8:00 PM CSN Baltimore has video of Marcus Smith, a U.S. soldier who dressed as a minor league umpire to surprise his children at a Bowie Baysox game with a home visit from Afghanistan.
7:45 PM A Japanese Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was swept out to sea during last year's tsunami washed up on a shore in British Columbia last month. The bike's owner asked that the motorcycle be displayed at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee as a memorial to the tsunami victims.
7:30 PM Buffalo Bills receiver David Clowneytweeted the results of his HIV test which came back negative. And to the critics of his decision to share his results, Clowney added: "Some people are Ridiculously stupid ... And can't see the bigger picture about things that are important in this world."
Once Steve Nash gets done with this whole basketball thing, he has let it be known that he’d like to join the pantheon of great Canadian filmmakers, like, um … Judd Apatow! and, uh… Paul Haggis! In fact, he’s already gotten his start, as reports THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, producing a Nike ad that is somehow not really an ad.
Nash produced the 81-second piece and is the first Nike major sports athlete to do so (skateboarding and BMX athletes get similarly involved). Nash wrote it, pitched it, hired the director (Lola Schmabel) and produced his first piece on a $30,000 budget during his stay in New York City last summer.Read more…
The biggest joke in Milwaukee right now? The obvious answer is the Bucks record and a recent loss to the Miami Heat leading to the ouster of GM Larry Harris. But the real laugher is the street clothes selection made by rich, big man Andrew Bogut who was snapped sitting at the end of the bench exposing this 80s getup.
White loafers, white socks and jeans look has Bucks’ loyalists crying foul and declaring this outfit a NBA dress code violation. Yeah, but those loafers are probably made with some special kangaroo hide and cost upwards of $400 per pair. And those white socks…imported Tunisian cotton - or something like that. $40 per foot.
You couldn’t create a Mount Rushmore of NBA blogs without Henry Abbott, who made headlines of his own when his TRUEHOOPwas bought by ESPN in February of 2007.
So, when Mr. Abbott has an opinion on something, especially on arguably the best player in the NBA, I’m usually inclined to agree. Usually. Read more…
You wouldn’t think of Golden State’s Baron Davis to be offended by someone wearing his team’s colors and stopping him for a quick word on his way to the locker room.
Then again, you wouldn’t think Craig Sager had stolen his sideline wardrobe from Shakes The Clown, either. See the outfit and Davis’ awesome reaction after the jump. Read more…
The Houston Rockets won their 21st consecutive game last night, and even if it was against the Bobcats, this streak the team has put together is out of control.
After the Suns dropped to 3-6 in the Shaquille O’Neal era following a 126-118 loss to the Utah Jazz, coach Mike D’Antoni told the ARIZONA REPUBLIC they’re still a better team with the Big Arid-Stottle.
“I don’t think there’s any doubt. Not play-wise, but on paper and what we see. We can be a better team than we could ever be with the little guys running all over the place. We may not be as pretty, but we’re going to be much more efficient.”
BET.com’s PLAYA HATER blog catches up with 17-year-old Anthony Erskine, the guy who ran onto the court during Wednesday’s Knicks-Cavs game to have a word with his hero, LeBron James. And a word it was. “I said, “Yo, LeBron, what’s up? I just wanted to meet you, I love the way you play,’” said Erskine, before getting hauled off by security. Here’s the clip:
Erskine was arrested and spent three hours in jail before getting bailed out by his sister. Not a total loss, though. LeBron did respond, “Oh all right, that’s cool.” He’ll never wash those ears again.
HEADS UP! Here comes a 7-ft-7, 200-pounder from Sudan on an afternoon stroll in Some Town, America. A random photographer recently captured this classic moment in the life of legendary NBAballer Manute Bol.
Bol sports a leather coat that is at least 5′-5″, while his intimidating frame seems to have caught the attention of at least one street gawker. It’s amazing how Bol, who lives in Kansas, can bust a move down a street and not be swarmed by throngs of adoring fans.
Somebody needs to find Dirk Nowitzki and tell him that the NBA doesn’t give out Awkward White Player Of The Year Awards, because he might destroy everything in his path before the Mavs even get started in the playoffs.
CHEAP AND DIRTY brings us a YouTube clip of the closing moments of the Mavericks-Spurs game last Thursday in where Nowitzki finds Erick Dampier and collides with him headfirst, absorbs his own blow, and tumbles to the floor like your grandmother down a flight of stairs.
Did we mention that he and Dampier are on the same team? But Dirk was just warming up.
The SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL reports that the Miami Heat will get a rare do-over.
NBA commish David Stern ruled that Miami will get to replay the final 51.9 seconds of their Dec. 19 game against the Atlanta Hawks. The Heat protested the official results of the 117-111 loss, saying there was a scoring error that affected the outcome of the game.
It’s the first time the last seconds of a game have been ordered to be replayed since 1982, when the Spurs successfully challenged a loss to the Lakers.
