Obligatory Sports Babe

Today we’ll go with Michela Quattrociocche, an Italian actress who, according to the Spoiler, has been nailing Roma’s Liverpool's Alberto Aquilani.

Madden

In preparation for the release of of Madden ‘10, the Sports Hernia has prepared a list of “special features” (*wink*) that are in the new game, such as my personal favourite, “If game is played within the first hour of it being on sale (12:01 am to 1am), new advanced sensor microchip will trigger your gamesystem to turn into a rocket and fire straight into your useless balls.”

Oh, Chuck

According to Cagewriter, former UFC light heavyweight champ Chuck Liddell is in the cast of the next season of Dancing With The Stars. Ugh. “Liddell is on a cast with a menagerie of C-list stars like Melissa Joan Hart, who was once ‘Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,’ and Donny Osmond,” they write. Ugh.

Comment

Yeah, Steven Strasburg got a pretty ridiculously huge contract for a kid who’s never pitched an inning of pro ball in his life, but before you go all ape goof on how ridiculous the numbers are, give a moment to consider how much he’d get as a true free agent, not having to deal with baseball’s odd entry draft system. It’s kinda bullshit.

The Mayfields Never Disappoint

“Lisa Mayfield, the stepmother of Jeremy Mayfield and a witness for NASCAR in defending its suspension of the Sprint Cup driver, was arrested Saturday night after an incident at her stepson's Catawba County house,” reports ESPN. “According to Catawba chief of police Cecil Cook, Lisa Mayfield was charged with public intoxication and had warrants issued for four counts of simple assault and second-degree trespassing.”

Another Thing About Golf (Sorry)

“When players compete with Tiger Woods their score is, on average, .2 strokes higher than normal,” says an interesting post from Orgtheory.net. “The effect disappears when Woods is having a bad day, suggesting that players pick up their performance when they feel they have a chance,” they add. “The finding is pretty surprising given that golfers’ performances should be independent of one another. People who love golf talk about the pleasure of competing against one’s self.” Apparently.

More Badass Moments

I don’t even remember this one, but according to Complex.com and their awesome list of the 50 most badass moments in (modern-ish) sports, this is Russian Mikhail Youzhny who “repeatedly hammered himself on the head with the frame of his racquet after losing a long volley to Spain’s Nicolas Almagra. Despite the blood dripping from his forehead,” they add, “Mikhail managed to win the next seven points and the match, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6.“