2015By Matt Yoder on

Can you believe it’s been four years since Charlie Sheen’s bonkers interview where he told the world he was on a powerful drug called “Charlie Sheen?”  And even though Sheen’s moment in the sun as an insane celebrity person injected with tiger blood has faded from view, he’s still out there “bi-winning” in his own way.

Sheen is somehow currently embroiled in a mini-feud with Keith Olbermann over his call for the USWNT to suspend Hope Solo, even drawing Olby out for another round of “batting practice” after the ESPN host pledged to resign from Twitter scraps following his recent suspension.

It started with this Olbermann essay urging Solo’s suspension after ESPN’s Outside the Lines reported on the details of the domestic violence case surrounding her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2wPrHFllZU

Then Sheen came out of nowhere with this bizarre tweet defending Solo.  I’m not sure if Sheen and Solo have any prior relationship here outside “crazy people gotta stick together.”

There is just so much here…

1) Sheen making the clever “Olderman” pun that somehow nobody has ever thought of before… in spite of the fact that Olbermann is only seven years his elder.
2) Calling Hope Solo “Han” for some random reason.  GET IT!
3) Solo and the USWNT aren’t playing for “the gold.”  This isn’t the Olympics.  They’re playing for the World Cup.
4) Sheen channeling his inner teenager by spelling let’s as “letz” and including a 100 emoji.
5) Asking Solo out to dinner and then asking her to pay for her own meal.
6) Solo is married.

When Olbermann responded on his television program, there was a lot to work with as he named Sheen one of his worst persons in the sports world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlIEDPByI1s&feature=youtu.be

I think it’s pretty safe to give this round to Olbermann, although I’m intrigued by the idea of a Charlie Sheen FIFA presidential run.  He can’t be any worse than Blatter, right?

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