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October 20, 2007

After I spend the entire weekend practicing my Paul Byrd windup, of course he gets busted for buying HGH. I still think the Tribe should pitch him in game 7 tonight

Rad the robot sighting

Interview with Ryan Hall - A brief chat with Ritz

Letsrun's recap of last week's NYRR teleconference

Philly is the ugliest city

Keep your eyes on the prize

A great Steve Kerr video from 1997

2. Manage your fear of fire

October 18, 2007

History of the USA Olympic Marathon Trials

Metro Sports Online previews the trials course - thanks to Less than our Best for the tip

Latest McMillan Elite blog post by Martin Fagan There's a new video in the multimedia section as well

Super athletes of the future?

The Science of Sport: History of the fiuld intake controversy

Sleep with Jeter, Park Free Sounds like a decent deal

And now, Gatorade for golfers!

The biggest issue for Election 2008

Bill Simmons mmotion capture

Buffalo Bills tailgate party And on a related note, the Bills are officially on the slippery slope towards leaving Buffalo

More Japanese gameshow madness

Jack McCallum article on why Steve Nash did NOT win the MVP because he is white

Speaking of elite point guards, look what Jason Kidd is up to

I am really far behind on my celebrity gossip news. I pretty much only pay attention to celebrity-athletes like A-Rod and Tank Johnson. So I was definitely surprised to read that Tony Romo dumped Carrie Underwood... probably due to his 5 INT game against the Bills. But Carrie has moved on, now dating Nate from Gossip Girl. Romo is rumored to be going after Gossip Girl's Julie Cooper character.

October 14, 2007

"if this article isn't on the next daily news update, then I resign!" --> Curran sends in a very important link: Human / Robot marriages aren't that far off! Too bad Billy Bones is "dead"

Gilbert's latest blog is long but he goes into detail on his new cartoon show and the Halo 3 controversy. He says that some days he plays video games for 14 hours!

If A-Rod buys this house, he'll only have a short walk over to Central Park for the OT Marathon!

Pre-Nationals Results - No big surprises as far as the individual winners go, Lopez Lomong and Josh McDougal won their respective races in impressive fashion.

The Science of Sport: When "abnormal" is normal These articles are very sciency and right up my alley

Khannouchi runs 1:05 half marathon Last year he ran like a 24-something 8K and then a few weeks later ran a 2:07 marathon in London, so its impossible to predict how he will factor into the NYC trials other than the fact that one way or another, he will be a factor.

Google Trends gives you a pretty good idea of when Conan started pulling the Walker-Texas Ranger Lever

Steve Nash article from Men's Journal

Ike Barinholtz's impression of Dane Cook is better, but you have to give credit to SNL for ripping on these ridiclious promos. Its like SNL pitched the actual promos to TBS in the first place.

October 12, 2007: Weekend Links

Recommended Video: POWERTHIRST 2: Re-domination And if you never saw the first one, you should watch it first

The great thing about hockey is how the Onion makes fun of it!

Victor Conte speaks

Bill Simmon's wife is into Gossip Girl. Nice! According to wikipedia, Serena Van der Kamp has a role in Colverfield/1-18-08.

Is Don Mattingly the Yankees curse? I refuse to believe this!

Katie Holmes training for NYC Marathon

Some guys from the LA Lakers played backup predators in Predator 2 I hope Kobe is in the new Alien vs Predator movie

Dawson Leery and Justin Timberlake tailgate at a Packers game. Pretty good pic of Timberlake shotgunning a miller lite

Khannouchi running half marathon this weekend

The Science of Sport (a very interesting blog) reports on the Chicago Marathon

Another good new blog: Less than our best - Sacrificing the gift since 2007

Keifer is going to jail for 48 days

Theta Chi fraternity was behind the "Vick 'Em" T-shirts. Neither Andrew Middleton was available for comment.

What the Bills will be doing this weekend

Fall 2007 Running Shoe Preview

Gilbert has been cheating at Halo 3

Two movies that could end up being even WORSE than Frank TV

Last weekend's stuff that I didn't get around to posting all week: Chicago marathon men's finish - women's finish - USA 10 Mile Champs results

"Wow, is that how much music costs now? Honestly, I have no idea, I haven't paid for music in years."

