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So last Thursday we found ourselves standing in blistering 80ish degree sunshine on the Santa Monica Pier. We had to wait in the corner between the coeds of USC and UCLA while they shouted "spirit" at each other. It was very peppy and just a bit intimidating.

Why were we there with rivals and cheerleaders? For Pinkapalooza, of course! Duh.

The first annual (or whenever) Pinkapalooza was thrown by the good people at Victoria's Secret Pink to introduce their new Pink Collegiate Collection (still no University of Arizona?!) to the masses. Fall Out Boy performed. It was what we in the biz call "a major event."

You probably thought gastric bypass operations were just for the well-heeled and the occasional Today Show weatherman.

It turns out, however, that the gastric bypass crowd is growing by the day, and it has even started to reach the athletic community. As Alison Aubrey reported on NPR last Thursday, College Football Hall-of -Famer Anthony Davis is the newest, widely-publicized gastric bypass (a.k.a. bariatic surgery) recipient.

In the 1970s, Davis was a famed running back for the University of Southern California Trojans. Over time, however, he neglected his health and ultimately reached a bodyweight that fluctuated between 265 and 300 pounds (his weight in his glory days was 190). Accompanying this weight gain were problems usually associated with obesity: sleep apnea, diabetes, gout.

So with his doctor's blessing, Davis underwent bariatic surgery, and over time his waist went from 48 inches to 34. Can Al Roker compete with that?