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Sun July 05, 2009
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(Boston Herald) Spiffy Tim Wakefield becomes the oldest player since Satchel Paige to be selected for his first All Star game  (news.bostonherald.com) (116)
(ESPN) Interesting Chien-Ming Wang goes back on the DL, is now the front-runner for the Carl Pavano Award for Inadequacy  (sports.espn.go.com) (26)
(ESPN) Cool Indians GM: Wedge's job safe for rest of year. After helping blow up two Death Stars, it should be  T-Shirt  (sports.espn.go.com) (18)
(AJC) Asinine University of Florida President wants to take the "cocktail" out of the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party"  (ajc.com) (55)
(ESPN) Obvious Hedo Turkoglu spurns Portland to sign with Raptors, citing Toronto's larger Turkish population and more cosmopolitan ambiance. Oh, snap  (sports.espn.go.com) (56)
(Washington Post) Cool Federer goes for 15. Roddick tries to defeat his nemesis. Wimbledon Live Thread  (washingtonpost.com) (835)
(ESPN) Amusing You do not fark with Tony Stewart  (sports.espn.go.com) (66)
(CBS Sports) Stupid Formula One boss praises Hitler. No, not the one previously caught with five prostitutes dressed as Auschwitz guards, the Jewish one. Wait, what?  (cbssports.com) (41)

Sat July 04, 2009
(Some Guy) Interesting Seventy years ago today Lou Gerhrig discovered Lou Gehrig's disease  (maniacworld.com) (32)
(TSN) Stupid The Chicago Blackhawks may have inadvertently allowed Calder candidate Kris Versteeg, Cam Barker and a host of other players become UFAs because of a clerical error. Oops  (tsn.ca) (52)
(Some Guy) Spiffy I'll see your "Joe Biden visits troops in Iraq" and raise you: Tom Coughlin, Jeff Fisher, Bill Cowher, Jon Gruden and John Harbaugh  (wkrn.com) (12)
(ESPN) Dumbass Stephon Marbury will not return to the Celtics, so you can pretty much book Boston as your 2010 NBA Champs  (sports.espn.go.com) (9)
(ESPN) Cool Tiger Woods, host of this week's PGA tourney with free admission for kids under 12, takes a poke at Yankee Stadium's outrageous ticket prices  (sports.espn.go.com) (32)
(ESPN) Interesting Cuban pitcher with 100-mph fastball defects from hotel, seen driving away in car with Yankee vanity plates  (sports.espn.go.com) (25)
(WTVF News Channel 5) NewsFlash Nashville TV station reporting former NFL quarterback Steve McNair killed in apparent double murder  (newschannel5.com) (834)
(Some Tennis Girls) Cool Williams sisters to play for Wimbledon Championship. Also, Williams sisters to play for Wimbledon Championship  (wimbledon.org) (49)
(Boston Globe) Cool While America celebrates Incontinence Day or whatever, the real news is that the Tour de France starts today. Here's a rundown of the riders who haven't yet been banned for doping infractions  (boston.com) (27)
(Sun Sentinel) Asinine New football league ready to begin bottomfeeding process by taking in suspended NFL players. First up, Michael Vick, potential starting QB for the Orlando franchise  (sun-sentinel.com) (32)
(Yahoo) Interesting Downs goes Frasor  (sports.yahoo.com) (11)
(ESPN) Fail Dice-K off to Single A, will wor-K on trying not to Suc-K  (sports.espn.go.com) (36)
(Some Guy) Cool Motocross competitor lands first double backflip. With video  (grindtv.com) (19)

Fri July 03, 2009
(CTV) Interesting Hockey Canada unveils it's Olympic Team camp invites. Some names left off the list? Marc Savard, Chris Osgood, Jason Spezza, Brad Richards and Steven Stamkos. If you think that's surprising, you should see who DID get invited  (ctvolympics.ca) (96)
(Yahoo) Misc Roger Federer runs right through contender, reaches for major record versus Roddick  (sports.yahoo.com) (33)
(Sports by Brooks) Interesting Kobe is no fan of L.A.'s mayor: "I don't like the a**hole"  (sportsbybrooks.com) (33)
(CBS Sports) Dumbass "This list of baseball players on steroids from 2003 appears on only one obscure blog no one's ever heard of, and I'm certain it's 100% fake. I'll put it on CBS Sports' website anyhow"  (cbssports.com) (55)
(NASCAR) Cool The first 25 nominees for the NASCAR Hall Of Fame have been announced  (nascar.com) (68)
(Major League Baseball) Scary Not news: baseball game delayed. Fark: by bees  (mlb.mlb.com) (74)

