Obligatory Sports Babe
It appears to be a running joke that A-Rod’s recent benching—which already has a rag like the New York Times wondering if this is an indication that his giant contract will wind up albatross around the neck of the franchise—has something to do with his newfound relationship with Kate Hudson. At least it is for With Leather. So then here we have Kate Hudson.
A Decade of Bad Draft Picks
No, I’m not talking about the Los Angeles Clippers. It’s this excellent post from Rumors and Rants, which, with the NBA Draft coming up tonight, takes a look at the best and worst draft picks from the last ten years. And hey, did you guys know that Michael Jordan should have really stuck to the golf course?
Bernie Kosar
“Up and down the spiral staircases he goes, a rumpled mess wearing a wrinkled golf shirt, disheveled graying hair, and the scars and weariness from a lifetime's worth of beatings,” writes Dan Le Batard in a harrowing portrait of ex-QB Bernie Kosar for the Miami Herald. “He has no shoes on, just white socks with the NFL logo stitched on because he's never really been able to let go of who he used to be. He is coughing up phlegm from a sickness he is certain arrived with all the recent stress of divorce and debt, and now he doesn't walk so much as wobble his way into one of the closets upstairs, where he happens upon some painful, wonderful memories he keeps sealed in a plastic cup.” (It’s his teeth, and “the surgical screw that finally broke through the skin in his ankle because of how crooked he walked for years.”)
Gretzky
Granted, it’s just a headline, but a story in Wednesday’s Globe and Mail states that Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky “would consider” a cut to his “annual stipend of $8-million” to help the money-haemorrhaging organization. Well, how very nice of him!
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It’s difficult not to love Shaq, and even though I’m far from convinced that, at 37, he’s the missing piece to the Cavaliers’ championship puzzle, if this trade to Cleveland really is a done deal, it should at least make for an awesomely interesting season.
Quickly
Puck Daddy takes a look at what people are saying about next year’s NHL Hall of Fame debate, when the most curious first-time candidate will be… dun dun dun… Eric Lindros.
Fun With Yahoo Answers is a blog with a genius premise: ask ridiculous questions on Yahoo Answers and then watch the gold materialize.
Here are a bunch of traditional cartoon characters drawn in different mediums, which came via Gorillamask. Ren and Stimpy are probably my favourites, and some of the Mario stuff is just gold.
What A Catch!
Here we have a Japanese baseball fan catching a foul ball… with the box his lunch came in. (Hat tip to Total Pro Sports)