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• Speaking of Berman, go to the 2:20 mark of this video.
• John Calipari — Coach Vacated his own bad self — says some laughable shit about the fell influence of agents.
• Here's a long profile about the corpulent coach of an 8-8ish Jets team who is credited with having a "beautiful football mind." This should not be confused with the many long profiles written in 2007 about the corpulent, beautifully football-minded coach of a 4-12 Jets team. Also of note: Ray Lewis is described herein as a human "portcullis," which I believe is derived from the French word for "accessory to a double murder."
• The dumb to-and-fro between Team USA's Mike Krzyzewski and Russia's David Blatt gets dumber.
• Anyone have a guess what too-hot-for-ESPN thing Roger Federer says in the video below? Did he make a joke about Bud Selig?
• A few days old, but definitely worth a read: on the Boston media's perniciously cock-swinging treatment of players who play hurt.
Screengrab via @TiricoSuave
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