Thu July 02, 2009
(LA Times) Cool The Ron Artest Interactive Fan Experience is coming to Los Angeles  (latimes.com) (128)
(The Sporting Blog) Amusing Shaq brings embarrassing photo of Cavs GM Danny Ferry to press conference in Cleveland, proving he already has leverage for an extension next summer  (sportingnews.com) (21)
(Some Guy) Sad Defending LPGA Jamie Farr champ Paula Creamer misses her tee time. Hundreds of "golf fans" in Toledo now trying to find something else to do with their weekend  (toledoonthemove.com) (23)
(The Sporting Blog) Asinine BCS chairman stands on roof and shouts "You're with us or you're against us" ... metaphorically speaking  (sportingnews.com) (38)
(CNN) Cool Normal: Top 10 relief pitchers of all time. Bonus: Half of the list should also be in a Top 10 list for best porn 'staches  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (53)
(The Sporting Blog) Amusing FOX News explains how Yankees players get sick: showering with other men  (sportingnews.com) (11)
(ESPN) Stupid Former Yankee Jim Leyritz charged with battery. First steroids in baseball, now there were robots too?  T-Shirt  (sports.espn.go.com) (25)
(Yahoo) Interesting Celtics after Rasheed Wallace and Grant Hill, trying to reunite the 2001 NBA All Star team  (sports.yahoo.com) (47)
(Bitten and Bound) Interesting Jessica Simpson embarrassed herself yet again with her screechy rendition of the National Anthem as Tiger Woods and Tony Romo prepared to golf. No word on how it affected their game  (bittenandbound.com) (38)
(CBC) Weird CFL receiver in trouble after celebrating touchdown by pretending to be a dead Michael Jackson. "I made the mistake of telling him that once he got to the end zone I didn't care what he did," says coach  (cbc.ca) (190)
(ESPN) Dumbass Vanderbilt football signee thinks he signed with (insert any other SEC school here); faces felony burglary charge  (myespn.go.com) (25)
(ESPN) Followup Havlat signs mega-contract with the Minnesota Wild's IR  (sports.espn.go.com) (30)
(Boston Globe) Followup Red Sox owner John Henry, 60, marries a woman half his age (Win) -- and then whisks her off on an African honeymoon to get a first-hand look at the AIDS crisis (Fail)  (boston.com) (38)
(USA Today) Obvious Pittsburgh Pirates SS Jack Wilson apologizes for criticizing the doofuses who have run the franchise into the ground with retarded transactions  (usatoday.com) (38)
(Yahoo) Followup Judge lifts Jeremy Mayfield's suspension, clearing the way for him to fail to qualify for this weekend's race at Daytona  (sports.yahoo.com) (33)
(UPI) Amusing Cubs fan vows to eat only 500 calories until the team wins 5 in a row. Like most Windy City residents he has fat reserves to last through next season  (upi.com) (32)
(WATE-TV) Dumbass Having a name suited only for Tennessee, former UT backup quarterback Jim Bob Cooter arrested  (wate.com) (25)
(AJC) Interesting Five time marathon winner touts the benefits of a Waffle House breakfast, says it will certainly give you the runs  (ajc.com) (47)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Interesting Iran crushed by the United States. Suspiciously, no Twitter coverage of the deadly-accurate U.S. shooting  (startribune.com) (34)
(TSN) Interesting NHL Free agency: Gaborik to Rangers, Havlat to Wild, Hossa to Blackhawks, Heatley to Oilers, maybe  (tsn.ca) (73)
(Golf.com) Cool Phil Mickelson shows off the coolest backwards chip shot you'll see today. (w video)  (golf.com) (47)
(CNN) Fail Chicago finally beats NYC at something, winning first and second in worst MLB managers  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (72)

