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(Did John Tomase Make Up the Rams story out of thin air?)

ESPN.com - After brokering a deal to protect himself, former New England Patriots employee Matt Walsh has finally turned over his evidence in the videotaping controversy. Walsh's tapes do not include the video of the St. Louis Rams' walk through before the 2002 Super Bowl, as reported by the Boston Herald. "Mr. Walsh has never claimed to have a tape of the walk-through," said Walsh's lawyer Michael Levy, according to the Times. "Mr. Walsh has never been the source of any of the media speculation about such a tape. Mr. Walsh was not the source for the Feb. 2 Boston Herald article."

Wait a minute. Matt Walsh claims he never talked to John Tomase about the Rams walk through? That means either Walsh is lying or John Tomase made that story up out of thin air. I guess neither scenario is that far fetched. Bottom line is that after all this bullshit it turns out that Matt Walsh had nothing new to add to spygate.  Big fucking surprise.   If this was medieval times both he and John Tomase would be stoned to death and I'm not even sure that would be harsh enough punishment.    It is just so disgusting that these two scumbags were able to hijack the Superbowl by making up lies about the Patriots.   Like we’ve said from the beginning anytime a guy refuses to talk unless he is given immunity for lying you probably shouldn’t believe anything he says to begin with. The bigger issue  is what happens to John Tomase now that he's officially been exposed as a rat.  As I’ve said from day 1 with this story, I think he needs to either write a formal apology and get suspended for a couple months or the Herald needs to fire him. But you can’t let this type of yellow journalism go unpunished.  I mean what kind of precedent does this set if we allow reporters to make up imaginary stories and anonymously quote made up sources to corroborate these tall tales just so they can make a splash? And that's apparently exactly what Tomase did. How can anybody buy a copy of the Herald when they turn a blind eye to this type of shit.  I can guarantee if this was a Globe reporter they’d be calling for his head.   It’s time for them to do the right thing before it’s too late.

ATLANTA -- Georgia retailers soon will be banned from selling candy flavored to taste like marijuana to children.  Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed a measure into law Wednesday that bans the sale of "marijuana flavored products" to minors -- anyone under 18 -- and calls for a fine of up to $500 for each offense.  It targets businesses that sell the candies with drug-inspired names such as "Kronic Kandy" and "Pot Suckers."  The law says the candies promote drug use.  Senator Doug Stoner pushed the bill in the senate. "I don't think that folks are aware this is going on," Stoner told Channel 2 in April. "It's mainly, from what I can tell, particularly targeted to minority communities."

Sonny Perdue?   Doug Stoner?   Am I on candid camera?   Seriously, am I?   How can a guy who pushes to ban the sale of marijuana flavored candy be named Doug Stoner?  God is totally pissing himself about this one.  Anyway I’m not even sure this story is right.  Does the candy taste like dope which quite frankly I don’t even think is possible. Or does it just have drug names like Kronic Kandy and Pot Suckers?  I’m thinking it has to be the latter right?  And if so how is this anything new?    Candy Cigarettes were like the first candy of all time closely followed by Alexander the Grapes.  It’s just all part of the pomp and pageantry of the candy business.

Introducing Adrienne, a bartender at the best little bar Lowell has to offer; The Blue Shamrock.    People who follow the Stool know that I am an ass man.  Therefore Adrienne was an absolute no brainer for a Smokeshow of the Day.    I think we may have to include chicks who work in Lowell for our 25 Sexiest Bartender and Waitress Magazine.

Do you know any smokeshows? It's time they come forward and be recognized for being so hot that other girls hate them. Send all smokeshows to randomthoughts@barstoolsports.com

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TAMPA - Some of the women wanted more out of their lives, others just wanted a chance in front of a camera. The more serious competitors thrive on athletics and jumped at the chance to be part of a team. Inside a cavernous warehouse in an office park west of Brandon, 40 candidates for a fledgling women's football league sweated out drills testing their speed, strength and endurance. They jumped, ran, pivoted and ran again.

"I am passionate about this," said Jill Papapanu, an out-of-work executive assistant who spends most of her time these days keeping in shape. She wasn't concerned about the implications of playing for the Lingerie Football League. "I work hard for this body. We all do. We're proud of how we look."

