Noah caught shopping for bongs

• THIS IS WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS. FIRST OF ALL by Joakim Noah himself, of course. Shopping for a water pipe while being injured and recovering from plantar fasciitis.
  Then there's that hypocrite moron in the shop, who was buying a bong himself, and not only decided to take a couple of pictures of Noah, but also offered the pictures to sports blog Deadspin.
  And last but not least, there were the lame ass snitches of Deadspin, who not only asked the Chicago Bulls to comment on the matter, but also decided to publish the pics.

Brett Favre is a GD drama queen

• “BRETT TALKED TO GODDAMNED ED WERDER AT ESPN, SAYS he needs ankle surgery. Now why did he do that? I’ve got Childress calling. I’ve got reporters calling all damn morning. Goddammit, why does he have to be such a goddamned drama queen? Play, don’t play, goddamn, people are getting sick of it. I’m getting sick of it! Why does he have to talk to these people? What good does it do? Ed Werder at ESPN! What’s he ever done for anybody other than say, ‘Look, look, Mommy, I got this first, ain’t I special?’ You got problems with surgery, talk to your wife. Why talk to goddamned Ed Werder?”
  Wow. Even his agent Bus Cook is fed up with Purple Judas.

Louis Oosthuizen sweeps St Andrews

• THAT WAS A WEIRD FOUR DAYS OF GOLF AT
ST. Andrews this weekend. On ESPN they were
struggling from beginning to end
the name of (winner) Louis Oosthuizen (27). Somewhere in the middle, they decided to ask the South African himself how it should be done. And what do you know: he doesn't even know it himself! Oostheezn?! Come on now!
  But a well. At least the kid knows how to play golf! He won the British Open today by no less than 7 strokes. Amazing. And the coolest thing of all: he did it on Nelson Mandela Day. Woohoo!

The World Cup, the Tour de France and San Fermin according to The Big Picture

• WE STILL OWE YOU A HANDFUL OF AMAZING
photoshoots by Boston.com's The Big Picture. There's the World Cup part 2 and part 3, there's the Tour de France part 1, and there's of course the Running of the Bulls aka the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona. Enjoy.

Derrick Rose is ecstatic: 'I've got
a consistent 3 point shot now'

• THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST NEWS OFF SEASON news about your Chicago Bulls I've heard so far. And I'm not talking about the acquisition of Carlos Boozer, or the signing of Kyle Korver. No, I'm talking about what Derrick Rose - and apparently succesfull - worked on. His three point shot.
This is what D-Rose had to say about it in Thursday's Chicago Tribune. "It's there; I have a consistent 3-point shot now," Rose said Wednesday night. "You'll see. I just have so much confidence in my jump shot now. It's coming along so good. It's past even my expectations at this point."
  And remember people. D-Rose ain't exactly the boastful type. Woohoo!

What in the hell did Steinbrenner (80, RIP) trade Jay Buhner for? [video]

• EARLIER TODAY 80 YEAR OLD NEW YORK YANKEES OWNER George Steinbrenner died as the result of a massive heart attack. For what he will most remembered, you ask? For the Jay Buhner trade, of course. Because why in the world would he have done that? Even Frank Costanza would like to know. Hilarious video of Big Stein at the Costanza residence here.

Heh. Funny LeBron t-shirt

• I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR IN the boring state of Ohio, but I guess I was wrong, because this t-shirt, brought to us by kissmy-asslebron.com is pretty damn funny:
  "You can head SOUTH! But your mom is riding WEST!" Best thing of all: for $15.23 it's yours. Order here. Enjoy.

2010, the new 74-78