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7 months ago: New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, left, chats with his brother, Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning, as Giants' Brandon Jacobs, right, finds his seat at the New York Yankees' baseball game against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

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Hope you dads out there had a fun and relaxing Father's Day. I know some of the SB Nation writers who are dads (like John Bena, aka TheSportsGuru) had an enjoyable Father's Day at the Cheesecake Factory. If you have any stories about Dad Day you want to share, post them in the comments. Love to hear them.

I who do not have kids (and thus, have actual money that I can spend on things other than diapers and poop wipes) spent Father's Day having brunch with my fiance and obsessing over wedding invitations. Real quick FYI: I am getting married the Saturday before the Colts open the 2009 season. Here's the the Colts hopefully giving me a nice wedding present. Now, onto the links that call The Luke their home (or something like that):

• Marlin Jackson has a kids football camp. Marlin Jackson also will rap for those kids. Such are the many talents of one of the more under-rated CBs in football. Link via Paul Kuharsky at ESPN.com. Tip to LovinBlue.
  
• Big G (aka Gijon Robinson) surprised many last year by not only making the active roster, but by earning and holding onto the #2 tight end roster spot. This year, he will have to compete again with 2008 draftees Jacob Tamme and Tom Santi. However, unlike last year, Gijon has the leg up.
• You too can spend $6.95 a month to have access to ESPN Insider just so they can tell you that Peyton Manning is the NFL's more irreplaceable player. ESPN Insider will also tell you that water is wet, the sky is blue, and Bill Simmons is a spineless windbag; all for a small fee, of course.
• What can Brown do for you?
• Small off topic shout out to 1260 AM's "The Drive" and the show's host JMV for interviewing Indy Corn Rows blogger Tom Lewis back on June 17th. They talked about the NBA Draft (coming up this Thursday) and also touched on the dust up between myself and Bob Kravtiz. It's nice to see local Indy stations like WNDE finally giving good blogger like Tom some time on air.
  
• Raheem Brock was inspired by Marvin Harrison's real estate work in the Philadelphia area, creating bars and car washes as a way to generate business is traditionally poor, economically depressed areas. Brock has followed in Marvin's footsteps and opened a restaurant near Temple University.
• Speaking of Marvin, Don Banks cited his connection to a bar brawl in 2008 as an example of modern NFL wide receivers acting as divas. Real quick recap of the facts: Marvin Harrison didn't shoot anyone. No charges were filed. No convictions made. The guy who made the initial complaint is a convicted felon with a very sketchy track record. Yet, this incident is on par with, say, Terrell Owens acting like an idiot or Chad Ochocincho (his new name now, really) being Chad Ochocincho. Slowly but surely, Don Banks' repuation as a seriously sports writer is erroding away.
• Fake Teams debates itself as to whether Peyton Manning is the best fantasy QB heading into 2009.
• Walter Football evaluates the 2009 Colts and likes what they see.
• And finally, since it's the off-season and we can't see any new highlights, here's a link to a fun site where Bob Sanders is given a Predator mask while his highlights are put to music. Enjoy.