* Dodger Has Pornstar Girlfriend? Sure Looks Like It. Several SbB readers emailed me Tweets from an L.A.-based adult film performer last night named “Lexi Belle” in which she claims to have a “boyfriend” on the Dodgers. The woman’s real name is Jessica McCumber, and after crosschecking several more of her boyfriend-related Tweets against the Dodger transaction wire and game logs, it appears she’s telling the truth. As much as I would like to, I’m not going to out the dude despite his bad judgment. An occasional, triple-wrapped rendezvous with an adult film performer on the downlow — at least by today’s societal standards — is now (sadly) not all that worthy of scorn anyway. No, the big problem I have in this situation is that the guy would hook up with an adult film performer who is Tweeting about their *relationship* to tens of thousands of Twitter followers. [SportsbyBrooks]
* The Vuvuzela Game. I made it 17 seconds with my volume all the way up. I’d challenge you to beat that score, but even if you did, you’d still lose. (Ed.’s note: 9 seconds). [Buzzfeed]
* Obama Will Have No Part of the Wave. Now, we see this photo of Barack Obama not doing “the wave” at Nationals Park while he was in attendance watching Stephen Strasburg pitch against the White Sox. Score one for the President. Actually, I’ll even give him two points here. [Larry Brown Sports]
* Phillies Fan Picks Most Conspicuous Place To Take a Dive. We don’t mean to post this video of a fan stumbling in the stands behind home plate yesterday at Citizens Bank Park as a way to pile on, because obviously fans of all stripes are capable of falling on their faces. I know I’ve done it more than a few times. But for the fall to happen behind home plate while the camera is trained on the mundane interplay between pitcher and hitter is delightfully random and merits attention. [The Sporting Blog]
* Chris Andersen is operating at 95 percent tattoo capacity. It’s fun to see how different players spent their summer vacations. Some spend them playing for the U.S. National Team, others just work out. Sometimes players get married or travel, but Chris Andersen(notes) has another hobby that he enjoys during the NBA break — getting tattoos. Check his neck, the picture on the left is from before last season, and the one on the right is from Sunday. [Ball Don't Lie]
* USA soccer legend and current Fox Analyst Eric Wynalda on if he thought the U.S. was robbed in its match with Slovenia. “I am still watching it just to go back to the first part of the match and some of these free kicks, I really think that we got cheated today and I am trying to get to the bottom of it to understand exactly how this happened. If you watch it, I almost feel like the referee already had his whistle in his mouth on every single free kick disallowing us to score. I have got some serious concerns about this referee.” [Sports Radio Interviews]
* Also: … A stage play based on the life of former NHL star Theo Fleury? Just try and keep me away … Tree enthusiasts happen to notice Lakers victory parade passing by, decide to wave … Leonardo DiCaprio and his many, many college caps.
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