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This isn’t going to look good on the resume


Was it George Carlin that said “There are 10 things men should never do and cheerleading is 9 of them”? From BadJocks.com comes these year old pics of some Indiana University of Pennsylvania cheerleading squad hazing ritual that prove being a male cheerleader is just not right.

Here’s a word of advice to potential male cheerleaders (and, well, everyone else): Every single photo or video that you’re in has the potential to wind up on the internet. The more embarassing it is, the more likely it’ll end up on the net. So think before you take that photo. Are you trying to be ironic? Just kidding around? Nobody cares. It’s out there. So while this guy knew it wasn’t a good idea to participate in this event, it looks like the need to be a cheerleader (I GOT SPIRIT, YES I DO, I GOT SPIRIT HOW BOUT YOU!) overrode his common sense. And well, now there’s a pic of him sucking on a condom. His parents must be so proud.

By the way, we’d like to point out that our objection of male cheerleading isn’t because of the stereotype that male cheerleaders are gay (hey we love Michael Strahan!) but because it’s just so incredibly LAME.

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[BadJocks.com]: Indiana University Pennsylvania Cheerleading Initiation

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Odds and Ends: No headline could do this justice


We’re not even sure how to categorize this first entry. Normally, we don’t cover gym equipment unless some athlete is shilling it but this product (and the demo) is so bizarre it’s almost like an SNL skit. Ladies and… well ladies, if you’re tired of stairclimbers,treadmills, and simulated cross country skiing machines, Brookstone presents the OSIM iGallop. Just watch the demo. For some inexplicable reason, the marketers think a bunch of women dressed in cowboy outfits bouncing up and down in a room is appealing… hey wait a minute…

In other news…

[SFGate]: Rice signs a 1-day deal to retire as a 49er; no word on whether he’ll sign with Patriots

[Yahoo]: Lonny Baxter gets 2 months in jail for having some guns near the White House

[Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer]: an Arrested in Toronto for Impersonating a Blue Jay

[10,000 Takes]: Pistons Hire Terry Porter

[Yahoo]: Carson Palmer will play Monday night

[Maxim]: Baseball’s Fattest Slobbiest Fat Slobs

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Apparently you can’t trust Jamie Gold



Make that $6 million

A television exec by the name of Crispin Leyser is suing WSOP winner Jamie Gold for half of his earnings. According to the lawsuit, Leyser was promised a split of the earnings in exchange for getting a couple of celebs (Dax Shepherd and Matthew Lillard) to play for Team Bodog, which is Gold’s team.

While there isn’t a written contract, Leyser received this message from Gold just hours before the final tournament table:

I promise you — you can keep this recording on my word — there’s no possible way you’re not going to get half after taxes.

So please just be with me. I can’t imagine you’re going to have a problem with it. I just don’t want any stress about any money or any of that [expletive] going on today, or even after the end of the day.

But please just trust me. You’ve trusted me the whole way, you can trust me a little bit more. I promise you there’s no way anybody will go anywhere with your money. It’s your money.

So if he can be trusted, why the need for a lawsuit? Shouldn’t he have have just forked over half the money? If there’s one thing we know, it’s that when someone says “trust me”, you should never trust them. Along the same lines, if someone says, “to tell you the truth”, it means they’ve been lying to you.

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[MSNBC]: WSOP winner sued, may have to split prize

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Odds and Ends: Andy Roddick vs PONG

OK, we realize it’s just a marketing site masquerading as a game but we can’t help but get sucked into the Andy Roddick vs PONG game. It’s got the three things we look for in a flash game: 1) it’s simple to play 2) it saves high scores for all to see and 3) it’s a complete time-suckage. Sure, it’s not as fun as the Yeti swatting a penguin flash game but it’s kind of addicting. The only problem we have is that we can’t play as PONG. Cause we’d love to kick Andy Roddick’s ass. There’s something about him we don’t like but we can’t quite place a finger on it.

In other news…

[SI]: Ex Blue Jays player shoved down the stairs by his son

[USA oday]: Coach backs Marion Jones, questions positive drug test (maybe she was dehydrated)

[Philly.com]: Stephen Davis tries out with the Eagles

[AZCentral]: If only this comes to pass: New AZ Cardinals stadium could be called Pink Taco Stadium

[AP]: Police: Teen Posed As Reporter at Shea

[Reuters]: Russia declares war on NHL

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The Problem with Strip Poker

Look at the photo below. See how many dudes are at the table? 8. See how many women are at the table? 1 (not counting the dealer). And there is the problem with the Paddy Power’s World Strip Poker Championship. Why would anyone want to play strip poker against a bunch of dudes? In order to have a Strip Poker tournament, you have to have a ratio somewhere close to 60/40 men/women. Otherwise, even if you win, you still lose.

