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And in other Sox news Manny continued talking to his good buddy Enrique Rojas at ESPN Desportes

"They haven't asked me for anything," Ramirez was quoted as saying in response to whether the Sox had asked his permission to trade him. The Red Sox don't deserve a player like me," Ramirez said. "During my years here I've seen how they [the Red Sox] have mistreated other great players when they didn't want them to try to turn the fans against them. The Red Sox did the same with guys like Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez, and now they do the same with me. Their goal is to paint me as the bad guy. I love Boston fans, but the Red Sox don't deserve me. I'm not talking about money. Mental peace has no price and I don't have peace here."

It’s official.   I hate Manny.   I mean how can you not?    Saying that the Red Sox don’t deserve you when they are paying you 20 million a year is arguably the most obnoxious thing I’ve ever heard anybody say in my life.   But having said that I still don’t think the Sox should trade him.    He’s not going to quit on the rest of the season because he can’t.   He’ll only be fucking himself for his next contract.    So let him say whatever the hell he wants to say.   Who cares?   I mean everybody already knows he’s an idiot.   This latest outburst doesn’t change anything except reinforcing what an asshole he is.  If it makes you feel better just boo him every time he gets up the rest of the season.   But the bottom line is that we still need Manny if we want any chance of turning this thing around and competing for a championship this year.    So unless Theo has already given up he needs to just deal with this jerk until the season ends.

PS - Love him or hate him you got to admit he is right about the Nomar part.

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KATY, TX (KTRK) -- More than a dozen members of a Katy ISD cheerleading squad stand accused of taking the hazing of underclassmen way too far. "When a girl (BEEP) in her pants and puts her pants on another girl's head, that's just disgusting," said the sister of a Morton Ranch High School junior varsity cheerleader.

This time the seniors stand accused of taking hazing too far. The JV girls claim the seniors bound them and tossed them in a pool. "Once you duct tape someone's hands, blindfold them throw them in a pool, start flicking their body parts, that's way too far," she said.

What the hell has gotten into Texas? "Bleeping in your pants and putting it on another girl's head is going to far!" "Duct taping a girl's hands and blindfolding her and tossing her in a pool is going to far!" Waa waa. Boo frickin' hoo. What, are they going soft down there? Cheering used to mean something in Texas. It used to be part of the culture. Cheerleading marked the time; A reminder of all that once was good and could be again. Now what do they expect the cheer squads to do? How are they supposed to weed out the weak ones, the ones that aren't willing to pay the price? By forming human pyramids and holding Booster Club bake sales? Save that crap for sissy states like Vermont where cheering doesn't count for anything, Pinko because this is Katy, TX dammit. You can be damned sure back when Roger Clemens was going to school down there they beat the cheerleader pledges with Louisville Sluggers and had them gangbang the football team and no one whined about it "going too far." What's the Lone Star State coming to?

Jerry's Final Thought: Does anyone have an idea what the girl did when she "Bleeped" in her pants? The mind reels...

Foxnews.com - Two women were charged with prostitution in Camden County on Thursday after they were arrested in a sting operation at a Lake Ozark hotel last week.  Two other women were also arrested, and three of the women are pregnant.  Alexandra Wells and Allysia Waldrop were both charged on Thursday.  Waldrop is pregnant, but is not known if Wells is also. The undercover bust went down at a Lake Ozark area hotel after the sheriff's department received several reports that pregnant women were advertising prostitution on an internet advertising site. One of the women arrested was eight months pregnant, another six months pregnant, and another was three months pregnant. They ranged in age from 18 to 22 years old.

FYI.   I just puked. Maybe this is what Jose Guillen was talking about when he said his "life is a living hell" in Kansas City. I mean I think we can all agree when the local prostitutes are pregnant before you even bang em, life has pretty much hit rock bottom.

Yahoo.com - Finals MVP Paul Pierce, who recently spent three days at a ball camp in Madrid, is making, ahem, news about what he said to a Spanish reporter. The money translation, via RedsArmy: "Q: Is Kobe really the best player in the world? Pierce: I don't think Kobe is the best player. I'm the best player. There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line but I have a lot of confidence in myself." Surprisingly, Spurs fans seem more upset by this than actual Lakers fans. (Update:OK, Lakers Nation is pretty upset, too.)

