Posted on 19 October 2009
Last year the Chamillionaire was telling a story about a run-in he had with Michael Jordan that ended with the baller dissing the rapper. Chamillionaire is still telling the story but he’s on video now. Let’s assume that time has enhanced the story a little. Read the full story
Posted on 12 September 2009
Michael Jordan was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame Friday night, and he gave a long, layered speech to accept his place among the King of Kings. The video below trimmed MJ’s speech down, but you can still hear him talk about his choice of David Thompson as his presenter, where his competitive nature comes from, and at the very end he gives us his plans for age 50. Read the full story
Posted on 14 July 2009
This video features Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley laughing it up and taking turns interviewing each other during a break from the 1996 Nike tour in Japan. I learned one thing by watching this clip: Michael Jordan was no better judge of talent in 1996 than he was in 2006. I apologize for the kung fu movie nature of the video. Read the full story
Posted on 06 July 2009
The year was 1988. Short-shorts were still in and Kenny Rogers could get NBA stars to show up at his “Classic Weekend.” There’s no way he’d get today’s equivalent of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Dominique Wilkins to show up at an event like this, even if it was being carried by the league’s broadcast partner. Read the full story
Posted on 05 July 2009
Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14 to capture his 15th Grand Slam title, giving him the all-time record for Slams. Federer leaves Pete Sampras behind at 14 titles, but it took a record 30 game fifth-set for Federer to unseat Sampras. Unfortunately, Andy Roddick comes up short again but he didn’t lose. He was beaten by a legend.
Nike had this commercial featuring Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Pete Sampras, Serena Williams, and John McEnroe congratulating Federer on standby. Read the full story
Posted on 26 June 2009
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
Posted on 19 December 2008
• Michael Jordan rumored to be marrying Yvette Pretio next week
In what is probably just an Internet rumor, MediaTakeOut.com is reporting that Michael Jordan is marrying Cuban model Yvette Prieto next week. After giving up $168 million in the divorce with Juanita I’d think MJ would be steering clear of marriage for a while.. As in, when the Bobcats win a championship. Read the full story