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Let me close my portion of things today with some words about CHEER, a new book that chronicles a year in the life of several cheerleaders. Seriously, Brooks: asleep at the wheel.
NPR recently interviewed author Kate Torgovnick about the book, which follows several different college cheerleaders at a close distance. The book description, while interesting, also reveals a world of missed opportunity. Read more…
Would you like to see Ashley Benson starring in an awesome, raunchy movie about five Texas cheerleaders who are out of control?
Well, too bad. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER indicates such a movie has been given the go-ahead … by Lifetime. Read more…
Per STEROID NATION, the STAR-NEWS (N.C.), alerts us to a book that examines the use of performance enhancing drugs in college cheerleading.
Author Lisa Torgovnick is a former contributor to JANE who now writes for the NEW YORK TIMES. She spent an entire season following cheerleaders in competition. While much of the book has to do with the boring documenting of cheer culture, it also reports on cheerleaders’ usage of PEDs. Read more…
The NFL never rests. Need proof? Wasn’t last week the Pro Bowl? And now we’re, what, a few days away from the NFL Scouting Combine? And don’t even get me started about cheerleader mini-camp. That’s already in full swing in Dallas, apparently.
Yeah, you heard me correctly.
The Cowboys’ cheerleaders had a mini-camp on Saturday at South Plains College. They apparently taught folks their moves. More likely, they cured the hangovers of more than a few middle-aged men.
THE SACRAMENTO BEE is all over their beat, reporting today that sources close to the program are saying the Kings are on the verge of dealing Mike Bibby to the Hawks for guards Anthony Johnson and Tyronn Lue and forwards Lorenzen Wright and Shelden Williams.
It’s your basic deal. One team (Sacramento) looking to rebuild, while the other team (Atlanta) is young and looking for proven veteran leadership in an effort to make a push for the playoffs. But I can think of one truly heartbreaking reason for Bibby to not leave Sacramento.
Most professional sports teams hire hot girls to prance around the field (and court) to keep crowds *excited*. The Florida Marlins, on the other hand, bring in the girls to increase attendance.
Not from the extra fans the girls will lure to the ballpark, but by including the number of girls on the field to the overall attendance count.
Actually, we’re not sure the club does that, but how do you explain the team drawing in the triple digits on weekends?
HOME RUN DERBY has a penchant for posting pics of the Marlies (whoops, that’s a team in Toronto), and has footage of recent tryouts for the cheerleading positions at a local Miami mall.
That’ll teach us not to check the Dolphin Mall events calendar next time we head out for a Tony Roma’s BBQ chicken-stuffed baked potato at the food court.
Earlier today we posted on hypocrisy of Dwight Howard’s devout christian brethren mindlessly continuing to embrace him after he had a child out of wedlock.
But after seeing photos of his baby momma, a former Orlando Magic cheerleader named Royce Reed, we now completely understand Howard’s break with the Lord. (Pointer from INSIDE HOOPS)
• Remember those lovely Packers fans and their cheese bra? Well, FAN IQ wheys in on where you can get your very own pair.
(Don’t break your neck, kid.)
• WIZZNUTZZ takes a letter, as Richard Nixon writes a note to the Washington Bullets.
• This white boy’s got mad skillz, as a geeky Sonics fan raps about Dirk, Kobe and Nash.
• BUSTED COVERAGE takes a slow boat to China, and find Patriots cheerleaders working the bars:
• 100% INJURY RATE gets out their shovel & pail, as Russia plans on building a billion-dollar island for the 2014 Olympics.
KSAT-TV in San Antonio reports today that during an Alamo Bowl pep rally for both Penn State and Texas A&M last night, an “unidentified” Aggie yell leader (they don’t call them cheerleaders, for obvious reasons), said “Joe Paterno’s on his deathbed and someone needs to find him a casket.”
First off, JoePa can certainly find his own casket. What an insult!
KSAT also notes the million rounds of apologies from the A&M camp that followed: “Later in the evening, another Yell Leader appeared and apologized for the earlier comments. A&M sports information director Alan Cannon said a number of apologies have been issued to Penn State, KSAT 12’s Greg Simmons reported.Apologies came from Texas A&M President Ed Davis to the president of Penn State, an apology from A&M Athletic Director Bill Byrne to his counterpart at Penn State as well as the wife of interim head coach Gary Darnell, who apologized to the wife of Joe Paterno.”
Uh, did anyone apologize to Paterno himself?
A&M Vice President of Student Affairs Dean Bresciani said the Yell Leader had been sent home, presumably to help Dennis Franchione punch up editorial on the coach’s new website.
• WITH LEATHER via MR. IRRELEVANT shocks our stockings with holiday wishes from the Arizona State cheerleaders:
• Staying in the season, DEUCE OF DAVENPORT passes along a special greeting from the Houston Rockets.
• THE BEAUTIFUL GAME channels Chumbawumba, as this soccer players gets knocked down, but gets up again – twice – and scores.
• MENTAL FLOSS takes tit for tat, as they offer up this tattoo quiz:
• EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY stays at home, as SEC teams don’t like to travel very far to play.
• JEN’S FREE THROWS won’t belittle Floyd Mayweather Jr. for hanging out with the Oompa Loompas.
