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Baron Davis and Steve Nash Don’t Own Mirrors
Published 7/19/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
... Here is a very unusual pic of the former NBA MVP Steve Nash and the new Clipper Baron Davis having a gay old time riding a tandem bicycle dressed like it’s 1985.  Is that the new style in Southern California?? If so I’ll be sure to make sure I skip the trip out there. ...

ST. ANDREW'S NET: A BICYCLE MADE FOR TWO
Published 7/21/2008 at With Leather - The sports blog that underachieves to the best of its ability
St. Andrew's Net is With Leather's daily link dump. Pets get linked dumps when they eat tinsel during the holidays. Incidentally, that makes a good ornament for an adversary's home. SportsbyBrooks introduces the blogosphere to the 3BA, which is basketball for people who hate basketball. Kind of like how Tailor James is a woman for guys who hate women they can actually get with. In the world of freak baseball injuries, a foul pop-up takes out a fan's nose on Busted Coverage and Geoff Jenkins gets a shoulder full of broken bat on The Fightins'. Those are the sort of thing that makes a weekend of shut-in masturbation ...

Toss the Burner: July 21, 2008
Published 7/21/2008 by Mike (noreply@blogger.com) at Steady Burn
MGMT at McCarren Park Pool this coming Sunday is the Rock 'n Roll social event of the week. (it's free too!) Check out a video after the linking gold... Steve Nash and Baron Davis Just Cruisin’ (Barstool Sports) The Great NBA Cheesecake Factory Conspiracy (Fanhouse) This is Real (Deuce of Davenport) Great Moments in Demolition Derby History (on205th) The Lovely Hidden Gems of Indie Rock (Epic Carnival) Socialism has solved every traffic jam in the World (Deadspin) Invest in an NFL Team (Sports Agent ...

Morning Blogdome: Baron Davis Appears To Be Taking The Elton Brand Trade Very Hard [Morning Blogdome]
Published 7/21/2008 by DAULERIO at Deadspin
... • Steve Nash and Baron Davis took the brown acid, apparently: Regardless of the reason for Steve Nash and Baron Davis riding a tandem bike, dressed like idiots, on a sunny day in Santa Monica, it's still odd and unsettling. [Bar Stool Sports] ...

Tandem Biking Means You’ve Got At Least 1 Friend
Published 7/21/2008 by slanch at The Slanch Report
I’m so very confused. Saw this photo over at Barstool Sports, I’m still totally unsure as to why basketball All Stars Steve Nash and Baron Davis are riding a tandem bike around Santa Monica dressed like giant nerds, but hey, why not! Feel free to come up with some good captions or explanations for whatever the hell is going on here. ...

Morning Constitutional: Baseballs Are Still Hard
Published 7/21/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... Manny Ramirez Is Not Good at Fielding | With Leather Throw out the fielding textbooks, Little League coaches. This video is all you need to show the youngster for a proper lesson in playing the outfield. Steve Nash and Baron Davis Just Cruisin... | Barstool Sports Nash and Baron save gas by riding a tandem bicycle together. Why Jason Taylor to the Redskins Won’t Work | Stet Sports As a Skins fan myself, I'm still torn about the Taylor trade. Stet ...

Steve Nash And Baron Davis Ride A Tandem Bike In Santa Monica
Published 7/21/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... I mean seriously, what the hell is going on here? A reader of Barstool Sports somehow ran into Nash and Davis in Santa Monica and snapped this picture. And he was just as confused as I am. ...

Create-a-caption: Nash and Baron on a bicycle built for two
Published 7/21/2008 by J.E. Skeets at Ball Don't Lie
Via Barstool Sports comes this confusing photo of Steve Nash and Baron Davis, dressed like Larry Wilson and Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable, riding a tandem bike in Santa Monica, California. (Yeah, better read that sentence again.) Best caption wins their killer sunglasses, dude. After the jump, Yao and Wang. Winner, dai_kun: [Translated from Chinese] Yao: Hey, check it out. Marcus Camby's in the audience. Wang: You want to tell him what his Chinese tattoos really say, or should I? ...

Wise blood
Published 7/21/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Chip's Moody Blues) at Uwe Blog
... We can only hope. **** A fascinating account of the 1936 Berlin Olympics from a former swimmer. **** FWST's Jim Reeves expertly goes over the Rangers trade situation by misspelling the name of their best prospect: Neftali Perez. **** I've never been a huge fan, but Anna Kournikova, but she looks fantastic nowadays. **** The NFL embracing the blogosphere. **** Terrell Owens: Hero **** Steve Nash and Baron Davis, best friends. **** Matt Barnes set to underperform in ...

I Can’t Even Begin to Find the Words…
Published 7/21/2008 by Black Jesus Disciples at AZ Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums
h/t to Barstool Sports

Brog: Timberlake’s Racist Joke Cut From ESPYs?
Published 7/22/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Arash Markazi of SI.com and FAN NATION has the easily the only most interesting thing to come out of the ESPYs, which was taped I think sometime in February - and aired on ESPN for the first time last night. (And subsequently re-broadcast an upchuck-inducing 10,000 times today.). Justin Timberlake hosting the ESPYs at David Beckham's feet ...

Monday Backpasses: ___|:
Published 7/22/2008 by ü75 (noreply@blogger.com) at Unprofessional Foul
... Nash hangs out with Thierry Henry. Wears TH's jersey [Kickette] Kevin Keegan calms he has five players competing for 2.5 spots. How does that work, exactly? [Telegraph] Bundesliga wants to keep players from going to Olympics [International Herald Tribune] Real soccer fans wouldn't take cover, would be safer [Boston Herald] More after the jump Two of the players from the Showdown in Chinatown continue to have fun together [Barstool Sports] Chelsea offered a prettier package for Deco than MLS did [Fox Sports] ...

Steve Nash + Baron Davis = Bicycle BFFs
Published 7/22/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (TONY ARNOLDINE) at T O N Y B L O G S
... "Baron Davis and Steve Nash, on the other hand, are busy renting a tandem bicycle and cruising around Santa Monica pier together while dressed up like extras from the Cosby Show and Weekend at Bernies.  I don't even know where to begin with this picture I just took." (Source) ...

Cheap Shots: So Wrong, Yet So Funny
Published 7/22/2008 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
The new Iowa Hawkeyes program for Ladies’ Day. [EDSBS] Joakim Noah, in a love triangle? /retches [The Sports Point] Big Ben spent a lot of money on his pool. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] Evaluating the chances of non-BCS schools to crash the party this fall. [Sunday Morning ...