Welcome to Hell, Mark Cuban

If I remember correctly, the inferno section of Dante's Divine Comedy contains the idea of contrapasso for sin punishment. Essentially, the process by which souls serve penance for the nature of their sins lived during their lifetime.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will probably have to deal with something in the after-life whether it good or bad. However, right now it appears that his NBA contrapasso is not allowing the Mavericks to win a NBA championship.

The Mavericks were eliminated by their hated-rivals the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday Night as Mark Cuban looked on in pure hopelessness. Cuban is one of the few polarizing figures in the NBA when it comes to owners whether you love him or hate him and the continuously breath of the Mavericks failure in the post-season continues to haunt him like the Ghost of Christmas Past.

There was once a time that the Dallas Mavericks were a perennial laughing-stock of the NBA and the words, "Dallas Mavericks, NBA Champions" would only probably appear on a sketch for Saturday Night Live. However, since Cuban has taken over ownership of the team, they have become perennial playoff contenders and have had ten consecutive 50 win seasons.

However, what most NBA fans remember the Mavericks for in recent memory is their futility in the playoffs. It appeared that they finally reached their pinnacle in the 2005 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat and were mere minutes away in game three from securing their first ever NBA championship. Then the NBA powers that be decided to play a trick on Mark Cuban and give Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade, "Michael Jordan powers" and steal the series away.

After that game, the Mavericks have never been the same. The 8th seeded Golden State Warriors upset them in the first round in the following season and Dallas has made it out the first round once in the past three seasons.

For Mark Cuban, this must be absolute torture for someone who has been so successful in the business world. I think Cuban should consider bringing on a shaman/pastor to rid the Mavericks of these metaphorical demons. (If it worked for the Tampa Bay Rays, it might work for the Mavericks.)

Whatever is ailing this team, Mark Cuban's going to have to figure it out relatively quickly since his stars are beginning to show age and the young complementary pieces can only keep you afloat for so long.

If not, Mark Cuban's NBA version of contrapasso will continue to repeat itself, again and again.

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Send in the Links (4/29/2010)

-> Tiger Woods had sex with 121 women while married to Elin, move over Wilt! (SportsbyBrooks)
-> Mike Ditka Speaks the Truth (Sportress of Blogitude)
-> Jenn Sterger does a Ben Roethlisberger joke on Sports Soup (NESW Sports)
-> Remembering Jimmy V (Midwest Sports Fans)
-> Oh Look, More Left-Handed Quarterbacks in the NFL (Great Sports Name HOF)

Today's Moment of Awesome: Inside the NBA's Cybele Death-Defying Dunk



(Courtesy of That NBA Lottery Pick)

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Oregon State Basketball Coach Craig Robinson on Jimmy Kimmel Live

On last night's edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live, one of Jimmy's guests was Oregon State Basketball Coach and brother of Michelle Obama, Craig Robinson. (Not to be confused with the guy from the Office and Hot Tub Time Machine)

Robinson is currently peddling a book about his trails and tribulations as a college basketball player and growing up as Michelle Obama's brother.

The interview itself it includes some gems about playing with Michael Jordan and who would win in a game of one-on-one, him or Barack Obama?

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Terry Bradshaw's Birthday Surprise for Jay Leno

On the list of things that I need to un-see, the beginning of the below clip is defintely high on the list.

NBC talk show host Jay Leno birthday was yesterday and he got a special birthday surprise from FOX NFL analyst Terry Bradshaw. Hey, it's not everyday that the person coming out of the cake has won four Super Bowls.

The rest of the interview is rather mundane at best but since I can't stop seeing Terry Bradshaw pop out of the cake, I'd figure that you guys need that image planted in your head as well.

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Fozzie Bear Would Approve of Shakira's World Cup Song, "Waka Waka"

Previously on Outside the Boxscore, we mentioned that Shakira would be the artist enlisted with the duty to write the 2010 World Cup song for South Africa.

Well, Shakira did not dissapoint with the song entitled, "Waka Waka, This Time For Africa".



I know that some of you out there in interweb land have different opinion about Shakira but I will say that this is a pretty catchy tune.

We at least know that Fozzie Bear would approve.

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Chester Taylor's Take Me Out To The Ball Game Rendition - Not Good

Chicago Bears running-back Chester Taylor was recently on hand to sing Take Me Out To the Ballgame at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

After asking fans if they wanted to win Super Bowl, Chester decided to use his vocal chords to belt out something resembling it.



Hopefully for Chester's sake his singing isn't a premonition of the Bears 2010 season.

(Courtesy of Clubhouse Cancer)

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Erin Andrews on Jimmy Kimmel Live

On last night's edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live, they decided to do a little cross-promotion with Dancing with the Stars as ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews sat down to do a little chattin' with Mr. Kimmel.

She touched on rumors of a relationship with her dance partner, her overanalyzation of her hips, and chatted about staying with her sister.





(Courtesy of The Big Lead)

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Your Weekly Erin Andrews/Chad OchoCinco "Dancing with The Stars" Update- Week 6

For those of you that want to keep up to date on ESPN's Erin Andrews and Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad OchoCinco's progress on Dancing with the Stars but don't want to watch the entire episode, we here are Outside the Boxscore will keep you updated.

It was Week 6 and the competition was starting to heat up as the final seven dancers competed for votes.

Chad Ochocinco and his partner Cheryl Burke decided to bust out to the Argentinian tango to the song, "Mas De Los Mismo"



Erin Andrews and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy went the route of the samba and decided to dance the night way to Robin Thicke's, "When I Get You Alone".

