I don’t know about you, but when it comes down to a trip to Vegas for either the National Fantasy Baseball Championship draft or the AVN Weekend, I’m going with the ladies all the way. And that’s coming from someone who loves fantasy baseball. That’s why I was pretty shocked to read what happened in Spain over the weekend where the International Erotic Film Festival of Barcelona was held. Previous editions of the Festival have drawn over 50,000 people, but this year’s edition had a much lower sausage ratio. Why you ask?

FICEB director Juli Simon blamed the lower-than-expected turnout on the fact that the festival’s opening day coincided with Spain’s 3-0 Euro 2008 semi-final win over Russia which drew a record Spanish television audience of 17 million.

“Football is one of the few things that can compete with sex,” he told private television station Telecinco.

I can’t imagine the attendance did much better on Sunday when Spain beat Germany in the finals. But seriously, if they’re actually filming live documentaries at the Festival, then I have to question the priorities of these Spaniards. After all, this is soccer we’re talking about, right?

(via Fark and photo via Deadspin’s live blog)

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Hey look, I was fascinated by Tiger Woods coming out of a porto potty. It just gets me every time. That dude really does those things just like us? Given the reaction people had over Tiger coming out of a restroom, it’s no surprise that the bidding on a half-eaten apple by Tiger Woods is getting some serious play on Ebay. These bids are getting seriously out of hand, ringing in at $36k at last check. And check out the description of the item:

I was at the US Open this Friday, following Tiger Woods down the 12 th Fairway, after his tee shot, he was eating an apple, 30 yards from his ball he discarded his apple core in the rough, I asked a photothe to kick it over my way, and he did, I never touched the core, Scooped it up in a empty beer cup, as not to disrupt the DNA, Ive got lots of witness’…all moneys go to my daughters college fund

I really would like to meet the people that spend this type of cash on items like that. Come on, who buys Jack Lambert’s used cigarette, or Luis Gonzalez’s chewed gum? I guess it’s the same people that spend 7 grand for their kid to meet David Beckham as a birthday present. Ridiculous.

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As I said the other day, sometimes words are not necessary. What is that saying about pictures anyway?

Photo via Spencer Hall’s trusty musket over at The Sporting Blog and Friends of the Program.

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Anyone who’s been reading the site for some time knows quite well how much I enjoy the Scripps Annual Spelling Bee. Some of the greatest moments in the bee were classics, like the kid who got KO’d by the power of the word, and the dude who did a Napoleon Dynamite impression. Those were all solid and highly enjoyable, and now numb nuts makes its way onto the list as well. In case you missed a great moment in Bee history, here it is:

Of course as funny as that was, nothing, and I mean nothing, will ever stand up to last year’s champ, Evan O’Dorney. He was quite a beauty.

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Joe Sports Fan, as they often do, came up with a great bit and put together a set of faux trading cards they call “The Uglies.” It was a natural response to OK!Magazine’s Top 50 Good Looking Men or something like that. Whatever. What does matter is not necessarily their selection of players — they certainly missed quite a few uglies — but the information on the back of the cards was impeccable. Here are my favorites (make sure you go over there to check out the rest).

And for my money, it doesn’t get much better than Mike Ricci’s possible ancestry being a sewer rat. I absolutely lost it when I read that. As for Willie, I could easily see him slipping on a blue collar outfit janitor style.

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It doesn’t take a whole lot these days to become famous. (or at least get your 15 minutes). If you’re a chick, it pretty much consists of showing up at a televised sporting event wearing very little clothing. Or if you just want to completely strip away the power of imagination, you could just decide to go streaking on the field. That’s what Tiffany May decided to do at a U.S. vs. Honduras soccer match not long ago. And what has that done for her? Landed her a shoot in playboy.

Not exactly something that would send me running to the store, but not bad. I’d say the soccer referee who posed in Playboy was more enticing. But man, life’s just made if you’re a chick these days.

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