Morning Link Dump
Obligatory Sports Babe 
We'll continue our tribute to the sports babes of the '90s with a picture of American swimmer Ashley Tappin. Tappin first won gold as a part of the women's 4x100 freestyle relay team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. She won two more relay medals at the 2000 games in Sydney.
Today's Sports Birthday
Australian middle distance runner Lee Naylor turns 41 today. She'll probably try to make restaurant reservations, then have to tell the hostess that she's not the other, much more famous, much more male Lee Naylor.
Quotable
Vancouver Canucks goalie Cory Schneider is none-too-impressed with fellow goalie and fellow American Tim Thomas' decision to skip the Bruins' visit to the White House for political reasons:
"I have no problem with his personal beliefs, but [Thomas] can suck it up for an hour, say 'Hi' and be with the team and avoid all of this... Respect the [presidency]. He plays for Team USA and has no problem making millions of dollars in the USA, but he can't say 'Hi' to the president?"
(Via NESN)
Quickly
Mavs owner Mark Cuban, who's less-than-pleased star Dirk Nowitzki being out of action due in part to injuries sustained while playing in Olympic qualifiers for the German national team, says that Olympic basketball is "meaningless" and that having professionals play Olympic ball is "stupidity." (Larry Brown Sports)
Rapper 50 Cent has agreed to post a nude photo to Twitter if the Giants lose the Super Bowl. (Huffington Post)
Ray Lewis' lawyers have filed a motion saying that the linebacker doesn't trust his son's mother to use the child support he sends her appropriately, given that she currently owes various people a total of more than $1,000,000 after losing another, unrelated lawsuit. (Black Sports Online)
The NFL will relax it's social media policy for the Pro Bowl, allowing players to tweet from the sidelines. (Tweetcenter)
Someone's launched a petition to change the name of Penn State's Beaver Stadium to Paterno Field. (Lost Lettermen)
Front Paging
Why not start your All-Star celebrations with a really, really good editorial cartoon?
(Via Newseum)
Video
There are a lot of bad rappers out there, but I'm pretty sure this guy takes the taco.
Either that, or he's so far ahead of the pack that I'm just not capable of understanding his genius.
