We have seen Sonnen run his mouth on several occasions before, and while many consider him to be one of the best talkers in the business, it was the mouths of Evans and Davis that were busy stealing the show during yesterday’s press conference.

Evans’ cruelist verbal shot came when he compared the beating that he is going to lay on Davis to what Jerry Sandusky did to the kids at Penn State (1:05 of first video).  As for Davis, he seemed to do his opponent one better when he answered a question regarding Rashad’s chances of beating him in a wrestling match by reminding us all that “cocaine is a hell of a drug” (0:24 of second video).

If the fights are even half as good as the presser was, it look like we could be in for quite the entertaining free UFC event!

The past three months have been awfully tough on Joe Paterno, and it all came to a sad end on Saturday when it was announced that the former head coach of the Penn State football team had lost his battle with cancer at the age of 85.

While many will remember Paterno for his involvement in the Penn State scandal and the way he left the school’s football program, most true college football fans will remember the coaching legend for building the Nitaney Lions into one of the nation’s most prestigious sports programs.  Photographer Phillip Mackenzie was able to capture that memory in the above image, which provides a picturesque look at “the house that Joe built.”

As a result, Sandusky, Ohio was unable to release the following commercial, but luckily for us, we were able to get a hold of it.  So here it is; the never-before-seen commercial that was intended to give you a reason not to visit Sandusky, Ohio.

There have been plenty of scandals that have taken place within NCAA football programs across the nation throughout the past 12 years.  MTV’s “Clutch Blog” helps us take a look at them with this interesting “College Football Scandal Map.”

Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky and several other former members of the Penn State football team couldn’t make it out to Dallas, Texas to watch the TicketCity Bowl yesterday, but one person whose face does bring back memories of the Penn State scandal was present at the Cotton Bowl (the stadium); Pedobear!

Symbolic of everything that has tarnished one of college football’s most prestigious programs, Pedobear was spotted in the stands watching the Nittany Lions take a 30-14 beating at the hands of the Houston Cougars.  And in case you were wondering, no children were seated within 50 yards of him…

So we may all breath a sign of relief.

Hat Tip – [Deadspin]

Stone and Parker appeared to be tip-toeing the line between funny and tasteless with jokes equating Penn State to the Neverland Ranch and a catholic church, as well as a joke commenting on Paterno’s refusal to report the incident to the cops.  And then they decided to crap all over that so-called “line” and leap several feet beyond it with the following joke:

“And it also says here that Penn State prefers to be losing at halftime, because at Penn State they like when you’re a little behind in the locker room.”

You can check out most of the good stuff in the first video.  As for the comment above, you can find that at the 0:50 mark of the second clip.

One man who certainly wasn’t buying it was Daily Show host Jon Stewart, who was quick to point out that anyone who repeats the question they are asked is obviously guilty.

“Did you use my electric razor to shave your pubes?”

“Did I use your electric shaver to shave my pubes?”

Yeah, sounds pretty guilty to me!

Here is a look a Stewart’s thoughts on Sandusky’s interview with Costas.

Lesson of the day: The next time you have an itch in the back of your throat, don’t ask a perverted pedophile to scratch it.

The first two revelations mentioned above are quite evident after hearing Sandusky tell Costas that he is “innocent of those chargers,” referring to the 40 counts of sex crimes against young boys he faces, yet admitting that he had “horsed around with kids,” “showered after workouts,” “hugged them,” and “touched them.”  When asked whether he was sexually attracted to young boys, Sanducky answered that question exactly how you would expect a guilty man living in denial to answer it:

“Am I sexually attracted to underage boys? Sexually attracted? You know, I enjoy young people. I, I love to be around them. I, I, I… But no, I’m not sexually attracted to young boys.”

Nothing says guilty quite like a man who requires such a long, nerve-wracking explanation to tell someone they are not sexually attracted to young boys.

As for the third revelation – that Sandusky has the worst lawyers in America – how else would you explain his attorney allowing him to partake in this interview?

Sandusky is currently free on $100,000, but he could be facing life in prison if he is convicted of the charges.  If you missed Sandusky’s interview with Bob Costas, you can check it out below.  But I should warn you.  Listening to him speak may give you the chills.

