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Blogging the Bloggers: Squatting bunnies, Tim Tebow’s squeeze and more

John Paulsen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:49 +0000

- SPORTSBYBROOKS has photos of the Playboy bunny that Andrew Bynum was photographed carrying around on his shoulders and the third one is…outstanding. Laker fans should feel good about Bynum’s workout regimen — there’s no doubt that he’ll be back at 100% for a playoff run.

- YARDBARKER has video of Andrew Bynum hula hooping with a couple of playmates.

- Will Leitch over at DEADSPIN brings us his “Ten Humans of the Week” column, though I don’t agree with his take on Gus Johnson.

- LARRY BROWN SPORTS says that DeJuan Blair has a backup plan if professional basketball doesn’t work out.

- SPORTS CRACKLE POP has a photo of Tim Tebow’s new gal pal.

Blogging the Bloggers: A-Rod’s photo shoot, fake deaths, and Gus Johnson

Anthony Stalter — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:48:09 +0000

- Deadspin wants to know: Do you think Alex Rodriguez regrets doing his Details photo shoot now?

- The Love of Sports gives you five excuses to skip work for the March Madness Tournament.

- SPORTSbyBROOKS.com has the unusual story of Jeff Komol, the ex-NFL quarterback-turned-con man who might have faked his own death while fleeing a drug prosecution in Greece.

- The Big Lead has the details on CBS Sports announcer Gus Johnson’s interesting night on Beale Street, which led to him being handcuffed and thrown in the backseat of a squad car.

- CagePotato.com ranks the five best referees in MMA.

- Uncoached.com has the best Patrick Ewing Picture you’ve probably never seen.

Random thoughts from a big day of college basketball

John Paulsen — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:07:27 +0000

There were five top 20 matchups on Saturday, and although there weren’t any buzzer beaters, there were some good games. Here are a few random thoughts…

- What is CBS thinking having Gus Johnson in the studio? He’s a capable in the halftime show, but he should be at the gym calling a game.

- #8 Syracuse blew out #13 Notre Dame, 93-74. The Big East is deep again this season and any win will be tough, especially on the road. Six Orangemen scored in double figures, led by Arinze Onuaku’s 19 points. Luke Harangody scored 25 points, but was a miserable 9-28 from the field.

- #2 Duke beat #12 Georgetown at home, 76-67. This game was close at the start, but a late first half run put the Blue Devils ahead, 40-29. From there, Duke simply managed its lead. G’Town cut it to five with 0:46 to play, but Duke made its free throws and coasted to the win. Gerald Henderson led the Dookies with 23 points and is looking more and more like an NBA talent.

- #3 Wake Forest won at #9 Clemson, 78-68. There was a great atmosphere at Littlejohn Coliseum, but the Demon Deacons passed the ball really well down the stretch to fend off the pesky Tigers. Clemson cut the lead to 61-60 with 4:54 to play, but Wake went on a 10-1 run over the next two and a half minutes to essentially put the game away. Jeff Teague led Wake with 24 points and five dimes.

- #15 Arizona State went into Pauley Pavilion and upended #7 UCLA in overtime, 61-58. Former North Carolina State head coach Herb Sendek has the Sun Devils playing solid basketball. They aren’t a very balanced team; James Harden (24 points) and Jeff Pendergraph (18 points) scored 42 of the team’s 61 points. UCLA simply couldn’t figure out the ASU zone in the second half, and didn’t score a single point for the last eight minutes of regulation. Including the extra period, the Bruins scored a total of four points in 13 minutes. Ouch.

- #20 Louisville upended #1 Pittsburgh, 69-63. Like I said earlier, winning on the road in the Big East isn’t going to be easy this season. There are a lot of good teams with strong home courts. Terrence Williams (20 points, seven rebounds, four assists) led the way for the Cardinals, and Earl Clark posted a double-double (16 points, 11 rebounds) on his birthday. It looks like Duke will be the #1 team in the nation come Monday, at least in the ESPN poll.

Blogging the Bloggers: Thursday

John Paulsen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:30:11 +0000

- DEADSPIN discusses a recent Rolling Stone article about a twentysomething female teacher (right) who had an affair with a 15 year-old wrestler/football player. There’s a double standard when it comes to female (versus male) teachers that have an affair with a student. Men are typically thrown in jail while women usually get a much lighter sentence. The article is a good read.

- LA BALL TALK is not pleased with the decision of Kobe Bryant’s website, KB24, to move to a subscription-based format. Kobe apparently wants each of his diehard fans to pony up $50 to be a member.

- NESW SPORTS has a funny video of Gary Payton (at the height of his stardom in Seattle) doing an interview about a new company he was starting, Gary Payton Wireless. That’s right — GP wanted to start a wireless phone company.

- MIDWEST SPORTS FANS has the story of the mayor of Pittsburgh changing his last name — legally — from “Ravenstahl” to “Steelerstahl.” Seriously.

- SPORTSbyBROOKS says that there’s a high school cheerleader in Florida who has sent out more than 35,000 text messages in a single month…twice. That’s 72 messages per hour, once sleep is factored in. Wowsers.

- Should Fox replace Joe Buck? One writer thinks so, and DEADSPIN comments. I have just two words to say about this — Gus Johnson.