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Staff Shots:
- Greg Wyshynski of Puck Daddy was on the podcast last night, and we talked about the NHL and WrestleMania [Episode 89: Frances the Muta]
- Danielle interviewed Jack Jameson, who has the most luxurious beard in all wrestling [The Same Ten Questions]
- Not only did she interview Jameson, but Dani also gave us the Best and Worst of Impact [With Leather]
- If you're like me and you slacked on watching Main Event last week, read Butch's piece to get psyched about it, then fire up your DVR and watch the show, dammit [Best Coast Bias]
- Pizza topping power poll! Not listed: anchovies [Holzerman Hungers]
Wrestling Links:
- Here's a companion piece to my Zeb Colter discussion [Turnbuckle Zine]
- CM Punk and Bruno Sammartino are more alike than you think, argues David Shoemaker [Grantland]
- Speaking of Sammartino, Eric Gargiulo interviewed the Living Legend. 50 minutes with the Champ! [Camel Clutch Blog]
- Hey look, it's The Rock's 10 best performances ever! [Cewsh Reviews]
- A look at how WWE should build to a Divas Championship match at Mania [Wrestling Reflections]
- 1600+ crotch gestures in 1998? Man, they must have tallied that on a slow week [Ghost Biggie]
Non-Wrestling Links:
- Christopher Dorner was a polarizing figure. People were angry at him cuz he was a cop killer, but here's a rebuttal piece as to why it's only natural to feel some kind of schadenfreude over the LAPD getting what was coming to them [The Smoking Section]
- Here's Brian Floyd on why it's dangerous to rush for info on a hot story like Dorner's, using police blotter info against the coverage that was taking place at the time things were going down [Floyd]
- Donna Shalala went HAM on the NCAA for its shoddy handling of the investigation against U of Miami [Miami Herald]
- THON, Penn State's dance-marathon charity fundraiser, scared up $12M+ for the fight against pediatric cancer [Black Shoe Diaries]
- Spencer Hall created the ultimate dinosaur football team, because of course he did [SB Nation]
- The Big Ten is looking to end games against FCS opponents [Black Heart Gold Pants]
- Some good, clean, FJMing of a guy who wrote a nonsensical letter about the Grammys [Celebrity Hot Tub]
- Speaking of that awards show, does winning Best Album doom Mumford and Sons going forward? [UPROXX]
- Fast food review: The Hot Mess [Topless Robot]
- Why the NBA's age floor is asinine, using the backdrop of Nerlens Noel and his torn ACL [The Classical]
- Here are eight versions of The Incredible Hulk you may not be aware of [Buzz Feed]
- If Bizarro and Superman had Facebook... [Dorkly]
- Mississippi FINALLY ratified the 13th Amendment only 150 years later. Withholding jokes... withholding... [Film Drunk]
- No, Nate Silver doesn't hate the Chicago White Sox [Baseball Nation]