The Toronto Maple Leafs turn 100 years old in 2017, and like any spoiled kid on their birthday they want ALL THE TOYS.
Theyll have the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto as an appetizer in 2016. In the last two years, theyve negotiated with the NHL to potentially get the same gifts the Montreal Canadiens got for their centennial: The NHL All-Star Game and the NHL Entry Draft.
But oh no, they"re not stopping there. The big gift that Turbo Man doll or that Red Rider B.B. gun, depending on your preferred reference is having the first Canadian-held Winter Classic in Jan. 2017.
According to Howard Bergers source, the annual outdoor game is coming to Torontos BMO Field on Jan. 2, 2017. The opponent? Fellow Original Six franchise, the New York Rangers.
The Leafs previously played in the 2014 winter classic in front of 105,000 fans freezing their collective behind off before sitting traffic for 10 hours leaving the place.
BMO Field is the home of Toronto FC, which like everything else in the city is owned by Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment.
From Berger:
Some have questioned whether BMO Field is big enough to host the event; wondering if Rogers Centre wouldnt be a more appropriate venue. Apart from the fact the former SkyDome home of the Toronto Blue Jays has never been mentioned as a possible site for the Winter Classic, renovation and temporary seating would increase BMO to an agreeable capacity. The stadium currently holds 30,991 seats. At least 10,000 more will be added to the end zones and corner spaces for the Grey Cup game (Nov. 27, 2016). The portable stands would simply remain in place for the NHL outdoor clash just more than a month later.
Why not have it at Rogers Centre? Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun looked into it last January:
In a perfect world, the NHL would love to hold a showcase event at the Rogers Centre, lid rolled back, in front of 50,000-plus fans. But according to one NHL official here Saturday, there still has yet to be a solution to the dilemma of opening the roof in the winter, despite years of discussions attempting to find a way to get it done. A mixture of financial and technical obstacles remain the stumbling blocks.
That is still the biggest issue and it has yet to be resolved, the official said.
So the question becomes if the NHL will sacrifice spectacle for location. What theyll lack in capacity theyll make up for in jersey sales and all the ancillary revenue streams that arrive with this traveling circus.
Provided, of course, that Toronto fans have already dedicated their entertainment expenditures to the 100 other centennial events happening for the Leafs in the next two years. Oh, and those new jerseys as well.
____Greg Wyshynski is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or find him on Twitter.His book, TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE PUCK, is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.
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WHOA! CNN’S DON LEMON JUST WENT INSANE! LOOK AT THE IDIOTIC THING HE JUST DID TO TRUMP
Mariah Carey wasn"t the only one who had a super weird New Year"s Eve as CNN"s celebrity llama reporter don lemon got his ear pierced and got real about 2016 during the network"s annual televised New Year"s celebration.
In an effort to liven up the affair, CNN, in its infinite wisdom, sent Lemon and Brooke Baldwin to New Orleans to ring in the New Year. And, well, Lemon made the most of it.
It all started out innocently enough with shots.
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(Original Caption) 12/31/1926-New York, New York: Picture shows an aerial view of Times Square on New Year"s Eve"s.
(Original Caption) 1/31/1931-New York, NY: New Year"s Eve crowds shown at Times Square, NYC.
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: New Year"s Eve in Times Square. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
(Original Caption) 12/31/1938-New York, NY-: As clocks, accompanied by whistles, sirens and other noise-making instruments, sounded the knell of 1938, this immense crowd in Times Square here gave vent to its feelings with a roaring acclaim for 1939. This picture was made as the midnight hour gave the signal for the wild celebration.
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: New Year"s Eve is filled with people in Times Square (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
(Original Caption) GI"s Among New Year Revelers. New York: These tooting GI"s were among the thousands of soldiers who swelled the ranks of New Year"s Eve celebrants on New York"s famed Times Square. The first New Year"s Eve since the end of the war saw an unprecedented number of revelers along New York"s "White Way."
NEW YEARS EVE AT TIMES SQUARE -- Pictured: Crowds gather in Times Square to Celebrate the 1947 New Year -- Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank
1st January 1942: High-angle view of crowds gathering at midnight in Times Square for the ball dropping on New Year"s Eve, New York City. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) 1/1/1950-New York, NY- If the reception accorded the infant year 1950 at Times Square is any criterion, "Happy Days Are Here Again." Three-quarters of a million revelers jammed the crossroads of the world shouting their welcome. This scene was made overlooking the throngs from the marquee of the Paramount Building.
