Mavs Might Regret Passing on Howard for Artest Deal

September 19, 2008 - 11:30 am , By Jason--University of Michigan

We are nearing the point where a Josh Howard for Ron Artest swap would have been a character upgrade for the Mavs.

In a recent YouTube video, Josh Howard was filmed at Allen Iverson’s charity flag football game in July ‘voicing out his true colors’ during the American National Anthem.

When the camera panned to the direction of the recently extremely-troubled Maverick small forward, he states, ” ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is going on. I don’t celebrate this [expletive]. I’m black.”  He then goes on to make a comment about Barack Obama.

This was first reported by Eddie Sefko of the Dallas Morning News, and has allegedly been ‘handled’ already by Dallas owner Mark Cuban by means of “communication-skill sessions” during camp in upcoming weeks.

Add this to his admission to marijuana use and his arrest for speeding and reckless driving in North Carolina, and now the Mavs are biting their hands when they realize that they probably could have landed defensive menace Artest from the Kings in exchange for Howard.

Who would have ever thought that Artest would ever be the better character guy in a one-for-one swap in any NBA trade?  The Mavs certainly didn’t think so at the beginning of the summer, but now they might be starting to change their mind.

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Time To Put On The Gloves: New Fingerprint Technique Spots Drugs

August 8, 2008 - 12:20 pm , By Andrew - Hunter College

Damnit! Getting away with doing illegal sh*t just got a smidge harder. A new fingerprint technology allows law enforcement to detect traces of weed, cocaine, explosives, even disease and other illnesses.

Using a technique called desorption electrospray ionization (DESI), which involves spraying a finger printed area (like your car door handle) with a solvent and anylizing the droplets that come off of the fingerprint to create a “chemical image” of the finger print.

The result is a higher resolution image of the print than past techniques allowed, give those doing the anylizing the ability to see particles down to one billionth of a gram of “material.”

“The classic example of a fingerprint is an ink imprint showing the unique swirls and loops used for identification, but fingerprints also leave behind a unique distribution of molecular compounds,” Prof Graham Cooks, who helped develop the technology with colleagues at Purdue University in West Lafayette, told the Telegraph.co.uk. Read More »

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Crack Addicts Shouldn’t be Heroes

July 18, 2008 - 3:45 pm , By Marc--Michigan State

Stop kissing Josh Hamilton’s ass. He doesn’t deserve all the praise and he certainly doesn’t deserve to be called a hero or a role model or a good influence. He was a complete f**k up, but because he’s can still play baseball better than almost anyone else alive we should praise him? No.

Yes, he was addicted to cocaine and crack for years. Yes, the fact that he seems to have made a full recovery is impressive (overcoming any addiction that overwhelms a person like that is impressive), but he’s not a great guy because of it. He should be working his way back to being an OK guy. Half a season of good baseball doesn’t clear him of all the bad sh*t he did before. Read More »

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And The World’s Biggest Pot And Coke Users Are…

July 2, 2008 - 3:45 pm , By Editor

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… Americans!

Despite spending $11.6 billion on policing the world in an attempt to shut down drug cartels, and spending $500 million in anti-drug campaigns, America is totally f**ked up.

Over 16.2 percent of Americans have tried cocaine at least once, and 42.4 percent have used marijuana, making us the world’s top consumers of these drugs. In two 2007 raids alone, the DEA seized 42 tons of coke worth $3.5 billion dollars. (If you want to see what 40,000 pounds of coke looks like then watch this video.)

It’s single, young adult men with high incomes, not the “leprechaun flute” toting crack heads, that are fueling the booming drug industry–so you can be sure that South American drug cartels are running wild producing drugs are a quicker pace than ever. Go War on Drugs!

Celebrate our drug use by watching Spiders on Drugs and Eric Clapton’s live performance of Cocaine after the jump! Read More »

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100 Celebrities Busted For Drugs

June 30, 2008 - 11:30 am , By Editor

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Celebrities do a lot of drugs. With a ton of cash, and a job that doesn’t really require that much brain power, it’s no surprise the high profile people are, well, extra high…So it should come as no surprise that they are also getting busted, a lot.

