Clearing out the bookmarks

Roundup of stuff I've kept bookmarked on my computer for too long and now have to let out here even though they are already dated. Enjoy:

One link and another, better one of LeBron being dunked on.




Really a trip how this turned out to be such a big bit of nothing. Nike and LeBron played themselves with the cover-up, making this whole getting dunked on thing bigger than it ever needed to be. In the end this was just a wasted flexing of corporate muscle. Good thing the swooshers can't control NBA footage or we'd have missed out on memorable moments such as those to the right.

I liked this Michael Silver story as well, it tells about the unlikely burgeoning relationship between Chad Ochocinco (I will try my hardest to make sure I can write that name as much as possible on this blog) and Denzel Washington (or as his increasingly aging female fanbase would say Denzel!).

Its good that someone has taken an interest in molding Ochocinco as a man cause he needs it, when he is able to fully measure his abilities as a football player with his abilities as an entertainer he's as interesting a figure as there is in sports. Sure, who the hell wants to be stuck in Cincinnati but Chad has a chance to be a hall of fame player- don't ruin that, cause it looks like that ring aint coming.

More NFL as we get closer and closer to training camps opening (Oh, boy! (c) John Witherspoon) — the changes in the NFL draft programming format.


I can get with this, I usually have to watch NBC's Thursday lineup (Office and 30 Rock in particular) on Hulu anyway because of work so I'm not worried about what runs up against the draft. What sucks though is that it changes the whole weekend culture of watching the draft nonstop on what would have otherwise been a lazy Saturday afternoon (also occasionally checking in on Sunday). Now a lot of people might be working during the draft, including a co-worker of mine who for years has had an all-day party at his place for the first day of the draft. People will adapt but I think a lot more people will have to settle for checking in updates for the picks while their boss isn't looking or worse, being forced to tune in during commercial breaks of "Grey's Anatomy." (My married brothas, don't give in).