On this morning’s edition of Worst First Take, Bayless was in unusually stupid form — and that’s saying something. One of the daily topics brought up on the show was, “Should Gregg Popovich rest his star players tonight in Game 6?”

Last week, we got to watch a soccer player pick up a dog by the neck and throw it into a chain-link fence. That was bad enough, but this week three radio hosts at Atlanta’s ESPN 790 The Zone decided to make fun of former New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason’s ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

You see that face, ESPN? That’s his sad face.

The Schwab is no longer. Michelle Beadle is upset, and therefore so am I.

Scientists have finally cracked the puzzle that is “how to get a camera mounted on a referee’s head”. And to think, all this on the heels of CERN’s discovery of Higgs-Boson “God Particle”. Excelsior! Video of the Ref Cam’s maiden voyage after the jump.

Breaking: Mike Francesa is uninformed.

Some dude using binoculars in the audience. Pre-game LeBron James glitter ritual. Kentucky Wildcats fan makes her fifth national appearance. Yep, it must be the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Everybody’s got a training montage. Including John Clayton, who’s day job never overshadows his calling as the funniest dude in sports entertainment. Someone please put him in a cot damn movie. Think you know how the pitch went? Video of that after the jump.

Skipper was interviewed by Sports Illustrated‘s Richard Deitsch, and he had a lot to say about ESPN’s massive power. He is not concerned about other competitors. Should he be?