Crowds standing near an illuminated sign advertising the roman epic "Quo Vadis" in New York"s Times Square on New Years Eve. (Photo by Ernst Haas/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) New York: Working It Out. It looks like New Year"s Eve in Times Square except that the sun is shining and the star attraction is not the new year but rather the man that may become the new heavyweight champion of the world. Jerry Quarry, the challenger, held an open air workout June 16th in preparation for his June 23rd title fight with Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden.
(Original Caption) 1/1/1975-New York, New York-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Thousands of joyous New Year"s Eve revelers crowd the Times Square area to watch the 86-foot descent of the 100-pound ball atop the "building with no name." In previous years, this building was called the Allied Chemical Building but, a man named ALex Barker, bought the structure earlier this year and announced that he would "unname" it as of midnight.
1952: Friendly revellers on New Year"s Eve in Times Square, New York. In black and white book (Photo by Ernst Haas/Ernst Haas/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) 12/31/1939- New York, NY- New Year"s Eve celebrants in front of the Astor Hotel in Times Square for the annual New Year"s Eve celebration.
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1979 - 12/31/78 - 1/1/79, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, Sunday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1979", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1980 - 12/31/79- 1/1/80, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, Monday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1980", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., Pictured: The Village People, (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1980 - 12/31/79 - 1/1/80, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, Monday, Dec. 31(11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1980", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1981 - 12/31/80 - 1/1/81, d**k Clark (pictured) will lead America into the New Year, Wednesday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m. -1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1981", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., (Photo by Dennis Plehn/ABC via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1982 - 12/31/81 - 1/1/82, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, Thursday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1982", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., Pictured: Alabama, (Photo by Bob D"Amico/ABC via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1982 - 12/31/81- 1/1/82, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, Thursday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1982", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., Pictured:, (Photo by Bob D"Amico/ABC via Getty Images)
d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1984 - 12/31/83 - 1/1/84 d**k Clark (pictured) will lead America into the New Year, Saturday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1984", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City.(Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1989 - 12/31/88 - 1/1/89, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, Saturday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1989", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., Pictured: Taylor Dayne, (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1992 - 12/31/91 - 1/1/92, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, Tuesday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1992", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., Pictured: Shannen Doherty, Stephen Baldwin, (Photo by Bob D"Amico/ABC via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1993 - 12/31/92 - 1/1/93, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, on Thursday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1993", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1994 - 12/31/93 - 1/1/94, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, Friday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1994", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., Pictured: Joey Lawrence, (Photo by Ida Mae Astute/ABC via Getty Images)
Revelers celebrate the New Year in Times Square in New York City. (Photo by mark peterson/Corbis via Getty Images)
A crowd of revelers celebrates New Year"s Eve in Times Square at midnight. (Photo by mark peterson/Corbis via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 31: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1995 - 12/31/94 - 1/1/95, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, Saturday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1995", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., Pictured: Jon Secada, (Photo by Heidi Gutman/ABC via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: Wearing glasses in the shape of the coming year, 1997, a New Yorker is surrounded by fellow confetti-waving celebrants after coming to Times Square to celebrate New Year"s Eve 31 January. Despite temperatures in the low teens, the crowd was expected to reach 500,000. AFP PHOTO/Henny Ray ABRAMS (Photo credit should read HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 30: Lighting technicians Brian Sperazza (l.) and Carlos Freire (r.) prepare the New Year"s Eve ball in Times Square. (Photo by Susan Watts/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1999: d**k CLARK"S NEW YEAR"S ROCKIN" EVE 1999 - 12/31/98 - 1/1/99, d**k Clark will lead America into the New Year, Thursday, Dec. 31 (11:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m., ET) on "d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve 1999", airing on the ABC Television Network. Clark will count down to midnight from Times Square in New York City., (Photo by Donna Svennevik/ABC via Getty Images)
