So, Does the Ref Get a Bud Lite Now?
The Slanch Report —
I’d have watched the LSU/South Carolina game this weekend, but college sports are fucking stupid, so, you know, I didn’t. However, by missing the game I missed this tackle of SC QB Stephen Garcia by one of the game’s refs. It’s about time the zebras started fighting back.
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Lost Time Is Not Found Again: Oct. 20, 2008
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
Lost Time Is Not Found Again is what the MPS blog crew has been reading today.
+ Homebrew here: Peanut Tillman gives us a tour of his domicile. {Mouthpiece Sports.}
+ The definitive takes on the latest blogger in the press box debacle. {Puck Daddy, FanHouse.}
+ Pretty much the best video you’ll see all day. {FanIQ.}
+ The Yankees and Cowboys are partnering up. {Sports Business Daily.}
+ Non-sports: {We have a competitor for Barack Rolled.} {James Hetfield, times have changed.}
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It's Obama And McCain ... AFTER DARK! [Weekly Buzzsaw Countdown]
Deadspin —
So over the weekend, the two candidates for President — Sen. Barack Obama, head of a Muslim sleeper cell, and Sen. John McCain, organizer of the first Hanoi chapter of the Ku Klux Klan — spoke at the Al Smith Dinner, a big Catholic charity event held in Manhattan right before the elections every year. Each of them made a bunch of jokes, and, all told, they were both pretty funny. (Not surprisingly, the best jokes were about the Clintons.) This was covered in the political press as a curiosity, like, "Hey, look, they don't really hate each other! When they think no one is looking, they talk like normal people!" And then everyone went ...
Wilbur Hackett Jr. is Referee Tackles Quarterback (Video)
RightFielders Women in Sports —
Meet Wilbur Hackett Jr., the referee who tackled Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia over the weekend during their game against LSU. See photos, video and read a biography of Wilbur Hackett Jr below. I don’t know what was going through Wilbur Hackett Jr.’s mind when he tackled South Carolina’s Stephen Garcia. I mean honestly, you can see in the video that it does not look to be an accident, and he clearly hits Garcia with his shoulder ...




