@Drunken_Donuts: +RIP

@AliciaSacramonesBrownie: nice

Never, ever underestimate Stern's ability to fix a series. Remember Amare?

for the record, lance armstrong has always been a dick with ears, has no true long-lived friends, was a massive steroid abuser and that caused his testicular cancer, and is only thought of in a poositive manner because americans are so nativist and jingoist that any guy who wins anything for our country, esp if he's a…

from that angle, Johnny Damon is Mike Piazza

meanwhile, Stu Jackson, with the pesky Bulls safely eliminated, has re-read the rule book and now realizes head slaps warrant a 1-game suspension. well, at least until a Celt slaps a head.

@ManchuCandidate: "pitching and catching" is very clever

Palin's forced smile is painful- she must be thinking "these Mexicans are NOT the same as Aleuts"

a-rod better not hit manny for a week or so, until he goes on the rag

@thetaxman: dude, the bac(k)ne should have given it away

anyone who has a shred of respect left for nowitzki needs to lose it- what a worthless hag that woman is!

for those of you still buying the "sexual enhancer" spin:

the details of this story are absurd.

@Mr. Randy Watson: if you had a 6-y.o., you'd have already heard that joke, in variant form, 100 times.

I'm truly embarassed for my race today- the Anglo-centric wire servicce stories on the match are a disgrace. The AP story didn't even mention the red card. I know lots of people equate a British "accent" as it were with intellectualism, but they are so sadly mistaken.

@Laser Guided: I have to believe Marshall be named.

in related news, the FBI is investigating Jamie Farr's mysterious purchase of Grand Cayman Island for $362 million in cash.

"Not a good picture day."

BTW, Simmons was right: the NBA Playoffs are bona fide, while the NHL is a scripted farce (2???? penalties on Pittsburgh last night. do they even try to hide it???)

let's not overlook Artest's 3rd-person reference to "Ron Artest" in Kobe's ear.