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Deadspin reveals the Clinton Portis persona of the week and I continue to enjoy the ongoing weirdness that is #26 in '05. First, it was the revelation that Portis has the freakiest Crib MTV has ever seen. Then he was caught on camera "ballin' outta control" in an intimate interview. And now he has dressed up like a different member of P-Funk for six straight Thursday news conferences at Redskins Park.

 Meet Bro Sweets

Perhaps more importantly (OK, definitely more importantly if you're a Skins fan) than all of this is that Portis is having a very good year. After struggling in his first season in DC (just 3.8 yards per carry), he's on pace to break the Redskins single-season rushing yardage record (held by Stephen Davis and not John Riggins) and is averaging 115 yards per game over the past four.

So long live Bro Sweets and his bizarre, beloved band of brothers: Reverend Gonna Change, Dollah Bill, Dr. "I Don't Know," Jerome From Southeast DC and Sheriff Gone Getcha; which are actually all really creative names.

Bonus: See all of Clinton's characters.

Update: Was just reading this story in the Post when I came across this quote from Joe Bugel (who coached The Hogs in '80s and The Dirtbags now):

"He's a mean dude. He'll attack you. You don't have to worry about him holding the flank and blocking for our receivers. I'll tell you what, he's the best without the football we've had. When he doesn't have the ball, he's a raving maniac, and you don't see that too much in the NFL."

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• #1 Comment from monponsett 
  12/9/05 2:37 PM | Permalink

  If he made dolls out of those characters, Barbie would eventually have a lot of kinky-haired supermodel baby dolls with nice tans and fat bank accounts.