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We're baaaaaaaack!

Happy Monday everybody!

It's been awhile since there was activity on the site, but I actually do have a good reason...I was out of the country the past two weeks. I wore my Kan Jam shirt twice while I was there and got many odd looks, unfortunately no one knew of the game yet, but we'll get there one day.

Anyways, how about the football games this weekend. While I love football, I can admit that I took a nap during three out of the four games. The only one that kept me riveted from start to finish was the Packers-Cardinals game, which got off to a slow start but turned out to be an absolute classic. However the way the Cardinals defense played, I just can't see them scoring enough points two weeks in a row to overcome that weakness.

While that game was fun to watch, the Ravens-Patriots game was fun for a completely different reason...schadenfreude, or happiness at the misfortune of others.

Growing up in Buffalo and being a die-hard Bills fan, it brought me joy to watch the Patriots roll over and basically quit in the second half of their blowout loss to the Ravens. Their no-show in the second half was highlighted even more by the way the Packers fought back after facing an equally large first half defecit.

On Sportscenter this morning there was talk how this wasn't the end of the Patriots dynasty and how they will retool for next year, but I just don't see it. Brady isn't getting younger and is now completely immobile, there was one play in the red zone in the first half where Brady had a wide open seam up the middle for a 10 yard touchdown run. You could tell he was thinking about taking it, and then thought better of it and threw the ball away. After the play the announcers called him on this, so we shall see if Brady has entered a new part of his career where much like Jim Kelly and Dan Marino were late in their careers he is a sitting duck in the pocket, or if he just needed another year to recover from the knee injury last year.

But besides Brady, their offensive line provided no protection, Randy Moss is obviously past his prime, and the defense isn't getting any younger either. On the other hand the J-E-T-S looked very good against the Bengals, and I would say have a very very good chance of toppling the Patriots reign of the AFC East next season.

(Plus if the Bills sign Bill Cowher as their coach, and draft Tebow with the ninth pick in the draft...well than all bets are off in the AFC East for 2010.)

Until next time,

Alex

Only two days away!

Happy Tuesday everyone...only two more days until Christmas eve.

If you're like me you waited until the very last second to do any holiday shopping, so this is just a reminder that Kanjam will make a great gift for somebody of any age.

While it's too big to fit into a stocking, giving the gift of Kanjam will allow the recipient to enjoy your gift for years to come.

If this is coming off too much like an advertisement - well than you're too smart for me, because well, it is an advertisement.  You can buy Kanjam for a holiday gift at our website www.kanjam.com or any fine local sporting good store - I was just hoping you wouldn't catch on to the.

The Kanjam blog will be taking a few weeks off after today while I go on vacation, so from everyone at Kanjam have a great holiday season and a happy new year.

Until next time,

Alex

Bob Knight=scrooge

Happy Friday everybody!

Everyone at the Kanjam HQ, and probably everyone else on the east coast is preparing for a massive snow storm that the weathermen are positive will hit within the next 24 hours, so I'll give it a 75 percent chance of sun with 65 degree weather for the weekend...so if you're looking to play Kan Jam in decent weather this may just be the weekend to do it.

I'll assume that everyone is Tiger'd out, I know that I definitely am, so let's quickly talk about a new sports controversy that happened yesterday; Bob Knight, the man that made a career out of throwing chairs, being profane in press conferences, being a general dbag to the public and winning basketball games, called out John Calipari at Kentucky for not having integrity. The link below is the video:

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4754431

Now I'm not disagreeing with Knight, obviously Calipari has a somewhat shady past with the Derek Rose situation at Memphis, and the Marcus Camby incident at UMass, but I just have an issue with Knight being the one to bring these issues up. It just reiks of hypocrisy to me.

Here is a link to Calipari's reaction

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4755172

Not much there, except for the fact that he respects Knight and doesn't want to get into a "verbal war with Knight." Smart move Calipari, always best to respect your elders.

Ok...thank you for letting me get that off my chest, you can now resume your regularly scheduled weekend.

Until next time,

Alex

Tailgating Press

KanJam set to make its industry debut at the Sports Licensing & Tailgate

Show this January.

www.licensingoutlook.com/archive/k/kanjam-10-26-09.html

Sporcle for Kan Jam Results!

Hey everyone, here are the answers to the Kan Jam Sporcle quiz

1. How many points is it worth if the disc bounces off the ground than hits the kan?

A: 0

2. What is the kanjam website?

A: www.kanjam.com

3. If you have score a "perfect game" how many rounds did your game last?

A: 4 (three rounds of six plus one more three-pointer)

4. What does it mean to have the hammer?

A: To have the last throw of the match

5. Where are the Kanjam world championships held each year?

A: North Tonawanda

6. What is the Kanjam slogan?

A: You've got moves you haven't seen yet

7. How many points is it worth if the disc goes through the slot than comes out the top of the kan?

A: 2

8. What team won the 2009 Kan Jam World Championships?

A: Rebel Survivors

9. Name the four possible point-values you can earn on each toss

A: 1,2,3, Instant win

10. Where was Kanjam invented?

A: North Tonawanda

Remember don't be looking at these results until you take the quiz first.

Until next time,

Alex

Sporcle for Kan Jam!

