Later, Roy Williams Told A Masseuse That The Gulf Oil Catastrophe Was Nothing Compared To His Sunburn
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• The photo here comes courtesy reader Tom, who explains:
Photo taken 5 mins ago at some resort in arizona, my sister will not reveal the name of it. (she is a carolina fan) And I pleaded for a full length shot with swim trunks but to no avail. No word on whether or not he is rocking a carolina blue speedo.
Roy Williams could give a flip about UV radiation.
• Kobe shuts down Utah with his usual joyless air of a banker foreclosing on a home, but no one in LA seems all that pleased.
• The Hawks, having finally shed their fear of the deer, spend most of Sunday picking bits of Milwaukee Buck out their grille.
• Via TrueHoop, here's Mike Brown giggling over Mo Williams's dunk.
• The Sharks go up 2-0, and Drew Sharp, summoning his inner Grantland Rice, writes, "You can't have a third period in this series without the Sharks having a 5-on-3 advantage!" Meanwhile, the Canadiens steal home ice, and Jaroslav Halek is so good that he compels the The Montreal Gazette's Jack Todd to liken him to both Muhammad Ali and a race horse.
• Johan Santana makes the Phillies look like the '27 Yankees for a night.
• Hines Ward, on his eventual retirement: "I don't want to be like Brett Favre. I don't want to be like Old Yeller, when they take you behind the barn and shoot you."
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Good morning. It's Monday.
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