Fans of SI's Hotclicks may remember the hubbub that ensued when Jimmy Traina suggested that John Mayer may have went out with hotter chicks than Derek Jeter. For reference sake, here are both of their lists:

This man is the most dangerous heavyweight in the world:

He probably finished the fight quickly because he wanted to impress this lovely lady, who was in the attendance with boyfriend Tito Ortiz:

Doesn't that guy look like someone who should be cleaning suburban pools? Instead, Fedor makes a living beating the hell out of large men. He is fairly good at it as well, with only one loss in 26 fights. Many regard Fedor as the best MMA fighter in the world. The only thing that stopped Fedor in that fight was an accidental headbut by his opponent that wouldn't stop bleeding.

I would like to address this sentence to my future bride: My wedding will take place at Waffle House, so take me or leave me based on that fact. Just look at how much fun this happy couple was having. I can't even imagine an all you can buffett at Waffle House without getting a little aroused in my netheregions. In fact, in case any of you ladies out there have getting married in a church as your deal breaker, I am willing to compromise as long as our reception takes place at a Waffle House.

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then these two pictures say 2,000 words about true love:

The doting father walking his daughter "down the aisle":

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The groom, George "Bubba" Mathis, getting ready to for the big day:

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These two lovebirds got me thinking about a few athletes who might pull this same kind of stunt. We present sports' "All Red-Neck Team."

Boo Weekley - This is an man who allegedly got knocked out by an orangutan at a county fair. That sort of fantastic behavior lands you front and center on this list.

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Wade Boggs - Anyone who loves fried chicken and beer as much as Wade Boggs must be a redneck. By the way, if eating fried chicken and drinking cases of beer on a cross country flight is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Brett Favre - Brett is just a down home boy from Gulfport, MS who wants nothing more than to play football, retire, come back and turn his entire comeback into a circus. In Brett's defense, it will be a lot more difficult to score painkillers when he doesn't have a team doctor to write him the scrips, so I can see why he is very hesitant to retire. Too soon? Oh, and if you are angry about that last comment, know that I am a Detroit Lions fans, so no matter how many jokes I make, you will always have the last laugh.

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Hillbilly Jim - I think this WWF stars' name is pretty self explanatory.

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John Rocker - Is John a redneck because he is racist? Or is John a racist because he is a redneck? Is he simply a racist and should he be thrown out of the redneck group? I'll let you decide, but my stereotypical view of a redneck definitely includes a person like Big John.

Don't worry John, I would be just as angry if I looked anything like you.

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Eric "Butterbean" Esch - This guy is from Bay City, MI, so his geography doesn't automatically qualify him as a redneck, but it comes close. However, there is just something about a big fat guy getting into fights that screams redneck. He also currently resides in Jasper, AL, so he obviously felt the redneck inside of him and moved accordingly.



Rod Beck - In 2003, after undergoing Tommy John surgery the previous year, Rod Beck attempted a comeback with the Chicago Cubs. While he pitched in AAA Iowa, Beck lived in a trailer over the centerfield wall. To make it even more redneckish, Rod handed our beers after games and partied with any fans that were willing to stop by.

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Larry Bird - I think "The Hick from French Lick," qualifies for this list.

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"Stone Cold" Steve Austin - This guy made a career out of being a redneck, and I love him for it.

and my personal favorite:

Terry Bradshaw - Hollywood Henderson claimed Terry was so dumb that he couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the "c" and the "t," that sounds pretty redneck to me. He still talks like he has something wrong with him, but I'll be damned if he doesn't sing like a canary.

Tonya Harding - Let's give Tonya a hand for being the only woman on this list. I think that her scheme to knock Nancy Kerrigan's knee cap off her body and her foray into "celebrity," then regular boxing qualify her as a redneck.

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Karl Malone - I am not simply looking at Karl Malone's affinity for hunting and calling him a redneck. I am looking at his affinity for not talking in complete sentences and calling him a redneck.

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"Mr. Perfect" Kurt Hennig - I am not sure Curt Hennig was actually a redneck, but he sure as hell played one on TV. This is a fantastic song by the way.

Jimmy Houston - Anyone who has watched ESPN at around 7 am knows this man. By the way, if anyone out there has a love affair with a large mouth bass, you, like Jimmy, are a redneck.

Richard Petty - I don't care if this guy spoke in perfect diction with an English accent, that hat makes him a redneck.

