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1. Reggie Bush has apparently decided not to turn over his Heisman trophy after all. (Good, let them explain some more why he shouldn't keep his trophy, but Cam Newton can.)

2. A primer on the NBA contract negotiations (it's pretty optimistic that a deal will get done).

3. Age of Conan is now free to play.

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1. Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigrants has apparently led to millions of dollars' worth of crops rotting in the fields.

2. That didn't take long. Recruiting scandal at Oregon. Via.

3. Scott Beale is determined to suck up more of my free time with a photography tumblr.

4. Very accurate description of introverts (or me, at least).

5. Sword & Sworcery is $1 for the iPod today. Peggle's free for Android at Amazon, but my wife's Droid (still under its initial contract!) is apparently too antiquated to download and run it.

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1. "Take a look at perhaps the most unusual prison job rehab program in the country. Here, convicts are trained to become deep-water divers and graduate to well-paying — and sometimes dangerous — jobs upon their release." Via.

2. One absolutely stunning claim about John Thompson after another. I can't imagine how this guy has a job if this stuff is true.

3. I sure hope this Ask Me Anything Request at Reddit gets fulfilled: "An Olive Garden employee who has been sent to Tuscany by the company to learn the art of Italian cooking."

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1. An unidentified SEC school complained about Alabama objectifying women to announce its new football recruits.

2. 74 people have been injured by hunters in Italy in the last four months:

The annual bloodletting is a result of the unusual freedom allowed to shooting parties under Italian law. They can go on to private property and fire anywhere not within 50m of a road or 150m of a house.

Via.

3. There's now an official Blogger app for Android.

*Buy Android phones at eBay.

Alabama is using a woman in a cheerleader's uniform...

Alabama has a livefeed showing incoming faxes from football recruits. A woman in a tiny cheerleader's uniform collects the faxes. Keep it classy Alabama. Via.

Those Oregon Ducks uniforms

Before


and after the game promotional images by Wieden + Kennedy for Oregon and Nike


Here's a long explanation (defense?) by Nike about why the uniforms looked that way.

*Buy mascot bobbleheads at Amazon.

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1. Joe Montana says the movie Rudy was fiction.

2. Horrible Logos, $5 each. Via.

3. Last Exit to Nowhere is giving away a shirt for the worst film quote today.

*Buy NFL bobbleheads at Amazon.