I wonder if it’s made out of 2131 or 2632 push pins? The guy that did this has incredible patience…and really strong fingers by now.

When teabagging goes wrong.

The Knicks can’t seem to get it right. Every correct decision is followed by two stupid ones. Whether encouraging a culture of sexual harassment under Isiah or unsubstantiated allegations of racism against useless players, the team can’t seem to avoid embarassing situations. Add ethnic stereotyping to the mix.

Rookie Danilo Gallinari is not happy with the Knicks for, how do we say, resorting to ethnic stereotypes when he’s on the floor.

After each of his four baskets, the Knicks’ long-time public address announcer Mike Walczewski, using a thick Italian accent, said “Daneeelo Gal-lin-ar-ay” and then the Italian songs “Volare” or “That’s Amore” were played.

Gallinari was not amused. Even head coach Mike D’Antoni gave the scorer’s table a WTF look when the music was played. Italian journalists were not pleased either. They’re definitely not going to like it when the team has its employees act out scenes from the Godfather and Super Mario Kart.

You know the times are bad when the economic downturn starts making people to change their names. Floyd Mayweather Jr. might want to consider downgrading his nickname from Money to Change. It was only several months ago that he was making it rain in the club with $30,000. Now we find out that he’s having huge money problems.

Boxing Scene reports that Mayweather owes the IRS $6.1 million in back taxes from 2007 and the agency has placed a lien against him for that amount. If he doesn’t pay them in a timely fashion, the amount could increase by $500,000 a year.

Mayweather has been taking it from all sides since he made it rain in July. The last half of 2008 financially beat the former champion like his name was Javon Walker.

August: Las Vegas home was robbed of $7.1 million in jewelry
September: Sued by real estate developer for backing out of deal to buy a house
October: Economic crash drops real estate value by more than 30%

Oscar de la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Sr. have alluded to Floyd Jr.’s profligate spending habits and money issues. It’s rumored that he gambles absurd amounts on sports in addition to having over 20 luxury cars. At this rate, he’ll be forced to get back into the ring to pay off his debts. Hopefully he doesn’t let himself go like Mike Tyson before that happens. The idea of Mayweather-Pacquiao matchup sounds pretty good right now.

There’s not much you can do when God hates your team. Cubs fans can sacrifice goats and chug enough Old Style to down a wildebeest but nothing is going to wash the stink off the team besides a World Series appearance. The team is so desperate for an end to the World Series curse that they’ve resorted to finding random holy men to bless the team.

The Cubs brought in a Greek Orthodox priest to bless the Wrigley Field home dugout before Game 1 of last year’s Divisional Series. It didn’t go so well and now the team is throwing the priest under the Popemobile (or whatever the Greek Orthodox equivalent is).

Rev. James L. Greanias, the Greek Orthodox priest brought in to Wrigley Field to remove a curse before Game 1 of last year’s playoffs, has accused Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney of throwing him “under the bus” at last weekend’s Cubs Convention.

When a fan asked about the ritual, Kenney took the blame, calling it “one of the dumbest things” he had done. Kenney said Greanias had initially approached him.

“An e-mail comes in, and this was a huge Cubs fan who wants to get tickets to the game and has a cell phone with a Cubs ring tone on it, and I said, ‘Let him go,’ ” Kenney said.

Greanias disputes Kenney’s account. He says the Cubs called him because they wanted a Greek Orthodox priest. The man who put the curse on the team in 1945, William Sianis, was Greek so they figured another Greek could remove the curse. That worked as well as the Cubs offense. Felix Pie and Ryan Dempster would like to thank the Greeks for playing and have some lovely parting gifts at the door.

The Cubs are going about this in the wrong way. If there’s anyone who can break the curse, it’s the voodoo guy who throws a Molotov cocktail in a car after saying “I want you to meet my sister, goddess of fire“.

Screw blessing the dugout. Send Screwface after the competition. “Stop your blood clot crying! Everybody must dead. It’s your turn!”