Fails of the Week: Shug Knight, Beanie Sigel, the Patriots & More

Schadenfreude is a psychological terms used to describe someone who takes pleasure in the failure of others (aka haters), and while I certainly didn't derive any enjoyment from some of the epic f**k ups below, they were too egregious not to be called out. So in the first of an ongoing series that will include the best...or worst...fails of the week from the world of hip-hop, sports, pop culture and beyond, I dig into Beanie's belated revelation, Shug's cash flow problem and the New England Patriots choking harder than a pornstar on Ron Jeremy.

Beanie Sigel

Fail: In a recent interview with The Source, Beans said that he now believes that 50 never had any real desire to sign him to G-Unit and that Fiddy was just using his beef with Jay-Z as a way to build publicity for himself and "Before I Self Destruct." Wait, 50 was just using someone for publicity? I didn't even know he was capable of such actions. If only there was some way Beanie could have seen this coming.

The New England Patriots

Fail: As a lifelong Patriots fan I'm well aware that I don't have the right to complain after the incredible run of luck we had, but the beginning of Sunday's playoff game was some of the worst three minutes ever played in professional football. Here's quick recap of that first quarter: Patriots' kickoff, Ravens' 85 yard touchdown run, Patriots' fumble, Ravens' touchdown, Patriots' interception. So yeah, it's safe to say the Brady/Bellicheck dynasty is over, or at least on its death bed.

Shug Knight

Fail: As if getting knocked out in a club a few months back wasn't bad enough, recently unsealed court documents show that the former hip-hop don now has a monthly income of just over $1,200 dollars, and that's with a child support trail currently underway. Holding Vanilla Ice over a balcony is all fun and games, but it doesn't pay the bills, and Shug Knight's gonna have trouble paying rent on a studio apartment on $1,200 a month.

Jay Leno

Fail: Now I don't watch The Tonight Show, or the Jay Leno Show, or any network late night show, but this was a fail or such epic proportions I had to mention it. After moving Jay Leno to the 10 o'clock time slot just a few months ago, NBC is now moving him back to late night for two reasons: ratings for Conan O'Brien, who took over Tonight Show duties, were low, and local affiliates were complaining to NBC that so few people were watching Jay's show that the ratings for their 11 o'clock newscasts were plummeting. So Leno didn't just f**k up his own show, he f**ked up every local nightly news in the country. Now that's a fail.

Have a nomination for a fail of the week? Email me at nathan(@)refinedhype.com.