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I still remember watching many of Evel Knievel’s jumps live when they happened.  I do not remember seeing this particular jump so I thought I would share it with you guys.  If Knievel didn’t do what he did, would there be any X-Games?

• Bootlegger Sports has Lance Armstrong screwing up at the Tour de France.  No, it wasn’t a banned substance, he forgot to sign in.
• Steady Burn presents the return of zombie kickball.
• NESW Sports finds Ron Artest paying tribute to Michael Jackson with a horrible rap song (video).
• Babes Love Baseball posted a John Kruk cartoon video.  Check out the post called Alright Dude, Let’s Get Wasted.
• My Sports Rumors predicts there will be some more Indians on the move soon.  Which ones do you think? 
• Motown String Music finds Rasheed Wallace agreeing to a deal with the Boston Celtics.
• Fansided has the scoop on a Pittsburgh Pirates trade rumor, as they try hard to look stupider than Cleveland this season.

WWE Superstar Edge tore a muscle in his leg and is expected to miss about eight months.  The injury took place at a Smackdown House Show in San Diego, CA on Friday night.  Edge injured himself very early in the match and could not finish.  He apologized on the microphone to the San Diego fans for not being able to finish the match.

• No Guts, No Glory analyzes which 5 college football coaches are on the hot seat and better have a good season to keep a job.
• NESW Sports has the video of a recent interview with Rafael Palmeiro.  In the interview, Palmeiro praises Manny, thus trying to cash in on the new love for cheaters.
• PSAMP has a sneak peek at the Pittsburgh Penguins championship DVD to be released real soon.
• The Fifth Corner documents progress on Tyler Hansbrough and Reyshawn Terry at Orlando’s Pro Summer League. 
• Fantasy Pros 911 thinks Busch Stadium will look like Fenway Park with all of the Red Sox on the all-star team.
• PacMan Jonesin’ writes about Tiger Woods sending Anthony Kim to his room with no supper.
• Major League Jerk critiques the fans choices for the 2009 MLB All-Star game.  He agrees with some choices, but presents valid arguments elsewhere.
• Moon Dog Sports questions whether Albert Pujols will get A-Rod money in 2012.
• Sharapova’s Thigh has the new Nike commercial featuring Roger Federer called “Love-15“, celbrating Federer’s 15 Grand Slam titles.
• Zoner Sports lists 5 NL pitchers who should be all-stars.

Fourth of July weekend has a new tradition – the big hot dog eating contest.  I love watching these 180 pound people scarfing down 30 hot dogs in three minutes.  I never really understood why they dip the dogs (bun and all) in water, as water would just add weight to what they are consuming.

• NESW Sports digs up some footage of Shaq holding Gary Coleman in a total opposite scene to see.
• The Fifth Corner reports that Rasheed Wallace has met with most of the Celtics already, and may be close to signing with Boston.
• Josh Q. Public talks about The Little League team known as the Chosen Team in New Jersey.
• PacMan Jonesin’ has the latest from the police blotter as WNBA superstar Diana Taurasi blew a little too much into the breathalizer and got herself a DUI.
• Fansided polled some bloggers (including me) about The Dinosaur Age: Which Athletes Need To Retire?  Check it out, pretty interesting choices on the list.
• The World Of Isaac is having problems with the decisions that Joe Dumars is making for Detroit these days.

Boxing lost one of its biggest names yesterday when Alexis Arguello passed away.  I liked Arguello because he didn’t talk with his mouth, but rather used his gloves.  Arguello beat Ray Mancini in a classic battle, but he will unfortunately go down in history as the guy who lost to Aaron Pryor twice.

