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All Other Sports

$50,000 Rock Paper Scissors Championship

I know this sounds like a bad movie but you can’t make this stuff up. Bud Light is sponsoring a nationwide tournament for Rock Paper Scissors with a grand prize of $50,000. So if you’re running a gym in financial trouble and you need to raise some money so the big corporate global gym across the street doesn’t shut you down, you may want to sign up.

Starting in January in bars all across the U.S., competitors 21 and older will have the opportunity to play the sport in a classic tournament ladder structure. In April, more than 500 finalists and their guests will be flown to The House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas to play for a grand prize of $50,000.

Check out the USA Rock Paper Scissors League website. I can’t tell if this is real or a hoax. Am I high?

[Georgia Sports Blog]: Bud Light Signs on with Rock Paper Scissors Championships

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Golf

It’s good to be the Tiger

Tiger Woods already had houses in Orlando, California, Wyoming, and Sweden (I wonder who talked him into that), but he just purchased a $38M, 10 acre estate in Jupiter Island, Florida.


Woods’ new property includes a 13,207-square-foot home, several guest houses and two docks, perhaps with enough space for his 155-foot yacht. Records show the main, two-story home includes eight bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, and another house has six bedrooms and seven baths.

Oh yeah, and Tiger just turned 30. Somewhere, the devil is just waiting to collect his soul.

[MSNBC]: Tiger buys oceanfront property for $38M

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MLB General

Cuba to arrive at WBC with 30 players, leave with 5

Castro today confirmed that Cuba will be at the WBC in Puerto Rico pending the necessary travel visas.

Cuba will play well, even though they have stolen many of our good players. I won’t say we are the best. We have proven it, we have beaten them,” Castro said. (Cuba won gold medals at the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta in 1996 and Athens in 2004.) “They have taken away a lot of the best pitchers offering them millions of dollars

The millions of dollars are helpful but maybe the players defected to get out of your crazy communist country with human rights violations and poverty. Sorry, didn’t mean to get all Bono on you guys.

[MLB.com]: Castro: Cuba will play in WBC

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NBA General

NBA Power Rankings roundup Jan 24 2006

Here are the NBA Power Rankings from the major sites this week. The Pistons are still on top but the Mavs have moved past the Spurs to the #2 spot in most polls.

Rank NBA.com ESPN FoxSports Sportsline SI Yahoo
1 Pistons Pistons Pistons Pistons Pistons
2 Mavericks Mavericks Mavericks Mavericks Spurs
3 Spurs Spurs Spurs Spurs Mavericks
4 Suns Suns Heat Suns Suns
5 Heat Nuggets Suns Heat Heat
6 Nuggets Grizzlies Nuggets Nuggets Nets
7 Grizzlies Nets Grizzlies Grizzlies Grizzlies
8 Lakers Heat Lakers Nets Nuggets
9 Nets Lakers Nets Clippers Jazz
10 Cavaliers Cavaliers Clippers Lakers Lakers
11-30 more more more more more

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Pittsburgh Steelers

5 Reasons to hate the Steelers and their fans

Five reasons to hate the Steelers and their fans

5. Bill Cowher’s face. Bill Cowher’s chin. Bill Cowher spitting on everyone. Basically, Bill Cowher. You know, if I had a spitting problem, I’d cover my mouth when I yelled, but Cowher loves to berate referees and let the spit fly. Now, it’s all unintentional (maybe) but should an official really be subjected to getting doused with spit after every call that Bill doesn’t like?

4. No cheerleaders. By all accounts, there are no hot women in Pittsburgh. Or at least, they move away as soon as they can scrounge up bus fare to another city. Hell, the last hottie Pittsburgh produced was Sharon Stone and that was over a century ago. But, can’t they import enough decent looking girls to form a cheerleading squad? Instead, we have to have fat ass Jerome Bettis prancing around to rile up the crowd.

3. Hello. People in TV land, get a Fathead. This is how big a tool Roethlisberg is.

2. Steelers fans’ convenient selective memory of Steelers teams outside of the 1970s. If you talk to them, the “one for the thumb” is going to happen on the heels of their 4 Super Bowl victories, nevermind that the last one was during the 1979 season.

