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I’ve seen this commercial countless times but never noticed the VERY last second until ML friend PD pointed it out. That little smile is proof of how “tough” the cowboys are. Dude should just quit and go do Dancing With The Stars. And yeah I know Brain Dawkins is in this too, but he’s more like a stage prop.
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When they aren’t covering Phelps merking the competition, the NBC news crew gets down righteously in China (watch till the end):

Over in Japan they got Monkeys successfully eluding the 5-0.

Video / News Article (Click the AP video on the left sidebar).

These both amuse me, sue me.

So I was reading about Ben Gordon most likely waving the peace sign to the Chicago Bulls real soon, which isn’t shocking at all.  But there was something else that caught my eye:

Gordon spoke at the "Bowling Bash and Celebrity Fundraiser" thrown by his New Life Foundation in Yonkers, N.Y. The event was seeking to raise money for the sports department at Mount Vernon High School, Gordon’s alma mater. The school, which has a vaunted basketball program that’s produced several NBA players, is in danger of losing its winter and spring sports teams.

Philadelphia 76ers forward Elton Brand, Charlotte Bobcats forward Emeka Okafor, UConn coach Jim Calhoun, rappers Irv Gotti and Heavy D and former world boxing champion Iran Barkley were among the celebrities in attendance.

Just a simple clarification I’d like to throw up for the folks at ESPN after seeing this last paragraph. Irv Gotti, as much as he fits the “image”, is not by any means a rapper. Have a good weekend, Virgin Festival review TODAY.

While we are trying desperately to put into words what we witnessed on Sunday enjoy another example of Kanye’s genius.. whats the biggest thing going on right now? Olympics.. + clever play on that + puppets on that crank yankers tip= Win.

More Kanye funnyness; Nike+ Human Race Spot:

Both Via Fader

Thanks to the homie RG.

Michael speaks the truth at some thing he was doing for kids. I am not a Lakers fan, so I love to see Kobe get hated on. Plus, we get to see a 45 year old Mike cram on some kid at the end.

Now all we need is a Ron Artest freestyle.

Video stolen from You’ve Been Blinded

ML’s favorite Ron Artest got traded to the Houston Rockets; At first things didn’t seem so smooth with Yao questioning Artest:

“Hopefully, he’s not fighting anymore and going after a guy in the stands,” Yao said, according to the Chronicle.

Is he ok with Ron working a second job at the Circuit City & his rapping though?? Anyway, this what Artest responded with:

“I understand what Yao said, but I’m still ghetto,” Artest said, according to the report. “That’s not going to change. I’m never going to change my culture. Yao has played with a lot of black players, but I don’t think he’s ever played with a black player that really represents his culture as much as I represent my culture. Once Yao Ming gets to know me, he’ll understand what I’m about.

Can you really be ghetto if you are a millionaire many times over? I would love to hear him break it down regarding that, if I ever get a chance to ask, I would (lord knows I’ve been trying to get a hold of dude for a few years now).

With things cooling down..

By Wednesday night, though, Artest was already downplaying the controversy in an appearance on a Sacramento radio show he frequents — KHTK-AM’s Carmichael Dave show — and describing himself as “a Yao Ming soldier.” Artest also tossed out the possibility of traveling to China to show support for Yao during the Olympics.

Yea..Somebody call ESPN or HBO, they HAVE to have one of those behind the secnes documentaries of the Rockets upcoming season.

ML has never mentioned Tennis before, at least I don’t think. But we had to acknowledge this- today’s Singles final match between Nadal & Federer can only be described as epic, no matter who’s side you were rooting for. What a way to spend 6 hours on a Sunday.

If you have been reading ML for long enough you know we have been intrigued about the Homeless World Cup going a few years back. When you combine that with our appreciation for documentaries, Kicking It, a documentary about the Homeless World Cup is something we are naturally all over. Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis (his blog is where we found out about the project) produced the film. The movie is in limited release in DC at the moment and will air on ESPN in September.

Kicking It trailer after the jump.

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One word: Fanzam. I never thought I could call a Zamboni gully, till now.

From Storming Images:

The FANZAM is a Zamboni that has been stripped down and turned into a smoke blowing, light flashing PR machine. This FANZAM has custom seating, 3 Xbox 360s, 5 LCD monitors, 2 LED signs, a fog machine, strobe lights, custom paint, air suspension, air horn, 12,000 watt car stereo–just about everything!

If you need more new Iron Mike content, director James Toback recently premiered Tyson, a documentary where Iron Mikes talks about Iron Mike. When it premiered at the Cannes festival last week it garnered a huge response. Popwatch caught up with both Tyson & Toback to talk about the documentary, read the insightful (some might say too insightful, but if you read the whole thing, guess what part I’m talking about in the comments.) at EW. Also, if any of you see the trailer for this floating around, hit us up!

Bonus: NY Times writeup on the documentary.