February 17, 2008

The 50th Daytona 500 is in the Books, And Dale Jr. is Already Unhappy!

And I couldn’t be more happy. Really. I was sent text messages by a bunch of my buddies to notify me that the race was ‘goin’ down,’ like I had no clue. I couldn’t have watched more than eight minutes of the race. Let’s see. I’ll chronicle a time line of my big race viewings:

5:50 [...]

February 17, 2008

Dwight Howard Brings Back the Dunk Contest

Maybe the title is a little deceiving. Sure, he probably didn’t bring it back completely, but what he did last night brings the context of it into a 3/4th’s trip to fruition. And to tag along to the last post (Superman That Basket), here’s the video of Howard throwing it down.

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February 17, 2008

Superman That Basket

I didn’t watch the NBA’s slam dunk contest last night; I watched it at 5AM this morning (courtesy of DirecTV DVR).

Flipping it on, I didn’t think the contest would be all that much. Really, if you discount Dwight Howard and Gerald Green from the mix, then it would have been a dull contest. I [...]