October 7, 2007

Thrilling finish of a hot hot hot Chicago Marathon. Patrick Ivuti wins in 2:11:11. Berhande Adere wins the women's race with a late surge IAAF article

RESULTS

Men
1 Patrick Ivuti (KEN) 2:11:11
2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:11:11 (same as 1st)
3 Daniel Njenga (KEN)2:12:45
4 Robert K. Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:16:13
5 Ben Maiyo (KEN) 2:16:59
6 Christopher Cheboiboch (KEN) 2:17:17
7 Bong-ju Lee (KOR) 2:17:29
8 Michael Cox (USA) 2:21:42

Women
1 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:33:49
2 Adriana Pirtea (ROM) 2:33:52
3 Kate O'Neill (USA) 2:36:15
4 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:37:14
5 Benita Johnson (AUS) 2:38:30
6 Nuta Olaru (ROM) 2:39:04
7 Paige M Higgins (USA) 2:40:14
8 Yolanda Fernandez (COL) 2:45:23

Twin Cities 10-Mile Championships Adbi wins in 47 and change

Again to Carthage? Apparently!

The holes in Marion Jones' story

October 5, 2007

Antoine Walker is too chubby to play basketball, again

Good interview with Josh Cox

The morning after KID NATION

The reason I am sticking with CHUCK for the next few weeks

Marion Jones took steroids. What a surprise. Her letter.

Sunny Days ahead

October 3, 2007

One month until quite a weekend in NYC - the men's marathon trials, bad boy 8k, and now Paula Radcliffe is running the NYC marathon

Brian Sell and the Hansons team prep for the trials

The Yankees young guns are awesome

Get this guy to STUDIO 207!

Geb's next target: Dubai

Sigh of relief

Gilbert works out at Cardozo - that only means something to about 4 people who visit this

TRENT EDWARDS! Now this is a guy the Standford plan worked for!

The Suns have an alter-g treadmill

"Based on Internet chatter pieced together from ABC Family message boards, we can say with relative certainty that it's the one where D.J. wins Beach Boys tickets in the radio contest, but she can only bring one guest, and she picks Uncle Jesse, and Danny gets upset, and then the Beach Boys come over to their house for some reason and start singing 'Kokomo,'" CIA Director Michael Hayden said. "We are unable to reveal any more information at this time, since doing so might ruin all the best parts."

September 30, 2007

What a day in Europe! Haile breaks the marathon world record! - 2:04:26 And as Haile is always the most gracious champ, he apologized to his good friend Paul Tergat for breaking the record. You had to figure Geb would get the record eventually, but it is still amazing that he smashed the mark by 30 seconds!

Kara Goucher wins great north run with an American record, and beats Paula Radcliffe (who ran an impressive comeback race) 66:57 for Goucher... wow... what a season for her... Adam Goucher took 6th in the Great North 3K on Saturday, then came bacck and ran 1:03 in the half marathon today.

Alan Webb wins 5th Avenue mile - Flocast Video of race Lots of good post race interviews on ther as well

Alex and Kaitlyn's blog updated Alex is growing out some sweet facial hair... soon he will rival Nate!

At least the Bills have something going for them Plus a win over the Jets today! The JP Losman era is over

A-Rod is furious at Paul Newman

Nike releases shoe for native americans

Deadspin's brief interview with Agent Zero

The best 11 year old QB is from Delaware

Great military blunders of the galactic empire

September 27, 2007

Webb running 5th Avenue mile this weekend. He should run the Newark Mile as well.

Matt Taylor: Small time policies, big time desires. Good article.

Chasing Glory: Ritz videos

A-Rod googles himself and finds out that he is owning the Cubs soon!

Oh yea, the Beijing Olympics are going to be clean

Mark Cuban can probably dunk a basketball

Jack Bauer continues to be awesome

Japanese game show clips on Youtube never disappoint. In this one, people giets missiles shots at them if they answer a question wrong

Here comes Trent Briney

Stomper the elephant is a top notch mascot

"The Google" launched for old people

Greg Oden gets a dog

Fun baseball pictures

Will Paula's comeback be successful?

