The World According to AdamLee
  • 10:11 PM ET  07.02
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ESPN has begun their latest hype machine, a competition called "Who is Now?", based on who, publicity wise, is the most famous athlete. Last night's matchup was between Tiger Woods and Matt Leinart. Leinart has been attached to both Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, and received a monster contract his rookie season. There is no word on whether a lifetime supply of penicillin was included in the incentive part of his contract.

Continuing with the hype machine, ESPN plans to air their mini-series "The Bronx is Burning" after the Home Run Derby. Just what we need, MORE talk about the Yankees on ESPN. SI.com is hard at work on a similar series about the Yankees' rival titled "The Sox will Win the AL East", a once every 12 year special.

Barry Bonds overcame a 119,000 vote deficit in the final days of balloting to finish 123,000 votes ahead of Alfonso Soriano as the final starter in the NL outfield. Now there's a vote swing that puts all the throwdown cheaters to shame. There is no word yet if Bud Selig has decided to hire Super-Levi, Ron Burgundy, or any of the other self-appointed FanNation bloodhounds to begin another fruitless investigation

Kobe Bryant has decided to deflect interviews and focus his time on participating in children programs that encourage reading. The three books he will read: Chicken Little, The Boy who Cried Wolf, and If you Give a Diva a Franchise, the Lakers adaptation of If you Give a Mouse a Cookie.

Thanks for reading.

July 2, 2007  10:12 PM ET

Wrong----Just wrong

July 2, 2007  10:15 PM ET

Once again good work AdamLee. Keep it up.

July 2, 2007  10:16 PM ET

Third paragraph is a classic, Fifth paragraph was completely unnecessary.

July 2, 2007  10:17 PM ET

Funny stuff. I love "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Great book.

The prom night joke? Maybe a line was crossed, but still funny.

July 2, 2007  10:19 PM ET

The fifth paragraph was deleted. Thanks for the comments.

July 2, 2007  10:21 PM ET

hahaha good work adam!

July 2, 2007  10:26 PM ET

nice

July 2, 2007  10:37 PM ET

Great stuff.

July 2, 2007  10:48 PM ET

The whole blog was entertaining but I especially liked the Kobe paragraph. As far as the deleted paragraph, did you ever watch, or listen to Monica Seles play tennis. I think she was probably the loudest.

July 2, 2007  10:59 PM ET

Oh yeah, I think of Seles every time I see some of these players. It was ridiculous.

July 2, 2007  11:00 PM ET

now I'm kicking myself for arriving too late to read that soon-to-be legendary fifth paragraph.

grandkid: "did you read the 'fifth paragraph' adam once wrote?"
granddad (me): "no, I only arrived at the scene after it happened."
grandkid: "gee, pops, you suck"

July 2, 2007  11:05 PM ET

LOL. You should make a blog just about your grandkid and granddad conversations. I would read that.

July 2, 2007  11:07 PM ET

Im a Sox fan, and I have to admit the "Once every 12 years" thing was hilarious.

July 2, 2007  11:13 PM ET

Can you fanmail me the fifth paragraph. I missed it. Stupid ADD moments. Why did I look at Cyanide & Happiness. Damn.

July 2, 2007  11:14 PM ET

ya can u fanmail me the fifth paragraph i wana see what it says

July 2, 2007  11:16 PM ET

hahahaha, there will be throwdowns soon, about the infamous 5th Paragraph! Way to go Adam, Suspenseful theme worked.

July 2, 2007  11:20 PM ET

no.............................. the fifth paragraph is gone for ever

July 2, 2007  11:29 PM ET

It would be funny to speculate about what the 5th paragraph contained. Was it was Richard Nixon really said on the Watergate tapes? Was it the meaning of life? Was it a Darko Milicic joke? Those never get old! His career is the gift that keeps on giving.

Has a FanNation legend or myth been born about the 5th paragraph? haha.

July 2, 2007  11:33 PM ET

Was in the explaination of the Kennedy assassination?
And if it was, did you do it?

 
July 2, 2007  11:40 PM ET

5th paragraph? is that like the 13th floor of an old creepy hotel....maybe it's the map to the secret vault of Ashardalon's treasure horde...

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