Warriors get a new logo

The Warriors are getting a new logo. As the Warriors website noted, "just hours before today's 2010 NBA Draft Lottery, warriors.com has “gone dark” as we begin to cleanse the site of its familiar "Flying W" logo in order to make way for a redesigned website featuring our yet-to-be-released new logo and branding." Blogs are buzzing about the new logo looking a lot like one of the older ones but of course updated.
Here is the current "flying w" logo they're getting rid of:


And here is what the rumored new logo looks like, courtesy of Golden State of Mind:


I LOVE it!

Beware of the fin!

Here we go! The Stanley cup NHL semifinals! The San Jose Sharks have been CHOMPING their way through the Playoffs! After taking out the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings, they are now facing the Chicago Blackhawks. In the regular season, the B Hawks won 3 out of the 4 games against the Sharks. On Sunday, the Sharks fell to the Hawks 2-1 at home. Tonight's game is also at the Shark Tank and begins at 7pm. LETS GI SHARKS!!!

NBA 09-10 MVP

For the second year in a row, LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers was named NBA MVP! Anyone have any theories as to why his jersey number is 23 just like the greatest basketball ever, player Michael Jordan?

Every NHL Team is Laughing

Dan Boyle!!! Why???!!!

Any Sharks fan knows that the team's post season has not been that successful. Last year, the top seeded Sharks were shut down by the last seeded Anaheim Ducks. It was absolutely pathetic. The whole city was distraught.
Fast forward to this year's postseason. Once again, the Sharks are number one in their division and are starting the postseason by playing the worst team in their division, the Colorado Avalanche. The Sharks should be winning this series, no question.
Last night, Dan Boyle became the first NHL player to score an own goal in the playoffs. It was overtime and the game winning shot for the Avalanche was made by the Sharks player, Mr. Boyle.
Dan Boyle shot the puck into the San Jose net and scored on his teammate, Evgeni Nabokov. Once again, absolutely pathetic. It wasn't on purpose or anything. He was trying to clear the puck out by passing it to his teammate, but his pass turned into an own goal shot. I wonder what poor Nabokov was thinking when this went down... something like "Really Boyle? Did you really just do that?"



This is about as dumb as it gets. Would you steal money from yourself? Would you key your own car?
The San Jose Sharks have made history...for making the most embarrassing playoff play ever. They better redeem themselves and win this series. I don't think my city can take another season ending like last year...

Decoding the Scoreboard

Take a look at the above scoreboard from a recent Golden State Warriors vs. New Orleans Hornets basketball game. Can you tell what all those numbers mean? Any guesses? Let me break it down:
The Warriors scored 126 points and the Hornets scored 92. Warriors win!!!
The 4 in between the two scores means it is the fourth quarter of the game. Basketball has four quarters in each game.
The Warriors as a team has 5 fouls on the Hornets. The Hornets only committed 4 on the Warriors.
Now take a look at the word Bonus in red on the Hornets side of the scoreboard. If you were watching this game, you might hear someone say "the Hornets are in the bonus." Once the team is in the bonus, they get to shoot free throws for every foul committed the players. It takes five fouls per half for a team to get into the bonus. So, the Warriors committed five fouls combined in the third and fourth quarters, the Hornets get into the bonus, and get to shoot free throws from then on when fouled. Basketball scoreboards seem complex. But its kind of like a guy trying to understand women's clothing or shoe sizes.
Next lets talk about time outs. The yellow 2 on the Warriors side means they have two 30 second time outs left. The Hornets have one. The white 1 next to the Time Outs means Warriors and Hornets both have one longer 60 second time outs.
I hope this helps! Next time you're watching, keep an eye on the number of fouls. You want the team you're rooting for to get into the bonus so they can shoot more free throws and score more points. When the opposing team has 4 fouls, you can say "the Warriors are almost in the bonus!"

Got A Spare $400 million???

...then you can buy the Golden State Warriors!



My poor struggling hometown team is up for sale which is actually good news. The current owner, Chris Cohan hasn't been doing the best job. Players *ahem Stephen Jackson* have left the team because of poor management. There have been rumors of star player Monta Ellis also being unsatisfied. Since the team plays in the Oracle Arena, the most probably buyer is looking to be Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Or it could be you, if you have an extra $400 million laying around and think you can re-energize the franchise.

