If you missed it last night, here is Alexander Ovechkin on Team Russia just devastating Jaromir Jagr on Team Czech with a brutal body check.  This check was so good, it knocked Jagr flat on his back for a second and should’ve been scored an assist since it led to a goal immediately afterwards.  Good checks have to be rewarded somehow.  Man that Ovie is good, I’m glad he’s on my team…the Caps, not Russia…that’d be wrong.  Oh, and Russia won that game, not super shocking like USA beating Canada or something, because that happened too.  Enjoy the video. Update: Ok, the video is down, but there is an animated gif from somewhere out there on the interwebs that will do just as well…sorta.  We need to find some remixes of this now.

Saw this bit of randomness on Reddit this morning.  Apparently Olympian Scotty Lago, who won a bronze medal in the half pipe event and who got sent home from the Olympics for some photos (see below) that TMZ found, is home and he likes to chat it up online on the random chat service “Chatroulette”.  Nothing racy here, just a guy showing off a medal in a video chat room.  Apparently he was playing harmonica with that group there below him.  My question is, why the heck is that medal all warped?  Looks like an MC Escher painting come to life.  Odd.

Guess the Olympian has nothing better to do after getting sent home for this below.

I think that is a fair trade, pride for prom.  Dakota Ridge High School in Littledon, Colorado student Conner Cordova decided that he would think big for his senior prom date.  He posted a few videos on youtube and maxim like this one, this one, and this one and somehow parlayed them into actually getting former  UFC ring girl and Maxim model Arianny Celeste (obviously her real name) to be his prom date.  Impressive.  Her only stipulation, her friend also needed a date.  Cordova easily got her that date with a friend of his own.

All of this is a charming story, but is meaningless if you don’t know the force of nature that is Arianny Celeste.  Look, see, and enjoy after the jump.

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The University of Alberta decided that it had to make its mark on the world of sports and it somehow succeeded.  On February 5th, they played the world’s largest dodge-ball game.  It was absolute madness and it was awesome.  Check out the teeming mass of humanity below.  What is coolest thing about the video is the color choices they used for jerseys, they really contrast well with the balls and it makes this video quite beautiful to watch.  Really goes well with the absolute chaos that is occurring on the court.  Checka checka check it ouuuuuut.

Bob Arum knows how to give the people what they want. Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao could have been the fight that revived boxing. Instead fans will get Pacquiao vs. plaster cheat Antonio Margarito followed by the possible retirement of the world’s best pound for pound boxer. Well done, Bob.

When Arum’s not taking part in ruining massive pay days, he’s battling bond lawyers and bar mitzvahs. Miguel Cotto is scheduled to take on WBA champion Yuri Foreman on June 12 at Madison Square Garden. The two parties are attempting to move the fight to June 5 and hold it at Yankee Stadium. One problem. The stadium is reserved for a bar mitzvah on the same day.

[Jonathan] Ballan, the lead bond lawyer for the financing of Yankee Stadium, reserved the stadium for his son’s bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 5. In addition to providing lounges, the Yankees promised to give the Ballan party access to the stadium’s giant scoreboard in center field for 30 minutes.

The Yankees are handling the negotiations with Ballan to find a solution to the scheduling conflict. Arum is offering seats for bar mitzvah attendees, a chance to meet Brooklyn native Foreman and autographed Yankee baseballs. The balls will probably be signed by Chuck Knoblauch or Hideki Irabu.

If the Yankees and Ballan can reach an agreement, the fight should be a massive local draw. It would be a battle to determine the greatest country/territory in New York City. Israel or Puerto Rico.  Jews vs. blacks in Crown Heights is old and busted. Who ya got?

Foreman’s publicist, Dovid Efune, said, “This may be the greatest Jewish sporting event since David versus Goliath.”

The fight would also be the greatest Puerto Rican sporting event since the Puerto Rican Day parade. It would have to be held after 11:30 to allow Orthodox Puerto Ricans … sorry, Jews to get to the fight following the Sabbath.

If negotiations aren’t successful, expect Arum to blame the Jews.