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And the Godfather himself - John Daly - He is the perennial sports redneck, and he never ceases to impress:

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If you, like me, have fallen in love with the NCAA football franchise, you know that EA Sports NCAA 2009 is set to be released on July 15, 2008. What you may not know is that EA Sports painstakingly chooses the athlete that will grace the cover. They don't simply throw the previous years' Heisman winner on the cover, oh no, they experiment in a variety of way to choose who would look best front and center.

I love tattoos. I happen to have around 74 of them that make me look like a cheetah. I am going in for the prostestic tail in a few months. My love of tattoos allows me to appreciate English striker Wayne Rooney's new tattoo:

Tatt-Roo ... Wayne's new ink

In case that tattoo is too smal to see, Wayne's skin is made to look like he is being pulled back to reveal the name of his favorite album, Just Enough Education to Perform, by his favorite band, The Stereophonics. Personally, I love his choice of taking his favorite music and turning it into a great tattoo. Before I got the Jaguar print all over my body, I had this tattoo on my back.

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If I organized an party for athletes with terrible tattoos, Wayne would definetly get an invite. Check out who else would get an invite:

Amare Stoudamire - Calling yourself "Black Jesus" may be a bit presuptous. Maybe it's just me.

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Lebron James - Jesus disagrees with this tattoo

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Robert Swift - I think that this tattoo is supposed to depict someone dunking. I would be shocked if Robert Swift ever repeated that action in his NBA career.

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Calf Tats:

What sport do you play again Mike Bibby? Is that net made out of Alligator skin?

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Andre Brown - The only way to trump the terribleness of Mike Bibby's tattoo.

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Jeremy Shockey - God Bless America

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Mike Tyson - Nothing better than a face tat

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Kris Allen - I don't know who the hell this guy is, but I can tell you that he plays rugby for the New Zealand All-Blacks. Kris, with a K, anticipated his team winning the Rugby World Cup from 2007-2011 when he got this tattoo in 2007. Unfortunately for Kris with K, the All-Blacks lost in 2007 and his tattoo made him look like a huge douche.

at least he never bet 5million on the All Blacks

Vince Young - What does mine say? "V. Young!! What does mine say? "V. Young!!!

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Dennis Rodman - This is not a bad tattoo, I am just envious

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Jameer Nelson - Yes Jameer all eyes are on you. If by all eyes, you mean the eyes of 14 Orlando Magic fans.

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Stephen Jackson - Yeah, that's two praying hands holding a glock. I love me some Captain Jack

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And the worst sports tattoo of all time is….

Melvin Costa - If this MMA fighter's Neo-Nazi tattoo isn't any offensive enough, he also has a tat telling people he has a small weiner.

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Let me know who I missed.

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Jessica Simpson and Pam Anderson Highlight Our Best Cat-Fight List

There is nothing I love more than a good old fashioned cat fight. Really, I don't mind if the fighting chicks are two huge lesbian mules, I just love to see chicks throw down. Luckily, in this case, the two fighting chicks are hot as hell. Apparently, Pam got her animal loving thong in a bunch when Jessica Simpson wore this shirt:

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If that shirt is make a phallic reference, then I am on board, and aroused. Wouldn't it be great if the two chicks below just started wrestling? They would grope and grab at each other, new feelings might arise, both chicks would end up naked and it would all end up on "Blonde Cat Fight turned into Lesbianic Experiences" late night on the Spice Channel.

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If they do engage in a cat fight, I really hope they reenact that Miller Lite "Great Taste vs. Less Filling" cat fight:

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This little back and forth got me thinking about which loving sporting ladies I would like to see drop the gloves.

Baseball

A-Rod's Ripped Stripper vs. A-Rod's Wife vs. Madonna - Let's call this a triple threat cage match -

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Jose Canseco's ex-wife and Roger Clemens wife - Someone needs to figure out whether Roger was actually at that party and this match should pretty much decide it.

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Basketball

Kobe's Wife vs. Shaq's Ex-Wife - I imagine the animosity between these men extends to ex-spouses

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Doug Christie's Wife vs. Rick Fox's Ex-Wife, Vanessa Williams

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Pro Wrestling

Hulk Hogan -Ex-Wife vs. Randy "The Macho Man" Savage's wife, who I assume is still Ms. Elizabeth

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Tennis

Ana Ivanovic vs. Maria Kirilenko

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Golf

Elin Woods vs. Amy Mickelson - This will be the last time Phil questions Tiger's equipment

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Hockey

Sean Avery's Ex-Girlfriend Elisha Cuthbert and Mike Modano's wife Willa Ford - I don't think these two have a problem with each other, but I would love to see them make out

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As the all-star break approaches, many of baseball's top minds are handing out mid-season awards and telling fans who should have made the All-Star team if they weren't able to get their grubby, unwashed fingers to drunkenly punch little holes in the All-Star ballots. That is not our style at the Angry T. We would much rather tear someone down than give a person a compliment or suggest that they should be honored. It makes us feel better and it should make you feel like a more worthwhile human being as well.

