Morning Link Dump - 08/12/10
Obligatory Sports Babe
This morning we'll go with Sophie Reade, who was featured in this space a couple weeks ago on the basis of her being a semi-WAG on account of her once dating Gary Lineker's son. She showed up on WWTDD yesterday, and that's pretty much alls I needed...
Quote of the Day
"Don't think for one min that I haven't been taking mental notes of everyone taking shots at me this summer. And I mean everyone!" - LeBron James taking to his Twitter to be a little bitch.
Today In Incredibly Horrible Decisions
"This proves that love is not only blind, it’s stupid, creepy and totally insane," is the completely bang on sentence that begins a recent post from the Last Angry Fan.
"Kansas City Chiefs WR Chris Chambers got hitched this past July, and his lucky new bride had quite the unconventional way of landing the man of her dreams.
"See, the bride is none other than Stacey Bernice Saunders, a 27-year-old San Diego woman, who, this past December, was charged with stalking and harassing Chambers and members of his family, after the affair she and Chambers were having came to an end."
From the Homeless World Cup to Manchester United
"Manchester United reached an agreement with Portuguese club Vitoria Guimaraes to buy striker Tiago Manuel Dias Correia, who represented Portugal at soccer’s Homeless World Cup," explains a report from BusinessWeek. "Personal terms have been agreed with the 20-year-old, who is known as Bebe, and he will move to Old Trafford for an undisclosed fee 'subject to a successful medical in Manchester later this week,' United said last night on its website."
"Having lived part of his childhood on the streets, Bebe was raised in an orphanage and has represented Portugal at under-19 level and at the Homeless World Cup, according to Vitoria’s website."
The Lesson Is: Never Try
"According to Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, veteran quarterback Matt Hasselbeck’s struggles last season can be summed up succinctly – he was trying too hard," says the Tacoma News Tribune of the coach's odd diagnosis. "It was clear that he was over-trying,” said Carroll after watching film from last season. “Tremendously over-trying. He was trying to make things happen, in classic fashion to try and make a play and that caused him to make decisions where he would throw the ball into trouble."
Quote of the Day, II
"Did I fucking pitch tonight? Why do I have to talk to you fucking guys?" - An incensed Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez to reporters who asked why he wasn't summoned to pitch in a bases loaded two out situation in the eighth inning last night, according to the New York Daily News. Moments later Rodriguez allegedly assaulted his father-in-law in the clubhouse tunnel.
Quickly
Deadspin spots a Washington Nationals cap in the original Karate Kid. But don't worry, time and space are still intact.
Styleite shows off what they think might very well be the worst uniform ever. And... uh... yeah, they're probably right.
Total Pro Sports has a wonderful animated GIF of a man getting punched in the head.
Out of Bounds explains how a joke about Adam Sandler changing his famous Chanukah Song to include Amare Stoudamire got picked up as a real story.
Expensive Tackle
And now here's a tackle that cost Juventus midfielder Mauro Camoranesi $50,000, sixteen years (!?!) after the fact. Dirty Tackle quotes a Reuters report of the ruling from an Argentinian court, which says that "Although it’s not possible to describe Camoranesi’s action as deliberately intentional, it was incredibly clumsy … abnormal and avoidable.”
So... yeah... $50,000 for being a clumsy 17-year-old. Yikes.
Oh, and I should add, it's a pretty ugly challenge and not the prettiest injury that results. You've been warned.
