Since our rendezvous with the elaborate recording studio yesterday, there had been major sports happenings. Shaq to the Cavs to assist LeBron? US Men’s soccer team beats Spain 2-0? LSU wins the College World Series? Talk amongst yourselves. On a sad note, storied high-school football coach and community elder in his Iowa town, Ed Thomas, was fatally shot by a former player yesterday morning. A huge loss - guys like Thomas don’t grow on trees.

As we absorb all this, a fresh podcast is here for delivery. Kicked off by the celebrations of the flightless birds…

Who took this picture? Mario? And why not crop the stuffed animal out? So many questions…

Episode 171

Bedding the Cup, Jumping the Shark and Sloppy Seconds Squared with The Girls!

Today The Girls are coming to you live from Sidney Crosby’s bed where we have to whisper because wittle Sidney is all cuddled up with The Cup, while his favorite stuffed animal begrudgingly sits in the cheap seats. We kid, we make fun, but in reality we’re as jealous as ice is cold. We’d give up a lot to wine and dine that majestic silver bundle of hotness that is the Stanley Cup. And then when it comes time to touch his etchings you can bet our bedroom would look a lot more swanky than this: The Cup deserves more. We imagine Ovie would take him to the Four Seasons and order up some strawberries and dark chocolate. As would we.

Scanning the world of sport, we’re mesmerized at the speed of the tennis ball, we mourn Nadal’s absence at Wimbledon, and we update you on Mr. Irrelevant. Have you heard the one about Tampax sponsoring the Jets? As in the NY Jets? We didn’t think so. But it’s not all that far-fetched. The NFL allows teams to sell sponsorships on their practice jerseys. Does that even work? Who sees that and for how long? Companies really know how to throw money away. And The Girls are here to catch it! The Girls also marvel at the sentences our judicial system hands down with little rhyme or reason. Do they pull it out of a hat?

We dish on Sean Avery’s decision that Marc Sanchez’ sloppy seconds ain’t so sloppy, till you add shots of Petron, and we wonder just who will play Dwight Howard’s foil in the new comedy, “Switch”? Great idea…basically ‘Freaky Friday’ for the hard court…but the real question is, Who’s going to play the pathetic, unpopular, white dude with no rhythm and no shot? We have a few ideas.

There is someone who is ‘with shot’, but currently without a tattooed star on his body and we have it all figured out. Terrell Owens got booted from ‘Superstars’ on the first night in totally scripted fashion, culminating in his partner, Joanna Krupa showing her thespian skills by acting out the infamous Donovan McNabb VS. T.O. sideline slap-fest, while uttering the same two curse words over and over. Had about as much drama as a scene from The Hills. Lame. Also lame? Obstacle courses. Please. Who pays these people to recycle this crap? But, fear not, as T.O. will be back…as soon as his other reality show schedule permits. You did catch the shot of him dunking, right? Mmmm-hmmm.

On the diamond, Donald Fehr steps off the mound as Obama steps on it, Zack Greinke tanks as the attention mounts, and the Phillies announcer, Chris Wheeler, makes Freud proud. But the news that got The Girls in a tizz was yet another revelation showing just how wicked smart Jose Canseco is with his announcement that he is filing a lawsuit against MLB. As with everything he has done, the man has a case. We’re hoping it’s a case of beer with our name on it. We know there’s probably not much going on in Albuquerque, but to cheer Manny Ramirez like he’s the second coming is only fuel for Canseco’s fire. Jose, we’ll be happy to fan the flames for you.

And finally, in this week’s IT HAS TO BE SAID, Robin confirms that she is ready to run. So grab your ballot, your Cup and a time trial bike…it’s time to talk sports with The Girls!

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