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If that whole basketball thing doesn’t work out for Steve Nash, at least he has something to fall back on:
SPORTS BIZ reports that Nash’s production company, Meathawk, produced the above clip, a take on the old TV show “The Six Million Dollar Man.” Read more…
• THE LONDON SUN catches David Beckham checking out the great view from his courtside Lakers seats.
• THE BLOWTORCH burns through the NBA rosters to find the worst player on each playoff team. Today’s lucky winner - Joey Graham of the Toronto Raptors.
• THE SPORTING BLOG jiggles their joystick, as Madden 09 will let gamers control their own touchdown celebrations.
• AZ SPORTS HUB comes across a couple of Suns fans expressing their support of Steve Nash by way of Eminem.
• BASKETBAWFUL knows Steve Nash can take a licking - especially now that he’s in creepy bobblepop form:
How would Mr. Owl handle this one?
• ESTSN barks up news that an NFL player has some sick pit bulls to give away, and it’s not who you think.
• DC SPORTS BOG catches word that Redskins TE Chris Cooley is starting his own blog.
How about giving *us* a gift basket to work full-time in the Big Apple?
• Chris Berman’s not covering The Masters. We wonder why.
• Funnyman Adam Carolla has a new film out. Yippee.
• Tiger Woods is good, but can he be Byron Nelson good?
• Having a nice chat with the Tampa soccer streaker.
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…
• Spencer Hall of THE SPORTING BLOG snaps a shot of Vols coach Bruce Pearl practicing for his post-coaching job as army recruitment poster model:
• In honor of Bob Knight’s arrival at ESPN, INTENTIONAL FOUL whips out a clip of Comcast Sportsnet’s Michael Jenkins doing his best impression of Bobby behind the desk.
• 100% INJURY RATE wipes down another case of Steve Nash nabbing Craig Sager’s trusty hankie.
• A Florida Marlins reliever finds relief in shooting critters from ‘copters.
• Erin Andrews reveals what Bruce Pearl texted after their halftime hug.
• Steve Nash is not concerned if he never gets NBA championship gold.
• Baron Davis shares a soulful song.
