AM Points of Interest: Rich Eisen Would Like to Schwing You

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

Apologies… AGAIN.  Little power outage in the Chicago Area this morning so our internet hasn’t been up.  It’s Friday!  And it’s summer!  We hope that many of your employers are giving you summer hours.  Which means by the time we get this up, many of you will be about an hour from getting out of work.  Hey, that’s a good thing.  We’re waiting on our Big XII writers today and hope to have that preview for you.  And UFC 100!  Katy Perry for your viewing enjoyment.

For those of you married folk out there, be careful when complaining about the wife’s cooking.  She might attack you……..This is why you don’t do running of the bulls.  You might get gored to death……..Cops arrested some guys dressed as Superman and Batman in Times Square……..disecting the $17 trillion divorce we’ve got on the horizon with China……..McNair story only gets stranger.  He taped suicide prevention ads the week before his girfriend went totally bat-shit crazy.

• Rich Eisen is horny.  Randy baby!  YEAH!  (Awful Announcing)
• Pick the biggest upset at UFC 100! Vote!  CRM demands it!  (Blood, Booze and Bruises)
• This has got to be the strangest BCS story.  Violation of anti-trust laws? Lawyer, please. (Fanhouse)
• Top 10 ways to improve sports that will never, ever happen. But there’s always hope.  (Five Tool Tool)
• Race in our neck of the woods this weekend.  We know you like to see NASCAR crashes.  (All Left Turns)

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PM Points of Interest: Santonio Homes Real Estate

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

Apologies for the lateness of the afternoon links today.  We were reading a really long, but informative article on another site.  And had a conversation.  Regardless, today was a short day because we’re running at half speed after not getting a ton of sleep last night due to the 5 a.m. airport drive today.  Tomorrow, we PROMISE to get you the MLB Power Rankings, Big XII Preview and some NFL info.  We’re looking at fantasy football, let us know if you’re interested in it.  Erin Andrews, just because we feel bad for her taking guff on all this ball stuff.  Hopefully, she’s watching…

We only know one married guy in Florida that read our site?  JPQ, did you destroy this hotel room?……..The Big O with a big check out of some chick’s backside.  He’s still got it!……..Senator paid $96 to keep family quiet of his mistress.  That’s the price of silence?……..Franken rising, Palin falling.  Somehow, we’re not surprised……..Yes!  The unemployed need more help!  Champion this cause!……..

• This is funny.  Really funny.  Santonio Holmes and his real estate company do a commercial (PSMP)
• Is this headline racist? You decide.  But we agree with the principle of the post.  (Pacman Jonesin’)
• Celebrating Tim Wakefield’s All-Star berth.  Oldest first time all-star ever.  (Josh Q. Public)
• We looked at the MWC earlier and S&F looked at it as well.  They have a history with those folks.  (Sparty and Friends)

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NFL Puts the Muzzle on Ocho and Others

To be honest, we’re almost glad that Fidel Goodell has decided to do this.  Chad OchoCinco was really just saying he would be tweeting during games as a publicity stunt designed to garner more attention to his middle school I’m-the-cool-kid-pay-attention-to-me routine.  But, to be honest, we hope he focuses more on making the Bengals a decent team this year.

Now, this isn’t to say that we think NFL players should have their right to express themselves taken away.  We just want the focus to be more on the games, not the players.

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PM Points of Interest: Philadelphia Pool Complexion Change

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

Slow day with the exception of the McNair news breaking that it’s not being ruled a murder-suicide.  So glad that’s over.  Condolences to the McNair family, *mumbles under breath* to the other one.  Can we please move on from that story now?  Hope you enjoyed the SEC preview as we’ll be doing the Big 12 tomorrow; again splitting into the two divisions.  Pac-10 will be done by us next week.  Big East doesn’t deserve it.  Jessica Michibata is a F1 WAG of Jenson Button.

These is absolutely ridiculous, Philadelphia.  There has to be some sort of consequences for the owners or proprietors of the pool……..They won’t let hookers get bank accounts in Amsterdam.  That’s absurd!  They can’t put the money in the mattress! It might get messy!……..We tweeted about this earlier but, Google could put the nail in the Microsoft coffin as they’re coming out with an Operating System……..Four pieces of good news for Republicans……..

After the jump, Magic Johnson and Kobe just not being too bright.

• We’re sick of Tommy Craggs tour of “Why Your Ballpark Sucks” seeing as how they went from the Nats to the Cubs.  So, S&F asks what makes a great ballpark? (Sparty and Friends)
• The Top Five Easiest Programs to Hate in College Football. Missing Michigan and OSU should be #2.  (The Big Lead)
• Running of the Bulls was today in Pamlona.  Click here to see the video of the carnage.  Natural.  Selection.  (Sports Rubbish)
• We almost did a post on this.  Where in the World is Bartolo Colon?  (SPORTSbyBROOKS)

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AM Points of Interest: Mother Nature Makes a Porno

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

We played a decent front nine of golf yesterday and then got to the back and fell apart.  Four-somes that don’t let two-somes play-thru really piss us off.  Thus, we hit into them the entire back nine.  We also might have blown out a knee on the 18th tee so golf could be a trial the rest of the summer.  SEC West post coming up for you today and a litter of other info.  We’re working on convincing a friend to do a UFC 100 preview and we’ll let you know on that.  We stopped watching Heroes after season two, but still enjoy Hayden.

