If football ever comes back, Von Miller will be a Denver Bronco. He was taken number two overall in this April’s NFL Draft, and if this was a normal year, we might be talking about how he was named a finalist for the Hendricks Award (for top defensive end) and a semifinalist for the Butkus Award (for top collegiate linebacker). Unfortunately for us, we have a lockout and a Twitter, so we’re stuck trying to figure out exactly what the hell this guy is happy having on his … what is that, his arm? For the rest of his life.

Try to play it like “Classic Concentration”. Melon, dollar sign. Melon dollar? Million dollar? Okay, chicken, partially eaten chicken leg, and a ghost. Million dollar chicken ghost. Sh:t, I haven’t even touched the fact that it starts with Pac-Man. Okay, let’s let him tell us.

It’s not finished, doe. Hopefully he just draws in the missing bite of chicken and that’s it. I also wasn’t aware that Blinky from Pac-Man was a “hater,” although I guess that makes sense. Was the goomba from Super Mario Bros. a hater? What about Dodongo? Ah well, at least I can applaud this guy for coming up with his own Dugout screen name.

For my next tattoo, I’m going to get a cents sign, a half eaten bowl of quinoa, and one of the cars from Frogger.

[via Twitter]

In one of those stories that has to be seen for about twenty minutes to be believed, Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko got a new tattoo: his World of Warcraft character riding a dragon, covering his ENTIRE BACK. The tattoo artist confirmed both Kirilenko and the terrifying thing they created via Twitter.

Feel free to take a closer look by clicking the image. It’s on the computer, so it should be safe.

I don’t know what level you have to be to go out in public with that on your back, so here’s to hoping next year’s NBA season isn’t just a bunch of grinding.

[H/T SLC Dunk]

A week has passed, and it’s time to reveal the winner of and answers to the Lugz sponsored With Leather MMA Tattoo Trivia Challenge. This week’s winner is Michael Hickey, who was the first to send in a perfect 25. It turns out most of you have no idea who Eben “Big O” Oroz is, despite him looking like MMA’s closest living relative to Team Rocket. Not surprisingly, everybody got Brock Lesnar, even though I didn’t include his hyper-masculine chest penis.

If you sent in a guess (or are just curious as to who in the world would get these tattoos on their bodies), click through the slideshow and take a look at who we chose to represent the cool, weird and sometimes terrifying world of athlete tattoos. If you won this contest (or the previous contests), your prize is getting shipped out today.

This is the part where I walk by holding a sign that reads “Please Buy Lugz© Brand Boots.” Enjoy the answers.

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Who is that on Alan Belcher’s shoulder? The Blob? Francis, from “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure?” Wait, I think it’s supposed to be Johnny Cash. Man, I should’ve just put up a big picture of Alan Belcher’s arm and given a t-shirt to whoever guessed “Johnny Cash.”

But we’re going to do better than that. How about a t-shirt? With Leather has teamed up with the fine folks at Lugz to bring you part three of our Stupid, Awesome & Cool Tattoo Trivia Challenge. If you can click through the images and identify the MMA fighters based on their tattoos (and trust me, if you’ve ever seen these tattoos before, you know who they’re on), writer down your answers and send them along to me at infernaldinosaur@gmail.com. This one is a little bit harder, so we’re giving you a full week: get your answers to me by next Wednesday, and maybe you’ll be the winner.

And don’t forget: if you’re wearing Lugz shoes when you go to the tattoo parlor, you will at least leave without anybody drawing skulls on your feet.

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The second installment of the With Leather Adjectives and Adjectives Athlete Tattoo Contest comes to a close with two major realizations: One, that pro wrestlers have the worst tattoos ever, and two, that I probably could’ve made this a little easier. Apparently, Harley Race is too esoteric for most people. Wrestler Tattoos 2 will just be 30 pictures of Undertaker’s SARA neck tattoo, and everyone will win a shirt!

But we did manage to have a winner (guessing 27 correct out of 30), so it’s time for the big reveal. If you see a guy and you don’t recognize the name, spend a few minutes on YouTube or Wikipedia learning about them, about who they are, and watching some of their matches. Unless of course you didn’t know who Shannon Moore was. If that’s you, please, don’t spend any of your life’s time researching Shannon Moore.

Click through and see who you missed. If you’re that guy who won, brag by doing crotch chops and saying The Rock’s catchphrases in the comments section.

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Uh, okay, well, that’s great and all, but not exactly what we meant when we said “stupid wrestler tattoo challenge.” But that’s pretty well done, you got Hogan’s wrinkles perfect. Oh, I’m sorry, that’s where your back tried to escape itself.

Today’s With Leather contest featuring Fabulous Prizes is the newest Mega Gallery to combine badly tattooed athletes with crudely photoshopped question marks: the pro wrestling exclusive sequel to last week’s Athlete Tattoo Trivia Challenge. Here’s the rub. You click through the gallery and try to identify the ink-having fake fighters you see. Challenge yourself and try not to use Google. Or do, I’ll never know. I picked wrestlers from all levels, from around the world, past, present and (in some cases, debatably) future. Anyway, write down your answers in a handy list and clandestinely e-mail them to me at infernaldinosaur@gmail.com. Yes, I am an adult with a Legend of Zelda G-mail address. Did you think I was gonna be cool BEFORE you clicked on my pro wrestling Internet blog?

On Friday at noon Eastern Time, I will tally the scores and the Top 3 scores will get a very special prize – a limited edition first print With Leather t-shirt courtesy of our very own Burnsy. And you’ll enjoy that shirt, because I got a job writing here and they won’t even give ME one. Try not to spoil the answers in the comments section if you can help it. I know if you’re a wrestling fan you might not know what “manners” and “functional society” are, but give it your best go.

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