Did you catch Betty White tonight in the Super Bowl ad for the NBC show The Voice? I know, she’s awesome at everything.

But White isn’t done with the Super Bowl just yet, though. The 90-year-old actress, who stars in the TV Land sitcom Hot In Cleveland, recorded a congratulatory message for the Super Bowl-winning New York Giants with a little warning about what to expect next year.

You can watch White’s video message to the Giants here below [...]

As I write this, the New York Giants are facing off against the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Artist Vincent Aparo had his own idea of what the Giants Vs. Patriots would look like with a comics-inspired piece of art that’s an homage to fellow artist Scott C and his Great Showdowns series [...]

Super Bowl XLVI kicks off tonight with the New York Giants (woo!) facing off against the New England Patriots.

Just in time for this year’s Super Bowl, Disney has released new Vinylmation figures featuring select NFL teams, including the Giants and the Patriots (see image of the figures here above) [...]

To coincide with today being Super Bowl Sunday, the Kindle eBook deal of the day over at Amazon today is Sports Illustrated’s Blood, Sweat and Chalk: The Ultimate Football Playbook by Tim Layden for only $2.99 (that’s 89% off the list price of $26.95).

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Sunday, February 5, 2012, until 11:59pm PST.

If you’d like to purchase a physical copy of Sports Illustrated’s Blood, Sweat and Chalk: The Ultimate Football Playbook, the book is also available in paperback for $11.53 and hardcover for $17.79 [...]

OK, so there’s not really a sequel for Moneyball already on the way, unfortunately, but the folks over at Jest (the new College Humor sister site) decided that there was a perfect sequel story to tell, and produced this faux trailer to prove its worth.

Moneyball stars Brad Pitt as Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, who, along with the help of Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), come up with a radical new way to put a major league baseball team together with significantly limited financial means. So what better premise for a sequel than a team that has TOO much money to spend? And who better to base it on than the team we all love to hate—that’s right…the New York Yankees!

You can check out the parody trailer for this completely non–existent movie, fittingly titled Too Much Moneyball, by clicking on over to the other side now. [...]

As the cliche goes, not many geeks will be found out there running marathons and taking part in other highly athletic events. But for those of you geeks who do like to compete, there’s a new race that’s just for you.

An company called Reed Street Productions has created Run For Your Lives, a new 5K race that mixes running, obstacles, and of course, flesh–eating zombies. It looks like it could be the same folks that created the feared Spartan Race, but it’s unclear if they really did or not.

Continue reading on for more on the zombie race, where they’ll be held, how they work, and to see a video promotion as well!

The Run For Your Lives race, again, is a 5K that adds obstacles and zombies to those boring old regular foot races. Runners will have flags (like flag football), which the zombies will be out to get. If you reach the finish line with a flag, you’ve survived (and are eligible for awards). There’s even health bonuses along the way and multiple paths to the finish line, so there is a level of strategy involved. [...]

I think we’re all in agreement that Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming trilogy–maker, The Dark Knight Rises, is one of the most exciting movies ever to be made. After the brilliance that was The Dark Knight and with the knowledge that Nolan won’t be holding anything back with this being his last hurrah in the realms of Batman, we have every right to be optimistically ecstatic.

For those who don’t know, the movie has been filming in Pittsburgh lately, with plenty of pics and videos showing up online as a result. And it appears that Nolan has more plans for the city than just using it as a filming location. According to reports, Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, WR Hines Ward, and about a dozen teammates in total will take part in filming a football–related scene at the team’s Heinz Field. It’s unclear what exactly will go down in the scene, but the athletes will be turned into a Gotham City team and thousands of fans/extras will be brought in to create a game day atmosphere. [...]

Any sports fan or fan of sports video games has likely heard of the feared Madden Curse. The “curse” comes from the belief that any National Football League athlete who appears on the cover of a Madden NFL video game would be struck with some form of injury or debilitative setback. This hasn’t happened every single year, but it has happened often enough to cause many to become true believers.

Now The Wrap is reporting that the company behind the Madden franchise, Electronic Arts, is taking this phenomena to a new place with the development of a new feature comedy. EA Sports has never believed the curse to be true, but that doesn’t mean they can’t take advantage of its existence in popular culture.

According to the reports, the movie will be about a “former Madden video game champion” (it’s unclear whether this means an ex-football champion or simply a champion of the game itself) who is forced to return to the game just as his face shows up on the cover, which might just open him up to the curse. [...]

A new project that has been in the works for over a year now has been announced. The new venture sees god of comic book and superhero creationism, Stan Lee, joining forces with an unlikely ally, the National Hockey League.

