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By Zach Arnold
Takanori Gomi made an appearance tonight on The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net in Los Angeles. It was a surreal appearance, because the hosts (Chris Rose & Rob Dibble) were asking some interesting questions, with most of them sounding like what a hardcore fight fan would ask (what […]
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Well, the Nets did some exit interviews, Jason Kidd is on Extreme Makover: Home Edition this weekend, and we wasted our entire day.
Excuse our lack of focus, and that goes for pretty much everyone we know. You can have us back as soon as this is all over.
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The Cavaliers’, uh, somewhat unexpected rattling-off of three consecutive wins over the Pistons has overshadowed what had been the plucky little engine that could of the postseason: The Clippers, who face elimination at the Staples Center tonight against the Suns.
Some have questioned the motivation of those suddenly lauding all matters Clipper, and while we understand the notion, every good postseason needs a perceived Underdog, even if reality doesn’t lend itself to such easy classifications. ClipperBlog will certainly be the first place you’ll want to go, postgame; the Tivo over there sails on wings of doves.
And then we’ll get back to LeBron’s ridiculousness come Friday.
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Well, this should be awfully entertaining: It’s the Terrell Owens Youth Football Camp!
Youth ages 7-17 will get to learn first hand from Terrell as well as active and retired players the fundamentals and special techniques of the sport. They will learn how to enhance their skills and make new friends.
Now.
Let’s set aside, for a moment, the rather brilliant tactical maneuver of repurposing T.O.’s famous mocking of the Cowboy star into an image that signifies triumph. We’re just trying to imagine some of the seminars the camp will offer.
• A Nickel For Two Dimes: The Art Of Contract Negotiation
• Troubles With Teammates? Fuck ‘Em!
• You Won’t Believe The Shit People Will Buy
• Don’t You Worry: Ain’t Nobody Gonna Understand You Anyway
• How To Properly Imply The Homosexuality Of Your Quarterback
All yours, kids, for only $195! Go bug your parents right now!
Terrell Owens Youth Football Camp [TerrellOwens.com]
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Click to enlarginateWe’re a little distracted by things in the Eastern Conference, but the happenings out West are something to behold, as well.
In addition to Clippers-Suns battling for the orange roundie tonight in Game 6 (consider this open letter to the Clips your preview), the Mavs and Spurs are in an absolute war. The Spurs won the latest battle last night, and this thing has the feel of a 7-game series - one we desperately want the Mavs to win.
Whatever happens, everybody in Texas is watching, even when Katharine McPhee’s big boobs are the competition.
The Mavericks-Spurs on TNT earned a 16.5 household rating, which translates into approximately 379,500 homes. Fox’s penultimate American Idol elimination of the season scored a 13.3 rating for Channel 4, the equivalent of almost 306,000 homes. It is rare for Idol not to rule Wednesday nights. Idol, for example, had no problem with the Winter Olympics back in February. ABC’s Lost clocked in at 11.2 for Channel 8. That’s about 257,600 homes.
So that means the Spurs are -
LeBron James just continues to amaze, can we all agree on that? We just watched last night’s game on NBATV again, and we’re re-pumped (as all hell).
We spent awhile on the phone with a friend back home this morning, and he said the city is equally pumped. After that we both agreed that having friends is nice and made plans to speak again.
Look, we can’t talk about Tim Duncan and Le Crepe when this is all going on, okay? We can’t do anything, actually. It’s a constant rotation of checking the comments here, going to Cavs message boards, scouring everywhere for new words to read, eagerly anticipating what they’ll say on PTI, and playing Super Cocoa Man at the Fruity Pebbles website.
In other words, life is perfect. Don’t forget to do your Who Shot Mamba? dime-toss, if you haven’t already!
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It is good to see that everybody’s favorite Happy Rainbow Unicorn Albert Belle is keeping himself busy in retirement.
Former major-league player Albert Belle was arrested Wednesday and accused of making harassing phone calls to his ex-girlfriend. … In February, Belle was arrested and charged with felony stalking/harassment. Belle’s former girlfriend had filed a complaint in January accusing him of stalking.
That’s his mugshot, by the way. Belle, who is eight years younger than Julio Franco, should be arraigned right about now in Arizona. When he was arrested in February, a judge ordered him to stay away from the ex-girlfriend and be electronically monitored. Question: Would he be more offended if you called him “Joey,” or “O.J.?”
Belle Faces Second Harassment Charge [Arizona Republic]
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Wherever you find a sporting event, you will find people compelled to wager on the outcome. Mma is no different, and Pinnacle Sports provides odds for main events as well as some undercard action. Here’s a rundown of my picks for UFC 60 which takes pl…
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Click to enlargeBefore anyone gets upset, keep in mind we’re not in the habit of cheap trash-talking opposing players just for the sake of doing so. Remember, we fell in love Gilbert Arenas, and he was killing Cleveland.
In fact, we’re much more likely to rip the Cavaliers, or more likely, their coach.
We’re also getting a bit ahead of ourselves, but times like this bring out someone’s true character, and Rasheed Wallace would be the “someone” in this case. Yes, back after Game 3, he was so funny, and such a tell-it-like-it-is jokester, wasn’t he?
So what happens two games later when he’s in the hole? Oh…yeah.
“You tell me,” Wallace said. “You saw the calls. … and then LeBron smacks Chauncey. Every time we got close, there was some B.S. That leads me to think some other things, but I’m not going to say what those things are.”
Gee, would that implied conspiracy be the same one that was in place when Detroit kicked Cleveland’s ass in the first two games? Now, you may be surprised, but we actually agree with Sheed in this case. Let’s examine Game 5 again.
1) Did you see how the refs kept spitting wads of gum at Ben Wallace so he’d go 0-7 from the free throw line?
2) We were appalled when they forced Chauncey Billups to stupidly foul LeBron on a breakaway with over two minutes left, taking himself out of the game. All to save two little points.
3) This wasn’t picked up on any of the camera angles, but Donyell Marshall was actually sitting on a ref’s shoulders when he blocked Prince’s shot at the end.
4) A lot of people say that Rip Hamilton fumbled that ball at the end because of an aggressive Cavalier double-team, but we also saw one of the refs bite his wrist, causing him to drop said ball. Afterward, that same ref was going, “Haha, you dropped it!”
5) One of the refs tried to give Antonio McDyess cancer.
6) Finally, when Big Ben body-slammed LeBron going for that rebound in the fourth? The one where there was no foul called? That clearly -
Oh. Wait. Well, this doesn’t hold up at all. Could it be…could it possibly be…and this is on a bigger scale obviously…that just like when things didn’t go Sprewell’s way in Minny, guys like this revert into big, bitter babies?
Let’s not forget, it was only two and a half years ago that Sheed was such a disruptive malcontent that Portland traded him for nothing.
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