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Everybody knows I'm not a hockey guy, but even I know a great shirt when I see one. I mean these guys really outdid themselves with the matching homemade Turk shirts from last night at the B's game. Real Admiral is probably on EBAY as we speak to see if there are any more for sale.

Anyway rate this shirt. 1 for it sucks and 10 for I'd pay a hundo for it

- Thank to Kevin for the pic

Did somebody say weed?

"That's a lot of weed!"

Australia-- A JURY has found an Australian high school teacher guilty of pursuing an unlawful sexual relationship with a female student.Amanda Louise Thompson, 28, pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane District Court to maintaining an unlawful relationship with a child between April 2003 and 2005. During the trial the court was told the friendship developed into a sexual relationship, with the pair meeting regularly for romantic trysts in parks. ...The court was told Ms Thompson initially took the teenager under her wing when she discovered the student had an eating disorder.

And from a different article: The young girl's school friend... told a Brisbane District Court jury she and her classmate were taken to the Royal Queensland Show by Thompson, who was their high school teacher. She said the trio, along with Thompson's former husband, were sitting on a hill to watch a fireworks display when her teacher started behaving "a bit weird". "(There was) a lot of hugging and touching - it was a bit strange... Amanda was rubbing her under the jumper (and) (my friend's) body was moving around. She kept leaning in close as if to kiss her."

What an outrage. It's just sick and depraved beyond belief that any teacher would seduce a young girl in their care. Oh, right. This was lesbian teacher sex. As you were folks. No victims... nothing to see here... let's all go home and get some rest. Anyway, it's nice and kind of reassuring that as we Americans find ourselves at the dawn of a new era in our nation's history, that we aren't the only ones who engage in this sort of thing. That warped, perverted predatory education has gone Global. And that Down Under, they too have teachers who go... down under.

The Grades:
Looks: Not great, except by bisexual married Aussie teacher standards. Which is not a bad standard. And you're lying if you say you wouldn't hit it. Grade: C-.
Moral Compass/Bad Judgement: Amanda Louise groping a teenage girl under her jumper while her husband is two inches away? That's better than any fireworks display I've ever witnessed. And there's something I'd run out the Hatch Shell at 6 AM and wait all day in the hot sun to watch. Grade: A.
Intangibles: Is there a better phrase in all of Sex Scandal Teacherdom than "romantic trysts in parks"? Grade: B+.
Overall: B-. (Thanks to eb)

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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- City police are still searching for the vandals who knocked over a fiberglass horse while attempting to mount it early Sunday morning. "We've had no new leads, but we have a couple of things we're looking into," said Sgt. John Catone. Police hope to gain leads from a videotape of the vandalism that was released to the media. The videotape came from a surveillance camera installed on the building by Roohan Realty after repeated damage to the statue. Catone said police officials are tracking down the hosts of two functions held Saturday night at the Saratoga Springs City Center. The three people in the video are "very well dressed, and look like they just came from a party," Catone said. The vandals, two men and a woman in their late 20s to early 30s, are seen walking south on Broadway in front of the real estate office when the two men attempt to mount the artwork as the woman snaps pictures.

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In all my years of watching drunk guys try to mount a horse this has to be the worst effort I’ve ever seen.  I was actually getting frustrated watching these morons after a couple minutes.  Just climb up on it for god sakes instead of trying to land on the thing like some rodeo star.  I bet even the horse was like give it up dude after he ran straight into the thing.

Okay it's time to finally figure out who had the sexiest/best Halloween costume in the Commonwealth. And let me just say this whoever wins really deserves more than $750.00 bucks because this is honestly the hardest competition I've ever seen in my life. The field is stacked! Three are so many unreal and hot costumes it's almost impossible to decide who should win. And in reality there are no losers in something like this. It's a victory for mankind. Yes, I think it's safe to say this will become an annual tradition here at Barstool Sports with bigger and better prizes next year. Now my original idea was just to have 16 girls in the competition since that's all our brackets can handle. But we got so many entries that we're going to have two elimination rounds to see who makes it to the Final 16. In other words this is the round of 32 right now. After the voting is done in the West bracket we will unveil the East Bracket and the winners from those two will make up the sweet 16. Does that make any sense? We still have a couple spots left in the next round if any girls haven't sent their pics in yet. (Send them to randomthoughts@barstoolsports.com) The 2nd brackets will be unveiled on Monday.

