Fans of ESPN’s Bill “The Sports Guy” Simmons may have noticed over the years that his editors often delete some of the more salacious bits from column, sometimes only hours after they’re originally posted.
A few memorable examples have been Simmons’ erroneous attribution of the Patty Hearst kidnapping to “The Zionists“; various references to porn and specific porn stars, a bit about Vin Baker “showing up drunk to practices,” and a whole paragraph of Ron Mexico jokes.

But the most notorious Sports Guy edit of all may have been on last Wednesday’s mailbag column, during which Simmons, uncharacteristically, took a question about English Premiere League soccer, specifically the situation in which American millionaire Malcolm Glazer has purchased the club team Manchester United, leading to fears that he will begin selling off the team’s players. Here’s what the question says now:

"They had this wunderkind, teenager Wayne Rooney who is supposed to be the next Michael Owen (let’s say, equivalent to Dwyane Wade-type impact). But all this speculation of whether they are going to sell him to another team because they can’t afford to pay him what he wants finally leads to his going to Manchester United, pre-Glazer.“

And here’s what it said in the first hour after the column was posted (see if you can spot the difference):

“They had this wunderkind, teenager Wayne Rooney who is supposed to be the next Michael Owen (let’s say, equivalent to Dwyane Wade-type impact). But all this speculation of whether they are going to sell him to another team because they can’t afford to pay him what he wants finally leads to his going to Manchester United, pre-Glazer bukkake.“

I’m guessing Simmons’ editors let the reference slip b- probably thinking “bukkake” was some soccer term with which they were unfamiliar - until they were later apprised of the true meaning.

TOO MUCH HORSING AROUND: Trainer Steve Asmussen is having a little trouble with four members of his 36-horse Churchill Downs division, which came up positive for the equine herpes virus. Ron Mexico swears he hasn’t been near a track in years.

Update by Paul Katcher:
MOVE OVER RON MEXICO: Ever since the NFLShop.com shop blacklisted a bunch of names from being ordered on the backs of personalized jerseys, fans have had fun trying out funny names that slipped through the cracks. This week’s favorite: a No. 32 Vikings WHIZZINATOR, inspired, of course, by Onterrio Smith being caught in possession of several vials of dried urine and an Original Whizzinator kit, used to circumvent drug tests. A search for “Whizzinator” found nothing on eBay, which means that either the term is blocked from listings, or people are being extra slow generating those t-shirts you know are coming. With the weekend upon us, the 15 minutes of Whizzinator humor should expire soon, but if news leaks, we’ll bring it to ya.BR>

SENS-LESS: ESPN-TV’s Bob McKenzie reports Ottawa Senators Owner Eugene Melnyk "trashed the locker room"and "overturned tables" after the Senators lost Game Seven of their series to Toronto.

Ever-underrated ESPN anchor Brian Kenny: "I can see him getting upset about it (but) it seems less than professional to come down and have a tantrum."

But Senators President Roy Mlakar refuted the report to the TORONTO GLOBE & MAIL: "There was no yelling at all. He thanked every single hockey player, shook all their hands, knew all of them by name and said thanks for your effort all season long. … He never talked (in a loud voice.) Anybody else who says anything other than that is a liar."

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Update by Paul Katcher:

RON MEXICO LIVES! The NFL may have banned sales of personalized jerseys relating to Ron Mexico — the alias of Michael Vick that appeared in a herpes-related lawsuit last month — but that hasn’t stopped dozens of unofficial Mexico items from ending up on eBay, including shirts that read, “Ron Mexico Gave Me Herpes” and “I Got Crabs in Mexico.”
Get ‘em before the joke wears out, which should happen around fantasy football time, when his name is called out at every draft.

Also see: Ron Mexico name generator.