Picture of the day - how Sidney Crosby spent his summer vacation

In case you didn't notice, the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup finals this year. Each player gets to have the trophy for a little while.

Interesting junk e-mail #1

I once subscribed to a Brazilian petroleum industry on-line newsletter, and now I got unsolicited emails that have things like this in them:

Even more about Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

On August 6, 2009, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar spoke to the Milan Channel. Here are his words:

More about Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

The video below was taken when Milan's newest signing, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, still played for Ajax. Practicing with him is Luis Saurez.

All about bobblehead dolls

The Seattle Weekly website has an interesting article about Seattle Mariners bobbleheads and how they are made.

AC Milan sign a new striker

All summer long AC Milan fans have been waiting to find out who the club would sign to replace the world famous player who just left. Rumors about Edin Dzeko and Luis Fabiano turned out not to be true, and, given Milan's disastrous pre-season form, many fans were quite worried. But, finally, today the club announced the signing of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from Real Madrid.

For highlights, watch the video below. Huntelaar, it seems, is fond of bicycle kicks.

What I have been reading lately #31

Quarterblack: Shattering the NFL Myth by Doug Williams with Bruce Hunter

Doug Williams was an NFL quarterback during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins. (He also played several years for the Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws of the now-defunct USFL.) In 1988, he became the first black player to start as quarterback in the Super Bowl. His Redskins defeated the Denver Broncos 42-10. (See photo below)

Shortly after his career was over, Doug Williams wrote his autobiography. Here are some important facts from his book and elsewhere:

• Doug Williams had a secret root canal operation on a tooth the day before the Super Bowl.
• In the middle of Super Bowl XXII, I was obliged to drive to the Amtrak station in Meriden, CT to pick up a friend of a friend. The friend of a friend was kind of a jerk and did not seem to appreciate the magnitude of the favor of was doing him (who I'd never met before) by picking him up during the Super Bowl, but I did not really care, because by then John Elway (pictured below) and the Denver Broncos were losing, and that was all that really mattered.

• In 1979 (only his second year in the league and the team's fourth), Doug Williams led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the NFC Championship game.
• Doug Williams now works as Coordinator of Pro Scouting for the Buccaneers. He is very excited about their first round draft pick, Josh Freeman of Kansas State University.

Below: Doug Williams