What’s up with Mike Maddux’s facial hair. Its so dark and prominent! And why the super dark glasses frames?

As much as I do enjoy the Nike Lebron James and Kobe Bryant muppet commercials, I still would rather see Adidas come out with a Dwight Howard version where he smashes the muppets in the face.

But until then we get to see just how charismatic and charming the big man can be in this Vitamin Water ad.

Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen (of the Tennessee Cohens) is the latest politician to dip his toe into the waters of the sports world.

He’s written a letter to David Stern, decrying the rule that amateur players must be 19 before they can enter the NBA draft. The correspondence itself is well written and the arguments are presented intelligently.

But, then Cohen decided to speak to the NY Times, and he pulled out this old chestnut:

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Tony LaRussa is making news, and not for some retarded decision to bat the pitcher 6th because left handed starters always make contact during day games in the first half of the month, or some such crap. This time, he’s mad at the internet!

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Of course he isn’t. But it is part of the new ad campaign for the new NBA 2K10 featuring Kobe Bryant on its cover. Plus this is the only way the New York Knicks will ever be good. BURNNN!

This has nothing to do with sports. You should know that going in.

Did you watch the two night NBC News special, with Brian Williams spending the day inside the White House? It was really interesting, I thought. But, I do have one quibble.

The West Wing is full of interesting people. There’s, of course ,the President and his top advisers. There’s chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel, who essentially said he enjoyed being in Congress because it was easy and didn’t take up all of his time. There is the entire generation of staffers under 30, who are just now embarking on what could be a career spent in service to their nation. And there is the First Lady, a force of nature in her own right.

Well, NBC touched on all of this, but didn’t get too in depth. It’s possible that cameras simply weren’t given as much access to these people as I may have liked. But more likely, the reason is this:

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Well at least according to Star they are.

“A rep for the Keeping Up with the Kardashians hottie tells Star that Kim is betrothed to NFL star Reggie Bush.

“They are engaged,” says the rep.

Just last month Kim talked about how she had already picked out engagement rings that she liked and enlisted her sisters, Kourtney and Khloe, to guide her boyfriend of two years toward the right ones when the time was right.”

If this report is true I would like to say Congratulations.

Then again, I wouldn’t put it past the Kardashians to do something like this for publicity. Look at the rumors that circulated when she was booted off for Dancing With the Stars. They can’t let Heidi and Spencer have all the headlines!

Update – Just like I thought. PUBLICITY!!!!!!

Terrell Owens doesn’t have a house in Buffalo yet. He found a place he liked, but:

“They didn’t want me to rent this spot because of the extra or added attention that I may bring,” said Owens, who was informed of the news after a real estate agent and his bodyguard viewed the property. Referring to his real estate agent, Owens added, “In her words, she said, ‘Drama.’ I thought it was funny.”

Bunch of jerks in Buffalo, huh? Who wouldn’t want a pill-overdosing, drive-way sitter-upper who probably will leave after one year living next door?

Hey, remember when Truman ordered two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II? Apparently, John Sterling doesn’t.

Of all the Yankees to make this accident with, he has to choose the Japanese guy.

While vacationing in Sardinia, a place I can only dream of Cristiano Ronaldo shows off his new look and gets an abdominal rubdown from what seems like a close male companion. Guess it didn’t take long for CR7 to get over that Champions League Final loss.

That flower in the hair look is blazin. Maybe I will break that out at the US Open in a couple weekends.

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