Linked And Loaded – Tuesday 6/24

Nothing like an old XFL memory huh?  Lots of good stories to check out today.

• Sports Rubbish has a video of a Samurai cutting a baseball in half with his sword.
• Sharapova’s Thigh found something interesting on Twitter.  ESPN’s Ric Bucher assuring Timberwolves youngster Kevin Love that he won’t be traded.
• Major League Jerk addresses what criteria people use when casting votes to select MLB’s all-stars.
• Josh Q Public writes about Yankees starter Chien Ming Wang, and the recent struggles of the Yankees and Mr. Wang, no offense.
• No Guts, No Glory  talks about ex-NFL players trying to peddle hopes of weight loss through eating chocolate.
• Hugging Harold Reynolds found Martina Navratilova’s ex wife/lover calling the former tennis great a hypocrite on gay rights.
• NESW Sports found potential #1 NBA Draft Pick Blake Griffin losing a game of H-O-R-S-E to Jared from Subway fame.
• Zoner Sports has picture of EA Sports NHL 2010 with Patrick Kane on the box cover.
• The Fifth Corner lists his 2009 NBA mock draft and also does a good interview with Bob from Detroit4lyfe.
• Detroit4lyfe has footage of Joel Zumaya whiffing Milton Bradley with 104 MPH cheese.
• Style Points analyzes the questionable investments Bernie Kosar made on his way to filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy.