Trending: World Peace zings James Harden

June, 18, 2012
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No hard feelings between Metta World Peace and James Harden? A late blocking foul on Harden in Oklahoma City's Game 3 loss to Miami on Sunday brought this head-ringer:



Nike+ Basketball released a piece of its #gameonworld campaign Sunday with this measured LeBron James slam on YouTube:

School pride came before the NBA Finals for Chris Paul of the Clippers, who had a rooting interest in the outcome of the U.S. Open:



Before Sunday's victory at Michigan International Speedway, it had been more than four years (June 15, 2008) since Dale Earnhardt, Jr., had won a Sprint Cup race. At that time, there were about four million users on Twitter and most tweets still came from birds, not iPhones or BlackBerrys. As of Monday, Earnhardt's verified @DaleJr account had more than 131,000 followers and had yet to post a single tweet. But his friends did get the word out:



The poignancy of Earnhardt's Father's Day victory was evident across social media:



The Dodgers offered this unique perspective on Father's Day:



Now here's a curve ball that would make Bert Blyleven envious:




Among the all-time creative MLB promotions -- check off June 17, 2012 as Coco Crisp Chia-Pet Day in Oakland:



Josh Reddick of the Athletics added a human touch to the festivities:



Elsewhere:

• Another Sunday night, another "You're fired." This time it was General Manager John Laurinaitis who got the boot from Vince McMahon after John Cena defeated Big Show in the steel cage during WWE's "No Way Out" pay-per-view event. (WWE)

• San Francisco returns to Anaheim tonight for the first time since the 2002 World Series. No matter what happens, the outcome can't be much worse for the Giants that it was on that October night 10 years ago. (Los Angeles Times)

• The plight of the Thunder isn't the only concern in Oklahoma these days -- Sooners coach Bob Stoops has some issues with the number of night game his team plays. (The Oklahoman)

If you see any offbeat newsy links or interesting items from your favorite sports site or Twitter that might be of interest to others, pass them along to me at bsperos1@gmail.com or tweet them to me at @BillSperos.

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