I've never hid my pure enjoyment in of Lil' Wayne's ESPN the mag blogs and often wondered how long it would take for his profile to further expand at ESPN. His columns have been honest, goofy, and surprisingly insightful. He's also an unabashed sports fanatic and a bigger fanatic of ESPN. So today was a special, as Weezy finally got to fulfill a dream and go head-to-head with Skip Bayless on today's First Take.

Interestingly enough, Bayless has a huge hip-hop following. According to Bayless insiders (I assure you they do exist) he's buddies with Nelly, plus 50 Cent has also expressed interest in a spirited confrontation with Skip. But even though Skip may have some odd street cred, that still doesn't make up for this. Still? The Bayless rap video is less ridiculous than Dana Jacobson asking about his grill.

Lil' Wayne v. Bayless [MTV News Room]

I don't think the Pacman Jones situation is sad at all. I do not think Pacman Jones should be in the NFL. If I was the commissioner, I'd kick him out. They keep giving him chances and he keeps messing up. You got guys like Hines Ward out there getting fined for making plays on the field on one hand, and then on the other hand you got guys in situations where people are getting shot. Come on. You have to be smart about the company you keep. I should know. But sometimes it's not just friends—it's family members who are into bad stuff who bring you down. And how can you get rid of family? You can't. That's why I think, in his situation, there is no way he's turning it around. I mean, come on. He's a grown man. They don't give these huge contracts to kids. His main job is to stay out of trouble and he can't do that, so I'd kick him out of the league.

I believe that's "grown-ass man." But it is pretty amazing that we currently exist in a sports world where Lil' Wayne makes more sense than Roger Goodell.

Lil' Wayne: "Pacman Jones Shouldn't Be In the NFL" [ESPN The Mag.com]

First of all, wow. I am overwhelmed by the response to my first blog entry. I think I read the first 402 comments. A lot of them were crazy. A thousand comments in the first day? That makes me happy. I've been telling people, "Man I got a blog on ESPN," and they go, "Yeah, boy, but you're latest song is crazy!" and I'm like, "I know, but did you see my blog?" I am so excited to have this opportunity.

In his post, we also find out that Lil' Wayne has a tattoo of ESPN on his arm, he likes the Rays to win the World Series, and Brett Farve(sic) is just blowing his mind:

Like, Brett Farve? Come on. He's like 3900 years old and he threw for six touchdowns? He's never even done that in his whole career. And he does it with the Jets when no one is expecting nothing from him. There's a reason why he's my favorite player of all-time. He's getting better with time, as scary as that sounds. It's a great thing to watch. He still takes those shots. He still takes those risks. And those receivers were amazing, and the line, man, the offensive line was unexplainable.

Even though they're extremely popular, ESPN editors appear to be staging their own silent protest by outfitting Wayne's post with 4th-grade book report style headlines:

"LIL WAYNE BLOGS FOR US:WORLD SERIES? "I SEE THE TAMPA BAY RAYS."

Catchy.

UPDATE: Here's another reason why Lil Wayne probably shouldn't be blogging, via Sons Of Bill Simmons:

The original ESPN Wayne blog had this:

First off, my heart goes out to Jason Collier on the Jaguars and the kicker from Tampa Bay, Matt Bryant, who lost his baby. He went out and played, too, on Sunday. That, to me, is the definition of amazing.

Glad that got fixed.
Lil' Wayne's blog [ESPN]
Another Reason Why Lil' Wayne Shouldn't be Blogging [Sons of Bill Simmons]

Ed's note: This is the first in a blog series by mega-rapper of the moment Lil Wayne. When speaking to him for a package about at-bat music in MLB (a bunch of guys use Lil Wayne), he offered to blog for us. Awesome.

And like Hemingway, Lil' Wayne is a fan of short, declarative sentences:

I grew up playing football. Believe it or not, I was a fullback. When I was nine, ten, eleven, I was a great blocker. I knew how to block real good and the other kids didn't. So there I was. One game when I was ten years old we were on the goal line about to score, and coach called the play for me. I was supposed to go one way, but I ended up sneaking around the other side on a sweep. Everybody thought I was already tackled. The ref was already blowin' his whistle. But I was still up and I stutter stepped one way and beat the last guy trying to get me and scored that touchdown. That's my favorite sports memory for myself.

It's unclear whether Wayne actually typed up this column himself or, like most of ESPN's other celebrity bloggers, simply shouted sports-related nonsense into the phone to a frustrated freelance editor in charge of making it palatable for an audience unfamiliar with "Alphabet Bitches". For the sake of that editor's personal safety, I hope Wayne is happy with the end result.

Aaron Rodgers 'Has Been Wonderful' [ESPN] (via What Balk People Should Do Now)