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Aaron Eckhart’s ‘Dark Knight’ Oscar Campaign Jump-started By Loud-Mouthed Sports Columnist

7:50AM Mark Graham | While most of the punditocracy is demanding that Sid Ganis engrave Heath Ledger’s name on the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor before the month of July comes to a close, the notoriously contrarian ESPN talking head Skip Bayless isn’t quite convinced. During today’s episode of their afternoon gabfest 1st And 10, Bayless got into a heated argument with the equally opinionated (read: full of shit) mouthpiece Stephen A. Smith about whether or not The Dark Knight was better than Tim Burton’s Batman. As these conversations generally go, the topic of conversation quickly switched to Heath Ledger’s universally lauded performance as The Joker. That is to say, universally lauded by everyone but Skip Bayless. More »

Heisman Trophy Winner’s Fun Day At Six Flags Ruined By Souvenir Slur

10:00AM Seth | You really have to pity the career caricaturist. If your drawing hand isn’t already trembling at the thought of successfully capturing a USC legend/Saints Messiah, you always run the risk of making him look like the mascot for some racist snack packaging from the 1920s. More »