Thanks Marion, you couldn't demand a trade when KG was stll available?

Losman = done

Gym Time, baby!

The UD Blue Hens won't play Delaware State... Jeff Pearlman asks why

Floyd Landis: Guilty

JK Speaks: Total Quality Management Part 2

Tiger is looking on the internet for more competition

Planet What? The Suns new marketing campaign is a little fruity

Pippen is going to Finland

Truehoop compiles some Youtube bullets

IAAF reports no positive tests at Osaka

Flotrack visits ZAP Fitness

New website documenting the Olympic Trials: Chasing Glory

Eugene 2008 website launches

George Hincapie wins final race for Discovery Channel

Danny Ainge and DJ take it above the rim

Chandler league had a bigger celebration than the WNBA champs Like I've been saying all along, pretty much no one cares about women's professional sports (except track/xc)

Dane Cook and Bill Simmons square off

Sequel hungry nation demands CLICK 2

Chasing KIMbia season 3 trailer

Rock Paper Scissores gets out of hand

The Office comes back next week... here's what Rainn Wilson has been up to in the mean time: Jim Mike 1 - Jim Mike 2 -Jim Mike 3 - Rapping with Kanye (thatnks to Barrett and Curran for those links)

Greg Oden still has his video camera

Treadmill hurdle running Japanese gameshows at their best! - Related: Blast from the past, Curran's Famous Steeple

Berlin Golden League Results Kara Goucher 14:55 5000m

Jericho Season 2 Info There will be 7 episodes. Nuts!

Gummi Bears: The Movie - Illusionators!

The Office Summer Vacation Recap

Who likes to rock the party? LEHIGH!

Golden League Brussells Recap Defar was awesome in the 2-mile

Jim Mike wants to be the new PR guy for the US Women's Soccer team: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

No pacemakers for NYC marathon Good move - No water bottles for the "B" guys at the Olympic Trials? BS Move... hopefully the Letsrun crew is allowed to setup tables

No one saw the Marlins play the Nationals

Time Magazine: Pollution is dangerous to joggers

The history of US Distance running since 1954

Everyone knows by now that Greg Oden is out (and Bill Simmons called it), but most people don't even know what microfracture surgery is. TrueHoop gives a very brief explanation

Roger Godell suspends Tom Brady and Matt Leinart

Oh God, I dropped my iPod and I still have 2 miles left on the treadmill

The offspring of this relationship will make a great Sci-Fi movie

Andy and Phil and just like Tiger and Roger

WNBA Season Highlights

Inside the Yankee Stadium proposal prank If you haven't watched it yet, you should

Tim Broe Flocast

Deadspin asks: Does anyone on earth own a fathead? I love some of the comments posted at the bottom of this article:
"Trainers put a Barbaro Fathead in their barns to keep their steeds motivated"
"I have a Travis Henry Fathead and now my wife is pregnant"
"My Jeff Garcia Fathead fell off my wall in my sleep and when I woke up it was spooning me"

Wade Boggs steals trophy from a fishing tournament he should have won

Brussells Start Lists - Free Beer for everyone if a WR is broken!

Brian Sell update

Shaq's bus

CFL Commissioner wants to see less streaking Hey, its better than dogfighting and killing strippers!

Agent Zero's latest blog. With some girl advice: "So I went on a strike. I think all men should do this when they have a disagreement. This is Relationship 101. When you have a fight with “the other,” don’t answer their calls and don’t answer their pages. That usually gets the point across that you’re not talking to them. So, I held out for seven days. I went on strike for seven days and stayed at the gym for seven days. I slept in the gym. They got nice couches in there and it just kept me in the gym working on my knee and stuff."

This is what I've been saying all along: All Shotgun, all the time!

Top 10 Stadium Anthems that must be retired

Michael Vick's inside jokes aren't that funny, in hindsight

Jenn Sterger fired from Sports Illustrated

Steve Nash hangs out with ASU students My sister left the game before he got there. Weak!

