Barry "Bail" Bonds

According to Yahoo!, Barry Lamar Bonds, faces two and a half years on charges stemming from apparent lies told to the court by Bonds when he faced steroid allegations. This guy for sure did steroids. He is the biggest dog and that's why he is getting the brunt of this whole thing. Everyone did steroids then, had the players not did steroids, baseball's ratings would've plummeted even more due to lack of interest. The roid heads came to the rescue hitting bomb after bomb, bringing interest back to the sport, therefore selling more advertisement to big name sponsors and baseball flourished. The league is to blame, not the players. They wanted money and they new what was going on. It was up to the commish and his posse to correct the problem at first glance instead of turning their collective heads when the problem could have been solved right away. Sorry Barry, you got the record you wanted, but now you're gonna have a record you don't want, a criminal record.

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Back to School

Here at the SportsToilet you have heard us talk good and bad about Court Jester James( thanks THirsh.) But I wanted to bring up a story that broke earlier today from the Bohemian king and former laker Michael Thompson on the radio. A few nights back Lebron went out with his crew to a nice restaurant in Cleveland(if they even exist there). Court Jester and his crew wined and dinned throughout the evening keeping the waiter and staff there until 4am that morning. The bill came out to 800 bucks and Lebron, being the gentleman we all think he is, LeBronn decided to pick up the bill. What he did was embarrass himself and humiliated the waiter. LeBron signed the bill and gave the guy a 10 dollar tip! I mean all the witnesses and LeBron himself noticed the bill and purposely gave the waiter 10 dollars. The poor waiter was up all night and one of the richest mo fo's alive treats him like a peasant. When Lebron was asked about this, he said he read the bill wrong. Maybe he should have went to school for a year or maybe he should learn how to read.

Let's compare this to a great Laker dinner that was held a local Melrose hotspot last week. First off Kobe Bryant was with all his teammates. Take note, Lebron. They wined and dined for a bill of about 2,000 bucks. When the bill came the team began to chant MVP, MVP, MVP and within seconds Kobe flips his Black Card to the waitress to gladly pay for the meal. Kobe then tipped the young lady that was providing the meal for the evening a nice amount and provided her a lasting memory of the warrior we know as Kobe Bryant. Mr.James, meet Mr.Bryant and learn what it takes to have class on every level of life.

Jordan, "The Shoe"

I found this documentary on Webcastr. This gives great insight on Nike's emergence into the basketball market and how the Jordan shoes snowballed into the phenomenon it is today. MJ'S, J's, Jordans, Air Mike's, 23's, Air Steps, whatever you call them, this is the skinny on the fattest shoe of all time.
This is a must watch if you have ten minutes..."You don't wear "Air Jordans" in the winter."

I think Mars Blackmon was right. It's gotta be the shoes.
Check the video out HERE