Here's an audio recap of my day at the De La Hoya vs Mayweather press conference promoting their May 5th bout.

Listen to hear how each fighter was received by the fans, Pretty Boy Floyd talk all kinds of trash, and Oscar make his prediction.

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I told you I’d be checking in today at the final stop of the 11 city tour promoting the May 5th bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr., and let me tell you, it was a lot of fun.

The conference took place at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in the heart of Hollywood, right on the Walk of Fame. Pretty Boy Floyd wasted no time trying to go “LA” on the crowd. Let me tell you, they weren’t having any of it. Oscar was the real hero of the city.

Pretty Boy did most of the talking, matter of fact, all of the talking. Oscar was quite humble in his approach. There’s the photo below (explained in my audio recap of the day) and plenty more pictures if you continue reading.

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So Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya are concluding their 11 city tour (11 cities!!) aimed to promote their May 5th fight with an announcement in Los Angeles on Wednesday and guess what, yours truly will be in attendance. 

I’ve already expressed my elevated level of interest in the fight and I can’t wait for all the pre-fight excitement.  Check back later today for a recap of how the day went. 

As the tag-line for the 11 city tour says, Everyone is talking…on May 5 the whole world will be watching…(and I’ll be there reporting)

Let’s play a game. For each row of numbers, find the one that doesn’t belong (aka the outlier)

a) .222, .190, .227, .275, .248, .275, .255, .313

b) .600, .561, .706, .780, .675, .811, .756, .866

c) 8, 47, 153, 147, 169, 129, 207, 307

Hmm, let’s see, that’s a toughy. How about .313, .866, and 307?

Ding, ding, ding — that would be the correct answer!

Exactly what is this about, you ask? Well, anyone with half-a-brain who read the title of this posts knows what’s coming.

The Angels and their ridiculously dumb off-season moves are coming back to bite them.

Try this on for size, who the eff pays $50 million over 5 years to a 32 year old journeyman centerfielder who never hit higher than .275 prior to his free agent walk year?

Bill Stoneman, that’s who.

And now here’s this nugget of news from the Albany Times Union via Deadspin

Investigators in the year-old case, which has been kept quiet until now, uncovered evidence that testosterone and other performance-enhancing drugs may have been fraudulently prescribed over the Internet to current and former Major League Baseball players…The customers include Los Angeles Angels center fielder Gary Matthews Jr., according to sources with knowledge of the investigation.

.316, .866, and 307 represent the batting average, slugging percentage, and total bases for Gary Matthews Jr. in last year’s season. One would think that a little comparison to the PREVIOUS 7 SEASONS should set an alarm off for most people, but apparently not Stoneman.

I realize that nobody has convicted Gary Matthews Jr. of any wrong-doing just yet, and he certainly hasn’t tested positive for any illegal substances (to my knowledge), but let’s just say the statistics tell quite an implicating story.

By now you've probably seen the youtube clips floating around of Clippers PG Shaun Livingston dislocating his knee cap — it wasn't pretty. The unlucky Livingston came down awkwardly after attempting a layup against Charlotte and wound up tearing three ligaments in his knee. The young guard (who was too untouchable to trade for Allen Iverson), will reportedly be missing 8-12 months.

You've probably seen what the injury looked like…now, here's your chance to hear what it sounded like. Remember, this is the sound of a man who dislocated his knee cap and tore three ligaments. (listen closely to hear the profanity mixed into the groans). This my friends, is the sound of pain

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I’ve already shown the ACC and SEC coaches as South Park characters…and now I present, the Pac-10 football coaches as South Park characters.  Not sure who created these as they were sent to me by a friend, but here they are

OK, so Walt Harris and Dirk Koetter may be a year old, but it’s still pretty funny. I like the Dirk Koetter a lot, and the Karl Dorrell intricately caputres his emotions (and is that a playbook shoved down his pants?) 

*If you created these please let me know so I can properly credit you.