Tuesday - April 10, 2007

The Madden Sim Bags Its Sixth Victory in Seven Years

For the sixth time in seven years - and the first time picking an underdog - EA Sports' Madden Simulation has correctly predicted the Super Bowl winner. But it's not as simple, or as complicated, as one might think. [Kotaku]

Condensing the Super Bowl XLIV to Just Game Action

The Wall Street Journal recently found out that the average NFL game only has 11 minutes of actual game action. We decided to test this out by condensing last night's 3+ hour Super Bowl. So how long was it? [Gawker.TV]

Voo Dat: A Southern Conjurer Explains How the Saints Were Helped by Voodoo

The Indianapolis Colts were favored to win yesterdays Super Bowl everywhere from Vegas to the White House. But one woman wasn't buying it: Lisa Johnson has enough experience with voodoo to know that the Saints were unbeatable. [Gawker]

So, How Cute Was This Year's Puppy Bowl?

Only the cutest thing we've ever seen. We're not quite sure what the rules of play are, but the blimp was manned by hamsters, the cheerleaders were sleepy bunnies, and there was a kitty halftime show. Judge for yourself. [Gawker.TV]

Stick Jockey's Super Sim Spectacular

Earlier this week, EA Sports ran its annual Madden Super Bowl simulation, predicting New Orleans to be tomorrow's winner. But there are plenty of contigencies and scenarios - some less plausible than others - that they didn't take into account. [Kotaku]

Look Into Buemi's Eyes, See The Future: The F1 Season Approacheth

The first Formula One test of 2010 took place this week in Spain. It concluded yesterday, but Sebastien Buemi's steely gaze is already piercing deep into the heart of our wire service. Eye-popping gallery time! [Jalopnik]

Danica Patrick's Awful "Banned" GoDaddy Super Bowl Ad

So here's the scoop: Danica Patrick is wearing too much eyeliner, GoDaddy logos and leggy women are everywhere, and a football player appears to be flamboyantly gay. Was this banned for being offensive, or just unbelievably trite? [Jalopnik]

Old Brett Favre Will Never Retire According To Hyundai Super Bowl Ad

Brett Favre's cashing in on his indecisiveness again with this Hyundai Super Bowl commercial. In it, a fifty-year-old Favre is holding a holographic trophy for 2020 MVP wondering if it's time to retire. [Jalopnik]

Travis Pastrana Wins 2010 Sno*Drift Rally, Hearts of Northern Michigan

Travis Pastrana won Rally America's season-opening Sno*Drift Rally this weekend. It was single-digit cold, the roads were covered in a thick sheet of ice, and Ken Block's brand-new Ford Fiesta broke. Sound like fun? Of course it does. [Jalopnik]

McLaren Unveils 2010 Formula One Car, We Listen In On Drivers' Chat

The MP4-25 is McLaren's new car for Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. With the help of our advanced spy microphone, we present some on-stage chitchat between the drivers as they discuss their new ride. [Jalopnik]

The Replacements, Still Replaced in Video Games

Fifteen years ago, in the infancy of console sports simulations, 38 baseball players made a choice that would ensure they would never appear in a video game. Only five of them remain in the major leagues. [Kotaku]

The Gay Superbowl Commercial That Wasn't

CBS is still undecided on whether or not to air a gay-themed commercial during the upcoming Super Bowl. The spot, from the dating/networking site ManCrunch, shows two fans who get more than friendly when both simultaneously grab for the chips. [Gawker.TV]

Alexander Ovechkin's Slightly More Creative License Plate

When we posted a picture of the license plate on Alexander Ovechkin's Mercedes Sedan it didn't take long for everyone to remind us of the boastful vanity plate on his other super Mercedes. [Jalopnik]

The NSFW, Not-So-Tire-Related Making Of The 2010 Pirelli Calendar

What has less to do with selling tires than the 2010 Pirelli Calendar? The making of the 2010 Pirelli Calendar video. Hot sloth-on-sloth action below. NSFW. [Jalopnik]

24 Hours of Daytona: A Preview

Former 90s Formula Atlantic driver Leo Parente gives us a quick preview of the 24 Hours of Daytona in a new episode of the Derek D-less FastLaneDaily. [Jalopnik]

