In case you had forgotten how greed works, Don King provided a little refresher this week. His production company, KingVision, sued an American Legion Post in Chino, CA, alleging that they broke the rules when they only purchased the residential pay-per-view package for one his fights instead of the commercial package. Because, when you think American Legion, you think bustling merchantry. The Chino war vets settled with King for a cool 20 Gs, because they can’t afford the cost to go up against a pay-per-view provider’s legal arsenal, not to mention whatever scumbags King keeps as counsel.

Fantastic, we’ve got war vets making a relatively miniscule drop in the bucket of an ex-con’s fortune. Only in America.

One blogger lashed out quite nicely…

I’m a pretty big fight fan who rarely misses a good match on pay-per-view. So, it is with some pain that I make the following pledge: I swear before God that I will never watch a boxing match promoted by Don King until he (a) releases American Legion Post 299 from any obligation in this matter to him and his equally shameful partners, J&J Sports Productions, and (b) grants a free and continuous license to each and every American Legion Post in America for every single fight he ever promotes. And by that I mean that any American Legion Post would not even have to pay even the amount charged for watching a fight in one’s living room. (Rick Ungar of True/Slant)

I like it, I’m on the bus. Plus, personally I can’t remember a good fight that didn’t have the Golden Boy Productions stamp on it. Someone want to enlighten me as to the last time I cared about a Don King fight? (Hector Camacho vs. Julio Cesar-Chavez, maybe?)

Don King Productions Sues American Legion Post Over Pay-Per-View (Fanhouse)

Surf Ninja Robs Banks, Meets his Demise Shredding a Colossal Wave in Australia

wait…





That’s the plot from Point Break. What I meant was…

Ice-Wielding Pro Surfer Allegedly KOs 3 Women

What a completely, unavoidably clickable headline - kudos SbB.





The story goes that pro surfer Chris Ward got in a bar tussle in Mammoth, CA that devolved into him punching out three women and threatening another with a chunk of ice.

Ward maintains his innocence. The bar manager is calling it one of most disturbing displays he has ever seen. And the whole thing allegedly started because one of the women started wearing Ward’s jacket.

Hey brah, I believe it was Chris “I’d never hit a woman but…” Rock who said it best when he said, “If a woman wears your jacket in the club, she’ll probably su….” Well, I guess that’s irrelevant at this point.

Ward is going to be charged - probably assault, battery, drunk and disorderly, and attempting to enact a fatality on someone - yet, he’s still allowed to compete on the surf circuit (???!) I think the surf commish is taking innocent till proven guilty a little too literal in the case of Sub-Zero Ward here.

In the DVR era, you have to show restraint. You cannot watch it all, or you will die…while lying prostrate on the sofa.

Frankly, I’d love to see ex-NFL linebacker Dhani Jones gets decidedly mangled doing all sorts of goofball sporty stunts. But certain shows just can’t be squeezed in lest I resign myself to certain, imminent death by loafing.

Anyway, how has Dhani been fairing? Based on this preview, not well.

It’s kind of understated, but is he or isn’t he about to get BULLDOZED by that horse?

H/T to Your Scrumhalf Connection for posting the preview. Check back tomorrow for possibly some intelligently crafted thoughts on a show I actually watched - like the Teen Wolf episode of How I Met Your Mother.

I just ate a Tic Tac. I knew it was a Tic Tac too.

OK, let me set the record straight, it was actually an Eclipse mint. In my defense, I’m young, stupid, naive, I’m only 24 (note: I’m actually 24, not 26, 27 or 28), and maybe a little hyped up on Winterfresh.

A-Rod speaks: ‘I knew we weren’t taking Tic Tacs’ - USATODAY.com

DATELINE! Salt Lake! When evading the authorities, meets leisure sport activity. The Associated Press is reporting that a Utah man has been apprehended after leading police on a high speed chase in a golf cart…

“Officers started pursuing the driver after he was spotted spinning out in a city park in Morgan. He took off into an alfalfa field and jumped irrigation ditches that the sheriff’s cruisers couldn’t cross. Morgan County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Peay suspects the cart was fitted with a car engine instead of the original electric motor. “

Suspects? He jumped multiple ditches!

I’ll stay on the case (not really) to see what, if anything, this guy gets charged with - improper handling of a motor vehicle within 100 yards of irrigation technology? unlawful destruction of a legume crop?

Link:

Suspect in golf cart eludes Utah sheriff cruisers (AP)