Unlike the 2008 Tour de France, where the French won an insignificant number of stages and not a single Frenchman landed in the top 10 overall, the 2008 Vuelta a España is being dominated by the Spanish riders, with 6 of the top 10 riders hailing from Spain. And not only do we have a bunch of Spaniards near the lead, but the race now heads into the mountains where 2007 Tour de France Winner Alberto Contador and 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre are expected to duke it out.

Here are the top 10 after stage 6, where American Levi Leipheimer just gave up his lead to Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel (for the moment at least).

1 Sylvain Chavanel, (FRA) Cofidis
2 Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Astana at :10
3 Alejandro Valverde, (ESP) Caisse d’Epargne at :26
4 Alberto Contador, (ESP) Astana at :57
5 Carlos Sastre, (ESP) CSC at 1:37
6 Daniele Bennati, (ITA) Liquigas at 1:42
7 Antonio Flecha, Juan (ESP) Rabobank at 2:01
8 Dominique Cornu, (BEL) Silence-Lotto at 2:06
9 Daniel Moreno FernÁndez, (ESP) Caisse d’Epargne at 2:20
10 Igor Anton, (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi at 2:27

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Chuck Liddell Vs Rashad Evans

Let’s play word association, Liddell versus Evans, “Piñata” Liddell versus Evans “U.S. Olympic basketball.”

Iceman wants his belt back and a definitive victory over Evans is the shortest route. Evans chin is untested, his cardio sucks and he just doesn’t have the stuff. His slow hanging Jab is tailor made for a counter puncher like Liddell. Evans slips punches like a bobble head, and Chuck is going to use it like a beach ball. But don’t expect him to play with it to long his ability to throw punches at weird angles will pop it, like the security in a ball park. Rashad will come out using lots of leg kicks early, only to abandon his feet after gassing.

Liddell will spend the 1st round feeling Evans out, wearing him down and pushing him around the ring. Don’t get up to take a piss before the 2nd although you might just catch it on Sportscenter. Iceman KO left hook or a whipping right handed haymaker early to middle of the round, fight stops before Evans hits the ground

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This weekends matchup leads us to The Swamp where the University of Miami Hurricanes visit the Florida Gators (-23). It might be a no contest.

Miami Hurricanes

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It must be nice to win eight gold medals. It probably is even nicer to have carte blanche with the lovely ladies of the Vegas strip. Damn you Michael Phelps! Radar had a spy in the Playboy Club and according to Neel Shah, Phelps was:

“massively skeeving on girls at the Playboy Club” in that city’s Palms Casino. Neel notes that the Olympian was accompanied by an entourage of striped-shirted schmucks, one of whose sole duties appeared to be pointing a flashlight at anyone attempting to photograph the swimmer during his efforts to obtain a gold medal in ass-grabbing. (”It was unreal,” says Neel. “Within moments of entering the club he summoned two girls over… I’ve never seen such an aggressive grip.”)

I need a group of guys walking with me shining flashlights in people’s face. How annoying must that be?

And Kung Fu grippin. Mama Phelps wouldn’t like that!

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Let me first say that I think Novak played a smart match. He used Andy Roddick’s power against him by blocking back most of his serves. What wasn’t smart was the way he handled the post match interview. I know Roddick said some things (probably in jest), but Djokovic should have taken the high road and just let it go. You want to endear yourself to the fans, not make them hate you. Good luck against Federer!

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Smelley Gamecocks!

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While I was at the US Open watching Andy Roddick blow his opportunity to beat Novak Djokovic; I missed what New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs did to Washington Redskins safety Laron Landry. Steamrolled I believe is what they call it!

I also missed a chance to talk to Brooklyn Decker…she was only 2 feet away from me. Stupid, stupid, stupid!

Vintage video of Jacobs putting the hurt on Fred Smoot after the jump…

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BustedCoverage has just made my day with news that you can hire the USC Song Girls for your event. The $150 fee seems very reasonable. Now what can we hire them for? I am sure the event has to be “classy,” so no way would they even come and cheer for our “beerball’ games. We can always hire Jenn Sterger for things like that.

Give me some ideas? I really would like to make this a reality!

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Is that even a locker room? There are no lockers!

-Via BallDontLie

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Two Thursday night games in a row for the South Carolina Gamecocks! Tonight Steve Spurrier’s team (-10) goes on the road to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores. We know SC brings the beautiful young ladies, but Vanderbilt girls are hard to come by.

South Carolina

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