Morning Link Dump - 09/10/10
Obligatory Sports Babe
This morning we'll go with latin singer Mayra Veronica, who, according to With Leather is Reggie Bush's latest girlfriend, and who "has been offered $1 million to star in a porn film by an unnamed producer." Sounds like an ethics violation to me.
Quote of the Day
"It is on my mind often, but I don’t think I will have the balls to leave the national team." - Manchester City and Argentina striker Carlos Tevez, openly contemplating retirement to Spanish "sports rag" AS, according to the Spoiler.
The Continuing Awesomeness of Ron Artest
Ron Artest "finally won a title in June after 11 regular seasons of trying ... and now he's planning to sell the championship ring as a fundraiser to put more psychologists, psychiatrists and therapists in schools," explains an NBA.com report via Ball Don't Lie. "Artest plans to soon announce details of what he hopes will become a worldwide auction, and he takes possession of the jewelry in an Oct. 26 pre-game ceremony before the Lakers open against the Rockets. It's an incredible gesture."
October Baseball Outdoors in Minnesota?
"The reason that Target Field will come into play [this October] is that I have an unshakable belief that Bud Selig has become sport's biggest victim of circumstance," writes Kevin Kaduk at Big League Stew, wondering how the Twins' new digs will fare this fall, and being pessimistic as possible about it. "And with the postseason again stretching into November and the Twins again shaping into serious contenders in their first season outside since the early '80s? Well, the situation seems ripe for a freak early Twin Cities blizzard that would delay the Fall Classic and earn Bud [Selig] and the sport some more bad headlines before the season goes back to ending a week earlier in 2011."
Aston Villa Director is a Lurker
"Aston Villa have named Gerard Houllier (and not Bob Bradley) their new manager," begins Dirty Tackle, setting up a fascinating tale of the internet age. "At least some fans of the club apparently weren't happy with the possibility of this happening and vented those feelings on the abysses of endless banter that are Internet message boards. Luckily, Villa director General Charles C. Krulak, former Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, was trawlin' the boards and jumped to the former Liverpool manager's defense."
"Whatever anyone thinks of him, he deserves respect from the fans of this club," The Times quotes Krulak as writing on a fans' message board. "He has a fine record with multiple clubs and deserves better for the amount of effort he has put into his chosen career than to be ridiculed by AVFC."
Quote of the Day II
"It’s like Beatlemania wherever we go." - Dorival Junior, manager of Brazilian high flyers Santos, referring to the atmosphere surrounding his collection of phenoms, like Chelsea target Neymar, Keirrison, who is on loan from Barcelona, and 20-year-old starlet Ganso, according to a FIFA.com interview.
Quickly
Mediocre Athlete has a seriously fantastic recap of the 2010 Ironman Canada triathlon.
Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports gives an outstanding layman's rundown of the impending labour trouble in the NFL, which could shut the league down next year.
I would totally have made this its own post, but it just seemed a bit much. But... um... yesterday Hulk Hogan filmed himself while taking a shit at a hospital and posted it to TwitVid. And if that doesn't offend your delicate sensibilities, you pretty much need to watch it. Weird. And awesome. And Hilarious, brother!
Cracked has a typically-awesome list of the 6 least sportsmanlike moments in the history of MMA. Gold!
If you haven't yet seen Chris Berman with a moustache, do yourself a favour and head over to Larry Brown Sports to have a look.
Steve Lyons (and Tigers and Bears, oh my, to use a Bermanism) of Fox Sports tells the story of Los Angeles Dodger call-up John Lindsey, who last night finally made his first appearance in a Major League game after having been drafted way back in 1995. He flied out.
Spins of Terror
Here's a video from a 1984 episode of the game show Press Your Luck, featuring Michael Larson, who had cracked the code of their game board, spending weeks memorizing the different patterns used. "The video is ten minutes long, but I couldn't keep my eyes off," explains Chris Boednner of the Daily Dish. "If you're not familiar with the game, all he had to do was slip up once, hit a 'whammy' tile, and lose all of his earnings - ultimately more than $100K. And Larson was unemployed with little money to his name." It's amazing stuff.
