Palin could probably take Fitz on in a game of basketball

Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin is an educational whore, much like our friend and Red and Black sports editor Michael Fitzpatrick. Fitz has been to seven different schools in as many years, something that Palin nearly accomplished in college, when she attended six schools in six years.

This comparison has absolutely no relevance unless you think about luck of each individual:

• Fitz jumped from gymnastics beat writer at Arizona to sports editor at Georgia within a few months. If Palin is this lucky, she could jump from governor to VP in the same timeframe.
• Fitz was criticized on the national stage when he shocked the world with his preseason rankings by not putting his own school at No. 1, going against the entire Milky Way. Palin was criticized on the national stage when her 17-year-old daughter became pregos. Read more…

Hope Solo, name of a sexy woman, not a gourmet restaurant

People say to be careful of people with two first names, such as Michael Scott or Andruw Jones. But what about those people with names that are composed by Verb + Noun?

Certainly, USA soccer goalie Hope Solo fits into that genre. But also certain, she fits into our Would You Beat series of women in sports.

The 27-year-old Solo — coincidentally the brand name of the world’s best red cups — stirred the airwaves in 2007 when publically bashing her coach for benching her a la high school parents on anonomous town message boards.

So with the excess attitude and feistiness, would you still beat?

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U.S. women’s basketball player Seimone Augustus . . .

• Shows love for her team and country during the United States’ 92-65 blowout win over Australia for the gold medal.
• Freezes Australia and the world with the Medusa-like locks on her head.
• Is dancing like a ballerina.
• Is using her hands to call Australia a bunch of very loose pussies.

This guy certainly has no Asian pride, but he does have the hots for Nastia Liukin. But judging from the way that Nastia’s Pops cockblocked Deion Sanders — a famous ex-American athlete — this dude has absolutely no chance with the USA gymnast, no matter how nice he is and how much he disses the Olympic judges. Sorry dude, but you probably have a better chance with one of the girls down at the local nail salon.

Currently in this photo:

• CP3 whispers to Kidd: “Duuude … this is where amazing happens.”
• LeBron and ‘Melo are playing in a zone right now … and we’re not talking about defense.
• Dwight Howard gets to sneak in a whack attack. As long as it isn’t in a library.
• White kid in the front row: FANTASY!!!

Obviously not — they’re just really, really good. But as the Olympics kick off in Beijing today, it’s something to ponder, not only about the hoopers, but regarding all Olympic athletes with more ink splurged around than a messy, ugly printer paper jam.

A new study shows that some dopers may be drugging up through tattoo needles, giving athletes some art and bulk at the same time. Tat needles “increase the effect of drugs, meaning athletes can take smaller doses and ‘fly under the radar’ in dope tests.”

Interestingly enough, the man pictured below should have broken a few Olympic world records in multiple events. Pre-Olympic drug testing, however, found that he was on loads of steroids. And in four years, he’ll be really screwed:

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