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Jon and Kate, Separ – Eight.

June 23, 2009

Does anybody really care?

Actually Jon and Kate are saying now that the pressure of having their whole team on national television every week really took its toll. And the Detroit Lions said “Tell us about it.”

Alternate punchline, the Detroit Lions said “Wait a minute, that’s OUR excuse.”

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Gloria Estefan has purchased a stake in the Miami Dolphins. No word yet if the Dolphins running attack will now be nicknamed the “Miami Ground Machine.”
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Speaking of television, Lindsay Lohan is apparently getting her own reality show. This may be the first time in recent memory that the terms Lindsay Lohan and reality have been used in the same sentence.

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The Guardian Council, Iran’s top electoral body, found “no major fraud” in the recent presidential election. Apparently they used the same investigative techniques that Bud Selig used to proclaim baseball’s steroids testing program so successful.

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Iran’s top electoral body found “no major fraud” in their recent presidential election. They also announced that they felt sure Derrick Rose took his own SAT test.
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An 103 year old man, believed to be the oldest living professional baseball player, threw out the first pitch last weekend at a Padres game. The man said it was the biggest thrill he has had in baseball – well, since he hit his first home run against Jamie Moyer.

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This line below was actually spoken live on ESPN’s coverage of the College World Series Monday night. The context, for any readers with dirty minds, was that the weather was so hot and humid, it was almost impossible to keep the baseballs moisture free.

“The balls are getting wet in the umpire’s sack.”

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And this is one I wish I had written, from the very funny Cam Hutchinson of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix and Canada.com

“Tom Brady’s supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen is expecting a baby. Either that or she ate a grape.”
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Sports sponsorships of the future…?

June 13, 2009

 The College World Series started this weekend, an unmatched display of American amateur baseball talent.  At least until later this month when the Washington Nationals play the  Baltimore Orioles.

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The Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA may have been the first to put a sponsor’s name – Lifelock – on their jerseys, but they probably won’t be the last.

Although one question – Who has less national name recognition, the Phoenix Mercury or Lifelock?

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As to other potential sponsorship deals.  At this point it’s a tough decision, which NFL team will get the offer from Aladdin Bail Bonds?

But how long until the University of Memphis gets an offer from Kaplan?   Kaplan’s marketing promise is “Raise your SAT scores.   Guaranteed.”

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And how long until we get the reverse sponsorship deals?  As in, how long will it take the Los Angeles to pay someone to put anything BUT their city name on jerseys for the  Clppers ?

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Weird trivia department:

The San Francisco Giants honored their 1989 team before their game against the As Saturday night.  And then they started Randy Johnson,  who was in his second big league season in 1989.  (Actually, it was the year the Expos traded the Big Unit to the Mariners.)

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It’s been quite a year for Pittsburgh fans.  First the Steelers win the Super Bowl.  Now the Penguins have won the Stanley Cup.  And the Pirates… well, two out of three ain’t bad.

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Six Flags Amusement Parks filed for chapter 11 today.  Making them perhaps now Seven Flags?  The last one is white.

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Idle thought:  The late-night television news tonight flashed up information on where to call if you have questions the day after the switch to digital.  If you are watching, haven’t you already figured it out?

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