So, let's take a look, position by position, on who deserves a spot on the Anti-All-Star Team and who gets our vote for the LVP (Least Valuable Player) and the Mike Maroth Award (the oppposite of the Cy Young)

SP: Barry Zito - His fantastic looks can only take him so far.

SP: Miguel Batista - While I almost always blame Jim Riggleman in this situations, I think Miguel and Richie Sexson deserve just a little bit "credit" for the Mariners' futility

SP: Brett Myers - Maybe that trip to the bullpen should be permanent

RP: Jason Isringhausen - Jason's seven blown saves narrowly edge out Eric Gagne's 6 + ERA and 5 blown saves.

C: Jason Varitek - This guy is an All-Star? Maybe they should take the voting power out of our grubby little hands.

1B: Richie Sexson - 6?8?, 240 pounds of god-awful

2B: Rickie Weeks - How long do they let the former Golden Spikes winner hit .200 before they pull the plug.

SS: Troy Tulowitzki - This was an agonizing decision because Omar Ziquel has been equally horrific this year. In the end, I chose Troy because I have to imagine that more was expected out of the 23 year old Troy than the 54 year old Omar. Plus, look at that OBP, it's damn near .250, very impressive.

3B: Bill Hall - Sorry to pick on the Brewers, but this guy will probably finish the season with a .235 average and 150 strikeouts. Unless he hits about 30 bombs, this will be another disappointing season for Mr. Hall

OF: Andruw Jones - Not bad for 14.7 million a year.

OF: Eric Brynes - When the Diamonbacks signed him to a three years, $30 million extension in the off-season, I think they expected a bit more.

OF: Jeff Francoeur - Jeff's numbers haven't been as bad as some of the players above, but the Braves moved him down to AAA nonetheless. For Jeff's sake, I hope his promotion back to the majors sparks a turnaround

LVP - The Contenders:

Andruw Jones - OF - LA Dodgers

Troy Tulowitzki - SS - Colorado Rockies

Richie Sexson - 1B - Seattle Mariners

AND THE WINNER IS....

Andruw Jones!!!!!!

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Mike Maroth Award:

No need for a drumroll, let's give it to the $126 million dollar man Barry Zito who has been about as impressive as an 84 mph fastball, which he features prominently.

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Congrats to all the winners, you should be very proud of your terrible baseball playing selves.

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I have no doubt that you downed a few beers this fourth of July weekend. You probably had a few Bud Lights or a few Miller Lites while your enjoying your fireworks. But why did you purchase the Bud Light over the Miller Lite or vice versa? You may think it is because of taste, but you are dead wrong. You have been brainwashed by the several thousand beer commercials that you have been exposed to in your life time. When you were building your lego tower and watching Step-by-Step, you were also being inundated with advertising from a company that wanted nothing more than you and your seven year old liver as a future customer.

NBA free agency is upon us and even though this isn't the best class of all-time, we can still have some fun taking a look at who si available. NBA GMs take note, we have compared each of ESPN's top 10 NBA free agents to beautiful works of musical art on the Billboard Top 100 to accentuate their greatest qualities:

Wow, in the middle of writing this article, ESPN changed their best available free agents to represent an up to date list. For instance, Kurt Thomas moved up to #5, which tells you all you need to know about this free agent class. In any event, for ease of me finishing this post, I am moving the combined team of Shaun Livingston / Kwame Brown to #5 and then move unto the the Top 4 on this list, which is still intact.

10. Ricky Davis - 7 Things - Miley Cyrus - Off the top of my head, Ricky Davis, shoots too much, turns the ball over too much, doesn't look for his teammates enough, is a bad teammate, has never been a winner, once recorded a fake triple double, was only playing 25 minutes on the worst roster in NBA history (the 2nd half 2008 Miami Heat). 7 things, all bad.

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9. Michael Pietrus - 4 minutes - Justin Timberlake feat. Madonna - 4 Minutes: The amount of time, in minutes, that Michael Pietrus' talent dictates that he should play in each NBA game.

