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"Talkin' 'Bout 87, My Homey Reggie Wayne"
Meet Lil Ronnie. He's a 12-year-old from the "south side" (of Indianapolis) and he don't take nuttin' from no Colts playa haters....
Bro Sweets Will Juice You Up
Clinton Portis was back yesterday with yet another fractured segment of his personality, this one somewhat sweeter than the past ones, literally even. We proudly introduce "Bro Sweets," Clinton's most recent tortured mental sliver....
Leftovers: NBA Fashion Edition
• NBA Union files grievance over fines for length of players' shorts. This will end up in the Supreme Court, we're sure. [ESPN] • Gene Keady to coach Toronto Raptors. His combover will stay in retirement, however. [Purdue Exponent] • You are snubbed once again — Bush, Leinart, Young named as Heisman...
Julio Franco Cryogenically Signed
What Julio Franco has done, playing professional baseball well into his late 40s, is amazing, astounding, incredible, whatever you want to call it. We salute the elderly when they find things to keep active and useful....
Last Call For Carnival Of The NHL
As mentioned on Monday, we're hosting the Carnival Of The NHL this week, and the deadline for submissions is today at 5 p.m. We'll be doing a whole big Carnival post tomorrow, so send us your best hockey posts of the week, and we'll feature 'em, because that's what we do here....
"Really, Really Need Tickets"
If you've been on eBay at all, you know how expensive Rose Bowl tickets are getting. (They're running about $1,000-$1,200 a piece.)...
Athlete Run-In: Where There Is Tom, There Is Tara
Today's final athlete run-in story is timely, because it involves current Sports Illustrated Sportsman Of The Year Tom Brady. We've documented Brady's nightlife exploits before, but this one has an even more fun addition: Tara Reid! From Scott in Kansas City:...
Leftovers: Black Sunday
• Evidently NFL bookies took it in the shorts on Sunday. It's at times like these that we miss Oddjack more than ever. [MSNBC] • NASCAR OKs $4.48 billion deal with four networks. Cooter and Billy Ray celebrate with beer and chicken wings. [The Mighty MJD] • Astros have had it with Clemens, and they'...
Not Even Playmates Can Watch The Eagles
It is not a fun time to be a Philadelphia Eagles fan, a fact that has been recognized by the fine folks at the Philadelphia Eagles "Blog Squad." How ever to juice up assuredly sagging Sitemeter rankings?...
Florida State's Diligent Student Body
Hey, remember yesterday, when we did that post about Florida State fans dressing all slooty-like? Well, turns out — as a couple of you mentioned in the comments yesterday — the ladies in the pictures are rather famous around Tallahassee, which we supposed shouldn't be a surprise....
Keeping The Streets Safe From Waltons
Of all the celebrities who showed up at the USC-UCLA game last weekend, it must have been easy to miss Luke Walton, Lakers bit player and son of Big Bill Walton. But not for long. As reported by USC's From The Sidelines blog, the younger Walton was booted off the sidelines last weekend for not ha...
Leftovers: All We Need Is Cash
• Word on the street is that Burnett will sign with Jays for $55 million. [Blue Jay Way] • Young says he deserves Heisman. That's good enough for us. [USC Trojan Football] • U.S. misses being World Cup seed by one point. One lousy, stinking point. Crap. [Baltimore Sun] • Carmelo Anthony fined $5,000...
Your Helpful Sideline Candy Primer
Via BadJocks.com comes a helpful little Interweb primer from fans at Texas A&M: How To Dress Sexy For Football Games. It's apparently more complicated than you thought....
Lions Fans Turning To Prostitution
We'll be honest: We've considering doing this. An enterprising Lions fan, fed up with the historic run of bad football team has put up over the Matt Millen era, is putting \his fandom up for auction on eBay. Currently, it's up to $10.51, and even though we can come up with a few better ways to spend...
Here Come The Rosenhaus Defections
The first domino has fallen. Yesterday, in a move that everyone knew was coming but hadn't been made official, Packers wide receiver Javon Walker fired Drew Rosenhaus as his agent. The move is the first of what many expect to be several defections from Rosenhaus' stable of clients, considering he ...
The Face Of Lesbian Cheerleader Terror
All right, thanks to Gambling911.com (now that Oddjack's gone, there are all kinds of sites we're gonna have to keep an eye on), we have a picture of Melissa Holden, the woman punched by Carolina Panthers cheerleader Renee Thomas after Holden interrupted Thomas' and Angela Keathley's Commode Copul...
Get Your Defunct T-Shirts
We're not much for handicapping — or, for that matter, the Heisman Trophy in general, which lost most of its charm for us when they moved it from the Downtown Athletic Club after September 11 — but we have to say that if you're looking for a potential collector's item, you musn't look much farther...
The Lady The Lesbian Cheerleader Punched
Anybody still care about the Carolina Panthers lesbian cheerleaders? Anyone? Jeez, all right, all right, not all at once, people, settle down, sheesh....
Leftovers: Delinquent On All Counts
• Eagles want part of Owens' bonus, advise him to act now or it may hurt his credit rating. [The DrewL Bucket] • Carroll: Bush will turn pro only if he's No. 1 pick. 49ers: We'll win again only if the other team doesn't show up. [Oddsnark] • Pro westling to introduce steroid testing. The tests will ...
Keeping Stephen A. Safe
Most common emailed story to us today: The BenMaller.com report that "Quite Frankly" host Stephen A. Smith showed up in the press box of the USC-UCLA game with two bodyguards in tow. According to people who were there — we've heard from some people in the press box who saw it as well — it was the ...