Our boys at Red’s Army pretty much nailed this one.  This is much to do about nothing.   I mean what do people want Paul Pierce to say?  That Kobe is the best?     That the NBA Finals were just an aberration?  Doesn’t every great player secretly believe they are the best?  That’s part of what makes them great.  But all that stuff aside, the difference here is that Paul Pierce is probably the best player in the world.   And if he's not he’s certainly on the short list.   After all, he was the best player in the NBA playoffs.  He did dominate LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.  He did win the Finals MVP award.   He easily could have been the MVP of the season.  Or did I dream all of this?   So what’s so outrageous about him saying he’s the best player in the world? What's that old expression? It ain't bragging if you can do it? I mean it’s more outrageous to claim Kobe Bryant is the best player in the world at this point don’t you think?   Bottom line is that the proof is in the pudding folks.   Anybody say they are the best.   The difference is Paul backed it up this year which is something that Dr. Colorado hasn’t done since Shaq left town.   

Bring it Mr. Belding!

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Tom Casale used to cover the Patriots for ProFootballTalk, but left to join a site called Pregame.com. And he didn't just leave the Pats beat; he shot his way out of town with an angry, bitter screed where he ripped everyone who's done him wrong. Among the hand grenades Casale threw out the window as the banjo getaway music blared:

• Tedy Bruschi is an asshole who barely talks to any of his teammates
• Despite Bruschi's public image, the real leaders of the team are Tom Brady, Matt Light, Richard Seymour and especially Rodney Harrison
• Corey Dillon was "the most miserable piece of shit you would ever want to encounter."
• Other people Casale thinks are assholes are Mike Vrabel, Willie McGinest, Dan Koppen and Stephen Gostkowksi. (Note: How does a kicker get away with assholism without being hung up by his wedgie?)
• Surprise! Bill Belichick is a miserable human being.

But by far the biggest bomb tossed by Casale is the rumor that there's a Belichick sex tape out there:

I heard from someone who is close to the case that there is a sex tape of Bill Belichick banging the married woman he had an affair with. I shit you not. The husband who is suing that woman for being unfaithful to him has a tape of his wife and Belichick screwing while the two of them were still married.

This is undoubtedly the worst thing I've had to write in all my years at Barstool. No kidding I agonized on this all morning before I wrote it. While I admit my obession with all things Belichick is borders on sexual attraction, and I'd pay good money to see a MILF tape of his hot cougar girlfriend in the act, I'm not sure I could bear to watch five seconds of this. Imagine the pillow talk?:

Cougar: Ooooh, yeah... Do you like that, Baby?
Belichick: It is what it is.
Cougar: Do you want me to do what I did before?
Belichick: What's in the past is in the past. I'm just looking ahead and preparing for what I've got coming up.
Cougar: Do you think I'm hot?
Belichick: I'm not going to characterize anything. Whatever temperature you are is whatever temperature you are...

Anyway, I hope this tape doesn't exist and that Casale was just blowing smoke. But even if it's true and the tape surfaces, The Hooded One is the one public figure on Earth that wouldn't let it distract him. If anything, it would just motivate him to be an even better coach, if that's possible.

(Bret Stieghorst was just trying to watch some loud porn)

(James Van Iveren was just trying to stop a rape)

OCONOMOWOC, WI -  Bret Stieghorst was watching an adult movie with the volume up loud. His downstairs neighbor, James Van Iveren, heard a woman screaming in the movie, but thought a woman was actually being attacked. Instead of calling police, he took matters into his own hands, ran up the stairs and broke down the door, all while brandishing a three-foot long military-style sword.  When Van Iveren did not find anyone else in the apartment, he left.  Van Iveren was charged with criminal trespass while using a dangerous weapon, criminal damage to property while using a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while using a dangerous weapon, misdemeanors which carry a maximum total penalty of 33 months in jail.  Van Iveren said that he does not have a telephone, so he could not call police when he heard the calls for help.  Stieghorst said the incident will not deter him from watching pornography, but he'll have to alter his viewing habits.  "I'm just going to watch it with the sound down, or I'll buy myself some decent headphones," he said.