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8. James Posey - If I Never See Your Face Again - Maroon 5 feat. Rihanna - You've got your championship, now go away.

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7. Kurt Thomas - Bye Bye - Mariah Carey - Retire immeadiatly.

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6. Beno Udrih - Pocket Full of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield - Beno has a pocket full of sunshine after signing a 33.5 million dollar contract and assumed the starting point guard duties in Sacramento.

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5. Shaun Livingston / Kwame Brown - Kate Perry - I Kissed a Girl - Their long cornrows make both of them look like chicks, at least the ones I hook up with, so this song fits.

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4. Desagna Diop - Colby O' Donis feat. Akon - What You Got? - 5 Points, 5 boards, .8 blocks.

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3. Corey Magette - Jesse McCartney- Leavin' - Welcome to town Baron, don't let the door hit you on the way out Corey Magette.

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2. Gilbert Arenas - When I Grow Up - Pussycat Dolls - Can Gilbert grow up and lead whatever team he decided to sign with deep into the playoffs. In case you were wondering, the answer is no.

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1. Elton Brand - Danity Kane - Damaged - You always need a first aid kit handy when this guy is around. Can his fragile ligaments hold up long enough to make a playoff run with his new buddy Baron?

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Janko Tipsarevic and his goofy glasses are taking the Wimbledon by storm. Janko beat Andy Roddick in the second round and now he is poised to make a run at the semi-finals.

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I wish Janko the best in this week, but I can't help but laugh at his choice of eyewear. How about some contacts pal? The same advice could be given to some of the gentlemen below. In honor of Janko, let's take a look at the best spectacles in sports:



Kurt Rambis -

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James Worthy

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Ben Weber

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Grant Long -

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Antoine Carr -

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Gustavo Chacin -

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Rick Vaughn -

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Darrell Porter -

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David Duval

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Bret Hart -

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Tom Henke

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Kareem Abdul Jabbar -

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Eric Dickerson -

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Chris Sabo -

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Horace Grant -

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Jamie Easterly -

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Mike Brown -

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My personal favorite and potential Mike Brown relative, Kent Tekulve:

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Let me know who I missed.

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If you didn't already have a reason to watch the Olympics, I am going to give you one. Meet Alicia Sacramone, a young, supple American gymnast that I saw last night while watching a replay of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastic trials and figuring out whether I wouldn't to kill myself by strangulation or stabbing.

Bad news pedophiles, she's 19. Good news dudes who wait until chicks are 18 to oggle them, meaning that you were probably oggling them when they were 16, meaning that you are probably a pedophile, she's legal. OGGLE. By the way, she has an uncharecteristically "developed" chesticle area for a gymnast.

I present to you the dumbest fans in the history of the world. Rest tightly Ohio State fans, the mantle of stupidity has finally been take from you, by none other than the pot smoking, mushroom cap popping Dutch.

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Yeah, those guys.

Listen Johan van der Smutt, I understand that your team color is orange, but I have to believe, if I still believe that human beings are smarter than chimpanzees, that you know that construction workers in every single country in the world wear orange. I am surprised this story didn't include pictures of Dutch fans huddling in the produce aisle of Austrian and Swiss grocery stores just waiting for the oranges to move.

These Nederlanders are obvious dumb, but are they the dumbest sports fans alive? Let's figure it out. Below is the Angry T's list of the dumbest fans, by sport. And before you get up in arms about this writer getting on his high horse, I should let it be known that I am a fan of every single sport below, which, by the transitive property, makes me the dumbest fan in the world.

I also have to admit that each sports' respective position on this list had a lot to do with the pictures that I could find.

10. Baseball - Baseball fans make this list simply for their propensity to run on the field. For example:

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Just take a stroll to Waveland and Sheffield before, or better yet after, a Cubs game and you will get all the information you need about stupid baseball fans:

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9. College Basketball - Maybe you can't blame these energetic college kids for being idiots. They still live in a fake bubble where their hopes and dream mean something. Soon enough, they will be beaten down by life and wonder each day why they are getting out of bed. Sigh...

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8. College Football - College football fans are slightly dumber than college basketball fans because the football demographic tends to include more "locals" who happen to live relatively close to a college and cheer louder and more drunkenly than the people who actually go to the school.

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7. NFL Football - These fans have to be dumber than college football fans because outside of the place they happened to be born, they have no affiliation whatsoever with the franchise. At least college football fans chose to go to the school, what are these guys excuses for getting ridiculously drunk on a Sunday morning, besides alcoholism.

