Posted on Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 09:44:28 AM EST in Other Sports
More on: bowling, video, funny (all tags)

He bowls strikes and he gets out of wearing those nasty rental shoes. We're officially jealous.

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Posted on Fri Oct 19, 2007 at 02:30:50 PM EST in Other Sports
More on: bowling, football, video, funny (all tags)

We're glad that there is still some fun and laughter left in bowling. After the infamous underground pug bowling scandal videos surfaced in April of `06, we weren't sure if a game of Ten Pin would ever make us smile again.

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Posted on Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 02:06:42 PM EST in Other Sports
More on: bowling, video, funny, stupid, perfect, trick shot (all tags)

When we decide to bring you bowling clips, there are really only three types that can even make the cut. We can bring you some loser impressing himself with a little trickeration:

Or we could bring you some in-competition perfection:

Or, we could just show a guy who is way too sloshed to be renting lice infested shoes:

We never thought we'd say this, but round up the fellas and a suitcase of Bud. We're going bowling!

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Posted on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 09:35:55 AM EST in Other Sports
More on: bowling, video, funny (all tags)

Now, we're not willing to crown bowling as an official sport just yet, but we have no problem admitting that it takes some skill and the guys who waste 10 hours a day at the lanes can get pretty damn good at what they do. So good, in fact, that people actually have figured out how to make bowling somewhat entertaining for the spectators by coming up with some nifty trick shots. Like this fancy way of picking up a pair of spares at once:

Of course, the only way you can ever even be in that position is if the pins fall down and actually stay down.

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Posted on Mon Apr 02, 2007 at 04:29:15 PM EST in College
More on: bowling, Blues, cheerleaders, college football, gambling, Odds and Ends (all tags)

Since Friday, the arrest of Harvey "Scooter" McDougle Jr. has sent shockwaves through the sports gambling community.  Actually, no it hasn't.  We realize that Toledo is DIV I and all but you gotta be pretty desperate to bet on Toledo vs Akron. Still, the question is always whether it could happen at a big time program that garners big time bets.  

According to the Detroit News, a man named Garry Manni gave McDougle cash, a car,  valuables and trips in exchange for affecting outcomes of games.   Although he was only a 4th string running back, McDougle was able to influence other players on both the football and basketball teams.  

Toledo officials held a press conference today to announce that they were unsure whether others would be charged.   Uh yeah... thanks for the staggering info guys.

In other news...

[Still Listen to Gangsta Music]: Another Tony Parker rap video you can't understand

[NY Times]: Cheerleading responsible for more than half of the catastrophic injuries to female high school and college athletes

[Hockey Rants]: St. Louis blews play strip shootout

[Sydney Morning Herald]: Ian Thorpe to use the I was hammered that night defense

[Our Book of Scrap]: Something about women's golf... we're too distracted by Carmen Electra and Joan Jett rumors

And finally, here's a video of a trick bowling shot.  Yep, that's right.  Trick Bowling.

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Posted on Tue May 23, 2006 at 04:04:46 PM EST in Other Sports
More on: Odds and Ends, bowling, Larry Brown, crime, business, Nationals (all tags)

They're making the rest of us look bad. Rex Cooper, an 81 year old, bowled a perfect game at the Simi Valley's Brunswick Valley Bowl. Why are there so many stories of old guys bowling perfect games and hitting holes in one? It's probably God's way of rewarding them for living so long.

In other news...

[NY Post] Speaking of old guys... Larry Brown goes to work.

[Miami Herald]: FSU rescinds basketball scholarship from recruit who was arrested for having cocaine "in the crack of his buttocks".

[YAY Sports]: Why does Dirk Nowitzki have shaved pits?

[NOLA]: NBA awards New Orleans All-Star Game for 2008

[Jes Gobez]: Edmonton fans drinking up all the beer

[The Baseball Journals]: How the $450 million sale of the Nationals equals $100 million

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