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Sun June 08, 2008
(Some Racing Guy) Cool Kasey Kahne Captures Third Win in Four Weeks at Pocono Raceway (9)
(Yahoo) Obvious Terry Porter to be the Spurs next Manchurian Candidate (7)
(Yahoo) Cool Lakers hope to rebound, pierce Celtics defense; NBA Finals Game 2 discussion thread (9pm ET, ABC) (396)
(NYPost) Unlikely Five trades that will fix the Yankees. The A's are waiting by the phone to get in on the Melky Cabrera Huston Street deal (68)
(Yahoo) Cool Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer once again for fourth consecutive French Open title... ok, so he's not a hot Russian chick, but it's still pretty cool (31)
(ESPN) Dumbass Jeremy Shockey rips the Giants and says he may skip mini-camp. Because the Giants went straight down the tubes last year when he was injured... oh wait (33)
(YouTube) Dumbass Video clip of quite possibly the worst officiating call EVER in college baseball, from Saturday's super-regional in Baton Rouge (132)
(The Oriole Way) Cool Baseball Hall of Famers Eddie Murray and Brooks Robinson launch their own wine labels, donate 100% of proceeds to charity. Current players continue whining that they can't live on only $10 million a year (18)
(CNN) Dumbass Chris Chelios dents the Stanley Cup (48)
(Some Guy) Cool Austria has its hands full with Croatia, while Germany looks set to overrun Poland. It's not 1939, it's day 2 of Euro 2008. ESPN2 has the matches today (199)
(Some Guy) Interesting Think you're smart enough to officiate college football? Then take the official 2008 test for NCAA officials (19)
(Yahoo) Weird Padres win by a score of 2-1. No, this is not a repeat from Wednesday. Nor is it a repeat from Thursday. It's not even a repeat from Friday either (16)
(Free Press) Scary Remember the "concussion-like symptoms" that kept Red Wing Johan Franzen out? He only had bleeding on the brain (35)
(FanNation) Obvious Ronaldo ready to leave Manchester United, for Real (25)

Sat June 07, 2008
(The Clarion Ledger) Asinine You retire after coaching a team for 29 years. Do you a) get the stadium named after you, b) congratulate the new coach, or c) rant because the school didn't hire your assistant and demand they remove your name from the stadium? (25)
(Fox Sports) Followup How can Brown fail you? Big Brown finishes dead last at Belmont (90)
(Some Guy) Cool Anna Kourni-who? newest Google favorite and Under 21 FHM cover model Ivanovic wins French Open (34)
(NYPost) Dumbass Shea Stadium drunk finds out that, unlike the Mets, Mr. Met has some punch in him (8)
(Yahoo) Obvious Big Brown looks to knock off Sarah Jessica Parker as the top horse this weekend (a/k/a your Belmont Stakes discussion thread) (160)
(AP) Followup Big Brown-Hooters sponsorship deal goes tits up (16)
(USA Today) Asinine American basketball player will compete in the Olympics... for Russia. Herb Brooks is not amused (40)
(CBS News) Interesting After directing his staff to investigate exploding bats, Bub Selig assures fans that HGH, Cialis or Viagra not an issue (5)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Dumbass Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson arrested for DUI. Again. He would have tried running from the cops but knew they would just easily tackle him for loss of four yards (51)
(London Times) Amusing Chasing 129 to win, junior cricket team sets record by scoring just four runs before being all out. Translation for non-Brits: One team of eleven year-olds, playing baseball with a flat bat, hands the other team their arses on a platter (24)
(ESPN) Interesting Casino Drive, the biggest threat to Big Brown in today's Belmont, has been scratched from the race (28)
(Wikipedia) Sad The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat (120)
(Some Guy) Cool Euro 2008 Day One discussion thread. Matches can be found on ESPN Classic starting at 11:30am ET (103)
(YouTube) Video Detroit Mayor continuously booed during Red Wings' Stanley Cup celebration (59)
(AP) Sad Ex-Steeler star Dwight White, best known for climbing out of a hospital bed to play in the Steelers' first Superbowl victory, dead at 58...which is like, 98 in NFL years (19)