2010 Pirelli Calendar: Seriously, What Does This Have To Do With Tires? (NSFW)

We have Terry Richardson to thank for the not-so-subtly pornographic pictures of just-of-age girls in the 2010 Pirelli Calendar. We have no idea what this has to do with selling tires, but here's the whole thing, uncensored. Super NSFW! [Jalopnik]

Do Not Let Your Kids Near This Guitarist

The Who are playing the Super Bowl in Miami next week. So 1,500 homes in Brevard Country received this warning about Pete Townshend. Kids: If he offers to let you "check out his Bridgestone Tires," tell an adult. [Page2Live] [Gawker]

Tebow's Folly: Better a Superfreak Than a Jesus Freak

Divine Florida Gators quarterback and bona-fide Christian soldier Tim Tebow has everyone riled up about his upcoming anti-abortion Super Bowl ad. The arguing's unnecessary. You're only hurting yourself, Timmy. America's not ready for a Jesus Freak Superstar. [Gawker]

Crazy Alexander Ovechkin Has Crazy Literal License Plate

It's no secret mad Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin has a taste for speed and insane cars like the Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series and this Brabus-tuned S-Class. His taste in vanity plates? Not quite so creative. (H/T to Josh!) [Jalopnik]

The Battle Of The Tiger Woods Parody Porns [NSFW]

It is a testament to the creativity of the porn industry that the Tiger Woods sex scandal birthed not one, but two parody porns, both out this month. [Fleshbot] [NSFW]

Formula One Car Takes To Ice, Attempts Double Axel Drift

One of the finest joys of rural life is taking your beater truck or ATV out on the frozen lakes in the winter and acting the fool with little fear of reprisal. Now do that in an F1 car. Magnificent. [Jalopnik]

Exclusive Reader Photos From Formula One's Blackest Day

Jalopnik reader solracer was in attendance at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the motor race which saw the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna, along with a major accident which almost killed Rubens Barrichello. [Jalopnik]

Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: When The Shotgun Position's for More Than Just Sunday's Big Game

It's the big game! Today's a huge day for football, and Weddings Expert Phyllis Nefler thinks you can use it to get laid! And maybe FIND LOVE. Apparently, so does the NYT's Weddings & Celebrations, who might've shown you how! [Gawker]

The Problem(s) with Olympic Video Games

Maybe you noticed Vancouver 2010, the official title for the Winter Olympics, released last week. But more than VIII Olympiads since the Activision Decathlon and the Epyx Summer Games, the Olympics still have no real toehold in the sports genre. [Kotaku]

Yeeee-Haw! NASCAR Encouraging Higher Speeds, More Crashes!

With stagnating viewership, NASCAR officials are allowing drivers to put the pedal to the metal, relaxing both speed and contact restrictions, especially at high-speed (and capacity) tracks like Daytona and Talledega. Everyone knows what that means — more crashes! Yeeee-Haaaaw! [Jalopnik]

Overweight Karate: The Last Taboo

Nat Geo has a fine television show called Taboo, which last night explored the American obesity epidemic. It included a segment on the 'Miss Plus America' pageant. One contestant's skill was karate. Here, a clip of that skill. Taboo: destroyed.

Olympic Lady Athletes Will Be Tested For Lady-ness

Remember 19 year-old South African sprinter Caster Semenya? She's the Lady Ga Ga of sprinting: Her lady-ness is questionable! Now, the International Olympic Committee has ruled to establish "gender-test" centers to make sure female athletes aren't actually dudes in dresses. [Gawker]

Be Good Johnny Weir: Glitter and Be Fey, But Not Gay

Be Good Johnny Weir, a peculiarly thoughtful new documentary series about be-spangled Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, premiered on the Sundance Channel last night and we gave it a watch. And you know what? The kid's all right. [Gawker]

Andrew Bynum's GT-R Makes Michael Phelps' Benz Look Like A Bitch

In the world of star athletes there are celebs like Michael Phelps, satisfied with shiny black wheels, and then there are the afflicted. For example: Laker's Center Andrew Bynum with his "Giant Killer" Nissan GT-R and its $20K body kit. [Jalopnik]

Report: ESPN Coming To Xbox 360?

The New York Times reports that ESPN and Microsoft are in talks to bring a subscription-based service to Xbox Live that would stream live sporting events through the Xbox 360, no cable TV connection needed.

