The popular opinion among mainstream media types seems to be that sports bloggers are idiotic scum who live in the basements of their respective mothers.

But U.S. Senator and Republican presidential nominee-to-be John McCain is not one of those people. In fact, he may be trying to talk with as many sports bloggers as he can in the coming months. Read more…

RANDBALL bounces over this fun little video of the big three presidential candidates speaking to that most coveted sector of the voting public - wrestling fans!

Hillary Rodham Clinton implores viewers that for tonight, just call her “Hill-Rod”. Meanwhile, in an amusing nod to former WWE star The Rock, fellow Democrat Obama asks special interest groups who’ve been impeding goverment progress, “Do You Smell What Barack is Cooking?”

And John McCain channels Ric Flair & Hulk Hogan, as he announces “To be the man, you got to beat the man,” while calling upon his “McCainamaniacs” to get him to the White House in November.

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• DEADSPIN wants the Miami Dolphins to know what a colorful character they’ll be getting in potential 1st pick Jake Long.

(Jake Long (r) feels pretty, oh so pretty)

• WITH LEATHER tickles their furry funny bone with these mascot bloopers.

• RANDBALL reveals that reading Tonya Harding’s website is as painful as a whack to the knee with a lead pipe.

• 100% INJURY RATE comes across some Republican speaker calling out Tiger Woods for some reason.

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Everyone outside the Beltway knows that most of us could give a damn about politics, and for good reason. That includes the NFL, which realizes that its sport is much more interesting, exciting and educational than a political party’s convention.

So realizing that none of us will watch the GOP convention on September 4 if there is a conflict with the league’s season opener that night, the NFL is considering moving up the start time of the contest (which will feature the New York Giants). Read more…

Well, two out of three, anyway. Barack Obama and John McCain had UNC winning in their brackets. As for Hillary Clinton, well, she’s not filling one out, for fear of irking potential voters.

Senator McCain, you might’ve heard, gained some attention by challenging supporters to beat him in a pool, with the hopes of winning great prizes like … McCain campaign merchandise! Stuff they’re probably handing out for free at rallies. Yeah! Read more…