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[Kotaku]
Who got cut? Who should've? Anything else on your mind besides/including trying to figure how Leinart still tends to pull quality ass (not pictured) when even Sanchez is starting?
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We get so many of these photos that I begin to wonder if Joakim Noah will ever enjoy an undocumented moment in public or at his local head shop. At least he seems to relish these encounters. I mean, look.
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A new series of Canadian Stayfree ads features different "ideal" boyfriends discussing feminine hygiene. But, while Isaiah Mustafa's ads were charming and original, watching shirtless dudes test out maxi pads is just uncomfortable.
[Jezebel]
The beleaguered Mets GM probably figured 36,000 feet high would be a safe place to escape his critics and watch 27 Dresses on a 10-inch screen. He was wrong.
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Every week, John Salley, onetime Bad Boy and currently the arachnoid half of the Spider and the Henchman podcast, will regale us with an amusing and occasionally salacious story from his playing days. Today: Zeke is not pleased with Salley's rehab methods.More »
Presbyterian pulled off a modified lateral fumblerooski last night. When the school's assistant SID is emailing you about a game they lost by 40, it must be special.
Yesterday, boxer Floyd Mayweather went on Ustream for a 10-minute live chat with fans. During that time, Mayweather unleashed repeated racist and homophobic attacks against both his rival, Manny Pacquiao, and "haters" in the chat room. The shocking video, inside.
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Here's an argument that baseball is inherently right-wing, because it's American, merit-based and unchanging (all false to some degree, by the way). I guess this means football is for dirty pinkos? [Daily Caller]
Taoba Kemmy of FFC Turbine Potsdam is not to be messed with when she's taking a throw-in because she may well throw it at you face. Don't believe it? Just ask FFC Frankfurt's Kerstin Garfrekes. [Unprofessional Foul]
KHL goalie Vasiliy Koshechkin has a fearsome kitty cat painted on his mask. Its name is Cерьiй, and it is "very bored from being on the side of his head all the time." I can haz intimidation? [Hot Ice via Puck Daddy]
As brought to our attention by our own lt. winslow, the US Open has nothing on last night's Miami/FAMU brawl in the seats. Be sure to watch for orange shirt/mullet guy believing he can fly.
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