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I bet this was worth it:

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6.NBA Basketball - NBA fans are notorious for believing that their heckling actually effects the outcome of the game. "Did you see Dikembe Mutombo look back at me when I called him old, I must have really pissed him off." Congrats douche, this will probably be your closest brush with fame until you become the first person to accidently kill themselves with the frosting package of a toaster streudel. Work that one out in your head.

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5. Soccer - The Dutch are only one of probably 100 unbelievably stupid fanbases. See below:

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4. NASCAR - Any group of fans that calls Jeff Gordon, of California, a "Yankee Queer," will definetly find themseleves somewhere on this list, most likely close to the top. And then there's the tattoos:

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3. Cricket - For those of you not in the know, Cricket matches last for 14 of 15 days during which time neither the fans, nor the players have any clue what's going on. If these fans aren't perfect for this list I don't know who is.

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2. Hockey - When you talk about hockey fans, you can't help but talk about Hockey Moms, who are right up there with the stupidist people on earth.

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1. Bear-Baiting - A picture says a thousand words:

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The Buick Open, one of the easiest stops on the PGA Tour is the first golf tournament to have to go through Tiger Woods withdrawals this weekend. However the folks up in Grand Blanc, Michigan aren't going to go down Tiger-less without creating some fireworks. And what better way then to pair up John Daly and Kid Rock in today's pro-am.

Everyone with a pulse loves sports video games, and everyone with a soul loves old sports video games. Those little digital bastards fascinated and astonished us with their unbelievable feats of athleticism and I believe it is only right that we honor them in some way. I think the most appropriate way to show old, now retired video game athletes that we appreciate them is to enshrine them in their own, tiny, digital Hall of Fame. Consider this, and other forthcoming Hall of Fame related posts to be that digital Shrine. So, without further ado, we introduce to you the inaugural class of the "Sport Video Athlete Hall of Fame."

Basketball

Michael Jeffrey Jordan -- Jordan vs. Bird -- I never played with Larry Bird in this game and I couldn't figure out why anyone would. Jordan could shoot as well as Bird, plus he had the ability to dunk. Bird will have to wait until the Veterans Committee vote to get in.

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Scottie Pippen -- NBA Jam -- NBA Jam wouldn't pony up the cash to get digital Jordan, so they chose to make Pippen the best all-around player in the game. For defense and rebounding purposes, pair Pippen with Horace Grant and instantly become an unstoppable NBA Jame force.

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Skateboarding

The Polynesian Man -- Adventure Island -- This little Hawaiian fellow was Tony Hawk before anyone knew who Tony Hawk was. I would love to see Shaun White deal with birds, octopi and other dangerous island creatures while trying to pull off a 900. Also, it's all safety first with this guy, check out the helmet and kneepads.

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Baseball

Ken Griffey Jr. -- Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball - Griffey was unreal in this self titled baseball video game. He was the only one in the game who could run up the wall to save a home run. He could hit the ball around 550 feet if he needed to. He is the prototypical first ballot hall of famer.

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Jose Canseco -- RBI Baseball -- Ozzie's brother was obviously on some digital juice based on his play in the game. I sent a strongly worded letter to Major League baseball in 1989 to try to alert them to potential performance enhancing drug use based solely on this game. Unfortunately, my harsh words fell on deaf ears and the rest, as they say, is history.

(This video is probably the greatest thing I have ever seen, including, but not limited to, boobies)

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Football

Randall Cunningham -- Joe Montana Sports Talk Football -- Herschel Walker sweep left, Cunningham scramble right. It was a very simple formula which I utilized to capture three straight Super Bowl Championships. Congratulations Randall, you deserve it.

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Bo Jackson and Christian Okoye -- Tecmo Superbowl -- My friends and I had a No-Bo rule whenever we played Tecmo Superbowl, so it goes without saying that he was ungodly good in this game. "The Nigerian Nightmare" is the lesser known unstoppable player in this game, but he was almost equally hard to run down or tackle. If you don't believe me, take a look at the game film below. I still wake up in cold sweats after terrifying "Nightmares" about trying to stop Christian with the porous Detroit Lions defense.

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Lawrence Taylor - Tecmo Bowl - In a word: unblockable. It was unfair how easily this guy could get to the QB.

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Auto Racing

Ivan Stewart's silver car -- Ivan Stewart's Off Road -- It didn't matter how great of a driver you were or how suped-up your car might have been, when Ivan wanted to win the race, he just did. After you lost you would sheepishly have to shovel quarters into the machine as Ivan taunted you, girl in arm, from the winner's podium.