Wed July 01, 2009
(Daily Mail) Asinine High-Tech swim suit not all it's cracked up to be  (dailymail.co.uk) (26)
(Comedy Central) Video Stephen Colbert declares soccer the new American sport. You've been warned  (colbertnation.com) (329)
(Some Tweeker) Followup Mayfield cleared to race in the Coke Zero - Meth One 400 this weekend  (thatsracin.com) (39)
(ESPN) Obvious Mets baseball exec quoted as saying they have no plans to trade away prospects, prefer to wait until all their injured players return, which coincidentally is the around the same time their fans' thoughts turn to football  (stations.espn.go.com) (41)
(CNN) Weird Utah uncharacteristically unable to rid itself of Boozer  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (32)
(St. Petersburg Times) Florida Since Tampa Bay Bucs' owner bought Man U., his American football team is cheapest in the NFL. Only so much loot to plunder  (tampabay.com) (11)
(USA Today) Silly Hip surgery now hip among pro-baseballers. Next up: Playing infield so they don't mess up the lawn  (usatoday.com) (5)
(Washington Post) Amusing Already in midseason form, Tony Romo loses in Washington  (voices.washingtonpost.com) (49)
(ESPN) Silly Wanting to better connect with his fans, NASCAR driver test positive for meth  (sports.espn.go.com) (33)
(Chicago Tribune) Followup Aramis Ramirez will return to the Cubs roster on Monday, injured by Thursday  (chicagotribune.com) (30)
(ESPN) Dumbass "These players can help us win today and for years to come." Says Pirates Manager of former Natinals AAA Outfielder and a 0-3, 7.71 ERA in 34 games, pitcher. Good luck  (sports.espn.go.com) (66)
(CNN) Cool The US loss to Brazil on Sunday was seen by 3.9 million people on ESPN, the most-viewed non-World Cup game for the American team on the network  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (61)
(The New York Times) Interesting Jon Bon Jovi says the chances are 50/50 that the Arena Football League will collapse like a heavy metal hairdo without Aqua Net  (fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com) (16)
(The Sporting Blog) Asinine The NFL could allow coaches to do auction-style bidding for possession of the ball in overtime. Marty Mornhinweg immediately bids his own 1-yard line  (sportingnews.com) (77)
(ESPN) Cool Albert Pujols blasts homerun # 29 and 30. On pace to become first non-juiced player to pass Roger Maris' record of 61  (sports.espn.go.com) (125)
(Reuters) Amusing Scott Gomez traded to a Canadian team, ensuring he will never again hoist the Stanley Cup  (reuters.com) (23)
(WTMJ) Asinine Carl Spackler now uses motorcycles to run gophers off a PGA tournament course  (620wtmj.com) (6)
(The Sporting Blog) Followup NCAA Tournament selection committee ditches idiotic "final 12 games" as one of the criteria  (sportingnews.com) (24)
(TSN) Cool NHL Free Agent Frenzy discussion thread. The Sedins are staying put, but what hockey city will Heatley crash into?  (tsn.ca) (358)
(Yahoo) Dumbass For role in fatal car crash, Denver Nuggets shooting guard JR Smith sentenced to three stallworths of jail time, although he'll probably only serve one stallworth  (sports.yahoo.com) (18)
(The Herd's Word) Interesting Seven game win streak? I think it's about time we crown the Rays World Series favorites  (theherdsword.com) (48)
(Major League Baseball) Interesting Red Sox take part in historic comeback victory. Over themselves, that is  (mlb.mlb.com) (79)
(ESPN) Obvious Dany Heatley has 4 million reasons to give the Edmonton Oilers the middle finger  (sports.espn.go.com) (40)
(Major League Baseball) Amusing Yet another MLB team this week mistakenly thinks there are 3 outs. Bonus: this time the entire team actually makes it into the dugout (w/ vid)  (mlb.mlb.com) (25)
(Some Guy) Dumbass The first rule of goalkeeping: Don't throw the ball right to an opposing player  (sportsrubbish.com) (17)
(ESPN) Interesting Carlos Beltran seeks doctor's opinion, is told he doesn't need surgery. Beltran seeks second opinion, is told he's ugly, too  (sports.espn.go.com) (14)
(Some Guy) Obvious Ten questions to ponder as the Canadian Football League season kicks off, including 'Why are you waiting for that boring NFL to start?"  (ottawacitizen.com) (82)

