Archive for January, 2010

Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko in Germany, on the Red Carpet

Posted January 31, 2010, 8:58 am by Jason McIntyre (27 Comments)

Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko, perhaps the oddest celebrity-athlete coupling since Marko Jaric and Adriana Lima got hitched, went to a movie premiere in Germany last night. (They opened the new year partying in Miami.) Klitschko currently holds four heavyweight boxing titles. Panettiere was a teenage actress on the rise two years ago; her last [...]

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PECOTA Projections for 2010 Are Out – Let’s Hope They Are More Accurate Than the 2009 Projections

Posted January 29, 2010, 11:30 am by Jason McIntyre (106 Comments)

The number-crunchers at PECOTA released their 2010 MLB projections and there are a few major surprises: Tampa to win the AL East (!), the A’s to win the AL West (!!), and the defending World Series champion Yankees to miss the playoffs (!!!). But fear not! Last year, PECOTA was about as accurate as Rick [...]

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Paul Shirley’s Modest Proposal for Haiti Gets Him Fired From ESPN

Posted January 27, 2010, 12:30 pm by Ty Duffy (341 Comments)

ESPN cut ties with NBA player turned author Paul Shirley after an inflammatory column that criticized relief efforts in Haiti. Those of a certain bent will frame this politically and make him a martyr, but it’s not a case of valid viewpoint discrimination.  Shirley’s words were inexplicably ignorant. Historical issues can be explained two basic [...]

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Greg Oden Talks About Nude Photos: “I saw them and my heart just dropped.”

Posted January 26, 2010, 8:56 pm by Jason McIntyre (350 Comments)

Greg Oden, whose enormous penis was plastered all over the internet today, went on John Canzano’s radio show this evening to talk about his nude photos. “I’ve had better days … I got woken up at 6 am by a phone call to check it out … I saw them and my heart just dropped,” [...]

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What Were Jason Kidd’s “Personal Reasons” For Missing the Knicks’ Game?

Posted January 26, 2010, 2:30 pm by Jason McIntyre (17 Comments)

Jason Kidd: The Mavericks’ point guard missed the Knicks game Sunday due to “personal reasons.” We scoured the Dallas papers this morning and couldn’t find anything. A reader directs us to this seedy site, where an anonymous poster claims that Kidd got model Porschla Coleman pregnant, and she allegedly had a baby over the weekend. [...]

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Brad Penny & Karina Smirnoff on the Beach

Posted January 26, 2010, 12:45 pm by Jason McIntyre (28 Comments)

Brad Penny and Karina Smirnoff hooked up in LA back in October. Over the weekend, they hit the beach. Naturally the paparazzi swarmed because Smirnoff looks tremendous in a bathing suit. Penny? He’s just an ordinary pitcher who has somehow collected a staggering $37 million during his decidedly mediocre career. Penny continues to defy the [...]

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Greg Oden Nude Photos Hit the Internet, But Nobody is Sure if the Pictures Are in Fact of Oden [UPDATE]

Posted January 26, 2010, 11:08 am by Jason McIntyre (95 Comments)

Greg Oden naked? That’s what’s World Star Hip Hop claims. According to their story – the link below is NSFW – Oden allegedly took photos on his cell phone and emailed them to a female. She in turn plastered them on the internet. One of the photos looks like it could be Oden – he’s [...]

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