(Yahoo) Spiffy "In 1974, he was replaced with a cartoonish leaping buffalo, either because the Bills wanted something a little more lively on their helmet, or because O.J. killed him. I miss him very much." (30)
(Fox Sports) Obvious Red Sox slugger David Ortiz to hopefully miss three weeks with wrist tear. *cough*STEROIDS*cough* (93)

Fri June 06, 2008
(Some Guy) Amusing Best way to avoid violence during Euro 2008? Send letters to reputed hooligans and ask really, really nicely for good behavior (7)
(Fox News) Cool You can't do this in hockey, basketball or football...(with video goodness) (44)
(Click On Detroit) Cool In case you were wondering why Detroit has the title of Hockeytown, 1.4 million people showed up for the parade in 90 degree heat (72)
(KNBC) Hero Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) retires (36)
(Donchavez.com) Cool Boston fans try to psyche out Kobe Bryant with picture of his alleged mistress (40)
(Sports by Brooks) Misc Refrigerator Perry taken in for repairs, but warranty's still good (9)
(Major League Baseball) Followup Final score of yesterday's Boston v. Tampa Bay game: Red Sox 15, Rays 20. In suspensions, that is (68)
(ESPN) Followup Medical examiner rules death of steroid dealer who named NFL names a suicide. First he shot himself in the abdomen so he could do a little suffering before he ended it with a shot to the head. Ray Lewis still unavailable for comment (111)
(ESPN) Obvious Upon learning that Michael Jordan is no longer there and that Jerry Reinsdorf still owns the club, Doug Collins passes on the Bulls' coashing job (13)
(Chicago Tribune) Interesting Mark Cuban says he's going to 'pull out all the stops' to buy Chicago Cubs, including selling Dallas to Oklahoma if he has to (30)
(ESPN) Asinine Former Tank Abbot punching bag "Permanently taken off the air" for making the only amusing comment of his career (31)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Silly The media finally tackles the biggest issue in baseball today: whose fans are hotter, the Cubs' or the Sox'? (119)
(CNN) Asinine Raiders sign Darren McFadden to a $60 million contract, $26 million of which is guaranteed. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the NFL, veterans who have proven themselves in the league told to GTFO without the salary for the last years on their contracts (59)
(Telegraph) Weird The official cheer for the Chinese Olympics has just been announced: "Olympics! Add petrol! China! Add petrol!" (184)
(WRAL) Dumbass UNC point guard Ty Lawson proves NBA-readiness by grabbing his first DUI (20)
(Some Guy) Interesting Why athletes go broke (55)
(BBC) Interesting "With phrases such as 'Home-Boy' and 'No drama' now turning up in cricket commentary, is it safe to surmise that the world of Gangsta Rap and International Test Cricket have finally collided?" (19)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Introducing, in the red corner, fighting with black and gold trunks... Evander, the Real Deal, Homelessmaaaaaan (61)
(Some Guy) Cool After 20 years of dedicated hockey, Glen Wesley hangs em up (40)
(Fox Sports) Amusing The 10 biggest train wrecks in sports history (63)
(Reuters) Sad The "Hockey Night In Canada" song will likely never open another Canadian broadcast. Bummer, eh? I'm sore-y, Canadians. I feel awful aboot it (85)
(Newsday) Interesting Harrah's owner automatically shut all his casinos out of NBA action when he purchased a share of the Celtics last year (17)
(Major League Baseball) Cool Just a typical day for Chipper Jones: 4 for 5 to raise his batting average to .418, stolen base, 400th homer (71)
(Sports Humor Blog) Video VIDEO: Coco Crisp and the Sox-Rays Brawl (226)

Thu June 05, 2008
(WNBC) Obvious Steroids dealer who named names to the NFL found dead (42)
(ESPN) Cool Seems like old times: Lakers and Celtics NBA Finals Game 1 discussion thread (9pm ET, ABC) (535)
(Newsday) Amusing Restaurant chain Hooters is the next sponsor for Triple Crown contender Big Brown. In unrelated news, be careful when doing a GIS for "big brown hooters" (20)
(Fox Sports) Amusing Finally, a Boston-fan sportswriter that acknowledges they're all insufferable douchebags. Bill Simmons unavailable for comment (133)