John Kellogg Speaks: Total Quality Management - Boosting the (Running) Economy

The Oregon duck mascot is a badass

Zurich Golden League Results Better late than never

Asafa Powell broke the 100m world record in a semi-final And after getting trounced by Tyson Gay at Worlds. Sounds to me like he's been doing his shopping with Rick Ankiel

Time-Adjusted for wind and altitude, Mo Greene and Tyson Gay have still run faster

Chariots of Fire 2

"Went to six barbeques on Labor Day. They were great, Made some new friends, ate my weight in encased meats, and drank my way into $300 after challenging some guy named Tiny Franklin to a drinking contest. First time I’ve ever beaten a midget in anything. It felt good."

Note toaster

Saratoga Irish's 100th Anniversary! Congratulations!

The McMillan Elite blog keeps getting better and better Two new entries are posted, including a picture of Mike playing ping pong!!

Alex and Kaitlyn Week 1

Jeremy Wariner mini-documentary

Another Baltimore IronMan

"We cannot fathom how difficult it must be to live as a Bills fan. The world is just one big nutpunch for those guys." Tell me about it, bro. He was talking about this

Two A-Bombs in one inning for A-Rod - He writes about it in his blog ... I also like his new business idea and effective pickup lines ... those pickup lines will probably get used a lot, according to this study

Alex and Kaitlyn's first blog post

Japanese mascots are great at every extreme sport

I like the fact that this study is from Arlington, VA

"In fact, your brotitude is so brossential that, in many ways, you are the ultimate brototype"

Best college nicknames C'mon, what about the Blue Hens?

KSU's promotional video

Peter Gilmore is moving up the ladder

Kobe buys Cristal for no reason

September 4, 2007

Tim Layden of SI with a great look back at the world championships (recommended read)

'Suspicious' doping test at worlds? So far, no one tested positive. Does that mean everyone was clean, or that the cheater are one step ahead?

Matt Tegenkamp Flocast

Team USA Day 9 quotes

Mottram left looking for answers

Lagat boosts American running

Worlds video recap

Dan Browne wins New Haven 20K

Grades for Team USA ballers at the FIBA tourney They looked like a dream team, finally.

A look back at a great baseball prank

Saratoga Irish Labor Day weekend recap

'We Suck' high school football game prank The kids got suspended. Weak.

Another decent high school prank

New cast members for '24'

Beckham erned $21,000 per minute this season

Trackshark is back for XC

Tour de France cyclists have bigger hearts

11 guys you'll always find playing pikup basketball

Final World Championships prediction contest scores

(1) fasani22 51
(2) Fatty Fats 49
(3) jkrong41 48
(4) Smith-vibe 47
(5) etansey 46
(6) aforman 45
(7) paranoidandroid123 44
(7) LMLOVEDATE 44
(9) sparklemotion34 42
(10) barrdukefan 41
(11) kbar13 38
(12) johnny zero 26

Day 9 Results and Photos Lagat become the first person to ever win the 1500 and 5000 at the world champs! Matt Tegenkamp finished 4th in the 5K, just a few hundreths of a second out of a bronze medal. No surprises in the 4x400m relays, Team USA dominated.

Track and Field news with a nice photo slideshow from the 5000m

The final medal count Team USA dominated

Catherine wins the womens marathon

Colgate Harry Lang XC recap and results

Area man likes to compare circle of friends to cast of LOST

Team USA (basketball): International Relations wizards?

Chupacabra found in Texas!

Appalachain State's promotional video This is just sad... it looks it was done by a group of 3rd graders that just learned how to use powerpoint

Day 8 Results and Photos

Flocasts: Nick Willis is giving away some gear - Mark is looking for an intern

Word on the street (internet) is that Flotrack was denied press credentials for the champs by USATF. Thats crazy... Flotrack is an incredible site, giving us (fans of track) the kind of 'inside' coverage that we would never get from major media outlets. Think about what Flotrack was at this time last year - a 30 second video clip every day - and look what it has evolved into. Very impressive.

Friday night linkstravaganza:

Day 7 results... USA 1-2-3 in the 400m! Alyson Felix takes the women's 200m gold.

