Blog Outsourcing - January 15, 2013 edition

The Professional Football Hall of Fame released its finalists for the Class of 2013.

The PFBHoF Selection Committee, whose composition can be seen here, selected fifteen players from the modern era, and two players from the pre-1988 era (chosen by the Senior Committee, a subcommittee within the Selection Committee)

They can select a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 7 to comprise the incoming class, so if you were there, who would you bat for inclusion from these guys?

Larry Allen (OL for Dallas)
Jerome Bettis (RB for Pittsburgh)
Tim Brown (WR and Returner for Oakland and Tampa Bay)
Chris Carter (WR for Philadelphia, Minnesota and Miami)
Curley Culp (DT for Kansas City, Houston and Detroit)
Eddie DeBartolo (Owner, San Francisco 49ers)
Kevin Greene (LB/DE for Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Carolina and San Francisco)
Charles Haley (DE/LB for San Francisco and Dallas)
Art Modell (Owner, Cleveland Browns / Baltimore Ravens)
Jonathan Ogden (OT for Baltimore)
Bill Parcells (Coach for New York (NFC), New England, New York (AFC) and Dallas)
Andre Reed (WR for Buffalo and Washington)
Dave Robinson (LB for Green Bay and Washington)
Warren Sapp (DT for Tampa Bay and Oakland)
Will Shields (OG for Kansas City)
Michael Strahan (DE for New York)
Aeneas Williams (CB/S for Arizona and St. Louis)

Here forth are the links after the jump.
They finally won in January. I know it's Cleveland, but still... (c/o Los Angeles Times)

Metta blames the media. (c/o NBC Los Angeles)

Nets on a roll again. (c/o New York Daily News)

No divorce. (c/o Us Weekly)

Seattle deserves a team, but they can't poach it they way they were poached. (c/o Sacramento Bee)

Carmelo Anthony went on a fast and the New York media was unaware about it. (c/o Wall Street Journal)

Yu got a catcher. (c/o ESPN Dallas/Fort Worth)

TrOut? (c/o Sports Out West)

That is how it is going to be, Craig. Nothing you can do about that. (c/o New York Daily News)

No Deal! (c/o Lookout Landing)

Legends and Leaders to go poof? (c/o ESPN)

They are back in Fort Worth and Austin. (c/o Fort Worth Star-Telegram and College Football Talk)

Everybody's a loser now. (c/o The Lantern)

Southerland on ice. (c/o Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician)

The Wooden Midseason 25. (c/o College Basketball Talk)

He's a HoFer again, babyyyyyyyyyyy! (c/o Broadcasting and Cable)

A first since 1975. (c/o The Independent)

Old Trafford was rockin'. (c/o The Guardian)

This guy had a really rough day. (c/o The Daily Mail)

The juggernaut continues. (c/o Pro Soccer Talk)

Why Nonito Donaire will not fight from June to August. (c/o East Side Boxing)

Quo vadis, Brian? (c/o National Post)

The end of the road for StrikeForce. (c/o MMA Mania)

Aussie Open time! (c/o Breitbart)

Here is some Coldplay brillance.