What? A funny video on You Tube involving Da Meat Hook? It can't be. But yes, it's true. Dmitri Young gets into it with pro wrestler "The Edge" in an old (circa 2005, I think) where Edge puts down Young, the Tigers, the Pistons, and even the Lions (shocking, I know) ... at the Joe Louis Arena no less. Meat Hook and the Detroit fans, who broke out into a totally spontaneous "Lets Go Red Wings" chant (probably the most spontaneous part of the whole show), get the last word and chase Edge off the stage.
Where are they now? Edge, who was blasted by Young for never having won a world title during the clip, went on to win two of them. Young, after being released from the Tigers after battling domestic violence charges and alcoholism, is now battling for the National League batting title.
LeBron James is doing something very rare (and perhaps unprecedented) in the world of business and sports: he has signed another pro athlete -- Ted Ginn Jr., an old friend and now a rookie wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins -- to a marketing deal through LRMR Marketing, a company that James founded with some high school friends.
"To do this, not so much for money but to maybe get on a Sprite commercial with LeBron or anything, that'd be fun," Ginn said.
"A lot of football guys don't get a lot of marketing their first couple years coming out," he said. "You've got to do big things to do that. He's been a good friend to me for the last four or five years, so the best thing for me is get involved with someone I know."
Think it had something to do with Stephon Marbury cracking that he'd rather own than be owned in reference to LeBron James not having any ownership in Nike? Whatever the case, this is a significant business move for LeBron, who has expressed a desire to become a global business and cultural icon. The man is clearly not playing around.
With Randy Moss headed to the Patriots, the city of New England is (hopefully) excited about what he'll do for their offense. Ironically, this isn't the first Boston-ish franchise to look to Moss for a shot of adrenaline. According to The Herald, the Celtics once tried to add Moss to their summer league team:
"We had a couple of conversations with his agent at the time," [former GM Chris] Wallace said yesterday of Moss. "I think there was even some interest from his agent, but it never went anywhere. I just remember that he had been considered a very good player in high school, and he was always talking about his desire to play."
Although Wallace admits that this would've most been done to "spice things up," it wouldn't have been so outlandish. Tony Gonzalez, Julius Peppers, Donavon McNabb, and Antonio Gates all held their own on their college squads, and dudes like Terrell Owens and Daunte Culpepper have been known to let loose in charity games.
It's really too bad his skill set is so limited, because Damon Jones' personality is off the charts. Most people find his shtick annoying; when he wore that red suit (with black shades) at the All-Star game last season, we recoiled in horror before going back to asking, How does that worthless little sh*# manage to get such good seats year after year?!
If he was an All-Star caliber player, I have no doubt that countless blogs would be devoted to round-the-clock Jones coverage. Watch the video below and witness how he takes command of the room, and makes everyone else on stage seem completely irrelevant (including LeBron!)
After seeing this video, I'm making "my jumpshot is like a layup" part of my everyday vocabulary.