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Coca Cola's Interesting 2010 World Cup Commercial - "Quest"

The World Cup is coming up and it was only a matter of time until Coca-Cola decided to create their own interesting commercial.

Essentially, it's a CGI-epic about a boy who is looking for his own celebration.

I'm not sure about the commercial itself but there are Brazilian robots to say the least.

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Most Awesome Goal Celebration EVER

Most of you out there in interweb-land have probably seen almost every goal celebration possible and we've chronicled alot of them on this site.

Well, this one enters into the territorial awesome that is reserved for the few that deserve it.

It's comes to us from Danish Superliga as Bajram Fetai scores a goal and then goes on an awesome fake-punching rampage.



I even think that Charles Barkley would have approved of those punches unless they came from Kenny Smith.

(Courtesy of With Leather)

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Lebron James Half-Court Heave vs. Chicago

Before the first round series between the Chicago Bulls/Cleveland Cavaliers, Lebron James commented that the Chicago Bulls would be seeing a "different Lebron James".

Well, they have so far and the below half-court shot might just be the beginning of the terror that is the "New Lebron James".

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Matt Millen Screws Up Another NFL Draft

Just when you thought that Matt Millen would finally have an NFL Draft where he wouldn't screw up on something, Matt Millen screwed up on something.

Millen playfully made a comment toward ESPN's Ron Jaworski in reference to the term, "Polack" which can be construed as an offensive term to someone of Polish descent.

The people over ESPN were not too happy about that comment and forced Millen to make the below apology.



I guess that Mike Williams wasn't Millen's worst decision after all.

(Courtesy of Tirico Suave)

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Fantasy Drafthelp: Fantasy Triple Crown Draft

On this past week’s edition of THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER on SportsTalkNetwork.com (Wednesdays at 9 pM EDT), we held our annual Triple Crown fantasy draft. To add an extra layer of challenge, we conducted it before this Wednesday’s draw for position at the Kentucky Derby – indeed, some of the horses drafted have already been held out of the Derby and may get their first chances to run at the Preakness.

League guidelines are as follows:

^ Three-round standard serpentine draft.
^ Points awarded separately for each race in the Triple Crown, with results being totalled after the Belmont.
^ Points for each race awarded as follows: 15 points for a win, 10 points for place, 5 points for show.
^ First tiebreaker after completion of the Triple Crown is most wins in your “stable.”
^ Second tiebreaker after completion of the Triple Crown is the biggest margin of victory for your winner.

Participants drafted in the following order: FDH horse racing analyst Toe-Knee Holtcamp, FDH Senior Producer Steve Cirvello, FDH Managing Partner Rick Morris, FDH horse racing analyst Bob Glassman

ROUND ONE
1 Toe-Knee: Lookin at Lucky
2 Steve: Eskenderya
3 Rick: Sidney’s Candy
4 Bob: American Lion

ROUND TWO
1 Bob: Setsuko
2 Rick: Endorsement
3 Steve: Awesome Act
4 Toe-Knee: Stately Victor

ROUND THREE
1 Toe-Knee: Line of David
2 Steve: Noble’s Promise
3 Rick: Blind Luck (filly)
4 Bob: Dublin

Excellent coverage can be found throughout the course of Triple Crown season at The Aspiring Horseplayer.

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The NHL: Where Players Pull Out Their Own Teeth Happens

Recently, I read an article about a poll that said that almost 50% of people were scared to visit the dentist with a dental problem. I'm not sure if Washington Capital Eric Belanger was or not but he decided to take his own dental health into his own hands.

In game five of their playoff series with the Montreal Candiens, Belanger took a high-stick to the face from Montreal's Marc-Andre Bergeron. Belanger eventually made his way back to the Capitals bench and was looked at by their athletic trainer.

During the look-over, Belanger and the trainer noticed that a tooth was dislodged by Bergeron's high-stick. Belanger, in ultimate tough-guy fashion, decided to do away with the tooth altogether by pulling it out himself.

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Alexander Ovechkin "Snows" Little Kid

For those of you that do not know what the term "snows" means, it's essentially when any figure skater or hockey player create a puff of snow when making a sharp cut on the ice.

Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin decided to take out his "snowing" on a Montreal Canadien little goal-tender as he was holding a flag for the Canadiens entrance in game four of their playoff series.



It's tough to tell from the video if it was deliberate or not but if you need another reason to hate Alexander Ovechkin, you got one.

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Send in the Links (4/23/2010)

-> The Term "Pause...No Homo" Was Made For This Video..Steelers First Round Draft Pick Kisses Twin Brother (No Guts, No Glory)
-> The NFL Draft Production Values Have Really Improved With Time (Sportress of Blogitude)
-> Jon Gruden Curses During NFL Draft (The Lead Graf)
-> Is Gus Johnson the voice of Madden 11? (Black Sports Online)
-> Some Story about Ben Roethlisberger and Elephants....It's Not What You Think (CBS Sports)

Today's Moment of Awesome: Craig Sager's Haunted Hotel Room



(Courtesy of That NBA Lottery Pick)

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The Infamous Brian Kownacki Leap

Fordham's Brian Kownacki leaps the catcher to score in an incredible comeback win against Iona.

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Outside the Boxscore/Fantasy Draft Help 2010 NFL Draft Live Blog

Hello fans and readers of Outside the Boxscore, it's that time of year again
for the best collegiate football players to be drafted into the National Football League.

