Archive for November, 2010


Barack Obama’s Basketball Injury Gets Animated

Barack Obama was recently injured playing pickup basketball at the white house, getting elbowed in the mouth and receiving twelve stitches as a result.

Taiwanese news team Next Media Animation relays the news in animated form, which has led to worldwide fame. They broke onto the sports scene after their Tiger Woods incident video, and have since produced videos related to Brett Favre, Tony Parker-Eva Longoria and now the president of the free world himself.

The news report seems like an accurate representation. Maybe Obama’s secret service should include a basketball coach from now on, who could tell him it’s not practical to try and guard his opponent outside the arc in a pickup game.

Mark Cuban Predicted the Miami Heat’s Downfall

I don’t know if you could call it a downfall since they were never on top, but Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban apparently told LeBron James and Maverick Carter during the summer that the Heat would struggle to succeed.

Before the Heat faced Cuban’s Mavs on Saturday night, LeBron revealed the billionaire entrepreneur to be a “very sly guy.” Cuban apparently texted James during the summer to warn him about a potential talent-taking to South Beach.

Cuban also confirmed this.

“When he was making his decision, what I told him, and I told Maverick, was that no team had ever blown up a team of all their core, then added a couple of free agents and won. It’s always taken someone to come into a good team to make it better and put them over the top. That’s what I told him.”

The Mavericks beat the Heat to drop their record to 9-8, and no doubt leaving a subtle smirk on the face of Mark Cuban.

Episode 3 of The Sporting Rave Podcast is now available, with Jon Jaques of Cornell and internet fame joining me to talk life overseas as a professional athlete and college hoops.

He played a big part in Cornell’s impressive Sweet Sixteen run back in March, and gives an inside look on how the team prepared for the likes of John Wall and friends at Kentucky.

“Blue Chips,” a college basketball blog at SlamOnline.com, is run by Jaques and gives him a platform to display his expertise on the sport.

As always, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes by searching ‘the sporting rave’ and keep a look out for upcoming podcasts in the future.

Opening Track: Kanye West – “All of the Lights”

Dirk Nowitzki Spoofs Kanye West in Dallas Mavericks Video

The Dallas Mavericks know how to run a promotion, as shown by their Caron Butler Old Spice parody last season to display playoff tickets.

Nearly 20 games into the new season they’ve taken Kanye West’s “Power” music video and ran with it, creating a spin-off with Dirk Nowitzki in Kanye’s shoes.

The Mav’s version is nearly identical, with Dirk posing the part of Kanye and Dallas cheerleaders taking the place of the girls in the original video. Gotta love the inclusion of the big gold chain.

Thanks to Richard Sirois for the tip!

Seth MacFarlane Creates LeBron’s Nightmare

Seth MacFarlane is known as the creator of shows such as Family Guy and American Dad, and now he’s taken his talents to the internet.

His web series on YouTube called ‘Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy’ began with none other than an animated short featuring LeBron James and his Nike shoes, although not in the context you would suspect.

The clip played before the main segment of MacFarlane’s show, and is a sponsored spot by Nike.

LeBron James Launching Kids Furniture Line

Say what you will about South Beach’s finest, LeBron James just might be the most creative athlete in professional sports.

While sour Cleveland fans are cursing his name and burning his jersey, Mr. James has been helping the middle class of America find cool furniture for their kids.

‘Home Court by LeBron’ is a kids furniture line that needs no explanation, it’s kids furniture. You can check out extras and even catch LeBron’s girlfriend in on the action on the official website.

Having two kids, what better way for LeBron to show the community he is a caring soul by creating a kids furniture campaign, no doubt with the juniors in mind.

I do however look forward to catching the Cleveland local news on YouTube after fans are filmed burning the custom beds with arena-style steps. Watch the commercial below.

‘Fast Don’t Lie’ Gets Auto-Tuned

Adidas launched a viral campaign featuring actor Ken Jeong, Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose entitled ‘Fast Don’t Lie.’

The marketing scheme was designed to sell Rose’s new shoes, but thanks to the auto-tuning Gregory Brothers it has been transformed into a catchy tune as well.

The Gregory Brothers are the same people behind ‘Bed Intruder’ and ‘Double Rainbow,’ and have a webs series on YouTube called Songify This. They gave Slim Chin and the series a tuneup to create a legitimate song.

Ryan Miller Reenacts “Caddyshack” as Carl Spackler

Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller made headlines during the winter Olympics this year after leading Team USA with a couple of spectacular performances.

He has also seen the ultimate guy film Caddyshack close to 100 times, according to the Vezina trophy winner himself. Apparently that’s at least one too many times submerged in the classic 1980 film to take on the role of Carl Spackler, originally played by Bill Murray.

ESPN made him film-ready and set him up with all he needed, a golf club and some flowers.

Bear Grylls Takes on Tony Hawk’s Challenge

When people think of “big air,” they naturally think of skateboarder Tony Hawk, who has to have at least 10 video game titles in his name.

So when you mix the world’s most famous adventure expert Bear Grylls with the world’s most famous trickster, you’re going to get one crazy stunt.

Watch Bear attempt the third and final challenge of the Degree Men Chain of Adventure web series below.

The Sporting Rave Podcast is back for episode two, and with another special guest yet again.

Sports guru JR Sport Brief gives his take on all things sports on his YouTube show of the same name, and has graced the podcast with his presence today. He is currently the most subscribed individual sports figure on YouTube, sitting at nearly 30,000 subscribers.

Before reaching internet fame JR was a TV producer for the MTV show Man and Wife, and it was at a production meeting for the show where he got the idea for JR Sport Brief.

Check out the podcast below for his full story and more sports talk, and when you’re done be sure to check out JR’s show.

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