The Roundup: Linus Omark’s Creative Shootout Goal; Hasheem Thabeet’s Twitterific April Fool’s Joke
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Reggie Bush’s girlfriend … the guy who helped build the software that “blew up Wall Street” … celebrity journalist fight! … on finger-banging in public …who’s still investing in real estate? … new administration, new priorities: Your offshore is in jeopardy a pretty wicked hockey shootout goal after the jump …
Hasheem Thabeet twittered his April Fool’s joke. (The Arena)
Joe Johnson is awful at karaoke. (Hoop Doctors)
The 50 richest counties in the United States. (List!)
Wayne Rooney’s cute wife is going to have a baby. (Kickette)
Missouri coach Mike Anderson rebuffs Georgia, stays with Tigers. (P-D)
Home Depot CEO gets significant compensation increase to $9.2 million salary despite company’s 49 percent decrease in profits and the fact that it laid off 7,000 workers. (Wall Street Pit)
With KG shutdown, how is Boston going to beat Orlando for the No. 2 seed and homecourt in the second round? (Celtic Blog)
Not worthy of Ballin’: Greg Oden produced 12 points and took eight rebounds in 11 minutes of last night’s rout of the Jazz, and he could be headed to the starting lineup. (Oregonian)
Dave Winfield joins the ESPN Baseball Tonight cast. (USA Today)
Courtney Paris carries Oklahoma to the women’s Final 4, which is Sunday afternoon. Stanford vs. Connecticut and OU vs. Louisville. (Oklahoman)
A mapped out version of all the newspaper cuts across the country. (Paper Cuts)
Gary Sheffield to the Phillies? (High Cheese)
Behind the scenes on the Knight-Packer TV show in Vegas. (LV Sun)
ESPN’s YouTube channel to debut next month. (Variety via Fang’s Bites)
And this is quite terrifying.
86 Responses to “The Roundup: Linus Omark’s Creative Shootout Goal; Hasheem Thabeet’s Twitterific April Fool’s Joke”
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April 1st, 2009 at 8:10 am
Idiotic as well – let’s light matches around 1000’s of gallons of gasoline. Genius
I’ll assume PSU’s historic rise to the NIT finals gets it own post
April 1st, 2009 at 8:10 am
Never have seen UGA as a basketball program and would think Mizzo is a step up in terms of tradition
April 1st, 2009 at 8:12 am
Lighting a match next to a gas pump. Had he died he’d be up for a Darwin award immediately.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:16 am
Good thing they got the baby out of the backseat …
April 1st, 2009 at 8:21 am
Gotta love seeing Jersey on that richest counties list… lots of love for VA too TBL
April 1st, 2009 at 8:22 am
I was shocked till they said baby, then I was a terrified. Then I heard about the match, and I think the driver/dad should beat the idiot with the matches to death. But I’m holding a baby as a type, so I’m a little in the moment here.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:23 am
As a matter of fact, time for some Pterodactyl eggs for breakfast, cuz that shit is ballin.
/Live in Passaic County, so a boy can dream’d
April 1st, 2009 at 8:25 am
What I want to know is what the heck is going on in Wyoming?
April 1st, 2009 at 8:27 am
Northern Virginia represent!
dirtheavy – holding a baby as you type? that might be me in two years
April 1st, 2009 at 8:28 am
OMing – i don’t even know what to say about that other than why havent I seen a segment on Real Sex about his activity.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:30 am
It’s not easy. Plus, this little suckling pig is getting really heavy. It changes your perspective, and it also seriously decreases the number of NCAA brackets you fill out in a given year.
Emasculating admission – I stay home with this dude, and my wife has 3 jobs. true story.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:31 am
My guess would be the sheer scarcity of people allows the richies to skew the survey.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:33 am
LOL – ESPN streak for the cash has a soccer game listed today that is on ESPN 8 – The Ocho!
April 1st, 2009 at 8:35 am
It’s been 12 hours and ESPN still has that Special Olympics picture of Calipari up on its web site.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:39 am
Where’s Orange County?
/tv shows that distort the true makeup of its inhabitants’d
April 1st, 2009 at 8:40 am
wife has 3 jobs and the man is home? i bet you get shit from your in-laws and friends.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:40 am
Where’s LA County?
/Aztec Day Laborer’d
April 1st, 2009 at 8:47 am
luckily, I hate my in-laws and they’re scared of me, but i think i’m a bit of a laughingstock. like the jimmy fallon of men.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:47 am
If those Northern Virginia counties included all of the illegals that live there, their average AGI would be cut in half.
Dirt – I hear you about the little suckling pig cutting down on your sports entertainment. Mine is 2 months old, so at least I can put the little blob down and not worry about having to chase her around yet.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:48 am
Most OMing begins with an “inventory,” in which I’m supposed to tell Layla exactly what her honey pot looks like.
like sleeve of wizard
/too easy
April 1st, 2009 at 8:52 am
Bergen County is 25th. nice.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:53 am
Doesn’t Phil Jackson have a ranch in Wyoming so with him and 4 other ppl in the county that would really screw up the avg income
April 1st, 2009 at 8:53 am
Interesting piece on real estate investing.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:55 am
Why did you post a fat pic of Kim K?
