May 6, 2008

Bobble yourself, or a friend, at XMbaseball.com

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 3:09 PM
Lil Jimmie BobbleheadAttention baseball fans: You can now create a digital bobblehead of yourself or a friend, wearing your favorite Major League Baseball uniform, courtesy of XM.

You choose any MLB uniform, upload a photo, and with a few clicks, you've got yourself a head-wagging bobblehead (complete with annoying rattle-sound). You can also download the image, and email it to your friends with a little musical accompaniment. The tuneful choices range from a lounge version of "Take Me out to the Ballgame" to a truly stunning a cappella rendition by Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz.

This is the latest addition to the free web site set up by XM to promote the broadcasts of every MLB game for every team. This is the same site that lets you send personalized phone messages from Ortiz and Derek Jeter and, and it now has ring tones and voice-mail greetings from Jeter and Big Papi, too.

Check out Lil Jimmy's bobblehead page here or make your own at XMbaseball.com.

May 5, 2008

New York Post retracts Opie fiancee sex tape story

Monday, May 5, 2008 at 8:54 AM
Opie and AnthonyThe New York Post has officially retracted its story about the sex tape involving Opie's fiancée Lindsay and Bam Margera.

That's not a bad move, considering that Chaunce Hayden, who The Post is quoting in the story, admitted to FMQB of never actually seeing the tape (not to mention Bam himself said he knew nothing about it either).

Here's what Page Six wrote:
"ON April 23 we reported that the fiancée of Gregg "Opie" Hughes, one half of the Opie and Anthony radio show, was involved in an X-rated sex video with MTV star Bam Margera. We reported that Hughes was taking legal action against a disgruntled ex-employee of the radio duo who had acquired the rights to the video. We have since learned that this information, supplied by Steppin' Out's Chaunce Hayden, was entirely incorrect. There is no sex tape. Further, Hughes' fiancée has never met the MTV star. The Post sincerely regrets the error."
This comes after Chaunce Hayden published in his rag Steppin' Out last week that "I also believe that there is no sex video since nobody has come forward to present the evidence to the media." How convenient.

Maybe next time the Post won't use a "source" like Chaunce anymore... though, I doubt it.

[New York Post]

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