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World Series of Strip Poker sounds like a much better event but one that you can’t get into. In the WSOSP, former playboy playmate Colleen Marie and her friends go up against the finalists from the WSOP. We’re pretty sure that anyone making the final table at the WSOP can beat a playboy playmate so this event is just so the girls have a chance to strip down. While we firmly recognize the appeal of naked women, it defeats the purpose when said women already will take off their clothes for money. See, the point of strip poker is to see chicks naked that you might not see naked otherwise — it’s the girl next door appeal — exactly the appeal of Jenna Fischer from The Office. Playboy playmates playing strip poker sounds good until you realize that they play against a bunch of ugly pro players. What happens when one of them sucks out on the river and we’re subjected to seeing someone like Greg Raymer naked? That is a scenario too horrible to imagine.

We hate to be chauvinistic but the only way that an entertainment spectacle of strip poker could succeed is if there were no dudes. Like most things in life, too many dudes always ruins the show.

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[Reuters]: Strip poker championships bring mass a-peel

[Gambling 911]: World Series of Strip Poker?

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Odds and Ends: Sometimes the internet sucks


The internet is a wonderful place — news, information, hot chicks, Borat clips… But sometimes it absolutely sucks. Like when a sportsbook decides to shut down their operations and keep everyone’s money. (Sports Business News) Betonsports.com is “moving their operations” but what that really means is that they’re kaput. We’d be seriously surprised if they came back online. Remember folks, online sports betting is not without its risks.

In other news…

[Bolt Talk]: Junior Seau to retire a Charger

[MSNBC]: Someone tell Randy Moss it’s just a preseason game

[AP]: Kevin Costner returns to Field of Dreams

[Fringe Sports Central]: Wait… Yakov Smirnoff is still alive?

[Kentucky.com]: Ryan Freel hears voices in his head but won’t go Clarett anytime soon

[Miami Herald]: US Basketball blows out Lithuania

[Scotsman.com]: Billion dollar baby passes buck again

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Odds and Ends: Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova dating



Otis! My Man!

Well, US Weekly has made it official: Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova are dating. This has been speculated since January so it’s not really news. However, we point you to this photo of them on some red carpet thing. Have you seen two celebrities with more awkward smiles? They look like Boon and Otter when they stepped into the Dexter Lake Club and realize they’re the only white people there.

In other news…

[Sign On San Diego]: Leno grills Landis, who offers another theory on drug test

[Fox Sports]: NFL picks Goodell to replace Tagliabue

[USA Today]: Ex-NBA All-Star Eddie Johnson accused of sexually assaulting 8-year-old girl

[SI]: Wie blamed caddie for being unable to make clutch putts…

[MSNBC]: Parcells scolds media about T.O. injury

[homegame]: Why Bill Belichick’s Aunt is Not His Uncle

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TV commentator fired after calling a player a terrorist


Dean Jones, a commentator for Sri Lankan TV was fired after he called a South African batsman named Hashim Aslam a terrorist.

After bearded Amla, 23, caught Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara in the Second Test in Colombo, Jones was heard by millions of shocked viewers to exclaim `the terrorist has got another wicket’.

Ummmm… we’re not exactly sure what the first part of that sentence means but we’re pretty sure the second part is a no-no. Take Howard Cosell’s “Look at that little monkey go!” and multiply it by 10000x and that’s how offensive that was.

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[Sun UK]: ‘Terrorist gets a wicket

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Odds and Ends: Kobayashi sets World Bratwurst record


Kobayashi broke last year’s record of 34 1/2 brats by a whopping 23 1/2 and setting the new record at 58. Those 58 brats = 16,820 calories, 1,450 grams of fat and 45,000 mg of sodium. It looks like American Joey Chestnut continues to be his main competition. Chestnut almost beat Kobayashi in the Nathan’s hot dog eating championship on July 4 but lost to Kobayashi in the brat eating competition by 13 brats.

In other news..

[USA Today]: USA barely beats Brazil in warmup to the world basketball championships

[AL.com]: Alabama HS football team beats heat by practicing at midnight

[Hawks Suck]: If you want to laugh at a team worse than yours. (Knicks fans need not click.)

[The Futon Report]: Matt Leinart’s holdout starting to look kinda silly

[MSNBC]: Jet’s Curtis Martin might miss entire season

[ESPN]: WSOP contender would give his millions to charity

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Odds and Ends: Bizarre fringe sports injuries



Sausage doping scandal!

From Fringe Sports Central comes this hilarious story about weird sports injuries.

Rugby produces some messed up players, and it produces a lot of them. However, my favorite is the hooker with the extra tooth. Shane Millard, a hooker (it’s a rugby position, pervert) for the Widnes Vikings, had an opponent’s broken tooth stuck in his head after a game. Doctors had to douse it with saline solution in order to remove it.

In other news…

[China View]: Beijing Olympic pictograms released

[The Hater Nation]: The fraud that is the Raiders 70’s dynasty.

[NY Post]: Chad Pennington is going to be the Jets starter

[Detroit Free Press]: Cops give seized scalper tickets to fans

[Newsday]: James Dolan added to Isiah Thomas sexual harassment lawsuit

[Baseball Musings]: Funny but sad: The Floyd Landis of sausage racing