ESPN.com - BOXING - Iron Mike hits rock bottom, admits homelessness: "Tyson told the London Evening Standard in Monday's editions that he has been sleeping in homeless shelters and living like a 'street bum' since declaring himself bankrupt, and has been accepting handouts from drug dealers.
'For two years I have been a bum, truly a bum in the streets,' he told the paper.
'I've got nowhere to live. I've been crashing with friends, literally sleeping in shelters. Unsavory characters are giving me money and I'm taking it. I need it. The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.'"

Christina versus Zitney: "Christina versus Zitney":"In contrast BRITNEY SPEARS looked more like a wrinkled old dollar note while out with her – let’s be honest – trailer-trash boyfriend Kevin Federline in New York.
Britney’s spotty, out of shape and, frankly, looks just ghastly."

Maria Sharapova - an Anna Kournikova who can actually play tennis?

WWE superstar Brock Lesnar to try out for NFL

"The Rock. Goldberg. They went from football to professional wrestling ... and became stars. Brock Lesnar? He's going the opposite way. Can he make the NFL? Well, he's 26 and hasn't played since high school. But are you gonna tell him no?"

Sperm count, cell phone link dismissed

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Mobile phones may damage men's sperm, Hungarian scientists say, in a study that fertility experts dismissed Monday as inconclusive.

He sucks.
Yahoo! Sports - NBA - NBA Draft-Pick 46: "With the 17th pick in the second round (46th overall) of the 2004 NBA draft, the Portland Trail Blazers select Ha Seung-Jin."

Kim Jong Il's fanatical food fetish : "Kim insists that his rice be cooked over a wood fire using trees cut from Mt. Paektu, a legendary peak on the Chinese border, according to a memoir written by a nephew of Kim's first wife. He has his own private source of spring water. Female workers inspect each grain of rice to ensure that they meet the leader's standards."

DMX IN BUST AT JFK:" Bad-boy rapper DMX — whose rap sheet is as long as his list of hits — was arrested last night after he and a buddy tried to steal a car at Kennedy Airport, officials said."

This is old news but I never want to forget the Htoo brother. They now hold the Guinness World Record for "Youngest Guerrilla Leaders". "They're fundamentalist Christians. They chain smoke. Bullets bounce off them. They're 12."


Guinness World Records:"
"God's Army," a Burmese ethnic militia, was led by 12-year-old twins Johnny and Luther Htoo, who were believed by their followers to have magical powers. The guerrilla faction was formed when a splinter group left the Karen National Union. The twins shot their way to international notoriety on January 24, 2000, when they led their renegade ethnic army in a dramatic mission. They took 700 hostages at a Thai hospital near the Burmese border. According to local legend, the twins came to lead the army when they stood their ground during a Burmese assault on their village at just nine years of age. The twins have since turned themselves in."

BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Profile: God's Army

The Sports Guy finally gets his own homepage at ESPN Page 2.

Colin Farrell's BIG scene gets the chopper:"I can reveal Colin’s considerable chopper caused such a stir among audiences at test screenings that scenes showing his privates ended up on the cutting-room floor.

A source says: “All you could hear were gasps when Colin appeared in his full-frontal pose."

“It was such a sight it made it difficult to concentrate on the plot, so the decision was made to get rid of it.”

"Colin is so incensed he won’t be shown in his full glory in cinemas (you’re not the only one, Col), he is demanding the scenes be included when the film comes out on DVD."

Super ending as man recovers $20G Pats ring: "Lou Schorr initially thought the ring sitting on the sink in a restroom at the Providence Place Mall Saturday evening was a worthless and bulky piece of junk jewelry.
When Schorr, 53, of Waltham, showed the ring to his friends, they thought it was a worthless and bulky piece of junk jewelry.
But when he went to the New England Patroits Web site, he discovered he had found Super Bowl bling with 104 glittery diamonds, a value of over $20,000."

Interview with poker star, Evelyn Ng.

Paramedics comfort distraught Britney:"AN hysterical BRITNEY SPEARS had to be calmed down by paramedics after her car ran over a photographer.

As for the poor snapper lying in pain with a suspected busted ankle — well, he has to wait his turn. "

I love this 20 year old golfer who smokes cigarettes in the tee box on national TV.
Amateur on Board for Final 2 Rounds (washingtonpost.com): "Then there is the heavy smoking. It's part of the reason why one of his nicknames is Marlboro Man.
'I've been trying to quit, but I've been doing it for a while, so it's tough,' said Levin, whose addiction to some degree has helped him better manage his anger issues."

