RIDING RODMAN WHILE ARMSTRONG “DANCES LIKE A GIRL“: THE BIG LEAD gives us good reason to cancel our plans to attend the 2008 Lollapalooza festival, with this account of the climax of the weekend in Chicago:

“The strangest sighting was Sunday night at the Pearl Jam show. During the encore, they decided to let people from the backstage area come on and dance, play the tambourine, etc. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, Dennis Rodman makes an appearance! Very odd that he’d be hanging out at a Pearl Jam show, but the best part was he put Eddie up on top of his shoulders and almost dropped him!”

Regrettably, we were able to track down an actual photo of the scene:

More: “Lance Armstrong was also up there at the time… he was dancing like a girl while wailing on the tambourine!”

So here’s a pic of Armstrong “dancing like a girl while wailing on the tambourine“:

Strangely, his effeminate qualities came out without a shirtless Matthew Mcconaughey being within eyeshot.

• PAGE SIX follows up on our post yesterday about Steve Nash playing soccer in Central Park against some of the MLS Red Bulls. Turns out the group of pickup players didn’t have a permit to play on the grass and the MLS players were afraid to play on dirt. So Nash sought out some random dudes to kick it with - and scored two goals.

• The irrepressible Greg Oden to ESPN.com on what he wants his basketball card to look like: “I would give myself bigger pecs, and of course arms bulging out, and maybe a thong bikini on the beach. It would probably be a good seller.”

• Darren Rovell of CNBC reports the ad buyer for Kragen Autoparts should consider a trip to Vegas after lucking into $5-6M of free advertising last night in San Francisco.

• The INDIANAPOLIS STAR has this hilarious passage in a piece on Jermaine O’Neal today: “Continuing to deny the gist of Internet reports out of Los Angeles that he wanted a trade, O’Neal volunteered for an afternoon interview on a local radio station and had the Pacers release a transcript and audio file of comments he made Sunday before a charity basketball game in Los Angeles.”

Saying he “would welcome a trade to the Lakers” doesn’t give the impression “that he wanted a trade”?

• Holly of LADIES DOTDOTDOT has a primer on what to avoid wearing at Dodger Stadium.

We’ll add one ourselves: Porn star blow up doll costume - so not to attract Tommy Lasorda.

• Media mischief maker (which we love) Jay Posner of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE tries to nail Matt Vasgersian to the floorboards over his benign broadcast comments about St. Louis and the Ozarks earlier this week.

And as we wrote at the time, no one in San Diego cared. We think they know that they’re lucky to have Matt for however much longer he wants to toil in anonymonity. Eventually he’ll move on to bigger things than nightly live reads for Wahoo’s fish tacos for the yahoos in Encinitas.

Now onto what we really want to know: Did he ever have his way with soft porn model Lisa Guerrero on the most underrated game show of all time, “Sports Geniuses“?

• Are we the only people who think radio show podcasts won’t last? We still can’t believe we get to listen to Chris Russo commercial-free, when and where we want.

The reason it’s gratis: Radio industry sales slugs haven’t figured out to make money on the technology just yet. When the ad market for such things comes around (which it will), the smart sellers of air will find a way to ruin our blissful, unabated quality time with Screamin’ A. Smith.

• EXTRA MUSTARD has an amazing amateur video of the Bonds home run last night:

• JOINTS NOT ONLY THING THAT ‘CANES ROLL THESE DAYS: The MIAMI HERALD reports on new football coach Randy Shannon’s favorite disciplinary technique when players cut class: “Another eye-opening Randy Shannon discipline story: (running back Javarris) James said some players who mess up (late to class, etc.) must lie on the field and roll 100 yards.”

• RUMOR AND RANTS has a followup on the fishy gambling incident involving tennis player Nikolay Davydenko.

One-half of the top doubles tandem in the world, Bob Bryan, sets the stage for what might’ve happened to the world’s #4: “I don’t know of any players that have ever gambled on tennis. But there have been some anonymous calls to players’ rooms with some monetary offerings. I know that. And I know every player I’ve talked to has turned it down.”

We’re guessing Bryan doesn’t speak Russian.

• We love the NHL. Where else can you go from failed General Manager to team owner in four months?

• Wanna lose 290 pounds of pesky belly fat? Go on the San Diego diet.

• Will Leitch of DEADSPIN with the line of the day - on David Beckham visiting Alex Rodriguez in the Yankees clubhouse: “He was one of the she-male, muscular types A-Rod usually hangs with while in Toronto.”

• SbB dirty little secret #438: We’re fiends for the CFL and absolutely ate up this list of the league’s all-time greatest running backs (Go you China Clipper Go!)

But we’re boycotting the league until it reinstates a second team with the “Roughrider” nickname.

• Our redesign process is continuing. We know, it’s taking forever, but we’re getting there. Should have something up and running in the next couple weeks. Since everyone will absolutely love the new look, we’re sure you can’t wait.

• Editorial will be a little sparse on Friday but we’ll be back to full strength the following Monday.