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A waiter at a Hollywood restaurant recently was fired after he wrote on his Twitter page how a notable actress stiffed him on a tip.

It seems the actress, Hung star Jane Adams, claimed she had forgotten her wallet and went to her car and never returned. The tab, about $14, was later paid by her agent. But the payment came with no tip, leading waiter Jon-Barrett Ingels to write, "Not a big deal to me financially, but the principle of the thing was ridiculous.''

Fired.

We've seen this scenario before. Last spring, after Brian Dawkins bolted as a free agent from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Denver Broncos, a Philadelphia stadium worker named Dan Leone wrote on his Facebook page about the Eagles being "retarded'' for letting Dawkins go.

Fired.

Golden boy NCAA champ Tyler Hansbrough, a lottery pick of the Pacers, isn't getting off on the right foot -- err, shin -- in Indianapolis. A nagging shin injury Hansbrough dealt with at the start of his senior season at North Carolina has returned, and the rook has been deemed to be out "indefinitely." That means he'll miss at the least the start of training camp this week, and perhaps the preseason or the opening weeks of the regular season.

The news ain't good for Mike Dunleavy, either. Lil' Dun missed the majority of 2008-09, and he won't be ready on time for this season either. Indy coach Jim O'Brien told media Dunleavy won't likely be practicing until November, which puts the forward on schedule to miss at least a half-dozen regular season games.

The injuries have opened up an opportunity for other players, though. Like Rod Benson.

The Summer League in Las Vegas is a time for rookies to get some run before their first NBA season, and a time for fringe players and D-Leaguers to try and get a contract. Rod Benson falls into the latter category, but an injury kept him from seeing the court for the Raptors. But hey, the trip to Vegas wasn't a total loss. Check out this trick that Rod learned while hanging in one of the Palms' (many) hot spots.



"All you gotta say to these breezys is" ... that was awesome. I doubt that an articulate professional basketball player like Benson needs tricks like these to lure women back to his room in a Vegas hotel, but the rest of us usually can use all the help we can get. Thanks, Rod!

Everyone knows by now Nets hopeful/NBDL stud Rod Benson is the leading challenger to Gilbert Arenas' Best Ballin' Blogger title. No slight meant to Agent Zero, but I think Rod's passed him. Exhibit A, from Benson's latest DraftExpress entry, on Rod's first venture into the big city from his New Jersey encampment:

I don't know what it is about this place, but it's just kind of scary. I feel like New York is just hyped up as such a tough place. Like everybody is out to get me or something. I mean I guess it comes from watching too much T.V., but I don't know. Think about it. This is the only city in the world that needs the Fantastic Four, Spiderman, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to protect it. If you get past them, you still have to deal with various Heros from Heros [sic], like Hiro. Then they have CSI and NYPD Blue.

My point is that New York is just scary.

Nope, that has nothing to do with watching too much TV, Rod. But the fact you named your fantasy team 'Wyld Stallions?' Yeah, that might be a problem.