Since the NHL had a lockout a while back, they’re been fighting to slowly regain the loyalty of their fans while also finding ways to lure new fans to their sport. Some things have worked, some have not. Hockey has a faithful fanbase, but their numbers are still far below fellow top sports like football, baseball, and basketball. So why not call the man, the myth himself, Stan Lee?

And what have they been working on, you might ask? It’s called The Guardian Project, and its aim is to create 30 brand new superheros in conjunction with the 30 different hockey teams and cities in the NHL. While each new superhero will be made to uniquely represent the hockey team and city they stand for, including with their special powers, they won’t be specifically set in just the world of hockey alone. [...]

One of the biggest disappointments of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was the fact that Rush, the country’s greatest musical achievement, was not part of the opening or closing ceremonies. Yes, William Shatner and Neil Young were there, but c’mon, where the hell was Rush?! Bad move, Canada, [I love you, but] bad move.

The next Olympics will be the Summer games in London, England, in 2012. The options for musical choices is massive, but music fans are already voicing their opinions on which act should be part of the ceremonies. One in particular are Iron Maiden fans (and I happen to be one of them), who are joining the Facebook group IRON MAIDEN to open the 2012 London Olympic Games in hopes of getting the British heavy metal band to open the games. As of this writing, there’s already over 36,000 people who’ve joined the group. There’s also a FB download group requesting that fans download Iron Maiden’s “Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner,” with lyrics fitting for Summer Olympics, on July 19, 2010 in support of getting the band to open the games..

And check out the image that was created for the groups of the band’s mascot Eddie, taken from the classic “Trooper” art, holding the Olympic torch against the backdrop of an Olympic track. (That’s the image here at top.) Just think of having something like that on a T-shirt!!! [...]

For those who are unaware, director and fanboy favorite Kevin Smith is a major fan of the sport of hockey, and that makes him even cooler than he already was.

After his upcoming movie Cop Out — the first movie that he did not also write and produce — comes and goes, it looks like his next film will be a hockey film called Hit Somebody.

While talking hockey with NHL.com recently, Smith revealed that he had found his leading man, named Buddy, and it will be Seann William Scott.

Seann, for me, was the key into the character,

This dude has something in him that you can just see hangs so well on Buddy. He’s got some pain that’s going to work out well. More importantly he has so much love in his heart. Seann Scott is such an ebullient, happy person who’s just happy to be there. And on (Cop Out) you could see it. On our set the guy is just so delighted to be working, to be making people laugh. But he’s always dismissed as Stifler. This is his chance to shine. [...]

Earlier this week it was announced that friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were about to close a first-look deal with Warner Brothers that could see the duo working together a lot more, just like the good ol’ days when they were winning Oscars for movies like Good Will Hunting.

According to Deadline Hollywood, a project at WB entitled The Trade — that has already had the attention for Affleck and Damon for a long while now — is beginning to move forward with Affleck already set to direct the film and both actors considering starring in it as well.

The Trade tells the story of the 1973 sex scandal involving the New York Yankees, where two players — Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich — fell in love with each other’s wives and decided to simply trade. If they decided to star in the movie, Affleck would play Peterson, and Damon would of course play Kekich. [...]

Tonight was the big game, and to sum things up, booze and gumbo be flowin’ strong in the French Quarters of New Orleans tonight.

The obvious big draw of the Super Bowl is the game itself, but right behind that it the unveiling of some of the best commercials you’ll see. Recent years have been an incredible disappointment for the advertisement industries, and it has seemed like very few companies have anyone working for them with fresh and funny ideas. So would this year be the year when commercials rose back to their former glory, or would failure loom once again?

The short answer is no, no there was not any glory. The majority of this year’s commercials, like recent years, were utter garbage, and that’s just sad and honest truth. The only real bright spots of the year came from the always-popular Bud Lite ads, and Doritos made a strong showing themselves. There were a couple of decent ones scattered around in between these, but that’s about all there is to it. You can head over to SPIKE to check out all of the commercials! [...]

More Than a Game
Directed by Kristopher Belman
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Release date: February 2, 2010

They may be the best high school basketball team ever. He may have had the best high school basketball player ever. Akron, Ohio’s St. Vincent-St. Mary won the proverbial basketball lottery when they got LeBron James and his boyhood friends to attend their school. From humble beginnings, future NBA superstar James, along with childhood friends Dru Joyce, Sian Cotton, and Willie McGee, all began a journey that would take them from local fame to national acclaim. The “fab four” were later joined by Romeo Travis in their sophomore year and the five fused their talents and, with the help of a dedicated coach, rewrote Ohio basketball history.

More Than a Game is a very well made documentary that keeps the viewer’s interest throughout with a sly use of visual effects, editing, and original music. Director Kristopher Belman was able to capture some amazingly candid footage by following the St. V basketball team during James’ senior season and with the aid of first-hand accounts by the players themselves, photographs, and home videos, the viewer follows these young men from middle school all the way up until the last days of high school and it’s a remarkable journey [...]