It seems like once a generation someone feels the need to take a stab at one of these upstart football leagues to challenge the NFL. The USFL lasted three years, sued the NFL for anti-trust, won, and was awarded $1 in damages. The XFL lasted one year and ended with TV ratings lower than one of those real estate infomercials with the talking cartoon fox.

But one look at the Lingerie Football League's website has me convinced this one is going to make it. Those other leagues were run by buffoons like Donald Trump and Vince McMahon and featuring an unworkable blend of legit NFL talent (Herschel Walker, Doug Flute, Jim Kelly, He Hate Me) and semi-pro caliber washouts. As the video shows, the LFL means business. They're not going to just throw a bunch of hot girls out there and have them throw the pigskin around. You don't roll out an AstroTurf mat in a parking lot and start recording 40 times unless you're a first class operation all the way. You want to play for the LA Temptation, the Las Vegas Sin or the San Diego Seduction? You've got to pay the price. You've got to meet the high standards of the LFL scouts. I'm sure they had them doing the 20 Yard Shuttle in the street and the 3 Cone Drill in the mall. But as long as there are more girls like Jill Papapanu, with a great ass, nice rack and a dream, there'll be Lingerie Football League. God bless America.

PS. How can Boston consider itself a world class city without an LFL franchise? Frigging embarassing.

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I know you've featured the dude in Downtown Crossing who feeds the pigeons and lets them land and shit all over him.  I didn't see what happened leading up to it,  but I saw him getting stuffed into the back of a cruiser.  He nor his pigeon constituents appeared to be too happy about it.

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This is shocking news! It could also signal Armageddon in Boston. I shutter to think what the pigeons will do in retaliation of this move. You think the Munich Olympics were bad? I got a feeling we haven't seen anything yet. You don't fuck with the pigeons in Downtown Crossing and expect them to go quietly. I got a feeling we're going to have a good old fashioned pigeon uprising on our hands. And you know what happens after a pigeon rebellion don't you? The bums start causing havoc because they figure if the pigeons can do it so can they. It's like a domino effect.

TMZ.com - Hillary Andrews claims Bob Stokes tormented her with crude, sexual come-ons, including once allegedly asking her, "Will you lick my swizzle stick?" Andrews also claims Stokes followed her into the women's dressing room, quizzed her about her sexual relationships, and pleaded with her to say she found him attractive. Oh yeah, and then there's this... Stokes allegedly told her, "It tortures me when you wear those heels and skirt."

First of all, aren't all news chicks supposed to be sexually tormented? I thought that just came with the job description. But seriously since when is it illegal to tell a chick that you work with that it “tortures you when she wears high those high heels and a skirt?”    Total crap.  Like chicks don’t know what their doing when they wear that type of shit.    Bottom-line is that any girl that wears skirts and hooker boots to the office is basically begging to have coworkers make sexual comments about her.   Everybody knows this.    Now there is a fine line though between saying “your ass looks hot in that skirt" and "will you lick my swizzle stick".   I think that’s what got poor Bob Stokes in trouble.  It’s a slippery slope, but it can happen to the best of us.   And you know that if Hillary was buying what Bob was selling this wouldn’t have even been an issue.

Well the Mass. Lottery has officially hit rock bottom with this one.  “Keno to Go” is their latest creation, which in my view is the lowest form of legalized gambling in the history of this country.  Not kidding.  Instead of picking numbers and rooting for them to hit the board ala regular Keno, you just pick numbers and go home!  What the fuck is that?  No instant gratification, no screaming at the TV, no nothing.  It literally can’t get any worse than this.  It just can’t.  I mean you’d have to be what experts call a “pure degenerate” to partake in this form of gambling.  First of all the people who play “Keno to Go” in all likelihood don’t even have access to the Internet, they’re simply going to pick the numbers, loiter for 5 minutes, then try to cash the ticket.  If they win, great!  If they lose, they just continue on with their lives.   Barstool Undercover snapped this picture at the Park Street T-Stop and actually considered betting because it was taking so long for his fucking train.  Instead he just bought a $5 scratch ticket (lose), waited not-so-patiently for his train and went home.