Ah, it’s a story as old as time itself.  Man watching porn loudly in 2nd floor apartment.  Downstairs neighbor mistakenly thinks a chick is getting raped and breaks into the apartment wielding a 3 foot sword.   I mean how many times have we seen this elegant dance played out before?   But I must admit I’m a little confused on why the sword guy got arrested here?   It had to be because the police just assumed that anybody who didn’t have a telephone is a danger to society right?   Because I don’t see anything wrong with trying to save somebody if you think they are in trouble.   And as far as the victim goes I say kudos.    It will take a little more than a sword wielding neighbor to deter him from his pornography.

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Myself and a few friends were at the ocean state reggae festival last weekend, and much to my dismay I came a cross my first man-tramp stamp. I feel like this should not only be posted as to humiliate this mans poor choice and hopefully help him make wiser ones down the road, but also to get a vote on what constitutes as a man-tramp stamp. It has the common “tribal” feel, but does size change anything? I was also curious as to see if there are other terms for such an awful placement of a tattoo on a male, as to better heckle them next time.

Wow! I didn't even know these things existed. Previous to seeing this photo I just always assumed that the closest thing to a man tramp stamp was a tattoo that went across a dude's shoulder blades. But I guess I was wrong. Live and learn. The big question is what message does a man tramp stamp say about a guy? I mean we all know the traditional chick tramp stamp is a slut flag, but I'm not sure the same rules apply with a dude. Regardless whatever message it sends it can't be good.

From ProFootballTalk: It’s official.  Emmitt Smith will not be part of ESPN’s two-hour pregame show, NFL Countdown, in 2008.  ESPN is expected to make the formal announcement soon. Emmitt will be replaced by Cris Carter... The Sunday NFL Countdown lineup will consist of Chris Berman, Mike Ditka, Carter, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, and Chris Mortensen.

Rumor has it that Emmitt will be kept on in a limited capacity, doing Monday Night Countdown and appearing at the MNF sites with Stuart Scott and Steve Young, but there's no way that will be enough. For people who love the NFL and unintentional humor... or people who simply have a grudge against the English language... two hours of Emmitt on Sundays at midday was appointment television. So this is a tough break. So let's drown our sorrows with a few of Emmitt's best quotes from the last three seasons; the kind of gems the Worldwide Leader just made it tougher to catch:

"They did a good job flying around the football field and carowzing the football carrier."

"Eli Manning has been given the rice of passage."

"Don't worry about the game you just won or the team that we just blew out... uhhh... blown... blown out... Let's think about what we need to do going forward, and they had... blown out."

"He gets the ball over to their third read than most quarterback can."

"The leadership definitely have to come from the leaders."

"Wes Worker is a possession receiver that make things happen."

"You cannot change the stripes of a leopard."

To see the rest of the list, click here...

Boston.com - TMZ posted a series of pics of Senator John Kerry yesterday with an eye-catching caption: "Electoral College Girls Gone Wild." The website said the shots of Kerry and a troop of tipsy 20-somethings were taken at a Nantucket house party over the weekend. Not so, said the senator's spokesman. In an e-mail, David Wade had this to say: "The caption is completely erroneous and insulting and it should be immediately corrected." Wade said Kerry and two friends dined at the Straight Wharf restaurant and were walking down the dock when a large group on a boat recognized the senator and asked if they could take a photo. Said Wade: "The group came off the boat and onto the dock, took a photo with Sen. Kerry and his friends, and then Sen. Kerry and his two friends immediately walked away. End of story."

I'm not Inspector Gadget or anything, but I'm not buying the Senator's story here. It just doesn't add up. "The group came off the boat, took a photo with him and then he and his friends immediately walked away"? Well then why are there like five pictures of him here? And why doesn't he look like he's in walk away mode in any of them? In fact if you ask me it kind of looks like he's in "jackpot mode" Listen, I've seen this face before. This is the face of a man who knows he's getting laid tonight. And you know that drunk as shit girl is game. She was looking for some Senatorial dick the second she laid eyes on him. Now I'm not saying that Kerry banged her, but I am saying he didn't just walk away like he claims he did. Because if that was true the only picture would be that group shot. Time to vote.

Vote 1 For Kerry partied with these girls all night and 10 for he walked away

Generally I have no problem with cops tackling hippy bike riders. Especially during a Critical Mass Bike Rally. But this cop has to be kidding me with his excuses right? The biker was screwing up the normal flow of traffic and he swerved into him? Give it up already! You're on fucking tape dude. Just say you hate hippies and leave it at that. At least I can defend you that way.

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