Week in Fake Sports: What your favorite NBA playoff team says about you

Apr 15, 2011, 3:46 PM EDT

It’s a roundup of the week’s very finest in fake sports news. While not technically real, they are the crucibles of truth!

The NBA playoffs are upon us, so Sports Pickle decided to preview the festivities the best way they know how: by mocking the fans of every team. For instance, Atlanta: You just now discovered what the team logo looks like. Also that your local NBA team is apparently called “The Hawks.” And, Los Angeles Lakers: You have finally been able to convince yourself, in certain lights at least, Khloe Kardashian is attractive. Enjoy. [Sports Pickle]

⇧ The Lineup, April, Week Two. [Tauntr]

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THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:

☛ Female Reporter Barred From Post-Masters Locker Room Orgy [The Onion]

☛ West Hollywood Parade Disinvites Kobe [eTrue Sports]

☛ Baltimore Man “Just Knows” Orioles Will Be Terrible Again Once He Buys Tickets [Real Fake Sports]

☛ NHL Begins Its Annual Best Goalie Tournament [Sports Pickle]

☛ Painted Sports Fans’ Growing Influence In D.C. ‘Troubling’ [Bad Reporter]

☛ Arizona State Designs Football Uniforms That Honor Its Students’ Time Honored Tradition Of Blacking Out [Sports Show with Norm Macdonald]

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Meanwhile, at Big East Conference Headquarters:

⇧ The Octonion: On Stranger Tides. A secret society of the eight wealthiest mascots in the Northeast convenes at an estate in Providence, RI, otherwise known as ~~Mike Tranghese’s~~ John Marinatto’s basement. Chips and mango-peach salsa are served. They control the Northeastern bank money supplies, Fort Dix, ESPN and the Wesleyan College student newspaper. They are known as The Octonion. [Tony Nunes Is An Absolute Magician]

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⇧ The NBA Playoffs starts its 2 month journey tomorrow and to preview the tournament for the Larry O’Brien Trophy (that’s the name of the trophy, little known fact), Tauntr got some the playoff’s stars together for a rousing game of Hollywood Squares, which we’re calling: NBA SQUARES. [Tauntr]

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