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21-Year-Old Man Arrested for Playing Football Among Boys
Julious Javone Threatts really, really wanted to play football for the Town 'N Country Packers Pop Warner team in Tampa....

Brandon Jennings Explores His Inner Gaga
This clip is being presented as "Milwaukee Buck Brandon Jennings performs 38 seconds of Lady Gaga to settle a bet." From BLKICE3's Twitter page early this morning:...

Need a Quick $5K? Ask 'Melo How! (Update: 'Melo's Saying He Got Hacked)
Seems as if "Carmelo Anthony" got a lil hot under the keyboard this morning....

Jay Cutler, Chicago's O-Line Have Trust Issues
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Ejected Minor League Manager Swipes, Signs and Gives First Base to a Fan
The State College Spikes played the Batavia Muckdogs last night in some short-season Class A New York Penn League action, as if you didn't already know....

Hype Machine Already Finds Its Next Strasburg
Meet Aroldis Chapman. He threw a baseball 105 miles per hour in Louisville Friday night. AOL Fanhouse broke the story! Then, Buster Olney! Then, Peter Gammons! Then, NESN! Then, NBC reported that AOL Fanhouse, Olney, Gammons and NESN reported it!...

UFC 118: The Wit And Wisdom Of James Toney, MMA's New Big Swinging Freak Show
James Toney may get thumped tonight by Randy Couture at UFC 118, but he's already triumphed in the promotional battle in customary fashion — by sounding like a drunk Clubber Lang practicing the dozens inside a dumpster....

RIP, Luna Vachon
Former World Wrestling Entertainment star Gertrude "Luna" Vachon died Friday morning in Florida at age 48. She was living with her mother because her home was damaged in a fire. [Fox Sports]...

You Can Buy Bobby Hurley's Foreclosed Farm. Ask PNC How!
There are two ways to look at the Oct. 5 auction for Bobby Hurley's Devil Eleven Stables/Farm in scenic Ocala, Florida: 1) Fans can bid on a piece of Duke history or 2) Haters can finally finish squirrelboy off....

What Shouldn't You Do In Wee-Hours Milwaukee?
If you answered "be a Brewers clubhouse attendant named Alex Sanchez who goes out for 'a late snack' with pitchers," you probably didn't get hit in the back of the head with a handgun yesterday....

Jay Mariotti "Was and Is a Pissant."
Those are Bulls and White Sox Owner Jerry Reinsdorf's words, not ours....

Lil Wayne Loves Him Some Maria Sharapova
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Tiki Barber's Young Girlfriend Pens Icky Memoir, Promptly Called Homewrecking Whore
Two days ago, Crushable.com published an odd story written by Traci Johnson, the young blonde thing Tiki took up with after he separated from his pregnant wife (so he says). Readers were not impressed....

Guess What Kings Fans, The Maloofs Are Never Going Away
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: Hotelier Sacramento Kings owner Joe Maloof....

John Salley Story Corner: The Time Some Boston Mobsters Asked Me For Inside Info
Every week, John Salley, onetime Bad Boy and currently the arachnoid half of the Spider and the Henchman podcast, will regale us with an amusing and occasionally salacious story from his playing days. Today: getting solicited for gambling tips by various mafiosi....

<em>ESPN The Mag</em> Story About Sister-Humping NFL Prospect Will Break Your Heart
Remember Tony Washington? The Abilene Christian lineman who mashed uglies with his sister? He went undrafted in the draft and has yet to be signed as a free agent? Why is a talented o-line prospect getting the cold shoulder from the NFL?...

Horribly Broken Play Somehow Turns Worse
Don't really know anything about where or when this comes from. But we're going to go ahead and assume it's a St. Louis Rams preseason game....

Everybody Needs To Stop Talking About The Cubs' Future For A Few Months
After Lou Piniella announced he was retiring after last Sunday's game—fittingly, it was a blowout—the Chicago and national media started yammering on about who would replace him, and What It All Means For The Cubs. Please make it stop....

John McEnroe Thinks Tennis Is Too Hard For Ladies
"I think that it's asking too much of the women. They shouldn't be playing as many events as the men...You shouldn't push them to play more than they're capable of." Also, mouthy broads talking about shopping, etc. [NYDN]...

New Yorkers React To Some Pervert Videotaping A Ballerina's Ass, Calling Everyone "Goober"
Click to view Times Square sucks, but every once in a while something special happens. Like when an impromptu photo shoot of a ballerina who is not dressed like a ballerina crosses paths with a guy who videotapes women's butts. [Carlos Miller, via Skeets]...