The Roundup: Floyd Landis is a Rat, Theo Disguise, In the Navy, & Mascot Fail

Floyd Landis Must Be Broke: Former Tour De France winner Floyd Landis admitted in a interview with ESPN that he did in fact use PED's. You might remember Landis as the fellow who won the Tour De France back in 2006 and was then stripped of the victory once it came to light that he used Performance Enhancing Drugs. Landis fought that drug test tooth and nail, but eventually lost the verdict and was stripped of the title. Four years later Landis is coming clean and he's going Jose Canseco on everyone.

"Landis confirmed he sent e-mails to cycling and anti-doping officials over the past few weeks, implicating dozens of other athletes, including seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong; team management and owners; and officials of the sport's national and international governing bodies. ESPN.com is in the process of seeking comment from those individuals. Armstrong has long been dogged by accusations that he used performance-enhancing drugs, but no anti-doping authority has ever confirmed that he tested positive."

In the words of Shawn Michaels, "if I'm going down, I'm taking everyone with me in a blaze of glory." Landis claims "he wants to clear his conscience" but I'm calling B.S. on that. He's no better than Canseco or Pete Rose who also "cleared their conscience" with rich book deals. I guarantee there is a book deal coming out of this with a million dollar advance.

Cleaver Disguise Theo Epstein: Remember when former Mets manager Bobby Valentine used a disguise to re-enter the dugout after he been kicked out of a game? Bobby put on sunglasses and a fake mustache for his disguise. Well we have another baseball employee using a disguise. Only this time it was Theo Epstein and he was at a Pearl Jam concert. Check out the photo below.


Yep, that's Theo wearing a mustache to disguise himself. Thanks to Big League Stew for the photo.

Derrick Caracter, Future Navy Man: Former UTEP college basketball player Derrick Caracter has dreams of playing in the NBA. One problem though, Caracter is an undersized forward with a legendary reputation for lack of discipline. So he's not a sought after draft prospect. No problem for Caracter though as he has a backup plan. If Caracter doesn't catch on with a team, he's going to join the Navy.

"If Plan A doesn’t work out, Plan B would be joining the Navy," Caracter said. "I would do something like that. Seriously. I think it would be a great experience. You travel, you train, you can be chillin’ in Japan. You get to see different things and differents parts of the world. That’s something I always wanted to do: travel around the world. See different things, new people, cultures and lifestyles."

I guess Caracter will be in the Navy.



Seriously? That's Your Mascot?: Let James Craven describe the London Olympic games mascot: "Meet Wenlock (the orange wang on your left), named for the English city of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, where the alleged Shropshire Slasher lived, that hosted an Olympics-type event in the 19th Century who was unveiled as the official mascot for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in London in 2012."

Deadspin also has more on these mascots: "Wenlock and Mandeville, their cyclopean eyes representing England's Big Brother police state, were unveiled today. You might as well just sacrifice your firstborn now and get it over with."

Take a look for yourself at the mascots.


Yep, that's an epic fail.