Nate Newton Is Pointing and Nodding at You, Ma'am.

We have reached an important junction in human history. Today, Nate Newton no longer holds sole possession of the title of greatest athlete-turned-pot-dealer. Melissa "Missy" Glove, former women's mountain biking champion, a former darling of the '90s boomtime sport, went the Weeds route in dealing with the hard times of the economy, and like all MOUNTAIN DEW CODE RED XTREEM 1990s athetes, she went big just like Eddie would .

Step aside, big man. The Queen just grabbed the crown, or at the very least gets to sit on her own throne at your side.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials said Wednesday that the 37-year-old Giove, of Chesapeake, Va., and 30-year-old Eric Canori of Wilton were charged Tuesday with conspiring to possess and distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana.

That doesn't count the additional 150 pounds and million dollars found back at Canori's house. Who makes money mountain biking anymore? Well, no one, mom, but my herbal supplements business is bustin' wallets left and right.

In less impressive news, Tom Boonen, one of the top sprinters in the Tour de France, tested positive for cocaine last week and has now been banned from the Tour as a result.What does it say about the current state of cycling and doping that a positive cocaine test seems like an almost wholesome way to be banned from the race, as opposed to "Boonen tested positive for Angolan lion hormone, eight different blood thickeners, and an obscure inhalable form of crystal meth unknown to legitimate modern science." Cocaine? Well, now that's almost quaint in comparison to what it could have been. (Almost.)

HT: The always relevant Mr. Irrelevant.

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