This always makes me smile

For someone who loves the Warriors and is heartbroken about their losing record, I love to watch this clip of Ronny Turiaf shutting down superstar Kobe Bryant. It makes me remember why I still watch and go to Warriors games- they are entertaining to watch!

March Madness 2010

March Madness is in full swing right now. The NCAA is the college basketball league and March Madness is the championship tournament to determine who the best college team is.
Did your significant other recently fill out a bracket? The bracket is used to pick which teams you think are going to win the games and ultimately make it to the championship game. Here is President Obama filling out his bracket:



Everyone in the Bay Area is surprised how far St. Mary's College has gotten. They upset the #2 ranked Villanova! Go St. Marys!!!!

This is the best Kimmel could come up with?

I hope you have seen The Handsome Men's Club skit from Jimmy Kimmel Live.




Most of the hotties are actors. And there are a few singers. But the only athlete was Tony Romo! That was the hottest athlete Kimmel could think of? Here are some of my nominations for the Handsome Men's Club:

LaDainian Tomlinson


David Beckham


Cristiano Ronaldo


Barry Zito


Tom Brady

Welcome Back NHL

Not that Olympic Hockey wasn't exciting. I mean, USA tied it up in the last 24 seconds of the gold medal game! I felt conflicted watching the USA- Canada game. I wanted my country to do well. But it was just so unnatural to be rooting against a team that has four of my beloved San Jose Sharks on it.

Patrick Marleau, Dany Heatley, Jumbo Joe Thornton, and Dan Boyle all returned this morning to San Jose with gold medals. American Joe Pavelski returned with a silver. Sharks hockey is back tonight! The Sharks will be taking on the New Jersey Devils at the Shark Tank.

This past month with no NHL has also been hard because there have been no new episodes of my favorite show The Office. NBC has been broadcasting the Olympics and I have been left watching reruns. Pam and Jim's baby is coming this Thursday! Are you excited for the Olympics to be over?

A.I. Out

Behold Allen Iverson's mugshot.
I'm heading to Oakland tonight to watch my Warriors play the 76ers. Allen Iverson will not be playing for the 76ers as he has taken an indefinite leave from the NBA. No, not because he had affairs with 10 different women a la Tiger Woods. Iverson's daughter is ill and he has taken time away from the game to be with her and the family. That is a really hard choice to make. Iverson has had a rough season and is also aging. But family first!

Released

The San Diego Chargers released running back LaDainian Tomlinson after nine years. Wonder where he will end up next? Ask a guy, see what he says. Chances are he would love to share his opinion.

Everybody Eats It At Some Point

So the Winter Olympics are going on right now in Vancouver and Shaun White is cleaning up the snowboarding events. The Winter X Games were about a month before the Olympics. Shaun face plants on the half pipe so hard that his helmet falls off! I'm really not a fan of the snow. I'd rather be on a hot tropical island, sitting in the sand than vacation in the freezing cold. I've been snowboarding a few times and my body was so sore after. I bet Shaun's face felt like a Hummer ran over it.

Twins!

I love seeing families in professional sports. We've got the Williams sisters in tennis, the Manning brothers in the NFL, and the Lopez Twins in the NBA. Brook plays for the New Jersey Nets and his twin brother Robin plays for the Phoenix Suns. Both were drafted in 2008 after playing for only two years at Stanford. Who doesn't love an athletic set of twins?!

Steph Curry Gets Second Place

The Golden State Warriors' own rookie Stephen Curry participated in Footlocker's 3 Point Shootout over All Star Weekend. He ended up getting second place to Paul Pierce. Way to go Steph! Here are some highlights from the event:

NBA All Stars

This weekend is the NBA All Star game! All the best NBA players are taking a break from their teams to play an East vs. West game. Here is my favorite moment from last year's All Star festivities

He's Going to the Olympics

Well, this is Dan Boyle from the San Jose Sharks.
He will be going to the Olympics and playing for the Canadian hockey team.
I don't really have much else to say about this pic.

Sharks Send Most Players To Olympics

The San Jose Sharks will be sending eight players to the Olympics- the most of any NHL team!
Dany Heatley, Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and Dan Boyle are going to play for Canada.
Joe Pavelski is playing for the US.
Douglas Murray is playing for Sweden.
Evgeni Nabokov and Thomas Greiss are going to play for Russia.
Congrats!

Awwwwww

The Saints won the Super Bowl!!! This is HUGE for New Orleans and I wish I could be on Bourbon Street watching the celebration! Mardi Gras is coming up too. The city will be raging!

