This is ridiculous. I can’t believe that O.J. Simpson agreed to this live Internet interview, but I’m glad as hell he did. Seriously, even though the interview is somewhat demented, it might be the greatest Internet video clip I’ve ever seen. Wait, because it gets better — O.J. will do this three more times this week over at MN1.com.

(Hat tip: TMZ.com)

We’ve all met, and fell for, Kwame Brown chicks (or dudes… and I hit on this two weeks ago). You know, those of the looks-like-Jane-dates-like-Tarzan variety. Whether they are annoying, crazy, dumb or scandalous, they all end up being flat-out busts.

There’s two sides of every coin, though. For every overrated Darko dame, there’s an unheralded Priest prize hidden somewhere out there. Here’s some new terminology to add to your vocabularies for both types:

The Busts

• The Darko - You know there’s safer choices out there — in fact, much safer — but her long-term upside intoxicated you. Speaking of intoxication, both you and Joe Dumars probably were drunk when you made this move.

• The Akili Smith - The can’t-miss-prospect that misses — badly. The kind of girl that causes you and your boys to reminisce about what could have been. Often. In the end, you all just guess that she’s running around somewhere up in Canada with a bunch of minor leaguers.

• The Baby Jordan - Damn did she look good. That is until you realized that it was all window dressing and not the real thing. To paraphrase Chris Rock, “you got Skeet Ulrich when you thought you had Johnny Depp.”

• The Ryan Leaf - When you take a hot girl home and realize that she’s totally not what you thought she was. So, if you’ve taken home a tranny, don’t worry — so did the Chargers.

• The Roy Jones Jr. - She wasn’t really all that in the first place. It was the inferior competition that made her seem like a dime piece, when in reality she wasn’t worth much more than a nickel.

• The T.O. - Despite all of her previous problems — and let’s face it, there were lots of ‘em — you were convinced things would be different when she was with you. You got burned. That’s what you get for being a cocky bastard.

• The Michelle Wie - Is she ever going to be of age? I’m just fucking with you.

The Gems

• The Priest - Everyone else slept on this girl, but shouldn’t have. All that she needed was a chance to shine, and boy did she ever when she finally got her shot. Here’s hoping that she’s not just in it for the money, and also that you can afford her hospital bills. Silly gold-diggin’ hypochondriacs.

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I have the utmost respect for Bill Walsh as both a person and a football coach. I felt the ripple effect of his death all the way here Missouri, as my brother is a football coach. He viewed Walsh as a hero. This “Bill Walsh Coaching Tree” can describe the effect he had on the game I love better than anything I can type here. I’m not sure one man has ever left a bigger imprint on the game of football. You will be missed and remembered, and not just by San Fransisco 49ers fans, but by all of us who have a passion for the NFL. You turned football into a thinking man’s game. You turned red-faced, hoarse-voiced coaches into teachers. You turned Rice-Montana into a pigskin symphony that will never be replicated (no offense, Marvin and Peyton).

There will never, ever be another Bill Walsh. Believe that.

Remembering Walsh:

• SFGate.com
• Niners Nation
• 49ersnews.com
• Mining the Gold Rush
• Six Pack Sports Report
• Fanhouse
• Dennis Dillon/Sporting News
• Clark Judge/CBS Sportsline
• Tom Weir/USA Today
• NFL Czar/Fox Sports
• Ira Miller/Fox Sports
• “Levy recalls giving Walsh his start” - AP
• Michael Silver/SI.com
• Dr. Z/SI.com
• Peter King/SI.com
• Jeremy Green/ESPN
• Ivan Maisel/ESPN
  
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