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There are some that swear this is the coolest of Winter sports (they are obviously crazy) while others (like us here at Cuppa-Central) who can't figure out what all the fuss is about. Well, for all of them, we present the following vid.

Personally we're of the opinion that curling is a sport like horse shoes, boccie and darts. If you can do it with a beer in hand and it doesn't really hurt your performance, it's probably not a sport.

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Let's be real, these days the only exercise I get is jumping to conclusions, running off at the mouth, and stroking my own ego (stop it Walt). My idea of a true Iron Man competition is 10 oz. curls, 1 oz. shots, and jalapeno nachos so any form of movement that smacks of exercise in cold weather is strictly verboten to this mother's son.

Seriously we spent the first several days of these winter games debating where these sports even came from in the first place. This is why John Hodgemen's version of the Winter Olympics was quite entertaining.

Somebody pass the hooch and find me my guns! I need to get all liquored up and shoot sumptin'!

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So, I don't watch ESPN, but my brother, Ron does, and he told me about this bit of on-air nonsense by Tony Kornheiser when he began commenting on fellow ESPN sports personality, Hannah Storm's "provocative" outfit.

For an audio clip, and some commentary from the guys at The Young Turks, we have this clip:

Not entirely sure what's going on here, except to say that perhaps that Kornheiser (who has since been suspended and issued both a public and private apology to Storm), is perhaps upset that Storm (who is probably the same age as Kornheiser) looks way better on camera than does he. However, on the flip side, at least he doesn't have to tart himself up every day just to go to work and get folks to listen to him.

Now before I get slammed for making inappropriate statements about Storm I want to say that our culture (unfairly I might add), allows men to age gracefully and look distinguished, while women are often just considered old. Kornheiser appears to want it both ways.

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In 1972 Baseball Legend Willie Mays joined the NY Mets. I still have a button issued by the Daily News with Willie's picture on it and the word's "Say Hey" since that time I have always greeted folks by saying "Hey!", just as Willie exhorted us to do. Last night he was on the Daily Show.

No, there's no joke here, but it was really fun to watch.

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OK, OK, I understand that there are some of you who watch the Superbowl because there is some sort of sporting event going on there. However, as regular readers know, there are some of us who are more interested in the commercials than the game that keeps interrupting them.

Well, here are the the good, the bad, and the ugly spots that ran yesterday.

You can watch to your heart's content, and then (if you choose) even vote on which was the best and worse.

Enjoy.

The Perfessor

In honor of today being Superbowl Sunday, we thought we'd present the following vid.

Yeah, we laughed too.

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There are some stories we read and shake our head, there are others that make us giggle uncontroalably like a schoolgirl, there are even stories that make us sit up and say WTF, however the really off-the-chart stories are like the one that follows.

According to the Augusta Chronicle:

The All-American Basketball Alliance announced in a news release Sunday evening that it intends to start its inaugural season in June and hopes Augusta will be one of 12 cities with a team.

“Only players that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league,” the statement said.

No, this (apparently) isn’t a joke, the guy who started it states “...people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now. Here’s a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like.”

I so totally don’t agree with this mook, but you really have to admire someone with a set on them, and this guy has them to spare.

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So, if you didn’t read about this, you’re going to be sorry you haven’t, or perhaps sorry you are about to.

You know that feeling when you're straining so hard, you're afraid a fart might slip out? That happened to Olympic weightlifter Elizabeth Poblete at practice today. But with a baby!

This is so wrong on so many levels. I mean, seriously, (I understand I’m a guy and all), but I’ve been around pregnant women a time or two, but really how could you not know you are pregnant?

The local press reported that Poblete was ultimately kicked out of the hospital because she couldn't pay the medical bills—suggesting that poverty and/or lack of health care may have been factors in Poblete's womb's sneak attack—though her hospital disputes the claim.

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Now here is something that you don’t see every day, an item of clothing that proves to serve a function other than, well, covering us up. A company has designed a new bra to appeal to Japan’s busy golfing women executives.

The green corset-style garment can be removed and unrolled to create a 1.5m-long putting mat.

When the user sinks a putt into one of the cups, a built-in speaker pumps out a congratulatory “Nice shot!”

The bra also features pockets for extra golf balls and tees, and a detachable flag pin that serves as a score pencil.

Perhaps the best part of this ensemble is that the bra set comes with a skirt with the words “Be Quiet” printed on the rear, which doubles as a flag for use on the course.

I mean, I’m not a golfer and not a cross-dresser (anymore), but this is the kind of gift that you just want to buy and give to the gal golfer in your life. Heck. Even if the gal you love doesn’t golf, it makes for a great gift. I can just think of some of the women I know standing around their offices (or the greens) stark, nude-nekid, putting.

