And for good measure, to show the joy of the NBA, here’s LeBron ripping a fart at Anderson Varejao. I’m sorry, say it’s crass, a good fart brings a smile to everyone’s face. Look at how happy it makes LeBron!
Archive for March, 2009
05
Mar
09
Like Stepping on a Wet Duck
04
Mar
09
Eyes on the Ball
So, I just noticed that this post that I wrote on January 20th was never posted. Oops! Fortunately, our crack team here discovered that, about two months later… Anyhoo, timely as ever, a girl plays with her ball.
I’m officially impressed by rhythmic gymnastics, or at least by this chick.
First off, that whole flexibility thing is pretty nice (wink), but look at the athleticism not to mention the concentration that she has in making some totally awesome catches of that ball. But isn’t that the same kind of ball as they’d have in the grocery stores that you’d play with until you knocked something over, then hurriedly put it back and bailed? That seems weird that that is part of a sport, right? Whateves, I’ll let it go since she already has better ball skills than half the receivers in the NFL.
Jamie Vermiglio is a 26 year old semi-professional soccer player from Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England who has been sidelined with a broken back. It turns out that though that he’s been playing through the injury for at least 32 matches, and possibly his whole life!
After his coach noticed him struggling on the field, Vermiglio was sent to get an MRI scan which revealed a stress fracture to his fifth lumbar vertebra.
“It’s caused a disc to slip and that’s causing pain in the nervous system down my legs,” he said. “I’ve just been taking pain-killers so I could play. I just got on with playing and thought it would go away after time, like most injuries.”
Told by the doctors that continuing playing could paralyze him for life, the primary school teacher by day took the field regardless, helping his Telford United squad to a 1-0 win in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
“I’m not giving up hope yet. I am going to see another specialist and, fingers crossed, there might be some light at the end of the tunnel.”
04
Mar
09
Who Wears Short Shorts
New York Governor David Paterson is now a cover model after being photographed and interviewed for an upcoming piece in Runner’s World Magazine. And people think the magazine industry is dying! I’m renewing my subscription to Runner’s World RIGHT NOW.
Because he’s legally blind, Paterson didn’t play sports as a child and only got into running recently in his 40s. His wife, Michelle who is an avid runner herself helped push him along by challenging him to participate in the 1999 New York Marathon. “…Her first thought was to tell me not to; she knew it would be the fastest way to get me to do it,” Paterson told Runner’s World. “When I finished the race I had to go to the hospital. I’d become hypothermic.”
Maybe she was still angry about him having affairs at a Days Inn on the upper west side…
Since he’s, you know, blind, he requires a “companion” to keep him from running into a plate glass window or whatever. And how does the governor entertain his brain while he runs? “I hum music to myself while I run, usually old disco tunes, or inspirational songs like ‘I Will Survive’ and the ‘Rocky’ themes, or some old TV themes like ‘Hawaii Five-O’ and ‘Secret Agent Man,’ ” said Paterson.
Nothing says winner more than Gloria Gaynor hummed by a blind man in short shorts…
[NY Post]
04
Mar
09
Hot for the Coach
Maybe you think you’re a sports fan but if you’re not following the box scores for New Orleans’ private schools high school girl basketball then quite simply you’re not a true fan.
Since I am a real fan, I was watching with great anticipation the match up between New Orleans Country Day and Oak Grove during the Ladies Top 28 tournament on Monday. Thanks to some clutch performances, and an all-out effort from coach Alyce Hesse, NOCD won a 43-34 victory. I am a devoted Hesse-maniac. She’s the best coach in America, probably, or at least the one who I’d like most to spend some quality practice time with…
[NOLA.com]
Former tennis star Boris Becker was a guest on the German game show “You Bet…?” along with his former girlfriend, Lilly Kersennberg and before being forced into stupid human tricks, announced he would marry the Dutch model in June. To top off the evening with a good note, Becker also jumped through a ring of fire, winning in a contest of who would humiliate themself more, beating out Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson. Only a few months ago Becker was engaged to jewelery designer Sandy Meyer-Woelden after he and Kersennberg broke up in 2007.
“Last summer I went a bit off track but she took me back. Now I don’t want to let her go,” Becker said on the show. The program’s presenter, Thomas Gottschalk, looked astonished and said: “No, not again?”
[Reuters]
03
Mar
09
Teeing Off One Last Time
Coach Sacharski teaches 5-year-old Craig LeClair the art of T-Ball, 1958
America lost another great leader yesterday when Jerome “Jerry” Sacharski, 98, died in his home in Albion, Michigan. Serving as a teacher and coach in the Albion Public Schools system from 1951-1980, Sacharski is often credited with inventing T-Ball and Albion was one of the first places where it was played as an organized sport.
Without t-ball, I might never have become a major league baseball player. As of yet, I haven’t become one, but I don’t think the tee had anything to do with that. Besides, there’s still time. If Paul McAnulty can be on a roster than someone should sign me up too.
03
Mar
09
Carlos Eyeliner Had the Assist
A pretty goal is a pretty goal and Giuseppe Mascara gets all dolled up to slam one home in a Serie A game yesterday. The Catanian striker’s early candidate for goal of the year helped his side take the Sicilian Cup over Palermo. But you already knew that. Of course, you may also remember the flamboyant Mascara from the fall when, lining up to take a penalty kick, three of his teammates dropped their pants to distract the other team…
Marko Jaric has scored a measly 4 points over his last 6 games while averaging around 11 minutes a game, but I doubt that his ability to score on the court is bothering him too much. That’s because on Valentine’s Day Jaric married girlfriend and Victoria’s Secret supermodel, Adriana Lima, who was famously dubbed the “World’s Most Voluptuous Virgin” by GQ magazine. Lima, a devout Catholic has said in the past that “Sex is for after marriage. [Men] have to respect that this is my choice. If there’s no respect, that means they don’t want me.” So is it any wonder that in his first 6 games after he entered wedded bliss that he hasn’t been able to concentrate on the hard court? I don’t think I’d ever leave the house if I were married to Adriana Lima. Of course, Jaric’s points all came off free throws, he’s still 0-23 from the field but I’m willing to allow him any lapses in concentration, I’ve already forgotten what I was trying to write here for the last ten minutes while being distracted by google images…
[h/t Busted Coverage]
02
Mar
09
Hockey Fights are Always Fun
Tempers flared during a game between the US and Canadian sledge hockey teams at the Hockey Canada Cup last Wednesday leading to a full on brawl with everyone on the ice getting into the action. The whole thing starts after the Canadian goaltender, Paul Rosen, froze the puck with 1.7 seconds left and was hit by American Taylor Chace. Not wanting to feel left out, everyone else threw their hands into the ring and had a dance, to mix unrelated metaphors.
However, there is nothing more unfair than the ref being able to just shuffle you off the ice on your sledge, let the men fight!
[Fan IQ]
02
Mar
09
Pop and Lock
The ability to catch and shoot quickly is a skill highly prized in basketball players, this high school player has the catch part down, but doesn’t quite finish out the way he probably wanted. Yeouch!
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02
Mar
09
Semin Shoots it Long and Hard
On Saturday the Washington Capitals visited the Boston Bruins and pulled out a clutch 4-3 win in overtime thanks to flukey/awesome shot from Alexander Semin 22 seconds into overtime. Tim Thomas gets flat out embarrassed when this 80 foot shot sneaks past him, check out how he quick he heads off the ice, he knows he blew it.
S’ok, there’s still like 6 days left in the regular season and then of course, the obligatory 5 1/2 months of NHL playoff hockkey to come…
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