Hip-Hop’s leading paper chaser turned ESPN.com blogger, Lil Wayne, is now podcasting too. You can check it out here: “Tim Tebow has a chip on his shoulder the size of a funyon,” brace yourself for 5+ minutes of shout outs towards the end.

During the first of the two fresh podcasts put up yesterday, Weezy had a message for favorite Major Leaguer, Manny Ramirez (i’m his number one fan, and his number two fan), saying if Manny goes to his hated Yankees he’s going to dedicate the best song on Tha Carter IV to reprimanding Manny (quote, if he goes blue, I’m off the mane train, mang).

Five-Year-Old Chef Gets His Own Show (NPR.org)
What’s Wrong With The Cavaliers? (Waiting For Next Year)
Top 10 Fictitious Wrestling “Hometowns” and the Athlete Most Likely to Hail From there (Hugging Harold Reynolds)
Five feature films now playing in the NBA (Cuzoogle)
Portland, OR: Ballin in the City of Roses (Fan Foodie)
Celebrity Buddhists Busted (City Rag)
Mickey Rourke Joins Cast of Stallone’s New Flick (via Pop Candy)
Amateur Assistance for Kerry Collins’s Amateur Musical Career (Kissing Suzy Kolber)

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)

As per usual, will post the best of the best Friday in the A.M.

I don’t like it anymore than you do, but let’s be honest, cold, blustery, wintery weather is imminent. Taking the bad with the good, Metro printed a round-up this morning of exotic ski locations for winter sport enthusiasts to check out this winter. Making the list, Lecht Ski Resort in the Eastern Cairngorms of Scotland – where people apparently snowboard in kilts…

If this is what you’re looking for (you crazy kook), I suggest you check out sportkilt.com – your one stop shop for the kilt to fit whatever athletic pursuit you desire to perform while skirting it up. Here are a few of the styles available…

The classic Sport Kilt (or the MacVersatile)

The Commando (it’s Khaki!)

The hiking kilt (might get you goosed)

The Women’s Sport Kilt (popular amongst fem-ruggers across the Isle of Haggis!)

The Ballad Of Kerry Collins (Tirico Suave)
THE TOP 10 REASONS WHY BALL STATE DESERVES TO BE IN THE BCS (The World of Isaac)
The NBA Hierarchy (The Sports Lounge)
T-Roc’s Week 12 College Football picks (Cuzoogle)
Spin.com Exclusive Stream: 16-Song Cure Tribute Album (via Pop Candy)