In conjuction with our 21st Century Media Alliance partners, Fantasy Draft Help.com in presenting our 2010 NFL Draft Liveblog.

So come join us starting tonight at 7pm est/4pm pst for our thoughts on how the Detroit Lions will somehow screw up their first round pick, What would Tim Tebow do if the Raiders draft him and numerous references to Alison Brie, Anna Kendrick, and Jenna Fischer.

Will be here, the question is will you?



 

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Florida Atlantic and Western Kentucky Rain Delay Fun

Florida Atlantic and Western Kentucky players took turns entertaining each other and the fans by acting out hilarious skits during a 2 hour rain delay before their game.

Which team put on the best show? Well you will have to check this out to see for yourself.

courtesy of(FAUOwL)

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Regis Philbin likes those Pittsburgh Pirates

The recent history of the Pittsburgh Pirates has been mired in the losing variety but their is one famous celebrity that is still hopeful that they will turn it around soon.

Talk show host and former game show host, Regis Philbin has jumped on the Pirates bandwagon on some level.

Recently on an episode of "Live with Regis and Kelly", Regis decided to let everyone know that he is pulling for them to win the NL Central.



(Courtesy of Rum Bunter)

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More Awesome Randy Moller Goal Calls - Part 4

Previously on Outside the Boxscore, we have chronicled the weird and wacky goal calls of Florida Panther radio play by play guy Randy Moller.

Well, here is the final video for this NHL season which includes General Larry Platt, Randy Moss, Freddy Krueger and that guy from the Old Spice commercials.

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Breaking News: Ben Roethlisberger Suspended 4-6 Weeks For Start of 2010 NFL Season

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger found out his fate today in regards to his suspension for the beginning of the 2010 NFL season.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended Roethlisberger for the first four to six weeks of the season which can be shortened to the four games if Roethlisberger completes a treatment process which includes clinical evaluations.

The suspension was warranted after Roethlisberger had violated the NFL's personal conduct policy based on allegations that he sexually-assaulted a college student in a night-club in Milledgeville, Georgia. This has been Roethlisberger's second alleged sexual assault which dates back to 2008 after he allegedly assaulted a women in a Lake Tahoe hotel in 2007 after she filed a civil lawsuit against him.

There has been numerous rumors that the Steelers are shopping Roethlisberger for a top-10 pick in Thursday's NFL Draft but at this point, there is no confirmation that a deal has be completed. Although, the Steelers have acknowledged that they have been receiving trade calls about Ben Roethlisberger.

The Steelers back-up quarterbacks include recently-acquired Byron Leftwich, Charlie Batch and Dennis Dixon making the possibility that Roethlisberger could be moved for the right price.

Roethlisberger is currently in Pittsburgh and has not publicly commented regarding the suspension.

(Some information used in this article is from The Washington Post)

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Tell How Us Really Feel, Charles Barkley

During last night's T-Mobile Halftime Report for the NBA Playoffs, two female fans sent in a question for Charles Barkley regarding whether he prefered blondes or brunettes.

Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson decided to have a good laugh about it but Charles decided to fight back.



(Courtesy of That NBA Lottery Pick)

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"Shaq & Shapuppets" Sing Jessie's Girl

Previously on Outside the Boxscore, we posted two videos of Cleveland Cavalier Shaquille O'Neal singing Aaliyah/Rick James on his UStream page.

Well, Shaq is back at it again as he and a couple puppets sing the Rick Springfield #1 hit, "Jessie's Girl".



(Courtesy of That NBA Lottery Pick)

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Joe Montana's Still Got Great Accuracy

Former San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh once said that one of the reason that he decided to pick quarterback Joe Montana was due to his quick and accurate delivery.

Well, the good folks over at Sketchers decided to create a viral video campaign around Montana's accurate arm.

In the below videos, it features Montana doing some simple passing drills and throwing to wide receivers at the beginning of each video.

Then, Montana decides to show-off a bit by hitting targets that are normally not intended receivers. It has been noted by sources close to the productions of these videos that there were no camera tricks used and that Montana is making all the throws.





(Courtesy of Orlando Sentinel's College Gridiron 365)

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Todd McShay's Touch Screen Troubles

With the NFL Draft less than 48 hours away, I have a sinking suspicion that some you out there are already anticipating your NFL tickets for the upcoming season.

ESPN's draftnik Todd McShay is full NFL draft at the moment which probably explains why he is having so much trouble with ESPN touch-screen display board.



(Courtesy of Tirico Suave)

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Your Weekly Erin Andrews/Chad OchoCinco "Dancing with The Stars" Update Week 5

For those of you that want to keep up to date on ESPN's Erin Andrews and Cincinatti Bengals wide receiver Chad OchoCinco's progress on Dancing with the Stars but don't want to watch the entire episode, we here are Outside the Boxscore will keep you updated.

For this week, it was movie night where each couples dance was to an iconic song from a hit movie.

Erin and her partner Maksim Chrmerkovskiy danced the Jive to Pulp Fiction's, "You Can Never Tell".



Chad Ochocinco and his partner Cheryl Burke danced the quick-step to the Jungle Book's, "Bare Necessities".

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Lebron James Posterizes James Johnson

If you asked me to make a list of current NBA players who have the ability to throw down a nasty dunk on an opponent, Lebron James would be pretty high on the list.

Below is a pretty good example of his dunking ability as he posterizes Chicago's James Johnson in Cleveland's victory in game two of their playoff series by the score of 112-102.



