The Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins went to the White House today. Well, most of them did.

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Being a man of his word, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl made good on his bet with Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Tebowed in a Tim Tebow jersey.

It must pain so many people to see this.

-H/T @lndaley

Remember when Mike Tyson was a dangerous psychopath and not America’s preeminent comedian?  Times have certainly changed

It seems like the chaos in London has subsided a bit, so now I feel comfortable making fun of it.

Here’s the Logo for the London 2012 Olympic Looting team.

h/t Beltway Buddy via pure evil

Former New York Ranger defenseman Ron Greschner  is apparently shopping for a new Presidential candidate.

At least that’s what his facebook status update seems to indicate

H/T Bob’s Blitz

“What is wrong with these people?”

No hello. No how are you. My mom just jumped right into the conversation. She called me yesterday, at the tail end of the Anthony Weiner press conference.

“What is wrong with these people?”

I started in with the usual, “absolute power corrupts absolutely, politicians never think they’ll get caught,” pabulum that always comes up  when someone in power gets caught in an embarrassing scandal.

“No, not politicians. I know what’s wrong with them. I mean these people taking the dirty pictures. Who does that?” And this is how I ended up teaching my mom about sexting

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On the ice, everyone can pretty much agree that Sean Avery is a giant pain in the ass. But, away from the rink, he’s consistently proven to be one of the most progressively minded, introspective and well informed athletes in all of professional sports. The latest example is this PSA he filmed in favor of marriage equality

It’s not surprising that he received some blowback to his support of same sex marriage, though it is a bit of shock to see who fired back and how the message was delivered.

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Carl Lewis has announced that he’s running for the New Jersey State Senate. I’m impressed that he’s starting at the statewide level instead of assuming his fame affords him the right to jump right into national office the way some other former athletes do.

But, I would be remiss if I didn’t bring this footage back from the dead. If Carl Lewis wants to serve his country, he needs to answer for the way he defamed it before a Nets game in the early 90′s.

Today is the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.  I know very little about the Civil War. Somehow, I never learned about it in school. History class seemed to go up the end of the Revolution then picked up again during the great depression. There’s an entire century I missed out on. I’ve picked up bits and pieces throughout the years, but I’m still a little foggy on the details.

Anyway, here’s a list of sports figures who have names that sound like they could have been Civil War generals

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