John Randle has been busy these last couple of weeks. Not only did the great defensive lineman enter the Hall of Fame, he also had these two great commercials hit the airwaves.

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Let’s talk about my balls.

More accurately, let’s talk about the 10 square inch pocket of air that exists between my balls and my pants. It’s pretty humid in there. AND I DON’T LIKE IT ONE BIT.

This summer has been fucking miserable.  It’s hot and it’s humid and every day is worse than the last. You know it’s bad when you get out of the shower and you’re sweating before you’re done toweling off.

Every morning, I leave the house and head for work, dressed like the young urban professional that I’d like to be. But by the time I arrive at the office, I look like the bald, aging and sort of overweight man that I am. The sweat is just pouring from the top of my head like a waterfall.

Which brings us back to my balls. They generate a remarkable amount of heat in this weather. And it’s not a dry Arizona heat. It’s an Amazonian rain forest you would need scuba certification to blow me kind of heat. And it all gets trapped in that pocket of heavy denim or gabardine or cotton or whatever the fuck pants are made out of.  And it makes me uncomfortable and sucks the life out of me to the point that I’m exhausted before I even get to work in the morning.

No wonder Sports Illustrated took a week off.

Sports Illustrated: August 2, 2010

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Trindon Holliday has the bomb.com bike.

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If you have kept up to date on SCP you may have noticed I have become the biggest Phillies supporter. This is due to my large over 93 wins for the season wager (Can they possibly finish the season 34-21). So anytime anything remotely interesting comes across my eye related to the Fightins you are going to have to suffer thru it just like me.

Take for instance the Atlanta Braves making fun of my main man Ryan Howard. I guess they thought it would be funny to play “The Office” theme song everytime he comes up to plate.

How dare you make fun of “Big Sexy?”

Rajon Rondo wants you to know that if you lack an NBA Championship ring you are scum to him. Well at least that is what his t-shirt says.

Don’t worry Celtics fans. Our point guard isn’t getting a big head, he is just shooting a commercial for the new NBA 2K11 game with Derrick Rose and David Lee.

I mean even Rose gets his own t-shirt. But how come no one gets David Lee one?

And why isn’t Michael Jordan at the shoot? Isn’t he the coverboy?

-H/T You Been Blinded

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If you grew up in certain regions of our nation (THE JEWEY PARTS) you spent many a weekend of your 13th year at Bar Mitzvahs, dressed in an uncomfortable suit while trying to get the girl you like from algebra class apart from her pack of friends so you can ask her to join you in an uncomfortable slow dance to the latest slow jam from Boys II Men. Also, looking forward to the after-party that night, when you could touch BOOBIES!!!

Anyway, Here’s Paul Rudd working as a Bat Mitzvah DJ

Paul Rudd: Bat Mitzvah DJ from Jewish Forward on Vimeo.

We’ve done a number of interviews on this site over the past couple of years or so.  We’ve spoken to former pro athletes, reporter, noted authors, sports writing legends and Pulitzer Prize winners. The subject of today’s interview, though, is the best we’ve ever had.

Michael Weinreb’s new book, “Bigger than the Game,” tackles a topic that’s near and dear to this site’s heart. The book tracks the rise of pro athlete as pop culture figure during the 1980′s, while making some detours into politics, the drug war and cable television.

And, frankly, his answers make us want to hang out with him. He just seems like a really cool guy.

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I have been blessed in my life to have made many very close friends (Read that as: There are many people who are lucky enough to call me a close friend.)

That means I have been lucky enough to be a groomsman, a best man, and even an internet minister. There’s only one thing I have not been, but come September, that all changes.  Yes,  your favorite purveyor of sports and pop culture witticisms will be a male bridesmaid. (For a second, you thought maybe I was getting married. I am not. But if you know anyone..)

In keeping with tradition, I attended a bachelorette party over the weekend. And so, I found myself being pulled on stage by a drag queen on the Lower East Side.  It reminded me very much of past experiences with the Philly Phanatic.

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Holy crap! Ron Artest rapping about the New York Mets in a song titled “MetropoliTONS of Fun.” This has hit written all over it. He even threw a Shake Shack shoutout in there.

And yes I would pay good money to see Artest and Jason Bay hang out together.

This is definitely going to be my new hairstyle. If Tom Brady is going to pull off the Justin Bieber look, I think it is time for me to do the same.

I would literally die if the Biebs said this about my hair.

“Nice haircut, Brady. Dude’s got some golden locks. Haha!”