Well, Jerry Sandusky is in the news for banging out little kids (ALLEGEDLY), so let’s go ahead and ride the tidal wave of Google Search traffic by searching for nine athletes that were, at one point, more hated than Sandusky is right now. And ultimately, when the dust settles, these guys will be reign supreme in the “hated athletes and coaches” category, while Jerry Sandusky’s name and tarnished legacy leave us as silently and fluidly as the wind does.

Ahem. Here’s a bunch of athletes no one likes.

9. OJ Simpson

People don’t like OJ Simpson because he killed his wife and her boyfriend by repeatedly stabbing them. A lot of people react worse to the Sandusky news, but killing people is definitely up there. Also, some people called his performance in The Naked Gun “wooden,” but that’s definitely a smaller section.

8. Art Modell

Few people are more hated by a city than Art Modell is by Cleveland. He uprooted the Browns to Baltimore in 1996. Modell had promised many times never to move the team, having been very critical of the Brooklyn Dodgers move to LA and the Colts’ move to Indianapolis. There were many quotes saying that Modell refused to travel to Cleveland for Browns-Ravens games because he feared for his life. And he should have.

7. LeBron James

Yeah, Cleveland’s got a “people to kill” list longer than Steve Buscemi’s in Billy Madison. #2 is LeBron James, who ceremoniously screwed the team over with last summer’s “The Decision,” in which he decided to screw over the city of Cleveland in the most public and painful way possible. It’s not that he left, but the manner in which he did it, going from being the savior of a city to D-Wade’s second fiddle. The citizens of Cleveland were all witnesses, all right. Witnesses to some truly strange and selfish behavior.

6. Roger Clemens

Initially, it was hard to really see where the Red Sox fans were coming from with the anti-Clemens vitriol. They seemed like bitter lovers. However, after seeing him consistently come up short for the Sox, and on the cusp of retirement, it was painful to see him pick up two Cy Young Awards for the Toronto Blue Jays of all teams. Then he found his way onto the Yankees, which didn’t help. Then he acted like a complete asshat in congressional steroid investigations, perjuring himself (say what you will, he lied under oath) and revealing to everyone how about that career renaissance came about.

5. Nick Saban

He earned the ire of both Miami Dolphins fans and LSU fans by jumping ship to coach Alabama in 2007. After only one season at Miami, he left the NFL squad high and dry after continually issuing assurances that he wouldn’t leave. Then he twisted the knife in the still-smarting LSU fans by taking a gig in the SEC. He didn’t only burn bridges, he pissed on the ashes.

4. Sean Avery

Unlike every other entrant on this list, Sean Avery didn’t do just one thing to draw the ire of the sports world. He just gradually earned it by repeatedly acting like an entitled, pompous prick to his teammates, owners, the league at large, and the fans. Sure, his “sloppy seconds” remark didn’t help much, but this guy is pretty much hated because he’s a jerk. I wish there was a more interesting story here, but there’s not.

3. Floyd Mayweather

Well, he mocked the Latino community by stepping in to fight Oscar De La Hoya on Cinco de Mayo while wearing a sombrero, he’s the very embodiment of “new money,” spending cash in a gaudy fashion, even by athlete standards. And he won’t fight Manny Pacquiao. To top it off, he’s been picked up on charges of treating his girlfriend the way he does his opponents, arrested for battery in 2010. Even in the seedy world of boxing, this guy stands out.

2. Barry Bonds

Well, it’s widely accepted now that he took down two of the loftiest records in American sports (HR in a season, HR in a career) while on performance enhancing drugs. Now, that doesn’t make him terribly different than many other athletes, but Bonds’ antagonistic relationship with the media always made him seem like a joyless athlete, hardly the embodiment of our nation’s pastime. In a sport so steeped in tradition and lore, the by-the-book Bonds seems to spit in the face of the sport, making him one of the most hated to ever make it through the ranks of the sport.

1. Floyd Landis

Landis won the Tour de France, but then lost it after he was found to be doping during the event itself, failing a doping test on stage 17. Though he was banned and stripped of his victory in 2006, it wasn’t until 2010 that he admitted to the charges against him, claiming that Lance Armstrong and many other riders doped as well.

Note: if you ever wonder how you can win the greatest prize in a sport, then get it revoked, and are looking to become even MORE hated, be an American athlete that goes after Lance Armstrong. Though I’m sure there’s some validity to Landis’ claims, no one wanted to hear him throw the nation’s favorite athlete under the bus to disseminate his own blame.