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We’re always Stokke‘d to uncover new photos of the amazing Allison.
• Does a former Patriots cheerleader have a fetish for the fatties?
• The snide slapshots delivered by local scribes almost has us paying attention to the NHL playoffs.
• Andruw Jones is really growing into a heavy hitter - literally.
• An Australian rules football player gets a seven-week suspension for slugging an opponent.
Last time we checked up on Allison Stokke, the pretty pole vaulter was reaching new heights as a Cal freshman, setting new records at Berkeley.
(”Snack bar? It’s right over there.”)
Now thanks to the fine folks at MYCHILLPILL.NET, we have new snapshots of the Golden Bears’ golden babe in action. More photos after the jump.
• Move over, Allison Stoke - WITH LEATHER via FAN IQ finds a new pretty pole vaulter that’s raising the bar - awesome Aussie Melanie Adams.
• THE BIG LEAD punches up word that the UFC wants you to vote - or else.
• Rob Drake trades his chestplate for a laptop, as he blogs about life as an MLB umpire.
BUSTED COVERAGE has been on the scene with the latest news on Allison Stokke. First, they gave us pics of the pretty pole vaulter reaching new heights with the Cal track & field team. And now they tell us the Golden Bears are selling Stokke photos.
GOLDEN BEAR SPORTS is offering shots of Stokke in a dazzling array of sizes & prices - from $7.99 wallets to 20″ x 30″ glossies for $65.
Sounds very familiar to an earlier sales pitch presented by a southern California newspaper. Read more…
Brett Favre finally calls it a career. But will he make a South Beach encore?
• Allison Stokke is back in action, making the vault to college competition.
• A Boston scout is caught pulling his Dick Williams out in public. Try to keep it in your red sox next time.
• Speaking of Beantown baseball, a group of fans - “some with Irish accents” - beat up a guy wearing a Yankees hat.
• Huge news from Green Bay today - ESPN actually credits Fox Sports for finding something.
We haven’t heard lately about Allison Stokke, the pretty pole vaulter who became an internet sensation, only to take steps to avoid the spotlight - by doing numerous interviews for newspapers and going on ESPN Radio.
But now as a public service, BUSTED COVERAGE uncovers photographic proof of Allison’s latest adventures: Read more…
• This should go over well: The UK DAILY EXPRESS leaps at the news of prison officials teaching inmates to pole vault:
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• Tom Van Riper of FORBES.COM rips apart the myth of the high-priced closer.
• Joe knows Enrico Palazzo - THE SPORTS HERNIA reveals that the new Dodgers manager was in “The Naked Gun“.
• Emmitt Smith hates America, as AWFUL ANNOUNCING hears the ESPN analyst talking over the National Anthem:
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If the Cowboys great gets canned by the Worldwide Leader, he can always find work in Boston.
• IN FROM THE COLD takes a look at a Navy player who’s gone through hardship just to be part of the Midshipmen’s historic win against Notre Dame.
• Just as Navy ended a 43-year drought, BUGS & CRANKS gives congrats to the Chunichi Dragons, who clinched their first Japan Series championship in 53 years.
• This makes no cents: The BBC reports that Brady-buddy Gisele Bundchen doesn’t like to be paid in American dollars:
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Does this mean Tom is going to demand his salary in sheckels?
• CORN NATION blames Pete Carroll for bringing Bill Callahan to Nebraska.
• SPORTS COLUMN demands a recount, as Arkansas RB Darren McFadden didn’t break the SEC record for rushing in a game, but only tied it.
• Time for Lee Corso to retire, as JEN’S FREE THROWS catches the ESPN analyst mistaking the Oregon Ducks QB with the Arizona State head coach:
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• WAGGLE ROOM falls over the news that Phil Mickelson’s caddy was down a stroke - a heat stroke.
• EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY gets word that Gary Barnett has his evil eye on the SMU job - just as long as there aren’t any female kickers in Dallas.
WE PREFER OUR POLE VAULTER MEAT LIVE, AND VERY RARE: Talk a wild guess who said what in the media about Allison Stokke this morning (will this EVER end?):
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“I think she’s beginning to realize that she can bring some attention to her sport because she’s attractive. I think she’s OK with that, but at the same time, I think she’s uncomfortable with all that attention.”
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“Where does a young male blogger get the idea that women are primarily around for the pleasure of men, to be demeaned and treated as live meat?.”Hint: One works in the real world and the other doesn’t.
• DEADSPIN bottoms out with Miami Heat player James Posey throwing up signs, while a girl is just throwing up:
• SONS OF SAM MALONE hopes to Bond victims together with their 10-step program in dealing with 755*.
• FIRE JOE MORGAN laughed until they stopped, as they perform their own analysis of Jay Mohr on FoxSports.com.
• BEARS NECESSITY hopes future Cal student Allison Stokke can finally get away from the spotlight she keeps vaulting into:
• After Tom Glavine, will another pitcher ever be able to reach 300 wins? Rahula Strohl of CHICAGOSPORTS.COM locates a candidate who could be next.
• Stephen Holder of the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES reminisces about Clinton Portis not telling his college coach he was going pro.
• What are they showing on the Lambeau Jumbotron? PACKERS REPORT points out that Family Night at the Green Bay stadium costs “less than price of an adult movie ticket.”
• YARDBARKER knows it’s all about the benjamins, as LeBron James gets money advice from his childhood friends.
• RAIDER TAKE knows this season is the one, as laid out in their Oakland Raiders manifesto.
• ARIZONA SPORTS HUB has lost a reader, now that Sun Devils QB Rudy Carpenter doesn’t want to read about himself ‘n’ Brynn ‘n’ Matt anymore:
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• BRUINS NATION finds that UCLA football coach Karl Dorrell is the real Mr. Irrelevant.
• LION IN OIL kicks out the jams, as a young rapper is bringin’ his mad b-ball skillz to da SC, G.
STOKKE STILL SHUNS ATTENTION WITH ESPN APPEARANCE: Allison Stokke, who has ridden a wave of internet popularity (which was started by WITH LEATHER and a certain SoCal sports blog), showed just how media shy she was Wednesday afternoon, as she guested in-studio with Steve Mason and John Ireland on KSPN-AM in Los Angeles.
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The only mildly interesting part of the visit came when Stokke told Ireland that she’d been offered an acting part thanks to clamor created by her web-based fame. Stokke: “I don’t know what’s going to come of it. I highly doubt I can act.”
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That’s more than we can say for Mason and Ireland, who somehow were able to convince Stokke that they were actually interested in her pole vaulting career for 30 minutes of airtime. But based on her body shots from the KSPN website, I guess a half-hour of disbelief suspension wasn’t so tough after all.
