Morning Link Dump - 08/19/10
Obligatory Sports Babe
With the emphasis on the "obligatory" part, here are the instantly-infamous pictures of the girl who became instantly infamous last week after her douche bag ex-boyfriend moved out of the way of a foul ball at an Astros game last week, letting it clock her in the arm. I don't really know why you'd even care to know what her name is at this point-- it's Sara Saco-Vertiz, FYI-- and the pic is obviously via Busted Coverage.
Quote of the Day
"Honestly, I really don’t care." - Minnesota Vikings now-backup QB Tarvaris Jackson, echoing the entire effing world's view on the latest edition of the Brett Favre saga, according to Sports By Brooks.
The Special One Smirks Over Ozil
"Mourinho was desperate to land the playmaker – and was delighted with his 'bargain': 'We got him for a price which was far under his real market worth. We could not miss out on Ozil,' said the new Real Madrid manager, ripping Ozil's previous club, Germany's Werder Bremen, according to Bild, via Dirty Tackle.
"But the size of the deal was not down to a failure on the part of Bremen sport director Klaus Allofs’ negotiating skills – as Mourinho pointed out," Bild explains. "Ozil’s contract in Germany was set to run out in 2011, hence the relatively low price."
Quote of the Day II
"I'm Pat fucking Tillman." - The last words of the former Cardinals defensive back, killed by friendly fire in the Iraq war, according to the Daily Dish.
"It's an atrocity that they would take a young man with honorable intentions who served his country and lie about how he died to promote a war, to use him as a propaganda tool. ... He was a human being. By putting this kind of saintly quality to him, you're taking away the struggle of being a human being," said Tillman's mother in a subsequent post at the Daily Dish, who also posted a trailer for a new documentary about his story, and covered (in the first link above) how it was rated R by the MPAA, supposedly because Tillman swore too much.
"This is almost another mini-blow to the family. It’s like they are being censored for their honesty in the film because the fact is Tillman used the F-word," said producer John Battsek.
The Indomitable Tony Richardson and the Death of the Fullback
"As the 38-year-old Mr. Richardson prepares for his 17th NFL season, his third with the Jets, he is a relic and so is his position. After throwing countless blocks, week after week, season after season, Mr. Richardson acknowledges the hard truth that his career is closer to the end than the beginning. But he also worries about the future of his chosen trade," explains the Wall Street Journal. "Fullbacks are becoming harder to find. In the mid-1990s, many college programs began to drift away from systems that used the position. This coincided with the rise of the spread offense, a pass-happy scheme that often features an empty backfield and as many as four wide receivers. There was a trickle-down effect: As the NFL, too, became more pass-oriented, teams began to have trouble unearthing quality fullbacks, in large part because they were no longer being utilized—and developed—in college. Twice in recent seasons, Anthony Lynn, the Jets' running-backs coach, had no choice but to try to convert linebackers into fullbacks."
Quote of the Day III
"Our last show of this tour — September 11 in Miami — I'm going to come out on stage wearing this [points to jersey] in Miami." - Singer John Mayer in a ridiculously transparent attempt to endear himself to fans in Cleveland, according to Ball Don't Lie. (He was wearing a Cavs jersey).
Quickly
Some genius on Reddit had a stroke of... uh... genius: since they're in different conferences, why don't we have a campaign to get Delonte West voted in as an NBA All-Star starter so he can play against LeBron?
Someone passed along to Total Pro Sports a seriously outstanding MMA infographic.
To completely steal a line from our weekend guy, and my cohort at Drunk Jays Fans, Dustin Parkes, the greatest favour you can ever do for yourself is looking up "paintings of horses" as a Google image search.
Out Of Bounds has an interview with everybody's favourite contestant on the current season of Survivor, crazy old man Super Bowl and National Championship-winning coach Jimmy Johnson!
Adam Dunn may not like baseball, but according to this PSA via Big League Stew, he loves oysters.
If Anything Could Resurrect the "Double Rainbow" Meme...
It's this. A fantastic, perfectly executed mashup of 2001: A Space Odyssey and the "double rainbow" guy, via the Daily Dish.
