Good Thursday morning.  In case you didn’t read the title to today’s TMA, it’s June 4.  You know what that means?  Happy Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces!  That also means that women have had the right to vote for 90 years now…what a mistake, eh?  Not only that, but exactly 70 years later, the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing were violently ended by the People’s Liberation Army.  Coincidence?  Probably not.

The Fighting Illini and Mizzou have decided to end their traditional season opening matchup after 2010.  Apparently, they were both studying Florida’s schedule-making-genius and are now in a bidding war to bring The Citadel to open their seasons in 2011.

Trying to find some way to justify the absurdity of actually signing Troy Smith, the Ravens are pulling out all the stops and working his Wee Man frame at receiver.

Stacy Andrews – who may or may not be Erin Andrews‘ sister – is a bit sore after his workout at the Philly Eagles minicamp.

Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Conor Jackson will appear on General Hospital.  Do I really need to say it?  I will anyway…beisbol is ghey.

In light of this week’s General Motors bankruptcy filings, the Vice President of Chevy has confirmed that his company’s participation in stock car racing (NASCAR) will remain stout.  Smart man…NASCAR is likely the only positive exposure these guys are getting.

The best backpedal of the day goes to…*drum roll*…Major Adams, agent to Vince Young!  Congratulations, Major.  You get to spend the next few months in spin control while trying to keep your dumbass client’s mouth shut.  Good luck with that.

Has a 300-game winner ever been cut before?  If not, then the  Braves made history with Tom Glavine.

So, you’re a former D-1 football player and don’t want to look like it anymore?  Try this. 

Tennessee Democratic Congressman, Steve Cohen, is taking aim at the NBA in an effort to repeal the age limit.

How in the heck did I miss this!?  Apparently, the SEC recently banned oversigning in football recruiting.  That’s quite a big development.

For serious, how in the heck did this end up on ESPN.com?  You guys remember back when Paul Shirley was kinda funny?  Don’t think too hard, it was kinda far back.

Arkansas QB Ryan Mallet has injured a finger on his throwing hand.  As I always said, once a Michigan QB, always a pussy.

I love stories like this – a 16 year old Iraqi kid solves a 300 year old math problem. 

Lest we forget, John Calipari isn’t the only (alleged) cheater in college sports.  Enter Pete Carroll and Tim Floyd.

You guys ever do stuff when you were younger that you would probably never do now?  There’s an old abandoned quarry in Knoxville really close to campus full of water – supposedly as deep as 200 feet in some places.  I used to cliff jump over there with some friends.  Good times…until I got the ticket for trespassing.  We would always get warned about people drowning there but of course we never listened.  Well, it happened recently.

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Apparently, Stan didn’t think his club would win the East. Earlier this year, Stan and Jeff bought their parents a 50th wedding anniversary gift — an Alaskan cruise that begins next week.

“We did it not thinking they would be missing anything,” Jeff said. “We thought it was a safe time. Thankfully it’s not safe and they’ll watch the last three, four games in Alaska on satellite.”

GENE CHIZIK NEWS!!! Auburn looking into possible secondary violation.  Not quite as “fun” as LANE KIFFIN NEWS!!!, huh?

You guys know you can count on me to bring you the hard hitting topics of the day.  So…how about a woman being run over by a train?  Enjoy:

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