title><summary type='text'>In the last week or so, journalists covering the NBA draft have started making jokes about the possibility of the Charlotte Bobcats drafting Tarheel forward Brandan Wright with their first round pick (#8 overall) in the NBA draft.  Such a selection would be an extension of the much-discussed Bobcat connection to the University of North Carolina, and might further alienate Bobcats fans who seem to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/feeds/7060586814322052969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7261591078662579542&amp;postID=7060586814322052969' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/7060586814322052969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/7060586814322052969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/2007/06/bobcats-draft-dilemma.html' title='The Bobcats Draft Dilemma'/><author><name>Nuke LaLoosh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518317992085467540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261591078662579542.post-4345181436849333174</id><published>2007-06-13T14:40:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-13T14:43:12.963-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to the NEW 158point3.  Kind of.</title><summary type='text'>I'll leave it up to those more eloquent than me to write a more formal introduction to this new blog of ours, but we used to be somewhere else, and now we're here.  Eventually, I hope we move all the old posts over here and archive them.  But this is where we'll be writing going forward.  More frequently than once a month (like we used to do) because magazine-style reading is so Commodore 64.  So</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/feeds/4345181436849333174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7261591078662579542&amp;postID=4345181436849333174' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/4345181436849333174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7261591078662579542/posts/default/4345181436849333174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://158point3.blogspot.com/2007/06/welcome-to-new-158point3-kind-of.html' title='Welcome to the NEW 158point3.  Kind of.'/><author><name>Nuke LaLoosh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518317992085467540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
