Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day: July 28, 2014

This is your daily links roundup of our favorite sports and entertainment posts on the web for July 28:

• This should help with your case of the Mondays: 40 hot Instagram photos from last week.

• Florida coach Will Muschamp posed with a Gator hottie with very specific preferences.

• Catnip for grammar nerds like me: Greg Maddux's Hall of Fame plaque has a grammatical error.

• Now that Tony La Russa is safely ensconced in Cooperstown, he's comfortable letting in the cheaters.

• Joe Torre forgot to mention George Steinbrenner in his Hall of Fame speech. Zombie Steinbrenner then tried to fire him.

• Stephen A. Smith had a bad week last week. At this point, for Stephen A. it's all about damage control.

• An NFL bigwig took a shot at justifying the Ray Rice suspension. It didn't go well.

• The Browns knew they were drafting Johnny Football, right?

• Dale Jr.'s mom sent him a funny post-race text, although she apparently thinks congratulations is spelled with a "d".

• Zach LaVine put on a dunk show at the Seattle Pro-Am.

• A volleyball player from Kazakhstan has been deemed "too attractive" and "distracting to fans." She's cute, but if this is what passes for outrageous hotness in Kazakhstan...

• If you've got a few minutes, watch Frank Thomas' emotional Hall of Fame speech.

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