You Will Never Be This Strong & Other Stories
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson has been declared Europe's Strongest Man for 2014. This year's contest wrapped up last weekend and he basically destroyed the field of competitors. Standing 6 feet and 9 inches tall and weighing in at nearly 400 pounds, he is a force to be reckoned with. Hafþór plays Gregor Clegane in the HBO hit series Game of Thrones, his character is also known as "The Mountain" which I feel is pretty fitting. Also, the dude's name essentially is Half Thor in English. When shooting for the stars, having half of Thor's strength is a pretty good start. He placed 1st in 5 out of the 7 events at the European strong man contest. He killed the Atlas Challenge (lifting giant stone balls of varying weight and placing them on pedestals, yep sounds dumb but it is, what it is) which is basically the hardest thing a human being can do physically. There are no handles and you can't wrap your arms fully around the object so you kinda have this awkward arm/chest muscle thing going on to hoist them off of the floor and on to the stand. Trust me, it looks hard and is probably harder. This dude's personal best for the bench press is 507 lbs (if you don't know what the bench press is…just look it up and/or move back to Panama or wherever it is you're from). That's insane! NFL lineman (the big ones) don't even really get to that level, granted they aren't paid to do it but you get the idea for comparative purposes.
For those of you out there who were around in the late 1990's/early 2000's (assuming all of you) this name might bring back memories of late night ESPN, like 2AM EST episodes of World's Strongest Man - Magnús Ver Magnússon…you're welcome.
In other less physically impressive news, Pittsburgh Steelers running back duo of Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount were arrested yesterday afternoon for possession of you guessed it marijuana along with some unnamed chick. Bell also got tagged with a DUI since he was the one in command of the steering wheel at the time. I don't really know if this is news to anyone in the sports community. I don't know these guys personally, and if anything I probably don't want to (Steelers players to a Jets fan is not great), but honestly - what's the big deal? I wrote about Josh Gordon's situation yesterday and at the end of the day, I think these guys should just do what they want to do. Let the team's management sort it out. They are the ones paying these dudes…not me, not you and not The Goodell Mafia. Let me ask you this - does it make any difference on Sunday afternoon if Bell and Blount (almost Blunt which is pretty perfect given the circumstances) smoke weed on a Wednesday afternoon? Granted, I am not cool with the driving part of it all, but the rest of it is pretty harmless as far as I am concerned. Now if I were their boss (which I am not), I would certainly not be over the moon about this whole thing. BUT I do love the solidarity of this move. It's kinda like, "what are they going to do, suspend both of us?" Classic case of having the team's running game by the cojones!
In other much better news, Jim Kelly announced that he is cancer free. This is great news, any time someone throws the phrase cancer free it is to be celebrated…even if he is a former Buffalo Bill and worst performer in Super Bowl history. Good for you Jim! The Bills need ya!
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That's about it for today! Things are about to get heated tomorrow as I run through the NFL QB battles and who I think will/should win each one…prepare yourself!!
Happy Watching!!
Ugh The Mountain. You broke my heart.
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