As co-host of ESPN‘s daily SportsNation show Michelle Beadle is a delight to watch. She’s part goofy, part nerdy and full on funny and hot sports chick. She doesn’t seem stuck up, does stuff like eat hot dogs on camera, throws great first pitches and balances it all enough to make regular guys feel like they got a chance with her, and it’s all helping raise her profile.

Her star at the network and beyond keeps growing and the latest example of that is her appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. Continue Reading

“Simple and plain, give me the lane, I’ll throw it down your throat like Barkley.” Nothing could F with that Chuck D line in 1987. A slimmed down but still round Charles Barkley was a rebounding and dunking machine and Public Enemy’s debut album Yo! Bumrush the Show was blowing up. It’s kind of amazing how much the rap game changed in the three years between Kurtis Blow’s “Basketball” and PE’s Rebel. Continue Reading

Danny Granger’s run as the No. 1 Ugly American was short lived thanks to Floyd Mayweather Jr. dropping racist and homophobic bombs on and around Manny Pacquiao via UStream early this morning. The 41-0 Mayweather has used UStream to connect with his fans the last couple of nights, even calling a lucky few that posted their phone numbers on Twitter. That’s what started his rant this morning. The NSFW video below has the highlights. You can check out the entire show here. Continue Reading

The Arizona Cardinals are looking to move quarterback Matt Leinart reports ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The decision shouldn’t come as a surprise because Leinart has failed to impress every time it was assumed he would be the starting QB. Since he’s been in Arizona Leinart has lost the starting job to Kurt Warner, fought off Brian St. Pierre for the backup spot, and lost the starting job again to Derek Anderson. The lack of confidence that teammates such as Darnell Dockett and Larry Fitzgerald had in Leinart showed even when they tried to be positive. A change of scenery is best for Matt he just has to hope it hasn’t come to late. Continue Reading

The defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics have reportedly signed free agent guard Delonte West today, acquiring a talented (and troubled) reserve for their suddenly very deep bench. The move also gave aspiring comics across Twitter some new material for Delonte West, LeBron James and “insert player’s mother” here jokes. Continue Reading

I said in a previous Sports Rap that athletes should stick to playing ball and let the rappers handle the music biz but as you know there are exceptions to every rule. The 1985 Chicago Bears and their “Super Bowl Shuffle” is one example.The beat is terrible and the rapping is worse, yet the song is a classic. So much so that Boost Mobile got the band back together in January for the 25 year reunion and actor and comedian Craig Robinson can recite the lyrics to this day. The bad news for Bears fans is the song also marks the end of their glory days. Continue Reading

LeBron James has had a busy (and if you’re outside of Miami, not so good) summer. There was the Decision, him joining Twitter, the ESPN article that allegedly existed at one point, the skinny jeans pictures in GQ magazine and much, much more. Everyone’s had something to say about the King, and not all of it was good. That led to his now infamous “mental notes” warning via Twitter and even more over-analyzing of his every move.

Luckily for us basketball fans, the season is approaching soon, which means we’ll all get back to watching the game. In one of the first glimpses of him practicing for his new Miami Heat team, LeBron proves what we all already knew, nobody can guard him. Not even Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. Continue Reading

Ice Cube makes the first of what will be his many appearances in Sports Rap with the most famous sports inspired rap lyric of all-time: “It’s ironic, I had the brew she had the chronic, the Lakers beat the Supersonics,” from “It Was a Good Day.” The line doesn’t stand the test of time thanks to Clay Bennett moving the Sonics to Oklahoma City but it’s still the gold standard for rappers dropping sports into their rhymes. Continue Reading

The Washington Wizards selected John Wall No. 1 overall with the hope that he starts a new era after Gilbert Arenas’ locker room gun “joke” embarrassed the team and the league. I spoke with the rookie guard at the Elite 24 event at Venice Beach for a hot second over the weekend. I was able to squeeze in questions about leaving the state of North Carolina to play ball at Kentucky, playing with Gilbert Arenas and Team USA. It sounds like the Wiz are in good hands. Continue Reading

Danny Granger of the Indiana Pacers is spending his summer vacation in Europe as a member of Team USA. Things are going great on the court -the squad is undefeated- but even with the team’s success Granger can’t wait to get back to the sweet air of the United States. According to Granger’s Twitter account Europeans don’t wear deodorant and smell like dead donkeys.. Which begs the question, when has Danny Granger smelled dead donkeys before? Continue Reading