Major props to Rick at Deadspin for uncovering and sharing a sportscast delivered by Republican Vice Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, back when she was an anchor in Alaska, under the name Sarah Heath. Check out the video:

No surprise, merely hours after its posting it’s already the top story on Ballhype. I mean, what’s not to like about her for sports fans? She studied journalism, was a sports anchor and beauty queen, and she loves guns. She’s a total man’s woman.

The headline is self explanatory.

Umph, that musta hurt. Kid was probably mortified afterwards, not to mention Mike Pelfrey who had the misfortune of being there for it. Much like Jake Brown, the kid somehow walked away from the accident. The best part of course is when the shoes go flying after they hit the ground. How funny is that? Oh yeah, hope the kid wasn’t hurt.

(via Mullet’s 7 at FanHouse and The World of Isaac)

Credit HG at You Been Blinded with the incredible find of Charles Barkley slamming this bottle of Patron tequila. Apparently the video was taken at the Harrah’s in Lake Tahoe, where Chuck was not long ago for a celeb golf tournament. Like so many things in life, Chuck attacked the bottle of tequila with full zeal. Check it:

Between this video and the MJ calling out Kobe video, HG’s solidifying himself as the top YouTube miner in the blogosphere. Now my only question to you is, which is more impressive, Chuck, or this:

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I don’t know what it is about pre-season games and players losing helmets, but it sure seems to happen a lot. Maybe it’s because it’s guys who are doing everything they can to make the team, or maybe it’s because the equipment guys aren’t fitting the scrubs with proper-fitting helmets. Either way, it happened again on Monday Night Football, this time, it was James Jones with a spectacular touchdown catch from Aaron Rodgers. Let’s go to the videotape:

Even though it looks like James Jones had his brains scrambled on the play, I’ll bet it’s the Bengals’ defensive backs who wound up the most confused by what happened. How can you possibly hit someone that hard and not have him go down? And to clarify a point made above, Jones is actually a slot receiver who sees plenty of time, not a scrub. Just ask Brett Favre.

I knew that Joe Torre got a ton of press because, well, let’s face it — he was the manager of the Yankees during their superb run from ‘96-’03. But I didn’t know he was much of a pitchman, unlike say, Greg Oden. Even though the last time Torre appeared in a commercial was 1985, he was immediately cast in a State Farm Insurance commercial upon arriving in LA. Anyone who watches Dodger games has surely seen this great spot, but I’m not sure it’s been out there for a national audience, so here it is:

The yoga scene is tight, but for my money, it doesn’t get much better than Joe Torre surfing in the Pacific Ocean, while wearing his Dodger cap no less. Dude, it’s OK to take it off when you’re in the water, OK?

Jimmy Traina at SI compiled a strong list of the 25 must-see YouTube videos for sports fans. You’ve seen number 13 here before — Adrian Wilson and his 75″ verticle. Now that was pretty sick. Anyway, if you’ve got a good few hours to kill, check out the list — there certainly are some gems on there. For now, I’ll show off my 3rd grade level of humor by sharing this one which made number 12 on the list:

Of course, if I had a race horse, I might name it Sarah Jessica Parker. Could you just imagine the call down the wire? “And it’s Sarah Jessica Parker by a nose!”