Site Redesign Coming

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 at 4:01 pm

The Deuce will be changing soon. No more dog poo background, its time for something new. We might even have ourselves a nifty logo at the top instead of the text we have now. Things are a changin.

We are going to try to keep the color scheme the same and we’re going to have 3 columns instead of the 2 we currently have in an effort to clean up the page a bit. Does anyone have any suggestions, comments, wishes, or hate they want to get off their chest before the redesign is complete? Leave a comment, let the Deuce know what’s on your mind.

Road to Over 40 wins BEGINS

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 at 2:10 pm

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The over/under on total wins for the Washington Wizards is 40 games. FOURTY GAMES?? You kidding me? How is a team that finished 42-40 in the 2005-06 season and 41-41 last season (with a TON of injuries) predicted to win less than 40 games? Gilbert, Caron and Antawn must be licking their chops if they know about this…and if I had access to an online gambling site I would be too. While we’re here, here is one homer’s look at the Wizards roster for the year. I dont see how this team doesnt win 41 games…maybe because its all offense and no defense, i dunno.

G. Arenas – Easily one of the top 5 scorers in the league
A. Blatche – Finally figuring it all out, very talented all around player
C. Butler – Easily one of the top 40 players in the league
A. Daniels – Quality veteran bench player
B. Haywood – Needs to produce more with Etan out
A. Jamison – Getting old, but just shoots more and more from outside
R. Mason - Young bench scoring, not much else
D. McGuire - Rookie unknown, could be an great defender
O. Pecherov - Essentially a rookie, can score and rebound off bench
D.Songaila – Experienced scorer, good size and outside shot
D. Stevenson – Experienced defender, can score when he gets the chance
E.Thomas – Done for the year with bad heart
N. Young - Rookie, but can score in bunches, will be big off bench

New Way to Cheat Just Around The Corner

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 at 1:53 pm

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Scientists at SUNY Stony Brook have found that by putting mice on a platform that buzzes at a low frequency for 15 minutes a day, five days a week, for 15 weeks, they have 27 percent less fat than mice that did not stand on the platform — and correspondingly more bone.

“Bone is notorious for ‘use it or lose it,’” Dr. Rubin said. “Astronauts lose 2 percent of their bone a month. People lose 2 percent a decade after age 35. Then you look at the other side of the equation. Professional tennis players have 35 percent more bone in their playing arm. What is it about mechanical signals that makes Roger Federer’s arm so big?”

Apparently this vibration triggers those mechanical signals to grow more bone instead of storing fat in the marrow. The caution is that they don’t know if it works in humans yet and maybe it will work to well and cause too much bone growth.

Some answers may come from the federal clinical trial, which will include 200 elderly people in assisted living.

…and maybe Barry Bonds.

Which NFL or MLB team will be the first to invest in this so that their players never break their bones again? Patriots with their mad genius coach, Redskins with their bottomless money pit owner? Sure, we’re about 10 steps away from players becoming Wolverine with bones laced in metal, but super boned athletes would be one hell of a way to never see players get hurt because of a broken bone. Sign Ken Griffey up right away.