USATF Day 7 quotes

Alan Webb Flocast Webb stands by his run... talk about Webb's race on the Lets-Krong message board ... brief report from Runner's World

Abdi Flocast (this is a must-watch) More Flocast interviews here

Kara Goucher blog - Adam miscounted laps in his 5K heat

Brad Hudson and Ritz - next up, preparing for the marathon trials

Tomorrow's big race is the women's 5000m, and then Sunday the meet wraps up with the men's 5000m, men's 800m, women's 1500m, and the 4x400m relays. I'm going to go out on a limb and say the USA has a pretty good chance to win the men's 4x400!

Non-running links:

I'd like to pre-order one of these on amazon.com as soon as possible Speaking of per-ordering, Nate - do you still have 'Again to Carthage' on pre-order? I think I cancelled mine after about 3 years of waiting.

Dad gives his son steroids for roller skating

Matt Leinart will not kill your dog

Beer pong for Nintendo Wii? Incredible idea.

Bill Simmons will be in NBA Live 08

Barkley with another great comment

Gilbert Arenas wants to be animated

Lebron has learned to shoot He must have bought one of those JJ Redick instructional DVDs

What to expect from college, based on National Lampoon movies CH's Orientation 2007 series has been pretty solid

Day 6 Photo Gallery

Tyson Gay wins 200m (19.76) to complete the 100-200 sweep. Wallance Spearmon takes the bronze 200m Results

Mens's 5000m heats: Tariku Bekele wins heat #1, Lagat finishes 3rd (just a tenth of a second back to advance to the final. Kipchoge wins heat #2... Tegenkamp, Mottram, and Adam Goucher all advance to the final... the second heat was quicker and all of the 'time' qualifiers came from there

Nick Symmonds and Khadevis Robinson move on in the men's 800m

Non-Doping cyclists finish Tour de France! "This is a very, very proud day for me," said the 115-pound Kvistik, who lost 45% of his body mass during the event, toppled from his saddle moments after finishing, and had to be administered oxygen, fed intravenously, and injected with adrenaline by attending medical personnel. "They say it is physically impossible to ride all of the Tour without drugs, but we prove them wrong this day."

Recommended Read:
Tim Layden on Alan Webb and Bernard Lagat - "You have been subjected to this recollection because it came crashing back into my brain late Wednesday night in the painful minutes that followed the final of the 1,500 meters on the floor of Osaka Nagai Stadium. Bernard Lagat, 32, the Kenyan expatriate who was competing in his first world championships as a U.S. citizen, won the gold medal with a withering sprint finish. He wrapped himself in an American flag and thanked God for blessing his life.

Webb finished a struggling eighth and flogged himself relentlessly. Ninety-two hundredths of a second separated them at the finish, a time too brief to speak either of their names, yet long enough to decisively -- if not irretrievably -- alter their place in track and field history. Lagat, already in possession of Olympic bronze (2000) and silver (2004) medals, is now a world champion and the first U.S. gold medalist at any global championship since Mel Sheppard at the 1908 Olympic Games. Webb is the fast prodigy who can't win medals. That's harsh medicine, but nobody knows its truth better than Webb." Keep Reading...

Complete Day 5 Results - Day 5 Photo Gallery

Bernard Lagat wins the 1500m - results Lagat ran another tactically perfect race. Dope boy, Ramzi, took the silver, while Alan Webb finished 8th, faultering down the homestretch.

Webb speaks: It was a colossal breakdown. I've changed nothing really. I thought I had more left than I did. I wish I could learn a lesson from that, but I learned nothing. I got nothing out of it. If I wanted to get seventh, I would have run for seventh and gotten seventh, or whatever the hell I got. I didn't come to get seventh, I came to get first. I didn't.

Jen Rhines and Shalane Flanagan advance in the womens 5000m

Team USA wins all 3 semi-finals in the men's 400m - All 3 200m runners also advance

McMillan Elite launches their blog

Kara Goucher blogs about her 5000m bronze

Non-Running Links:

Remembering Drazen Petrovic

Internet Phenomena list... inspired by yesterday's LOLCAT link. I can't belive Randy Constan is on this list

Letsrun Recap: Kenya sweeps the mens steeplechase

Full Day 4 Results - Wariner, Merritt, and Taylor advance in the 400m heats; Day, Spearmon, and Martin advance in the 200m heats; Kerron Clement wins the 400m hurdles

Tim Layden's 4 Truths

Bekele has 3 secret plans to beat the Beijing heat/pollution - He's going for the 10K WR in Brussels

Non-Running Links:

Would you rather build your franchise around Steve Nash or Gilbert Arenas? Sorry, big cat, I'll take Steve. But I'll admit that Agent Zero is a much better blogger. Brett and I are going to the Suns/Wizards game in DC, so the question will be answered there.

