Welcome to The Big Jewel, where the New Year always brings more embarrassing revelations from the world of professional sports. Start 2007 right with this memo to one of the most pitiable team mascots of all time from our friend Jay Dyckman: "A Memo To Thunder, The Golden State Warriors' Mascot, Regarding The Upcoming Second Half Of The 2006-2007 Season" By Jay Dyckman Thunder: While the first half of this season has shown promise, management feels, given the history of this organization, that it's best that we prepare for the inevitable collapse. As you are surely aware, times have been tough for the Warriors family. No championship since the '74-'75 season. Thirteen years without making the playoffs. Top draft picks traded only to go on and produce for other teams. A coaching carousel. And an increasingly bitter fan base stung by prior promising starts that are most likely illegal under some type of bait-and-switch tort theory... For the full article please visit http://www.thebigjewel.com/ To unsubscribe from The Big Jewel's Hilarious Weekly Email please send an email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to neilpasricha@xxxxxxxxx