Move the Crowd

Check out the video of the Brazilian boy-wonder soccer player.

I watched “Unforgivable Blackness - The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson” over the last two nights on PBS. Ken Burns has produced another fascinating documentary (also see The Civil War and Jazz). If you missed it, I highly recommend seeing it. It’s being aired a few more times this week [...]

When asked about the $10,000 fine he got for his ‘fake moon’ during the Green Bay game Randy Moss had this to say:

Reporter: “Write the check yet, Randy?”
Moss: “When you’re rich you don’t write checks.”
Reporter: “If you don’t write checks, how do you pay these guys?”
Moss: “Straight cash, homey.”
Reporter: “Randy, are you upset about the [...]

(Here’s the video of the fight)
Or maybe I should have said “I went to an NBA game and the Vibe Awards broke out”. In case you haven’t heard / seen it by now - “Fight breaks out between fans & players at NBA game“. WTF is going on? The NBA can’t get [...]

I just saw this in the EUR. I can’t say I’m surprised, but still… damn!!!

KOBE’S VIRGINIA WOMAN: ‘SI’ reports on player’s admission of consensual sex with a second woman.
“Sports Illustrated,” journalist Jeff Benedict has obtained a sealed statement made by Kobe Bryant and recorded by police before he was arrested for the rape of [...]

I just heard this new rap from Shaq on PTI:

Even with wings you never as fly as me …
you remind me of Kobe Bryant trying to be as high as me (somebody in the background says ‘Punk!’ right here!)…
but you can’t …
even if you get me traded …
wherever I’m at, I’m Puffy; you Mase and [...]

Old girl won’t testify in the criminal case, but she wants her $$$ so she’s gonna press on with the civil case. That’s some bullshit!

Prosecutor to Drop Rape Charge Against Kobe Bryant
DENVER (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant rape case will ask a judge on Wednesday to drop the rape charge against the [...]

Those nails can’t be aerodynamic

It’s ain’t easy, but Michael Phelps has got to do it. For some reason this picture reminded me of this ESPN article: ‘Sex, Olympics go hand in hand.’

Funny how nobody wants to talk about this, but everybody’s thinking it… A white guy wins a sprint?!?! It’s like we’re [...]

If you’re a hip-hop and basketball fan go read this article about some of the ties between the two. It’s a good exploration of how the two have influenced each other, although I think the author gives Michael Jordan a little too much credit on the fashion tip. There’s definitely a chicken & [...]