The former and current faces of Deadspin are guest-hosting The Dan Patrick Show today, I can only assume Dan Patrick is bound and gagged in the back of somebody’s truck while Will Leitch and A.J. Daulerio interview other media types and pimp their poll question.
You can listen here, but be warned. If you’ve ever heard live audio of Leitch, it’s rather painful. The King Of Aw, Shucks sounds like the lovechild of Nathan Lane and Porky Pig, whereas Daulerio seems to be bringing a sort of casual levity to the show in a way that only they can. Here’s their guest roster:
Tim Cowlishaw on Josh Hamilton
Richard Deitsch, SI on bucket list
Dan Patrick from the set of the Sandler movie shoot.
Michael Schur aka Ken Tremendous, maybe?Possibly, hopefully, others (ahem, WHITLOCK) will be there to bail us out as well. via.
Lock up your daughters. It really is history in the making. But then, I said that after junior prom, and it turns out that was a little overblown. I guess people manage to drive home with a 0.32 BAC all the time.
Martellus Bennett has just been handed a blog at the Dallas Morning News, and just one day of reading it has already blown me away. The backup tight end for the Cowboys has plenty of insight to bestow upon us. For example, Bennett answers the timeless question, is it appropriate for a lady to pass gas?
I guess women have to let go at times too but it just doesn’t seem right, but if they do then it shouldn’t smell or make a sound. I mean come on if you were on a date with Angelina Jolie a lunch date eating spaghetti and pancakes or whatever it is people eat in Hollywood and as she’s feeding you she farts.
Is there intelligent life on other planets?
I believe in aliens. I’ve actually seen four or five of them in my lifetime. Although they aren’t as smart as everyone seems to think. I played one in monopoly, checkers, and chess and I destroy him/her couldn’t really tell which it was so I’m just going to call it It….I mean it could have just been a dumb alien, I mean there are dumb people and I’m probably one of them. LOL. Thanks Texas A&M LOL.
Part of the reason Bennett was tapped for the blog was Marty B TV (thanks to R. Queso at Pyle of List for the heads-up on that), Bennett’s collection of YouTubes permeating through the series of tubes since he was at Texas A&M (I think). See our favorites of Marty B TV after the jump.
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Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling hanging up the bloody sock once and for all. Schilling, he of the three world championships, made the announcement on his blog, 38pitches.com.
The game always gave me far more than I ever gave it. All of those things, every single one of those memories is enveloped with fan sights and sounds for me. Without the fans they would still be great memories, but none would be enduring and unforgettable because they infused the energy, rage, passion and ‘feel’ of all of those times…I did everything I could to win every time I was handed the ball.
I am and always will be more grateful than any of you could ever possibly know.
Schilling has fielded criticism for being a once-every-five-days guy that runs his mouth like an everyday player. And some of that’s deserved, but the right-hander deserves credit for his understanding of the fan’s perspective, and his attempts at culling that perception (in no small part with his blog) before any mainstream athlete was doing so.
And, oh yeah, he was a pretty awesome pitcher, too. Guys like that have earned the right to be pricks.
Also excited: Jesus
Florida beat Oklahoma 24-14 in the BCS Championship Game last night, cementing its status as the best non-undefeated team in the nation, which equates to a national championship this year. Sorry, Utah. Try not being in Utah, you’ll get some more respect.
Maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t care that the Sooners’ streak of 60-point games stopped, but I actually enjoyed seeing an evenly matched game with defensive stops and a couple turnovers (the Gators’ two goal-line stands were the difference in the game). The only problem I had with the game was the announcers, Thom Brennaman and Charles Davis. Here’s a sample of the commentary:
Brennaman: …and Tim Tebow is just putting this team on his back. What an amazing leader!
Davis: I’m even more impressed by the person he is, Thom.
Brennaman: And such a considerate lover.
I couldn’t stand it, and I like Tebow. I can’t imagine what it must have been like for Oklahoma fans. Their malformed, shrunken brains must have been so angry! More photos, links, video, and commentator screw-ups after the jump.
Mark Titus (pictured, with a fan) is a junior guard for Ohio State who has logged one minute of playing time for the Buckeyes so far this season. While he may not be All-America material on the court, his blog, Club Trillion, is easily the best athlete blog I’ve ever read. That’s right — Rod Benson, Paul Shirley, even Gilbert Arenas: not as good.
I’ve spent a good chunk of my morning going through the archives, and here’s a typical passage, from the team’s intrasquad scrimmage in October:
I spent a majority of the scrimmage talking to two 8 year old kids… Drake and Jake explained to me that the funniest thing ever would be to put a Sweet Tart in my water bottle. I told them the funniest thing ever could probably be found on YouTube. Jake then told me that he has a locker room pass and I told him I wasn’t impressed in the slightest because I have a locker room pass too.
Anyway, without getting too rah-rah for Titus, I recommend checking out the whole blog. It’s chockful o’ deadpan delivery, self-deprecating humor, and lobbying for the adoption of short-shorts. And he’s even got excellent grammar and punctuation, which is way more than I’ve come to expect from an Ohio State student. Or a blogger, for that matter.
(thanks to KSK reader Andy, who listened to the Bill Simmons podcast recommending this so I didn’t have to)
Redskins tight end Chris Cooley (not pictured; that’s his wife Christy) has come through with another gem on his blog. This one is a splendidly homoerotic tale of celebration following the ‘Skins’ victory over the Seahawks on Sunday. Following an attention-grabbing lede (”There is no better way to celebrate a win than getting grabbed and punched in the balls by a bunch of offensive lineman on the bus”), Cooley goes on to explain his quality time with teammates:
Last Thursday in practice… I had just finished off my block and turned back to see [a teammate] wallowing around on his hands and knees trying to get back to his feet. I don’t really know why, but I thought it would be funny as hell to air hump him in while he was down…
So, back to the bus, when the game ends I usually load up on bus #2 and move towards the back with the offensive line, [tight end Todd] Yoder, and the kickers. Kind of our little after the game club.
We call it “The White Guys on the Team Club.”
