Linkz of the Week: Joe DiMaggio, Darius Miles, and Benchpressing a Giant Catfish

The Linkz of the Week are your weekly walk through the world of sportswriting. Have a link? Think it's the best thing ever? No? Don't be so hard on yourself, I'm sure it's not that bad. It is that bad? Oh well, send it to me anyway at tdonegan@gwu.edu and I'll probably post it. 1. "Yo, how much you bench?" Not as much as this guy. The Tennesseean is reporting that Jacques McClendon, a Junior offensive linemen for the Tennessee Volunteers absolutely destroyed his team's record by bench pressing 645 pounds. That's like 3 1/2 of me or one of these mutant monsters. Unbelievable. His next challenge? Yoga?to improve flexibility. Isn't that precious. 2. Tom Verducci REALLY Loves What That Tom Verducci Guy Has To Say About Baseball SI asked some of their top writers to name their top 5 baseball articles that have graced Sports Illustrated's pages over the years. And, of course, four of Tom Verducci's top five were written by?who else??Tom Verducci. None of the other writers picked a single piece they themselves had written. Way to go, Tom. 3. Bob Ryan Cleans Out the Old Desk Drawer That Is His Mind (courtesy to Boston Sports Media Watch) Bob Ryan had a great piece in the Globe the other day he calls an "emptying out the