Here is my favorite image from the game. Saints quarterback Drew Brees is holding up his one year old son after just having defeated Peyton Manning and the Colts to win the franchise's first ever Super Bowl. What a special moment.

Super Bowl Slang

A guy recently told me he would be impressed if a girl knew and used these terms while watching the Super Bowl today:

worked- to make a fool of somebody

trucked- to take a big hit

burned- to be out run by somebody else

ruined, waxed, and scraped- losing badly

got lit up- to have lots of points scored on you

juked- faked out

de-cleated, tossed- to be hit unexpectedly or from the blind side

sacked- quarterback is tackled before he has thrown the football


Here is a lovely little song by Lonely Island, the creators of such classics as the Emmy award winning Dick in a Box and I'm On a Boat. This song, called We Like Sportz, has a line that goes: "Watching sports with girls is a pain/ They don't know the rules, there's no time to explain." Remember, fake it till you make it. GO GET EM TODAY LADIES!!! Drop those football terms!

No, I did not come up with this genius snack

I typed "Superbowl food" into Google Images. This was the number seven result. Are those Lil' Smokies in correct formation?

When I go to a Superbowl party, I always bring something to eat to share with everyone else. I try really hard to bring homemade snacks because they're fresher and better for you, but guys will pretty much eat anything and they never notice. This year I think I'm going to make guacamole. And I usually bring some beer- Great White, Fat Tire, and Blue Moon are some of my favorites.

Or you can dive into the Cheeto, Rice Krispie treat, tortilla chip, mozzarella stick, Slim Jim, Lil' Smokie, sour cream, Velveeta, guacamole, cheddar, and salsa masterpiece above.

This Sunday is a big deal to him

This Sunday is a big deal to almost all of the male population. Its the Superbowl! The trophy, shown above, will be given to the NFL Champion team: the Indianapolis Colts or the New Orleans Saints.

Are you going to watch the game somewhere with your boyfriend? Are you hosting a Superbowl party at your house?

More Money for Timmy

The San Francisco Giants and their star pitcher Tim Lincecum are in arbitration. Timmy wants $13 million and the Giants want to pay him $8 million. I don't know the legalities of baseball salary arbitration, but I do know that a lot of baseball fans are watching this story unfold. Lincecum has two back to back Cy Young awards under his belt which should provide some nice leverage for his case. The Cy Young award is given to the best pitcher in the league. He's only 25 years old! I say the Giants should give Timmy whatever he wants.

Back in October, Timmy was cited for marijuana possession but the charges were dropped. He is such a good pitcher that the MLB didn't even care. Ask your man if he knows what Lincecum's nickname is. The answer I have been getting is "The Freak." Apparently he earned that name from his very unique pitching style and not from his long hair or lack of dental care. I guess now with this massive raise, he can spend some money on braces.

That Boys Got Hops

Pretty impressive jump by King James (aka LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers).

Basketball spectators may use the term "hops" when referring to a jump. Lets do some translating:
Damn! He's got mad hops! = That guy can jump really high.
Every guy will know what you are talking about guaranteed if you throw this one out.

Broken Ice Skate/ Heel

The SJ Sharks are playing the Detroit Red Wings right now. One of the Red Wings players was on the ice, skating around like usual and then the blade of his skate fell off!!! Anyone know the guys name? He fell down, tried to get back up, and fell again! It was pretty hilarious and the play was still going on. He was practically crawling off the ice.
Isn't there like an equipment manager who checks out all their gear before they hit the ice?

Something similar happened to me a few months ago and I know how this guy feels. I went out and was wearing these cute black BCBG boots. I guess I was dancing pretty intensely because my damn heel fell off! So I had to hobble around the dance floor. Such a disaster. My dancing turned into limping. And of course I had decided to walk six blocks to the bar instead of taking a cab. By the end of the night I was hurtin'! Sports events totally relate to my life, right?

Father- Son time

Awwwwww! I'm such a sucker for cute families. Stephen Curry and his dad Dell Curry were both working at last nights Warriors vs. Bobcats game. Obviously Steph was playing for the Dubs, but his dad is the commentator for the Bobcats. Dell must have been secretly rooting for his stellar rookie son even though he was working for the Bobcats. Family affair!

Holy Beard!

