Good luck making money on this one…

According to The Online Wire, The Belmont Stakes are currently giving Kentucky Derby Champ Mine That Bird 6/5 odds as the favorite to win the last leg of the Triple Crown. Not exactly a long shot herself, Preakness champ Rachel Alexandra is next up at 5/2.

Some of the other’s getting consideration from the handicappers include Dunkirk – 4/1, the highly touted Charitable Man – 9/2, and the R&B sensation Chocolate Candy – 14/1.

Last year, Triple Crown Contender Big Brown hit the gate at Belmont Park as a 4/1 favorite before laying a huge egg, finishing dead last, and costing me $80 bucks crushing my dreams . Mine That Bird won’t get to this level of lopsided, but with Rachel Alexandra’s cachet continuing to slip due to the uncertainty that she’ll even race it wouldn’t surprise me if MTB entered next week’s race with an overwhelming amount of hype to live up to.


Da’Tara loyalists love Luv Gov at 40-1.

Considering that the movie came out in 1985, these Goonies sneakers are pretty futuristic – minus the burlap sack they come in. (via Pop Candy)

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Is Big Brown Really Back? (Barstool Sports)
This Should Go Well: Joe Torre Tells Manny to Shave His Dreads (Fanhouse)

You think I’m joking… I am not joking.

• YouTube Mash-up: NBA Finals And The Dark Knight (Awful Announcing)
• Preserving History: Lord Stanley’s Cup (Hugging Harold Reynolds)
• 33 Redux (The Blowtorch)
• A Real Reason To Root For Big Brown (The Sporting Blog)
• Even Portly, Tyson Has Game With the Ladies (The Big Lead…found via Legends of Cecilio Guante)
• Britches Get Stitches or Hookers Pimp Slapped (Epic Carnival)

… say what you will about Affleck. He kills it in that one scene in Boiler Room and in Good Will Hunting.