I’ve never kept it a secret that I’m a huge Rashad McCants fan. It should be no surprise, then, that I wanted to pass on this phenomenal ESPN story on McCants by Chris Palmer. Check it out. And remember, real recognize real, so stay familiar.
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Check it out. A hilarious spoof of LeBron’s Decision, starring Paul Rudd and Steve Carell.
What follows is an e-mail exchange between Blake Murphy and Trevor Smith on Friday and Saturday, following The Decision on Thursday. It was extremely painful to edit due to the e-mailing format, so please be forgiving. We also probably left out a dozen thoughts we each have, so please also share your thoughts, as everyone seems to have a pretty strong opinion on this, one way or another.
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Blake Murphy wrote:
Alright Trev so we texted about this very briefly and crudely last night, but The Saga of The Decision has reached The Conclusion, and The King will join The Avatar and D-Wade (no The) in Miami. Your initial thoughts were not fit to print…care to elaborate in a more cleanly manner today?
Blake Murphy
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This is a Forbes story about the Knicks’ pitch to LeBron, complete with the slideshow presentation they gave him. Pretty cool!
Check it out! Three minutes long but well worth it. A fitting “sequel” to the “Cage Match” commercial from the last World Cup.
Two-Player Dunk, For Real
May 19
Courtesy of The Dagger, one of the coolest in-game scenarios I’ve ever seen. Two players alley-oop a ball together. Just watch.
According to this report from ESPN, NFL legend Marshall Faulk is encouraging the Chris Johnson Miracle Train to continue holding out for more money.
In the words of early-WWF Chris Jericho, someone should tell Marshall Faulk to pleeeeeease just shut…the hell…UP!
Seriously Marshall, shut up. Yes, Chris Johnson is holding out for more money. I understand that – he was by far the best running back in the NFL last season, and is due to make just $550,000 this season, less than almost every other unning back.
CJ28 deserves more cash, for certain. In the last year of his three year, $12M rookie contract, the Titans are probably open to the idea of an extension, because there’s no way you can risk losing a franchise-altering back like Johnson because you wouldn’t open up the pocketbook. This is the NFL, and everyone has to spend. But Faulk doesn’t think that will happen:
“Without a doubt, if more money is what he wants, he has to hold out,” Faulk, who is now an NFL Network analyst, told the newspaper. “You have to know who you are dealing with. The Titans aren’t known for caving in or paying, it doesn’t matter who you are. In my opinion, there is no way he can come in and play under the current contract.”
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Damn Shannon Brown. Seriously…that would have been maybe the greatest dunk in playoff history, and in the discussion for best of all time. Alas, a near miss…you know it’s a good near-dunk when a miss gets you texting friends and out of your seat. (Video courtesy of Ball Don’t Lie)
Hey, remember Alex Rios? He was one of the Jays top prospects for several years, burst onto the scene with a frustrating one-home-run rookie season, and then spent the next four and a half seasons tormenting Blue Jays fans by showing glimpses of superstar potential but never figuring “it” out? He of the crippling 7-year, $70M contract? He of the infamous revocable waiver placement, claim by the White Sox, and lack of revocation by the Jays? (Read: they gave him to the Sox to be rid of his contract.)
Remember him? Pretty good looking guy? Jerk to fans? And that unfulfilled superstar potential?
Well, uhh, shame on you, J.P. Ricciardi.
While Rios is unlikely to ever be “worth” his monstrous contract, he has been a revelation on the field so far this year, turning into exactly what Jays fans had always hoped he’d become. And yes, this could be yet another tease, but we’re now dealing with a 140-plate appearance sample size, and the production is not altogether unexpected (again, that potential!).
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I love these UFC Primetime shows. The current installment, for Rashad Evans v. Quinton Jackson on May 29, promises to be the best yet because of the history of trash-talking between the two parties. Episode 1 was exactly what I expected, full of training highlights, ego-massaging, and a whole lot of shittalking.
Head over to MMAWeekly and check it out.
“I don’t really like to say I hate people, hate’s a strong word. But I dislike that motherf—er.” – Rashad Evans
