It is well-documented that The Board of Gimps here at THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON will sell their souls to the highest bidder, and to celebrate both Amanda Knox's freedom and  the Yankees being on the brink of postseason disaster, today is no exception!

Next stop, Seattle! via i.telegraph.co.uk

Here's the deal.  SB Nation would very much like to hear your opinions and feedback on the user experience on Casual Hoya and about how awesome it is.  All responses will be kept confidential and the entire process will only take a few minutes. Also, as incentive to participate, for the 3 SB Nation sites with the highest percentage of completed surveys, SB Nation will make a $500 donation to the charity of our choice, in our name.

Let's show these mofos who's boss.

Do it for the kids and save the whales.

To take the survey, CLICK HERE:

OK, so we there are a few things that we have learned in the past few days.  First, Nancy Grace should be arrested. Second, Kenner League hot dogs haven't improved.  And third and most important, it appears that Hoyas freshmen Jabril Trawick, Mikael Hopkins, and Greg Whittington can ball.  Yes it is just Kenner League, but first impressions based on their play on the court are that these three will be able to contribute to the Hoyas next season and beyond. Hooray!  

In the great tradition of THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON (the site that brought you the vaunted epic fail The Hoya Trinity for Austin Freeman, Chris Wright and Jason Clark) today we tackle the important question of what should these guys be nicknamed, individially or otherwise?  We'll tackle Otto Porter and Tyler Adams after we get our first glimpse of them this weekend. 

Nicknames after The Jump:

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Joan of Arc.  Mother Theresa.  Susan B. Anthony.  Hillary Clinton.  Pamela Anderson.  Geno Auriemma.  "NoFlo"

Indeed, the Casual Women's Movement (CWM) took a monumental leap forward this March as we have crowned the first ever Casual Bracket Contest winner to not have a penis.  NoFlo outplayed, outwitted, and outlasted every single one of the nearly 200 entries in this year's pool and as such, has the distinct honor of having a Casual Award named after her this season.

Today is a landmark day in the CWM.  via static.technorati.com

The winner speaks after The Jump!

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In order for it to stay relevant until hoops season starts and the Bulls begin sucking again, the greatest University of South Florida blog on the planet VooDoo 5 came up with a great idea a few weeks ago in which all of the SBNation Big East blogs would participate in a gambling contest called Protect Your Unit.  Since we at THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON never back down from a challenge, we gladly accepted an invite to this tournament and for the past month have been CRUSHING THE COMPETITION.

See more of our Unit after The Jump:

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We have had our eyes glued to the Kentucky Sports Radio twitter feed in the ongoing Rick Pitino extortion trial taking place in Kentucky, and yesterday we learned the following:

Pitino said he bought Sypher a drink and the two exchanged small talk after the restaurant closed.

When he got up to leave, Pitino said she whispered something, opened his pants and the two then had sex "very briefly."

"Unfortunate things happen," Pitino said.

And then, today's action:

• Defense attorney asks how could she have become pregnant then if he did not ejaculate. Pitino testifies, "I did, down my leg." about 1 hour ago via Echofon
• Sypher tells Pitino she is fertile. Rick testifies, "she told me her husband looked at her 4 times and she got pregnant and I pulled out" about 1 hour ago via Echofon
• Pitino sad he did not plan on having sex with Sypher but he didn't protest. She asked if he had a condom and he said, "I don't carry condoms about 1 hour ago via Echofon

Well, well, well.  What could it have possibly been that Ms. Sypher whispered into the head coach of men's basketball at Louisville's ear that suddenly turned a casual drink into a marathon after-hours romp?

Tell us!  The winner as judged by the Casual Hoya staff receives a free order of contaminated Verizon Center chicken strips at a distinctly non-conference game this season. 

www.CasualHoya.com: Promoting Dirty Talk Since 2009.

In just under 2 hours, Steven Strasburg will surely pitch the third perfect game of this young season thus rejuvenating DC professional sports, serving as a launching pad to a Hall of Fame career, paving the way for an undefeated Redskins season and a scandal-free Arenas summer.

Due to the overwhelming response to our pleas to take headbands on the road with you, we now ask for new documentation - this time the most absurdly out of place Georgetown memorabilia your camera phone can find.

Documentation after The Jump:

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I confess, I had completely forgotten that the Casual Hoya Bracket Contest still existed.  While some of my apathy was due to the fact that I've had no interest in the Tournament since Butler's triumphant win over Syracuse, I've also been distracted by numerous emails (available upon request) from JeffGreen'sDad revolving around his Spring Break exploits. 

This was a much more interesting Tournament.  via content8.flixster.com

Remarkably, even though TwinCitiesHoya and Old Balls are the current leaders, not one person in the top 12 picked one of the remaining teams in the Dance to win it all.  As a result, even though I'll need to wager something in the 4 figures just to prevent me from picking up the remote to change the channel during the Final Four, this Bracket Contest does have some drama.  Should Michigan State win it all, it looks like CasualLaToya, currently sitting in 32nd place, will actually win this thing.  That's a comeback more impressive than Afleet Alex's stretch run in the 2005 Belmont Stakes. 

Oh yeah, here's a pic of a scantily clad Tess Taylor, one of the girls on the absolutely horrendously entertaining "Pretty Wild" on E!.

Happy Wednesday.

Check out the compelling full standings to see how horrendous your Bracket is after 'The Jump':

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