Obligatory Michael Jackson link. Nope, we haven’t seen any of the memorial but will catch a bit today……..Devil attacks man in Florida. JPQ, was this in your neighborhood?……..Mortgage fraud is growing rampant in the U.S. How do you pull that off?……..We don’t care for Maureen Dowd but this diary entry as Sarah Palin is pretty good………We think Palin is an absurd choice for the GOP, but it looks like we might actually be in the minority……..Captain Bankruptcy.  Uncle Sam bailed out the liquor maker.

• Things in nature that look like porn. The tree has got to be the number one picture on there.  (Asylum)
• Chad, you take over our Twitter once a week.  Please, not during games. The Bengals suck enough already.  (With Leather)
• You take shots at LeBron.  You get a link.  Perhaps YOU’RE the problem King.  (Sparty and Friends)
• Ryan Dempster, please refrain from Bill Gramatica-like celebrations when the Cubs get hot.  (Sports Rubbish)

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Looking at the Steve McNair Story

We were sitting in the garage at a BBQ on Saturday when we got a text message regarding the whole Steve McNair saga.  Our immediate response was a blurted, “Holy shit!”.  Yeah, unfortunately our 5-year old cousin was standing about 5 feet from us so that wasn’t the smartest reaction.  But, it was definitely a sincere reaction.  We didn’t know he was only 36.

The whole situation just reeks of shadyness.  The girl, Sahel Kazemi, that he was found with was 20 years old and a former Dave and Busters waitress.  McNair is married.  So, unless his wife is cool with Steve hanging around with some girl half his age, then there is more to this story than just two people being found shot to death on the 4th of July.

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PM Points of Interest: Fantasy Football Musical. Seriously?

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

Melanie Collins, everybody.  Hope everyone enjoyed the coaches series today.  We hear there is going to be a PM Round-Up, so we’ll keep the link dump fairly short (UPDATE:  There is!  Holy crap!  We’re in it!).  We’re going to try and attend the fireworks in Chicago tomorrow night.  Haven’t been in a few years and we live here.  Over the weekend, there’s going to be a short on the entertainment.  We’ll probably get up about five posts or so.  Also, we’re looking to hire some writers to help with the load.  If you’re interested, let us know.  Send us some of your work and of course, blogs count.

Usually people take vacations over the 4th of July weekend.  Joe Biden chose a lovely destination.  Baghdad……..Your monthly economy update with all of the broad readings.  Unemployment up, payroll down, and around and round we go……..Being rich and powerful isn’t exactly all it’s cracked up to be.  Be careful what you wish for people……..We love the video that is attached to this article on ALS.  One of the best speeches of all time.  Glad the charity event was successful…….Woman is a screamer in the sack.  Her daughter thinks that the guy is assaulting her.  Guy ends up getting assaulted.  That’s what you get for pleasing the woman……..Real life Jungle Book?  Kid was raised by dogs in Russia.  Those crazy ruskies.

• What does it take to be a Knicks City Dancer?  Well, hopefully you have to look better than the bustdown in the picture. (Fanhouse)
• Hail Mary Jane posts a funny video at 4:20 every day for all the stoners to watch.  Yup, this one you don’t need to be high for to think that it’s funny.  (Hail Mary Jane)
• Probably one of our favorite segments over at Food Court Lunch.  You send them articles.  They finish the headline.  (Food Court Lunch)
• A rather ironic death in the state of New York. MMA is still illegal in that state.  Why?  (Blood, Booze, and Bruises)
• Sports Hernia (the author) may have an actual sports hernia (the injury) after Danara Safina kicks him in the nuts when she sees this. (The Sports Hernia)
• Yes, we think it’s sad that MJ died last week.  But man, everywhere we look there is MJ, MJ, MJ.  Enough people.  Ok…this is funny, though.  (SPORTSbyBROOKS)
• If you’re writing a musical about fantasy football, it’s too late.  Someone beat you too it.  And, you need to find better inspiration.  (Deadspin)

Two links after the jump and the FAIL videos are just too damn good not to post.

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Top Five NFL Head Coaches We’d Want to Play For

This might have been our favorite one to do.  NFL coaches are probably the most unique individuals out of all of the major sports.  If anyone blames us for putting the guy at the top that we did, you can go sit on a sharp knife.

1.)  Mike “DA COACH” Ditka – That’s right.  We said it.  Da Coach.  Hurricane Ditka.  Ditka vs. God.  Eff it.  Ditka is God.  We were really, really young when the Bears won the Super Bowl with Ditka but we’ve seen the footage.  The intensity.  The mustache.  The sweater.  Even the waterboy got jacked up for game day on the Bears.  Ditka pissed intensity and fire every morning.  The man is a legend.  And, he’s got his own kick-ass Bloody Mary Mix and Cigars!  But seriously, the 46 defense with Buddy Ryan?  No one could stop it.  Except for a table….

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