(Courtesy of No York)

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Andre Ethier Home Run Causes Fan to Lose Nachos

On first glance, this homerun from Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier appears to be innocent at best.

However, the real terror comes from an overzealous fan trying to go after the ball while going down the stairwell.

The nachos never saw it coming...



(Courtesy of Deadspin)

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Stay Clutch, San Jose Sharks

It has been well-documented that the NHL's San Jose Sharks have had great regular seasons only to come up short in the playoffs.

So, when they finished as the overall #1 seed and faced #8 seed Colorado Avalanche, you knew something was bound to go wrong.

With the series tied at 1-1 in game three, San Jose's Dan Boyle was clearing the puck out to his goalie, Evegeni Nabakov. Then only something that could happen to the San Jose Sharks gave Colorado the 2-1 series lead.



(Courtesy of Hockey Webcasts)

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EPIC FAIL - Yankees Ballboy Tosses Away Jorge Posada's 1,500th Hit Ball

One thing that I do know about professional athletes is that they love keeping mementos/memorabilia related to their playing career.

So, when Yankees catcher Jorge Posada collected his 1,500th career hit, you'd assume that someone would make sure that the ball would be placed in a safe place for Posada to collect it later.

Well, the Yankee ball boy who retrieved the ball didn't receive that message as he tossed the ball into a bucket which appears to contain a bunch of other baseballs.

The best reaction is from Yankees announcer Michael Kay who flips out when it happens.



(Courtesy of Big League Screw)

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Strikeforce: Nashville MMA Brawl - Get Outta There Gus!

Just when you though that Mixed Martial Arts couldn't get any more brawl-worthy, the Strikeforce event in Nashville being shown on CBS had a pretty intense brawl.

One of the premier fights of the night, Jake Shields took on Dan Henderson for the Strikeforce middleweight title. Shields eventually won the fight by unanimous decision and retained his middleweight title. CBS's Gus Johnson was doing a post-fight interview with Shields, when all of sudden, another MMA fighter Jason "Mayhem" Miller decided to interrupt the interview which sparks a brawl.



To note, Gus Johnson got that "cop-speed" as he got out of there as quickly as possible when he saw the brawl coming.

It will be interesting in the coming weeks if CBS decides to discontinue their coverage of MMA events based on this fiasco.

(Courtesy of Bloody Elbow)

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Winner of the Week: Awesome Baseball Games

Usually, on some bi-weekly or weekly basis, we pick something, some team or some person to dub the "Winner of the Week".

Here is this week's: Awesome Baseball Games

On a day where the NBA and NHL playoffs were supposed to shine, Major League Baseball decided to make some noise by playing two incredible regular season affairs yesterday.

The first came when the Colorado Rockies/Atlanta Braves faced off in Atlanta, Colorado pitcher Ublando Jimenez threw the first no-hitter in Colorado Rockies history. Yep, that's right it was the first in their history and just think of all those great pitching talents that have come through Colorado. (Obviously, I'm trying to enhance this.)

Not only did we see a no-hitter on Saturday, we also saw a 20 inning affair between the St. Lous Cardinals and the New York Mets which lasted a grant total of 6 hours and 53 minutes.

For those of you playing at home, a grand total of three NBA playoff games were completed and two NHL playoff games finished before the Mets/Cardinals had the Mets pulling it out by the score of 2-1.

So, congrats awesome baseball games, you are the Winner of the Week.

Things that Missed the Cut: Caron Butler's Talking Abe Tattoo, Kevin Durant Being Disrespected, and Drunk Phillie Fan Vomits Everywhere

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Nevada Wolfpack Mascot FAIL, Falls Off Minor League Baseball Dug-Out

Personally, my heart goes out to the men and women who are mascots. They essentially play a thankless role in the sporting society where they are loved by kids and parents but ultimately depised by most.

Recently, the Nevada Wolfpack collegiate baseball team were playing an exhibition match vs. the local AAA affiliate for the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Reno Aces.

During a break in the action, the Aces mascot, "Archie" and the Wolfpacks mascot, "Wolfie" decided to dance on top of the dug-out to entertain fans. The only problem for Wolfie is that he misjudged his moonwalk and fell into the dug-out below.

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Jordan Lewis Gets Knocked Out Cold

Jordan Lewis of the Hawthorn Hawks gets knocked out cold by Jarrod Harbrow of the Western Bulldogs in a good old Australian Rules Football Game.

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Top 10 Dunks Of The 2009-2010 NBA Season

Here is a look at the top 10 jams, dunks, and jams of the 2009-2010 season in the National Basketball Association.

(Courtesy of Huffington Post)

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The Green Men Are Back At It Again

The "infamous" green men were back in action during the first game of the Los Angeles Kings/Vancouver Canucks first round playoff affair.

If you need more on the story check it out at these links, here, here and here.