60 Minutes Attempts to Skirt the Issue of Why so Many Samoans Go to the NFL

Samoan boys are 56 times likelier to go to the NFL than American boys. Rather than making it into a story, 60 Minutes could have solved this mystery in two words: They're huge. [Gawker.TV]

The Johnny Weir TV Show is Basically the Most Fierce, Fabulous, Insane, Glittering Thing Ever

Johnny Weir—the most fierce, fabulous, awesome professional figure skater ever even long before he stuck a mean triple-axel in an interpretive skating routine of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face"—is getting a TV show. One word: GIRL. This...is greatness: [Gawker]

NASTruck Puts Twin Cosmetologists In Trucks, Officially Becomes Three-Ring Circus We Always Knew It Was

As if NASCAR's truck series wasn't already ridiculous enough, a pair of fried-and-died "blondes" fresh out of cosmetology school plan to hit the track. Meet Angela and Amber Cope, two individuals we couldn't make up if we tried. [Jalopnik]

Dakar Rally: A Racing Photographer's Wet Dream

The 2010 Dakar (née Paris-Dakar) Rally is well under way. The race began on January 1st and is scheduled to end on the 16th, but a flood of amazing images have already hit the wire services. Gallery time? You betcha. [Jalopnik]

MLB 2K10 Keeps Scandalized ex-ESPN Analyst

Steve Phillips, fired from his ESPN analyst's gig after an embarrassing affair with a production assistant, remains in the commentary booth for MLB 2K10, according to the first previews of the game. [Kotaku]

The Two Worthwhile Minutes Of "Blue Mountain State" [NSFW]

You may think that you've seen some bad TV—but "Blue Mountain State" is probably worse. The new Spike show is, well, terrible. But it does have one thing going for it. [Fleshbot] [NSFW]

Brian Williams Slams Mark McGwire on NBC Nightly News Over Steroid Admission

NBC Nightly News took an uncharacteristically personal turn tonight, as anchor Brian Williams opened the broadcast with the news that Mark McGwire admitted past steroid use today in a letter to his former team. Inside, video of Williams' surprising statement. [Gawker.TV]

Celebrity Boxing Will Save Celebrities, and Boxing

Jon Gosselin needs a job. Boxing needs a savior. Michael Lohan (pictured!) needs someone to fight. Do we smell the sweet aroma of cultural convergence? [Gawker]

The Most Ridiculous Names to Appear on The Simpsons

The Simpsons just celebrated its 20th Anniversary, and names like Homer and Bart have become ingrained upon our cultural identity. However, they've invented many other names, not as immediately recognizable. Here's a massive compilation of the best and funniest. [Gawker.TV]

Harry Reid Finally Apologizes for Spectacularly Dumbassed "Negro" Quote Bound to Unseat Him

Harry Reid somehow rose to be the Senate Majority Leader! Reid recently used the descriptor "negro" when talking about President Obama. It made no sense. He has now apologized. Especially because he realized he's losing his office on it. [Gawker]

Can Sports Video Games Win One for the Little Guys?

Of the independent games available on Xbox Live, a sports title is currently the No. 1 downloaded title and another is the No. 2-rated game, across all offerings. But sports is far from the service's dominant genre. [Kotaku]

Ken Block Ditches Subaru, Will Rock Ford For WRC, X Games

It's official. The amazingly talented Ken Block, he of the sideways Subie, is ditching the AWD brand to race a Ford Fiesta in Rally America/X Games and a Ford Focus on the bigger World Rally Championship stage. [Jalopnik]

Robert Kubica To Remain With Renault

After Renault’s awkward semi-exit from Formula One last fall, the future of their just-signed Polish talent was suddenly in doubt. No longer. [Jalopnik]

A Picture Worth More Than Words

At the bottom of the house, at the bottom of a foot locker, at the bottom of a page of newsprint from 1970 were these words. "That's all the Good sports for now," the sign-off to my father's sports column. [Kotaku]

Soundgarden Reunion Takes First Good Pop Culture News of the Decade/Year/Whatever Honors

Also, makes us all feel very old. Related: Spoonman will save us all! A blogger notes that Chris Cornell tweeted last night: Soundgarden—the band the he left to go and form Audioslave (BLEH)—are getting back together. [Gawker]

Shaq Gives LeBron $400k Rolls Royce Phantom For Birthday

Yesterday, LeBron James turned 25 and after winning against Atlanta, teammate Shaquille O'Neil announced he'd gotten LeBron a white Rolls Royce Phantom birthday present. Why don't we have friends like that? Shaq, make ours a Silver Cloud, please. [Jalopnik]

The Sports Video Games of the Year

In naming the best video games of the year, the sports genre is often left to fight over a single award. And as I've discussed before, one probably isn't winning an overall game-of-the-year anytime soon. [Kotaku]

What Would Tiger Woods Do?