Seven more years of smoking! And an opportunity to bring back one of my favorite photos.

Yahoo! News - Smokers, Quit Early to Regain Health: "People who quit smoking before the age of 35 can eventually live as long and healthy lives as people who never smoked, a new study shows."

New York should close off half its streets for these things.
Pocket bikes:"The Chronicle claims that these “pocket bikes” are the new hip ride in the Bay Area, well the article actually said that they are the “newest passion for wheel-crazy Californians!”"

The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest selling newspaper: "Bundle of joy ... shirtless England fan clutches tiny baby as he celebrates victory in Coimbra yesterday"

No mention of Patrick Ewing!
ESPN.com: Page 2 - A guide to sports guarantees

Blame it on the nasty lawyer.
C-word flak leads Hoffman to tears: "University of Colorado President Betsy Hoffman broke down and cried this week while explaining her remark about how a pejorative word referring to the female anatomy could be used as a term of endearment."

"According to the newspaper, Hoffman said, 'I was immediately sorry.' She said that the lawyer 'kept pushing me. He was very nasty.'

'I knew as soon as I said it that it would come out in the papers,' Hoffman told the Herald. 'I should have said, 'Read Chaucer's The Miller's Tale. '

About that time, Hoffman began to cry."

Michael Jackson Sees Lawmaker Wearing Spider-Man Mask: "According to The Associated Press, Jackson stopped by Santa Barbara, Calif., Congressman Elton Gallegly's field office about two weeks ago to ask why the city of Solvang has no fast-food restaurants.

But instead of wearing the surgical mask he usually wears in public, the pop star was wearing a Spider-Man mask.

Jackson was told Solvang only has a Subway, and he said, 'I love Taco Bell.' After that, Jackson pulled off his Spider-Man mask and apologized to the deputy director for disturbing the office."

The Commish sets it straight

I love that green cape.

Yahoo! News - World Photos - Reuters
London Notes - Designer diplomacy.: "Part of Karzai's huge success in Washington, D.C., appears to have been his green cape, which a number of excited U.S. senators asked if they could try on."

Gothamist: Gothamist Eats At The Second Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party

50 CENT IGNITES NEAR-RIOT:" 50 CENT re-ignited a bevy of hip-hop beefs during Hot 97's Summer Jam at Giants Stadium on Saturday. First, the bullet-riddled rapper enraged Hot 97 program director Tracy Cloherty by airing a video on stage that ridiculed the likes of Lil' Kim, Ja Rule, Ashanti and Joe Budden. After Cloherty yanked the video before it ended, 50 spotted former friend Bang 'Em Smurf, who was seated in the front row, and threw a wad of cash in his face in response to Smurf's claim that 50 owes him $150,000. Police in riot gear broke up the resulting scrum between 50 Cent's posse, G-Unit and Smurf's crew, the Silverback Guerrillaz. When he finally performed, 50 dissed headliner R. Kelly by changing the words to Kelly's song, "I don't see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind" to, "I don't see nothing wrong with urinating on little girls" — a reference to the R&B lothario's current legal woes."

Mushnick on Parcells' fake apology.
New York Post Online Edition: sports: "And we weren't surprised that his apology was one of those kinda/sorta numbers, to those 'who may have been offended.' That's a lot different than an apology for making offensive remarks."

Fake apology. Obviously you offended some people so you don't need to start with "if I offended anyone."
Kimmel show pulled for comments: "Kimmel was talking to ABC sportscaster Mike Tirico during halftime of Tuesday's game when he said, "They're going to burn the city of Detroit down if the Pistons win, and it's not worth it."

"'What I said about Pistons fans during halftime was a joke, nothing more. If I offended anyone, I'm sorry,' he said."

Whoa.
Gothamist: 2nd Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party This Weekend: "2nd Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party This Weekend"

Boo on Kobe and boo on the Knicks if they fall for Kobe's trickerations.
New York Post Online Edition: sports: "Rev up the engines of James Dolan's yacht. Free-agent-to-abe Kobe Bryant told The Post yesterday he would make a recruiting visit to New York if the Knicks extend an invitation in three weeks, when the free-agency courting period begins."

Yesterday she was Fit-ney Spears.


