Obligatory Sports Babe

Today, for no particular reason, we’ll go with one of the numbers from COED’s Top 50 Sexiest WAGs of World Sport. And this would be Karolina Kurkova, who apparently was with boxer Wladimir Klitschko, which, frankly, is just too disturbing to dwell on. Let’s just look at Karolian, alright?

Simmons – Gladwell

If you’re like me, you stopped reading Bill Simmons years ago. But even still, you’ve got to admit, his conversation with Malcolm Gladwell the other week, which the New Yorker just reprinted, was pretty nails—specifically, for statements like: “Nowadays, the mindset seems to be more, ‘What can I do to raise my profile? How can I become more famous? How can I make more money?’ … Five decades ago, when [Bill] Russell wanted to get his point across about something that was important to him, he would write a first-person account in Sports Illustrated. Today, Shaq gets his point across in a 140-character Twitter post.” Are you listening, Chris Bosh?

The Best Non-Pitcher In Baseball

“I'm not sure people realize how possible it is that Albert Pujols won't be a Cardinal in three years,” writes Will Leitch in Deadspin. “And every day, every loss, every solo Pujols homer, makes it a little more likely to happen.”

Quickly

WTF!?! The San Diego Chicken is from London (Ont,)??? And it’s been the same guy for 35 years? At least, so says the Associated Press.

Yesterday the Ultimate Warrior turned 50. Busted Coverage has the appropriate amount of respect. Which, frankly, considering the lifespan of most wrestlers, is a lot.

Perhaps odd, considering where I’m posting this, but here’s how Henry Blodget in Advertising Age thinks that the TV industry is doomed.

Worf would, according to this YTMND page, like to offer your at-bat some encouragement.

Hey, it’s stuff flying into crowds! Thanks, Holy Taco.

Comment

You really expect us to believe that it's just happenstance Joe Buck got a publicity bonanza out of Artie Lange coming on his new talk show-- hey, did you hear Joe Buck has a new show?-- and being... well... Artie Lange. Seriously. It's nice PR work on somebody's part, but seriously, how the hell is this such a sensation?

Helen Hunt + PCP + Keyboard Cat

I can’t explain to you why you need to watch this any better than the fucking fantastic Warming Glow, who said: “First of all, taking a classic clip from the 1982 after-school special Desperate Lives and mixing it with Keyboard Cat is a great idea.  But then you get a minute into the video and think, ‘Where could this possibly go to last another four minutes?’  And then your mind gets blown out the top of your skull like a geyser.”