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Hearing My Morning Jacket's new single -- 'Off the Record'
Mike Tyson Thinks He's Don Flamenco and Now She's Piston Honda*
Two months ago I hung out with Iron Mike for like 60 seconds and he struck me (not really) as a kind and gentle soul. He was polite and accommodating and even tried to remembered my name ("Thank you, Jay."). Of course, since then he has been beat down by a 6'6" palooka, rumored to star in porn and fined for improper jet skiing. But none of that compares to these charges for alleged transgressions in Italy on Aug. 6:
Mike Tyson is denying explosive new charges that he grabbed a woman off an Italian dance floor, dragged her to his yacht and pummeled her when she refused to indulge in sex and drugs.
The washed-up boxing champ cooperated with police when they tracked him down on a ritzy yacht in the Mediterranean, where he is living it up on a tour of the watering holes of the rich and famous.
"He was more than happy to talk to police and invited the officers on board, saying he was a 'good boy' and not a 'killer,'" an Italian police officer told the Scotsman newspaper.
The story goes on to say that Paris Hilton (who Tyson did not recognize) was at the nightclub and that Kid Dynamite did "a lot" of coke on the yacht. The last paragraph also states:
Tyson's recent Mediterranean escapades - cavorting on the beach with beautiful women, schmoozing with famous pals like Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham - have been eagerly documented in the Italian papers.
So, yeah, there's a lot to chew on there. All I can say is that I hope the charges aren't true and he never steps in the ring again and becomes a spokesman for spinny teeth (so he can feed his pigeons) and finds peace and happiness.
Moving on, it's today in links...
· My office neighbor Joe (resident genius, blog guru and author of Magic Smoke) suggests I'm a media whore and chronicles the day the Today Show visited AOL.
· A supergroup of sports bloggers have come together to launch Two Minute Warning. This could be good to quite good.
· Nike's new contact lenses/sunglasses
· Sportz' excellent NFL preview includes an Eagles-Colts Super Bowl XL prediction.
· As we (OK, I) follow Gred Maddux's pursuit of a sub-3.00 career ERA (3.003), he won his 10th game yesterday; which makes 18 consecutive double-figure seasons tying him with Steve Carlton just one short of Cy Young's all-time record. (Thanks, ESPN Insider aka the devil).
· The Mighty MJD says, "Tom Brady is a sexual deviant."
· Sports Flames' 10 most-hated athletes
· Tmazin uncovers the Madden Curse.
· According to Out of the Brew, "Eagles fans are organizing en masse on Ben Franklin Parkway to figuratively lynch T.O. on Rocky's statue." Regardless, the real-life Leon is back in camp.
* The subject line of this blog entry is (of course) a reference to the immortal video game Mike Tyson's Punchout!; which is so memorably appreciated by the Sportz Assassin here.
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Whatver you may think of the War On Drugs, it's better than having Kid Coke do a lot of Dynamite on your yacht...
8/22/05 2:06 PM