(Washington Times) Cool US approves export of sensitive surveillance equipment to Chinese authorities to help with Olympic security. Bonus: bumper sticker on van in photo (94)
(Some Guy) Sad Lane Kiffin shows off three months of not shaving. Not pictured: Drinking too much as a result of working for Al Davis (23)
(CBC) Dumbass Plagiarism 101: Choose sources slightly less obscure than Sports Illustrated (28)
(Daily Mail) Obvious England's Peter Crouch relaxes on the beach with insanely hot girlfriend instead of playing in tomorrow's European championships. (With photographic proof of insanely hot girlfriend) (62)
(Major League Baseball) Cool Oh snap: Tampa is on the clock. Draft chatter to the right, draft video to the left (38)
(Kansas City) Spiffy Rush's Geddy Lee donates his balls to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (75)
(ESPN) Interesting The Big Tuna announces that, contrary to all media reports, he wants Jason Taylor to play for the Miami Dolphins (29)
(Some Pissed Guy) Video Mariners coach is tired of $%(*@# losing, goddamn it (65)
(Some Guy) Obvious Even former Bengals who haven't played since 1983 can't stay out of jail (4)
(ESPN) Interesting The Guide to the 2008 NBA Finals, by Bill Simmons (121)
(Major League Baseball) Amusing While extending their losing streak to 3, one of the Tigers pitchers has a 135 ERA night. At least the press was distracted by the Redwings winning some cup or something (16)
(STLToday) Cool In the MLB draft, Cardinals plan on picking outfielder so arthritic, he can barely get out of bed -- and it's one of the best moves ever (54)
(Yahoo) Amusing Even the owner of the Memphis Grizzlies now admits they gave Gasol to the Lakers for nothing (35)
(New York Daily News) Obvious Yankees last week: Moving Joba from the bullpen to the starting rotation will get us wins. This week: Our bullpen now sucks and can't keep wins. Thanks Hank (65)
(SeattlePI) Obvious Fan wins funeral at a minor league baseball game. Seattle Mariners said to be interested in calling that prize up to the majors (9)
(ESPN) Cool The world's top three golfers will be paired together for next week's U.S. Open (44)
(YouTube) Video Converse ad from 1987. See Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and friends rap -- remember why the 80s were full of awesome (30)
(Boston Globe) Asinine David Stern defends 9:00 p.m. start of NBA finals, claims it is being done to help the players, coaches and staff. Just kidding... he did it for the money (52)
(ESPN) Hero Derek Jeter overrates his way past Mickey Mantle on the Yankees all-time hits list. Next up: Some guy named Ruth (101)

Wed June 04, 2008
(Yahoo) Cool Meet your new Stanley Cup Champions - the Detroit Red Wings (981)
(ESPN) Cool Jozy Altidore to join Villareal. Spaniards in disbelief of a player who doesn't fall down at any contact (29)
(Sports by Brooks) Dumbass X-Games skateboarder gleams the cube with an underage girl (22)
(ESPN) Interesting Tiger Woods plays first round of golf since The Masters Wednesday, amidst a security detail Barak Obama would be jealous of (13)
(Yahoo) Cool Official Red Wings / Penguins Game 6 Thread: Everybody now: "The Sun is Out... The Sun is Out... C'mon C'mon C'mon C'mon Check it Ouuuuuut" [CLOSED - see new thread] (1354)
(Boston Globe) Stupid Worst pick-up line that works: "I work for the Seattle Supersonics" (9)
(WSRZ.COM) Stupid Reason #549 why soccer sucks. Half of European soccer fans prefer to watch soccer than to have sex. Half of Americans would rather have a root canal than to watch soccer (148)
(Sporting News) Sad For all you John Smoltz fans out there, it's time to say thanks for the memories. He's done (107)
(Chicago Tribune) Interesting Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid are the finalists to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Truth or Consequences, NM extremely disappointed, but will regroup for 2024 bid (82)
(Daily Camera) Hero How do you celebrate a world-record 103-hour endurance walk? With a beer, of course (11)
(Major League Baseball) Cool Pedro pitches six strong innings and picks up 2-hits and an RBI in his return from the 61-day DL. Remains surprisingly unhurt (26)
(NYPost) Interesting NBC struggling to sell the Beijing Olympics to advertisers other than Acme Rubber Truncheons, Spishak Heavy-Duty Respirators, and Sacred Heart Low-Cost Organs Inc (16)