WOW....... this beard belongs to Clint Session on the Colts. Doesn't that thing get itchy and annoying under your helmet when you're playing? Sweaty, smelly, sticky... gross. Lets hope it is a good luck charm or something. I've heard of players growing "playoff beards" (they don't shave as long as their team remains in the playoffs) and I'm hoping that's what this facial mess is. He seriously cannot look in the mirror and think it's attractive.

I am not a fan of beards on men. If us ladies have to shave our legs, then you guys out there better manage those tangley whisker gardens. My boyfriend likes to have hair on his chin. I think it gets in the way. One time I "accidentally" changed his beard trimmer settings and when he went to trim it up, it magically took off all the hair so he had to shave the whole thing off.
Come on! I can't be the only girl out there who's done that right?

Boo This Man!!!

Ex- Warrior Stephen Jackson returns to Oakland tonight to play against his former teammates. He is a good player but has one really bad attitude. Like worse than Kanye interrupting Taylor Swift bad.
Jackson resigned a 3 year, $28 million contract with the Warriors at the beginning of this season. Too bad only 9 games in he was traded after some traitorous words . He was going around in all these press conferences saying how he wants to leave the Warriors, how he wants to be on a winning team, and how the Warriors management promised to get some new talented players but didn't deliver. Ok that last one is a legit concern. I have some problems with some certain incompetent Dubs management moves in the past 5 years. And a winning team? The Bobcats are 22-22, so they actually don't a winning record. I know that's a better record than the Warriors (they're 13 l-29w) but its still not a winning record. Being so publicly rude makes me dislike this guy.
And he better watch it because he is getting up there in age for an NBA player. I feel like a lot of these pots have been about aging players....

Punk.

"Lets drink to my awesomeness!"

Goodbye Kurt

If your going to be watching ESPN news tonight with your boyfriend like I know I will be, the latest news is that today, 38 year old quarterback Kurt Warner announced his retirement after 12 years in the NFL. Warner played for the Arizona Cardinals ('05-'10), New York Giants ('04), and the St. Louis Rams ('98-03). In 1999, he won the Superbowl and was Superbowl MVP with the Rams. Warner was also named NFL MVP twice, NFL Man of the Year in '08, was selected five times for the Pro Bowl, and holds countless records. Warner, a devoted Christian, also has seven children so I totally understand why he wanted to retire and spend more time with him. That and he is getting up there in age...

Warner is Hall of Fame material. Even though he had some inconsistent years, Kurt Warner is a great football player and should be inducted along side such greats as Troy Aikman, Steve Young, John Elway, Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Joe Namath, and Mike Singletary.

The Rebound

...and I'm not talking about that guy you woke up next to the day after you got dumped. Rebounding is a major part of basketball. People at games are always yelling "get the board" which I found out means get the rebound. So the board is the backboard of the basketball hoop. Here is one of my typical girl mistakes at a recent Golden State Warriors game. I started yelling about getting the board every time my team took a shot. Getting the defensive board should happen every time and if it not its not something to yell about. But getting the offensive rebound is not necessary each time. When the Warriors shoot, it is more important for them to get back on defense than it is for the players to get the offensive rebound. They need to run their expensive bodies back to defense! But, if the other team is shooting and the Warriors do not get the defensive rebound, the other team could have a second chance at scoring. I learned to only yell about rebounding and "the board" when the Warriors are on defense.

Sorry Favre...

Yesterday, the Minnesota Vikings blew it against the New Orleans Saints. I was all for the Saints so I care about this drama about as much as I care about this. Looks like its back to Sears for Favre:



Superbowl XLIV (or 44 for the non Roman numeral crowd) will be the Saints vs. the Colts.

Warriors with 8 Players!

Monta Ellis is injured and the Golden State Warriors only have 8 players in uniform. In basketball you have 5 players on the court at a time The Dubs have only three subs. Some players will be in for a long period of time and probably not get a rest. Corey Maggette, Stephen Curry, Anthony Tolliver, Andris Biedrins, Cartier Martin, CJ Watson, Ronny Turiaf, and Devean George are playing tonight against the Phoenix Suns and Steve Nash....

I just love this video of Baron Davis and Steve Nash dancing:




GO WARRIORS!!!!

PLAYoffs!

I'm so excited for the games on Sunday. I feel like they opened up a Neiman Marcus (complete with Cafe and strawberry butter) in San Jose! That would be so marvelous. I thought someone said one was going in at Santana Row....? *Keep Dreaming*

Football playoffs are here which means the best teams are fighting for the Super Bowl AND the season is almost over. So football fan or not, playoff season is exciting.