Luckily for you, the good people at Pop Crunch have put together the most extensive list of substance-using suckers this side of “Behind the Music,” in “Busted! 100 Celebrities Arrested for Drug Possession.”

 Check out PopCrunch.com’s “Busted! 100 Celebrities Arrested for Drug Possession” here!

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O.J. Mayo Signs With Nike

June 27, 2008 - 4:30 pm , By Editor

O.J. Mayo Signs With Nike

O.J. Mayo’s marketing agent Maverick Carter, CEO of LRMR Marketing, confirmed this morning that Mayo has signed a four-year deal with Nike.

Mayo is the first of the high-profile draft picks, who will be drafted tonight, to have signed a deal. Carter would not comment on the financial terms of the deal.

Carter said that Mayo will be included in Nike’s advertising campaigns and he’ll wear a customized shoe that could be released in the market he plays in or at a Nike specialty store like the House of Hoops in Manhattan. [CNBC]

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Police: U. Alabama Football Player A Cocaine Dealer

Alabama Crimson Tide senior linebacker Jimmy Johns was dismissed from the football team and suspended from the University on Tuesday after being arrested on felony drug charges.

Johns was charged with five counts of distribution of cocaine and one count of possession of a controlled substance.

“Jimmy Johns has been dismissed from the team,” head coach Nick Saban said in a statement. “This type of behavior obviously will not be tolerated, and he is no longer a part of our program.”

Police began getting tips that Johns was involved in drug sales around the time the football team was conducting its spring practice, Capt. Jeff Snyder of the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force said. [The Crimson White]

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Vagina-Bong: US Patent #7122000

June 18, 2008 - 4:45 pm , By Andrew - Hunter College

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“That bong doesn’t look anything like a vagina,” you might be thinking right now. And you couldn’t be more right. But that’s because it’s not supposed to look like a vagina. You’re supposed to stick it in one to use it.

Let’s let the patent do the talking:

The lower end cooperates with the wall of the vagina to form a water reservoir holding water in the lower end and the vagina. A stem is received into the inlet port with an end opening submerged in the water reservoir. Suction applied at the exit port draws air through the stem to bubble through the water reservoir to generate stimulatory vibrations transmitted to the vagina. Optionally, a bowl holding combustible material communicates with the stem such that smoke bubbles through the water reservoir to simultaneously filter and cool the smoke and generate stimulatory vibrations. Read More »

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According to Genesis: 100 Hottest Women In Porn

June 5, 2008 - 3:45 pm , By Andrew - Hunter College

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Sure Maxim’s annual Hot 100 list is fun for a quick flip-through in the sh*tter, but it a lacks a certain something…Oh yeah, hardcore nudity!

Well, luckily for us all, the good people at Genesis have published their Porn’s Hot 100 XXX Star “It” List. Genesis picked the order based on “the opinion of our staff and some select industry insiders,” says their Website. I’m not exactly sure what “insider” means in the porn industry, but it’s probably coming from someone close to the, um, action.

Of course, a lot of the big names made the list. Terra Patrick came in at number two! Jenna Jameson, on the other hand, just barely squeaked by, landing the #100 slot. I guess drugs and eating disorders aren’t the miracle career-builder we thought…

Check out a pictorial tribute to the Top 10 at Fleshbot, here! [Very NSFW] And see who made the rest of the list at Genesis, here.

Vote on who you think should make porn’s Top 10 Hottest after the jump! Read More »

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Josh Hamilton’s Journey From Crack Addict to Triple Crown Threat

June 3, 2008 - 12:00 pm , By Steve Gebhardt - Seton Hall U.

johsn hamiltonIn 1999 John Hamilton was the first pick of the Major League Baseball draft. The “Golden Boy” as he was dubbed, was a “5-Tool” power hitting outfielder with a rocket arm that consistently registered 96 MPH on the radar gun. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays drafted Hamilton 1st that year and gave the promising high school senior a 3.96 million dollar signing bonus.

