Blog-O-Rama: USC’s Floyd Won’t Hold The Mayo
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... .” • Speaking of the Nats, MR. IRRELEVANT weighs in on Dmitri Young tipping the spring training scales at 291 pounds . • Victory is mine! DC SPORTS BOG tunes in to see Chicago’s Comcast Sportsnet giving the Wizards’ Oleksiy Pecherov the ...
The Scorecard: Searching for the In-N-Out of Florida
Big League Stew —
... and did it. [LFT Blog] • The Tao of Stieb will cut you if you write a baseball preview in haiku. [Tao of Stieb] • David Eckstein is a polite young man. [NYT — Bats Blog] • Jim Leyland is a big Bill Belichick fan. Who knew? [Extra Bases] • Tito Francona thinks Dustin Pedroia is "a moron." [The Joy of Sox] • Dmitri Young is a large, large man. 291 pounds large. [Mister Irrelevant] • Cameron Maybin is closer to rejoining the Marlins. [ ...
Morning Constitutional: Celebrating Fat Athletes
The Sporting Blog —
We're pleased to be presenting these posts from around the web. They're probably better than ours: > Fat Guys We Love | The Legend of Cecilio Guante Nice list, but no post about fat athletes is complete without mention of Da Meat Hook . > Fran Fraschilla Bashes Pac-10 Refs | FanHouse Warning: Pac-10 officiating can cause intense nausea. > Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich Goes Crazy | Ball Don't Lie "Crazy" might be a bit of an overstatement (no chairs were thrown), but he did a fine job of getting himself ejected. > Tiger Woods Can Do Anything ...
Emptying the Contents of Da Meat Hook's Stomach
The Sporting Blog —
By Spencer Hall Dmitri "Da Meat Hook" Young showed up to spring training weighing an alleged 291 pounds . We wondered: What exactly is in Dmitri's stomach right now? Suspects include: -- Newly unemployed Sean Salisbury, eaten on a dare at a Bristol-area Buffalo Wild Wings on February 22nd. -- Thirty pounds of lead buckshot. -- Three McRibs. (It's back! Again!) -- One wheel of organic soap, eaten when confused for a cake. -- One size 12 right cleat, property of Ken Griffey, Jr. -- Delaware License plate GL38234 ... and the Pontiac Sunfire its bolted to. -- Tim Kurkjian ...
Top 11 D.C. Sports Moments of 2008
D.C. Sports Bog —
... If 2009 offers me one-tenth the enjoyment of that night, I'll consider it a success. Also receiving votes: Monk and Green enter the Hall (while I'm in China)....The Nats open a new stadium in storybook fashion ....Georgetown establishes utter local hoops dominance ....Maryland sees two visiting players in two sports vomit on the field of play....Kornheiser takes the buyout ....goodbye to Gunston ....Dmitri Young's would like an extra large please....Jim Fassel is stiffed again ....Alexander Semin is ...