360337 11: Traffic passes through Times Square November 15, 1999 in New York City. The Times Square area is undergoing a thorough revitalization prior to hosting its largest New Year""s Eve celebration, an event that will include elements of theater, street carnival, sound and light shows and dance to ring in the millennium for over 24 hours for every country in every time zone. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Liaison)
360337 19: Traffic passes through Times Square November 15, 1999 in New York City. The Times Square area is undergoing a thorough revitalization prior to hosting its largest New Year""s Eve celebration, an event that will include elements of theater, street carnival, sound and light shows and dance to ring in the millennium for over 24 hours for every country in every time zone. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Liaison)
360337 36: Traffic passes through Times Square November 15, 1999 in New York City. The Times Square area is undergoing a thorough revitalization prior to hosting its largest New Year""s Eve celebration, an event that will include elements of theater, street carnival, sound and light shows and dance to ring in the millennium for over 24 hours for every country in every time zone. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Liaison)
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: Steven Goldmacher of Philips Lighting Company screws in one of the 168 light bulbs in the Times Square New Year"s Eve ball 20 December 1999 in New York. The six-feet diameter, 1,070 pound crystal ball will make its debut as the centerpiece of the Times Square 2000 celebration. AFP PHOTO/Doug KANTER (Photo credit should read DOUG KANTER/AFP/Getty Images)
Christina Aguilera performing on "MTV 2 Large" on New Year"s Eve in MTV"s Times Square studios, 12/31/99. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: Front page of the Daily News dated Jan 1, 2000, Headline: 2000!, Revelers welcome the new millenium during New Year"s Eve celebration in Times Square., (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
383777 03: People line up at the heart of Times Square while waiting for the ball to drop December 31, 2000 in New York City. Undaunted by cold temperatures and a record snowfall on Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the crossroads of the world to watch New Year""s festivities. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Newsmakers)
Times Square during MTV New Year"s Eve Bash 2001 at MTV Studios in Times Square in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: New Year"s Eve celebration in Times Square, in New York, United States on January 01, 2002. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: New Year"s Eve celebration in Times Square, in New York, United States on January 01, 2002. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: New Year"s Eve celebration in Times Square, in New York, United States on January 01, 2002. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 18: It"s beginning to look a lot like New Year"s Eve at 1 Times Square, where Kevin Andrel installs rigging on the 77-foot pole down which the famed Waterford crystal ball will descend at midnight on the eve of the new year. Another sign of the changing times, 2003, is already in place. (Photo by Susan Watts/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
New Year"s Eve Times Square crowds during MTV"s New Year"s Pajama Party 2003 - Show at MTV Studios Times Square in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage)
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 30: The New Year"s Eve Ball travels midway up the 77 foot tall flagpole atop 1 Times Square during the annual test December 30, 2003 in New York City. The ball will officially drop at the stroke of midnight, New Year"s Eve as hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Times Square bring in 2004. (Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)
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The crowd gets ready for midnight in Times Square on New Year"s Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2003. Thousands of police officers, both in uniform and undercover, were deployed for the 99th year of the Times Square tradition. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage)
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 31: Revelers celebrate the coming of the new year at the New Years Eve party in Times Square on December 31, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/ Getty Images)
Hilarie Burton and Lindsay Lohan during MTV"s "Iced Out" New Year"s Eve 2005 - Show at MTV Studios - Times Square in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/FilmMagic)
Atmosphere during New Year"s Eve 2007 at Times Square at Times Square in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by James Devaney/WireImage)
New York, UNITED STATES: Revelers celebrate in Times Square New Year"s Eve as they ring in the year 2007 at midnight by watching the famous ball drop from the flagpole atop One Times Square in New York, 01 January 2007. Hundreds of thousands of revellers packed into New York"s Times Square to ring in 2007, braving heightened security to join in the traditional centrepiece of New Year celebrations in the United States. AFP PHOTO / Timothy A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Visitors take a souvenir shot in front of the newly designed Times Square New Year"s Eve Ball is lit as it is unveiled at Macy"s department store in New York, 07 November 2007. The event marked the first time in the 100 year history of the New Year"s Eve Ball descent that the public will be able to see the ball up close as the ball will stay on display at Macy"s until 10 December. The newly designed ball features 672 crystal triangles lit with 9,576 LEDs to create an ever-changing light show. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