Not worthy of Ballin’: Greg Oden produced 12 points and took eight rebounds in 11 minutes of last night’s rout of the Jazz, and he could be headed to the
starting lineupDisabled List./Fixed’d
April 1st, 2009 at 8:56 am
wife has 3 jobs and the man is home? i bet you get shit from your in-laws and friends.
False. I stayed at home for my kid’s 7th through 22nd weeks. I’ve tried to explain this to those that don’t have a young one and always fail, so I’m not going into detail…. but, it is hard. Of course, my wife only had one job.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:57 am
My hero.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:00 am
But Essex County gave us The Sopranos. I’d be interested in hearing how someone works three jobs. I’m guessing one is full time and two are part time, but I’d like to know how the hours are divided up among them. Is it like 40 at one, 15 at another and 10 at the third? 30, 30, 10? 25, 15, 15?
April 1st, 2009 at 9:01 am
Well, his in-laws could not be assholes and thus support the gender role reversal.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:02 am
Harrison Ford has a ranch in Wyoming too.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:02 am
protocol question. my team is run by an idiot, hired someone in way over their head from an organization i despise, and my favorite/best player on the team is out. do i have to continue to support this organization? should i just abstain from the sport rather than openly hate on my team?
April 1st, 2009 at 9:03 am
That shootout goal is awesome!
April 1st, 2009 at 9:04 am
I’m with bsanders on this one how does she have 3 jobs and you don’t have one? no way she is like a doctor or engineer at three different places?
April 1st, 2009 at 9:05 am
I stay home all day and don’t even have a kid while the wifey is off winning all the bread.
/mizerle > Dirtheavy
April 1st, 2009 at 9:06 am
jobs are for losers!
April 1st, 2009 at 9:09 am
i’d just like to say i find nothing wrong with the man staying home. of course, im at home working, though being on the computer all day reading about sports, g-chatting with people, watching TV and 90210 reruns, squeezing in a gym trip …
who knows if this’ll hold up when we decide to have a kid.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:09 am
yes.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:10 am
Representing #35, Delaware County, OH… Huzzah!
April 1st, 2009 at 9:11 am
working at home or just hanging out?
April 1st, 2009 at 9:11 am
jobs are for losers>>>>rehab is for quitters
April 1st, 2009 at 9:12 am
I used to live in Bergan County.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:12 am
And, is it Weight Watchers Anonymous week? Otherwise, what’s the fat chick doing on the roundup?
Wait! It’s April Fool’s Day. I get it!
April 1st, 2009 at 9:14 am
that was funny.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:15 am
Bo- where in Bergen did you live?
April 1st, 2009 at 9:16 am
TBL – laid off…remember?
April 1st, 2009 at 9:17 am
working at home or just hanging out?
that was funny.
working at hanging out at home
April 1st, 2009 at 9:18 am
WOW Bullshit! I hope they fold.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:19 am
working at home or just hanging out? Mizerle06
That was mean, TBL.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:19 am
surprised it took so long for someone to take the Home Depot bait. I enjoy those back-and-forths.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:20 am
Miz,
Welcome to the club!
April 1st, 2009 at 9:20 am
I don’t have any problem with a guy staying home while the wife works. But 3 jobs? Again, I don’t know the hours she puts in at each said job so I may be speaking out of my ass, but that can’t leave much time for her to spend with the newborn. But hey, I’m not planning on having kids for a while so maybe I should shut my face.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:21 am
totally forgot about the lay-off. my bad.
i got a buddy who got laid off and just ‘hung out’ at ome for awhile until his fiancee really kicked him in the ass to get a job. if you like video games and herb and TV, staying at home can be addictive.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:21 am
pki – been a member going on 5 weeks now. you?
April 1st, 2009 at 9:22 am
Or at least stop people from chasing you across the parking lot asking to help you move.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:22 am
gawd college was great.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:23 am
TBL – no blood, no foul man. I’m not really “hanging out” though. I’ve been hitting the job search pretty hard; just nothing solid yet. I had one of those “sign of the times” moments a week ago when I went to a job fair, showed up 20 minutes before it was scheduled to start, and they’d already let 100 people through the door.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:24 am
TBL smokes?
April 1st, 2009 at 9:25 am
Sparty- Mahwah
April 1st, 2009 at 9:26 am
3 1/2 Miz. It has officially started to get boring now. The first week was panicky, but then you start to get bored. I could never be that dad who stays at home with the kids. I already want to kill the cat just because he looks like he has a job.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:28 am
that goal was tits.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:28 am
Or at least stop people from chasing you across the parking lot asking to help you move.
