Top 10 things to do during the bye week (V.2K5)
- By Keith Hayes
- Published 10/23/2005
- Football
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Keith Hayes
Keith Hayes got his love for writing in the 6th grade where he began writing sci-fi stories for classmates and friends, while continuing to write over the years as a personal hobby.
In 1991 after purchasing WebTV, he caught the Internet bug and began writing on various message boards and newsgroups under the pseudonym Mista Sinista. His posts became popular as he covered movie reviews, the New England Patriots, WCW and WWE (formerly WWF) wrestling. Just do a Google search for Mista Sinista or Sinista1 under groups, and you'll discover enough material to read for months.
As his debating talents developed online, he became vocal in his local newspaper, the Enterprise. He began submitting Letters to the Editor, and most of his pieces were printed on a regular basis. He also had similar success with his letters to the early years of Patriots Football Weekly. After generating some buzz and catching the eyes of readers, Keith was contacted to write for wrestling web site Wrestlenutz.com. He was then later contacted to write for a New England Patriots fan website PatriotsFootball.com, which is now known as PatsFans.com.
When covering the Pats, Keith kept his Mista Sinista attitude and reviewed the games with his "tell it like it is" style. The Patriots experience soon took off, and allowed him to meet various players, travel to a Pro Bowl in Hawaii, a Super Bowl in New Orleans, several away games in the Meadowlands, and some great games in Foxboro, where he has been a season ticket holder since 1990.
Today, he covers the New England Patriots for eSports and as a 12th Man correspondent for PatsFans.com. You can read his political and local debates on his hometown site Brockton Forums. But for a real treat, you can also see the twisted side on his moniker web site Sinista1.com, where he has some great spoofs like "Barbie and Ken's True Hollywood Story," and "Celebrity Survivor."
Most recently, Keith has become a co-host on two hit radio shows at WXBR 1460 AM in Brockton (formerly WBET). On Fridays, Keith can be heard during the "On the Mark PI Show," with his host Private Investigator Mark Chauppetta, who has his own reality television show in negotiations, and a role in the upcoming horror film Frightworld where he plays an FBI Agent hunting a serial killer who has killed his wife.
Keith is now following in his host’s footsteps after scoring a part in Walt Disney's upcoming movie "The Game Plan," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. In the movie, Keith plays a football player on QB Joe Kingman’s (Dwayne's character) Boston Rebels rival team the New York Dukes. Also joining Keith on the show is defense attorney Ken Diesenhof, and Brockton Police Officer Frank "Czman".
On Saturdays, Keith can be heard during "Krashing Into the Bigfield/The Lock Up" from noon to 4 p.m. talking sports with Enterprise writer Kevin Tocci, and aspiring actor Tom Mariano, cousin to "Boston Rob" of "Survivor/Amazing Race" fame. The show also features guests Matt Futrell, Peter Czymbor, Dennis Harris, and is produced by former Indie wrestler Mike Pavia. The South Shore Sports Show is growing, as the first two hours cover sports (professional and local), while the second two hours cover the best talk in professional and Indie wrestling.
Batten down the hatches because it's that time of the year where I hit you all off with my "Top 10 Things to do During the Bye Week" (V.2K5).
Once again, for those of you who are new to this, I drop this little piece every year for the New England Patriot's bye week, and usually it goes over pretty well. Some parts of the list are new, some of the best move up, while some of the least favorites move down or completely off the list.
10. Find Religion: Head to church, confess all of those sins and impure thoughts you've committed while attending and watching football games the past seven weeks... Oh yes, the sins you committed during the preseason count.
9. Tailgate at Home: Go to you son's pee wee or mighty mites game done up in grease paint armed with air horns and noisemakers. Then, break out the grill, cook hamburgers and hot dogs for the kids while getting a sugar high from drinking gallons of Teenie Weenie juices.
8. Drain the Basement: Your basement has become a personal swimming hole since the nine days of straight rain, and it's time to get your mancave back to normal.
7. Change of Scenery: Betting on the Philadelphia Eagles in their match up with the Dallas Cowboys a few weeks back has put you so deep in the red with the local bookies, you decide to turn rat and enlist the entire family into the Federal Witness Protection Program.
6. Wreak havoc on Halo 2: Guys with XBOX live gamertags like me, aka Sinista1, Ir2much4U, Berto187 and Havok1 are doing some serious damage to others with our Master Chiefs.
5. Be a Parent(s) to Your Child/Children: Reintroduce yourself to the kid(s) as the parent(s) they knew before week one. This way they can forget all about the terrorizing lunatic who has been screaming obscenities at the TV for the past two weekends.
4. Get in Touch With Your Sensitive Side: Spend time with your wifey/girlfriend/significant other doing the things they like ... renting movies, watching Lifetime or the Oxygen network. For bonus points, take a trip to Christmas Tree Shops with her. Better yet, take her to go see In her Shoes or Elizabethtown.
3. Cash in Your Frequent Flyer Mileage: Turn in your rewards and spend time with your illegitimate children from East to West. (Note: This one may pertain to some pro football players.)
2. Become a Redneck: Run out, grab a Nextel phone, some chewin' tobacca', Coors beer, a Confederate flag, and practice your best south of the border southern drawl so you can spend the weekend as a NASCAR fan watching drivers make four left turns. Remember... It's "Chase for the Cup" time, so try not to disrespect anyone by rooting for someone who is out of the standings.
1. Study up on how to play cornerback: I don't care how it gets done... Practice with the kids in the park down the street, play Madden 2K6, or spend the week reading "Cornerback for Dummies Vol. 1." You know who you are, so get it done before Buffalo Bills QB Kelly Holcomb serves you up as hot buttered, breakfast toast on ESPN Sunday after next.
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