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• Chad Johnson Is as Dumb as it Gets

  By klownboy on August 12, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  I was going to write an uplifting piece on the pageantry of the Olympics and how I found it perhaps the most compelling in recent memory – from Oscar Pistorius doing his thing as a double amputee to Gabby Douglas… Read More ›

• Lakers Vault to #2 in the West with Howard Trade

  By klownboy on August 10, 2012 • ( 2 )

  The Los Angeles Lakers pulled of a coup in acquiring Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic.  It was a part of a four team trade that involved the Denver Nuggets and the Philadelphia 76ers. In exchange for Howard, the Lakers… Read More ›

• Hey Lolo, There Is No Crying in Sports

  By klownboy on August 9, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  My girl Lolo Jones is at it again. First, in a previous rant I (and as I found out later, the New York Times) called her the “Anna Kournikova of track and field”.  A lot of you thought it was… Read More ›

• Lolo Jones = the Anna Kournikova of Track and Field

  By klownboy on August 7, 2012 • ( 9 )

  

  It must suck to be Lolo Jones these days. There was the whole thing over her being a virgin and how hard it is to remain one (why she thought that anyone would care, I have no idea).  Now it’s… Read More ›

• This Just in: the Jets Are a Train-wreck

  By klownboy on August 7, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  There is a team from New York (who for some reason plays in New Jersey) that is making some major headlines this offseason and now preseason.  You’d think it’s the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants, right? To quote… Read More ›

• Phelps Is the Greatest Olympian

  By klownboy on August 4, 2012 • ( 8 )

  

  Michael Phelps won his 18th career gold medal – 22nd overall – in the butterfly leg in the 400-meter individual medley earlier today.  This also was his sixth medal in the 2012 Olympics – four gold and two silver.  That… Read More ›

• Criticism of Gabby’s Hair Shows How Much We Hate Ourselves

  By klownboy on August 2, 2012 • ( 25 )

  

  Today was supposed to be a day of celebration – for all Americans and particularly black Americans. Not only did Gabby Douglas become the the third straight American to win gymnastics’ biggest prize, she became the first African-American to do… Read More ›