Thursday links
100% Injury Rate — Hopefully you all survived Halloween. I know I did, thanks to 17 bags of Skittles. And HGH.On to the links.A look back at some of the coolest hockey masks ever. [Going Five Hole]Luther Campbell as a radio host? What could wrong? Well, for starters he said Kobe was gay. [SPORTSbyBROOKS]Manny apparently had a block party to celebrate the World Series victory. [Larry Brown Sports]ESPN still having trouble with that Yankees conference call thing. [Awful Announcing]So I'm not the only one who finds the ...

Morning Paper: A-Rod’s Destiny
Larry Brown Sports — ... home [FanHouse] David Wright willing to make room for A-Rod at 3B [You Been Blinded] LSU showing favoritism to Ryan Perrilloux [100% Injury Rate] Dog the Bounty Hunter is one racist mofo [National Enquirer] Todd Marinovich is heading to rehab [Part Mule] SI showing an extreme Boston bias lately [SPORTSbyBROOKS] The sweetest hockey goalie masks of all-time [Going Five Hole] Damn, Jessica Alba won’t be ...

The News
Mondesi's House — ... 88 fast foods most likely to kill youTop 10 Worst Haircuts in the NBATop 10 NHL Goalie MasksTop 10 Entry-Level Jobs That Pay $50K+The 10 Dumbest Questions in Song Lyric ...

Cheap Shots #77: Papelbon Does Letterman, QVC.
Signal to Noise — ... The Red Sox closer knows who he’s playing to, entering and/or leaving with the jig. [Out in Center Field] The New Testament of the rotation of college hoops coaches. [Storming the Floor] Why would you want to be an assistant hoops coach? The head coach always finds one of his staff members to blame. [The Meaningful Collateral] 10 of the coolest goalie masks ever. [Going Five Hole] Even bloggers are getting ahold of one Premiership player’s pay stub. [The Fan’s Attic] So why ...

Public Knowledge
Josh Q. Public — ... 4.  It seems I’m on a hockey kick today.  So keeping with the theme, check this out:  Top Goalie Masks. ...

Jagr, Mario and Gordie? Create your ultimate dream hockey squad
Puck Daddy — ... The first man to don a mask, Plante is also the godfather of goaltenders who are known to play the puck outside the crease. He could be the perfect backup to come and win a game as he also won six Stanley Cups. ...

The Art of an NHL Goalie Mask
MVN Outsider — ... between goalies. Roberto Luongo eventually won. Since moving to Icethetics, they've also put together a season preview for 2008-09 of maks around the league. These types of designs have pushed masks to the forefront of some discussion between hockey fans. And at this pace, it should become a widely-respected form of art. If interested in more, check these links: NHL.com shows you some of the recent goalie masks. Sean Leahy ran down a list of his favorite all-time masks. And HockeyMasks.com has quite ...