The YouTube-ization of Sports + The 25 Must-See Sports Videos
tinyurl.com/uptown12 - No one can argue that video-sharing sites such as Youtube, Vimeo and Daily Motion haven't changed the way people interact with video. Along with nurturing a growing market for on-demand video clips, the web has turned sports-obsessed bloggers into full-time content providers offering up thousands of hours of video in short, easily digestible bites. Although highlight reels have always been part of sports broadcasts, the sheer growth of the web over the last few years has fueled the creation of more and more digital content from a wider variety of sources. "It's estimated that the bandwidth on YouTube in 2007 exceeded that of the whole Internet in 2000, and not only are sports fans there being wowed by highlights of international soccer stars, they're also raving over pixelated tape of a high-school freshman on a football field in Florida," explains Luke Winn for SI.com. "Not only are they watching NBA All-Stars clown around in Las Vegas, they're also being exposed to the comedic stylings of a D-Leaguer in Bismarck, N.D. They're not only being served commentary from pundits on ESPN and Clear Channel; they're also getting opinions from a basement in Bluegrass Country."

Lollapolloza Live Sets & Online Compilation
tinyurl.com/uptown13, tinyurl.com/uptown15 - If you didn't make the trek to Lollapalloza in Chicago, or were too sunburned and too drunk from overpriced beer during headliners Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Rage Against the Machine to remember what they played, Large Hearted Boy has complied a list of sets available on the web from the annual festival, featuring performances by everyone from Explosions in the Sky to Bloc Party to Wilco. If that isn't enough, you can download a free 28-track digital compilation of artists who appeared at the festival, handpicked by the writers of Stereogum.

Quick Hits

25 Sites to Experience the Beijing Summer Olympics
tinyurl.com/uptown16- These handy online resources should be all you need to get your fill of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad.

Glass Candy - Computer Love
tinyurl.com/uptown17 - Portland duo Glass Candy is set to bring its slinky, anologue-driven no wave/nouveau disco sound to the Pyramid on Aug. 15 for an official afterparty for Roger's WAM at the Plaza skateboard contest.

Glengarry Glen Ross Jr.
tinyurl.com/uptown18, tinyurl.com/originalscene - Even if you aren't a devoted fan of David Mamet's brilliant play/movie Glengarry Glen Ross, you'll still get a kick out of this scene that revisits one of the key moments in the film with a kid re-cast as Alex Baldwin's character, Blake. Early candidate for viral video of the year.

Anthony Augustine is a freelance music, technology and pop culture writer. He can be heard every Tuesday morning at 8:55 a.m. on Hot 103 chatting about the web. Got a site you think he should see? E-mail him at anthony.alloneword@gmail.com.