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For the low, low price of 59.99... which
is like 500% markdown from the price of any
other throwback jersey ever sold. check it out.
100-person fight breaks out at kickball game on
Sunday in Tampa...the same day that kickballing doofus was
arrested in NYC for carrying a sword through Macy's.
You don’t have to be getting hit over
the head with news alerts to realize that tomorrow
the House will reconvene to try to reach a solution, for better or worse, concerning the financial bailout proposal. Thus, I thought it appropriate to recall some of the great bailouts in sports history.
Guardian writer Steven Wells is all perturbed that
us ugly American don't know the difference between Cricket
and Croquet...here is my theory on where things went awry for these import sports.
After losing her arm in a car accident
early in life at the age of 3, librarian-by-day
Brooke Leavitt launched the Kansas City Roller Warriors, an all-women roller derby league entering their fifth season this spring. Kudos to Awful Announcing for letting me know about the SportsCenter segment on roller derby, airing this Sunday.
We turn our attention to the ASP World
Tour and women’s pro surfing. The ladies are competing
in Rio De Janeiro this week, and are already in to the quarterfinals of the Billabong Girls Pro Rio. The tournament runs until Sep. 18, with the winner taking home $85,000.check out photos of the Roxy team.
Pearline Williamson, 78-years old, chased down a mugger
and retrieved her stolen purse in North London today.
She is the grandmother of Simeon Williamson, Britain's best chance for a gold medal in the 100-meters in Beijing.
the strange continues to permeate the world of
recreational kickball....The Third Annual Zombie Kickball takes place this
Sunday in Portland, ME of all places
Regarding watching the Olympics this week, John McCain
told the LA Times, "We're all caught up in
the excitement of it, especially us mediocre high school junior varsity athletes."
Wu Tang's RZA will take on child prodigies,
celebrities (presumably, other Wu-Tang members), and the two-time Women's
National Chess Champion in three-hour speed chess tournament in Manhattan on Saturday.
I polled the sports blogging intelligentsia on an
issue quasi-related to Decision '08...Here are some campaign promises
folks would like to hear coming out of the political arena in the final month of the race. And Since they already downplayed anti-steroids legislation they could use something...
more kickball depravity...I give you the ANTI YUPPIE
KICKBALL GUERILLA FRONT. An organization determined stamp out kickball
in Washington, D.C.
They are actually talking about allowing the batter
to leap across the wickets mid-pitch. It's kind of
bad ass, check it out.
Go vote in my poll for which of
the Celtics is going to throw out the first
pitch at the Fenway celebration. Do it!
No word yet on what they're calling this
guy (the Tee Box Bandit, the Putting Green Prowler,
the Winter Rules Looter?)...a lone gunman robbed a foursome and their caddies on the 16th hole of a Milwaukee-area golf course on Saturday morning.
Drew Barrymore put out a casting call for
extras for her upcoming movie about roller derby "Whip
It".... calling for bald guys, those with mohawks, roller skaters, and people who know sign language (???).
On a conference call for the celeb-am golf
tourney in Lake Tahoe next month, Jason Kidd said
that Chuck is staying debt free, and is confident that he won't gamble at the golf event in Tahoe. Barkley is a 500-1 underdog to win the tournament.
Patch Perfect claims to grow you a fresh
lawn in five days...because it's juicy!
Over 200 undead showed up for Zombie Kickball
III in Portland, ME last weekend...including Zombie Elvis! Check
it out.
The accounting firm that sponsors Natalie is holding
an essay contest with a chance to win a
night out on the town with her in Vegas. Check out why her and I are perfect for each other, and they should pick me!




















The Obama Throwback