Overheard this week (January 30)
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“Why do basketball players keep pulling stuff out? Guns, penises… What the hell?”
- George Lopez, referring to certain NBA players named Oden and Arenas
“Party like a C**kStar”
- Jack Barakat, from the band All Time Low, unintentionally referring to Greg Oden on Twitter
“I know his name, I know where he lives, I know his age, his mothers age… anything and everything to prove to this Pinche that he is holding Satan’s cell phone.”
- How to Catch an iPhone Thief, blog post
“[McGwire] was paid millions while perpetrating a fraud. So how is it MLB Commissioner Bud Selig gives him a pass and welcomes McGwire back to the very game he betrayed?”
-Adolphus A. Busch IV, criticizing McGwire, Selig, and the Cardinals, after McGwire’s steroid admissions
“I think this could go way into the training camp of next year.”
- Trey Wingo, commenting on the Future of Brett Favre
(And getting back on topic at ESPN, after their website ignored Favre for a few days)
“It will be one of the storylines we follow through the offseason.”
- Trent Dilfer, warning us in advance that ESPN will be hot on the story
“Thank you Kurt Warner! For everything. You are the true definition of a role model: from your humble roots to NFL stardom you have never changed.”
- Scott Jacobs on Facebook.
I don’t know what exactly makes Warner a role model, but I guess his quick decision to retire should be emulated.
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