Thursday Links: Cavs Tanked in 02-03 to Get LeBron (You Think!?) and the Great Mark Titus Video

Presenting your Thursday afternoon links, with a bonus video!

This is Mark Titus, aka Club Trillion, who is a walk-on for the Ohio State basketball team. As you will see in the video, not only does he have impeccably cheesy taste in music, but he can make shots too!

And now your links.

NBA:

• Then-coach John Lucas: Cavs tanked in 02-03 to get LeBron — (FanHouse)
• Blake Griffin guilty of grand larceny? — (Bootlegger Sports)
• Bulls’ State-of-the-Union Address — (Blog-a-Bull at Tremendous Upside Potential)
• NBA Jam making a comeback! — (Rumors and Rants)

College Football:

• So, how will Layla Kiffin look in garnett and gold? — (Intentional Foul)
• Lovie Smith would be wise to consider Tennessee this time around — (Pro Football Talk)

NFL:

• 4 Brett Favre Starter Commercials — (Outside the Box Score)
• Despite rough season, Bears TE Desmond Clark still believes in Lovie, Cutler — (Bear Goggles On)
• AFC Divisional Round Predictions — (MoonDog)
• 2009 All Pro Team — (Pro Football Talk)

MLB:

• Jim Essian: HOF Mustache — (7th Inning Stache)
• New fave commercial: El Duque Orlando Hernandez selling you airless water valves — (Sharapova’s Thigh)
• Quick reminder: Frank Thomas never used steroids and was pretty damn good — (Tremendous Upside Potential)
• Why Mark McGwire was forced to tell the truth — (Paneech)

Douches (and I don’t mean the fine folks at D4L):

• Fake Jay Mariotti Twitter account fools all — (Detroit 4 Lyfe)

MISC:

• A fan’s lament: The Fleecing of Sports — (Docksquad Sports)
• Wyclef Jean reacts to Haiti earthquake — (Steady Burn)
• 10 Hottest American Idol Contestants of All-Time — (Guyism)
• Prime examples of why some women stay single — (Uncoached)
• Man fatally injured during…sex with horse — (MoonDog)
• 10 Fun iPhone Apps for Beer Lovers — (Mashable)

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