Everything must go, including a whole mess of lanyards and credentials with his goateed face laminated on them.

Former ESPN broadcaster and Detroit radio personality, Mark Wilson, is leaving town (the state of Michigan, actually). But before he goes, he needs to sell off all the memorabilia his career in sports has afforded him over the years. The stash includes autographed bats, balls, crates of baseball cards, those radio guy jackets that will never go out of style, really old golf clubs and jerseys galore. It’s not all treasure – a replica MVP trophy from the Great Lakes Hockey championship – but there are items like the signed Joe Louis boxing gloves to be had. He’s even got a Charlie O. Finley baseball – the orange ball that Finley tried to replace white Major League baseballs with. Finley also wanted to institute designated runners and a mechanical rabbit that would pop up behind home plate and deliver new balls to the umpire (I digress, but I made up none of that).

Most notably, Wilson was the co-host of the popular Detroit sports-talk radio show Parker & The Man, he was ‘The Man.’ Wilson has also worked as a sports anchor and producer in Houston, Miami and Lansing. Judging by the array of Super bowl gear in his collection- a ceramic football from Super Bowl XL designed by Steve Mariucci? – he was something of a radio row lifer superstar.

Now, say you just wanted the Louis gloves, and maybe a lanyard or two. Well, liquidation stipulation – the whole lot needs to be moved at once and the asking price for the boat is $47 K. The kicker, assuming you live in the state of Michigan,  The Man Wilson will drive all his swag to your house!

And if you talk Motor City Chiefs hockey with him, I’m sure he’ll throw in some heavy lifting too.

(some info c/o of wikipedia)

Santonio? I wouldn’t put it past him.

It was inspired by a certain TV network with a propensity for producing rotten reality TV shows.

The nut of this post is such, go out tomorrow and get to’ up, root for Arizona on Sunday.

To the former, in case you didn’t know, Saturday is actually a cult holiday called Bulletproof Saturday. Since year-after-year the man refuses to give us Superbowl Monday (or Big Zero Monday, as I like to call it) off, a couple years back I deemed the Saturday prior to: Bulletproof Saturday. It plays to the theory (note: I also came up with the theory) that you can go out the night before the Superbowl and get plowed/cranked/fuhshickitee’d (sp.), and no matter what you’ll wake up the next day sans hangover because of the adrenaline rush of Super Sunday <- see, bulletproof.

I have a mixtape of Ghostface interlude skits (ya know, the annoyances between actual songs on the album) that end in a barrage of bullets. I play it during Bulletproof Day brunch.

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On to why I’m rooting for Arizona. It’s simple. Mike Tomlin is just too goddam cool.

The guy just does not respect the notion that you shouldn’t be operating at all times at maximum magnetism. Gawd! How i abhor his magnetism!

This is actually the first shot that comes up if you google image search Mike Tomlin + Miles Davis… that photo of Omar Epps comes up too.

To the victor go the spoils! Meet Matt Knell, the winner of the first ever Superbowl Giveaway (first ever Giveaway, period) on this here blog. He wins that gaggle of goodness I was pimpin’ on behalf of Pepsi about a week ago. For those of you who weren’t aware of the contest, here’s what Matt wins, and the rest of the star-crossed contestants can only continue to pine for…

I asked Matt, a crushed Giants fan in fact, to give us some insight into his Superbowl plans…

Super Bowl party plans probably consist of snacky goodness in the

apartment with the girlfriend, and perhaps a few others – we’ll dress

up the cat and our chin in Arizona Cardinals jerseys (NFC all the

way).

It took me a minute to decipher chin, actually it took me until Matt emailed me again granting me permission to post photos of his chinchilla (oh!) named Minnie. Here’s that strange animal in question now…

Congratulations to Matt, who also happens to be a blogger (you can check him out at TagSmith.org and SM4SC.com)

For the rest of you, just gonna have to wait until the next epic consumer brand marketing scheme here on Steady Burn – cause I’m sure as hell not giving away any of my own sweet contraband.

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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…

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