Weekly Waste of Oxygen

I thought this was going to be a poor week for the Weekly Waste and then someone long since heard from comes out of the woodwork and does something so profoundly stupid, turning the awards interesting. Here are our contestants:

1. Antoine Walker - Antoine you seriously got jacked at a traffic light? Where the hell were you driving, you don't seem as if you were ever "from the streets". Sucks for you that some of the massive contract you made but didn't really earn was thieved away.

2. NCAA - The NCAA laid down the law this week and sanctioned Oklahoma for the Rhett Bomar scandal, aka getting paid for doing nothing kind of like me at work this week. They told the Sooners that their wins in 2005 don't count. Um what does that do? Such a waste of time.

3. All of Uruguay - Basically these cats just can't take losing in international tournaments very well. First their U-20 team tries to start a fight with team America after a 2-1 loss and then their senior team tries to start a fight with Brazil after losing on PKs in the Copa America. Losers.

4. Lonny Baxter - Things that you probably shouldn't contemplate doing; firing a weapon in close proximity to the the white house and sending multiple firearms via fedex. Apparently the 4 years at Maryland and the national title didn't serve to increase his intelligence.

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