You know how in 8 Mile Eminem's "Rabbit" character busts on himself in the big rap battle to head his opponent off at the pass? Well, for the second year in a row the ESPN website is shaking its own haters off with the same tactic, employing Chris Nieratko to bust its chops right there on its own X Games blog.He got started before Day 1 (today) even rolled around.

Gotta love the opening line: Disclaimer: ESPN does not necessarily endorse any of Chris Nieratko's opinions.

Yeah, no shit!

To wit: In his opening column for X Games 15, Nieratko makes his predictions for the deathtrap known as the Megaramp ("Danny Way breaks his own leg with a hammer before dropping in switch into a switch flip nosegrind to fakie. Jake, Bob, and Pierre choose not to even skate for fear of Danny eating them alive. Literally."), hates on the South American contingent and the ladies ("As expected, the only people practicing were those that needed the practice: the Brazilians and the girls"), and calls out the vert ramp's senior citizens ("New rules, let's make this exciting: No pads and no one over 30.
Gold: Hey why is Alex Perelson standing up there all by himself?").

If you love to hate the X Games too then you can rest assured: You've got a man on the inside.

(Photo above via espn.go.com: Chris Nieratko gives skateboarder Marisa Del Santo a Hollywood makeover)