In honor of one of the most addicting and timewasting websites of all time-sporcle- I have created a KanJam quiz that I would have actually put on the sporcle website if it wasn't such a pain in the but to do. I mean who wants to create seven quizzes a month, or whatever the rules were for creating quizzes. So here is the Kan Jam quiz. There will be 10 questions and I'll post the answers later today in a seperate post.

You have five minutes to answer these questions....starting..................................................................................................................................................Now

1. How many points is it worth if the disc bounces off the ground than hits the kan?

2. What is the kanjam website?

3. If you have score a "perfect game" how many rounds did your game last?

4. What does it mean to have the hammer?

5. Where are the Kanjam world championships held each year?

6. What is the Kanjam slogan?

7. How many points is it worth if the disc goes through the slot than comes out the top of the kan?

8. What team won the 2009 Kan Jam World Championships?

9. Name the four possible point-values you can earn on each toss

10. Where was Kanjam invented?

And your five minutes is up. Please put all of your answers in the comment section and I'll put the correct answers in a post later today.

Until next time,

Alex

First snow of the season at the Kan Jam HQ's

Happy Friday everybody! If your living on the east coast I hope your enjoying the snow, I know we’re experiencing the first real snow fall of the year here at Kan Jam headquarters. If you’re living down south or to the west I hope you’re enjoying the fact that you get to wear shorts and sandals and laugh at us “eastcoasters” that have to deal with the snow. Enjoy the fact that you probably aren’t reading this post right now, that you’re probably outside enjoying the sun, playing Kan Jam.

Now that I have that off my chest, let’s go off the Kan Jam map for the day. The holiday season is literally right upon us so what was your favorite holiday memories? What gifts do you remember getting from childhood?

I’ll start:

I got a lot of cool gifts for the holidays including this laptop that I’m working on right this very second, but if I was going to rank my three most memorable holiday gifts it would go something like:

3. I’m a Seinfeld addict so when the first few seasons came out on DVD I had to get them just to hear the commentary by the actors plus all of the bloopers. So seasons 1-3 of Seinfeld would be third most memorable

2. Number one and number two are easy. Number two is the complete set of Beatles action figures. I got them when I was maybe 12 years old and they’re still standing in prominence in the famous Beatles stage position, though Ringo’s drums took a nasty fall a few years back.

1. As I said number two and number one were easy to come up with. When I was younger, maybe 10 or 11 I got the Wayne Gretzky Hockey game and instantly became addicted for the next year. Now this wasn’t your typical video game, this was a house version of bubble hockey where you controlled the players using the rods and everything. I was so enthralled by this game that I would practice against myself so I could beat my dad, and even kept standings, statistics, player records on the computer.

That probably says a lot about me that my three favorite holiday gifts of all time include Seinfeld, the Beatles and Hockey. In fact it definitely does because those would still be my three of my favorite things today.

What were some of your favorite holiday gifts?

Anyways, this year who’s going to buy a Kanjam for that special someone and make their wishes come true?

Until next time,

Alex

 

Happy Thanksgiving

Hey everyone,

Happy Thanksgiving eve. Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday of the year. Whether it's the hungover football game Thursday morning, watching the Macy's Day Parade, watching the Lions (for fantasy purposes only), or eating a crazy amount of mashed potatoes, stuffing and turkey, Thanksgiving ranks as one of the best days of the year along with NFL Conference Championship Sunday and August 13. 

Probably my favorite part of Thanksgiving is this dessert that Mrs. Z brings every year. Basically it involves layers upon layers of fudge/pudding, Oreo's and whipped cream. The epitome of delicious.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving, but before I head out for the weekend here are a few videos that remind of me most of Thanksgiving.

Your probably wondering why the third video is of Boy Meets World, and what that has to do with Thanksgiving? Well I'll tell you. There was a great Thanksgiving Boy Meets World episode that I always liked. I couldn't find it on youtube so I had to settle for the theme song. Besides do you really need an excuse to remember the best show from the classic ABC TGIF Lineup?

I think not.

Until next time,

Alex

Kanjam blog 3.0...we're baaaaack

Hey everyone, happy Friday. So it's been exactly one month and one day since the last post on the Kanjam blog, I felt we were a little overdue.

The Kanjam blog has gone through another makeover (if you're counting this would be the third face lift since August...or two less than anyone on the real housewives of OC...not that I watch that or anything.)

For the foreseeable future there will be a minimum of one Kanjam blog post per week which will give you all of the goings-ons at Kanjam head quarters.

Today's post is a reminder from last month that we have started a new program called Jambassadors. Whether you are a college student, high school student, or just a fan of the game this is a way to make some extra money by marketing Kan Jam in your home town.

If you are a business, marketing, PR, or communications major or even if you are just interested in those fields, being a Jambassador is a great resume builder. WIth the holiday season a month away gift shopping is at it's alltime high right now so there has never been a better time to join the Jambassador program.

If you want any information about the program contact me at alex@kanjam.com.

Lastly, with winter break coming up I know a lot of people are going on vacations if anyone takes a great picture with a kanjam in a cool location, or while tailgating please send it to my email so we can share it with the rest of the Kan Jam fans.

That's it for this week, hope everyone has a great weekend.

Until next time,

Alex

Jambassadors

Hey guys,

check out some new photos sent in on the photo page.

But today's post is going out to college students across the country. You play the game, now it's time to help spread the word to all of the KanJam "rookies."

If you want more information on how to earn a couple extra bucks while playing the great game of KanJam, contact me at alex@kanjam.com

Until next time,

Alex