In one of the better “Boys will be boys” stories of this early sports year, New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony reportedly took offense to something that Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett said to him during Boston’s 102-96 victory on Monday night. According to various websites, Garnett supposedly told Anthony that his wife and decision-maker, La La Vasquez-Anthony, “tasted like Honey Nut Cheerios”. Honestly, I don’t really know how that’s an insult, because it mostly just reminds me of Patrice O’Neal’s birthday cake joke (watch “Elephant in the Room” if you’re unfamiliar).

Now, if I had to guess, Garnett has never had sex with Anthony’s wife. Maybe he has, and therefore is qualified to make such a statement, but this is probably just an example of what the kids call “trash talk”. However, some people believe that this sort of trash talk crosses a line, including Anthony, who waited for Garnett by the Celtics team bus so they could settle this like men. After all, you can take the millionaire professional athlete out of Brooklyn, but you can’t take the Brooklyn out of the corporate product spokesperson.

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Disclaimer: This has nothing to do with Kate Upton.

It is not an easy task to put together a list, such as the Greatest Sports Moments of 2012, specifically because so many things happen in any given year that it’s all but impossible to universally gauge which one event or person is greater than another. But since we’re just a couple dudes who like to make fun of stuff and almost always ignore actual sports news, it’s really quite easy.

With that said, here’s a quick breakdown of how our team of fact checkers and sports analyst number crunchers determine which people, places and things were the most important and influential in 2012…

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One of the unfortunate drawbacks of this being an almost entirely sports-related blog (unless, in extreme circumstances, the situation calls for Kate Upton pictures) is that we don’t ever really get to enjoy the best part of Halloween – girls in slutty costumes. Fortunately, the US Women’s National Soccer Team is here to help us out with that, and soccer girls totally know how to party. Not as much as rugby girls, but they’re still up there.

That said, With Leather’s Official Favorite Women’s Soccer Player Alex Morgan and the equally awesome Sydney Leroux paid tribute to their fellow American Olympians, McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas, respectively, over the weekend at whatever Halloween parties they attended with their teammates Abby Wambach and Shannon Boxx.

Basically, this is a very roundabout way of me saying that Morgan and Leroux Tweeted pictures of themselves in one-piece bathing suits, so I’m posting them. Consider this the candy that I would have pretended to put in your bag if you came to my door. (Along with a couple ice cubes, because I’m a dick.)

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Olympic gold medal gymnasts Gabby Douglas, Kyla Ross and Internet Favorite McKayla Maroney threw out the ceremonial first pitches before Tuesday’s Padres-Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium. The results were mixed. Gabby Douglas has obviously never thrown a baseball in her life and just kinda lobs it in. Kyla’s effort is better, but it hits the dirt before it gets to the catcher.

Because McKayla Maroney is not impressed (she’s never impressed) and is totally the Marcia Brady of the outfit, she steals the spotlight by taking a few steps back to pitch from the mound, gets it across the plate and jumps up and down in celebration. McKayla is once again Princess For The Day, and Gabby has to sulk away, mentally preparing herself for all those shitty questions Tim Federowicz is about to ask about her hair.

Full video is below. If this whole thing isn’t funny to you, watch it for the foxy teen girls in short-shorts. Or Tim Federowicz.

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As much as I love the McKayla is Not Impressed meme, I think I like Mo Farah Running Away From Things better. I’d say they’re neck-and-neck, but McKayla acknowledging her meme kind of takes it full circle for me. Read all this in more in my new weekly New Yorker editorial: “Ashley Burns: Meme Expert”.

Morning Links

The 10 Greatest TV Appearances From ‘The Expendables’ |Warming Glow|

Meme Watch: Mo Farah Running Away From Things |UPROXX|

Panic Room Alumni Unite! Jodie Foster Comes K-Stew’s Defense |Film Drunk|

Women Be Shoppin’… For NFL Gear |With Leather|

Our 12 Favorite Answers From Stan Lee’s Reddit AMA |Gamma Squad|

Seven ’90s Stars We Wanted To Screw, But Not Anymore |Smoking Section|

The 10 Best Moments From Episode 2 Of Dolphins ‘Hard Knocks’ |Kissing Suzy Kolber|

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You know, I’m a little disappointed in myself, because I told myself last week, “Burnsy, you’re special, you’re a winner, don’t listen to those mean commenters, and… remember to Google search for ’2012 Olympics camel toe’.” And I totally forgot. Not that I wanted to spend an entire week in a dark room, scouring the Internet for pictures of female athletes with really tight uniforms, but if it’s for the sake of our glorious legions of With Leatherians, then I’m going to do my best.

Unfortunately, today’s top camel toe story (stoery?) comes from writer and licensed insurance agent Mike Stafford at Literary Dysfunction. Last week, Mike wrote a piece about his thoughts on the 2012 Summer Olympics, which included some shots at our favorite meme-source McKayla Maroney, and he slapped a fun title on it – “And the gold medal for best camel-toe goes to…”

Just one problem, though… Ain’t no camel toe involved, and that might be a little misleading to the Internet’s finest pervs. Mike wrote a follow-up about his surprise when he pulled up his inbound traffic search results and found out how new readers were finding his website.

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