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AND REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE LINK OF THE GIRL TO SEE MORE PICTURES SO YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION

Today the Red Sox induct Mo Vaughn, Mike Greenwell and Bill Lee into the team's Hall of Fame. If there's one thing that's changed more than any other during The Francona Dynasty, it would be the way you look back on these guys who played before ALCS appearances and Duck Boat caravans became annual events. You look at these guys that you used to worship and you realize that relative to the talented, clutch, versatile, championship-driven roster they have now, your old heroes were always a pretty flawed bunch. That's not to take anything away from them. I loved Vaughn, Greenwell and Lee, and spent a thousand hours of my life defending them against bomb tossers who knocked them and all Red Sox players as nothing more than a bunch of choking, overpaid losers. These guys weren't losers, and each of them belongs in the Sox Hall. But looking back through the prism of two championships, you start to notice how they maybe weren't as good as you thought they were. And you see that all former great Sox players had the same common attributes that simply don't apply to the ring-bearing current team. Namely:

A nickname:
Mo Vaughn: Hit Dog
Mike Greenwell: Gator
Bill Lee: Spaceman

Controversies:
Vaughn: A beloved, respected "role model" athlete flips his truck in a drunken stupor on the way home from a night at the Foxy Lady. This story had it all. It sat at the perfect intersection of celebrity, sports, crime and strippers and prompted more "Coming up tonight at 11..." mentions than any other news story that year.
Greenwell: Gator was one of the highest paid players in baseball. His contract had the usual boilerplate language found in all Major League deal prohibiting him from doing anything stupid, reckless, and dangerous. Specifically, racing cars because he owned a race track in Florida. Greenie stated publicly and repeatedly that he obeyed his contract and never, ever got behind the wheel. Right up until the time the Herald ran a front page picture of him doing exactly that. Because of course none of the thousands of NASCAR rednecks looking on would ever notice.
Lee: In a magazine interview, Lee admitted he used marijuana so commissioner Bowie Kuhn fined him $500 for conduct detrimental to baseball. In reaction Lee pointed out he didn't say he smoked pot, he only admitted he "used" it. "I sprinkle it on my pancakes in the morning," he said. Then he sent the commissioner's office a check for $512.37, "Just to screw up their accounting."

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"Can somebody pass the mayo?"

- Thanks to Andy for the pic

Spark up another victory blunt for the Black and Gold as they smoked the Leafs last night with 5-2 win (with three of the five coming from budding sniper Blake Wheeler),  for their 5^th victory in their last six games, outscoring the opposition 19-10 in the process [not 22-10, as a NESN graphic reported in the game’s aftermath. If that was a Sox game, their personal Pravda would have informed us that the Sox just won their 8^th straight game when a Dominican lefty opposes a University of Texas graduate on Sunday day games]. After building a 3-0 lead, the Bs got a bit complacent and allowed the Queefs to hang around (something they’ve been doing all year) Are you paying attention yet? You ought to. This team is good and as likable a team that’s been in that locker room in years.

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At first I thought this guys friends set him up, but upon further review I don't think that was the case. This was just the Turkish Polar Bears having a bad day at the office. Granted I'm not sure how you don't realize that a pond is frozen, but who am I to question this video? Bottom line is that guy was out on his feet after he smashed his face on the ice and that's good enough for me.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A North Pole man was surprised when police accused him of stealing a car from a gentlemen's club in Fairbanks. The man, 27, explained to officers that he was in his Chevy Cavalier. The only problem, police said, was that he was behind the wheel of a Ford Escort.  Police charged the man with auto theft, felony driving under the influence and misdemeanor drugs misconduct. Police said his blood-alcohol content was .166, more than twice the legal limit. According to court documents, the man swore he had no memory of taking a vehicle that didn't belong to him.

Wait a minute, wait a minute... anybody who knows anything about cars knows you can’t tell the difference between a Ford Escort and a Chevy Cavalier.  It’s impossible.   I mean unless you look at the name of the car, which in all likelihood is covered with dirt and rust.  So it's an honest mistake. I had a similar yet much cooler Ford Tempo so I never really had this kind of problem.  The Tempo was unique in its design and craftsmanship, until it was discontinued in the mid 90’s.  Anyway I’m still giving this guy the benefit of the doubt.  It was the parking lot of a strip club in the North Pole! Anything can happen under those circumstances. Whatever the case, I think it was Santa who once said, “Never drive drunk with a hard-on."

I think we can safely say that the long overdue, much anticipated debut start for Brady Quinn last night went beyond good and blew right past great into the category of "instant legend." 23 for 35, 239 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs and 0 mental errors. And had he not been thwarted at every turn by the Browns non-existent defense and Kellen Winslow Jr.'s butterfingerness, he would already have his first career 4th quarter come-from-behind victory. It's exactly 59.1 miles from Cleveland Browns Stadium to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH. And last night we saw Brady Quinn take his first step. I say we all celebrate by placing our hands awkwardly on our friends' crotches.

Name: Hillary Fisher

Best Known For: Miss Hawaiian Tropic and the special edition pages of Playboy

Loves: Baking Cakes

Hates: Waiting in Lines

Signature Hold: Tombstone Piledriver...

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