2008 Death Pool Candidates

Dustin Diamond.

Someone is going to kill Screech. It's going to happen.

 

Don't you get more points by picking someone younger?

Lance Armstrong, Olson Twins.

Frankie Muniz

Maurice Clarett

I hate to ask this, but will there be a SportsJournalists.com pool? I'm actually scared/tempted to join it if one is put together.

 

No joke - I filled out my list for 2007 and my wife gave me 2 suggestions: Al Molinaro and Anna Nicole Smith. I went with Al, didn't use Anna Nicole. Whoops.

 

Fuck.

Bob Barker and Wilford Brimley. I'd put money on one of those guys.

 

How can you not pick Winehouse? Every time I see her thread bumped on this board, I check to see if her corpse was found with a needle sticking out of it.

 

Ay-mee Wine-house (clap, clap, clap clap clap)

 

People will be angry, but take John Wooden.
I don't wish the guy ill. I'm just saying.

 

Fuck you, I have the jingle in my head now.

 

You know, you just talked me out of ever doing one of these. I think.

Maybe a 40 and under league would be cool for trainwrecks like Pacman Jones or Joey Porter.

 

Here's my Dead Pool for 2008:

* Dick Cheney -- He'll kick off right after he's named in an official Congressional probe.

* Dick Clark

* Amy Winehouse

* Tori Spelling -- There's almost always one surprising at the time wildcard.

* Garrison Keillor -- Jesse Ventura will get arrested for taking out the "companion" using an illegal choke hold.

* Joe Elliot -- Lead singer of Def Leppard

 

Just went to a site that runs one of these things and feel dirty for having given it a hit. That said, it reveals all people picked by the players and Nicole Richie was on quite a few lists and Paris Hilton only made one. I guess it's just less unsavory to talk about people seemingly intent on killing themselves than those (like Tony Snow) who seem to be fighting for their lives.

 

Britney Spears and Stuart Scott...