We have:
New York Jets us. Indianapolis Colts
New Orleans Saints vs. Minnesota Vikings

The Jets have sometimes cutie Mark Sanchez as their quarterback


The Colts have Peyton Manning who has a sometimes funny sense of humor.....



My bet is on the Colts. Why? Because that Peyton Manning clip was pretty funny.
And by the way folks I don't ever bet money on sports. I spend my money on handbags.

The Saints have Reggie Bush who has been Kim Kardashian for a few years and I LOVE this couple.




and the Vikings have Brett Favre... see below post.

I'm hoping the Saints win because New Orleans has had a really traumatic disaster and it would be their first Super Bowl in franchise history. Go SAINTS!!!

Looking Good Favre

Brett Favre has been playing football since 1991. He played for the Green Bay Packers for a significant chunk of time. I wonder what he did for fun in Green Bay is he wasn't playing football. Anyhoo he is like 40 years old and looks it. His body has been taking hits for a long time and its amazing how quick he can recover. Actually, it seems too good to be true and since athletes keep coming out with drama I'm sure we'll know the truth sooner or later. I mean am I the only one who thinks its kind of odd.... and stop retiring and coming back. That is so played out. Anyone who needs some denim, hit up Favre for some Wranglers:

Jessica Simpson's Ex Played Today

Well I didn't get a chance to watch any of the NFL playoff games this weekend, but *fake it till you make it ladies.* Here is a little tip about the Dallas Cowboys, who lost to the Vikings today. Tony Romo is the Dallas quarterback and he loves blonds. First, he dated country darling Carrie Underwood, a blond country singer. Then he dated J Simps, also a blond and a pop singer who last year released her own country album. During that season, he played horrible when Jess would show up to his games. She was a curse to Dallas fans and many NFL fans teased Romo by showing up to games with this mask:




If some guy was talking about the Cowboys losing in the playoffs today, I would say "At least he played better than when he was with Jessica Simpson." This would let the guy know that you have watched not only today's game but games in the past seasons.

I love celeb gossip and try to mix it in with sports as often as I can. Part girly girl, part tomboy!

Sharks Lose

I turned on the San Jose Sharks vs. Boston Bruins late with only 3 minutes left in overtime (or OT).
The score at the end of the game was tied 1-1. Some of my fav players are Evgeni Nabakov the goalie , Devon Setogichi, Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, Douglas Murray, Torrey Mitchell, Dan Boyle, Dany Heatley, Joe Pavelski, and Ryan Clowe... and yeah pretty much all the rest. Todd McClellan is the Sharks coach.
The game was still tied at the end of OT, so the game went into a shoot out. A shoot out is pretty fun to watch because its just one guy on the ice taking one shot at the other teams goalie. Each team picks three players to shoot. If no one scores, they just keep sending players on the ice until someone gets the puck into the net. The Sharks ended up losing because someone scored on Nabokov. Hockey is one of my fav sports to watch and I gotta love anything from San Jose!


*I took this pic in the fall of 2007 at s Sharks game*

No, Not Russell Simmons

I'm talking about Bill Simmons (above), not the Def Jam mogul Russell Simmons. He writes for ESPN and is my uncle's favorite which is how I came up with the name of this blog. A lot of guys I know read his Sports Guys World page daily. Wouldn't that be awesome if each one of those guys' girlfriends read Simmons In Heels daily? Then they could have something to talk about!

Welcome To Simmons In Heels!

Has your boyfriend ever canceled date night because he wants to watch something called MNF? Who are your coworkers talking about when they say "The Dubs have so many injuries"? Would you rather clean up the entire Thanksgiving dinner alone than have to sit with your dad and uncle and watch football? Welcome to Simmons In Heels! A place where women can learn about the world of sports. You'd be surprised how my own growing knowledge of sports has helped my personal and professions lives. No, MNF does not stand for Men Needing Freedom. It stands for Monday Night Football. Dub stands for W, and in this case the Warriors. Many women don't watch sports with men because they don't understand whats going on and don't want to ask because it seems like such common knowledge to those with a Y chromosome. This is a place to find out about sports scores, teams, and other news that just might give you a leg up on all the other females out there. Guys love it when a girl knows something about sports. Just make sure you know what you're talking about and he will be blown away!