Steve Nash on the Charlie Rose show

Kissing Suzy Kolber previews the 2007 Buffalo Bills

Recommended Video: An enthusiastic Bills fan from the early 90s Not suprisingly, youtube is filled with Bills fans acting stupid

Curranstat recommends LOLCAT

Run, Fatboy, Run

A pickup game at MJ's gym

Top 25 Obscure sports movies Without Limits made the cut, but how is it considered obscure? Because its not about football?

Evening Update: Baala got DQ'd - won't be in the 1500m final

Letsrun recap of the mens 1500m - mens 10,000m

Flotrack Day 3 Interviews

Yesterday's steeplechase fall

Rojo and Wejo's dad might be the next secretary of homeland security

Jen Barringer's blog

Flash Results: Lagat wins the first semifinal in 3:42, after going through 800m in 2:07... he went from the back of the pack to first over the final 200m... Webb also qualifies for the final... he took 5th place in his semi, running waayyyy off the back of the pack throughout the entire race, then getting out into lane 3 for the last half-lap. 1500m Semifinal Results

The only surprise in the 10K is that Bekele was hanging about 5 meters back, in 3rd place, heading into the bell lap... he just chilled out until the last 150m, then kicked it in to easily win another gold medal... his time was 27:05 (13:43 / 13:22)... the USA guys finished Adbi - Ritz - Rupp ... Abdi hung with the front pack for about 2/3 of the race... 10,000m Results

Day 3 Photos

Runner's World Blog from Osaka

More to come later today...

Non-Running News:
*Mark Cuban will dance with the stars
*KOBE KOBE KOBE
*Alien vs Predator 2 trailer
*Owen Wilson tried to kill himself?
*Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company
*Curranstat tip: Super Troopers 2 IMDB page
*Travis Henry is the new Shawn Kemp

Lets-Krong Photos of the Day (2)

Tyson Gay wins the gold medal in the 100m

Full Day 2 Results - None of the USA guys made it through the steeplechase heats; Maria Mutola ran a 1:56 in the 800m semis; More distance action tomorrow with the men's 10K final and the 1500m semi-finals

Tim Layden's article on Kara Goucher

Kara Goucher Flocast Interview

Nick Symmonds is ready

Lagat finally gets to wear the red, white, and blue

Lets-Krong Photos of the Day (1)

Kara Goucher takes the bronze medal in the 10,000m! Results

Flotrack Coverage: Mark's Recap and 8 interviews

Letsrun's recap of the men's 1500m heats - Webb looked very strong, and Lagat also advanced easily with a nice push over the last 250m. Kiprop will surely be a challenge, and Ramzi looked good despite not racing at all this year...

Getty Images has hundreds of great photos from the meet. Just type "IAAF Osaka" into the search box

Hoffa, Nelson go 1-2 in shot put

Full Results from Day 1

Tim Layden's best matchups of the World Champs

Mottram got his mojo back in Flagstaff

And some non-running news: Sam from 'The Loop' is playing a character named Sam on a show called 'Reaper' this fall (Curranstat with the tip)

August 24, 2007: Weekend Links
World Champs start today - Start Lists - Letsrun has excellent in-depth previews: Mens 1500m - Mens Marathon - Womens 10K

SI's Tim Layden writes another Alan Webb profile - USA Today article

Flight of the Conchords: A Texam Odyssey A documentary (from New Zealand TV, I think) about their trip to Texas

American Gladiators is coming back And they are looking for contestants... check out the 22 page application, the questions are amazing and they even ask you to draw a picture of yourself

No comeback for Reggie Miller At least we have gladiators

Matt Tegenkamp interview

That's all for now, you time would be better spent watching track on WCSN - $4.95 for live coverage of all the events...

