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Deadspin today blesses us with the gift of Steven Russo. Russo, 36, has a son who attends Freedom High School in Bethlehem, PA. The pair decided to host a house party that included booze and a stripper pole in the basement. Yes, the guy has a stripper pole in his basement.

In attendance were several Freedom High cheerleaders, all under 21, who got hammered and participated in various shenanigans, like flashing and twirling on the pole. Want to take a wild guess who officials say supplied the booze? Yup. Steve. At the party, Russo served alcohol to his son's teenage friends and encouraged the girls present to take a turn on the pole. Allegedly.

Shockingly, photos of the party ended up online. Hard to believe, but true. Then someone, probably pissed offed because they weren't invited, told a school official. Now Russo is in just a wee, little bit of trouble.

But the Grinder salutes you, Steven Russo, even though you did something phenomenally dumb. We salute you on behalf of your son, for hosting the most kick-ass house party in Pennsylvania history. Hope it was worth it.

There is, incidentally, absolutely not truth to the rumor Steven Russo is an alias for Digger Phelps.



Obama has a beer at the Wizards game. The team won, too. We are taking this to be a very, very good sign. If the President can have a positive effect on that miserable squad, surely he can handle something as simple as the global economy.

Finally, Peter King takes enormous delight in the NFL's first big weekend of free agency. We can't get quite as excited about Bart Scott moving to the Jets. And, really don't we all think the Albert Haynesworth hype is a little much? He is going to Washington, after all, where big free agent contracts go to die. But King does have a solid explanation of the Matt Cassel trade that puts asunder all the nonsense about the Pats and Chiefs being in "collusion." The Grinder thinks Jay Mariotti should stop the collusion between his head and his ass.