I mean, really, how cool is that?

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Remember when we though of girls as sweet? Well that was a long time ago.

Think I’m wrong/ Here is a shot of a takedown during a girls’ soccer game:

Don’t think that’s so bad? well watch this video of A New Mexico soccer player who has become something of an Internet celebrity for all the wrong reasons.

Apparently:

Junior defender Elizabeth Lambert was suspended Friday for her infractions the day before during a 1-0 loss to BYU in a Mountain West Conference semifinal. Lambert is seen in video from the game throwing elbows, colliding with several players and then yanking the ponytail of a BYU player who went crashing to the ground.

For more on this story, go here.

Still, even these two stories, are the whole of it.

All I have to say is, these girls are tough.

The Perfessor

OK, you already know that I was at Citi Field on Friday with Ron, and saw my Pics. Now here are some of Ron’s

Here is the old Apple that popped up whenever a Met hit a homer!

Here is the scoreboard

And now more of Ron & Bob Silliness

There might be more, but that's what Ron sent me.

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Yeah, yeah, I know that (for the Mets) the season is long over, but this past Friday was the first time I had been to Citi Field (plus I don’t think I had been to a game since last year’s Opening Day). Well, I just want to say that the field is great (from the outside it looks like a bunch of retailers threw up on the spot where Shea Stadium used to be, but inside it looks fabulous).

I came by the tickets by way of my brother, Ron (who as we all know is a consummate Mets Fan), who scored them through a friend who has season tix. That person had seen a buncha games, and passed on Friday Night’s game. So Ron & I benefited from her largess.

Ron had already been to a buncha games, but he is never one to turn down free tickets, and well, I had already missed both Opening Day and when Ron’s Union went (I’m now kicking myself for having missed that game).

So Ron & I headed into the game and, well, we had a great time.

Here are some pics that I took at the game.

There goes Mr. Met!

As the game wore on, we got a little silly.

Eventually, we got quite a bit silly.

And no, Alcohol didn’t play a role in our silliness, we’er pretty goofy all on our own. All of which brings up the following question...

Which in the following group of items doesn’t belong?

1. Your drum
2. Your dog
3. A Hot Dog at Citi Field

Give up? A Hot Dog at Citi Field. Why? because:

• You can beat your drum
• You can beat your dog
• But you can’ beat a Hot Dog at Citi Field

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You better believe that it is that time of the month again when we get to slap around our favorite on-camera tool. Well, this time, we’re not doing the sl;apping as much watching the White House do the slapping.

In a new post on the official White House blog, Online Programs Director Jesse Lee calls out Fox News for perpetuating lies about President Obama's push to bring the Olympics to the city of Chicago.

Apparently last night, the conservative pinhead, Beck once again attacked the President, this time for lobbying hard to get the 2016 Olympics to come to Chicago. Today, the White House released a point-by-point rebuttal of some of his toolness’s statements.

Here's an example from the post, which is titled, "Trying to Turn a Point of Pride into a Moment of Shame":

RHETORIC: BECK SAID VANCOUVER LOST $1 BILLION WHEN IT "HAD THE OLYMPICS." Glenn Beck said, "Vancouver lost, how much was it? they lost a billion dollars when they had the Olympics." [Transcript, Glenn Beck Show, 9/29/09]

REALITY: VANCOUVER'S OLYMPICS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL 2010. Vancouver will host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games from February 12 – 28, 2010 and March 12-21, 2010, respectively. [Vancouver2010.com, accessed 9/29/09]

You can read more on this situation by going here and here.

In the mean time, I’m going to head out to Citi Field and watch the Mets lose the last game of the home season.

The Perfessor

This just in.

ESPN Moves Yom Kippur Baseball Telecast From Evening to Afternoon Mediaite.com

ESPN's plan to telecast the Sunday, Sept. 27, New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game at 8 p.m. has changed, and the start time switched to 1 p.m., thanks to the intervention of Rep. Anthony Weiner, who realized the game would interfere with the observation of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, reports Mediate.com.

Rep Weiner, a New York City congressman, sent a letter to Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, urging him to use his influence with ESPN so that Jewish baseball fans would not have to miss the game. Yom Kippur, which is the Jewish Day of Atonement, starts that evening at sundown.

--Allison J. Waldman

Mazel Tov

The Perfessor

If you are a Mets fan (as I “technically speaking” am. This item from today’s Wall Street Journal will either be the funniest thing you see to day, or the saddest.

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