August 23, 2007: Afternoon Reading
Webb says BRING IT ON - Bekele is confident

Curranstat strongly recommends the A-Rod blog... the latest entry is "Like its hard to get 10 RBIs against an old woman" This stuff is pure genius...

Are flip flops hazardous to your health?

World Champs TV Schedule - Team USA Distance Squad Schedule

10 year olds give advice to Rex Grossman (this is a serious article, not from the Onion)... "I’d tell Rex to try and not have so many turnovers and to get lower — he’s high a little bit — and to practice more."

Meb gets stronger and faster by focusing on the details

Great new website: Straight Cash Homey dot Net They find the best random sports jerseys that people are wearing

Camp has some fun with e-mail spammers

Which is worse: the fact that Carmello is hanging with K-Fed, or that he has a WB tattoo on his shoulder?

Toss a few of these in your fuel belt

Oh Latrell Spreewell, where have you gone?

Dinosaurs could run faster than David Beckham Did they really need to do this study? Becks has got enough on his plate without having to worry about Dinosaurs

Golfing with Alonzo and Shaq

Athletes in trouble with the law

This Gap sweater is fucking awesome

9 baseball moments worst than steroids

The DeLorean is coming back

August 22, 2007: Wednesday links to get you over the hump
Osaka starts this weekend: Can track and field overcome the doping shadows?

Seb Coe wants sexier athletics

Asafa Powell is partying like he's Bode Miller

Steely McLovin McBeam photoshop gallery

Only one in four people read a book last year Ouch! That's pretty sad

Good thing Sean didn't try this: Woman rejects ballpark proposal!

Runners on their toes over radical new shoes - Newtonrunning.com

Beer festivals are awesome... for bears

Someone has a fake A-Rod blog, and they write about his adventures in the produce section of the grocery store

Speaking of blogs, Greg Oden makes a home movie and goes to see Transformers

Tim Broe sighting!

The latest Goucher blog

Vote to induct Barbaro into the Deadspin Hall of Fame

IAAF world rankings are finished. The new ranking system is going to be less mathematical... its just going to be based on how many positive threads about an athlete are found on page 1 of the Letsrun boards

The FIBA basketball tourney starts this week... if Team USA doesn't roll through like the old days, that will be sad. Kobe is working hard, and so is Amare.

You can buy Big Papi's car on eBay

And the grand finale... K-Fed is going to be on a CW TV show

August 20, 2007
HBO picks up Flight of the Conchords for another season!

Everyone watched High School Musical 2

Bear Grylls is soooo hardcore!

AP world champs preview

Several athletes update their Flotrackr blogs from Osaka

World Champs middle distance preview (IAAF)

Milesplit interview with Webb

Be a Google Business Referral Representative I signed up but they put me on a waiting list. Weak!

Only 10 more years...

Team USA struggles against Jason Kapono and company?

Alex Trebek drinking beer and filming Jeopardy promos

Mike Vick can't do anything right

August 18, 2007: Weekend Links
Recommended Read: Adam Morrison Comic #1 and Adam Morrison #2 If you like basketball, you'll love these

Tom Brady photoshop contest

The coolest of the not-so-cool guys

Nickelback's new video features Wayne Gretzky, Chuck Liddell, and Grant Hill

A few days ago I posted a link to a search engine that allows you to see who is editing Wikipedia. WIRED news is putting together a Hall of Shame, and its very interesting. You see everything from Subway employees calling their sandwiches "delicious" to Apple employees editing the Microsoft page

Whether you like him or not, you have to admire what Lance is doing post-cycling

Paula Radcliffe prepares for the pollution in Beijing

A common problem for LetsRun posters...

Osaka distance perviews

Dirk's summer recap

EVERYONE saw Beckham's goal

How far can you throw a big mac?