Either Accenture didn't get all the Tiger Woods ads down in time for the holidays, or they're starting a clever new campaign. The intrepid Foster Kamer spotted this seven-foot-tall backlit message next to the security line at LaGuardia Airport today. [Gawker]

Theological Investigations: Why Do The Jews Eat Chinese Food On Christmas?

December: when people who aren't Christopher Hitchens consider God, and the Miracles of the Universe He/She/It/RuPaul bestow upon us. But there's one question every year that humanity has yet to find a sufficient answer for. [Gawker]

Does Schumacher Still Have the Right Stuff?

Ever since his retirement, Formula One’s most successful driver has been itching to return. Back for 2010, driving Ross Brawn’s world champion Mercedes, only one question remains: can a 41-year-old man kick ass in modern F1? [Jalopnik]

The Most Painful Figure Skating Falls

Tis the season when girls in sparkly miniskirts—who are better athletes than you'll ever be—venture out onto the cold, unforgiving ice and perform christmas miracles. Or fall on their face. Enjoy this brutal compilation of figure skater falls. [Gawker.TV]

2009 in Review: The Sports Video Game Report

Every year in sports has its winners and losers, but in sports video games, the results aren't about pennants and trophies. And they're not always clear-cut, either. [Kotaku]

The 2010 Video Game Bowl — and Playoff — Spectacular

Do you want a college football playoff? Do you love the tradition of a New Year's Day packed with A-list bowls? You can have both, as shown by Stick Jockey's video game simulation of a 16-team tournament - and 27 bowls. [Kotaku]

How a Fake Twitter Death Report Tragically Came True

Last night on Twitter, someone impersonating a newspaper writer falsely reported the death of football player Chris Henry. Henry died about 12 hours later, according to news reports, finally making one of Twitter's many fake stories come true. [Gawker]

The Top 100 Videos of 2009 in Less Than 3 Minutes

Between pranks, sports, tech, video games, singing, dancing, and television— there was a lot to choose from. These are the top 100 videos that became famous on the web in 2009, all in less than three minutes. [Gawker.TV]

The Tiger Woods Sponsorship Dance Card: Two Down, Six to Go

Not that it was hard to see this coming, but The Business That Is Tiger Woods is starting to lose a grip on its multinational corporate backers. In fact, one two of them have gone down! Can you guess who? [Gawker]

Not the Bottom of the Ninth, but a Big At-Bat Coming for MLB 2K10

Scapegoated by its ownership and sandbagged by both declining sales and declining reviews, MLB 2K is a seriously troubled franchise. Flawed though it is, the title's biggest problems going into 2010 are not entirely of its own making. [Kotaku]

Kate Hudson, Dave Letterman Battle It Out Over Her Romance With Alex Rodriguez

The funniest part of Kate Hudson's appearance on Letterman last night was Dave's insistence on talking about Kate's relationship with NY Yankee Alex Rodriguez. He just wouldn't let Kate change the subject. (Also: Note Dave's mimicking of Kate's fake laugh.) [Jezebel]

GM To Repair, Sell Crashed Tiger Woods Escalade

Tired of the Tiger Woods car crash story? Too bad. We're going to beat it into your head like Elin... right. Anyway, Tiger's GM-owned Cadillac Escalade will be repaired and either returned to duty or auctioned off. [Jalopnik]

Urban Golf Makes White People Somehow Look Even Whiter

The words "golf" and "urban" have never been and never will be a good combination. The same goes for "ghetto sweatervest" and "thug croquet." [Gawker.TV]

Ultimate Gawker Stalkers: Derek Jeter's Starbucks and The Minka Kelly Problem

Sometimes, multiple Gawker Stalker sightings create mosaic portraits of celebrities in their seemingly unobserved moments. We've got one better, today: an operative working at a Derek Jeter-frequented Starbucks in Tampa, who sees girlfriend Minka Kelly as the once-benevolent Jeter's downfall. [Gawker]