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Send in the Links (4/16/2010)

-> Midwest Sports Fans Podcast with NFL.com's Gil Brandt (Midwest Sports Fans)
-> Shakira will sing World Cup Anthem (Sportress of Blogitude)
-> Jared Allen's IPhone App is EPIC (No Guts, No Glory)
-> GSNHOF Field Trips to Reds-Cubs (Great Sports Name HOF)
-> A Magic 8 Ball Predicts the First Round of the NBA Playoffs (That NBA Lottery Pick)

Today's Moment of Awesome: Every Painting in Museum of Modern Art in 2 Minutes

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Fantasy Drafthelp: 2010 NBA Playoff Fantasy Draft Board

Here are Fantasy Draft Help's 2010 NBA Playoffs Pool Fantasy Draft Rankings:

FORWARDS
1 Lebron James
2 Pao Gasol
3 Antawn Jamison
4 Carmelo Anthony
5 Dirk Nowitzki
6 Carlos Boozer
7 Kevin Durant
8 Paul Pierce
9 Tim Duncan
10 Kevin Garnett
11 Amar’e Stoudemire
12 Caron Butler
13 LaMarcus Aldridge
14 Rashard Lewis
15 Josh Smith
16 Ron Artest
17 John Salmons
18 Lamar Odom
19 Stephen Jackson
20 Michael Beasley
21 Gerald Wallace
22 Jeff Green
23 Paul Millsap
24 Richard Jefferson
25 Luol Deng

CENTERS
1 Dwight Howard
2 Andrew Bynum
3 Shaquille O’Neal
4 Al Horford
5 Marcus Camby
6 Mehmet Okur
7 Anderson Varejao
8 Zydrunas Ilgauskas
9 Nene
10Channing Frye
11 Leon Powe
12 Joakim Noah

GUARDS
1 Kobe Bryant
2 Joe Johnson
3 Chauncey Billups
4 Mo Williams
5 Vince Carter
6 Deron Williams
7 Delonte West
8 Jameer Nelson
9 Jamal Crawford
10 Jason Terry
11 Tony Parker
12 Derek Fisher
13 Manu Ginobili
14 Dwyane Wade
15 Steve Nash
16 Rajon Rondo
17 Jason Kidd
18 Jason Richardson
19 Andre Miller
20 Ray Allen
21 JR Smith
22 Brandon Jennings
23 Russell Westbrook
24 Derrick Rose
25 Anthony Parker

TOP 25 OVERALL
1 Lebron James
2 Kobe Bryant
3 Dwight Howard
4 Pao Gasol
5 Antawn Jamison
6 Andrew Bynum
7 Joe Johnson
8 Carmelo Anthony
9 Dirk Nowitzki
10 Shaquille O’Neal
11 Chauncey Billups
12 Mo Williams
13 Carlos Boozer
14 Vince Carter
15 Deron Williams
16 Delonte West
17 Jameer Nelson
18 Jamal Crawford
19 Kevin Durant
20 Paul Pierce
21 Tim Duncan
22 Jason Terry
23 Tony Parker
24 Derek Fisher
25 Manu Ginobili

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Jimmy Kimmel Outsources Tiger Woods Joke to Indian Call Center

Recently, late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has been at the forefront of the Tiger Woods scandal joking phenomena.

However, even he has gotten bored with it and decided to outsource a recent Tiger Woods joke to a fake Indian Call Center using Skype.



Huh, I always thought that it was Pizza Hut because of the slogan, "Gather Round the Good Stuff".

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An Amazing 5-Year Old Baseball Player

Meet, Ariel Antigua. If you were to look at him on the street, you would just assume that he is just like any normal five-year old kid.

The only difference between Ariel and other five year old kids is that he can hit an 85 mile-per-hour pitch. Yep, that's right, he can hit a 85 mile-per-hour baseball pitch.

Watch this amazing video from The Hot Corner Training Facility in Lyndhurst, New Jersey as Ariel hits 85 mile-per hour pitches in a batting cage. To note, Ariel is a pretty good fielder as well.



Brian Cashman is on the phone.....

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Miss Cleo Predicts Lebron James NBA Future

(Public Service Announcement: Recently, our partner site, That NBA Lottery Pick was named as an ESPN SportsNation Site That They Like and we here at Outside the Boxscore would like to congratulate them on receiving that honor.)

One of the underlying questions of the upcoming NBA off-season is the future location of one, Lebron James.

Well, ESPN SportsNation decided to enlist the help of every one's favorite Jamaican psychic, Miss Cleo to predict the answer.



(Courtesy of That NBA Lottery Pick)

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Ray Allen Can't Take His Eyes Off Of Marisa Miller

Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Marisa Miller attended last night's Chicago Bulls-Boston Celtics game and was pulled out of the audience to do a skit with Chicago's mascot, Benny the Bull.

Miller thought that she would be doing a mock photo shoot but Benny decided to turn the tables on her.

However, the real gem of this clip is Celtics guard Ray Allen who does not take his eyes off this performance.



(Courtesy of That NBA Lottery Pick)

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Female Phillies Fan Gives Lap Dance to Guy in Scooter

One thing that you have to say about Philadelphia Phillies is that they are at least giving on some level.

The below video features a relatively drunk female Phillies fan giving a lap dance to a very appreciate guy in a scooter.

Allegedly, this lap dance went on for over five minutes but the person recording the video could only catch the final 17 seconds on video.



Somewhere "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is playing.....

(Courtesy of Bob's Blitz)

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Nothing Goes Together Like Rugby and Furry Streakers?!?

There have been many things that I have seen during a rugby match but this one might take the cake.

We set sail for Hong Kong for the Rugby 7 tournament as two people dressed up as furries decided to scamper out onto the field and start climbing the goal posts.

One of them leads the security on a wild chase that would have even impressed John Bunnell.

(Video is SFW)



(Courtesy of Busted Coverage)

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Terry Bradshaw Rips Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger

Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw talks about his relationship with current Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger and his troubles off the field.

Bradshaw says,"he doesn't like me and I'm learning not to like him".

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The Phillie Phanatic as Lady GaGa

My favorite sports mascot of all-time has to be the Philadelphia Phillies, Phillie Phanatic.