The Tim donaghy documents from The Smoking Gun - AZ and the Suns' fans are not too happy that he messed with game 3, and look to press more charges

Ryan Seacrest is hosting the Super Bowl - Apparently he played high school football

Japanese biker doesn't notice severed leg

August 16, 2007
NFL Mascots vs Kids in tackle football Delaware's YouDee plays a big role in the game

Gilbert's latest blog He paid for his friend's wedding because he couldn't think of a gift

Has Letsrun jumped the shark? Registration? Splitting the board into different categories? Don't do it, Wejo. The simplicity of the one board, diversity of topics, and interchange between serious posters and serious trolls is all part of the magic!

"You got fucking Abreu all of a sudden going 3 for 4 every night," Boston citizen Mark Baker said of the Yankees' recent surge. "Fucking Giambi's back. A-Rod's hitting 500 fucking home runs a night. Posada, that bastard. You got Matsui, who's a Red Sox killer. Then there's Shelley Duncan, who no one even heard of till three weeks ago. Guy never hit a home run in his life, he puts on pinstripes and suddenly he's Babe fucking Ruth."

The Top 10 moments in streaking history

The Top 50 "top 50" lists ... My favorite is West Virginia's 50 most powerful people (and the related WV Young Guns 2007)

Reggie and KG on ESPN radio with Dan Patrick I'm loving the comebacks of all these old / washed up NBA players

Oakley smacks up Pippen

RIP Phil Rizzuto (Saratoga Irish)

This is an old article, but I just saw it, and its pretty good: Eli Manning talks about how he would rather play squash than football

Creative Manscaping

This was probably written by the same guy that came up with the idea for Jurassic Park 4

High heels? C'mon, Tom! Get some self-respect!

MLB history is made!

Apparently Little Buddah didn't really love running all that much Huge surprise that he was forced into doing these runs...most 4 year olds like running ultramarathons, right?

Mark Cuban's last fight

August 14, 2007
Who's Now? Tom Brady VS Galactus This is a recommended read, thanks to Hanlon for the link

Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords) was an elf in Lord of the Rings If you haven't been watching FotC, you should catch up on it here

Adonal Foyle is getting a buyout from the Warriors Who will be the next NBA star 12th man from Colgate? - Adonal's career stats

Falmouth road race pictures

Wejo's 'Showdown' DVD review

Team USA roster for Osaka The world champs are in 2 weeks

Seattle is getting an Adam but losing the Sonics

You either appreciate there is a storm forming called DEAN, or you don't

See who's editing wikipedia

Are the Simpsons scientific?

Another meaningless 'what's the greatest...' poll from ESPN

August 13, 2007: Monday videos to start off your week

Sports team videos + internet = goldmine:
Nothing Can Stop Us, We're Atlanta's Air Force! This is one of the best I've ever seen
'86 Mets: Let's Go Mets Go
Raiders Silver and Black Attack
Glasglow Diamonds
Washington Bullets: You the Man
Miami Dolphins: Can't Touch Us
Deion Sanders "Must be the Money" Technically this isn't a team video, but Darrell Strawberry makes a cameo, and Deion makes it rain, so its all good
And if Deion gets a video, then "Clutch the Bear" of the Houston Rockets gets one as well

Some Collegehumor time-killers:
Minesweeper: The Movie
Facebook-Off
LOSTicil
Anchorman 300
David Blaine: Street Magic 2
Girl's Costume Warehouse

And some news links:

Ben Affleck hoping Jason Bourne has sidekick in next movie

Ritz has a Flotrack blog

Caffeine + Nicotine = Protein? - It doesn't matter, Tiger wins the PGA Championship

Versus takes on ESPN

Mark Cuban forgot how to write

Meb takes second place at Falmouth

August 11, 2007: Weekend Links
Some great pics from the Badwater Ultramarathon (Don's Diary with the tip) What a hardcore race!

Tailwind Sports and Team Discovery Channel are finished Finding a new team sponsor must be impossible with all the doping problems in cycling
*Related: Contador says he is clean

Bill Simmons takes a break from writing his book to do a new mailbag

NBA players coming out of retirement is getting trendy! I really hope Shawn Kemp comes back

Penny reunited with Shaq

Chasing KIMbia live from Falmouth There is a beer mile after the Falmouth elite mile??? Flocasts needs to get on that!

Yao Ming got drunk at his wedding

NBA Rookie dance showdown