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ESPN Is Giving Scott Van Pelt Some Quiet Time (UPDATE)
Last week, ESPN's Scott Van Pelt hammered Bud Selig about the MLB Commissioner's $18.5 million salary.A little too much, apparently: SVP was suspended from his radio show on Monday, according to multiple WWL sources....
Andy Rooney's Experience At Super Bowl XLIII
Apparently there was one person who wasn't that impressed with all the excitement of Super Bowl XLIII and it had nothing to do with the outcome. It's "60 Minutes" professional curmudgeon, Andy Rooney....
Brussels Griffon Favored To Win Biggest Dog Show (Yub Nub)
I've barely had time to take down my Puppy Bowl decorations, and now it's time for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. [NBCSports]...
Breakfast Fail: Intrepid Reporter Attempts To Eat Five Denny's Grand Slams
Remember the Denny's Super Bowl ad that promised free breakfast to everyone in America? Two million were served on Tuesday between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m., including five to one Chicago Tribune reporter alone....
Mo Williams Still Gets Snubbed, Cavs Make Up Words To Show Their Displeasure
"But not naming him as the natural and obvious replacement for the unfortunately injured Jameer Nelson is stupidiculous, idillogical and preposterageous." [AP via SI]...
That Pro Bowl Line You've Been Waiting For Is Finally In
Ticket sales are so bad that they're considering blacking out the Pro Bowl locally in Honolulu. Meanwhile, NFC installed as 2.5-point favorite. [Five Tool Tool]...
How Is This A Good Choice Of Face Paint? I Mean, Honestly
From Wednesday night's game between Oklahoma State and Texas Tech at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Third row of the student section reserved for Spanish fans? [APIAS]...
That Naked Man Outside Your Hotel Room Door May Be Terry Glenn
Terry Glenn arrested for marijuana possession after wandering naked in an Irving, Texas hotel. One question: Where was he carrying the weed?...
Santonio Holmes Toes Have Also Touched A Nerve
A full-scale battle of the screen-grabs has been waged between Mattoonian Buzzsaw Emeritus and seemingly every Pittsburgh Steelers fan with access to a computer. Even the Politico readers are pissed....
Adult Site Will Compensate Viewers Whose Porn Was Interrupted By Super Bowl
This joke is going to get old very fast, but kudos to the adult film studio Pink Visual for being among the first to think of it....
James Harrison's $800,000 Touchdown
Poker player Phil Ivey bet $800,000 on the Cardinals +3.5 for the first half of Super Bowl XLIII. I believe that is what's known as a "bad beat." [Phil Ivey Rules?]...
When You Play South Alabama, You Better Bring A Monitor
Look....all South Alabama coach Ronnie Arrow wants is a replay review of the last-second shot that just sunk his team, and if he doesn't get it then he just might murder your face....
FA Cup Gets Its Very Own Heidi Bowl
No one sees Everton's winning overtime goal vs. Liverpool because ITV1 had cut away to a commercial. Viewers not amused. [BBC News]...
ESPN Employees Will Pitch In To Help
Last week we showed ESPN president George Bodenheimer's gloomy report about the state of the WWL, which detailed the many changes needed in order for the company to continue making jizzillions of dollars....
TWO FEET DOWN
Steeler Nation sees your one toe and raises you another, Buzzsaw boy. [SteelersDepot]...
But Wasn't Willie Parker Born To Run?
On a recent episode of "The Best Damn Sports Show Podcast" Steelers running back Willie Parker admitted he had to do a little research before Super Bowl XLIII. You know, about the halftime entertainment....
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Super Bowl Controversy That Wouldn't Die
Of all the cockamamie controversies surrounding the Super Bowl ... did two columnists actually criticize sideline reporter Alex Flanagan for quoting F. Scott Fitzgerald? And did Keith Olbermann jump to her defense on his show?...
ONE FOOT DOWN
He only had one foot down! One foot! I'll get over this eventually. [The Will Leitch Experience]...
Troy Polamalu Once Again Stage Dives Into The Waiting Arms Of Sixburgh's Faithful
Yesterday's Super Bowl parade in Pittsburgh had the usual accoutrements: black and yellow wardrobes, Terrible Towel waving, and obnoxious yelling. But you don't often see a player give back as much as Troy Polamalu....
Take The Money And Run
Man in Steelers jacket robs Pittsburgh bank during Super Bowl victory parade. Is foiled when he and the money are sprayed with, appropriately, red dye. [Pittsburgh Post Gazette]...