Morning Link Dump - 08/06/10
Obligatory Sports Babe
I can't quite remember where I first saw it, so I'll just go with a random link to Guyism, which is one of many sites to include pictures of model Candice Swanepoel as she recently modelled the new MLB collection from Victoria's Secret. You'll recognize, of course, that she's not actually wearing any MLB-related clothing here, but I can't imagine that actually being a complaint, right?
Quote of the Day
"Man, I haven't seen this many girls on a football field since the last time we played the Steelers." - Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco, after having a number of young women on a football field during a scene from his dating show The Ultimate Catch, via the Slanch Report.
The Jock's Guide to Getting Arrested
"For most American men, this time of year means the kickoff of NFL training camp — the start of the New Year on the couch-potato sports calendar. But for me it’s a sad time. It’s the end of Arrest Season," writes Rolling Stone's outstanding Matt Taibi in a piece for Men's Journal. "In terms of jock crime sprees, no other stretch rivals late June and July. Why? For one thing both the NHL and NBA seasons have come to an end, unleashing on places like Vegas, Atlanta, and Miami a torrent of millionaire Slavic and Scandinavian power drinkers and seven-foot NBA jism-spewing machines, all with eight months of rigorous dieting and physical training to undo."
He's the Stranger... Killing A Parrot
"A 67-year-old New Jersey man was sentenced to probation for shooting his family's 20 year old African Gray Parrot because the parrot was squawking while he was trying to watch NASCAR," says a From the Marbles report that really tries to bust through the usual, non-parrot-killing stereotype of NASCAR fans. "Dennis Zeglin was admitted Wednesday by state Superior Court Judge Thomas V. Manahan into the county's pretrial intervention program for first-time offenders. If he successfully serves three years on probation, an animal cruelty charge will be dismissed, and he will not have a conviction on his record."
A True Friend To Her Fellow Competitors (The Corporate Sponsors On The Other Hand...)
"The current rules of the World Triathlon Corporation require that an athlete finish within eight percent of the winner’s finishing time in order to earn prize money," explains a report from Triathlete on a rule that will be removed next month, but which one competitor, Kelly Williamson, winner of last weekend's Ironman 70.3 Steelhead in Michigan, is ready to do away with early. "Williamson reached the finish line with a nice lead over second place competitor Heather Jackson. Instead of crossing the finish line right away, Williamson sat at the finish line with the hopes that the prize money would go down the list as far as possible."
Quote of the Day, II
"You know what? Ask Bobby what he wants to do. I don't know." - Normally effusive White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen after closer Bobby Jenks blew a three run lead over the Tigers in the ninth yesterday afternoon, his third major meltdown in just over two weeks, according to Big League Stew.
Quickly
Hang on, is that Diego Maradona as one of Vice magazine's Don'ts?
Happy anniversary to Nolan Ryan, who 17 years ago this week gave Robin Ventura the noogie of his life.
Here from imgur is an incredible infographic of Ron Artest's 2009-10 season of hairdos.
Manofest gives their list of the 30 worst baseball cards of all time-- many of which would be on my list of the 30 awesomest.
From Out of Bounds it's the news we've all been waiting for: Paul the Octopus has a record deal! For Elvis songs!
The media is not over-hyping a certain quarterback," says Fark, laying on the sarcasm in regard to a San Francisco Chronicle piece. "Why, this article on Jason Campbell looking to thrive with Oakland only mentions 'Favre' six times."
Golf Fail
From Busted Racquet here's tennis player Agnieszka Radwanska showing that she's not exactly a two-sport athlete-- at least when it comes to golf. (Hope the cameraman is OK!)
