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I didn’t watch the Olympics at all. Not because I have some big problem with the Olympics, I just never said to myself, “Man, I could really go for some Biathlon right now.” Still, I really wish I’d watched the championship hockey game between the US and Canada. We tied the game up with 24 seconds left in regulation, but then Canada won in overtime on a goal by “The Next One” Sidney Crosby, and thereby redeemed themselves for being Canada. Congratulations Canada, you win at Hockey, we win at not being Canadian.

Read more about the story on the Huffington Post.

What is this world coming to? The NBA has ruled that Dallas Mavericks (fuck you Wizards for trading him) guard Caron Butler can no longer chew straws during games. The article says Butler would go through an average of about 12 straws per game, making him by far the largest individual straw consumer in the NBA. It wouldn’t surprise me if, because of this ruling, we see the immediate destruction of the straw production industry as we know it.

Check out the article at ESPN.com

I’m a big proponent of people staying fit and taking care of their bodies. I try not to eat shit and workout as often as possible. While I slack off for sure at college, and maybe consume some things I ought not to, I stay healthy. Additionally, I think athletic participation is great because it keeps you in shape and team sports are great for building relationships. I think anyone who wants to cut gym from school programs is a lunatic and most likely a follower of Chairman Mao. Regardless, I highly question the validity and value of Quidditch as an organized, school sanctioned sport. Judging from this article, it has spread into high schools as well. I enjoyed the Harry Potter series too, and my fraternity just had a “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Pikes” party on Saturday. All of that aside, I worry about those who derive “athletic exertion” from a game founded upon the principle of flying broomsticks and a golden flying snitch. Call me a cynic, but at least I’m sane.

Read more about this “sport” at dailycal.org

The Olympics are so cool. And the website for Vancouver 2010 is cool too. It has all the info you would ever need to know about the games. Schedules, profiles, metal counts, bios, news. It’s basically your one stop shop for Olympic things. It’s much better than NBC and ESPN’s coverage.

Check it out at http://www.vancouver2010.com/

As some of you may have heard, the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl on Sunday. Being in the city to experience the victory was exhilarating to say the absolute least. I was in the French Quarter for the game and caught some of the chaos on film. Here’s an edit I made of that film set to Green Day and U2’s explosive rendition of “The Saints are Coming,” recorded at the first Saints game in New Orleans after Katrina. If you need another excuse to visit New Orleans, this is pretty much how awesome Mardi Gras is. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go find my voice before Fat Tuesday. WHO DAT!

Former Raider and Buccaneer Warren Sapp was arrested in Florida on Saturday and charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery. Allegedly, Sapp let a very lucky woman into the Sapp Shack, but (she told police) when she wouldn’t leave in the morning he began choking her and pushed her onto a couch, and then later in the argument grabbed her by her shirt and threw her down again. Ladies, lemme tell you something: When Warren Sapp says “go,” You fucking GO. Did she see herself winning that argument? HE’S WARREN bloody SAPP.

Read the full story the Huffington Post

The Taiyuan Shanxi Zhongyu Professional Basketball Club in China is “one of the worst teams in the league.” Come on Stephon, for real? Playing for what is arguably the worst team in the NBA is bad enough, but to have that team fire you, travel to the other side of the world, and then play for the worst team there too!? That’s just down right pititful… but hey, who am I to judge? As outrageous as this may sound, it is unfortunately true for Mr. Marbury, though the fans in China seem quite enthusiastic about their new “talent.” Stephon Marbury, once a premier point guard in the National Basketball Association and League Playoff contender, ruined his reputation in America with numerous confrontations involving coaches and teammates. Let’s hope that his lack of knowledge “about China other than what [he's] seen on TV” doesn’t lead to too many confrontations with his new team, because he can’t really afford to take many more career changing L’s.

Read the full story on the Wall Street Journal’s website.

This guy is truly absurd. Sometimes he comes across as a massive asshat and other times he’s as humble and as full of humility as Mother Theresa. One minute, he’s douching it up on the sidelines and 4 quarters later he’s crying like a child. Regardless, it takes balls to get on an ad, an ad to be aired during the Super Bowl no less, and talk with your mom about how she was told to abort you. That’s pretty insane. This guy may be an NFL flop, but once this ad flies and he moves with Urban Meyer up to Massachusetts to get married, he’ll remain a celebrity for quite a while
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32052.html

Gilbert Arenas pretended to shoot guns in the middle of the team huddle before the Wizards faced the 76ers on Tuesday night.  I actually don’t understand him or how he could possibly think that’s funny since he hasn’t received his punishment yet, and he could be going to jail.  On his twitter page (twitter.com/gilbertarenas), Arenas [...]