Somewhere just outside the Olympic Village at a makeshift club, the venerable Dan Steinberg of the BEIJING SPORTS SMOG went where no “mainstream” reporter dared to go — the 2008 Rock, Paper, Scissors World Championship.  It was here where 4 countries (USA, Canada, Ireland, and for some reason, Guam) battled in out in this game of wit and skill blind luck for Rochambeau bragging rights.

When the dust settled and all the scissors had been obliterated by rock, Mark Cleland of Ireland emerged victorious, making Ireland the proud home of the RPS Gold Medal until at least 2012.  Canada’s Sebastian Gatica took home the Silver after storming back from an 8-2 deficit to eventually lose, 10-9.  Sean “Wicked Fingers” Sears of the U.S. got the Bronze.

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• Remember when Lakers owner Jerry Buss couldn’t be bothered to come to Boston because of a poker tournament? WICKED CHOPS POKER now deals up photos of the good Doctor hitting the tables - under the watchful eye of a much younger, very interested spectator.

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• MR. IRRELEVANT concludes their broadcasting day, as “Blog Show” is heading off the airwaves.

• DC SPORTS BOG strikes a pose, as the 9-year-old daughter of Redskins lineman Kedric Golston is turning into quite the model child.

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