Well, during Philadelphia's home opener, the Phanatic decided to parody Lady Gaga by dressing up as her and dancing to "Bad Romance".

To note, that is former MLB player and current Washington Nationals third base coach Pat Listach, the Phanatic is following.



(Courtesy of The 700 Level)

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Andy Sutton Destroys Drew Stafford

For some reason, I must have missed this clip from last weekend's Buffalo Sabres-Ottawa Senators game but it's well worth the watch.

Ottawa's Andy Sutton decided to lay the wood on Buffalo Sabre Drew Stafford. The hit itself was so devastating that Stafford left the game with a concussion.

Don't worry about him though, he's recovering from it.



(Courtesy of Empty Netters)

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Derrick Rose Nasty Reverse Dunk vs. Celtics

During last night's Boston Celtics-Chicago Bulls affair, Bulls guard Derrick Rose decided to throw down this awesome reverse slam seen in the below video.



Derrick Rose for Slam Dunk Contest 2011? Anyone?

(Courtesy of Docksquad Sports)

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Send in the Links (4/13/2010)

-> Jeremy Shockey's dating life is getting a little desperate (Chicks in the Huddle)
-> Finally, I can pick Ricky Ray in the first round, eh? (With Leather)
-> James Harden Posterizes Martell Webster (We All Scheme.com)
-> Ben Roethlisburger goes creepy guy hair-cut on us (Sportress of Blogitude)
-> The Top 70 Missed Slam Dunks in NBA Slam Dunk Contest (That NBA Lottery Pick)

Today's Moment of Awesome: Shawn Marion's off-the-backboard slama-jama

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Your Weekly Erin Andrews/Chad OchoCinco "Dancing with The Stars" Update--Week 4

Well, Dancing with The Stars is now in week four of the competion and it's starting to heat up for ESPN Erin Andrews and Cincy Bengals wide receiver Chad OchoCinco.

Erin was up first this week and she busted out her version of the tango to "Sweet Dreams are Made of These" by the Eurythmics. If I speak for most men in America, this might be the highlight of our week.



Ocho decide to break out this week with solid moves during his version of the Rumba to Alicia Keys, "Try to Sleep with a Broken Heart."

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Huh, Florida Marlins Fans Can Brawl Too

Previously on Outside the Boxscore, we featured NHL fans in some rather interesting brawl but who thought they could get it on in warm-weather places as well.

During last Saturday's Marlins-Dodgers affair, a couple drunk Florida Marlins fans decided the action on the field wasn't enough for them and started a rather large brawl.





(Courtesy of No Guts, No Glory)

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Fantasy Drafthelp: 2010 Stanley Cup Playoff Pool Draft Board

Here are Fantasy Draft Help's 2010 Stanley Cup Playoff Pool Draft Rankings:

FORWARDS
1 Alex Ovechkin
2 Nicklas Backstrom
3 Alexander Semin
4 Patrick Kane
5 Sidney Crosby
6 Evgeni Malkin
7 Jonathan Toews
8 Ilya Kovalchuk
9 Marian Hossa
10 Patrick Sharp
11 Zack Parise
12 Henrik Sedin
13 Henrik Zetterberg
14 Pavel Datsyuk
15 Daniel Sedin
16 Johan Franzen
17 Dany Heatley
18 Patrik Elias
19 Tomas Fleischmann
20 Derek Roy
21 Travis Zajac
22 Mike Knuble
23 Thomas Vanek
24 Brooks Laich
25 Ryan Kesler
26 Joe Thornton
27 Patrick Marleau
28 Anze Kopitar
29 Joe Pavelski
30 Shane Doan
31 Brendan Morrison
32 Jeff Carter
33 Alexei Ponikarovsky
34 Mike Richards
35 Chris Kunitz
36 Wojtek Wolski
37 Devin Setoguchi
38 Ryan Clowe
39 Jason Spezza
40 Simon Gagne
41 Pavol Demitra
42 Jamie Langenbrunner
43 Daniel Alfredsson
44 Alexandre Burrows
45 David Krejci
46 Danny Briere
47 Jason Pominville
48 Jason Arnott
49 Lee Stempniak
50 Dustin Brown
51 Milan Hejduk
52 Paul Stastny
53 Patrice Bergeron
54 Chris Stewart
55 Tim Connolly
56 Ryan Smyth
57 Scott Gomez
58 Tomas Plekanec
59 Matt Duchene
60 Peter Mueller

DEFENSEMEN
1 Mike Green
2 Duncan Keith
3 Sergei Gonchar
4 Nicklas Lidstrom
5 Drew Doughty
6 Brian Rafalski
7 Tom Poti
8 Andy Greene
9 Jeff Schultz
10 Tyler Myers
11 Dan Boyle
12 Jack Johnson
13 Paul Martin
14 Chris Pronger
15 Ed Jovanovski
16 Niklas Kronwall
17 Matt Carle
18 Shea Weber
19 Jason Demers
20 Brent Seabrook
21 Keith Yandle
22 Brian Campbell
23 Zdeno Chara
24 Andrei Markov
25 Mathieu Schneider

GOALIES
1 Jose Theodore
2 Martin Brodeur
3 Ryan Miller
4 Marc-Andre Fleury
5 Roberto Luongo
6 Jimmy Howard
7 Evgeni Nabokov
8 Antti Niemi
9 Cristobal Huet
10 Jonathan Quick
11 Pekka Rinne
12 Brian Elliott
13 Tuukka Rask
14 Craig Anderson
15 Semyon Varlamov

