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Steady Burn Superbowl Giveaway Huzzah!

Mike — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:55:46 +0000

Hey, if a team that lost games during the regular season 47-7 and 56-35 – with a Quarterback who has come back from the dead more times than agent Tony Almeida on 24 – can make it to the Superbowl, then why can’t a blog that rambles on about Lil Wayne, roller derby, Natalie Gulbis, and kickball get in on the Superbowl marketing blitzkrieg, right?

Right. That is why yours truly has been given the privilege of giving away this cachet of prizes from Pepsi.

This Ultimate Pepsi Super Bowl Party Pack includes:

• 1 football
• 1 beverage pail
• 1 snack helmet
• 2 key chains
• 2 hats
• 2 t-shirts
• 5 Pepsi 24 pack coupons
• 5 Frito Lay coupons

The process is real simple, just go to Facebook here and become a fan of the new Steady Burn fanpage. I’ll be adding righteous content to this page moving forward. You can go there right now and check out the videos from last year’s debauched experience attending all three legs of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred racing. I also added some photos of the RZA taking on chess prodigies on his birthday at a Wu Chess event from last year.

On Monday I’ll kick off Superbowl week by selecting a winner from all the Facebook fans and I’ll FED-EX you this prize pack. (I’ll even pop for two-day delivery!) Hugging Harold Reynolds is giving one of these away too, and they have a much more creative approach. So head over there and offer up your best Superbowl watching experience, and double your chance to win one of these bad boys!

To address a few FAQs, this is totally a boiler room operation we’re running here, so people I know personally are absolutely eligible. Also, if you email me a photo of your dog and promise to make him or her wear the chip helmet during the game (with the Doritos bowl filled) the odds may be skewed in your favor.

So on Monday morning I’m planning to have my lovely assistant (fresh off her stint at the Rusted Gun Saloon, pictured above) write everybody’s name down on little slips of paper, throw them all into a hat, and pour me a snifter of brandy. I’ll then select three names and take a healthy swig.

Next, I’ll light-up a cuban stogie, take a puff, then torch two of the names and those people will receive absolute squat. The person whose name dons the remaining slip will emerge victorious and receive the t-shirt, the football, the beverage pail to add to their collection, the league rated impact resistance snack helmet, and all the other accoutrement you see above

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Go to Facebook and fan the Steady Burn page right now because the winner will be selected at dawn on Monday (I gotta smoke down that Cuban, crush brandy, kick my lovely assistant off my apartment premises, and show up for work by 9 – it’s going to be a daunting A.M.). Every human alive is eligible, except for this kid…

Go to the Steady Burn Facebook Page!

If Johnny Depp Played a Professional Athlete…?

Mike — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:00:21 +0000

Johnny Depp has made a decent living (a killing, in fact) playing crazy folk. From Edward Scissorhands to Ichabod Crane. Hunter S. Thompson to Jack Sparrow . Willy Wonka, Sweeney Todd, Ed Wood. He’s even currently shooting to be The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. You reveal the slightest inkling of idiosyncracy, and Depp hits it out of the park.

When we’re talking about nutty characters, sports personalities are far from the exemption. With that said,

WHICH ATHLETE’S BIOPIC WOULD YOU LIKE JOHNNY DEPP TO STAR IN?

Email me your suggestions, and feel free to elaborate in length. All content will be posted with links on Friday morning.

Roller Derby’s Finest…

Mike — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:21:52 +0000

The Roller Derby Revival gets cooler everyday. And if you don’t agree with me, I assure you I’m correct.

Just last weekend, a team from New York City called the Gotham Girls All-Stars competed in the Eastern Regional Championships at the Derby in Dairyland, in Madison, WI. Not only have they embraced Batman’s nom de guerre for NYC, but they won the tournament, so apparently they’re dirty.

This weekend, the 2008 WFTDA season stampedes into the capital city of the derby revival – Austin, TX – for the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls Calvello Cup Championship.

Giving it its due recognition, COEDMagazine.com pieced together a photo album that shows the softer side of hell on wheels. Here are some of the goodies…

…and, Yikes!

Check out more here.

Links:
Coed Magazine – Ridiculously Rad Rollergirls
MySpace – Gotham Girls Roller Derby
TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls

End Hits: MGMT "The Youth"

Mike — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:22:00 +0000

From the band that incited bikini-clad slip n’ slide at McCarren Park Pool this Summer…

Here’s MGMT’s new video for “The Youth”…

That was directed by Eric, of Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! fame (Adult Swim)

Here’s a sweet wedding band that played some nuptials I was at last weekend.

They annihilated Otis Redding’s Try a Little Tenderness, obviously.

Golf and Sex: Bursting at the Seams

Mike — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:18:00 +0000

I take fashion pretty seriously…especially, when the clothing involved asks that we suspend all notions of practicality. And double especially, when it’s some form of cuckoo [golfing!] lingerie.

