I am a calm person. I rarely yell, scream, or get upset. In a typical year, i'll get pretty mad about 5 times. However, over the past 3 months or so, I have found myself just outraged just about every morning.

Why you ask?

ESPN has run out of ideas and is now trying to pinpoint the REAL Titletown USA.

What? You're confused? Yes, me too. Actually...damn mad! Why on Earth would ESPN want to take the one name associated with one of the greatest cities in the world? Wasn't this name given to Green Bay 40 years ago? Weren't the sniveling little producers at ESPN still pissing their diapers then?

The answer is yes.

It's just disrespectful. As anyone who knows me would tell you, I am a die-hard Packers fan, so I am probably a little more perturbed by this travesty more than others, but it's just wrong.

Below is an excerpt from Wikipedia about Titletown USA. 

Green Bay is by far the smallest U.S. market for an NFL team, although the Packers' fanbase stretches across the state of Wisconsin. Green Bay is nicknamed "Titletown" and "Titletown, USA" for the number of NFL titles (12) it has won over the years (including the first two Super Bowls as well as Super Bowl XXXI, more than any other team. The name appears on the city seal, is used by the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce for its web address (titletown.org) and variations of the word appear in the name of more than two dozen local businesses.

What's next? E-TV doing a special on the REAL Tinsel Town? This Old House finding out who the REAL STEEL Town is? Or how about the Sibling Channel holding a vote for the real CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE? I hear OHIO has huge apples, maybe we should strip NYC of their nickname? Okay, that one was a stretch.

At least we have John Anderson? My favorite ESPN anchor who happened to grow up in Green Bay? I can see the angst on his face when the segment goes back to him after talking about why Chapel Hill, Boston, and god forgive me, Los Angeles today should be considered TitleTown?!?! Hopefully he can pull a fast one and kill whomever is in charge of this ridiculous waste of time.

My point is this...what gives ESPN the overarching power to decide anything? Let alone this? Just because they have a monopoly on Sports News, doesn't mean they can do whatever the hell they want. Where is the Sherman Antitrust Law when you need it???

It is Thursday, it is Beautiful, and I am pissed.

Thanks you ESPN. I now, officially, think you suck.