sick jordan commercial

Sports Heaven vs Exam Hell

Exams kind of forced me to forget about the blog for a bit there but the answer to the April Fools' multiple choice question was.... bum ba da bummm bummmm: 

#3- Michael Heisley is the single most evil person ever to have lived on the planet Earth is FALSE

Are you people kidding me? Michael Heisley is not the SINGLE most EVIL person on Earth, he is (obviously) in a dead-heat tie with this guy.

Now I'm a little late on the playoff predictions but here goes anyway...

-Lakers are taking down the NBA Finals over the Cavs

-San Jose is not winning the Stanley Cup

-The Cup winner will be Detroit, Vancouver, Boston or Pittsburgh

-My heart of hearts says it's going to be Vancouver FTW

Wave those towels!

john wooden, champion ncaa basketball coach for UCLA, addresses success and winning through a poem by george moriarty

the road ahead or the road behind - george moriarty

sometimes i think the fates must grin
as we denounce them and insist the only reason we can't win,
is the fates themselves that miss.

yet there lives on the ancient claim
we win or lose within ourselves.
The shining trophies on our shelves
can never win tomorrow's game.
You and I know deeper down,
there's always a chance to win the crown.
But when we fail to give our best,
we simply haven't met the test
of giving all and saving none
until the game is really won.
of showing what is meant by grit.
of playing through when others quit.
of playing through not letting up.
It's bearing down that wins the cup.
Of dreaming there's a goal ahead.
of hoping when our dreams are dead.
of praying when our hopes have fled.
yet losing, not afraid to fall,
if bravely, we have given all,
for no one can ask more of a man
than giving all within his span

giving all, it seems to me, is not so far from victory.

and so the fates are seldom wrong,
no matter how they twist and wind,
it's you and i who make our fates -
we open up or close the gates on the road ahead or the road behind

And the hockey gods said "yea, let there be some freaking sick matchups"

Boston vs Montreal. Rangers vs Capitals. Penguins vs. Flyers. Anaheim vs. San Jose. Calgary getting pwned by the Hawks. Canucks vs anybody. I'm more pumped than Mike Heisley at his annual Soul-Crusher convention.

PS The Grizz drew a reported 10,000 fans the other night to the game against Portland. This probably translates to about half that, since the NBA (and the NHL unfortunately) inflate their numbers: many season ticket holders or corporate boxes don't get filled at unpopular games, but are included, along with any ticket giveaways. Note to professional sports: if your sport doesn't involve throwing a football-shaped ball, Tennessee may be a poor choice.

Also, I just found a new favorite human being. This guy.

April 1st

One of the following is an April Fool's joke:

1) The Charlotte Bobcats swept the season series with the Lakers

2) Anthony Randolph is the REAL rookie of the year

3) Michael Heisley is the single most evil person ever to have lived on the planet Earth

4) Kobe Bryant got outplayed by Gerald Wallace last night

Answer will be posted next week.

In the meantime here's a little good Canadian hip hop: Shad (this isn't the joke)

http://www.gowherehiphop.com/2009/03/15/michael-jordan-shattering-the-backboard/

The Best of TD

"Aaaah it's my only fear... even-numbered years!"

Classic Duncan Face

Here's a roundup of the best of Tim Duncan from around the web:

• Sports Illustrated imagines a bizarro world in which Tim Duncan is emulated and respected like a "normal" superstar, here. Hands down the best line is, "Across the gyms and blacktops of America, teenagers would catch the ball on the left block. mechanically turn, fire up  a bank shot and then yell, "I just went TD on your a--!"
• Timmy made one 3-pointer in the 2007/2008 season... and broke the heart of every single Phoenix Suns fan that had stuck with the team after the 2006/2007 debacle. Worse, that one game rendered the rest of the playoffs unwatchable, since it was inconceivable that anything else would top it
• Sometimes, people wonder if Timmy's a robot. This is unfair. He's just really, really, really, really boring
• His career averages in various statistical categories are pretty close to the fibonacci sequence
• He's the best big man of our era and probably the best power forward of all time (if he is, in fact, a power forward [which nobody really believes])
• Timmy was almost certainly the only NBA player to ever get thrown out of a game for laughing