While some people think sports is just a conduit to discuss Obama’s bad fashion (aka his ‘mom jeans’ at the All-Star game ), we at Fantoo know better. There are other, much more important issues in sports today. All on tap right here in the latest podcast.

But, yes, the jeans were awful. The leader of the free world needs to up his game in the casual chic department.

Ok, now that THAT’s out of the way…

Episode 174


Missing Brains, Recruiting Lounges and Waiting on the Alps with The Girls!

Today The Girls are coming to you live from a new Fantoo Girls production, “Athletes Without Brains”, where we hatch a new entrepreneurial venture to save the men from girls with too little life experience and one too many car payments. From married ballplayers asking out interns in the clubhouse to the murder of boxer Arturo Gatti by his 120 pound wife (um, you think she had an accomplice?),

to…hold onto your propellor hat…Donovan McNabb poolside with some ‘actresses’ who just couldn’t refrain from snapping this photo.

Kinda harmless, right? Until you take in the blingy ‘F’ and the bluetooth. We can handle topless chicks (his wife might have a different and totally justifiable opinion), but the late 90s bling and the perma-bluetooth? Out of place. Unforgivable. But it provides us with an opportunity to tell him that what appears harmless will take you down. So take heed and cover.

From there we rush on over to the Rutgers campus to see just what 5 million dollars buys you these days. Apparently just a recruiting lounge and welcome center. For 5 mil? We could build a mansion and a guest house for all those ‘girlfriends’ with that coin.

Even if the world was flush with cash, 5 million is a little extravagant for a ‘lounge’ to recruit guys who would be psyched with pizza and some root beer.

Did Tony Romo dump Jessica Simpson on the eve before her birthday to avoid having to buy her a present? Sounds plausible. Dallas Cowboys fans around the world celebrate. But beware…we hear Britney’s been seen in Valley Ranch.

Contracts are flying around like bugs to Joba’s head these days. Terrell Suggs has 63 million reasons to live and Matt Cassel heads to the bank as well. Pedro Martinez will make Philadelphia his home, but his contract is a wee bit smaller. We’d rather be in his cleats. It’s easy to out-perform 1 million dollars, and easy to disappoint when you make 120 times what the President of the United States earns. But he nailed that pitch, didn’t he? K, not really, but he looked pretty suave trying, save the mom jeans mentioned above. Albert Pujols can call the All-Star game a success; he saved the reputation of the leader of the free world. Pujols went 0-3, but who’s counting? The AL, that’s who, as they rack up yet another All-Star victory. The losers in the mid-summer classic are the fans who forced themselves to watch three hours of meaningless home runs, only to have an obese vegetarian win. Because we are solutions-oriented, we devise a better plan. Most home runs in five minutes wins.

Losers buy beer for the stadium. G’night folks. Party over in an hour. The crowd goes wild. We did leave the All-Star game feeling hopeful though. The MVP, Carl Crawford, took home the trophy because of defense. Not a home run, no, not a home run. Defense! That makes us feel all warm inside.

But what’s really got Carol’s our blood flowing these days is the Tour de France. Lance is back, Alberto Contador is feisty and Phil Liggett looks like a teenager. What does that man do to defy the aging process? Mark Cavendish is enjoying his spotlight during stages meant for sprinters, but he knows even his 8th gear will take a back seat during the incredibly challenging stages set in the Alps.

Team Astana is poised to shepherd it’s leader to the Champs Elysees, but exactly who is that leader? That’s a little detail that probably should have been hashed out back in Monaco. But for those who like a dash of drama with their climbs, time trials and sprints, this Tour is going to deliver, radio or no radio.

Finally, in this week’s IT HAS TO BE SAID, we urge you to know when to say ‘I don’t’. So grab the bouquet, a pen to sign your name and a stuffed lion…it’s time to talk sports with The Girls!

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