The Roundup: USC QB Out Three Weeks, the New Batting Helmet, Reporter Arrested for Attempting to Talk to Deion
Baseball, College Football, ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings, Video August 13th. 2009, 8:00am
Rachel McAdams … alligator bites dalmation and the dog later dies … cops don’t know that masturbating on the subway is a crime? … football player in Georgia struck by lightning … video of Russian pricks snub Obama handshake … the short, thin Kardashian sister is pregnant … agreed: Who wants to see a ‘burquini‘ at a pool? … Milla Jovovich in Maxim … Molly Ringwald on John Hughes … hope this guy wasn’t your dealer …mean Canadian boys chase a Moose and beat it with a stick … for fans of ninjas, or fathers with little kids … two outstanding videos after the jump …
Best read of the day: The science of one-night stands. (Time)
Reporter tries repeatedly to interview Deion Sanders, gets arrested. Paper plans to sue. (Naples News)
USC QB Aaron Corp is out three weeks; freshman Matt Barkley takes over. (LA Times)
Mike Vick would not be a good fit in Chicago? Totally disagree. (Chicago Tribune)
The 10 biggest douchebags in Yankees history. (Behind the Moat)
The story of an old but effective tweeter: Golf scribe Dan Jenkins. (Yahoo)
New batting helmet is more safe, less stylish. (NYT)
ESPN.com’s Rob King talks to a blog about twitter. (Business of Sports)
Pirates fans will want to steer clear of this one. (WSJ)
Video compilation: Acts of baseball cowardice. (SportsTsar.com)
No, Topps cannot save baseball cards. It’s too bad, really. (Slate)
SI is doing a fine job getting folks interested in the swimsuit issue six months before it pops. (Guest of a Guest)
Tough to believe, but it looks real to us.
Terrific read on midget wrestling in North Dakota.
36 Responses to “The Roundup: USC QB Out Three Weeks, the New Batting Helmet, Reporter Arrested for Attempting to Talk to Deion”
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August 13th, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Tribune 1, TBL 0.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:07 AM
forgive me if i’m mistaken, but I believe that the referee in that video is the world’s largest midget. He’s certainly the largest midget I’ve ever seen on video.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Sanders: Vick would be the Bears No. 2 QB and No. 2 WR.
A 9-7 team that missed the playoffs, has no WRs and garbage backup QBs can’t use a playmaker?
August 13th, 2009 at 8:14 AM
+1 for interior side boob
August 13th, 2009 at 8:14 AM
awesome.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:16 AM
do you have something you’d like to share, DH?
August 13th, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Those most likely to underestimate their sex appeal? Italian women, and by a wide margin. According to the researcher whose job it was to assign participants to hotness categories, though they deemed themselves plain Janes, among the Italian ladies were “five of the ten most beautiful women he had ever seen.”
How in THE HELL was this job not posted on Monster.com…
August 13th, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Do we have any evidence that Vick would be able to catch passes? Or run routes?
I don’t see him being excited about running crossing routes with the threat of a linebacker or safety taking his head off looming. It could work but I wouldn’t count on him being a good WR.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:32 AM
do you have something you’d like to share, DH?
ummm…that came out wrong. There is no evidence to support that I like my midgets little, and somehow enormous.
I actually do have a giant midget story, but it takes at least 800 words to tell, and I’ll spare you all.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:33 AM
The expression on Obama’s face after the second snub is priceless. You can tell he just wants to say “Fuck you” and walk off.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:36 AM
i’ve already seen the WSJ thing. calling rajai davis a good player but ross ohlendorf a disappointment strains credibility. as does calling a 20 year old pitcher a bust. the journal should stick to finance
August 13th, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Sideboob of a 13 year, boy that is…
August 13th, 2009 at 8:37 AM
fair point. get him in camp … he’s got 6 weeks after the season starts to study the playbook. hell, try to turn him into percy harvin. line him up in a split backfield with FOrte and see how defenses react. i’m just shocked nobody’s even giving the guy a shot. is it a football thing? or are people still hung up on the dogs?
did devin hester have a ton of pass-catching experience before moving to WR?
August 13th, 2009 at 8:44 AM
what evidence states that Vick would be a “playmaker” after not playing the game for such a long period of time? just because he can run fast out of the backfield when a play breaks down doens’t mean he’ll be effective in anyway in any other position.
in fact, if you think his skills as a QB have faded so much that you think a WR or RB position are the best options for him, he doens’t belong on any team, whatsoever, as he’s never shown an ability to play those positions in the past.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:47 AM
they really needed an international team of psychologists to figure that out?
August 13th, 2009 at 8:47 AM
wil – let’s pick this up in the vick post at 11. BUT … im saying i’d def bring him in for a look at QB, see what the arm/conditioning is like, and consider other options if need be. good luck finding 15 better No. 2 QBs than Vick.
“long period of time” – uh, two seasons, right? He’s only 29, right?
August 13th, 2009 at 8:51 AM
i’ll be there TBL.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:51 AM
This is hilarious. Did people not already know this?
August 13th, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Absolutely. It’s a large city, so there should be plenty of dogs for him to kill there.
@Gods:
Social Scientists: Telling people what they already know for 100 years.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:57 AM
How awesome would it be if Obama actually said that, or if any sitting President did?
August 13th, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Its not a stereotype, its in our fucking genes man, spread the seed far and wide.
Stay tuned for my upcoming scientific journal entry, “Water is Wet.”
August 13th, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Go to any bar, sit down with 8 guys and ask, “would you hit it?” That is the study right there.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:05 AM
in other scientific news, still no cure for cancer.
Nice touch, though, with the Conchords song to close that article out.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Tough to believe, but it looks real to us.
It is real. They had Frank Martin on the radio earlier this week and he confirmed it.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Never heard of putting an animal down as being “destroyed”
August 13th, 2009 at 9:12 AM
if i recall, MTV always got the 3% of women on Road rules or real world. kudos to them.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:25 AM
the short, thin Kardashian sister is pregnant …
So THIS is why Reggie Bush and Kim broke up!!
August 13th, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Love Rachel McAdams, but hate that picture.
That was an awful list of Yankee Douchebags. I can think of a few current ones not on that list.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
took 3 minutes to make the list
August 13th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
If I had a child that took part in the moose thing I would be pissed and scared. Pissed because why in the hell would someone think this was a cool thing to do, and scared because if your kid likes to hurt animals, he is probably going to cauase you headaches for years to come. The psychology of kids who hurt animals at a young age is always so messed up.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Also, it looks real because Bramlage was empty during the time of the shot. Only time that place has people in there is when 50% of them are in KU gear.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:31 AM
From the Time article on one night stands:
Those most likely to underestimate their sex appeal? Italian women, and by a wide margin. According to the researcher whose job it was to assign participants to hotness categories, though they deemed themselves plain Janes, among the Italian ladies were “five of the ten most beautiful women he had ever seen.”
OK, who’s coming to Turin with me?
August 13th, 2009 at 9:32 AM
most on that list are there because they were douchebags to the glorious team, not b/c they were douchebags in general. terrible list.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:34 AM
ya i saw wilhelm, what a disgrace
August 13th, 2009 at 9:35 AM
i guess todays roundup isn’t that great for animal lovers, huh?
August 13th, 2009 at 9:50 AM
My personal list: The nine guys starting for them on any given day plus Paul O’Neill.