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On par with those drawings of jesus helping the trucker, plumber, etc. I am racking my brain trying to remember the name of those…

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Will a blackberry make the difference in tonight’s championship game? Florida Coach Urban Meyer uses his BlackBerry to text message potential recruits. He has been working with his staff to make the Gators hip. Another way to get an edge in the highly competitive college recruiting world.

According to the story Coach Meyer can’t work his home entertainment center but he is a pro at text messaging.

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Some pretty cool photos of skiing Red Rocks Amphitheatre after the recent blizzards.

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Dennis was a guest on the Stern show this morning. He brought along his ‘jew’, who takes car of his business dealings and finances in general. This guy had some funny stories about how Dennis gets around his allowance, usually in Vegas.

Rodman claimed it didn’t work out with Carmen Electra due to her wanting to be a star. Sexually he’s settled down now that he’s married. As far as his wild reputation, he explained one fine away as a misunderstanding about where a helicopter could land.

As far as the game, supposedly it’s going to be real. It was very poorly explained (imagine that!), but apparently the globetrotters play the generals and do legitimate games. No buckets of water will be dumped on Rodman’s head and if they pull down his pants “they’d better be prepared to give him oral!” None of the other Piston Bad Boys will be one the team Dennis is putting together for the game.

Apparently another team must be trying to work the globetrotter’s name as their site advertises them as ‘the orginal harlem globetrotters.’ Would have figured they were all dead.

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Any excuse to show that stache….

“Hall of Fame pitcher Rollie Fingers owes Wisconsin more than $1.4 million in income taxes and is the seventh biggest tax delinquent in the state.”

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After Nick Saban’s press conference announcing his departure to Alabama, Dan Le Batard went on the attack blasting Saban’s decision to run to the money:

“You know what he was as Dolphins coach? A failure. A loser. A gasbag. And one of the worst investments Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga has ever made. He was less of a success than Dave Wannstedt and more of a traitor than Ricky Williams. There has been very little in franchise history that came with more expectations and fewer results than this hypocrite who at the end avoided the hard questions one last time.

Talk like a warrior. Behave like a weasel.”

I mostly agree with Le Batard. The Dolphins gave him time and this was their reward. I expected him to stick around at least another year to see if he could salvage his NFL reputation. Saban may bring about his own punishment though, he’ll be living in Alabama the next 10 years!

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Off to Lake Louisa for the next two days (yes the best camping in Florida is in the dead of winter).

Then on New Years Day, heading into Orlando for the Capital One Bowl. Still debating whether a badger or a razorback would win if they met in the wild.

ESPN.com has a great comparison of the careers of two future hall-of-famers, from their high school days through last year’s Heat championship. Their game later today shouldn’t mean much compared to what they’ve played for/coached up til now, but as the two best coaches of their era go to battle once again, you know it will mean everything.

update: Heat roll 101-85.

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You’ve probably heard the story about the world’s tallest man saving the dolphin by digging in it’s stomach, but believe it or not, it’s been done before!

from a veterinarian acquaintance:

“Been there done that-over 20 years ago. I used to work at a place in CA near SF called Marineworld. One of our dolphins swallowed a long metal bolt after a workman accidentally dropped it into their pool. We called up the Warriors NBA team and their center, Clifford Ray (who remembers him?) came down and stuck his long arm down the dolphin’s throat and pulled out the bolt. And as a bonus he started dating our PR lady-you go Cliff !!”

update: while searching for an image, I found this story covered on deadspin a year ago!

It used to be hard to find the video of LT destroying Joe Theisman’s leg and career, but the popularity of youtube and it’s imitators have opened the vault doors on many a VHS collection.

Here’s a top ten list put together by uncle buck. view these at your own risk. I can watch almost anything the net serves up, but broken bones always get me.

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