Month: June 2010

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Wednesday Link-Off: To Be Famous

Let’s kick off this WLO with Danielle Hilliard who just did a photo shoot for our pals at Lion’s Den U. There’s a link to the whole shoot after the jump. It’s also a preview of tomorrow’s post.

Big Daddy Drew tries to answer one of life’s unanswerable questions: How many famous people are there in the world? (Deadspin)

As we all know, the Americans were bounced from the World Cup. Some supporters didn’t take it so well. (SportsGrid)

Speaking of the World Cup, what exactly is that magic spray that seems to make everyone better instantly. (Slate)

After the jump, down goes Fedor, the best of bad writing, and more Danielle Hilliard. Continue reading →

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Soccer Night In South Africa: To The Elite Eight


It’s the final day of the Round of 16 at the 2010 World Cup. Four teams met in two even matches that would be closely fought. They were so closely fought that they were decided by a collective one goal. That’s because we had our first appearance of penalty kicks to decide a game. Continue reading →

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Not News of the Week

If it’s not worth talking about, then it must be time for the Not News of the Week.

The state of California is so broke (How broke is it?) that they’re planning on switching from the traditional metal plates to electronic plates. The idea isn’t to have longer lasting, rust proof plates. The idea would be to sell advertising on the new license plates. The proposal says that the plates would display the plate number while the car is in motion. When the car is stopped for more than four seconds, an ad would scroll across the plate until the car gets back in motion. The state of California is currently battling a budget deficit of $19 million. We know Hollywood will do anything for a buck but I guess that counts for the whole state. Continue reading →

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Soccer Night In South Africa: On The Attack


The third day of action in the Round of 16 at the 2010 World Cup is in the books. In a fortunate turn of events for viewers, all four teams in action were on the attack. There was seldom a dull moment in either of the days matches. Sure, one match today was a blowout but the team down on the scoresheet didn’t stop coming forward. That was just the mentality of the day. Continue reading →

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F1 European GP: Bull Rush

The Red Bull Racing boys picked up their fourth 1-2 qualifying result of the season. They also picked up the lion’s share of the highlights in this race, though they finished at opposite ends of the field. Sebastian Vettel picked up the win while Mark Webber made a spectacular early exit. The big story of the race may have been the penalties handed out during and after the race. During the race one podium driver received a penalty but it didn’t affect his race. After the race, ten drivers were penalized but there wasn’t much shuffling around of the order. Continue reading →

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Soccer Night In South Africa: Rivalries Renewed


It was a day of intrigue and controversy at the 2010 World Cup today. Two pairs of rivals met to determine who would go on and who would go home. The biggest story of the day, as seems so often the case, was the referees. A disallowed goal in one game and an allowed goal in the other was likely the deciding factor in each match. Continue reading →

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Sunday Link-Off: You Oughta Know

Making her SLO debut, here’s Salma Hayek. She’s in some movie opening this weekend that stars radio’s Dan Patrick in a cameo role.

So the Tiger Woods divorce is in the books (more or less). But if you thought other celebrity divorces were ridiculous, this one blows them all out of the water. (The Big Lead)

To help you avoid Tiger’s problem, might I suggest that you read some of the 1000 things that men don’t know about women. (Esquire)

The mystery of the history of obscene gestures in sports photos has been solved. You’ve got to go back over 100 years to find the first photographed bird. (Out of Bounds)

After the jump, ticket rip-offs, a Saudi car failure, and more vuvuzela fun. Continue reading →

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Soccer Night In South Africa: A Continent’s Last Hope


The knockout round kicked off today at the 2010 World Cup. Two continents could see their last, best hopes for a championship eliminated today. South Korea wasn’t the only Asian side left but were far more likely to be a threat than Japan. Ghana was the last African side in the tournament heading into their clash with the USA. Continue reading →

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Entertainment Link-Off: Feeling Blue

So I was off last week thanks to my wonderful busy schedule but I’m back! Let’s kick off the last weekend of June with The Saturdays! They got a brand new music video and you can take a look at that later on in this post.

After the jump, two movie trailers to look at, a few tidbits on the next Harold and Kumar film, some Inception stuff to blow your mind, new TV show alert, Disney + porn = social problems, nifty TV opening credits and the iPhone 4 has some nifty features. Continue reading →

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Soccer Night In South Africa: Sweet Sixteen


The group stages of the 2010 World Cup ended today with the final games in Groups G and H. Brazil already clinched a spot in the final 16 and Portugal was a near certainty but the Ivory Coast was lurking in the distance. Meanwhile, three teams could advance from Group H depending on the outcome of the day’s action. Continue reading →