Madden NFL Arcade Micro-Review: Snacking on Football

Did you toss the football around over Thanksgiving? If so, did you take time to read the playbook and set your audibles? Thought so. That's the spirit behind EA Sports's Madden NFL Arcade, the bite-size complement to its full franchise. [Kotaku]

Sticks Up, Lacrosse Breaks Into the Xbox 360

Let's be real. It would take a nuclear war for lacrosse, even though it's literally more American than football or baseball, to displace either game on TV. It would take even more to put it in a retail video game box. [Kotaku]

Vivid Looking To Make Tiger Woods Porn [NSFW]

Because there's more money in celebrity scandals than porn made by pornstars, Vivid's looking to pay $1 million to any woman who can prove she was a paramour of Tiger Woods—and signs a contract with the studio. [Fleshbot] [NSFW]

Tiger Woods' Escalade: Complete Cadillac Carnage Gallery

The Florida Highway Patrol's released detailed photos of Tiger Woods' crashed Cadillac Escalade and despite that story of his heroic wife, two rear windows are suspiciously smashed in. Also, he admitted to...something. That's not going to help things. [Jalopnik]

A Simple Plan for Tiger Woods: Play Some Golf

It might appear that Tiger Woods has lots of problems these days, but in fact he only has one problem: He is a boring, boring man who finds himself in a non-boring situation. We know how to solve this. [Gawker]

How Tiger Woods Should Have Used Technology To Cheat on His Wife

It's a story doomed to repeat for all of time: Man cheats on wife, wife catches man, wife eagle-claw-slaps man, man runs away, wife chases after man with a golf club, man crashes car. This could have been prevented. [Gizmodo]

Birdman Copies Shaq, Buys Ginormous SportChassis P4XL SUV

The Denver Nuggets' Chris Andersen has joined Shaq and purchased one of the largest SUVs on the planet, the 6.5-ton SportChassis P4XL. Birdman's modified his with a chrome grille and 22.5" rims. [CelebrityCarz] [Jalopnik]

How Tiger Woods Spent Thanksgiving: A Recap of His Car Crash Story So Far

While you were busy watching football, eating dry turkey, and flashing tense, frozen smiles at your annoying relatives, Tiger Woods was getting beaten senseless by his wife. Here's a round-up of what we know in case you were otherwise engaged. [Gawker]

Kid-on-Kid Violence: The Most Brutal Pop-Warner Football Hits

Pop-warner is supposed to teach kids about sportsmanship, competitive spirit, and football fundamentals. Tell that to the kids who are alternating between giving other kids concussions and smoking on the sidelines. [Gawker.TV]

Cover Athletes: Putting More Than a Name Into a Game

Michael Phelps might have been on a Wheaties box. It doesn't mean he advised General Mills on how to make the cereal taste better. [Kotaku]

Tampa Bay's Longoria is — Officially — MLB 2K10's Cover Man

2K Sports announced today that it's chosen Evan Longoria, the All-Star third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays, for the cover of MLB 2K10, and will put six designs up to a vote of fans of the series. [Kotaku]

Hot Shots: Basketball Team Photos Raise Questions Of Homophobia

The picture at left is taken from the website for Florida State University's women's basketball team. While it looks seems inocuous enough, these glam shots have sparked a debate about the persistent problem of homophobia in women's sports. [Jezebel]

Jimmie Johnson Wins Fourth Consecutive NASCAR Championship

Jimmie Johnson is the only driver to win four consecutive NASCAR championships after placing 5th at the Ford 400 this weekend. But does this really make him the greatest NASCAR driver ever? [Jalopnik]

Sports Authority Fitness Retailer Inks Deal to Sell Wii

Starting this month, Nintendo's Wii gets its own section and pitch people at The Sports Authority stores nationwide, part of a movement to help make the country more fit, the fitness chain's president told Kotaku this morning. [Kotaku]

Leaked Survey Tips Off MLB 2K10 Cover Athlete - 2nd Update

A tipster taking a marketing survey was asked to judge four potential covers for next year's MLB 2K10. The Tampa Bay Rays' third baseman Evan Longoria is on all of them. [Kotaku]

Maybe the Greatest of All Time, but not In Its Time

Of the major game-of-the-year awards given out each year, no sports title has ever taken top overall honors. And yet five years later, there is one still talked about in ways that year's winners are not. [Kotaku]

Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970

Here, an new animated short video celebrating the day that Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while blind-tripping on acid. Truly one of the greatest American drug accomplishments of the 20th century. Learn your history, kids. [James Blagden] [Gawker]

Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?

One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, she's at a disadvantage to a swimmer who's an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we consider her crazy, or worse, a cheater? [Gizmodo]

Astronaut Delivers Camaro Pace Car Via Chinook Helicopter

Marine Col. Doug Hurley piloted the Endeavour space shuttle, flew a Chinook helicopter to the Dickies 500, and then drove out of the back in a Chevy Camaro Pace Car. It was the most interesting thing to happen all day. [Jalopnik]

NCAA Football, and the Science of Subjectivity

With true-to-life fidelity, my most recent season simulation in NCAA Football 10 found Boise State losing a trap game late in the season and, as the token BCS Buster from a minor conference, paying for it dearly in the polls. [Kotaku]

RUMOR: Renault May Pull Out Of F1

Following today's announcement of Toyota leaving F1, Renault's board of directors is in an unscheduled, closed-doors meeting discussing the possibility of also exiting the motorsport. [Jalopnik]

UFC Boss Smashes Customized Ferrari F430

No details other than this image yet, but UFC head honcho Dana White smashed up his custom Ferrari F430 pretty good. It's appropriately bleeding green blood (coolant) all over the asphalt. [Jalopnik]

Toyota Quits Formula One, Cries About It

After spending nine years and over $2.4 billion dollars without a single race victory, Toyota has officially dropped out of Formula One. As you can see from the photo, Toyota Motorsport Chairman Tadashi Yamashina was quite broken up about it. [Jalopnik]

Sneak Peek! MMA Fighter War Machine Goes Porn Machine! [NSFW]

Seeing as how you're so excited for War Machine's porn debut, we thought we'd give you this sneak peek of a shot from the film—titled "Riley Loves War Machine" (and slated to be in stores this January). [Fleshbot] [NSFW]

No, Every Newspaper Does Not Need to Cover the World Series

There are many reasons to mourn the slow death of the newspaper industry — first and foremost the hordes of people losing their jobs. The disappearance of all-expense-paid journalist conventions masquerading as "major assignments" is not one of them. [Gawker]

War Machine: From UFC Fighter To Porn Machine [NSFW]

If you're not into MMA, chances are you've never heard the name War Machine. But if you are into porn, chances are equally good that, pretty soon, you'll be very, very familiar with the man. [Fleshbot] [NSFW]

With NCAA 10, EA Guns for Two Shining Moments

Connor Dougan had me at "Nana-na-na-na-NA-na-naaaahhh!" Anyone who's hoisted a driveway three has hummed a TV sports anthem to set it up, and that one's the CBS Road to the Final Four theme, one of two in NCAA Basketball 10. [Kotaku]

Cole Hamels Reminds You That Grenades are "for Pussies"

Well. This is edgy as all get-out. Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels comes to Modern Warfare 2 to tell us that mindlessly hucking grenades is a dickbag cop-out. And then there's "Fight Against Grenade Spam," which makes a cheerful acronym. [Kotaku]

Cities Equidistant From Philadephia and New York Besieged By Desperate Reporters

The hard part about covering a baseball event called the "World Series," which is 106 years old? Finding new angles. Hey, here's one from the WSJ: Find a town halfway between Philly and NYC—who do they root for?!? Sounds...familiar. [Gawker]

Foul-mouthed Ticket Scalper Expounds on Life, Love, and the Sex-for-Phillies-Tickets Scandal

One thing we learned from the case of the Philadelphia woman accused of trying to trade sex for Phillies tickets is that the underground ticket game is hard. This veteran ticket scalper we talked to certainly reinforced this lesson! [Gawker]

Will Monkeyshines at ESPN Throw a Monkeywrench in a Video Game?

Steve Phillips, formerly of ESPN's Baseball Tonight, lost that gig in a sex scandal that you might have read about. He was also the color analyst in MLB 2K9. That title doesn't feature in-game boinkable PAs, but will he stay? [Kotaku]
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