NBC NEWS -- Times Square New Year"s Eve Celebration -- Pictured: Revelers welcome in the 2008 New Year in Times Square, New York, New York on December 31, 2007 (Photo by Curtis Means/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 31: (L to R) Former President Bill Clinton, Georgina Bloomberg, Diana Tayor, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Hillary Clinton lower the New Year"s Eve ball at the New Year"s Eve 2009 celebration in Times Square on December 31, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 31: A general view in Times Square during the New Year"s Eve 2010 With Carson Daly in Times Square on December 31, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Bobby Bank/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 30: The Times Square New Year"s Eve Ball is tested the day before New Year"s Eve December 30, 2010 in New York City. The 11,875-pound Waterford crystal ball will descend a 141-foot tall flagpole to mark the beginning of 2011. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Singer Bruno Mars performs at the R Lounge New Year"s Eve 2011 at the Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel on December 31, 2010 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Henry S. Dziekan III/WireImage for Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 30: The Times Square New Year"s Eve Ball is tested the day before New Year"s Eve on December 30, 2011 in New York City. The 11,875-pound Waterford crystal ball will descend a 130-foot tall flagpole to mark the beginning of 2012. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Lady Gaga performs during the New Year"s Eve celebration in Times Square December 31, 2011 in New York. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: A general view of atmosphere during New Year"s Eve 2012 in Times Square on December 31, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: A general view of atmosphere at New Year"s Eve 2013 In Times Square at Times Square on December 31, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Stewart/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Revelers gather in Times Square to celebrate New Year"s Eve on December 31, 2012 in New York City. Approximately one million people are expected to ring in the new year in Times Square. (Photo by Monika Graff/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Singer Taylor Swift performs during New Year"s Eve 2013 In Times Square at Times Square on December 31, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 03: Exterior overview of the New Year"s Eve Ball Relighting at One Times Square on January 3, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Singer Miley Cyrus performs at d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2014 in Times Square on December 31, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Stewart/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: New York City rings in the new year with the ball dropping during The New Year"s Eve 2014 Celebration in Times Square on December 31, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Musician Taylor Swift performs during New Year"s Eve 2015 in Times Square at Times Square on December 31, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Stewart/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: A general view of atmosphere at New Year"s Eve 2015 in Times Square at Times Square on December 31, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Stewart/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 15: The numerals "1" and "6," to be used to spell out "2-0-1-6" during the Times Square New Years Eve celebration, are unveiled in Times Square on December 15, 2015 in New York City. The "2-0-1-6" are powered by 516 L.E.D. bulbs. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 29: Jeffrey Straus, President of Countdown Entertainment and Co-Producer of New Year"s Eve and Tim Tompkins, President Times Square Alliance and Co-Producer of New Year"s Eve take part in the confetti test as part of the run up to New Year"s Eve 2016 celebrations In Times Square at the Hard Rock Cafe on December 29, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Luke Bryan performs during d**k Clark"s New Year"s Rockin" Eve at Times Square on December 31, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: People celebrate while waiting for midnight in Times Square on December 31, 2015 in New York City. The New York City Police Department has deployed more than 6,000 officers in the Times Square area, including more than 1,100 officers who graduated from the police academy on Tuesday. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: New York Countdown during New Year"s Eve celebrations at Times Square on December 31, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for TOSHIBA CORPORATION)
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And more shots. It"s New Orleans, after all.
After so much booze, it makes sense that Don Lemon would want to get something pierced. Kathy Griffin wisely encouraged him to go for the nipple. Luckily, someone around here has common sense and Lemon settled for just getting his ear pierced on national television instead.
He did have the wherewithal, though, to request that no blood get on his jacket.
Of course, with all of those shots and so many emotional things going on, like getting an ear pierced on national television, it was only a matter of time before Lemon turned into your drunk buddy and got real about life and 2016.
"I always live my life to the very fullest," he said to a flabbergasted Baldwin. Things went downhill so fast that within 10 seconds, Lemon pronounced, "I"m a bad person to date."
Speaking for all the world, Baldwin asked, "Are we going there right now?"
Oh, but the night wasn"t over for Don. Not by a long shot.
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After all, he was "lit."
And, when in New Orleans, one must be part of a second line parade.
But as all people do when they have shots and bare their souls, Lemon finally crossed a line apparently, just a minute after midnight, Central Time, when he began 2017 by saying, "2016 was awful" and then the mic went silent.
Oh, Don. 2016 was one big "Mazel Tov Cocktail," wasn"t it?
