Corey Live.

Well, it certainly has been awhile since my last update. Almost two months but I guess it is better late than never. Joe Buck Live airs once every three months, so I can do the same. I just won't have Artie Lange to "entertain" my readers.

A lot has changed since that last post. Michael Vick is a free man. Brett Favre has come back, then changed his mind, then set a date to let the Vikings know he is interested in coming back (I guess that's not really a change). I have co-hosted my first and second radio show on 91.7 WKDU, Fridays 11-1. We have seen another all-Williams Wimbledon final and the second greatest Men's Singles Championship Match ever. And former Phillie Lenny Dykstra lost his title of "Financial Guru" on one of the most comical segments I have ever seen on Real Sports.

Speaking of the Phillies, in my hiatius, they played .500 ball basically, then struggled getting swept in back to back series by the Blue Jays and Orioles. Now they are in the middle of a tear that is wrapped around the All Star break, baseball's unofficial mid-season point. Now, they are on an eight game winning streak, taking 12 of their last 13 games. They hold a six and a half game lead over the Atlanta Braves and the Mets are in 4th, nine games out! That is something that makes this so much sweeter. The Phillies dominating this division is wonderful but seeing the Mets struggle might even be sweeter for me.

But still, this team is in a prime position to add one of the games most dominating pitcher, Roy Halladay. We are 11 days from the trading deadline and we know the Phillies are interested. We know the Blue Jays want a ton of prospects, in which the Phillies may not want to give up. Of course, if I were Amaro I would pull the trigger and we would be on our way to our second straight World Championship. But it's not that simple and there are many details we don't know. I understand the difficulty there is in trading a prospect because of the 'what-if' factor. A few years ago, Ed Wade offered an up and coming Ryan Howard to the Pirates for SP Kip Wells. Thank goodness the Pirates are, well, the Pirates. So some of the names getting thrown around could turn out to be like that. But they could also fail. When thinking of Drabek, remember the names of Garrett Stevenson, Brandon Duckworth, Carlton Loewer, Gavin Floyd, hell even Brett Myers was a supposed stud. So before we appoint Drabek the next ace of the staff (which he very well could be), think about now and the players on the roster contributing today. They aren't getting any younger and could possibly be part of a multi-world championship team.

Also in my absence, the NHL and NBA held their respective draft of amateur players. I could go on and on about the NBA but: A. I don't care about it, and B. the Lakers, Celtics, Cavs, Magic and possibly the Nuggets will be the only teams contending for a title. All I really can say is I think Blake Griffin will be a bust. And the NBA shouldn't have allowed Brandon Jennings to pull the shinangans he did.

In the NHL, all I really care about are the Flyers, and they pulled off the steal of the century. I mean, they got their big, physical, brusing defensman that will stop the likes of Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin...won't he? That's what the team hopes and many Flyer fans buy right into that line of thinking, of course. Well I think differently. Yes, Pronger is an upgrade on defense, but that is no reason to start planning a Stanley Cup parade. He will be 35 at the start of the season and is not the same Chris Pronger that won MVP in 2000. Yeah, he played every game last year in the 08-09 season but mid 30s is about the age a physical player like CP starts to break down. So I suspect they may get one really good season - two at most - out of Pronger. By that time, Sbisa could be an all star and Lupul, well you can find forwards like him everywhere - supposedly. Of course, I may be contradicting myself because I would trade for Halladay in a heartbeat, but I don't like this trade one bit. But what do I know, I never have played hockey.

Well, that's about it for right now. With training camps opening soon, an NFL Preview will be up soon. No promises when though. It will before the next Joe Buck Live at least. With or without Artie Lange.


What to watch: The T.O. Show, 10pm on VH1

The 5 Best Logos in the NHL

5. St. Louis Blues

I've had this conversation with people in real life situations, and whenever I bring up the Blues people can't believe it. This leads me to believe that people don't understand the Blues' nickname and logo, which is one of the best in the league. The team is named after the song "St Louis Blues", a famous blues song that's in the Grammy Hall of Fame. The logo itself is a 64th note, which is a very short musical note that is pretty much featured in the song "St. Louis Blues". It makes a lot more sense than Utah Jazz, anyway.

4. Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings have one of the most classic logos in all of sports, but most people have no idea what it is. The logo was once used by a cycling team who spun off into an amateur hockey team. This hockey/biking team was really good, winning a Stanley Cup back when anyone in any league could win it. When the Detroit Falcons were becoming the Detroit Red Wings, they purchased the rights to the logo of the cycling club, paying homage to the Stanely Cup champions. Apparently the logo is magical, because the Red Wings have since then been the stand out club in the NHL.

3. San Jose Sharks

The Sharks' logo is the first "modern" era logo on the list; both the Blue and Red Wings' logos are old time classics, while the Sharks weren't even a team until 1991. They've always had a similar logo, but the older one was bad, because the shark was too realistic looking. The new shark is a sleeker looking, more menacing figure, and the guys are a really good touch. Plus, I can blow your mind: the triangle is a shark tooth.

2. Montreal Canadiens

I asked a lot of people for input on this list, and most of them brought up the Montreal Canadiens as one of the best logos of all times. At first, I just shrugged them off, because this isn't about the most classic logo or the most historic logo, and aesthetically this logo isn't that great; it's just a C ala the Chicago Cubs. However, I really looked at I realized that yeah, this logo not only is historic and nostalgic, but it's also very good. Simple, yet a strong representation of what the Canadiens really are; a team whose fans are permanently behind them and who's history is grossly intertwined with the history of the NHL. After all, what's more hockey than the H in the Canadiens' logo?

1. Minnesota Wild

While the Red Wings and Canadiens have a lot of history in their logos, and the Blues and Sharks' have a modern era twinge one theirs, nothing comes close to even touching the Wild's logo. The overall logo appears to be a bear or wild cat head, but when you take a closer look the image changes to something else that's absolutely amazing. The mouth of the beast is a river, the ear is a moon, and picture is loaded with trees and a red sky. The best part is the eye of the creature which is the north star, a reference to the last hockey franchise that played in Minnesota. The whole thing is amazing; it's modern, it's got some vintage to it, and it's interesting and flashy, unlike a lot of modern logos which are boring.