Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Ryan's Den: 12/8/09

To celebrate North Korea's first World Cup appearance in 44 years, Kim Jong-il is banning all coverage of the games -- unless they, you know, win. In the event North Korea soccer comes up short, all highlights will be brief and manipulated in order to portray the North Koreans as the superior team. If Kwame Kilpatrick wasn't too busy Tiger Woods-ing his staffers, maybe he could have thought of this for Lions games (or the 2009 Stanley Cup Final) and won re-election in Detroit.

Add the Son of God to the growing list of those not interested in Notre Dame's recent coaching vacancy.

Speaking of that (large) vacancy, Mark Kriegel at foxsports.com suggests that evil Charlie Weis advised projected first day draft picks Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate to forgo their senior seasons and enter the draft simply to sabotage his alma mater. Excellent detective work, Mark. Unfortunately, you forgot to mention the part where Weis contacts a current recruit just days after his termination, encouraging him to stay committed to the Irish in 2010.

Yesterday marked the beginning of the 15th annual Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. If you've never seen the 1993 ESPY speech of late North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano, there aren't many better ways to spend 11 minutes -- and even if you have:

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