Monday Blogdome: North Korea sends its slaves to finish World Cup stadium

Dear Leader: World Cup Pimp. Apparently the claims by FIFA, that South Africa are ready for the World Cup are wide of the mark. North Korea has sent 1,000 workers to help finish stadiums in time for the competition, which kicks off in just 87 days. Why you ask, is dear leader feeling generous? No, he’s pimping the workers out and collecting their wages. [Unprofessional Foul]

* Mike Tysopn gets a show — on Aniomal Planet. Mike Tyson will be the subject of an unscripted show early next year — on Animal Planet, of all places. The cable channel announced Monday (March 15) that it’s greenlit a series with the working title “Taking on Tyson.” It will follow the former heavyweight champion and “Hangover” co-star as he tends and cares for a flock of racing pigeons in New York. The show will also delve into the pigeon-racing subculture and the characters who populate it. [Zap 2 It]
* World Cup 2010, March Madness Style. The World Cup isn’t quite organized like this, but March Madness seems like a perfect excuse to pretend it was. So I’ve ranked all the qualified World Cup teams #1 to #32, based on the March 3rd, 2010 FIFA World Ranking. Below you’ll find those seedings, followed by what the World Cup 2010 March Madness style bracket would look like. [World Cup Blog]
* Lane Kiffin Is About To Go All George Mason Up In Here. I think Esquire is about to get more than they bargained for with this little joke they stuck in their otherwise dime-a-dozen March Madness 64-team bracket of random items. Since they’re a men’s magazine, the bracket is about hot women, naturally. And Lane Kiffin: [The Sporting Blog]
* Join the Uproxx pool of awesome. So maybe we’ll get everyone on the UPROXX network to join a single pool, maybe we won’t, but here’s efforting. We’ve started the UPROXX Pool of Awesome. You know the drill; You can join here and we’ll have prizes for the top three. Password is “dukesucks44″; IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S TRUE! If you need more direction than that…I can’t really help you. [With Leather]
* Utah State’s “Wild” Bill Sproat Sells Out, Misses WAC Tournament Title Game For ESPN Commercial Shoot. There were a pair of man cans missing from the Utah State cheering section this weekend during the WAC Tournament Championship game. The spot usually reserved for “Wild” Bill Sproat, the Aggies student with a giant rack, was absent for the game against New Mexico State and an automatic bid to the Big Dance. So where was the mammoth free throw heckler? Bill was selling out his team to shoot a commercial for ESPN. New Mexico St. made five of six free throws when shooting towards the Aggies student section, reports the Deseret News. This is inexcusable. [Busted Coverage]
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