Manny Ramirez Traded

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Thu, Jul 31, 2008

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Gender Benders

Unlike Eddie Murphy...China doubleChecks before buying

Via The Guardian

For more than a year, officials in Beijing have been designing a special laboratory to determine the sex of any athletes taking part in this year’s Olympic games. “Suspected athletes will be evaluated from their external appearances by experts and undergo blood tests to examine their sex hormones, genes and chromosomes for sex determination,” says Professor Tian Qinjie. The tests will not be conducted on every female athlete, but will be required if serious doubts have been raised about an individual competitor - invariably one competing in the women’s events. “The aim is to protect fairness at the games while also protecting the rights of people with abnormal sexual development,” he says.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) introduced sex testing in 1968 at the Olympic games in Mexico City, after the masculine appearance of some competitors, many pumped up by anabolic steroids, had started to raise questions about the gender of athletes in female events. Unsurprisingly, gender-determination tests were seen as degrading, with female competitors having to submit to humiliating and invasive physical examinations by a series of doctors. Later, the IOC decided to use a supposedly more sophisticated genetic test, based on chromosomes. Women usually have two X chromosomes; men an X and a Y chromosome. So, according to the rules of the test, only those athletes with two X chromosomes could be classed as women. However, many geneticists criticised the tests, saying that sex is not as simple as X and Y chromosomes and is not always simple to ascertain.

It is thought that around one in 1,000 babies are born with an “intersex” condition, the general term for people with chromosomal abnormalities. It may be physically obvious from birth - babies may have ambiguous reproductive organs, for instance - or it may remain unknown to people all their lives. At the Atlanta games in 1996, eight female athletes failed sex tests but were all cleared on appeal; seven were found to have an “intersex” condition. As a result, by the time of the Sydney games in 2000, the IOC had abolished universal sex testing but, as will happen in Beijing, some women still had to prove they really were women.

Transsexuals, who have had a sex change from male to female, can compete in women’s events in the Olympics, as long they wait two years after the operation.

Holy shit! I always thought that this was some sort of Hollywood created thing. I guess not.

For a list of other athletes who have tried to pull the Tranny Olympic Gold Okie Doke (TOGOD) click here.

Tags: China, Juwanna Mann, Olympics, Steroids —

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Thu, Jul 31, 2008

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Manny Ramirez Trade Watch

The 5 Minute Version

10:52PM - “The Red Sox don’t deserve a player like me….their goal is to paint me as the bad guy” - ESPN Deportes reports Manny said that to them before the game.

10:58PM - CNNSI is reporting that the Marlins are trying to bang out a last minute deal with the Boston Red Sox for Manny Ramirez. I can’t imagine that the Red Sox would trade Manny….this is retarded.

11:06PM - Mike Lynch says that the comments Manny made to ESPN Deportes ruffled feathers, but won’t get him traded.

11:07PM - Nice Try Manny

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Wed, Jul 30, 2008

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John Kerry Partying With Young Chics?

Or Merely Stepping Off A Dock? You decide.

Thanks to TMZ for the Pics

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Tags: Beers, Drinking, Girls, John Kerry, Partying —

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Wed, Jul 30, 2008

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TitleTown USA - Voldesta?

Where the fu...oh, Georgia. Georgia!??

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

For years, it’s been called Winnersville. Now, the south Georgia town of Valdosta has another name: TitleTown USA, thanks to ESPN.

The cable sports network is coming to Valdosta today to declare Valdosta the winner of its summer promotion that earlier this month featured the city as one of its 20 finalists for the national award.

Other cities in the running ranged from small town to metropolitan city. It included Boston; Green Bay, Wisc.; and Williamsport, Pa. The only other cities driven mostly by its high school sports tradition was Massillon, Ohio., and Parkersburg, W.V.

The cities were encouraged to offer evidence of championships at all levels and sports.

The 20 finalists were visited by film crews and highlighted on ESPN, and the winner was determined by online voting July 23-27.

The trophy ceremony will be filmed at Valdosta High School’s Bazemore-Hyder Stadium, where fans and citizens are encouraged to arrive by 2 p.m. Valdosta will be announced the winner on Monday’s 6 p.m. “SportsCenter.”

According to the Valdosta Daily Times, Valdosta High School has won 116 region and state championships, a large chunk of them in football. The Wildcats football team is the nation’s all-time winningest program and has 23 state championships.

Lowndes High, the 2007 Class AAAAA football champion, has 94 titles, and Valwood, a private school, has 55. Valdosta State University has won another 40 titles, including the Division II national championships in 2004 and 2007.

Wait….do High School and D II championships actually count as titles? I’m confused. This is the most idiotic “promotion” I’ve seen…ever….and let’s not get it twisted–THIS IS A PROMOTION. Nothing is legit about this. Boston is Title Town USA. PERIOD.

6 PROFESSIONAL titles in 6 years. What a fraud.

Tags: ESPN, ESPN Sucks —

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Mon, Jul 28, 2008

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Jorge Posada Out For Season

Score!

Wait…this guy plays baseball? With those ears?

Tags: Jorge Posada, New York Yankees, Yankees Suck —

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Mon, Jul 28, 2008

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This is Somebody’s Son

The charges sound tougher then the crimes

Thanks to The Smoking Gun for this Gem

Meet Spencer Taylor. The Michigan man, 20, was arrested early yesterday morning for allegedly trying to steal Batman posters and other collectibles from a theater showing “The Dark Knight.” As can be seen in the below mug shot, Taylor went to the Three Rivers Cinema multiplex in costume as the Joker. He was charged with larceny and malicious destruction of property, and had to pose for booking photos in and out of character

So let me get this straight….

This kid dresses up as the most bad ass villain ever to grace the big screen and all he could come up with was stealing posters? That’s the most embarrassing part of this story. Nothing short of stopping the projector mid “Mama Mia” could have justified his wearing of that costume.

Tags: arrested, Joker, mugshot —

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Mon, Jul 28, 2008

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