Tue June 30, 2009
(OSG Sports) Amusing Braves' Jeff Francoeur has lucky "turkey" underwear. It's undefeated at the ballpark. No word on win-loss record at home  (onlinesportsguys.blogspot.com) (9)
(IndyStar) Followup Tony George resigns as CEO of Indianapolis Motor Speedway  (indystar.com) (38)
(Some Wazoo) Amusing Apparently WSU has a few football players that are up to no good, newspaper prints Mad-Lib style article from now on  (dailyevergreen.com) (19)
(CNN) Unlikely ManU spends $30 million of the $131 million Madrid is paying for Ronaldo by signing his replacement away from Wigan  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (21)
(ESPN) Obvious Detroit Pistons firehead coach Michael Curry, Allen Iverson too "injured" for comment  (sports.espn.go.com) (49)
(Sports by Brooks) Weird Red Sox owner John Henry celebrates wedding by giving out bobbleheads of himself & his new bride  (sportsbybrooks.com) (22)
(ESPN) Interesting Lance Armstrong says that even though he feels he can win the Tour de France, at age 37 he is prepared to play a support role for teammate Alberto Contador. That takes ball  (sports.espn.go.com) (32)
(ESPN) Interesting Phillies' Bastardo aches from ailing shoulder, lack of Father's Day celebration  T-Shirt  (sports.espn.go.com) (21)
(CNN) Obvious SI discovers that athletic ability starts declining in a player's 30s. Except when it doesn't  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (26)
(Yahoo) Followup After suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield filed court documents claiming he never took meth, NASCAR files documents claiming a second lab confirmed the failed tests  (sports.yahoo.com) (34)
(Boston Globe) Interesting Boston Bruins can't make Kessel run  (boston.com) (106)
(Yahoo) Interesting Yao Ming's foot injury is so serious, he may miss all of next season and the rest of his career  (sports.yahoo.com) (54)
(Fox Sports) Obvious Chris Evert tells fellow women's tennis players to shut the fark up already with the bizarre noises  (msn.foxsports.com) (102)
(ESPN) Cool Congrats to Jonathan Papelbon on tying the Red Sox career record for saves. He only has 368 until he catches up to Mariano Rivera  (espn.go.com) (84)
(Pro Football Talk) Hero Remembering Joe Delaney, an NFL player whose balls were as big as his heart  (profootballtalk.com) (25)

Mon June 29, 2009
(Sports by Brooks) Interesting Former Phillies catcher Darren Daulton has done a lot of drugs. And he's not sorry. Not sorry at all  (sportsbybrooks.com) (27)
(YouTube) Cool You know, when they're not falling down and crying because a hair brushed their forearm, some of these guys can do some cool shiat  (youtube.com) (143)
(The New York Times) Interesting The Steelers could repeat: The QB and RB will be healthy, and they play the Bengals twice, as well as the Three Stooges of the NFL (Raiders, Chiefs and Lions)  (fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com) (147)
(STLToday) Interesting Cardinals' Khalil Greene out again due to anxiety relapse, has trouble dealing with the fact he's getting paid $6.5 million to play baseball. Hang in there neurotic slugger, you'll be hitting zolofty home runs in no time  (stltoday.com) (60)
(Free Press) Spiffy Division-leading Detroit Tigers summon sinister pitcher named Ni to strengthen their bullpen. Ni  (freep.com) (53)
(LA Times) Interesting Former $55 million Dodger pitcher Darren Dreifort just had his 22nd surgery, including eight since his last game in 2004. Suck it, Pavano  (latimes.com) (16)
(670 The Score) Dumbass Rubio so excited to join the Wolves, he misses introductory press conference  (670thescore.stats.com) (71)
(FanNation) Stupid Raiders QB Jamarcus Russell exhorts his teammates to finish practice week strong. Then takes the last day off to spend the money he suckered Al Davis out of  (fannation.com) (48)
(Pro Football Talk) Cool Bad News: Terrell Owens is back on "The Superstars." Good News: His partner, the blazingly hot and foul-mouthed Joanna Krupa, is too  (profootballtalk.com) (19)
(SMH) Obvious Wimbledon gives best billing to the hot female tennis players, and somehow people are surprised by this  (smh.com.au) (50)
(The Herd's Word) Amusing American soccer is like corn on the cob. It's great at the BBQ but when you go to the bathroom the next morning, you think "Why did I even bother?"  (theherdsword.com) (128)
(Yahoo) Amusing Lake Elsinore Storm beat the High Desert Mavericks in a 33-18 victory Not that impressive until you realize it's the score of a minor league baseball game  (sports.yahoo.com) (30)
(Some Guy) Obvious ESPN announces their "All-Decade" NFL team, coach, and MVP. You don't need to click on the link, you know who it is. You don't like it, but you know who it is  (myespn.go.com) (162)
(Yahoo) Cool Mariano Rivera gets 500th career save, plus first career RBI as K-Rod walks him with the bases loaded. Wait, what?  (sports.yahoo.com) (99)
(ESPN) Fail USA Soccer blows a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 to Brazil. US players thankful they don't play for Colombia  (soccernet.espn.go.com) (241)

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