Kobe Bryant has teamed up with Nike to design a new low-cut basketball sneaker. The sneaker, which is unusual in today’s world of basketball thanks to high-tops which provide more ankle support, weigh a meer 11.6 ounces.
Players who wear the low-cut sneaker will need to tape their ankles to prevent injury. Release for public purchase is scheduled for February.
For more details, check out this Yahoo! Sports feature by AP Sports Writer Tim Reynolds.
The Daily News is reporting that the New York Yankees have signed CC Sabathia to a 7 year $160 million dollar contract. While the details are still not confirmed, it sounds like Brian Cashman met with CC Sabathia and his wife at their home in San Francisco where they came to an agreement that upped the original 6 year $140 million offer.
Even with today’s economy as it is, there was a common belief within the industry that sports were protected from the economic downturn. Today, we’ve learned that isn’t completely true. According to the New York Times, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has announced that the NFL will cut 150 jobs after the upcoming Super Bowl. Compared to some other recent corporate layoffs 150 may seem like a small number, but it represents nearly 10% of the NFL staff. Job cuts will affect the New York, New Jersey, and LA offices for the NFL.
The 2008 Summer Olympics in China are awesome so far, right? Records are being broken, political leaders are gathering, and 41 year old Dana Torres will be the oldest female swimmer in the history of the Olympic games. Yet, I am disappointed to find that all of this good news is overshadowed by some disturbing bad events.
To begin with, there was the stabbing of 2 US tourists which lead to the death of Todd Bachman, father of 2004 volleyball Olympian Elisabeth Bachman. His wife, Barbara, was also seriously injured during the attack at a popular Beijing tourist site.
The latest news out of Beijing is that some of China’s female gymnasts may be underage! Bela Karolyi, coach of the US female Olympic gymnastics team, has made it clear that he believes the Chinese competitors are under the age of 16 when Olympic rules state that athletes must be at least 16 during the calendar year in which the Olympics take place. They sure do look young, don’t they?
Summertime is officially here, and with it comes a whole new set of extravagant toys.
For those of you who are avid water lovers, I highly suggest you check out the Seabob. The Seabob brings water sports to a new level. Relaxed gliding, sporty driving or diving safely under water. It’s all possible! Yes, that’s right, the Seabob actually makes it possible to move through the water like a fish. Either on the surface or at depth.
With different models ranging from 3HP to 7HP, when it’s in its element the Seabob looks like an easy-to-use fun-sport machine… and it is also completely environmentally friendly.
Ah, the good old days. When New Jersey Nets basketball thrived and anyone who wished had the opportunity to sex Mutombo. But with the trade deadline ended, the Nets have let go of the most important player in franchise history not named Julius Erving, after years of subtracting the players Nets fans truly appreciated. So as I mourn a team that seems doomed to being irrelevant until they move to Brooklyn, allow me a few words of rememberance to former players, and wishful thinking to those that remain.
Jason Kidd
Without him, this team would have moved to Brooklyn already. And not a shiny new Bruce Ratner funded arena, but a dilapitated building in Bushwick that would still draw more fans then the Meadowlands. He introduced the Tristate area to crazy wives before Anna Benson and the former, richer Mrs. Strahan, and convinced slightly motivated and highly overpaid versions of Alonzo Mourning and Vince Carter to wear the Nets blue/white/grey/red/whatever jerseys.
Plus, it’s a shame the Navy recently shot his kids head down from space. Christ, it’s like Sputnik.
Vince Carter
A disaster 3 days before he got here. Remember that Nike commerical with Carter and Jefferson going toe-to-toe in dunks before he was traded to New Jersey? The commercial was funny because they were the same person, only Carter had a little more skill, and half as much heart, energy, ethics, personality, and 100% less balls and 200% more vagina. Seriously, would anyone in 2003 have traded what K-mart brought to the Nets for this Vinidiot? Because that’s essentially what happened. Thanks, Bruce Ratner, for giving us this piece of shit.
Jason Collins
Tim Duncan: Righty tighty, lefty loosy!
O, Unsung Soldier,
We miss thee.Ye were brought to us for the rights to Eddie Griffin,
along with RJ and Brandon Amrstrong.
You could not score,
You could barely rebound,
You were helpless against Shaq,
But dammit, you were always there,
And you always made a few good plays,
and you defended everyone but Shaq extremely well,
And you were a good teammate.
And most importantly,
Griffin got drunk and drove into an oncoming train at the age of 25,
and now we have shittin’ Stromile Swift.
You are way better than either of those assholes.
We miss thee,
O, Unsung Soldier.
Todd MacCulloch
Eric Snow: Stick with me, bitch, I’ll have you pulling in $125 a night! Now you see that older gentleman over there?
Todd MacCulloch:*Gulp*
Speaking of Unsung soldiers, Todd brought more intangibles to this team by spacing out the offense and passing well and playing respectable defense. But since he played in the time where Shaq could destroy him, we got rid of Todd for…
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo
aka Dikembe Mutombo
WHO WANTS TO SEX MUTOMBO!!!
Devin Harris
Our new Net! Traded to us from a team poised for a spirited playoff run to a semi-homeless pile of crap. Drinks Appletinis. Heal up from that sprained ankle and report to Riker’s pronto, Devin.
Clifford Robinson
The last active member of the early 90’s Portland Trailblazers I so dearly loved. Then he started getting suspended a lot, including with the Nets in the playoffs against Miami when we really needed him. I blame these guys:
GA: Uncle Cliffy!
AJ: Wanna talk to Sampson?
LH: Fucking Chicago!?!? Aw, C’mon!!
Yinka Dare
HAHAHAHAHAHAH
Brian Scalabrine
HAHAOHOHOAHAOHOHO
Gheorge Muerasan
I couldn’t find the “Score one for Zee Kids!!!” commercial, but maybe the ESPN Dancing commerical will suffice at explaining the glories of My Giant.
Drazen Petrovic
Aw. Germans drive fast, making his death somehow more tragic then Yinka Dare’s. What, you didn’t know Yinka died 4 years ago?
Keith Van Horrrrrn
Derided as being soft and unclutch even after making the shot that beat Indiana. Also, Ken used to say “Keith Van Horrrrrrrrrrn!!!” before missing a beer pong shot. Now he will earn $4,300,000 to sit on a bench for a month. Lucky bastard.
Kenyon Martin
Yeah Bruce, it’s always a good idea to trade away the jowelly heart and soul of a team for draft picks, and then trade those away for the heartless, souless Carter. Choke on Jay-Z’s dick, please.
Richard Jefferson
Save us, Obi Wan Jefferson. You’re our only hope. The only Net left from the glory years, a guy who came to our team on draft day 2001 in exchange for a guy who drove his car into a frigging train. Start hanging out with Obama and learn some speeches, because our hope lies in you, The Nad, and a guy holding an appletini. With that, I think I might need to start hanging out with Antwan and Gilbert again.
According to ESPN, Brett Farve has told the Packers that he’s retiring.
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