Flash forward to 2005. Hamilton has been out of baseball for 3 years and hit rock bottom. He acquired a nasty drug habit that completely drained his bank account to the point where, “the check he made out to a crack dealer bounced and he had to ask his father-in-law to go and give the dealer $2,000 cash.” His 6′4” 230lb frame diminished to a skinny 180 lbs. and became covered with over 25 regrettable tattoos.

Now it’s 2008 and Josh Hamilton is back from the dead sitting at the top of the MLB All-Star ballot and is a legit threat to baseball’s Triple Crown, leading the American League in batting average, home runs and RBIs.

Hamilton’s compelling journey is the type of story from which Hollywood movies are made and it’s chronicled in this week’s Sports Illustrated, a must read for any sports fan.

Read Sports Illustrated’s cover story - The Super Natural: After drugs and alcohol nearly destroyed his career before it got started, a repentant Josh Hamilton has miraculously restored the skills that now make him a Triple threat.

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Just Say No To Drugs…In Your Drinking Water

March 16, 2008 - 4:00 pm , By Erica - Kent State

In fifth grade, I vowed to say No to Drugs. More correctly, I was forced to say “No”, or I would not be allowed to walk the stage at fifth grade graduation (which would have been social suicide).

So I did, and my little, naive fifth grade self truly believed that I would never take a shot of tequila, smoke a joint and I was absolutely never going to eat a fungus that grows on cow sh!@#t. Ever.

Let’s just say, without giving too much away, that my fifth grade self would probably be a little disappointed in my 21-year old self. Woops!

However, up until this point, whatever drugs I did choose to poison and/or pleasure my body with (depending on how you look at the situation), I always thought I had full control of when/where/how they were getting in my system. I was wrong.

An Associated Press investigation that spanned a five-month period found that 24 major metropolitan areas have drugs in their drinking water. Yes, the stuff that everyone claims is safe to drink and/or at least okay to use to wash our hands and rinse our mouths with after brushing. Well, it’s also teeming with a large range of prescribed and over-the-counter drugs – from sex hormones in San Fran to over 56 different types of pharmaceuticals and their byproducts in Philly.

Disgusted yet? It gets worse. Read More »

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Skins: Teenage Kicks of the Brits

February 20, 2008 - 7:34 am , By A.L. Hart - University of Kent

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For years us British viewers have been bombarded with US shows that supposedly depict the lives of teenagers and British telly had never been able to compete…until now.

Skins exploded onto British television and into the consciousness of young viewers in late 2006 and early 2007. The raw energy, humour, wit, and intelligence of the show was unbelievable and never seen before. Skins deals with issues such as drugs, sexuality, race and the difficulties of growing up. It’s British youth culture to the max.

The fast-paced energy of Skins mimics the flow of hormones that surge in the blood of real teenagers. The issues and storylines are entertaining yet easy to relate to or emphasize with. The characters are far from the typical one-dimensional entity, with the writers really getting into the minds of the individual they have created, rather than simply having them ‘exist’. The episodes focus on one character, specifically on the issues they are battling with along with how they manage themselves in the real world. Read More »

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Britney Spears Rushed to Hospital in Ambulance After Holding Her Kids Hostage

January 4, 2008 - 6:15 am , By John, USMA at West Point

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Has it finally happened? Are people finally ready to stop taking cheap shots at Britney Spears (both literally and figuratively) and start locking her up?

Maybe, according to the swarm of paps:

You would think it was the night of Princess Di’s accident the way all forms of media clustered around the ambulance housing Britney Spears, who was under the influence of drugs when she was picked up for psychiatric evaluation, following refusal to turn over custody of her kids to K-Fed’s bodyguard.

It’s disgusting how out of control this situation has become.

Instead of continuing to see Spears as a perennial punching bag how about we all look at her for what she really is: a complete mess with two children taking zero responsibility for her actions. To think people still stick up for her makes me sick; her family should feel ashamed and halfway responsible. Britney Spears needs to be locked up and forgotten about, not empathized with.

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