I’m no rocket scientist, but it seems like it would be common sense for the gallery to stand *behind* any non-golf, sports star who’s about to tee off in a celebrity or pro-am tournament.
Especially one who has a well documented history of being as poor a golfer as Charles Barkley.
Especially if you’ve got your frickin’ kid with you.
This has nothing to do with sports, but I’m a big fan of pure, unadulterated joy.
This is Pedro Olivia, kayaker. Soon to be known as Pedro Olivia, kayaker who jumped off 127 foot Salto Belo falls in Brazil.
I know he’s Brazilian, but this just makes me want to chant U-S-A, U-S-A.
(via con leather)
A Good Salvo:
The Response:
I’m, of course, referring to letting himself be used as a prop for Nate Robinson’s final dunk in the 2009 Slam Dunk Contest. I can’t conceive of many other competitors in previous Slam Dunk Contests allowing themselves to be shown up in that way. Can you imagine the glare Michael Jordan would have given ‘Nique back in the day had Wilkins even begun to bring that up?
Bravo, Dwight Howard, for being such a good sport.
Video below:
Fantastic. I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the Altoona Quarrymen, too.
In an unrelated matter, Houston guard Aubrey Coleman received nine gift baskets from mysterious donors. The adjoined notes from Pullman, Corvallis and Tempe all had spelling errors.
Via: With Leather & The Dagger
Well, our little site is up and running and I personally can’t think of a better way to kick it off than a video or nine of John McEnroe losing his sh*t. And, for the ladies, there’s a little bit of Ivan Lendl in his “John Stockton shorts wearing” prime. Enjoy.
