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Pete Carroll Pleads With LeBron, Because Apparently The Seahawks Need His Help To Underachieve
Your morning roundup for Oct. 13, the day we learned just how dangerous some sex toys can be. Photo via @PeteCarroll. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Philly Fans Stop Puking On Santa's Daughter Long Enough To Boo Sidney Crosby Anti-Cancer Ad
"During Wednesday night's game against the Vancouver Canucks, the Philadelphia Flyers played a Hockey Fights Cancer commercial between periods inside Wells Fargo Center. Featured in the video were players like Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks and R...

The Peruvian Lady Soccer Fans Are At It Again, And What They're Doing Is Assuredly NSFW
"This is the voluptuous dancer Irina Grandez, who for love of the southern lands Blanquirroja arrived to put all the 'chest' by Peru, which now goes to 'kill' to Chile." [Translated from Gran refuerzo: Irina Grandez llegó a Chile para poner el pecho por Perú">Librero.pe] (H/T Sportsfeeder1)...

Some Folks Play Dice For Money On The Subway Near The Pentagon
Tipster Cyrus the Virus was kind enough to record and send in some video he captured of a subway floor dice game last night. Unfortunately, he put the camera down before one player broke every rule that Ashy Larry has ever championed by making a scene when the dice fell wrong....

Here's Chad McGhee With Your Weekly Knox City Greyhounds Update And Bye-Week Wrestling Extravaganza
The mighty Knox City Greyhounds scrapped back to within a game of .500 on this roller coaster of a season with a resounding 56-8 over pathetic Vernon Northside. It wasn't all lollypops and unicorns, superfan Chad McGhee reported earlier today, though....

The Delayed Start Of The NBA Season Gets The Taiwanese Animation Treatment
In Taiwanese animators's perception of the current NBA lockout, commissioner David Stern wields a chainsaw, cries when the Detroit Pistons flat-line in a hospital bed, guards Derek Fisher and gay marries Time Warner Cable. Also, LeBron James wears a lil-boy crown and gets shattered-backboard dunke...

Chad Ochocinco Hopes You'll Be Patient If He's On Your Fantasy Football Team
After five games, New England Patriots wide receiver has caught nine passes for a total of 136 yards. Somehow, this ties into the time he lost his virginity....

When Jack McKeon Managed Beer-And-Chicken-Lovin' Josh Beckett In Florida, He Locked The Clubhouse During Games
The Boston Globe story on the Red Sox's September collapse included a lot of semidamning revelations, among them that starters John Lackey, Josh Beckett, and Jon Lester ate fried chicken and drank beer while playing video games in the clubhouse during Sox games. Quelle dommage! Apparently Terry Fran...

This Evening: Two Women Kiss A Trophy That Looks Like Something Other Than A Trophy
Your p.m. roundup for Oct. 12, the day we learned what happens when hurricanes catch fire. Photo, which is from Norway, via Reddit. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Your Brewers-Cardinals, Weather-Permitting Game Three Open Thread
Tonight, Yovani Gallardo of the Brewers will face off against fake-ass Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals in a NLCS tied at one a piece. Gallardo isn't very good against the Cardinals, per a St. Louis newspaper and numbers. Meanwhile, Carpenter "has had hiccups" against the Brewers, per a Milwaukee n...

If You're A Reporter From Outside Pittsburgh And You Want To Ask Mike Tomlin A Question, Make It Quick Don't Make It About Past Losses (UPDATED)
In keeping with the NFL's standard in-season practice of making coaches available to reporters from the opposing city on the Wednesday before an upcoming game, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin did a conference call today with the beat crew from Jacksonville. Well, sort of. He had little patience for any ...

The Second-Dumbest Sentence From The <em>Boston Globe</em>'s Red Sox Postmortem
Scocca flagged one sentence earlier today from the Boston Globe's story. Here's the part that gets me:...

Amar'e Stoudemire Suggests That Locked-Out NBA Players Could Start A League Of Their Own
Ever since the final round of negotiations ended unsuccessfully on Monday night, the NBA players have been goin' rogue in the only way that they know how: With Twitter tirades! Oh, and also with media circuits to help push their personal sneakers so that their bank accounts stay flush throughout the...

The Cam Newton/Auburn Saga Farts To A 105-Word End
The NCAA has completed its investigation:...

A Short, Strange Lesson In NHL Economics, With Professor Sean Avery
Yesterday, Minnesota placed winger Eric Nystrom on waivers. The Wild clearly wanted to move his $1.4 million salary, and any player picked up on waivers gets split between his old and new teams. So at a more palatable $700,000...there were still no takers for Nystrom....

ESPN Employee Denies ESPN Report That Said ESPN Employee Was Offered A Consulting Job With The Eagles
Sal Paolantonio reported one of those stories this morning that forced Philly's football media to ask the kind of question Eagles coach Andy Reid might actually have to answer. According to Sal Pal, the Eagles had tried to bring in former Browns coach (and current ESPN analyst) Eric Mangini to jog ...

Your Rangers-Tigers Game Four Open Thread
The Rangers were up 2-0 on Detroit in the ALCS, cruising to the World Series yet again, until they slammed full-speed into the immovable force that is Doug Fister's right arm. Hi-ya, the Tigers swung that momentum, your local sports columnist probably wrote....

Not To Be Outdone, A.J. Pierzynski Would Like You To Know That The White Sox Occasionally Drink "Rally Beer" During Games
White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski, everyone's favorite bleached-blond gnat (and World Series broadcaster), apparently wanted to stick up for the Red Sox players, bullied by the owners and the Boston Globe. So he went on The Dan Patrick Show and told everyone the White Sox occasionally drink in the c...

Terrelle Pryor: "I Should Be On The Field Helping" Ohio State
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Regrets, Pryor's had a few....