Looking to create the online athletic couture unveiling of the season, this was sent my way by UK designer boutique Mio Destino.

The golfing bra is, quote, “the answer for all golf lovers who feel they neglect their lady.”

“So the next time your partner asks if you ‘fancy a tee?’ she won’t be putting the kettle on, oh no! She will be opening her lingerie drawer and whipping out the fun new set from Mio Destino”

The golfing bra is nearing the final stages of development (I’m thinking the dangling golf balls on tassels might get left out of the on-the-course version), and the set is available for £300.

Link:

Mio Destino Golfing Lingerie

The Mooks of Kickball, Part Six

Mike — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to my running series on kickball antics that will conclude whenever I stop getting fed gold. (Man, I knew part six would be the best…)

photo credit

Gawker gets the nod for this (yeah, right, cause they need my support) about a brawl that broke out on Sunday during the Brooklyn Kickball League’s final night of playoffs – Brooklyn Kickball Brawl: “Brother Fighting Against Brother”

This is the league we played in this year (knocked out in the first round of World Cup-style playoffs, unceremoniously). And I was there for this fiasco!

Ok, I was in the bar. But rumor was a full beer was heaved at someone – which is surprising with this crowd, because that’s really more of a meathead move.

Disappointing way for the season to end. This is the same kickball league that made Jimmy Traina’s SI.com Hot Clicks for hosting an International Tournament! (their fourth annual, in fact). Cooler heads did end up prevailing and according to BrooklynKickball.com the finals are rescheduled for next week.

But seriously, what sort of retaliation wouldn’t be justified for having a full beer hurled at you?Flamethrower?

End Hits…

Mike — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:33:00 +0000

Zo & the Old General

On-court rivals Alonzo Mourning and Patrick Ewing will team up for Obama Rally in Broward County in the all-important state of Florida tomorrow (SunSentinel.com)

Natalie Gulbis Essay Contest

The finalist have been selected in the Natalie Gulbis “Who’s Behind Your Success” Essay Contest (sponsored by RSM McGladrey). Lot of worthy candidates for the prize of spending a day in Vegas with Natalie. (WorldGolf.com)

Low Brow Discussion Will Not Be Allowed at Sports Talk Radio Station

FM-Station WMVN (101.1) in St. Louis will soon be converting from dance-music to sports, and station chief John Kijowski says, “We will be absolutely a 100 percent sports-talk station,” he said. “Talk about bimbos, hookers on our air? No way. There’s no need to dumb it down. Just because you’re a guy doesn’t mean you have to talk about that stuff. We will take a local, regional and national approach to mature sports talk.” (STLToday.com)

Parent Banned From Youth Football Over Bad Play

Finally, a unique spin on an old fable. A parent in Amherst, OH barked at the coach of his son’s 9-and-10 year old football team, and demanded he call a specific play. (A sweep, resulting in loss yardarge. Police then arrested parent Eric Frambach, whose been charged with disorderly conduct and is banned from practices and games moving forward. (SeattleTimes.com)

Race-Walking Marred By Scandal!

Mike — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:33:00 +0000

Blood doping is assaulting our sports landscape as brutally as any other rule-bending plague out there.

The latest sport to fall victim – race walking, on the World Class scale of…

MOSCOW — Five Russian race walkers, including world record-holder Sergei Morozov, have been suspended for two years for doping. Morozov, Viktor Burayev, Vladimir Kanaikin, Igor Yerokhin and Alexei Voevodin were sanctioned by the national federation for testing positive for the endurance-enhancing hormone EPO, the All Sport news agency said Tuesday. (AP)

Enhancement drug scandals in race walking. Is cheating officially everywhere?

Link:

5 Russian race walkers banned for doping (MiamiHerald.com)

U.S. Wins Ryder Cup, Again!

Mike — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:21:00 +0000

Little did we know that United States’ victory last week in the Ryder Cup would not only mark the U.S.’s first victory in competition since 1999, but also a two-for-two in International team golf events in the past month.

I’m not sure what’s more impressive, ending that near-decade long drought, or this…

On Aug. 22, Team USA capped off an impressive 14 1/2 to 9 1/2 victory over an International squad, in the annual College Park Cup, which is basically the Ryder Cup for amputee golfers.

The College Park Cup, first held in 1998, was founded by College Park Industries, a company that specializes in the manufacturing prosthetic limbs for athlete amputees. CPI also hosts the Extremity Games, an extreme sports competition for those who’ve lost limbs that was inaugurated last year.

Check out this amazing clip of a man demonstrating amputee golf…

Links:

Amputee golfers do well at international tourney (St. Petersburg Times)
NAGAgolf.org

TOSS THE BURNER: Sep. 22, 2008

Mike — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:42:00 +0000

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)