TOP 25 OVERALL
1 Alex Ovechkin
2 Nicklas Backstrom
3 Alexander Semin
4 Patrick Kane
5 Sidney Crosby
6 Evgeni Malkin
7 Jonathan Toews
8 Duncan Keith
9 Ilya Kovalchuk
10 Marian Hossa
11 Sergei Gonchar
12 Jose Theodore
13 Patrick Sharp
14 Zack Parise
15 Henrik Sedin
16 Henrik Zetterberg
17 Martin Brodeur
18 Pavel Datsyuk
19 Daniel Sedin
20 Nicklas Lidstrom
21 Johan Franzen
22 Ryan Miller
23 Marc-Andre Fleury
24 Dany Heatley
25 Patrik Elias

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Dog Makes Waste At Minor League Baseball Game

Picture this if you will, a minor league baseball team named the Northwest Arkansas Naturals decided to do a promotion with Iams to help shelter dogs get adopted.

They decided to bring one of the dogs available for adoption for the promotion but he got away from his handler.

Then he saw that wide-pitch of grass out in the outfield, I think you guess the rest.



(Courtesy of OSG Sports)

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I Miss The Old Phil Mickelson....Sort Of

With Phil Mickelson's third victory at Augusta, he joins a select group of golfers who have won a total of three or more green jackets who include Tiger Woods, Jack Nickalus and the great Sam Snead.

The Phil Mickelson story has been one of the more compelling golf stories (not named Tiger Woods) with both his wife and mother being diagnosed with breast cancer and it was a nice end to the tournament with Phil's one single tear for his wife as she hugged him at the 18th green.

However, there is some part of me that wants to see the old Phil who was known for coming up short and making bonehead decisions. I don't know why, it's something that I can't explain. Phil Mickelson and Winner, those words just seem foreign to me on some level like peanut butter and sauerkraut.

Every sport needs that talented player or team that consistently came short on the grandest stage. Phil was that in the world of golf and we loved him for that, much like the Cubs in baseball, he was the lovable loser that we cheered for no matter what cost where we essentially knew that he would come up short.

Now, that has completely changed, Phil has his place in history as one of the golfing greats and arguably the best golfer in the world at the moment. As much as I love the fact that Phil has finally decided to break through and take over his sport for this period of time, there is part of me that wants to see Phil somehow snatch failure out of the jaws of victory.

While Tiger Woods is dealing with his 15 paramours and irritated wife, Phil's career has changed it's course and he will become the guy who everyone wants to be and who advertisers covet. It's a far-cry from the guy who hadn't won a major for almost twelve years in the PGA circuit and had the infamous, "Major Monkey" on his back.

During the Masters, there were many opportunities for Phil to crumble from that infamous pine seed to his terrible tee shot on 12 which landed him in the rough. Instead of collapsing like a folding chair, Phil persevered and landed the victory.

Phil's legacy has been changed from lovable loser to three-time Master champion but in the end, "failure" Phil is just a memory for Mickelson now but I will always remember him.

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Shaq Singing Rick James and Aaliyah on UStream

For those of you that don't know what UStream is, essentially it's a location where regular people and celebrities broadcast themselves through web-cam or video recording device to the world.

Well, Shaquille O'Neal recently was on UStream and well, he decided to let his singing do the talking.





(Courtesy of That NBA Lottery Pick)

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Chan Ho Park Had Diarrhea

One thing that I know about sports reporters is that they seemingly ask every single question in the book regarding players.

Well, one intrepid reporter asked New York Yankee pitcher Chan Ho Park regarding a possible sickness which could have affected his pitching performance.

Then Chan Ho decided to let out the details:



(Courtesy of The 700 Level)

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Evander Kane KO'S Matt Cooke

Matt Cooke tries to entice Evander Kane into a fight and Evander Kane accepts the challenge and knocks him out.

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Saturday Night Live, "The Masters"

Over the weekend, actress and nerd-crush Tina Fey returned to the Saturday Night Live crew as she guest-hosted last night's show.

One of the more memorable skits from that show was this parody of CBS's coverage of the Masters where Tina Fey plays a "Tiger Expert" named Ashlyn St. Cloud.

Near the end of the clip, it also shows a brief spoof of the Tiger Woods Nike commercial.

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Injury Strikes Milwaukee Brewer Sausage Race

In life, there are many that we know for sure that are going to happen: death, taxes, and the Milwaukee Brewer Sausage race.

Well, sadly in Saturday's race during the Cardinals-Brewers affair, The Polish Sausage went down with an injury.

Watch the gruesome video below:



Sadly, Randall Simon was not present to be questioned.

(Courtesy of Joe Sports Fans)

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Texas Stadium Goes BOOM!

The former home of the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Stadium, was knocked to the ground on Sunday morning.

It housed the Dallas Cowboys from 1971-2008 and held numerous concerts, indoor events, and other sporting events. All in All, it took about 19 seconds to go down.

Goodbye, Texas Stadium.



(Courtesy of National Football Post)

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Tiger Woods Thinks "He Sucks...Goddamit"

If I remember correctly, Tiger Woods during his Masters Press Conference said that we would see a more subdued and in-control Tiger Woods.

Well, during the third round of the Masters at hole 6, Tiger decided to berate himself after hitting a bad shot by saying, "Tiger Woods, You Suck, Goddammit".



Hey, if no-one else is going to, it might as well be Tiger.

(Courtesy of Bob's Blitz)

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Evan Turner and Wesley Johnson on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Amazed by Science Bob

During last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy had collegiate basketball stars Evan "The Villian" Turner from Ohio State and Syracuse's Wesley Johnson sitting in the audience.