• Josh Q. Public presents Ken Griffey Jr., A Bronx Tale.  Good piece about Jr’s visit to New Yankee Stadium to face Arod and the Yanks.
• Sports Rubbish has pictures to prove you should never try to rob an old boxer.
• If you are in a fantasy football keeper league, Sharapova’s Thigh has rated the quarterbacks, see where your guy ranks!
• Sportspoop reports in the NFL’s fuzzy new math that the season may be extended to 18 games.
• Hoop Doctors caught up with Danny Granger of the Pacers for an exclusive interview.
• Detroit4lyfe writes about Marion Hossa(ma Bin Laden) and refers to him as a hockey terrorist.
• No Guts, No Glory tells us about 5 athletes who should give up on acting.
• Sir Charles In Charge had a sportswriter think that Barkley was actually doing the writing on the website.
• King James Gospel reports that Charlie Villanueva has signed with Detroit, eliminating Cleveland from the picture.  Focus has now shifted to Ron Artest.
• PSAMP reports that Charlie Batch, aka Nostre Damas, has predicted that there will be no football played in 2011.
• NESW Sports found supermodel Joanna Krupa doing an ESPN interview about T.O. and “The Superstars”.
• PacMan Jonesin’  says Tiger Woods kind of responded to Jim Brown’s harsh words.

Living halfway between Pittsburgh and Cleveland can really suck sometimes.  The Pirates have been down and out for so many year that there are no expectaions anymore.  The Indians recently threw in the towel by trading Mark DeRosa.  The Pirates can’t be accused of throwing in the towel, but have sent their big offseason free agent signing, Eric Hinske (above) to the hated Yankees.  Sigh… C’mon football season, get here.

• Babes Love Baseball offered to make out with Tim Lincecum for his fine efforts in pitching the Giants to a blowout win over the Cardinals.
• PacMan Jonesin‘ found that Washington Redskin Chris Cooley likes to burn dead cows in his spare time.
• Sports Rubbish presents Welcome to Wimbledon, feel free to park on the dead.
• In Game Now found a story about the Raiders sponsoring planes, Air Asia planes, that do not even fly to America.
• Zoner Sports takes out all of the steroid users of baseball and presents a brand new all-time home run leaders list.
• Hugging Harold Reynolds finds Jay Mariotti bashing bloggers from a journalist point of view.
• PSAMP has India’s reality show winners Rinku and Dinesh, awarded minor league Pirate contracts, ready for live action.
• The Fifth Corner finds Tar Heel Garrett Reynolds signing with the Atlanta Falcons.
• Style Points breaks the news that 106 sportswriters have tested positive for sanctimony.
• Bear Goggles On thinks that with the passing of Billy Mays that the new infomercial king will be none other than Mike Ditka.

Those crazy, crazy Browns.  Braylon Edwards steps forward and says he’s ok with almost being traded.  Nice humility Brayon, your 17 dropped passes prevented you from being traded, not the overwhelming demands of the Browns.  Here are some great stories from other sites:

• The Fifth Corner has the recap of Team USA vs Canada basketball game.  Even though the US won, they trailed by 16 in the first half and had to fight back for the win.
• Bootlegger Sports reports that former Dallas Maverick Marquis Daniels has more rap singles that NBA contract value right now.
• Josh Q. Public takes a good look at Braves Rookie Pitching Sensation, Tommy Hanson.
• PSAMP informs us that Lynn Swann is a member of the bowling Hall of Fame.
• Fanhouse tells us a tragic story of a 12-year old bull rider who died after being thrown and trampled.
• The World of Isaac found Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik chatting with the fans about what might possible improve Seattle baseball. New trend?
• No Guts, No Glory ranks the NBA decades by #1 Draft Picks.
• NESW Sports and Fansided teamed up to present the top 10 sports movies that made men cry. 
• Predominantly Orange finds a neat way to equate sports moments to Michael Jackson songs.
• Hugging Harold Reynolds recaps Jemele Hill’s vodka-induced, unfunny, stereotype-laden BET Awards recap.
• Steady Burn has photos of the new Michael Jackson tribute jersey.  Unique shirt powered by US Soccer as a tribute.
• PacMan Jonesin’ asks what would have happened if the US Soccer team had won the Confed Cup?
• Fansided suggests that Larry Bird may be “whitening” the Indiana Pacers.
• Detroit4lyfe shares an unexpected concern which may hamper the first place Tigers chances to win.
• The Legend of Cecilio Guante says that the Mets spent two weeks in rehab, learning lessons about how to play the game of baseball.
• Chicago’s MMA is bulking up for UFC 100 with a clip of Brock Lesnar calling Frank Mir lucky.