1. “Yinz”. Also seen written as ‘You-ins’ or ‘Yuns’ and is still used today in Pittsburgh. As a result of the distinct denial that life exists outside of Allegheny County and the popular belief among Pittsburghers that it’s better if you procreate with others like you, a unique language has evolved in the Pittsburgh area. (from PBB)

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MLB General

Jackie Robinson’s daughter hates Roberto Clemente

The daughter of Jackie Robinson thinks Major League Baseball should not retire Roberto Clemente’s No. 21, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday. The Hispanics Across America advocacy group wants Clemente’s number set aside the way the late Robinson’s No. 42 was nine years ago for being the first black player in the major leagues. But Sharon Robinson said that honor should remain for her father only.

“To my understanding, the purpose of retiring my father’s number is that what he did changed all of baseball, not only for African-Americans but also for Latinos, so I think that purpose has been met,” she said.

What exactly has she ever done for baseball? What does it matter if MLB retires Clemente’s number? What has Roberto Clemente ever done to her? Retiring Clemente’s number has absolutely no bearing on the legacy of Jackie Robinson. You won’t see any ESPN Classic specials on how Clemente changed race relations in the United States. I’m not saying either way whether Clemente’s number should be retired but Sharon Robinson should shut her trap.

[Star Telegram]: Jackie Robinson’s daughter says Clemente’s 21 shouldn’t be retired

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College Basketball

We’re rooting for Central Michigan University!



CMU enrollment brochure

I don’t know a thing about the Chippewas and their current record is 3-13 so they probably won’t even make the NIT, but we are rooting for them anyway. OK, fine, this is just a weak excuse to bring up the CMU bikini calendar that has the university brass in an uproar.


We do not feel that this kind of publication serves the university well or the students,” said university spokesman Steve Smith.

Really? Cause I think raising money for Hurricane Katrina by showcasing the hot chicks you have on campus serves the university pretty well.

[Detroit News]:
Bikini calendar poses problem for CMU

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Philadelphia 76ers

Charges pressed against Lee Nailon

(Sorry, I couldn’t resist putting “press”, “lee”, and “nailon” in the title.)

Remember the uproar when Barkley once said after a game that it was the type of game that made you go home and beat your wife? Well, Lee Nailon must have had a hell of a bad game against Minnesota because he was arrested Tuesday for a domestic dispute and didn’t dress for the Sixers game against the Kings. Too bad Lee isn’t in Seattle, he could’ve done a two-fer-one deal on a lawyer with Sean Locklear.

[Phillyburbs.com]: 76ers’ Nailon arrested after domestic dispute

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Olympics

Armed skiers and snipers at the Olympics

Among the security precautions at the Turin Games will be snipers and armed skiiers on the lookout for any terrorist threat. Damn, I’m definitely watching the Biathlon this year.

Italy has already spent $110M on security and the final bill could reach about $1 Billion. Yet, somehow, they couldn’t stop protestors from grabbing the Olympic torch.

[Mirror.co.uk]: Armed skiers help guard Turin Games

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New York Knicks

Isiah Thomas sued for sexual harassment

Anucha Browne Sanders, a former Knicks executive is suing Isiah Thomas and MSG Sports for sexual harassment. According to the lawsuit, Zeke was, at first, hostile towards her, making crude remarks to staff and then changed his tune and started making numerous advances towards her. (You know, when Zeke threatened Bill Simmons last week, maybe he was just coming on to him.) She claims that he tried to kiss her last month and once told her, “I know you think I’m inappropriate. But I’m in love with you.”

Now, I’m no fan of Isiah Thomas, although I appreciate that he’ll keep the Knicks a terrible team with his tinkering, but I’ll withold judgement, even if this is the guy who single-handedly swindled all the CBA owners and bankrupted the league in 12 months. Still, if you need a smoking gun, Sanders said that Thomas “compared his feelings for her to experiences the characters had in the film ‘Love and Basketball.'” I’m pretty sure no one can make that up.

[NY Times]: Sexual Harassment Suit Filed Against Thomas and Garden