(Some Guy) Interesting MLB promotes Ken Griffey's pursuit of 600 HR's by saying only five men have reached that mark before, somehow fail to mention two guys named B*nds and S*sa (38)
(USA Today) Ironic New England Patriots OT Nick Kaczur caught secretly taping his drug-dealer's signals (45)
(ESPN) Interesting The Sports Guy presents: 12 myths about the Lakers-Celtics rivalry. Translation: 11 amusing digs and one salient point about the Gasol "trade" (58)
(The Local (Sweden)) Interesting Sven Göran Eriksson brings his coaching talents, huge forehead to Mexico (12)
(WSBTV) Amusing What happens when you think the umpire isn't calling it fair? Bean him in the face with a pitch, of course (with video) (40)
(Yahoo) Spiffy Randy Johson passes Roger Steroids for second place on the career strikeout list (25)
(Guardian.com) Obvious He winks on the left / He winks on the right / That boy Ronaldo / Thinks Man U are shiate (64)
(Deadspin) Amusing Ron Artest's foray into journalism - SERIOUS BUSINESS (7)
(Canada.com) Dumbass I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of hockey fans began hating Tiger Woods (205)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Obvious "To predict a Cubs championship under any circumstance is like investing in the future of Amy Winehouse, who sings very well but could wander into a gutter in her underwear at any moment." (80)
(ESPN) Spiffy Arizona State wins 11-0, sweeps Women's College World Series. Vagina (31)

Tue June 03, 2008
(Yahoo) Spiffy Stanley Cup finals ratings improve, up 79% compared to last year (132)
(Some Guy) Hero Thierry Henry earns his 100th cap for France; exactly the same number as David Beckham. Theirry who? (43)
(Yahoo) Hero Scouting report on Packers RB Noah Herron: Decent ball carrying skills, good pass protection, soft hands, quick lateral movement, heady player. And oh yeah, great "beating the crap out of a burglar" skills (26)
(C. Trickle) Unlikely While high gas prices are hurting small market motorsports, it's less of an issue for NASCAR teams. In fact, fans will hardly notice the minor changes to next year's Daytona 50 (44)
(Fox Sports) Amusing Heading into the 2008 NFL season, several players and coaches will be under a microscope. Here are 10 individuals who need to put up or shut up (51)
(Boston Globe) Cool Sox and Rays set to do battle for control of the AL East. Not to be outdone, the Yankees start moving their bullpen into the rotation tonight (155)
(SeattlePI) Amusing Lawsuit to take Supersonics to Oklahoma could get ugly fast, says Seattle attorney. "I'm thinking one of the only other comparable situations was when Al Davis and the Oakland Raiders filed suit and things got stupid down there" (31)
(Boston Globe) Amusing Things that were cool the last time the Celtics were in the Finals. Since this will appear on the Sports tab, subby wonders how many people with notice the mistake (39)
(ESPN) Dumbass Chad Johnson, man of his word, is sticking to his guns. Just kidding... attention whore No. 85 crawling back to Bengals for another whine-filled season (57)
(BBC) Stupid Max Mosley wins vote of confidence to stay on as FIA president, proving there is absolutely nothing wrong with having Nazi-style sex orgies, as long as you do it on your own time (34)
(Some Guy) Interesting The potentially season-ending wrist injury to David Ortiz paves the way for a Barry Bonds return in a Red Sox uniform (111)
(Yahoo) Interesting Detroit Pistons tell coach to get the flip out of town (65)
(Telegraph) Ironic AC Milan fans are in an uproar over the idea that their club might buy Didier Drogba, saying that they don't want him because he's a diver (36)
(Yahoo) Obvious Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz returns from the DL by blowing a save. Bonus: Braves still win (28)
(LA Times) Strange NASCAR truck driver Scott Speed plans to stick with the special trick that helped him win last Friday -- a pedicure, including having his toenails painted blue (11)
(MSNBC) Unlikely Sorry, Red: Phil Jackson is the greatest basketball coach of all time (89)
(AP) Dumbass T.O. gets a new contract and $27 million reasons not to kill himself (36)
