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Week In Review: Wait, how did Jerry Rice get dragged into this Palin story?
Sep 16, 2011, 6:44 PM EDT
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Epic Fail today over at the New York Daily News web site? You betcha. Hey, Glen Rice, Jerry Rice, Rice University … what’s the difference? We’ve got deadlines! Just guessing, but I’m pretty sure Jerry is not amused. As you organize your Sarah Palin book party for Tuesday, remember that all the juicy bits have…
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From Andrew Baggerly’s blog: For now, Wilson is being Wilson. The Nike rep is here in Denver and he brought two pair of the much-hyped Mag shoes that Michael J. Fox (as Marty McFly) wore in Back to the Future II. Wilson took possession of both pairs and joked that he’ll fit one of them…
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Russian boxer Nikolai Valuev fails to find Bigfoot after two-day expedition
Sep 16, 2011, 4:35 PM EDT
Forget Mayweather-Pacquiao. The only pay-per-view I’m interested in is Valuev-Bigfoot. You remember Nikolai Valuev — the 7-foot Russian boxer whom you told your kids would show up in their closet at night if they didn’t behave. He retired due to joint and bone problems in 2009 after losing the WBA heavyweight title to David Haye,…
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More booky leaks: Sarah Palin freaked out after Glen Rice tryst, Rice confirms account
Sep 16, 2011, 3:43 PM EDT
Review copies of Joe McGinniss’s new book, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, are circulating amongst the populace like the Ebola virus, so you knew some new revelations would be out today. The latest tidbits from the book, via Mother Jones: Glen Rice confirms in the book that he and Palin had sexy…
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Welcome to Cal State Bakersfield’s all-blue basketball court (yikes)
Sep 16, 2011, 2:46 PM EDT
Cal State Bakersfield is painting their basketball court solid blue. Not because they want it to look like Boise State’s football field, or because it’s innovation for innovation’s sake, or because they like the new Smurfs movie. They’re doing it because McDonald’s paid them to. Yes, that’s a gold 3-point line you see there, meaning…
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Breaking news: Charles Barkley and Sarah Palin are neighbors in Arizona. Not next-door neighbors, I don’t think. But there could be some Desperate Housewives-type shenanigans going on soon, if someone’s not careful. Barkley weighed in, of course, on the Palin-Glen Rice sexy time rumor during an interview on ESPN Radio Chicago on Thursday. That’s when…
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Hey, it’s only been three months. Using photo and video evidence from concerned citizens sent to its own web site, Vancouver police have begun rounding up people suspected of wanton destruction and assault during the hockey riot in Vancouver in June. Police released 12 additional photos of unknown suspected rioters on their riot-investigation web site,…
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Missouri town demands Kansas Univ. drop ‘terrorist’ Jayhawks name
Sep 16, 2011, 11:33 AM EDT
As if I had to tell you, next week marks the 150-year anniversary of the Border War attack on Osceola, Missouri, — a Civil War raid by pro-Union Kansas “Jayhawkers” that destroyed the town. So on Tuesday the Osceola Board of Aldermen passed a resolution condemning “the celebration of this murderous gang of terrorists by…
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In what seemed at first to be just another idle threat by these guys, there now seems to be a very real chance that David Beckham could be playing in France, for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. Beckham’s stay with the Los Angeles Galaxy, while interesting, hasn’t exactly propelled soccer to the top of the…
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HS football team leads 29-0 before opponent ever has first possession
Sep 16, 2011, 10:05 AM EDT
Wait, what? (Counts on fingers). How is it possible for a football team to take a 29-0 lead before its opponent ever touches the ball on offense? Well, you’d have to be Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Ark., coached by in the innovative — some say slightly deranged — Kevin Kelley. The Pulaski coach doesn’t…
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Wakeup Call: MLS player raps his love to Hope Solo (video)
Sep 16, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
Sure, we all love Hope Solo. But how many of us stayed up all night writing a tender rap love ballad for her? The U.S. Women’s national team was working out at Sporting Kansas City’s training facility on Thursday (they have a friendly vs. Canada on Sunday), so striker C.J. Sapong took the opportunity to…
