LCBInsider: Unfounded Rumors

-Bill Simmons takes a break from educating under privileged children, feeding the poor, and harboring Libyan refugees with his mighty sportswriting pen to express his disappointment that a once in a lifetime talent like Will Smith only makes movies that make money but fail to challenge the actor or his audience. The art of Simmons' editorial is that it conjures up parallels between the talented actor and the sports guy himself; after all, he has used one of the biggest pulpits a writer can have to analyze Rotten Tomato popularity polls and to reveal the secrets behind the NBA's Trade Machine.

LCBInsider: Unfounded Rumors

-With the death of legendary coach John Wooden, God holds a press conference that he now has a coach to maximize the basketball talent in heaven.

-After Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Pau Gasol mistakes Kevin Garnett for a pelican drenched in oil.

-Ken Griffey, Jr. takes nap in his own house, missing his at bat in family kickball game.  This missed at bat will probably also cost Griffey his chance at being the greatest kickball player of all-time.  

-MLB commissioner Bud Selig vows that in an effort to avoid future missed calls he will rewatch all six seasons of LOST and the Back to the Future trilogy, stating that time travel will be less detrimental to the game's integrity than mandatory instant replay in the ninth inning.

-Below is a performance by K'Naan of his song "Flag Wavin,'" the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.  This performance took place at LCB Headquarters.


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LCBInsider: Unfounded Rumors

--The Minnesota Vikings are interested in Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudamire.

--The secrets of Matt Leinhart's NFL career will be revealed through a series of flashbacks and flash forwards on the last season of Lost; apparently, Leinhart's character suffers at the hands of a smoke monster that appears to him in the form of Kurt Warner.


--Bilas: Breaks down the late night television turmoil at NBC...it all comes down to chin length.

--Brett Favre will retire in order to audition for American Idol.

--Rick Barry voted in as a starter for this year's All-Star Game.

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