Also his name is Bol Bol. That is some next level naming.
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The sportswriter has been hacked.
He writes for Fox Sports. He's very popular and "controversial."
Like I said, controversial.
@RetweetVibe is an account that uses the form "Retweet if..." in attempt to gain a larger audience. This is a method that has been used quite effectively by other accounts such as @RetweetDares to gain massive followings (@RetweetDares has over 160,000 followers).
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However, if you look at Twitter celebrity archive site Tweetwood you can see that Whitlock's account has retweeted the 13 tweets of @RetweetVibe 65 times, which is made possible by the fact that the tweets are frequently deleted and then retweeted.
Last night on WWE Raw, wrestler CM Punk turned around and punched a fan who he thought was hitting him, but the real heckler snuck away. And of course, the real heckler bragged about the whole thing to his friends over Twitter.
The heckler reaches in to hit CM Punk from far behind, then ducks away. Punk turns around and thinks it was the man standing directly behind him, who is actually innocent. He his the innocent guy in sunglasses. Ouch.
Radio host and filmmaker John Ziegler has a new documentary in the works.
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John Ziegler, a political filmmaker and radio host best known for his exuberant support of (and public fallout with) Sarah Palin, has a new mission: exposing what he believes to be the unfair tarnishing of late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's reputation.
Ziegler (read more about his background in this excellent David Foster Wallace Atlantic piece and in his own denunciation of Palin) is raising money to make a documentary about the assassination of Paterno's character by reporters covering the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
An energetic Ziegler replied in under a minute to BuzzFeed's e-mail query. He has no obvious ties to Penn State, and says his lifelong concerns about media bias drive his interest in the issue. "I think the Penn State story is one of the worst examples of media malpractice that we've ever seen," he said. "It was very clear to me early on this was a story ripe for media malpractice, but it was worse than I ever could have imagined."
The problem, according to Ziegler, started in November of 2011 when the NBA was on strike, football was in a lull and there was little other sports news. It's at that point, he says, that ESPN and other outlets began to turn what was a story about Jerry Sandusky into a story about Paterno.
"The media is full of cowardly stupid people who act in packs," he said. "They're in an echo chamber and they think there's only one side to the story."
Ziegler has made a career of sweeping in to become the loudest voice of an outnumbered minority on a controversial issue. In his op-ed about Sarah Palin in The Daily Caller he referred to himself as a sort of "shadow spokesman" for the former governor, who gave up much of his life and savings to rally for her before their falling-out.
It seems he's heading down the same path for the Paterno family, whether they like it or not. On Twitter, Ziegler has a following of Paterno dead-enders who, like him, believe that the coach was exonerated by investigators, acted appropriately, and wasn't given the right to due process when the Penn State Board of Trustees fired him.
Ziegler's project is divided into five steps (detailed on his website here); he promises to release a sort of summary short on YouTube in November and is hoping that by next year, he can complete a full-length documentary to be shown in theaters on the East Coast and later iTunes, cable channels, Hulu and Netflix. So far, he said, he's raised about $26,000 for the project and spoken to sources including former football players, Board of Trustees members, former PSU president Graham Spanier and even members of the Paterno family.
"The idea that there was a cover-up in this case, a concerted cover-up, is absolutely, positively preposterous," he said. "It doesn't even pass the original smell test. It makes no sense, and it didn't happen, and that I'm sure of."
Asked about statements Paterno made to journalist Joe Posnanski shortly before he died that he wished he had done more, Ziegler said: "That's the most misinterpreted statement in the history of man. The head of the TSA after 9/11 said he wishes he had done more. Is he responsible for 9/11?"
John Ziegler, a cardboard cutout of Joe Paterno, and former Penn State star Franco Harris.
He did have some sweet moves.
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It's in a jar, because that's where ghosts are stored… Obviously.
This according to an ebay auction that will allow you to buy Bobby Jones' ghost, which is currently housed in this very jar, for only $1000. Here's the harrowing tale of how the current owner came to possess the ghost.
Earlier this year, I began to hear strange voices come from my garage and specifically my golf clubs. The voice would repeat “Syringomyelia, Syringomyelia.” At first I had no idea what the ghost was saying, so I googled the word. Syringomyelia is the disease that paralyzed killed hall of fame golfer Bobby Jones. I asked the apparition are you Bobby Jones? The ghost then became visible dressed in 1950’s golfing gear. The ghost said yes I am Bobby Jones. I didn’t know what to do, so in panic I took the jar next to me and forced the ghost of Bobby Jones into the container. Thankfully this ghostly version of Bobby Jones was the paralyzed version of him and not the pristine athlete from the 1920’s.