At the local Uhaul, they actually rent all the trucks out and then charge people to get them back. Uhaul doesn’t care who rented it, as long as they get money.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:29 am
pki – kill the cat because he’s a cat…and keep up the motivation. that job fair I went to boosted my urgency again just seeing all the people I’m competing with for the same positions. I was getting a bit complacent with being able to stay home and work on the house/yard whenever I wanted.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:32 am
In case anyone is curious, you can change the file name on that richest counties list page to look at previous years i.e. change 07 to 06, 05, 04, 99, etc…it goes back quite a ways.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:39 am
Or at least stop people from chasing you across the parking lot asking to help you move.
+1000
/That’s why I goto Lowe’s. Well, that and the fact that Lowe’s has employees.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:43 am
KC- Im really at a loss when it comes to hardware stores. I hate Lowes because its owned by WallMart but after seeing how Home Depot does business Im gonna have to start going there.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:43 am
Some context could be helpful. This is the guy who had to take over for Bob Nardelli (who was forced out and now runs Chrysler). Then of course the housing bubble bursts, which has a huge impact on Home Depot. I’m not saying this guy deserves a 20% bump, but he’s had to spend the last 2 years cleaning up a mess he didn’t necessarily create.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:44 am
So you are saying he deserves a bump!
April 1st, 2009 at 9:46 am
Tampa -
Same here. There is a local small town hardware store/lumberyard 2 miles from my house. Expensive as hell and they hardly have anything. Home Depot is 20 minutes away andsucks ass. Seriously, they might have 50 people working there at any given time, but you’d be lucky to see three of them. Lowe’s, at least here, works for me. Not happy, but I have to buy that stuff somewhere.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:46 am
so if anybody is still here that cares, i can clarify.
She has three jobs, but only in the end works about 45 hours a week.
job # 1: salaried, ends up being 2 full days and 2 half days, paid as full time employee.
job # 2: contract, with job # 1 billing for her work. 2 half days per week.
job # 3: contract, different agency. one full day a week.
So she works neighborhood of 8-5 every day while I just sit here and make sure the baby doesn’t die. He hasn’t yet.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:47 am
Ace is the place.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:48 am
oh, and before the baby was born, i had one job, ostensibly breaking rocks in exchange for a pittance. And then, she only had two jobs.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:50 am
Clown Ace is horrible.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:51 am
Damnit Clown. Now that stupid song is in my head…
April 1st, 2009 at 9:53 am
oh, and before the baby was born, i had one job, ostensibly breaking rocks in exchange for a pittance. And then, she only had two jobs.
@dirt: no need to apologize or feel bad. Hang w/ the little guy & make him feel loved. My wife and I have swapped careers a couple of times. Right now, she’s doing the “heavy lifting”, and banking serious $$. For years, it was me, now, not so much. That’s the way it goes (especially in today’s world).
April 1st, 2009 at 9:55 am
+1000000000000000
April 1st, 2009 at 9:56 am
Teton County, WY is the county for Jackson, WY. Jackson is akin to Vail or Aspen, Colorado. It’s a very high-end resort town, but without any other town of significance in the county (unlike Vail or Aspen), the per capita income is very high.
The hockey goal is awesome.
The person lighting a match at the gas pump should probably go ahead and kill themselves in a small dark room before they do it in public and take innocents people (baby) with them. Fucking moron.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:56 am
Dirt – Don’t apologize for raising your kid. Always easy to tell who does and doesn’t have kids when this type of subject is brought up.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:57 am
I promise I don’t feel bad. This was actually all prearranged when I agreed to move to the outer reaches of the universe and life this life, so that she could live in the country and have a baby. Her parents have been prepped for this for years. This all started because I couldn’t think of a joke about a burning baby two hours ago, given my circumstances.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:58 am
Before I moved, I always went to Sutherlands. A little more pricey, but it had the grizzled old guys that worked there that actually knew what they were talking about.
/advice you can trust on projects you are in over head with > spending less money.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:07 am
tampa, lowe’s isn’t owned by wal-mart.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:16 am
ARK-Your right. I have no reason not to shop there then. Burn in Hell Home Depot.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:16 am
KC, I used to work at a Sutherlands in Corpus. I learned a lot of home improvement shit from old timers that worked there.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:19 am
Save big money at Menards!
April 1st, 2009 at 10:29 am
The richest county in America is called Goochland?
April 1st, 2009 at 10:32 am
Thanks Tampa. Now I have that stupid jingle going through my head. I usually only have that song in my head during baseball season (MLB package) but now I get to enjoy it early!
April 1st, 2009 at 10:33 am
No, but I am saying he may not deserve to be lumped in with the corrupt jackasses who destroy their companies and take the bonuses.
And Bo, it’s “Save Big Money at MenaaaaaaardZ”
April 1st, 2009 at 11:47 am
Definitely not one of Kim K’s better pictures, but I’m finding this one incredibly hot.