Posted on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 08:58:18 AM EST in NBA
More on: Chris Bosh, Stephen A. Smith, Raptors, Manute Bol, insult, mad, Dwight Howard, NBA (all tags)

Not a whole lot gets under the skin of Toronto's twinkling star Chris Bosh. He's usually a fun-loving, joke-cracking kind of guy who doesn't seem to have a problem chuckling at himself or his good friend Bubba, but even the nearly seven-footer has his breaking points; like being compared to Manute Bol.

Chris Bosh has lashed out at a "classless" American broadcaster he feels crossed the line in a personal attack.

Stephen A. Smith, a prominent ESPN analyst known for his loud delivery and over-the-top commentary, compared Bosh to former NBAer Manute Bol on Friday, chastising the Raptor all-star for playing soft and being unable to lead his team to any significant level of success. The comments about the team and the game aren't what irked Bosh, it was dragging in the name of Bol, a 7-foot-6 beanpole, who was more an oddity than a factor in his career.

"If you have respect for someone, you expect that same respect back," Bosh said yesterday. "If you're a classless person like that, I mean, I guess that shows how you are, what kind of person you really are.

"If you criticize basketball, criticize the game, criticize the team but don't do anything personal."

But Bosh said he doesn't need to use Smith's comments to get him more motivated for the series against the Orlando Magic.

"I don't have to prove anything to that guy, plain and simple," said Bosh. "If that's what he wants to do, that's what he's going to do. If that's what makes him happy, to try to bring other people down, good for him.

"If LeBron (James) wasn't doing so well, he'd probably dog him, too. If Dwight (Howard) wasn't averaging 20 and 10, he'd talk bad about him."

It's true, S.A.S. probably would be bashing Howard if he wasn't posting double-doubles like a man possessed. But we wouldn't recommend it. Heck, even good friend and 6-foot-10, 230-pound freak of nature Bosh wouldn't recommend getting into a scuffle with the gigantic Howard.

Howard said the two would "wrestle" every now and then but Bosh wants no part of recalling any physical confrontation.

"I wouldn't say that," said Bosh. "I might grab him and mess with him, but as soon as he gets for real, I back off. He's too strong."

Links:
[TheStar.com]: Bosh takes a shot at ESPN's Smith

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Posted on Mon Mar 24, 2008 at 04:45:08 PM EST in Other Sports
More on: Roy Jones Jr, Anderson Silva, boxing, UFC, pole-vaulting, wiffle ball, Cubs, Stu Scott, Stephen A. Smith, Brent Barry, Alex Ovechkin, G.I. Joe, Odds and Ends (all tags)

The war for fighting supremacy between boxing and mixed martial arts has been going on for a while now and it looks like we might finally get a little clarification on the matter. NBC Sports is reporting that there are talks going on concerning a boxing bout between the UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and boxer Roy Jones Jr.

Alan Hopper, director of public relations for Don King Productions confirmed that talks are ongoing, and characterized them as "preliminary."

"Roy likes the idea and is up for it," Hopper said. "It's being discussed. Roy will only agree if the match takes place under the rules of boxing, and UFC would have to clear Silva's participation.

Making the fight a boxing match clearly gives the advantage to Jones Jr., but that doesn't mean it can't be an interesting contest. If the WWE's Big Show takes down Floyd Mayweather Jr. at WrestleMania and Silva knocks off Roy Jones Jr. then it could be nighty-night for boxing. It's a black eye at the very least.

In other news...

[FanIQ.com]: Pole-Vaulting keeps getting sexier and sexier.

[BestWeekEver.tv]: Wiffle ball is more than a game to this dude, it's an obsession.

[CBS2Chicago.com]: Some "sweet" artwork for a Cubs fan's crib.

[Awful Announcing]: Stu Scott channels Stephen A. Smith.

[StupidVideos.com]: 58-inch box squat jump.

[KCBD.com]: Brent Barry is back in black (and silver).

[On Frozen Blog]: Alex Ovechkin is in good company.

[Sportsocracy.org]: G.I. Joe fans, we've got two words for ya: Snake Eyes.

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Posted on Fri Jun 29, 2007 at 04:39:23 PM EST in NBA
More on: Stephen A. Smith, Tiger Woods, video, Odds and Ends, Red Sox, Greg Oden (all tags)

The hilarious videos just keep on coming as we've now gotten our grubby little hands on a clip of a puppet named Stephen A. Smith giving us an inside look at the NBA's coming out party (via the fellas at Awful Announcing). In addition to the back stage discussions with some of the league's newest stars, S.A.S. was gracious enough to give up the commentary on, well, the actual, real life, super annoying Stephen A. Smith. Now, we never have liked the guy, but thanks to this video, we like him even less than Slava Medvedenko and Rasho Nesterovic.

Watch out Triumph, there's a new insulting sock in town.

In other news...

[ADN.com]: What the hell is in the waters of Alaska to produce 350+ pound fish!?!?

[NBC12.com]: Danica might be going Britney Spears on us.

[The Big Lead]: Woody Paige got a vasectomy. Uh, TMI.

[Our Book of Scrap]: Red Sox fan chugs a cup of mustard. Mmmmmmm, mustard.

[WISTV.com]: Another day, another f'd up twist in the Chris Benoit story.

[WAVE3.com]: NFL Europe finally folds; now we're just waiting on the WNBA to go under.

[OrlandoSentinel.com]: Tiger Woods' guest house goes up in flames. Don't worry; we're sure he has another one somewhere.

[SI.com]: Greg Oden wants to clean up the number 52's ugly image.

And finally, for all your drunken sports fans out there who hate drinking warm beer, we've got one word for ya: Hopsicle!

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Posted on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 02:11:40 PM EST in NBA
More on: Stephen A. Smith, ESPN, ebay (all tags)

Stephen A Smith haters, your time is now. Act now for your chance to have an "In-Studio visit with Stephen A. Smith"! This auction on ebay gives you two tickets to a taping of Quite Frankly (approximate value $.25), lunch for two at the ESPN Zone in NYC (approx value $40), two tickets to the First Annual NY Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, and a chance to meet Stephen A. Smith (approximate value $.01 to $1,000 depending on whether you plan to heckle him.). Note that the winning bid doesn't include transportation or accomodations. So far there are three bidders and the bidding is at $581.

Think about it. How many times has Stephen A ruined your basketball watching experience by popping up with a special report or yelling his opinions at you? How often have you had to mute ESPN because of this loudmouthed blowhard? How much satisfaction would it give you smack the lame-ass thin mustache off this weasly looking assclown? Remember, this is the guy who said that you should kick field goals on third down because if you miss, you can try again on fourth down. Don't do it just for yourself. Do it for America!

We need to point out that the auction is for a good cause -- the V Foundation. And we need to stress that we don't really want someone to smack Stephen A Smith for legal reasons. Although if God smacked him, that'd be cool.

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