This was the worst game I've ever watched. At least it was the worst I can remember. With that said, I don't give a shit if every Celtics victory is the equivalent of some sort of medieval torture technique (Or whatever LeBron is doing to Pierce in that picture). Sure the Boston media (Shaughnessy, Callahan, Meterparel, etc) will use last night's putrid performance as fuel for their "the Celtics don't have what it takes to win the title" rants. But I'm a bottom line kinda guy and all that matters is the Celtics lead this series 1-0.

Let's start with the positives. KG was awesome. He carried the load offensively and put a stop to all the renewed "he disappears in crunch time" talk with that drive to the hoop with 20 seconds left. Equally as clutch was Sam Cassell. Most of the time you want to strangle the guy for hoisting bad shots, but last night he delivered 10 fourth quarter points. This was especially key since Rondo hadn't done shit since the first quarter. Haters will say LeBron had an off night, but I'll say it had plenty to do with the Celtics defense. Pierce and Posey were all over him. Paul took two charges and forced a key traveling call late in the game. Perk was there whenever he drove to the lane. The Celtics can survive Paul Pierce shooting 2-14 if LeBron is equally as bad. I'll take that trade every time. What I can't stomach is Ray Allen. Zero points? Four shots? He had fuckin' Wally Szczberiak covering him. Just isolate the two and Ray should score or get to the line every god damn time. That big load Ilgauskas was a thorn in our side all night. He's a tough matchup for Perk and Powe. They need to attack him and create foul trouble. Or run him into the ground. LeBron will come around in Game 2 but so will Paul, Ray and co.

Chuck - Red's Army

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(You know Bob Kraft is wondering why the fuck they're behind the hoop)

I’m 99% sure I’m right about this blog.  Wyc Grousbeck sits behind the basket right?    Why?   Dude if I owned the Celtics you better believe I’m sitting at half court like the Maloof brothers do.   Those are 100% better seats than behind the hoop.  It just makes no sense to me.  It would be like Bob Kraft having end zone seats or John Henry sitting behind Pesky’s Pole.  Okay nothing is as bad as those seats, but you get the idea.   Hey Wyc, this is your team buddy.    Take the best seats in the house.  I won’t be mad at ya.

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Now everybody knows that I'm a huge David Cook fan. People have heard the story about how I'm the only guy who picked him to win American Idol, blah, blah, blah. And he does a great rendition of Baba O'Riley here. In fact Manzo is probably sitting in his cube right now with a lighter waving in the air. But there is just something about those "typical Cleveland fans" that I like. Maybe it's how they belt out the chorus "We're all wasted" together or maybe it's how the chick slaps her boyfriend in the ass after it's over. Whatever the case may be this was a lot closer than I expected. I got Cook by a nose.

BOSTON (WBZ) ― Popular at summer camp and considered an art form by some, cup stacking has launched a Massachusetts 10 year-old into the international spotlight, after he recently snagged the position of World Champion Cup Stacker.  Steven Purugganan is fifth grader from from Longmeadow whose quick hand movements amazed onlookers at last month's 2008 World Sport Stacking Championships in Denver.  He set two world records at the tournament. He was featured as the Top 9 Play of the Day segment on ESPN after his awing performance that earned him the World Champ title.

Fuckin A Right!    It’s just one World Championship after another in the City of Champions.    What don’t we rule at?   Hey America, we stack cups faster and better than you.  Deal With It!

Last night was the 2nd Red Sox game in the Heidi Watney era. So far it's been mixed reviews. While she hasn't been very strong in the interview portion of her job, she has been quite good in the "hot ass bitch" part of the gig. And to be honest do we really care whether she's any good at interviewing people and shit like that? I mean the Sox didn't sign Manny for his glove and NESN didn't hire Heidi for hard hitting interviews. To be honest, If I were running NESN I wouldn't even bother with the interviews anymore. I'd just go to Heidi every couple inning and feature her in a different skimpy outfit and she could talk about where she got it from. Chicks would love it. Dudes would love it. It would be a win, win for everybody.

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