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Odds and Ends: More on the SI Swimsuit Issue

Post author By Vin
Post date February 15, 2007
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We thought SI was trying too hard and making a mistake by putting Beyonce on the cover. Now we see they are trying to even harder with this new Swimsuit photos in 3-D business. By layering pictures, they are creating a 3-D effect. Hot models in 3-D? Sign us up! But the technology is really poorly done. All that happens is the reader just ends up with a moving blurring photograph that sucks. Stick to the basics, SI, that’s what got you $35M in ad revenue for the swimsuit issue in the first place. Check out Slate’s Intellectual History of the Swimsuit Issue. (Oh by the way, nice ipod.)

In other news…

[Charlotte.com]: Bobby Petrino gives Michael Vick more ~~rope to hang himself~~ responsibility

[Toronto Star]: Grey Cup naming rights to be sold

[The Big Lead]: Sacramento State Girls Know How to Party (Well, the Soccer Team Does)

[Can’t Stop the Bleeding]: Toronto still loves Vince Carter

[Knickerblogger.net]: All Star “Snubs” – An Exercise in Intellectual Laziness

And finally, we have two wrestling stories. First is a good one about a wrestler with no legs who is kicking ass in Missouri. The second… well, just watch the clip below. (We don’t know what the hell is up with the audio.)

Tags chicks, hazing, michael vick, odds and ends, raptors, vince carter, wrestling

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Odds and Ends: Is Beyonce the worst SI cover ever?

Post author By Vin
Post date February 14, 2007
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Booooooooo!

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue sales must have been down last year because this year, they are jumping on the celebrity bandwagon by having Beyonce on the cover. How is it possible that Marissa Miller (possibly the hottest SI swimsuit model ever) has never graced the cover but Beyonce gets it? The SI cover has been pretty sacred ground… until now.

Beyonce is perhaps one of the most overrated celebrities of our time. She is the Derek Jeter of pop stardom. Hell, for someone who is desperately trying to launch an acting career, she was out-acted by an American Idol loser in a movie she should have owned. Not only that, she wasn’t even the first choice for her role.

OK, so clearly Beyonce looks super hot on the SI cover but that’s because they fixed her wig and her mustache.

In other news…

[The Offside]: It’s always satisfying to see a professional blow a goal

[Steroid Nation]: The Dominicans love their juice

[10,000 Takes]: A list of special Valentines Day presents

[The Gold Seat]: David Carr to Vikings?

[Bright Side of the Sun]: Zoo names baby tigers Raja and Nash.

And finally… Valentine’s Day Pat O’Brien Style. Forgot to get a card? You can print out our handy version.

Tags chicks, odds and ends, Phoenix Suns, Soccer, vikings

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Feb 8 2007 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Post author By Vin
Post date February 8, 2007
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Welcome to another episode of Poor Man’s PTI.

You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 33 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

This week’s topics include:

Wrapping up the Super Bowl
Super Bowl commercials
John Amaechi comes out of the closet
College Hoops
The Celtics’ futility

Hope you guys enjoy the podcast. If you did enjoy it, please give us a good rating below so we can rise up in the rankings. If you didn’t, send us an email ([email protected]) and give us some suggestions. Thanks for listening.

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Vote for February’s Woman We Love

Post author By Vin
Post date February 6, 2007
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Here are the nominations for February’s Woman We Love.

– Poppy Montgomery from Without a Trace
– Carrie Underwood
– Sienna Miller
– Kate Hudson

– Cheryl Tweedy
– Jenn Sterger

– Minka Kelly from Friday Night Lights

Vote Now

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Feb 2 2007 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Post author By Vin
Post date February 2, 2007
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This is a combination Poor Man’s PTI/ Weekly NFL Picks podcast. We spend half the time talking about the Super Bowl and the rest talking about various topics.

You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 34 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

This week’s topics include:

Celebrity Super Bowl Picks
Are you sick of the black coaches angle yet?
Ryan meets Terry Francona
Colts Bears Preview: is Rex Grossman vs Peyton Manning the biggest QB mismatch in Super Bowl history?
Sarah Spain
The 50 types of annoying people at your Super Bowl party
Nick Saban’s coon-ass story

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The Return of Poor Man’s PTI

Post author By Vin
Post date January 26, 2007
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We took most of the football season off but we’re back! We’re going to be broadcasting on a weekly basis now that football season is (practically) over.

You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 35 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

This week’s topics include:

recapping the Colts-Patriots game
head coaching vacancies and Bill Parcells
How long have Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith been black coaches?
Genarlow Wilson’s sad case
College Hoops
“Fix”ing the NBA Draft

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Chris Rock is psychic

The payoff comes at the end but damn it’s uncanny isn’t it?

P.S. Chris Rock is a genius.

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Nov 30 in Sports History: Brian’s Song

Post author By Vin
Post date November 30, 2006
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In 1971: ABC-TV aired “Brian’s Song,“ one of the most famous sports movies ever. The movie was a tearjerker about Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan) and Gayle Sayers (Billy Dee Williams), two Chicago Bears teammates who, despite their differences, became best friends, blah, blah, blah. Piccolo ends up dying of cancer, and we didn’t cry, there was just a lot of dust everywhere that day. (imdb.com)

In 1996: In a win over the Spurs, Michael Jordan of the Bulls scored 35 points and recorded his 25,000th career point. Jordan finished his 15-year career with over 32,000 points and a 30.1 average. Jordan was only the tenth player in NBA history to hit the quarter-century mark in points scored. (basketball-reference.com)

In 2005: The Boston Bruins made one of the worst trades in sports history, as they jettisoned captain, former top draft pick and franchise player Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks for Marco Sturm, Wayne Primeau (not Keith, the better of the two brothers) and Brad Stuart. The Bruins immediately went into the tank, missed the playoffs and GM Mike O’Connell was fired, while Thornton flourished with the Sharks. He teamed up with Jonathan Cheechoo to lead the league in scoring and also won the Hart Trophy as the league’s MVP. (nhl.com)