Today’s Daily Examiner end quote comes courtesy of freshly ex-employee A.J. Daulerio, a.k.a. “Balls,” on his new home site, Deadspin. We’re glad A.J. has found the perfect podium to discuss things like Andy Reid’s domestic problems and Brett Myers’s spousal abuse with a national audience, but it seems he still has a few issues of his own to work out:

What this role will actually entail has yet to be determined. We’re hoping to have something hammered out over the next couple weeks so we don’t confuse you, have duplicate posting or inundate you with nonsensical, image-oriented items of me reading porn mid-defecation.

Gotta wonder who got suckered into taking that photo.

Let’s Ride the Bus Together [Deadspin]

Today’s Daily Examiner end quote comes courtesy of Keystone Politics, which has a short piece about Gov. Ed Rendell’s aggressive Hillary stumping and its overall effectiveness. Seems the guv sometimes forgets whom he’s supposed to be trumpeting. One Muhlenberg political science professor can’t tell, either:

“‘There are some days when I am listening to him speak where I’m almost thinking that he is the candidate. It seems personal. And I guess in some ways it is. This is his state, and he has staked his credibility on delivering it.”

Rendell might just be Hillary’s biggest fan [Keystone Politics]

Today’s Daily Examiner end quote comes courtesy of Metro blogs, which posted this curious little item early this afternoon without any context whatsoever. Its purpose seems to be to encourage, in the most condescending, impersonal way possible, more public transportation riders to practice better personal hygiene:

Dear commuters who share a car, train, bus, subway or trolley with others,
 
Brush your teeth before you leave in the morning. Maybe even throw in a little mouth wash. No on wants to smell your nasty bacteria-laden stankbreath. This goes double for those who also share offices or cubicles in close proximity.
 
Thank you.

A request. [Philadelphia Met Blogs]

Today’s Daily Examiner end quote comes courtesy of The700Level, whose one Villanova fan/commenter summed up what it was like to be out watching the tournament Friday in the midst of another Big Five school that suffered a less fortunate tournament fate:

I would like to mention that St. Joe’s fans are bigger douches than Nova fans.

Jay Wright: College basketball is a religion in Philly [The700Level]

Today’s Daily Examiner end quote comes courtesy of the blog Hugging Harold Reynolds, which picked up on this great summary of Sen. Arlen Specter’s questionable decision to call in and shill his new book on a Boston sports radio program. Obviously, Patriots fans aren’t going to be particularly receptive to anything Specter says:

“To promote his new book chronicling his battle with cancer,” Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) “inexplicably made a call-in appearance on WZLK-FM, a classic rock station in Boston” last week. That city is “ground zero of the fan base for the New England Patriots, a team Specter has dragged through the mud in his never-ending Sypgate investigation.” Callers to the show “weren’t particularly interested in hearing Specter chat up his new survival tome.” One “irate” caller “accused Specter of wasting government time and money” on Spygate. Specter: “Let me tell you something important, I had cancer …” Caller: “I don’t care!”

Massholes to Spygate Prober Specter: Screw You & Your Cancer [Hugging Harold Reynolds]

Today’s Daily Examiner end quote comes from an Inquirer story about the new way to ensure your fowl-friendly family members have a live chick to torment for Easter. The service was called “Rent-a-Chick,” but then had to improvise when it was realized some of the potential problems with that title:

Lynch quickly found it advisable to call her sideline business Rent-A-Peep, because online searches of the other phrase turned up too much porn.

Cheap thrills — chicks for rent [Inquirer]

Today’s Daily Examiner end quote comes courtesy of Barack Obama, who apparently got his wires crossed due to all of this hypersensitive racial tap-dancing he’s had to do since stumping through PA. Well, the Mighty Dan Gross cringed a little after re-listening to Obama’s WIP interview when he came across this potentially incendiary little sound bite:

The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity, but that she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know (pause) there’s a reaction in her that doesn’t go away and it comes out in the wrong way.

Of course, this is getting picked up all over and could spell trouble for Obama if he’s forced to answer more probing questions about how he really feels about white folks. Also, keep in mind, that the Mighty Dan Gross has already taken down one successful black man. He can do it again.

Obama on WIP: My grandmother’s a “typical white person” [The Mighty Dan Gross]

Today’s end quote comes courtesy of Environmental and Human Health Inc., a group trying to keep South Jersey kids from playing sports on synthetic grass. If only the Eagles knew they were crash-landing on this every week:

These scientists say there is evidence the rubber innards of the synthetic turf can emit dust clouds with chemicals that can cause respiratory ailments, endocrine disorders and possibly cancer. The crumbs, which come from a variety of recycled tires, could also cause illness in children through skin contact or ingestion, they say. Some of the elements found in the turf are PCBs, zinc and lead.

Turf wars: Some see perils in synthetic grass [Inquirer]

Today’s Daily Examiner end quote comes courtesy of St. Joe’s basketball coach and hair club president Phil Martelli, who decided to go off message during a press conference for the team’s NCAA matchup against sixth-seeded Oklahoma. So, who do you like in the game, coach?

I’m picking them. Anybody that has had the kind of year they have and against the likes of Gonzaga and West Virginia and Kansas and Texas, Texas A&M, Kansas State … Come on, please. I let the numbers speak to me, and anyone that holds that kind of schedule to (averages of) 66 points and six 3-pointers in this day and age …

Sooners face uplifted Hawks [Tulsa World]