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Selfies:
- Hey, I talked to Robert Newsome again this week about indie wrestling companies marketing themselves better and why wrestling being taken over by the theater kids is a good thing [Episode 85: Heenan Family Man]
- Again, Danielle wrote a goddamn amazing piece yesterday about growing up being bullied and having those memories dredged up by The Rock. [Welcome to Bitch Mountain: Why The Rock Should Stay in Wrestling’s Past]
- And of course, you gotta check her out with the Best and Worst of Impact [With Leather]
Wrestling Links:
- Tom Breihan looks at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 7 [The Classical]
- A guide on how to be a fan of independent wrestling [Wrestlefan Writes]
- For the 20th anniversary, here are the top 20 moments in RAW history according to one point of view [Kick-Out at 2!]
- An argument against the WWE posting its own spoilers [Green Eggs and Sam]
- A counterargument to that that says WWE posting its own spoilers is good in limited dosage [Kick-Out!! Wrestling]
- “If Cena wins, we riot!” [Hitting the Mark]
- Hey, it’s Best and Worst of RAW! [With Leather]
Non-Wrestling Links:
- You might have heard that the BBWAA didn’t elect anyone to the Hall of Fame. Spike Eskin on why the skullduggery of this debate isn’t nearly as fun as when the cheating was happening [CBS Local Philly]
- Hey, since when did baseball writers get the moral authority to judge baseball players for using steroids? [CSN Bay Area]
- Bill Baer says that just because the BBWAA doesn’t think too highly of Barry Bonds doesn’t mean you shouldn’t [Crashburn Alley]
- Of course, there’s always the old standby of calling the BBWAA sanctimonious blowhards. IT’s not false. [The Good Phight]
- Man, and of course, what would a good debate be without the establishment trying to discredit the dissenting voices by calling them names and implying they’re unstable? [Baseball Nation]
- As if the Hall of Fame kerfluffle wasn’t enough, here are the nominees for the Oscars, along with snubs and other analysis [Film Drunk]
- Hey, Chip Kelly was hired as the Eagles head coach today! Heath Evans called it the “worst” hire ever, but Jason Kirk swatted that BS down with this FJMing [SB Nation]
- Spencer Hall sees the NFL becoming fun like college football, and that’s a good thing [SB Nation]
- Shut up about bulletin board material [Kissing Suzy Kolber]
- Jon Stewart lampoons the NRA and makes his own points about gun control [UPROXX]
- A responsible gun owner speaks out against the NRA and for better gun control [Ryan Beckler]
- Get your flu shot already, gawd [Jezebel]
- Hey, hockey’s back, and here are 20 bold predictions for the season [Puck Daddy]
- Castro and Plicther take a bite out of Margherita Pizza [Doughboys]
- STOP EVERYTHING! Yuengling is making a line of barbecue sauces [Foobooz Philly]
- #OverlyHonestMethods is the Post Secret of the Scientific World [io9]
