Videos of Phil Mellmuth Playing Badly

With 10 World Series of Poker bracelets won, Phil Hellmuth — a future housemate of Carrot Top’s — is one of the best poker players of all time. Just ask him.
But he’s not always the best, and his lack of emotional control makes for great TV when he isn’t.
Here’s Phil enthusiastically shoving in his chips […]

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Pete Rose\’s 4,192 Hit Ticket on eBay

With all the junk being billed on eBay as a “sports collectible” — ya know, like this Jesse “The Body” Ventura air freshener — it’s nice to come across something that truly has a place in history.
A couple of more days remain to bid on this full, unused ticket from the game Pete Rose collected […]

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Will Olympic Athletes Be Allowed to Blog in 2008?

KEEP YOUR 5-RING THOUGHTS OFF THE INTERNET: The time has apparently come to decide whether an Olympic athlete’s right to blog is more important than professional reportage coming from accredited media.
At the IOC meetings this week in Lausanne, Switzerland, the topic of Olympic bloggers came up, and the board of directors is trying to define […]

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