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Who will top Tiger Woods next year? Maybe Mariano Rivera can turn out to be evil. Nah, that’s just the franchise.
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The Press
Drink beer and tell racist jokes in Leach’s shed – [BustedCoverage]
Sixers are taking on the Kings – [the700Level]
Jib Jab ends our 2009 VIDEO – [BroBible]
Super Mario Bros. Smash celebrities – [Gibbs12]
NBA’s all decade teams – [HoopDoctors]
Viral videos of the year! VIDEO – [Manofest]
Woody Allen being creepy!? Nah… – [CelebrityOdor]
Star Wars popping up all over the world – [CavemanCircus]
College football bowl preview – [Rumors&Rants]
Classic Star Wars and Clerks mash-up VIDEO – [RegretfulMorning]
Honestly this is kind of sad. Two of these moments aren’t even basketball related. Pre-game rituals? Really? I mean yeah it’s cool he’s reaching milestones and all but let’s just have a Shaq Reality Deputy show already and call it a day.
Oh, wait:
Florida coach Urban Meyer complained of chest pain and said his side was tingling before he was hospitalized after the SEC championship game earlier this month, according to a 911 recording.
Meyer’s wife told an Alachua County dispatcher that her 45-year-old husband had a pulse but wasn’t talking when she contacted emergency officials at 4:27 a.m. on Dec. 6, hours after the Gators returned home from their 32-13 loss to Alabama.
“My husband’s having chest pains,” Shelley Meyer said. “He’s having chest pains, he just woke up in the middle of the night and said he’s having chest pains.”
Shelley Meyer said her husband had taken a sleeping pill that night and had suffered chest pains before. She repeatedly tried to rouse Meyer, who was lying on his stomach on the floor.
“Urban, Urban, talk to me,” she says.
So yeah, the egomaniac Urban Meyer was upset he wasn’t in the BCS championship game this year, so he held a press conference for attention. He’s just upset Tebow is leaving, which is why he doesn’t want to compete with Saban in the SEC anymore. Or maybe Meyer was banging a student and wanted to avoid a scandal. Yeah, that’s it.
Or maybe, you know, when a guy holds a press conference and claims that he has health issues, and a doctor states that Meyer has a very specific heart defect, maybe he’s telling the truth. I know it’s tough for some people to believe that not everything is a conspiracy and that sometimes people tell the truth.
Seriously – Occam’s Razor, people. Occam’s Razor. I’m right about shit like this most of the time, and it’s simply because generally it’s a lot easier to tell the truth than it is to lie. And because people don’t generally make up elaborate lies when there’s not much benefit in doing so.
What I’m trying to say is that all the Florida haters can feast on my junk.
For whatever reason I decided to search for college basketball fights. Maybe it’s because I’ve been getting into hockey or something. Anyway, here’s a 1972 treat for ya between Minnesota and Ohio State where a dude gets knocked down, offered help to get up, accepts said help, and then takes a swift knee in the nuts. I guess that teaches kids to be weary of accepting help from the dude who just threw you to the floor.
After a win over the the Hawks in which Lebron scored 48 points, the Cavs distributed stupid party hats to the players to properly celebrate Lebron’s birthday. Is it just me, or does this seem a bit childish? This is the NBA, not little league, and while there’s nothing wrong with acknowledging a player’s birthday, I think this is a bit much. But then again, this is Lebron we’re talking about.
You can call me a hater if you want, but there’s something about Lebron that rubs me the wrong way. I suppose it’s because if he had the mentality of Kobe or Wade (or Jordan, obviously), he’d have a championship already, even with his shitty supporting cast. The guy has the single greatest body and athleticism in the history of sports, but he’s too busy dancing around on the bench to win anyway. He’s just not mean; he doesn’t have a killer instinct. That doesn’t make him a bad guy, but it irks me because I feel like he’s wasting his God-given talent. I mean, imagine Isiah Thomas with Lebron’s body and athleticism – he’d be the meanest, championship-winning motherfucker in the world.
The bottom line is that you’d never see Kobe or Wade do something silly like this because, again, they’re too busy winning rings. And don’t give me the bullshit argument that Kobe’s teammates don’t like him; they all worship him.
Unfortunately there’s not much information about the Russian Women’s National Rugby team out there. Fortunately I think it’s safe to say those of us at Unathletic don’t really care at all. What we do care about is the fact that these women were more than happy to take off their uniforms for a little while and get sexy in front of the camera.
What the hell is going on over there in Russia? What are they feeding their female athletes? Is it just makeup? Who knows. Maybe it’s the fact that these women can beat the crap out of me. I don’t know.
I just know that I like it.
Enjoy the sexy calender of the Russian Women’s Rugby squad after the jump
I always find myself flip-flopping on whether or not Chad Ochocinco is funny. I without a doubt believe him to be borderline retarded, but that doesn’t mean he can’t entertain me from time to time. Anyway, I’ve got to give credit where it’s due – if Ochocinco scores against the Jets this weekend, his celebration sounds pretty damn awesome.
“I have one that is going to be so good. Everybody listening? You know the guy in the stands with the fireman hat (Fireman Ed) that quiets the stadium? OK, I have my own fireman hat made, but it doesn’t say Jets. It’s a Bengals fireman hat. When I score, I’m going to sit on top of the goal post and then I’m going to quiet the stadium like he does and I want everybody in the stadium to say, well there not going to say the Bengals, but everybody will get the point of what I’m trying to do. I think it’s good one. If I don’t use the goal post, I’ll get on top of one of my linemen’s shoulders. I’m going out this season with a bang. I don’t care what anybody says. That’s the celebration of all celebrations. I’m going out with a bang.”
I think that’s the over-the-top celebration we all want to see (unless you’re a Jets fan). It’s the most clever celebration since Randy Moss fake-mooned the Packers and Joe Buck had an aneurysm on the air. I still say that the greatest celebration ever is T.O.’s Sharpie, but maybe Chad can change my mind with a score this weekend.
…After showing WR James the shed (garage, or whatever his lawyer wants to call it).
Texas Tech fired Mike Leach on Wednesday after the coach took the school to court to try to overturn his suspension for alleged mistreatment of an injured player.
“I’m very sad to say there’s only one person to blame for this and it’s Mike Leach,” Texas Tech chancellor Kent Hance told the AP.
Since the sh*t hit the fan, I’ve realized that I know very little about Leach besides his shed-locking ways. A quick youtube search reveals some of what I’m assuming are his finest moments. Enjoy the best of Mike Leach after the jump. Continue Reading »
