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Brett Favre As A Viking And The Importance Of Your One True Hate
Drew Magary's Balls Deep column runs every Thursday afternoon. Drew's new book, "Men With Balls," featuring 100% new material, is available for pre-order here. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week at KSK....

In Which I Develop A Sudden Interest In Track
Our infatuation with University of California pole vaulter Allison Stokke was real at one time, but it seems so childish these days. Simply put, we're over you, Allison. We've moved on (the restraining order helped). Yes, new romance is in the air: Meet Jennifer Mueller, a freshman sprinter at USC w...

Manny Ramirez: Still The Lovable Scamp Of Fenway
Boston Red Sox' left fielder Manny Ramirez once again showed off his goofball side during yesterday's shellacking of the Minnesota Twins, to the head-shaking delight of ManRam fans everywhere, after he took some time away from concentrating on baseball to eat up some overtime minutes....

Teddy Dupay Falling From Grace At Accelerating Speed
I guess the call-center job is not going so well. The felony charges are rape, aggravated kidnapping and sexual assault....

Deadspin Apologizes For The Error
Per yesterday's A-Rod-loves-other-ladies story, comes this email from Alicia Marie, who was not pleased with our repeating of the New York Daily News' erroneous report yesterday that she and John Rocker were no longer an item. She writes:...

Tim Tebow Is Touching Babies in Asia Again
This time it's some place called Chiang Mai. You don't have any idea where that place is either. Wait, okay, it's in Thailand....

Matt Jones: The Cocaine Won't Make You Faster, Son
Jacksonville (LA?) Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones was busted in Arkansas for cocaine and marijuana possession early this morning. Jones, the former Razorback's quarterback who switched to wide receiver to help his NFL draft stock, was pinched last night along with a carload of other dudes in a sha...

Morning Blogdome: Sick-Boy, With Tattoos Up And Down His Arms, Don't Ya Know (Oh-ay-oh...)
•Wayne Rooney's artistic forearm is something to snicker at:The feisty soccer lad just got hit his forearm all tatted-up and it pays tribute to the Stereophonics album, "Just Enough Education to Perform." Interesting choice. But Rooney's questionable tattoo doesn't even come close to some of the rid...

Adieu, Trent Dilfer. Adieu.
As you read this I am speeding toward sunny Lake Tahoe, cranking the Beach Boys, with a big nasty redhead at my side (wait. Am I Randy Newman?). But already there's news from there in my absence. Trent Dilfer, perhaps the worst quarterback to ever earn a Super Bowl ring as a starter, announced on We...

Iranian National Team To Play Utah Jazz. I See No Way This Can End Badly
Before it heads over to Beijing to compete in Olympic basketball competition, the Iranian national squad will play a series of exhibition games against NBA summer league teams at Salt Lake Community College. The Islamic Republic of Iran playing in Utah; kind of makes that North Carolina-Duke rivalry...

Dara Torres Is Paying For Everyone's Sins
Granted, a 41-year-old woman breaking all sorts of swimming records is a red flag in today's performance-enhanced sports world, but is she being unfairly scrutinized?...

New Olympic Sport? Lava Surfing
Because, let's be honest, only pansies brave a surf that isn't boiling....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch with your friend, Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson ... • Boxing: Light heavyweights, Chris Henry vs. Rubin Williams, at Houston (9 p.m., ET). Shouldn't the jock be worn inside the trunks? [ESPN2] • Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 5, Cholet to Chateauroux, France (8 p.m., ET). Why must the sea...

Are You Offended By ESPN?
That's the question posed by MarketWatch columnist Jon Friedman, who gives the WWL a thorough Bissingering based on the recent "lowbrow or boorish behavior" of some of ESPN's talent. Specifically, the incidents involving Jemele Hill, Dana Jacobson, and Bonnie Bernstein, respectively. Friedman's piec...

Rich Rodriguez and Michigan Buy West Virginia
Or at least 4 million dollars worth of West Virginia. Which, to be fair to mgoblog, is only 64% of the state....

Mike Lowell Kills With Cell Phone Pranks
Those crafty Red Sox, you never know what they're going to be up to next....

Afternoon Blogdome: Philadelphians Will Treat Alyssa Milano With Dignity And Respect
• Hey, sweetheart, you wanna play who's da boss in my pants?: This is the perfect addition to a businessperson's special for the Phillies: "Any fan who purchases a piece of TOUCH product from the collection will get the chance to meet Alyssa and receive a free autographed gift from her. The meet and...

Billy Joel And Pork Rind Sculpting: Your Week Is Hereby Planned
Minor Enterprise has a way of pleasin', I don't know why it is, but there doesn't have to be a reason. Anyway ......

Top Arizona Basketball Recruit Brandon Jennings Bound for Europe
With a nice finger extended to David Stern's 19 year age limit as he crosses the Atlantic. At least according to his lawya, Jeff Valle....