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Cleveland Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert's forceful open letter to fans.
If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our "motivation" to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.
I like that the letter was written in comic sans.
The Dream Team, version 2.
This year's New York Knicks starting line up of LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh is going to incredible. I got season tickets! And then I woke up.
Update: @madbrows made the following insightful observation: "I love how he has ice on his crouch too while he's holding imaginary breasts."
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Brand New, a blog that analyzes companies re-branding attempts, dissects the new logo for USA Ultimate, the governing body of the sport of Ultimate Frisbee (Yes, it's a sport a-holes).
The new logo is an improvement in the sense that it looks more marketable, like something you would have on a t-shirt, but ultimately the logo is quite disappointing.
While reading on the sad news of Manute Bol's passing this weekend, I came across this tidbit that suggests that Bol "might have been responsible for coining and/or spreading the phrase "my bad." If not, at the least, evidence points towards him being the "first pro basketball player to regularly use "my bad."
My buddy Chris Toy is the brains behind a popular soccer website and he recently opened an online store "Studs Up Football Club," which GQ recently name checked, featuring cool and comfortable soccer t-shirts with some neat detailing. I have the USA SUFC shirt (above left) which I love.
We are Bas and Daan designed this cool World Cup t-shirt for Dutch fans that "riff on the common ritual of players pulling shirts over their heads in victory."
World Cup t-shirts stolen from inspired by the "John & Paul & Ringo & George" shirt created by the Dutch design firm Experimental Jetset, and which has since been copied ad nauseam.
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What say you? Which country will win ultimate bragging rights (second only to those that won World War II) this summer? Debate, harass, demean in comments with your best argument based on nationalistic and/or illogical reasoning. Messi sucks. [polldaddy poll=3313649]
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Google Lab creative director Ji Lee 
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPoqd3t2wE] This video was uploaded yesterday on YouTube and it already has over 1.5 million views. The goal is nuts and quite fancy.
This home video is a yet another reminder that my future kid will permanently walk around with a football helmet on his head until his 28th birthday. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMVfMT7Ejn8]
Artist Peter Schuyff's collection of carved bats is mighty impressive.
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Deadspin's round up from various people including Yankee fans on why Yankee Stadium sucks.
3) THE NEW YANKEE STADIUM IS NOT A PRIVATELY FINANCED. We paid for a large portion of this stadium. Why Bloomberg, who had no stake in seeing the Yankees get a new home, went along with it is a mystery to me. It's simply unconscionable for a city, with children attending classes in janitor's closets, to spend money on for-profit sports franchises.
Although this is a criticism that can be leveled at almost all professional stadiums.
Olde timey baseball hats made by New Era Japan from the era when our grandfathers had to walk to school each morning in 4 feet of snow uphill in both directions. Oh, and when people were CRAZY racist.