Ah.. The Mark Price Bar.  Worst piece of candy I ever sunk my teeth into.  I still remember spitting it everywhere after I tried it.  Here are some good things to sink your teeth into:

• Zoner Sports  posted a cool video of a soccer ball facial.
• PSAMP reports that Santonio Holmes wants you to dance like Michael Jackson.
• Detroit4lyfe matches Pistons #1 pick, Gonzaga’s Austin Daye to song.
• Style Points posted the screenshots of the Twitter battle between the Real Ron Artest and Ocho Cinco.
• FOX Sports brings up a good point in looking at quarterbacks as a package because only a few will play the entire season without getting hurt.
• Lombardi Ave. says that Brett Favre has more in common with Michael Jackson than people may realize.
• Major League Jerk takes a look at the Phoenix Suns management and criticizes some of their decisions.
• Niner Noise lets us in on Mike Singletary’s motivational techniques.
• PacMan Jonesin’ says Martin Scorsese and John Smoltz should both consider retirement.
• The Fifth Corner looks at how the NBA Draft flowed and where his beloved Tar Heel players ended up.
• Bootlegger Sports pokes some fun at Geovany Soto for his recent problems smoking pot.
• Josh Q. Public welcomes back Big Papi as a Boston Red Sox slugger after he was AWOL for the first two months of the season.

Wow, an all-star center in Cleveland.  Welcome Shaq.  Nice to have a big guy who can score underneath and keep the other team’s big guys at bay.  Big upgrade folks, huge.

• PSAMP reports that Tito Ortiz is in Pittsburgh to promote a non-UFC MMA event.  Ortiz showed up decked out in Steelers-looking clothing and was a total suck-up.
• Josh Q. Public thinks the Spurs are back in the saddle again.
• Epic Carnival compiled a list of the top ten tennis shots of all-time.
• NESW Sports has the video of Tiger Woods losing to Jimmy Fallon at Wii golf.
• Sports Rubbish finds Chad “Ocho Cinco” Johnson comparing the death of Michael Jackson to 9/11, only to apologize immediately.

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.

College Football is only a couple of months away.  Probably my personal favorite sport to follow from year-to-year.  The Buckeyes are reloaded and favored to win another Big 10 Championship.  Here are some stories from other sites.

• My Sports Rumors does an interesting comparison of the Transformers to the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, sighting good vs evil.
• Sports Rubbish posted a Ryan Parker song about the two A-Rods, Alex Rodriguez and Andy Roddick.
• Zoner Sports posted a picture of a Ryan Leaf jersey for sale in an NFL Shops brochure, I wouldn’t pay the shipping fee just to get the shirt.
• Josh Q. Public posted a video of Joana Krupa expressing hatred toward Terrel Owens.
• NESW Sports posted video of the Shaq and Ben Stein Wild West Comcast Commercial.
• PacMan Jonesin’ writes about the retirement of Donald Fehr after 25 years of trying to ruin baseball in Darth Vader retires.
• PSAMP has video of Rashard Mendenhall dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
• Steady Burn informs us that William & Mary University will change their school nickname again.  They were the Indians, then The Tribe, now God only knows what.
• The Fifth Corner reports that Tyler Hansbrough has been invited to Madison Square Garden on draft day meaning his stock is definitely on the rise.
• Fansided gives their Father’s Day Lifetime Achievement Award to Marv Marinovich.
• Detroit4lyfe thinks the Pistons should avoid taking BJ Mullens with the 15th pick in the upcoming NBA Draft.
• Style Points has the story on Vince Young getting booed at Coach Fishers charity softball game.
• Bootlegger Sports tells you why the US Soccer Team is setting a good example.
• Major League Jerk finds Yahoo saying Mike Cameron is suspended 25 games for using an illegal substance.  Are they guessing?  Nobody else has said a thing.