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Fat Pat's Sports Humor
Don King, South Korea, NASCAR?
On Monday, Atlantic City honored infamous boxing promoter Don King by naming a street-end plaza after the Don, even though he is barred from doing business in the city. In his beautiful acceptance speech, King tearfully remarked, ?I?ve put so many years into this business--robbing, swindling, and introducing a new standard of low ethical standards. This dilapidated Atlantic City plaza, full of hobos, crack heads, and prostitutes, all loitering together among the stench of vomit and piss, is clearly the perfect way to keep my legacy alive.?
Randy Moss? agent, Dante DiTrapano was arrested with his wife in a hotel room after police were called to the hotel to investigate a disturbance and found 73 pieces of crack and 21 grams of powder cocaine. Apparently, Michael Irvin was seen leaving the hotel just minutes before the cops arrived, but to date no charges have been pressed.
The South Korean government has decided to exempt the players on its World Baseball Classic squad from the normal two years of mandatory military service, as a reward for reaching the tournament?s semifinals. The Cuban government has similarly rewarded its own team for their impressive run to the finals with a full year supply of toilet paper to be utilized in place of newspaper as is used by the rest of the country?s population.
China?s senior delegate to the International Olympic Committee, He Zhenliang, has told his countrymen that the success of Beijing?s 2008 hosting of the Games depends most upon the good manners exemplified by the people of Beijing, whom visitors apparently often note as being brusque and crude. The city has launched a new campaign aimed at discouraging spitting, jaywalking, and line-jumping. Particularly worrisome to He are the people who commit all three infractions--jaywalking across a street in order to spit on your back and then cut in front of you in line while you clean it off.
Last Friday night, Bill Lester earned a spot in the Golden Corral 500 and became the first black driver to qualify for a race in NASCAR?s top series in nearly 20 years. NASCAR spokesman Jim Dunker expressed his satisfaction, ?This is truly a momentous occasion for NASCAR. Billy boy may well lead the way for more equality in the NASCAR circuit, but we do need to take small steps here. Right now we are following the road-to-equality blueprint laid out by the US government, so for the time being, Ol? Billy will begin all races at the back of the pack and only receive three-fifths of the normal points awarded for finishes.?
Player of the Week
DeShaun from Connecticut is this week?s BLS Player of the Week. Congratulations DeShaun!!! He earned over $23,700 this past week with an incredible series of picks in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tourney. DeShaun hit some ML Parlays involving his hometown Huskies but also incredibly saw a few of the major upsets. He picked on Wichita St. over Tennessee and Georgetown over Ohio St. among others. So in addition to the huge bankroll he has going into the Sweet Sixteen, DeShaun is certainly leading his office pool as well. Great job DeShaun and good luck in the rest of the Tournament!
Fat Pat's Sports Humor
Don King, South Korea, NASCAR?
On Monday, Atlantic City honored infamous boxing promoter Don King by naming a street-end plaza after the Don, even though he is barred from doing business in the city. In his beautiful acceptance speech, King tearfully remarked, ?I?ve put so many years into this business--robbing, swindling, and introducing a new standard of low ethical standards. This dilapidated Atlantic City plaza, full of hobos, crack heads, and prostitutes, all loitering together among the stench of vomit and piss, is clearly the perfect way to keep my legacy alive.?
Randy Moss? agent, Dante DiTrapano was arrested with his wife in a hotel room after police were called to the hotel to investigate a disturbance and found 73 pieces of crack and 21 grams of powder cocaine. Apparently, Michael Irvin was seen leaving the hotel just minutes before the cops arrived, but to date no charges have been pressed.
The South Korean government has decided to exempt the players on its World Baseball Classic squad from the normal two years of mandatory military service, as a reward for reaching the tournament?s semifinals. The Cuban government has similarly rewarded its own team for their impressive run to the finals with a full year supply of toilet paper to be utilized in place of newspaper as is used by the rest of the country?s population.
China?s senior delegate to the International Olympic Committee, He Zhenliang, has told his countrymen that the success of Beijing?s 2008 hosting of the Games depends most upon the good manners exemplified by the people of Beijing, whom visitors apparently often note as being brusque and crude. The city has launched a new campaign aimed at discouraging spitting, jaywalking, and line-jumping. Particularly worrisome to He are the people who commit all three infractions--jaywalking across a street in order to spit on your back and then cut in front of you in line while you clean it off.
Last Friday night, Bill Lester earned a spot in the Golden Corral 500 and became the first black driver to qualify for a race in NASCAR?s top series in nearly 20 years. NASCAR spokesman Jim Dunker expressed his satisfaction, ?This is truly a momentous occasion for NASCAR. Billy boy may well lead the way for more equality in the NASCAR circuit, but we do need to take small steps here. Right now we are following the road-to-equality blueprint laid out by the US government, so for the time being, Ol? Billy will begin all races at the back of the pack and only receive three-fifths of the normal points awarded for finishes.?
Player of the Week
DeShaun from Connecticut is this week?s BLS Player of the Week. Congratulations DeShaun!!! He earned over $23,700 this past week with an incredible series of picks in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tourney. DeShaun hit some ML Parlays involving his hometown Huskies but also incredibly saw a few of the major upsets. He picked on Wichita St. over Tennessee and Georgetown over Ohio St. among others. So in addition to the huge bankroll he has going into the Sweet Sixteen, DeShaun is certainly leading his office pool as well. Great job DeShaun and good luck in the rest of the Tournament!
