Linked And Loaded - Friday 6/19

It looks like I will be covering the Mahoning Valley Scrappers this season.  I am excited for this opportunity and cant wait to cover the Cleveland Indians-affiliated group in Niles.  Remember, there have been some pretty solid guys who played for the Scrappers.  How about CC Sabathia, Ryan Church, and Victor Martinez, for starters.  I am encouraging everyone in the area to get to a Scrappers game this year to see the couple of guys who will be big-league stars someday.  I am also covering the Thunder and will opt to go to their game tonight instead of the Scrappers opener.  They only have a couple of games left and have been good to me.  The beauty of covering both is that the Scrappers play so many more games, so I will make my share after this hectic week.

That being said, here are some other great stories from around the blogosphere:

• SBC Blogging has the story of some trash talking between Mike Golic and Ocho Cinco on Twitter which results in Golic saying he wants to fight Chad Johnson.
• Yanks Go Yard gives a testemonial on Sammy Sosa and whether or not we should even care about steroids.
• Zoner Sports found an interesting picture of a kid wearing a Sammy Sosa jersey with some alterations.  Check it out.
• Major League Jerk composed a steroid opinion poll, which I voted in and my results are in his article.  Pretty interesting answers to read here.
• Josh Q. Public takes a look at the reason Colorado has caught fire - Jim Tracy, he also assesses the performance of Joe Morgan with the Red Sox.
• Gunaxin has compiled an interesting list on the Top Ten athletes with illegitimate kids.
• Fansided analyzes the rebuilding process in sports.  The Pirates should check this out as they have been rebuilding for 17 years.
• Detroit4lyfe looks at Dontrelle Willis as a head case.  Willis has just been put on the DL for anxiety disorder.
• NESW Sports posted a music video which pays tribute to all Pittsburgh sports teams called Pittsburgh Sports Teams Rock.
• Style Points submitted an article of a school teacher diving in to save Tom Brady when he kayak spilled.
• Bootlegger Sports reports that Jose Canseco has filed a class action lawsuit against MLB and the players association.
• Lake Show Life found Lamar Odom giving his fellow Lakers a customized bottle of Crown Royal XR as a gift for winning the NBA Championship.
• PSAMP found Max Talbot writing about how it feels to win the Stanley Cup on his blog.
• Steady Burn compiled a list of stories from fellow bloggers about what their earliest memories are in relation to sports.
• PacMan Jonesin’ posts that the UFL ran a suprise draft.
• Sports Rubbish has video of Kobe Bryant appearing on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.