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Monday Blogdome: Tebow's Broncos jersey is bulletproof, will cure cancer

Apr 26, 2010, 4:30 PM EDT

Tim Tebow’s jersey the top seller for rookies on NFL draft weekend. Four days after the Denver Broncos made Tim Tebow a first-round draft pick, his jersey is already a best-seller on NFL.com. The NFL said Tebow’s was the most popular rookie jersey sold on its website this weekend. Tebow plans on wearing No. 15 with the Broncos, the same number he wore in college at Florida. [The Huddle]
* Toby Gerhart on the notion that NFL teams aren’t interested in white running backs. “I try not to pay attention to that. I think in the last couple days right here before the draft, it kind of got blown way out of proportion. Like I’ve always said all along, I’m a running back, it’s the position I play, the whole race thing is not an issue, and hopefully I just continue to get seen as a running back, and keep playing as a running back and do great things for the Minnesota Vikings.” [Sports Radio Interviews]


* 2010 NCAA gymnastics championships wrap-up (photos). The 2010 NCAA gymnastics season wrapped up this weekend as teams from around the nation competed in the national championships in Gainsville, Florida. UCLA won the team title on Friday, while also taking home two individual titles on Saturday. Fellow Pac-10 team Stanford was also successful. Only one non-Pac-10 school (LSU) won a title, despite a heavy SEC presence in the crowd. [Examiner.com]
* Big Ben: Throwing Picks, Assaulting Chicks. Even from Canada, Assassin Ave has the pulse on his hometown Pittsburgh fashion trends, passing along the below picture [Hugging Harold Reynolds]
* Can’t Be Worse Than ‘Are We There Yet’ — Ice Cube Made Documentary About The Raiders. Apparently, Cube was ready to take a nostalgic look back to before he became sanitized for family consumption, as he has directed a documentary on the Raiders, Straight Outta L.A. Hey, that’s just like the title of that album by N.W.A.! Brilliant! [Sportress of Blogitude]
* Tito Ortiz Arrested: Jameson Had ‘Visible Injuries’ TMZ.com reports Monday that MMA fighter Tito Ortiz has been arrested on a “felony domestic violence” charge. [SportsbyBrooks]
* The Gay-ish South Alabama Baseball Hotel Shirtless Video You’ve Been Waiting To See. Bored with SportsCenter reruns and useless homework that isn’t going to get them drafted in the 2010 MLB Draft, South Alabama baseballers decide to turn a road trip into a viral video campaign. Some of the guys decide to be shirtless on this video to drive the ladies nuts. [Busted Coverage]
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