Obligatory Sports Babe

In Game Now (via Deadspin) have, apparently, been paying attention to the Golf Channel series The Big Break—a reality show in which amateur golfers compete in order to earn certain pro tour exemptions—and have noticed that not only is contestant, and Lingerie Football League QB Blair O’Neal not a bad golfer, she’s pretty not bad looking, too.

Brand Power: Michael Owen

“’Charismatic.’ ‘Cool.’ ‘Fit & healthy.’ These are just three of the terms no one in their right minds would apply to Michael Owen, with the apparent exception of his representatives Wasserman,” says the Spoiler, who hilariously weigh in on the recently-leaked 32-page brochure put together by the representatives of the soon-to-be ex-Newcastle striker to encourage his sale. “It is as unprofessional as it is woefully misguided and desperate,” they write.

Aces – Or Are They?

“The bigger the serve, the harder they fall,” writes the Wall Street Journal, noting that, “once a deadly weapon at Wimbledon, today the ace is merely dangerous.” They explain: “The last man to hit more than 100 aces over the course of a Wimbledon fortnight and take home the trophy was Goran Ivanisevic, the King of Ace, in 2001. Roger Federer has hit 100 or more aces at Wimbledon just once: Last year, when he lost for the first time in six years.”

OHL Getting Tough

The OHL, says the Toronto Star, is “in the market for an enforcer to lay down the law for teams when it comes to the existing rules regarding hazing, draft manipulation and excess player benefits.” Draft manipulation is the main focus of the article, where it’s pointed out that, in a survey of 17 of the league’s 20 GMs, 13 said they believe there are teams manipulating the draft—many mentioning cases where players, to avoid being drafted, had made it very clear they were headed to the NCAA, only to wind up in the OHL after making a secret deal with the team they’d wanted to play for all along.

Quickly

Told you so: here’s what I came up with over at Drunk Jays Fans about those fake umpire guys I was hating-on yesterday.

Super Keyboard Cat Bros. is awesome, but I’m more interested in what one of the commenters said: getting a t-shirt with pixelated Keyboard Cat on it.

“On the heels of the Steelers' Super Bowl victory in February and the Penguins' Stanley Cup win last week,” says the Onion, “Members of the fifth-place Pirates have asked the 320,000 residents of Pittsburgh to please stop giving them expectant, impatient looks.”

I absolutely loved Brooklyn’s These Are Powers when I saw them at NXNE last weekend. Wow, I must have been trashed.

 The Greatest Basketball Shot Ever… This Week

Actually, this one—coming to us via Ball Don’t Lie—could hold the title for quite a while. Not too shabby, there, eighth-grader Aaron Shutway.