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202 Pills?! In a row?!

Let us revisit the story of Nick Kazcur… from this very blog, June 4th:

First, the bad news… Former UT Grad and Patriots O-Lineman Nick Kaczur is apparently an OxyContin fiend.

Nick was busted in April by the DEA for illegal possession of Oxy and was soundly punished… by keeping it quiet. How? That’s the good news: he turned double agent.

Well, the news may be a little worse than first reported. Via ESPN:

When New England Patriots offensive lineman Nick Kaczur was arrested in upstate New York in April, he had 202 OxyContin pills labeled as being made in Canada, according to police reports, The Boston Globe reported.

I didn’t know Dr. House could play professional football, what with him being a fictional character and all.

But the fun doesn’t stop there. Those Canadian stamps apparently throw a wrench into Nick’s results as an informant as the lawyer for the accused dealer claims that the Canadian stamps prove that those pills aren’t from his client. With this struggling economy, he knows how important it is to illegally sell American-made Oxy, thank-you-very-much.

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Carson Palmer Takes Aim at Columbus; Overthrows

From the Fanhouse:

When on a Los Angeles-area radio show this past Thursday, the USC alum had this to say about Ohio State fans:

I cannot stand the Buckeyes. It’s amazing to hear what those guys think about that university and what they think about that football program and Tressel and all the crap I gotta put up with being back there. I just can’t wait for two years from now when SC comes to the ‘Shoe and hopefully we’ll have a home game that weekend and I can go up there and watch us pound on them in their own turf. I’m really getting sick of it and I just can’t wait for this game to get here so they can come out to the Coliseum and experience LA and get an old-fashioned Pac-10 butt-whoopin’ and go back to the Big Ten.

While I have no problem with Ohio State football, I’m also a fan of Carson Palmer, and an ardent hater of Buckeye Fans. So you go get ‘em, Carson.

(Follow the fanhouse link, I started a bit of a shitstorm in the comments. Whoops!)

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I Almost Feel Better About the Walleye…

…almost.

Still, you’ve gotta feel for any poor hockey fans stuck in Peoria, who just saw their AHL Iowa Stars become the Iowa Chops:

“We really feel this name perfectly represents our vision of the new team,” team owner Kirby Schlegel, CEO of Schlegel Sports, said in a statement. “It illustrates Iowa’s agricultural heritage while also playing into the definition of chops, having nerve, resilience and staying power.

I can understand wanting to change the name, since they switch their NHL affiliation away from the Dallas Stars. But this is what happens when you start thinking about hometown connections: you become dinner.

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Italics = EXCITEMENT

(via FanHouse):

The Mid-American Conference, in coordination with recent rebranding initiatives on MAC campuses the past several years, unveiled its new marks today (July 1) that celebrate the tradition of the league and embodies a fresh brand identity.

That new logo sure does… lean to the right. And embrace the color scheme of the Whale.

But as the folks at the Haus point out, much like good is better than bad because it’s nicer, this logo is miles better than what was:

(Also, apologies for the large gap in updates. Nothing’s really tickled my fancy as of late, and I’m just coming off a week of vacation. Plus, you don’t want me writing about what happened last week in regards to my Blue Jackets. But hey, they did sign Mike Commodore, who I will lovingly refer to as Red, White, and Blue Jacket.)

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YouTubery: That Tilde is actually a Handlebar Mouthstache

what

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