Screenshot via Olympic.org, which is streaming the vote live. It’s real riveting stuff over there – they open the vote, they close the vote. There’s a lot of deafening silence in between.
UPDATE: Tokyo, you are out! It’s down to Madrid and Rio, the election is over.
Obama gave the commencement key note at the Notre Dame Graduation on Saturday, and not everyone there was psyched about it. I’ll start this one about 4:20 in, you’ll see why…
They probably limited the students to 2-4 tickets for the family, and some kid had the audacity to invite his/her limo driver. Unreal.
As if he almost predicted the outburst, Obama went were he needed to go to calm the ND crowd – the playing field. But what angle do you choose when you’re dealing with the fact that the once dominant Notre Dame legacy has been reduced to a middling Basketball team and a middling football team? Well, guys, you’ve still got the largest outdoor 5-on-5 tournament in the World. (Did I mention I had the Tarheels come over my house the other day?)
Had Jeeves heard Hallelujah Holla Back roll off Barack’s tongue? Agreed, he still would shouted obscenities from the Upper Deck.
Obama Cites Basketball At Notre Dame Commencement (Baller In Chief)
Obama’s Commencement Address at Notre Dame (Real Clear Politics)
The 2008 Election – the video game chronology. Man, finally.
I guess they’re saving the version where Obama Mario goes down the pipe for when he takes office with a imminent economic crisis on his hands.
Well done, Barely Political. Nod to NESW Sports for the tip.
Representing the High Socks: Is the Knee-High Flame Being Extinguished from the NBA? (Legend of Cecilio Guante)
20 Classic Toys That Aren’t Movies (Yet) (via Pop Candy)
The Women of the Military (Gunaxin)
THE 11 HOTTEST SPORTS MOVIE TOMBOYS (The World of Isaac)
Emmanuelle Chriqui returns to Entourage (Epic Carnival)
White House perk alert: There’s a bowlng alley (??). And apparently, Barack’s roll needs work.
Turns out Obama was a little out of his element when he hit the lanes during primary season last March in Altoona, PA – putting up a 37 (geez!) over seven frames. Wow, that is quite the egg he laid in a crucial swing state. Risky.
No bother though, the Professional Bowling Association is here to help.
“Once the family is settled in, the PBA Tour will be pleased and anxious to send some of our top male and female professional bowlers in to give lessons to the president elect and first lady on the White House bowling lanes,” said Tom Clark, BPA vice president. (PBA offers to give lessons to Barack Obama)
Some of the PBA’s finest rollers are already offering up their expert services to get Obama’s game up to snuff, including the legend Norm Duke and Billy Oatman, the PBA’s first African American.
“I have one bowling tip for Obama: take a lesson from me,” said Billy Oatman, the first African American on the exempt PBA Tour. “Call Billy Oatman and he’ll get a lesson.”
JB, patch Oatman into the Oval Office for me, will ya? [Keep up the good work Mr. Vice President, top notch]
Oh, maybe it wasn’t for you, but a bowling alley in the White House – news to me. Where was that episode of West Wing, Sorkin?
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PBA offers to give lessons to Barack Obama (Detroit News)
The folks behind the “Don’t Vote” video are asking folks to share it with five other people. (video is actually called, simply, 5 Friends). And bloggers are taking the extra step by posting it and linking to five other blogs.
Check it out, The Sports Dollar gets the nod for the first post (that I saw, at least).
And Sarah, excellent point.
NESW Sports
Moondog Sports
Hugging Harold Reynolds
Epic Carnival
NYHoosier.com
Natalie Portman broke up with her boyfriend Debra or whatever he’s called, so that her an I can get back together.
Some say this doesn’t qualify as getting back together, since technically we were never together. Others simply tell me: give up, it’s never gonna happen. Haters. (via Pop Candy)
Olivia Wilde: Thank You For Being So Hot (MoonDog Sports)
VLADE DIVAC’S FACE IS A BIG PROBLEMA FOR THE LADIES (Epic Carnival)
Video: Kimbo Slice’s Attempt To Kill David Blaine (Awful Announcing)
Gambling 2.0: Bet On Obama-McCain Debate (Busted Coverage)
McCain (not) on Letterman (The Sound of Young America)
Sunday Night baseball ratings for the Yankees finale weren’t great. (via The Big Lead)
He doesn’t sound all in, but a recent blog post by Doyle Brunson, poker’s most legendary maverick , on Doyle’s Room makes him seem to be leaning towards McCain:
“It’s hard to believe, but McCain has taken the lead in the Presidential race. They rolled the dice when they chose Governor Palin to run for Vice-President and they threw a seven, because she really turned things around for the Republicans.”
Brunson then continued: “It’s hard not to be in McCain’s camp after listening to his life story. He really is an American hero. I’m not sure either Presidential candidate is the right person to lead our country over the next few years.” (via 911gambling.com)
Brunson had initially said he’d be voting Democrat for the first time in his life this election.
In a survey of 1639 American Poker players, Yahoo! Sports UK reports that 64% support Obama over McCain, who both are apparently proficient poker players in their own right. Sarah Palin has also been known to play a few hands. However, the trump card (not to mix bad gambling puns, or nothing) goes to Joe Biden, whose son, according to 911Gambling, was a lobbyist for online gambling site PartyGaming.
If the most recently proposed $700 billion bailout goes through, if and when Obama gets elected it sounds like he might be playing short stacked, concerning his spending programs.
Travis Barker and DJ AM are expected to make a full recovery after sustaining second and third degree burns when their plane exploded during take-off over the weekend. My thoughts and prayers are with their family and friends. (via Pop Candy)
David Eggers Interviews Chris Elliot (The Sound of Young America)
Who do you want on your couch today? Obama or McCain? (The Shutdown Corner)
10 wild card players in the NBA this season (Cuzoogle)
Joey Porter, Anthony Smith: Tale of the Tape (NE Patriots Draft)
Jim Zorn To Steve Largent, Top Pass Combo, Video (NESW Sports)
I’m not the first to say this. But you heard it here early, Brandon Jacobs – if he stays healthy – is going to have a monster year.
Peyton Manning, Meatloaf Mercedes, SNL Commercial (NESW Sports)
ESPN Columnist Opening for Magnetic Fields (Pitchfork)
Our Interview With Chuck Klosterman (Mouthpiece Sports)
NCAA, Newspapers Draw Blogging Battle Lines (via The Big Lead)
Wired.com Readers’ Best Geek Tattoos (via Pop Candy)
Gotta tip my hat, and twittersource J.E. Skeets (Balls Don’t Lie), a man who shares my affinity for the Obama throwback.
The Scarebear, clever in concept…
…Awesome in t-shirt.
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