Linked And Loaded For The Weekend

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  The campaign was originally created to advise women to be alert for early detection of breast cancer so that it may be more easily treated.  When you see a woman driving a car with a pink ribbon, it may not mean she has had to battle the cancer, but rather is well aware of the risks of not getting checked.  This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the campaign.

Here are some stories from other great sites:

• Josh Q. Public takes a look at Sidney Crosby’s performance from Friday night in which he did some things in a game that he had not done yet.
• Sharapova’s Thigh presents the weekly fantasy football updates that you need to know.  So far, the Thigh has won me two games I would have lost this season with on-point advice.
• Fansided posts some videos of the Top-10 college football mascots that can’t be trusted.
• My Sports Rumors lays out the picks for NFL games in Week 7. 
• The Cage Doctors take a look at some MMA fighters who are too pretty to be MMA fighters.  Gina Carano is on the list.
• Sports Rubbish finds the unruly Phillies fans at it again as they try to set a guy in a tree on fire with roman candles.
• Detroit4Lyfe has Jim Carrey giving the Detroit Pistons some tips for their defensive woes.  The Pistons have been giving up 113 points per game.
• Style Points has the story on Michael Vick recently being spotted in a South Philadelphia CVS store buying dog food.
• Fanhouse weighs in on the feud between ESPN and Deadspin where rocks are seemingly being tossed in both directions.
• Gunaxin reveals the 7 rules that every sports movie lives by.
• Predominantly Orange lists the ten best things to do when your team is on a bye week.
• Major League Jerk posted LeBron James saying the one person he would most like to dunk over is George W. Bush.
• No Guts, No Glory lists Lane Kiffin’s foolproof steps for wowing recruits.
• Guyism unveils the newest weird name in college sports – Just-in’love Smith of the Siena Saints Basketball Program.
• NESW Sports has video of LeBron James swatting Rajon Rondo in a recent preseason basketball game.
• Not Qualified To Comment lists reasons why the Bengals’ Cedric Benson is making excuses before the Cincinnati vs Chicago game this weekend where Benson will face his old mates.
• Babes Love Baseball says that Nick Swisher better get it going soon as he is currently muired in an 0-11 slump.