<![CDATA[Deadspin: i love this game]]> http://tags.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: i love this game]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/ilovethisgame http://deadspin.com/tag/ilovethisgame <![CDATA[Aaron Rodgers, Retired Jerseys, and Chris Henry]]> Welcome to NFL day folks. It's a glorious day, despite the rain spreading across the country. This, my friends, is what it's all about. The Seahawks take a trip to see the Giants after some horrible comments by Seattle fans a week ago. That should make a bad situation worse for the Seahawks. The NFC East match-up of the Eagles and Redskins is bound to be a barnburner and Chris Henry will look to impress in his first game back with the Bengals. I love this game.

A few game notes before you dive into the nachos:

&#8226; It has been announced that Aaron Rodgers will play today, despite his shoulder injury so adjust your fantasy team accordingly. Or don't. Whatever.

&#8226; The Texans will start Sage Rosenfels in place of Matt Schaub for today's home opener against the colts. Apparently Schaub has a viral infection. Maybe he should have rethought that trip to USC.

&#8226; The 49ers will retire Steve Young's #8 at Candlestick Park. Look for Joe Montana boooing from the wings.

&#8226; Ocho Cinco and TO have been jabbering all week about each other. Does anyone really care about this anymore besides Bob Costas?

&#8226; With two coaches fired this week, the Rams and the Raiders will be playing with interim coaches. My prediction: still trainwrecks.

&#8226; The Bears Tommy Harris was suspended for today's game by the team for not showing up to practice. Look for Harris and Plaxico at the bar.

&#8226; Brian Westbrook "should be ok to start" and Willis McGahee is a gametime decision. Don't they know we have lineups to set? I mean, c'mon.

Feel free to add updates in the comments as they become available. I'll be back with the first NFL Update after the games start.

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The life of an NBA entourage member is a hard one. Even though it may offer an otherwise unemployable sect of society the opportunity to live an exciting, fulfilling life vicariously through a pampered professional athlete, there is legitimate "work" to be done in order to maintain a prime spot in the posse pecking order.

Radar showcased some of the more preposterous acts of personal servitude some of these professional hangers-on have subject themselves to and, not surprisingly, Ron Artest's requests are extremely demanding and imbecilic.

Crazy Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest has a paid personal assistant who "fields late-night requests for organic cookies" and is developing Artest's line of athletic wear. The assistant was also (seriously) recently asked to "remove what Mr. Artest thought were giant snake eggs in his backyard." (They turned out to be mushrooms.)

You can almost smell the insanity, can't you? Although, "Giant snake eggs in his backyard" seems like it would be a perfect lyrical refrain from Junta-era Phish. (Ed. Note: Please no Phish references on Deadspin. Thank you.)

We'd Just Like To Remind You That Ron Artest Is Batshit Insane [Hardwood Paroxysm]

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