According to Petitionsite.com, Target Target Kenya, a tourism firm from the African region, is planning a ‘cultural extravaganza’ this month in an attempt to capitalize on the fervor for what they are calling the ‘Obama tourism circuit.’ Barack Obama’s father was Kenyan, and he is tremendously popular there (you can buy Obama Beer in Kenyan bars).

As a climax to the celebration, organizers are planning to hold a bull fighting event at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, much to the disdane of activist group ‘People Against Cruelty to Animals in Kenya.’

You can go here to check out their petition they plan to send to Hon Najib Balala, the Minister of Tourism in Kenya. But first, check out the chaotic scene of a traditional bullfight held in the Kakamega District of Western Kenya.

There’s something missing here… the toreador, right. Guess we’re not talking classic bullfighting.

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Thai boxing can be kind of a brutal and savage sport. And I find this pre-match entertainment reminds me of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom. (I don’t watch Dancing with the Stars, but if that’s what this reminds you of, well, that’s not so tough either)

After the battle salsa (note: that’s actually what this is callled – except the rope tugging at the end, that was called servin’) this is essentially what happens…

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This has a been a paid message from the Brooklyn Ministry of Tourism…

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Let’s cut to the chase, nobody thinks these jackets are cool anymore. These days, you might find a vintage 49ers pullover in a TJ Maxx. But I don’t think you could convince Steve Young’s 11-year nephew to wear it. If you attempt to check out the merchandise on Starter’s website, you get punted over to Walmart.com! (Man, that’s not a good sign).

Alas, not every fashion statement gets to be transcendent. Which leads us to today’s blogger poll…

A bunch of sports bloggers – who probably still have these things hanging in their closets (no matter what the wife might say, right Adam Tracey?) – remember the hey-day of the Starter pullover.

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The dastardly Don Chavez is running a month long giveaway (one prize per day, jack!) all December. Nice to see one of the year-round contributors to the online hilarity industry caught up in the holiday spirit of giving.

All you got to do to enter is go here and sign-up for the email feed and a new online video site called Laughing Freak. One fortunate soul is going to take home the grand prize with a G worth of stuff too!

Check these links out, then go enter….

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Each Wednesday, I post a weekly update to the digest “If You Had Money”, which shows the sporting goods and memorabilia you could purchase if disposable income was no longer a thing of the past. Each week, it will inevitably leave you wanting…

If you do a search for ‘bankruptcy’ on Ebay, it returns 322 results. Which frankly, is lower than I expected.

Regardless, liquidation is the theme of the season, my friends. Take these guys for example, they’re unloading five tons of brand spankin’ mint condition baseball cards!

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Remember the 90′s? Remember laughter? I was 11 years old in 1995, with less than none of the world sense and street smartz I possess today. I was preadolescent drunk (translation: pretending to be buzzed after a single Mike’s Hard Lemonade) on the notions of blatant carelessness, blatant recklessness, and blatant disregard. In short, I had no clue, which is no excuse for, but probably part of the reason why, I asked for a Carolina Panthers Starter jacket for Christmas that year. To give you idea of what this puffy monstrosity looked like, the answer is none more blue.

’95 was of course Carolina’s expansion year. Good ole’ Dom Capers was the skipper. They had just drafted a promising rookie/ stud drunk QB Kerry Collins to command the helm, and the future never looked so bright.

As we all know, the team has floundered – not unlike the Starter jacket fad, which gave way (at least in the Northeast) to the psuedo-hipppie Northface yupper fleece. Fun fact: Jake Delhomme wears these, always has. Collins exclusively wears lined flannel, and beat up 11-year old kids in the 90′s who had the Chicago Bulls Starter pullover. Trendy little twerps got what was coming to them (He was like 23 at the time too).

But I digress. This week, we’re polling the sports blog intelligentsia to share their own engaging anecdotes about Starter jackets. I’m sure there’s at least one good tale of a kid getting faced that’s tied to the outerwear that defined an era of sport.

Email me your submissions here. And if you need to bone up on your history, check out this post on Barstool Sports, where they break down the three types of Starter jacket wearers (I guess this makes me a Color-Me Bad Trend Starter? – goddamit)

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The Pacman pie chart. File this one under long overdue.

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Last week’s contest poll for The Best Name in Roller Derby attracted voting like I’ve never seen on Steady Burn before, with over 800 votes being cast over the weekend!

It was Shenita Stretcher of the Philly Roller Girls emerging to earn the honor, garnering 25% of the vote (219) and just narrowly edging Gotham City’s Beyonslay (203 votes). The Carolina Roller Girls’ Trudy Struction took third.

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