(TSN) Interesting The refs, er.... the Penguins win in triple OT to force a Game 6 in the Stanley Cup Finals (306)
(CNN) Obvious Ex-Bengal Odell Thurman faces indefinite suspension from NFL for failing third drug test (22)

Mon June 02, 2008
(Inside Bay Area) Interesting Since Los Angeles hasn't quite reached its quota of suck, either the Raiders or 49ers could move there and reintroduce Angelenos to what crappy pro football looks like (63)
(ESPN) Obvious Katie Burkhart leads Arizona State to Women's College Wo....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (56)
(Yahoo) Cool Will The Franzen be stopped by the end of the 2008 season? Can Detroit win their 11th cup? Will the Penguins keep their season alive? Its your Stanley Cup Finals game 5 discussion thread, 8 p.m. on NBC (2708)
(Sports by Brooks) Amusing Critics skeptical of Jason Taylor's acting ability despite $4.5M offer for feature film role; The bar is certainly high, with leading men like Ludacris and The Rock setting the standard (32)
(Stuff) Interesting Movie wrecker and billionaire George Lucas' daughter is a MMA fighter. Dang, CGI can't help that (65)
(Some Guy) Interesting Supreme Court refuses to hear fantasy baseball league case. Plantiffs retreat to mom's basement, order pizza and plan next move (37)
(9 News) Obvious Denver Broncos give Travis Henry some time off for Father's Day (25)
(Sports by Brooks) Amusing For those wondering if MMA has gone mainstream, CBS' Saturday night telecast earned ratings that were "neck and neck" with NBC's NHL broadcast; ABC soon to use MLS and WNBA as counterprogamming? (123)
(CNN) Interesting The beauty that is Don Cherry's wardrobe (69)
(Sports by Brooks) Stupid New England Patriots now combing high schools for talent; Cheerleading talent that is (46)
(ESPN) Silly White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen tells press that he expects team's GM to make a roster move by Tuesday. Only catch is that team's GM has no idea what Guillen is talking about (39)
(YouTube) Video Vitor Meira's Indy car wishes it was an airplane, uses other car as a ramp at 160 mph (24)
(Sports by Brooks) Obvious Handy advice on crowd control from the "Official Manual for Beijing Olympic Volunteers": "The physically disabled might have unusual personalities because of disfigurement and disability." (8)
(USA Today) Interesting Five reasons the Lakers are going to win the championship (53)
(Lancashire Evening Post) Sad A soccer legend is sectioned for the second time after a number of incidents including apparenty walking into a shop and paying £10,000 for a loaf of bread (11)
(Boston Herald) Silly Columnist says you should not root for Big Brown because he's a corporate shill for UPS, and his trainer is a jerk, and you're a big old poopiehead if you like either of them (19)
(Kansas.com) Cool Problem: You're cut by OSU. Solution: Play for WSU and eliminate OSU in the Regional with a 10th inning grand slam. Fark: He also batted in the tying run in the 9th and pitched two scoreless innings. Roy Hobbs unavailable for comment (18)
(St. Petersburg Times) Sad Even "mastermind" Steve Spurrier doesn't have time to actually call plays anymore. "You can't hardly do it and be the head coach. Who's going to go to the booster club meetings?" says Bobby Bowden (18)
(ESPN) Obvious NCAA baseball tournament summary: 9 SEC teams in, 7 already eliminated in opening round. Maybe the chairman of the selection committee (an SEC member) should try harder next time (95)
(ESPN) Asinine Sal Paolantonio calls Jeff Fisher a worse coach than Dennis Green and claims Tom Moore and Monte Kiffin are underrated, proving once and for all that he hasn't watched an NFL game in the last decade (27)
(My San Antonio) Interesting San Antonio Spurs guard busted for DWI blames it on too much whine (14)
(ESPN) Stupid Chicago Bears will let QB's Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton compete for starting job through the preseason. Let the battle of mediocrity begin (58)
(The Sun) Interesting Jose Mourinho agrees to coach Inter Milan, expects to be given $200 million to lure Essian, Drogba, and Lampard from Chelsea (14)

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