One of the greatest joys of having Barack Obama as President of the United States is having a bona fide geek leading the country. The Pres is into comic books and Star Trek, and has even thrown up the Vulcan “live long and prosper” salute. When he was still a US Senator, he had on his website a photo of himself in front of a Superman statue. This is a man after our own hearts.

Now, the geeky Obama strikes again with a recent photo-op on the White House lawn where he’s wielding a toy lightsaber after a fencing demonstration. The event was held yesterday to promote Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympic Games [...]

UFC Classics, Volumes 11 & 12
Directed by Mark Lucas
Starring, Tank Abbott, Mark Coleman, Dan Severn, Jerry Bohlander, Vitor Belfort
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Release Date: March 10, 2009

For all of you hybrid geeks out there, such as myself, who love sports as much as they love movies and games — here’s some more good old fashioned Ultimate Fighting Championship action for you. This time we’re looking at the 11th and 12th volumes of UFC Classics.

The last time I reviewed UFC Classics, it was for volumes 5, 6, 7, and 8. When I did that review, there was oh, so much I could say about the UFC as a very passionate fan of mixed martial arts. Unfortunately, I didn’t know that I would have the chance to do more of these reviews, which leaves me with much less to say. This becomes a problem, as it’s very difficult to actually review fights. You can read my previous review here to catch up: DVD Review: UFC Classics Collection Volumes 5-8

These classic events are still back when the UFC was still a no rules competition that was banned in many countries. Being a big fan of the sport, I can watch these and find entertainment, but if you’re not a super-fan, you may not be as impressed. [...]

It’s usually the biggest TV day of the year: Super Bowl Sunday. If you’re a sports fan, you’re excited about the game, and if you hate sports, you still watch to see the legendary commercial lineup in hopes of seeing some marketing brilliance.

Among all of these commercials each year, we also get some peeks at the year’s biggest upcoming movies and this year is no slouch. In fact, this may just be the BIGGEST Super Bowl for movie previews that we’ve ever seen.

Personally, I’m a huge sports fan, so I’m usually watching the big game… but this year is a pretty boring match-up, so it’s fitting that the telecast will be riddled with huge movie peeks.

We’ve already posted the one for the new Star Trek preview, but here you can see the Super Bowl spots for massive summer fare such as: Up!, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Year One, Race to Witch Mountain, Land of the Lost, and yes, oh yes… Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Venture to the other side for all of the TV spot video goodness! [...]

To coincide with Super Bowl XLIII today, the Gold Box spotlight deal of the day is NFL Super Bowl I-XL Collector’s DVD Set for $54.99 (down 63% from the original price of $149.98).

This 20-disc collector’s DVD set contains 40 Super Bowl games, plus the seasons leading up to them, along with defining highlights, enhanced content, and exclusive memorabilia. This DVD set is obviously a great item for any football lover, but for this sale price — which is valid today only (February 1, 2009) — just the 40 Super Bowl games alone is worth having for even the average fan and a fun thing to throw on the big-screen TV for gatherings of family and fans during the off season.

There’s also a Super Bowl DVD Sale where you can get 60% off select Super Bowl DVDs from now til February 14, 2009.

Also, from now through February 28, 2009, if you buy a DVD from Amazon, they’ll give you a subscription to Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, and Men’s Journal magazines for just $1 each [...]

You may be asking yourself “Hey, what the hell is this sports stuff on a Geek site!?” and the answer to that is… hell, I don’t know, leave me alone!

As you all know, we cover all forms of media, including DVDs. This paired with the fact that I fancy myself a geek/sports fanatic hybrid who loves himself a little UFC means, a special review for all the other hybrids out there, UFC Classics Collection, Vol. 5-8!

I’ve been watching Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) since around 1993, which is a little before when these DVDs took place. Here we have UFC 5, 6, 7 and 8 which was a time much different than what the sport has now evolved to. Fitting enough, we just very recently had UFC 91 take place, so it’s been a long road.

The sport is easily the fastest growing one out there right now, but it is commonly mistaken as barbaric and it is often titled “human cock fighting” — nothing like that super-duper boxing thing everyone cherishes. The truth is, MMA is the ultimate in human competition and it’s a hell of a lot more safer than it looks. Yeah, sometimes there’s blood and maybe a broken bone, but to date, only one death and that was at some very low, probably illegal event. Most of the time when a dude goes down in MMA the fight gets stopped, unlike boxing which allows men to repeatedly have their brains shaken around in their skull like a freakin’ maraca. Oh, and let us not forget… technically, fishing is the most dangerous sport out there. Case closed.

Alright, now that the love letter is over, on we go [...]

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