Weekend Fun: Ookie deals, and beware the internetz

August 24th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

Ookie: The fix is in on Mike Vick, and the plea is not as morally ambiguous as first reported. Contrary to the initial ESPN report that broke last night — the one that, even as it was breaking, was being contradicted by ESPN’s own Roger Cossack — Vick is going to admit that he killed dogs, as well as to being guilty of interstate commerce. Thanks to Deadspin, here are the full plea details. There’s no way around it now, and nothing for Vick’s few remaining supporters to draw leverage against; Vick killed dogs, he ran kennels, and that’s that. No use in debating this — or thinking about it — much anymore.

A/S/L?: This isn’t sports-related, but it’s one of the best things I read all week. (The other best thing was Jake from Bread City Basketball’s guest column at FD. Incredible stuff.) The story from Wired describes a dramatic case of mistaken identity online, and the murder that resulted from it. Incredibly compelling, frightening stuff, which reminds all of us that BigPipes08930 and BlondeChicaXXX08 are not who they say they are. Internet n00bs, take notice.

Looking Ahead: As we all remind ourselves that college football is just around the corner — you can get a sneak peak at Tennessee’s receivers playbook right here — we’re left with little but some good MLB series and Premiership matches (that I have no means of watching) this weekend. That doesn’t mean I won’t be paying attention, especially to the Arsenal-Man City, and Man U-Tottenham matches. That’s good stuff.

As for you, well, you have an assignment. Wherever you are, enjoy not being in the middle of a freaking apocolyptic storm. Treasure these moments, because I will be fighting feet of rain tonight, and it’s going to be horrible. Farewell, my friends.