They got into some friendly banter and Jimmy wished them luck in their future endeavours.



Later in the show, Jimmy had a guest named "Science" Bob Pflugenfield who did some science experiments and the show took reaction shots from Evan and Wesley during them.

Let's just say that Evan Turner got pretty excited about this part of the show.

(For those who don't want to watch the entire video, the reaction shots come at the 0:12-0:15 mark and 4:50-4:52 mark.)



(Courtesy of Eleven Warriors)

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Send in the Links (4/09/2010)

-> Why Did Butler Head Coach Brad Stevens get his contract extended to 2022? (No Guts, No Glory)
-> Tim Tebow to be cover-boy for NCAA Football 2011 (Kotaku)
-> Street Kombat: Brad Pitt vs. Lebron James (That NBA Lottery Pick)
-> Dunker Gets Foot Caught in Basketball Net (HoopsNotes)
-> Ellen DeGeneres Hates America....Survey Says (Warming Glow)

Today's Moment of Awesome: College Professor's Shadow Has A Mind Of It's Own!

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This Week in Unnecessary Censorship Featuring Tiger, Coach K, and Erin Andrews

For those of you that have never seen an episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live", he does this weekly segment called, "This Week in Unnecessary Censorship" where they show a series of clips and use bleeps and blurs to make the clips appear dirtier than they actually are.

This week's edition features clips from golfer Tiger Woods, ESPN Sideline Reporter Erin Andrews, and Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski.

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More of Jimmy Kimmel Rippin' on Tiger Woods

On some level, it's incredibly easy to take shots at Tiger Woods right now but late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has made it into an art-form.

Here are the latest videos from last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live where Jimmy talked about Tiger's return to golf and the backlash from his latest Nike Commercial.

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Huh...Even Airplanes Can Heckle Tiger Woods

On some level, I expected that there would be at least some sort of backlash coming from fans when Tiger Woods played in his first organized golf tournament since "The Worst Thanksgiving Ever".

However, I didn't expect the backlash to come from the sky. Allegedly, someone paid a Toledo Ad Agency to fly these aerial messages in regards to Tiger Woods transgressions near Augusta National Golf Course for The Masters. There will be a total of six messages and the first two were flew-by today.

In the above picture is the second message they flew-by which said, "Sex Addict? Yeah. Right. Sure. Me Too!" and the first one can be seen in the below video.



"Tiger Did You Mean...Bootyism?". Ha Ha Ha.

(Courtesy of Out of Bounds)

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David Wright and Jersey Shore's "The Situation" get into some "Situational Training"

The geniuses over at the VitaminWater advertising department have created this latest commercial featuring New York Mets third baseman David Wright and MTV's "Jersey Shore", Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino.

Essentially it's just a bunch of work-out clips in a montage based on a faux interview with David Wright.

In the end however, if I learned anything from Jersey Shore, "If you see a situation happening, it must be The Situation."



(Courtesy of SI.com Hot Clicks)

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Michelle Beadle Parodies Tiger Woods New Nike Commercial

Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you have probably seen the latest Nike advertisement for Tiger Woods.

Well, our good friends at ESPN SportsNation created their own parody of it with co-host and Outside The Boxscore favorite, Michelle Beadle.

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Send in the Links (4/08/2010): Special Tiger Woods Edition

We here at Outside the Boxscore have a glut of Tiger Woods links that we haven't found a place to house them, so enjoy this special, "Send in the Links: Tiger Woods Edition"

-> The Tiger Woods Soundboard...YES! (Slate)
-> The Daily Show's Take on Tiger Woods (Dogs that Chase Cars)
-> Super Tiger, a NESW Sports Digital Short (NESW Sports)
-> A Cavalcade of Tiger Woods New Nike Commercial Parodies (Kissing Suzy Kolber)
-> Oh Look, Tiger Woods latest paramore is the next-door neighbor's daughter (IVillage)
-> Oh Look, Pictures of Tiger Woods "Girl Next Door" (With Leather)

Today's Moment of Awesome: David Letterman's Top Ten of How To Improve Tiger Woods Image with Tom Hanks reactions

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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Tiger Woods New Nike Commercial

Recently on Outside the Boxscore, we featured Tiger Woods new Nike advertisement which featured the voice of his father, Earl Woods.

Well, Jimmy Kimmel decided to make fun of that commercial with his own version of it which features his mother, Kultida Woods doing the voice over.

Fantastic.

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Pittsburgh Pirates, "Time to Shoot Some Hot Dogs"

The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently off to hot start this season by winning their first two games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Many baseball fans and baseball experts are asking, what is the reason for the Pirates early season success this year?

Well, I think it's the introduction of hot dog shooting at PNC Park and the scoreboard video which accompanies it, as seen below:



Huh, "And Get Yourself Some Meat" is my new pick-up line.

(Courtesy of Pittsbugh Sports and Mini-Ponies)

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Butler Head Coach Brad Stevens on David Letterman

Although the dream died for the Butler Bulldogs in the National Championship game, there was at least one positive for Butler head coach Brad Stevens.

He got to appear on Monday Night's "The Late Show with David Letterman" (in a taped appearance) to talk about the game and Butler's magical run in the NCAA tournament.

Letterman even pleaded with him to take over his Alma Mater's (Ball State) basketball team but Stevens didn't take the bait and praised their head coach, Billy Taylor.



(Courtesy of Beyond the Arc)

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