From the Chicago Tribune comes word today of a kid who could be the best 5th grade basketball player in the nation. Jaylin Fleming, a ten year old Chicago native, is tearing up the all-important AAU circuit and already being watched by colleges. Various NBA hot-shots have already given the kid a seal of approval, including Derrick Rose.
Denard Span was leading off a normal spring training game between his Twins and the New York Yankees today, when he fouled off a 3-2 pitch into the bleachers behind 3rd base. If you hadn’t already deduced from the title, guess who the ball hit?
After this incident Span promptly struck out, proving the fact that if Mom’s not happy, nobody is happy.
The New York Mets have experienced a precipitous fall since Adam Wainwright threw the curve-ball of his life in Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series. A rash of high-profile injuries, a managerial change, a new stadium, and extremely lofty expectations of a devoted fan base have placed the Mets under enormous pressure to perform at a level close to 2006, when they were the overwhelming favorites to win the National League.
In response to the news that one of my favorite Philadelphia athletes of all time may soon be donning (get it? DONNING) a new uniform, I present to you shocking news that Donovan McNabb may not actually like Campbell’s Chunky soup. Also, I love this kid.
And so I ask you, my friends: what are you terrible at?
Not pretty.
To recap, I had 7 of the Sweet Sixteen, 2 (!) of the Elite Eight, and only 1 of the Final Four. Which leaves me about tied with Paul Pierce.
The Five Buck Box, it rocks it rocks. But apparently not for Joey Porter, who was arrested on Saturday in California under suspicion of driving under the influence, a mere three days after signing a three year contract with the Arizona Cardinals.
When the officer asked to see Porter’s driver’s license, Porter allegedly tried to roll up his window. When the officer attempted to reach into Porter’s car to unlock it, Porter slapped the officer’s hand away, TMZ reported.
The CHP said Porter exited his car “in a confrontational manner” and refused to comply when the officer ordered him to the ground. Porter eventually agreed to put his hands behind his head and additional officers were called to the scene to assist in Porter’s arrest
Oh Peezy. I wonder if this is just another case of popcorn muscles.
YES! It’s future Nets owner, Russian “model” loving billionaire, Mikhail Prokhorov. Prokhorov will appear on “60 Minutes” this Sunday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in an interview with Steve Kroft. Below is an excerpt of how rich Porkhorov actually is, and how lucky he was in acquiring that wealth. It all started at a New Year’s party with “models” young Miky was flying in. Read on, after the jump:
A great piece by SI.com’s Lee Jenkins about the guy manning the middle for the current top seed in the Western Conference, who also doubles as my favorite current Laker. An excerpt after the jump:
In a story today on the worldwide leader, Milton Bradley had this to say about himself and his reputation in baseball:
“If I was a musician, I’d be Kanye West. If I was in the NBA, I’d be Ron Artest,” the 31-year-old former Expo, Indian, Dodger, Athletic, Padre, Ranger and Cub said this week. “In baseball, they’ve got Milton Bradley. I’m that guy. You need people like me, so you can point your finger and go, ‘There goes the bad guy.”
I thought it was a subtle, yet effective dig at Bradley that the Associated Press felt the need to write all of his former teams in that first sentence, instead of just saying “former Cub.” I like that.
Frankly, to me, Milton is acting like a college dropout. Someone that thinks they are walking as Jesus, but all they really need is a new workout plan. He’s not far away from it all falling down. Maybe Milton will one day touch the sky, but for now, the Expos, Dodgers, Athletics, Padres, Rangers, and Cubs all think he’s pretty much a gold digger. My personal opinion? Milton needs to get a lot stronger in order to be a champion and to one day live the good life. Until then, I only see flashing lights and lack of bling for Milton because you can’t tell him anything. So he should watch out in Texas. In short, drive slow, homie.
A lot has happened to our favorite volunteering virgin in the past few weeks. First he couldn’t throw at the Senior Bowl. After some work with respected quarterback coaches, he now sort of can, but he still needs a ton of work. Yesterday, a Florida receiver said it would be nice to play with “a real quarterback.” Now, news comes of a particular instance involving Tebow right before the Wonderlic exam was administered during the NFL Combine:
Per a league source, after the person administering the test to Tebow’s group had finished, Tebow made a request that the players bow their heads in prayer before taking the 50-question exam.
Said one of the other players in response: “Shut the f–k up.” Other players in the room then laughed.
Ouch.
You better believe that’s Stephon Marbury in an absurd gold jersey in the Chinese all-star game. As it turns out, Starbury has made quite a name for himself in the land of scary Summer Olympic opening ceremonies, as he threw up 30 points to walk away with the all-star game MVP.
The former Minnesota, New Jersey, Phoenix, and Boston point guard, twice an NBA All Star, scored 30 points at Beijing’s Wukesong Arena to lift his North team to a 133-121 over the South Sunday.
More than just his scoring, it was his array of “no-look passes, alley-hoops, and mid-point three-pointers” that won Marbury Most Valuable Player honors and rescued what had been “quite a dull game” according to the Xinhua news agency.
This is great and everything, but all I want to know is how the Chinese are reacting to his head tatoo.
At first, your esteemed authors here at YBTWTG wanted to stay anonymous. We wanted to say off-color things without offending people and without any real repercussions. We soon realized that that is lame, and we’ll just say whatever we want regardless. So you should know, dear reader, that of the 3 people who have contributed to this site, we are all of the Brown persuasion. For you uncultured heathens or the four people left who haven’t seen Slumdog Millionaire yet, this means that we are Indian.
And so ends one of the great four day stretches in any sport, as the Sweet 16 is set for the remainder of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. I imagine that there are very few people that could have accurately picked the winners over the past few days, and judging from just about every expert picking Kansas to win the whole thing, I’d say they all got Farokhmanesh’ed. As did I.
As we chug along through an exceedingly entertaining NCAA tournament, Gus Johnson has made himself relevant again. Johnson’s enthusiasm and passion makes every close game that much more exciting, and some Internet genius (most likely a 15 year old kid in his mom’s basement) has put all of Gus’ best soundbites in one place. Yes, ladies and gents, the Gus Johnson Soundboard exists. And that’ll get me through Monday.