Here"s hoping his hangover doesn"t start him off on the wrong foot in 2017.
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Sep 1, 2016; Detroit, MI, USA; Buffalo Bills quarterback Cardale Jones (7) warms up before the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
When the Buffalo Bills drafted Cardale Jones in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft, they knew they were getting a quarterback project with a big personality. With time, Buffalo was aware that Jones could be the QB steal they were looking for.
Coming out of Ohio State, Jones has a lot of upside, but it will take a lot of hard work and experience before he is trusted with an NFL offense.
While Tyrod Taylor has been manning the Bills offense all season, with the exception of their season finale, Cardale Jones has found himself inactive almost every game and hasnt seen any action since the preseason. Although that was expected, Jones has been making his voice heard elsewhere.
More specifically, Twitter.
Most of the time, he is tweeting about his beloved Ohio State Buckeyes and defending their honor at any cost. That mission became a little difficult on Saturday when the Buckeyes were featured in the Fiesta Bowl vs. the Clemson Tigers with a chance to make it to the playoff championship. The Buckeyes would end up getting shutout 31-0 and faced an embarrassing end to the season more embarrassing than the Buffalo Bills.
While the game was going on, Jones sent out a fury of tweets showing his frustration with his alma mater. Lets run through his little tirade real quick:
He even had some specific direction for the Buckeyes kicker, who missed two straight field goalson the Buckeyes second and third drives of the game.
Then, the frustration really started to set in for Jones.
Well, Im guessing they didnt get points on that drive. Sorry, Cardale. The good news is, he didnt actually turn the TV off. Instead, he thought it best to try and give his old team some advice.
After the game, he felt the need to defend Buckeyes current quarterback J.T. Barrett for a lousy performance. For those who dont remember, jones and barrett were in quite the QB battle during the 2015 season after Jones won the Championship for Ohio State in 2014.
He ended the tirade with a one-word response.
If you dont follow Cardale Jones on Twitter, then youre missing out on some social media fun that comes at a daily rate. For example, he didnt stop to comment on Ronda Rousys lousy performance in the octagon on Friday:
I love Cardale Jones personality and think he can be a valuable piece to this offense in a few years if hes still around. Theres a chance we will get to see him play vs. the Jets, but its not guaranteed.
Either way, theres an even better chance we see him in action next season at some point. For now, we will just sit back and enjoy his tweets.
How excited are you to see more of Cardale Jones next preseason? Leave your comments below!
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"It" is back.
Photo by Brooke Palmer
Scared about what 2017 might bring? Join the club.
That"s what"s so delicious about horror movies. For a couple of hours, you can forget about the very real terrors of war, disease, natural disasters and political division. On the screen, there might be zombies, vampires, aliens or sadistic murderers, but once the lights go up, they all disappear back into the projector. If only our real fears could be banished so easily.
Some familiar spooky faces are returning. Annabelle, the creepy doll, is back in "Annabelle 2." Samara, of die-in-seven-days videotape fame, is still crawling out of TVs, this time flat-screens, in "Rings." And Stephen King"s horror classic "It," which reminded us all how much we hate clowns and sewers and especially clowns in sewers, is getting a new look.
Classic monster movies these days are more action movies than flat-out horror, but "The Mummy," "War for the Planet of the Apes," and "Kong: Skull Island" are sure to draw big audiences.
From the department of films with actual novel premises, audiences are eagerly awaiting "The Belko Experiment," which takes the kill-your-friends concept of "The Hunger Games" and Japan"s "Battle Royale" and transports it to an office environment. Maybe you always thought that one guy in accounting was annoying, but this is ridiculous. And speaking of office horror, there"s real promise in "A Cure for Wellness," in which an employee is sent to bring the company"s CEO back from a mysterious spa in the Swiss Alps, where nothing is as it seems and leaving is not an option.
Not every eagerly anticipated horror film is covered in our photo gallery, because many haven"t released photos or trailers yet. But we"re still looking forward to the "Flatliners" sequel (September 29), a "Friday the 13th" reboot promising a Jason-and-his-mother origin story (October 13 -- a Friday, of course), and a third "Cloverfield" film, called "G*d Particle" (October 27)
Here"s a look at the scary cinema offerings looming on the fresh new calendar pages of 2017.
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Preview the horror movies we"ll be screaming about in 2017
