Has it finally happened? Are people finally ready to stop taking cheap shots at Britney Spears (both literally and figuratively) and start locking her up?

Maybe, according to the swarm of paps:

You would think it was the night of Princess Di’s accident the way all forms of media clustered around the ambulance housing Britney Spears, who was under the influence of drugs when she was picked up for psychiatric evaluation, following refusal to turn over custody of her kids to K-Fed’s bodyguard.

It’s disgusting how out of control this situation has become.

Instead of continuing to see Spears as a perennial punching bag how about we all look at her for what she really is: a complete mess with two children taking zero responsibility for her actions. To think people still stick up for her makes me sick; her family should feel ashamed and halfway responsible. Britney Spears needs to be locked up and forgotten about, not empathized with.

As if the media hasn’t spent enough time ravaging the metaphorical colon of people across the internet and TV, we arrive at the next stage in celebrity gossip evolution (or Creative Design if you are from Kansas)…the legal battle.

So here it is: Casey Aldridge, a.k.a. Little Spears’ Babby-daddy, is either 17, 18 or 19. Unfortunately, white trash don’t keep good records and for some reason there is a some discussion as to how old he is.

People are looking at Casey’s MySpace page, which has him at 17; his old school records that have him at 19. However, the latter records come from his Principal, who is trying to hold the school yearbooks to make extra money. It’s about as trustworthy as the Mitchell Report.

My roommate is pre-law, so here is the $.50 tour:

- If he is 17, he is just another genius who knocked up a Spears girl and won the “K-Fed Lottery”

- If he is 18, there are some state statutes that would allow for a 2 year differentiation between consent and statutory rape

- If he is 19, he is f**ked (more…)

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in jail on felony charges related to dogfighting after a shorter-than-expected hearing this morning.

In August Vick and his three co-defendants plead guilty for their affiliation with Bad Newz Kennels, a dogfighting group run out of a Virginia home in Vick’s name and approving the deaths of six to eight pit bulls that didn’t fight up to snuff. He faced a maximum sentence of 5 years but was expected to serve much less. Vick is also suspended indefinitely from the NFL.

One part of the morning that did go as expected was the media circus: by 8:00am dozens upon dozens of news sources, animal rights activists and Vick supporters were stationed around the courthouse, impatiently waiting for the verdict.

In related news, the Atlanta Falcons are 3-9 without Vick and will be attempting to recoup the $20 million bonus paid out to the quarterback.

Facebook’s Beacon Ad Platform wasn’t a monumental hit – right away.

But, like in the past, media critics and snappy Facebook users were quick to jump on Zuckerberg like starving wolves after a controversial new innovation to his website.

Why did this happen?

Are critics in a frenzy due to a lack of worthy tech news stories that pop? Are some angry that they weren’t the brainchild of the ultimate billion-dollar social network?

Are students bitter because their little club is expanding? Are they turning into their grandparents by ignoring what is on the horizon, reaching back to the glory days? “When Facebook was simple all it had were my interests and a headshot. I miss those days when it didn’t have all the shiny doo-dad applications and we walked 15 miles to campus uphill in the snow.” Who knows?

Maybe the Beacon really was a flop.

What ever the reason for the hate, if we look at Zuckerberg’s track record we see that he shouldn’t be frightened by the recent backlash regarding his “Beacon Ad Platform.” Immediate backlash has happened with every new Facebook innovation since its inception.

Just take a look… (more…)

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Scott Boras, douche to the athletic-stars who personally leaked the LA Dodgers “A-Rod news” to COED Magazine, was marginalized by A-Rod and his wife today.

On their own, A-Rod, Hank Steinbrenner…and A-Rod’s wife…came up with an outline agreement for 10 years $275M. Seems like no one wants to blow hundreds of millions of dollars on a 3rd baseman – no matter what Scott Boras thinks.

This reminds us a man, who used to be in the spotlight every day, Mr. Drew Rosenhaus. Mr. Rosenhaus thought that he could create a market for overpriced talent. He tried with almost everyone he ever repped. DR was sure he could get TO the largest wide receiver contract to ever hit the NFL – think again Mr. Rosenhaus. Don’t get me wrong – sports agents need to essentially create a market value for their clients – but sometimes they go a little far.

Mr. Boras has Rosenhaus Syndrome. (more…)

Oklahoma State University Head Coach Mike Gundy is not a happy man. Take a look at this clip where Coach Gundy unloads his anger on The Daily Oklahoman over a recently published article about benched Quarterback Bobby Reid.