As much as I like having Mr.Jones in my house, my wife is petrified of ghosts and is now forcing me to sell him. I have decided to sell Mr. Jones on ebay and donate half of the proceeds to the cure Syringomyelia fund.
Unfortunately Mr. Jones ghost can only be seen by true believers. If you are not a true believer bid with caution, for you may be unable to see him. I will not be giving refunds, so bid with caution as this is something impossible to authenticate and verify.
So if you had visions of hitting the links with Ghost Bobby, think again. Ghost Bobby can't walk. But before you buy him you'll have to look in the mirror and figure out where you stand on the morality of purchasing a person, albehim* dead.
Also though the "Buy Now" price is $1000, I have a feeling if you meet the starting bid of $500, no one's going to outspend you.
*Albeit but for a person, it's going to be a thing.
LINK: Check out the ebay listing here.
Find out who's on top of the MLB charts.
*Includes multiple songs used by certain players, as some batters change at-bat songs more often than they change socks.
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The Jets need an exorcism.
He's the starting quarterback for the New York Jets, and the man standing between the possible second coming of Jesus Christ, Tim Tebow, and the football field. He's also probably Satan. Here's the proof.
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The champion cyclist has steadfastly maintained that he never took performance-enhancing drugs. But a 200-page report by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency indicates otherwise.
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"The evidence shows beyond any doubt that the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team ran the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen," USADA head Travis Tygart wrote in the statement.
Via: usada.org
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In a statement sent to BuzzFeed on behalf of Armstrong, from his attorney:
We have seen the press release from USADA touting the upcoming release today of its "reasoned decision." Tygart’s statement confirms the alleged “reasoned decision” from USADA will be a one-sided hatchet job - a taxpayer funded tabloid piece rehashing old, disproved, unreliable allegations based largely on axe-grinders, serial perjurers, coerced testimony, sweetheart deals and threat -induced stories. Ignoring the 500-600 tests Lance Armstrong passed, ignoring all exculpatory evidence, and trying to justify the millions of dollars USADA has spent pursuing one, single athlete for years, USADA has continued its government funded witch hunt of only Mr. Armstrong, a retired cyclist, in violation of its own rules and due process, in spite of USADA’s lack of jurisdiction, in blatant violation of the statute of limitations, and without honoring UCI’s demand to produce the entire USADA “file” for an independent review and decision as mandated by national and international rules.
Not only does this story have an unlikely hero in Raúl Ibáñez, but it legitimately humbles Alex Rodriguez. I didn't know that was possible.
You can tell that A-Rod was super excited about that decision.
Detroit looked like they were about to close out the A's in Oakland tonight. Looks can be deceiving.
Lest you think that the Yankees were the only ones who knew how to break out a late inning rally, the Athletics of Oakland would like to remind you that they know a thing or two about Hollywood endings (okay, spoiler alert: Moneyball could have ended better for the A's, but let's not split hairs). Trailing the Tigers 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth (not to mention trailing them by $76,927,500 in payroll) and facing elimination should they lose, Seth Smith came up to bat with two men on.
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And then with two men out, and one man on, the immortal Coco Crisp (greatest name in baseball history) came to bat...
I think it's physically impossible not to love this A's team. All I want is for Brad PittBilly Beane to finally get that World Series ring. Tonight they got one step closer to that goal and kept the hopes of all small market fans who are living vicariously through the Athletics alive.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn't know how many concussions he's had in his career.
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Today it was revealed that during the accident, Dale Earnhardt Jr. suffered his second concussion in the past six weeks from the impact, and will miss at least the next two races. The first came in a incident in a tire test at Kansas Speedway in August. As one of the twelve drivers currently competing in NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup -- a sort of playoff system to decide the season's champion -- he will effectively forfeit any chance to win his first title.
The weird thing is, concussions aren't supposed to happen in NASCAR. In fact, there are safety implementations in place to ensure head injuries rarely occur, a product of the safety-at-all-costs movement started after Dale Earnhardt Sr. died after a crash in the 2001 Daytona 500. In particular, the head and neck support device (the HANS device) is now worn by all drivers to prevent any whip-like head motion in the event of an accident.
It may be the preseason, but Kobe's douchiness is in mid-season form. How can you not love it?
