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#23: Best NHLers That Won't Win the MVP Award PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Jesse Thompson   
Monday, 15 April 2002

The MVP award in most major sports is a much debated race. This isn't because the races are necessarily too close to call, but rather that the inherent criteria for the award means that it won't go to the player most deserving. The most common issue is the relevance of the candidate's team, and where they are in the standings. Can he be an MVP if his team is a loser? The answer is almost always no.

This week's Top7 List gives a little back to the losers, it's Top 7 NHL players that won't win an MVP. In an attempt to level the playing field, as it were, this list will look at how well the players did, not if they were the only big star on a contender. Just look at Detroit, and tell me how you pick an MVP out of Hasek, Yzerman, Federov, Lidstrom, Robitaille, Hull, Chelios and Shanahan. Who's the better Canuck, Naslund or Bertuzzi? Here it is, the best of the overlooked.

 

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#22: Best Films Not to Win Oscar for Best Picture PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Jesse Thompson   
Monday, 08 April 2002

 Every year there are disappointments at the Oscars, from the smallest techinical award to the year's best film. It's an annual guessing game that everyone loves to play, and in the end, the top award often goes to what is truly the best film... but there are sometimes shockers, as well as those that retrospect shows us were ahead of their times. Films like Blade Runner were panned when they were released, but today's opinions have gone 180 degrees.

This week's Top7 List would like to thank its parents and its agent, as it opens the envelope for the best films that never won the Oscar for Best Picture. The criteria is simply that they be English language films, because although there is the very occasional exception like Crouching Tiger, Hollywood doesn't like to read subtitles. The year listed is the year the film was released, although the Oscars are handed out the following year.

 

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#20: The Worst Lies Men Tell Themselves PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Jesse Thompson   
Monday, 25 February 2002

 You're pretty tough. You may not look it, but you know you are. You're also a babe magnet. You may not look it, but the ladies know. You're also as resourceful as MacGyver, aren't you? You may not look it, but if lives were on the line, you'd come through and save the world.

Right. Sure, pal. It's not that I don't believe you, it's that I know the odds -- and the odds say that you've got an unrealistic vision of your own self-worth, your ability to be The Man. You've watched too many movies, lived on a farm for too long, and you've forgotten about this little thing called reality. This week's Top7 List is all about being The Man, or rather, falling short of it.

 

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#19: Worst Valentine's Day Gifts PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Cyprian Mendelius   
Wednesday, 13 February 2002

 If you’re like me, and you have a girlfriend you care for very much (and a mistress, and a ho), then you too have spent the last few weeks racking your brains out trying to figure out what to do for Valentine’s Day. Some of you are doing it out of kindness, and a genuine desire to express your affection and love. Some of you are doing it out of duty, because you know she’s about a fart-out-loud-and-a-half away from dumpin’ your sorry ass, and this is the ONLY way you’ll EVER get a chance to give her “the luge” (See: um, when, she, uh, doesn’t spit back).

Also, if you’re like me, you’re trying to think of something so ridiculously bouleverse that she will spontaneously combust. Or maybe you’re looking for a sinecure that will require no work, talent or original thought, just to get through the day without getting chewed out by the “missus.”

 

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#18: Sexiest Video Game Babes PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Alex Vu   
Friday, 01 February 2002

 Of the thousands of hours of my childhood playing video games, probably at least half of them were inspired by the pursuit of bodacious ta-tas. It's likely this applies to you as well, and I've often considered back fondly on which characters shaped my perceptions of women. I've always been primarily inspired by the console systems of old and new, unlike the PC gaming systems of today, the console was enjoyed by many: the crowd that enjoyed sports games, didn't wear Coke bottle lenses, and actually understood what they were saying when they said, "Schwing!"

So I bring to you the Top 7 Hottest Video Game Babes... Consoles and arcade only of course.

 

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#17: Best Gaming Platforms PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Jesse Thompson   
Monday, 10 December 2001
 When I was young, I had a rich neighbor who got a Colecovision gaming system for the holidays. I went over one day after school, and we spent the whole afternoon playing Donkey Kong and QBert. He told me that since he had gotten the system, he didn't go to the arcade anymore. Now, this was in the days of Tron and Joysticks, where arcades were becoming a part of American culture. This was a crazy idea to me at the time, that a home system could replace standing in front of the arcade machine with its sticks and buttons.

Everything has changed since then. Thanks to breakthroughs like the Sony Playstation, most homes have at least one system now. Arcades are almost an afterthought... But keep in mind, it took many, many systems to get us to the point where we accepted these systems in our homes. There were lots of failures, like the Turbo Grafx and the Vectrex. Let's look at what were the best means of playing video games in the home, in the Top 7 Video Game Platforms.
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