Lost Time Is Not Found Again is what the MPS blog crew has been reading today. Maybe.

+ Sidney Crosby has a MySpace impersonator. {Sportress of Blogitude.}

+ David Stern says less than half of the NBA teams are profitable. {BallerBlogger.}

+ Harry Potter look-a-likes in the sports world. {Sports Rubbish.}

+ The curse of the Home Run Derby. {The Rookies.}

+ Non-sports: Why are we so fat? {The New Yorker.} Send your name to Mars. {NASA.}

Quotable:

“The mistake, having now sat through that for a whole evening, was blaming Berman for this. Chris Berman is the only person on earth who could broadcast the Home Run Derby. Screaming like a mad man, like a child who has just discovered that pushing air here through that makes noise, might be Berman’s tranquil state, but it’s the literal opposite of what any rational human would want to do during the Home Run Derby. That he’s able to keep that up for so long, at that level of enthusiasm for an event that stuffs enthusiasm in a laundry sack and bashes it against the cement for three hours, is the mark of the truly mad. It’s also kind of heroic. I cannot fathom how anyone could put themselves through that and muster up enough energy to stay upright, let alone sound like This Is The Most Amazing Thing You Have Ever Seen. It would be easier to vigorously broadcast the contents of one’s refrigerator. Berman must sleep for two months afterward.” – Will Leitch