Say what you want about their submarine doors and flashlights, but Polish people are pretty hellbent on their soccer support. The Lech Poznan under-12 team recently competed in the 2010 Lech Cup and they lost all of their matches, so you’d think they’d be pretty bummed, right? Well they probably weren’t, seeing as the fans of the main club showed up in ridiculous force, putting on a display of support that we’ve never seen before. Ever. I looked it up.

I’m hardly Albert Einstone when it comes to European soccer, so I’ll simply point out the obvious – Polish soccer fans are maniacs. Their support for their child athletes sure beats the hell out of the mandatory one inning of play rule we used to have in Little League and the participation trophies we received. But I guess you could count the players’ dads smoking next to the dugout as a fireworks display. So we had that going for us.

Videos of the insane fans after the jump…

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While I haven’t accidentally impregnated a girl to enter forced fatherhood, I’m still fully aware that Kidz Bop albums may be the most obnoxious thing on this planet, aside from Old Navy commercials and Daniel Songer. But according to my paternally imprisoned friends, they wear kids out pretty quickly so they apparently have some value. Now parents can get their kids overly excited about popular sports anthems and wear them out, thanks to Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, who is releasing “Shoot for the Stars”, an album of sports anthems for kids… sung by Dwight.

The album is part of Dwight’s work that he does with Orlando’s BETA Center, which is an organization that deals with at-risk families and teen moms. The proceeds of the album will go directly to the organization, so it’s pretty cool that he’d make an album to benefit kids. In related news, LeBron James tried recording an album but he just ended up contributing to Dwyane Wade’s album instead.

Track listing and hellish nightmare after the jump.

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If you’ve been around this site for any time at all, you’ll notice that we’re not as high on Bengals wideout Chad Ochocinco as the rest of the world is. That’s partly because the guy plays for my favorite team, and that his production has fallen as his national profile has risen. But I still appreciate the fact that he made time to hang out with Ruben St. Hilaire, a homeless boy in New York.

Ochocinco and Deion Sanders found out that one of Ruben’s dreams was to go to a football camp. Now he’s going to one of the most exclusive camps in the country, with a price tag ranging from $400-$760, prohibitive to Ruben and his mother. Sanders donated a spot in one of his camps to Ruben, and Mr. Chad Johnson was on hand at the Children Mending Hearts Gala to present young Ruben with the award. To top it all off, it was Ruben’s birthday, and Chad led the entire crowd in singing happy birthday. –Cincy Jungle.

But then there was this fun story involving the “Dancing With The Stars” contestant and his new reality show, where he acts like Bret Michaels did in “Rock of Love,” except that Chad doesn’t have to wear a wig. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s video of Kobe Bryant playing one-on-one in the Philippines (one L, two Ps) at one of his basketball camps, which is weird, because I always remembered basketball camp as a place where you played basketball, instead of watching someone else do it.

But anyway, Bryant pulls a kid out of the stands for a game of one-on-one, and this might be the greatest defense Kobe’s ever played in his life. You get a little perspective for how internationally renown NBA stars can be, whereas we just routinely dump on them without hesitation or restraint. But enjoying a neverending parade of sports icons is part of being American. Well, that and taking it for granted. via, via.

Patrick A. Davenport, of Vernon, New Jersey was arrested and charged with distribution and possession of child pornography. Oh, did we mention the 22-year-old spent his days as Scooter, the mascot for the Sussex Skyhawks minor league baseball team? Keep on rockin’, New Jersey. At least Steinbrenner would have brought in a sexual predator in his 40s.

An initial look at Davenport’s computer revealed child pornography, although a more detailed review of the hard drive is pending, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said there is no evidence of inappropriate behavior by Davenport at Skyhawks games.

If he posts bail [set at $50,000], Davenport is not permitted to use a computer and must have no unsupervised contact with children under age 16. via.

Can’t we live in a world where our children can grope adults in giant furry costumes without worrying about the consequences? I’m sure getting attention from a giant cartoon bird does wonders for a kid’s self-esteem, though might explain my crush on Rosie Red. There’s just no worse fate than Chris Hansen calling you into the minor league manager’s office, saying, “Skipper wants to see you. Bring your laptop.” Oh, minor league. I just got that. Sorry, Rob.

Former NFL running back Travis Henry (not pictured) is trying to get back into the NFL, which is a good idea when you’re paying child support to nine different children from nine different women. But in the meantime, he’s being profiled by the New York Times, almost as a cautionary tale as we head to this spring’s NFL Draft.

“[My kids are] my blood; I’ve got to deal with it,” Henry said of fiscal responsibilities to his children. He spoke by telephone from his Denver residence, where he was under house arrest until recently for the drug matter.

“I love all my kids,” he said in the interview, but asserted he could not afford the designated amounts, estimated at $170,000 a year by Randy Kessler, his Atlanta lawyer. Kessler said Henry was virtually broke.

“I’ve lost everything in this mess I’ve gotten myself into,” Henry said.

Everything, it seems, except those damn kids. When I was a kid I owned a turtle and a goldfish at the same time and I about lost my mind. I wonder if those 9 kids ever get together and talk about how many kids they’ll have when they reach Dad’s age. That family reunion could be the next Spike Lee documentary. It couldn’t be any worse than Tales From The Hood.