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BMX

The Paperboy -- Paperboy -- This poor bastard had to deal with dogs, burglars, drag racers, people working with jackhammers and drunk drivers as he dutifully delivered papers to those in need of the news. Only after he survived all of these pitfalls was he forced to complete a BMX style bike on a dangerous construction site. I salute you paperboy and I would like to welcome you to the hall of fame

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Boxing

Mick - Mike Tyson's Punchout - This was the toughest decision on the list. Mike Tyson was fantastic in this game and he probably deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and his day will come, but the bottom line is that if Mick was on his game, no one, and I mean no one could beat him.

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Any suggestions are welcome as I look forward to making new inductions on a semi-regular basis.

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When you look at the top pitchers in baseball this year it's interesting to see how success on the pitcher's mound can come in many forms. There are young guys (Volquez and Lincecum), and old guys (Lee and Mussina), righties (Zambrano, Sheets) and lefties (Saunders, Santana), consistent winners (Webb, Halladay) and comeback guys (Cook, E. Santana). But that's sort of the beauty of baseball, there's more then one way to be a great pitcher in this league.

I remember learning in college where I was a wildly successful pitcher (If having fun was a statistic I would have been an All American), that the perfect pitching mechanics belonged to Mark Prior. If are throwing motion mimicked that of the great Cubs hurler, then we would avoid injury and have outstanding careers. This my friends is called irony. Obviously there have been a large number of wind-ups, arm angles and routines that have worked for pitchers in the past. Let's take a look at the 10 greatest pitching routines/deliveries in baseball history.



#10 Mike Fetters- Come to a set, then snap your head toward the hitter and shoot laser beams through your eyes.

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When you stare a hole through a man's soul while he's in the batter's box, you only need a low 90's fastball and average off-speed

#9 Ben Weber- During your windup, begin slamming your glove against your crotch (funny looking glasses required).

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"is this guy masturbating on the pitcher's mound?"

BAM!!! STRIKE THREE YOUR OUT!!!



#8 Old School (Bob Feller, Satchel Paige, Tim Lincecum?)- Ask your Grandpa about this one. Rock back, look to the sky, and then let it rip.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/bob_feller1.jpg

http://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/Baseball/Pitching/Images/Examples/Example_Hi psRotatingBeforeShoulders_TimLincecum_2007_035.jpg

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/satchel-paige-hof.jpg

Didn't Bob Feller and Satchel Paige throw like 100 mph? And doesn't Lincecum throw like 96? Why aren't more pitchers going old school?



#7 Chad Bradford- Lift leg like you are a normal pitcher, then lower back till it is parallel to the ground and bend low enough that your knuckles scrape the ground as you throw.

http://thediamondangle.com/archive/sep03/athletics/53a_big.jpg



With all due respect to Dan Quisenberry and other side-arm pitchers, Bradford releases the ball lower then any pitcher to ever pitch in the majors.



#6 Mark "The Bird" Fidrych- Pretty standard 1970's pitching motion, except add talking to the baseball, fixing cleat marks on the mound, and acting high as a kite while pitching.

http://info.detnews.com/dn/history/bird/images/33top.jpg

http://elliottlarkfield.typepad.com/undergroundbaseball/images/2007/07/27/fidryc h060677.jpg

He was Manny being Manny well before Manny even considered being himself



#5 Livan Hernandez – Just act like you're playing catch with the catcher. Be sure to make it look like it is taking you absolutely zero effort as you throw.

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I saw this guy warming up in Chicago 2 weeks ago, I swear he was having a full conversation while he was throwing in the bullpen. This guy could've pounded a Hot and Ready while he threw.



#4 Dennis Eckersley- High leg kick, side-arm delievery, porn mustache, pure gold.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/dennis-eckersley-1.jpg

Bow chika Bow Bow….197 Wins….390 Saves…..chika bow bow



#3 Hideki Okajima- Pretty standard delivery actually…..besides the fact that he doesn't actually look at where he's throwing.



What's Japanese for "look up before you kill yourself"?



#2 Henry Rowengartner- I don't recommend his motion, which resembles a young actor who had never played baseball because he was to busy playing Daddy Warbucks in the school play

Steroid using son of a bitch



#1 Hideo Nomo- Big leg kick, turn back to batter before throwing, untwist body while delivering pitch.



If you played any form of baseball in the 90's you had an imitation of this delivery. In my opinion, it is the most unique and original delivery I can remember, and thus warrants the #1 position.



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