Today she is down. See the photo.
Britney Spears' Knee Malfunction: "Spears, 22, had just completed a scene with rap star Snoop Dogg for a video of her latest single, 'Outrageous,' and was doing choreography under the L Train line on Roosevelt Avenue in Manhattan when her left knee gave out, Jive Records said in a statement."

Mets are first class.
Uni Watch - Meet the Mets' sewing machine. By Paul Lukas: "Working with other teams has convinced Gompers that the Mets, despite their recent on-field foibles, are among the league leaders in uniform standards. 'The Mets are actually a very high-class organization when it comes to this stuff. If a Mets player gets a hole in his pants, it goes in the garbage. There are teams that come here with, like, 20 rips in the pants, and I fix them.'"

Larry Bird: NBA 'a black man's game'.



Wow, I can't wait for the conversations in reaction to this!

There are some great quotes from this interview. Including:

"As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me -- red, yellow, black," Bird added. "I just didn't want a white guy guarding me. Because it's disrespect to my game."

SLAP-HAPPY BEAUTIES ROIL CLUB: "BAD blood between a Playboy model and an heiress who were recently roommates boiled over into a full-fledged catfight over the weekend.

Playboy model Nicole Lenz, who was rumored to have co-starred with Paris Hilton in a second homemade porn tape, got violent at the Virgin Cola MTV Awards after-party at Exis in Los Angeles when Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson arrived at the club with pal Bijou Phillips.

Johnson allowed busty brunette Lenz to stay in her house earlier this year and learned to regret it. Johnson and Phillips, who were partying with Nicole Richie and Nicky Hilton, ignored Lenz, infuriating the pinup. According to spywitnesses, Lenz walked up to Phillips and whispered something 'nasty' in her ear.

When Phillips ignored her, Lenz yanked her ponytail and all hell broke loose."

Sexy.
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TOTO Neorest:
"Toilet technology hasn't changed all that much for a very long time. But Toto, a giant Japanese toilet maker, has introduced to the U.S. its deluxe Neorest toilet, which has more features than an SUV. (And it is nearly as costly, with one seat costing $5,000.)
And what do you get for that price tag? Besides no tank and a handsome toilet, the Neorest is controlled electronically either via an automatic setting or a wireless remote. That means both seats can be set to rise automatically via sensors on the side of the toilet, obviating the need to ever touch them. It also has a deodorizer, a warm air dryer and water temperature, pressure and massaging options (oscillating and pulsating) for the self-washing wand, which has a wide range of adjustable motion too. The toilet can also sense if only liquid has been deposited in it and, if so, will use less water to flush."

Messed up.
The Washington Times: Sports: "Rookie safety Sean Taylor sat out practice with an eye irritation, the result of linebacker LaVar Arrington's prank-gone-wrong. Taylor took a shaving-gel pie in the face from Arrington on Saturday, a well-intentioned joke that turned sour when Taylor began complaining he couldn't see.
The first-round pick stood on the sideline yesterday wearing wraparound sunglasses to protect his eyes and afterward refused to comment on the incident. Arrington apologized, saying he didn't intend to hurt his teammate."

New York Post Online Edition: news: "During the interview, which airs Monday at 10 p.m., Simpson shamelessly plugs a prank reality-TV show he claims to be developing. Simpson compared it to MTV's show featuring actor Ashton Kutcher pulling stunts.
'It's a takeoff on something called 'Punk'd.' It's me doing gags as, as Juice. Juice. What they call 'juicing' people,' he said. '[On a scale of 1-10], it's 7 or 8, that it's gonna happen.'"

Yahoo! News - North Korea recalls mobile phones: "North Korea has recalled mobile phones from its citizens, nearly a year and a half after the service was introduced in the communist country, South Korean media reports said."

Fake apology alert. Every few months, an athlete uses the word faggot and then issues a fake apology.
Dolphins' Seau uses gay slur in banquet remarks: "In a team-released statement, Seau said Wednesday night, 'If any offense were taken, then I certainly will be the first to apologize.'"

New York Mets News: "It could be Kaz Matsui, who the Mets have ordered eyesglasses for, so he could pick up the catcher's signs while in the field. This has been an ongoing problem since Spring Training with Matsui, who is hitting .265 with five homers from the leadoff spot -- so offense has not been the problem."

"When asked if he would prefer the black, swimming goggles worn by Mets catcher Jason Phillips, Matsui smiled and said, 'I think he looks cool. If I was going to wear something, I think I would wear something like the goggles. Contacts just feel funny. In the dry weather, they just didn't feel comfortable.'"