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Kobe Bryant is a giant, unapologetic asshole. For a long time, it was one of the primary pieces of evidence I would use to rail against the Cult Of Kobe (tm). But then in 2010 something terrible happened. Something unspeakable. Something that rhymes with "Buh Precision." Suddenly Kobe's douchebaggery seemed so much more honest than all the flip-flopping and "image control" that guys like LeBron tend to give into. This has only become more of a problem in the light of Dwight Howard's 2011 campaign trail of "love me while I piss on Orlando."
You'd expect that it would take a guy like Kobe a few weeks to play himself back into "amazing interview" shape, but he was on fire last night.
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Tired of hearing about the former Penn State assistant coach? Karl Rominger says it's not over yet.
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Jerry Sandusky's lawyers believe they have a 50 percent chance of getting a new trial for their client thanks to a recent ruling by a Pennsylvania appeals court.
The defendant in the unrelated case they're citing was convicted in 2005 on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful restraint, simple assault, false imprisonment, and indecent assault. But the court this week granted him a new trial on the basis that his attorneys did not have enough time to prepare.
This is consistent with arguments that Sandusky's lawyers repeatedly made throughout the trial about the lack of time they'd been given, said Sandusky's attorney, Karl Rominger.
"It's ironic and serendipitous that the ruling came right after the Sandusky sentencing," he told BuzzFeed. (The circumstances in the other case don't seem as quite as extreme as what Sandusky's lawyers dealt with — it was a death penalty case in which one lawyer was assigned to the defendant two weeks before trial.)
Rominger said that appeals usually have a 10-15 percent chance of succeeding, but he feels strongly that this argument greater than average chance of going through.
Asked when he would tell his client enough is enough, Rominger pointed to the 300 people freed by the Innocence Project, many of whom spent long periods in jail before being exonerated.
"I guess everybody can quit at some point, but that's not going to change the circumstances and that's not going get you out of jail and that's not going to get you back with your family," he said. "If you are innocent then you have to lay down your principles and fight."
Morrison's attempt to make the Portland Trail Blazers is one of the most riveting human stories in sports right now.
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Adam Morrison has two NBA championship rings. Adam Morrison, the college All-American who has become one of the most spectacular busts in NBA Draft History; Adam Morrison, the confusingly mustached cipher who spent more of his NBA career wearing suits, relegated to the inactive list of players sitting behind the bench, than jerseys; Adam Morrison, the muscled small forward with Andrew W.K. hair who YouTube resurrected from obscurity via a captivating highlight video of a game with Red Star Belgrade. Adam Morrison having two rings is a fact cited for its ridiculousness: it's one of the greatest indictments of the idea that a championship is the alpha and the omega of pro sports. Despite having two rings, Morrison's career has been, by his account, difficult and often miserable. As a basketball player and person, he evaporated in the heat of the NBA.
Instagram filters are NCAA violations waiting to happen.
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I would hate to be a college coach. Given the amount of potential NCAA violations out there, I'd be too afraid to ever leave my office.
In the latest official NCAA educational column, which are periodically written "on hot topics [and] intended to assist the membership with the correct application of legislation and/or interpretations," the NCAA lays down the law regarding Instagram, which is an app obviously meant to corrupt the minds of the youth and that needed to be banished.
Institutions are allowed to send prospective athletes photographs during the recruiting process -- that seems so simple we shouldn't have to think about it. But there are very specific restrictions on the type photographs that can be sent. From the NCAA's column:
NCAA Division I institutions should note an institution may send a photograph to a prospective student-athlete as an attachment to general correspondence (printed on plain white paper with black ink) or electronic transmissions, provided the information in the photograph was not altered or staged for a recruiting purpose.
But there's a catch:
And he wants you to know he's being responsible about it.
News of a potential pup in the Vick household broke earlier this week, when sports bloggers noticed a box of Milk-Bone treats in the corner of a photo Vick tweeted of him and his daughter. The photo was quickly deleted.
Arrow via Chris Chase at USA TODAY Sports.
Source: @MikeVick
But on Thursday, Vick confirmed the news in a statement to TMZ:
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Also after getting sprayed with champagne, the young Tim Lincecum says, “Now I know how chicks feel.”
Congrats to the San Francisco Giants.
Check out this gem from his college days. Posey smacks one over the wall in the 2008 Tallahassee regional.
Today Buster Posey hit a grand slam in the NLDS that carried The Giants to the next level in the playoffs. But he's been hitting them ever since his college days.
It's like seeing the future.
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