The Tennessee Titans‘ defensive players either really like Michael Jackson, or they were trying to get in early on the MJ tribute biz. Here are Eric King, Reynaldo Hill, Calvin Lowry, Marquice Cole, and Tony Brown performing “Thriller” at Cortland Finnegan’s 2008 leukemia benefit. To quote Charles Barkley “Michael Jackson is rolling over in his grave right now.” Read the full story

Michael Jackson’s sudden death on June 25th has inspired a flood of YouTube tributes to the begloved one. Seemingly everyone with Garageband and a webcam has posted an MJ cover or rapped over a break from one of his many classic cuts. But out of all the musical eulogies dedicated to the King of Pop, perhaps none have been as hilariously bizarre as the jewel dropped by new Laker Ron Artest. On “Michael Michael“, which could be best described as an emo-rap ballad, Artest once again proves that he’s the funniest unintentionally funny person in sports. Despite the off-key singing and suspect-at-best flow, the haunting hook is somewhat catchy. Read the full story

Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson spoke on stage at the Michael Jackson memorial to give their thoughts on the King of Pop. Kobe had a short statement while Magic told a story about himself and Michael. Read the full story

The passing of Michael Jackson came as a surprise and touched people around the world. Folks are still mourning his death. I’ve talked about Mike Jack’s connection to the sports world through Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and the NFL. In this video Michael sings the National Anthem as a member of The Jackson 5 before Game 1 of the 1970 Baltimore-Cincinnati World Series. Read the full story

LeBron James was named Best Male Athlete at the 2009 BET Awards and in keeping with the theme of the night, he had some words about the passing of Michael Jackson. (I apologize in advance for the Mystery Sciene Theater 3000esque anti-Kobe sentiment in the beginning of the video.) Read the full story

Michael Jackson, the greatest performer of our lifetime, died at the age of 50 in a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday. Before he became a pale-faced punchline the King of Pop was the biggest star on the planet. No Internet, no hype. Just dancing and hit after hit.

Nobody likes to admit it now (Like nobody admits to owning one of the millions of records MC Hammer sold) but there was a time when it was cool to be like Mike. It was common to see dudes sportin’ the orange Thriller jacket or one glove, and everybody tried to master the moonwalk. Read the full story

Many of you are probably too young to remember this but there was a time when Michael Jackson was considered a little strange but not Wacko. It was even cool for Michael Jordan to get dance lesson from Michael Jackson.

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