On the last installment of Sports On TV, we tackled ‘The Wire’, a romanticized look at inner-city life and law in Baltimore, Maryland. If we drive an hour, then get into a fight on a basketball court and fly across the country, we’ll be ready for ‘The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air’, the 1990s sitcom that launched rapper Will Smith into mega movie stardom and gave ‘Silver Spoons’ star Alfonso Ribeiro an awesome paycheck for like seven years.

‘The Fresh Prince’ is one of my sentimental favorites (as longtime readers of The Dugout may know), so I was excited to tackle its 20 Greatest Sports Moments. I got something like 15 just from season 1 guest stars. Biggest possible thanks goes to Josh Koebert for helping me out with the images. Follow him on Twitter, he deserves your love for making this happen.

You’re probably already singing the theme song in your head, so let’s make this happen. The 20 greatest sports moment of ‘The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air’.

/high-five
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In real sports news, former two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev is leading the hunt for The Russian Yeti. And you thought “Sarah Palin had sex with Glen Rice back in the 80s” was the weirdest headline we were gonna pull this week.

The beast has been spotted dozens of times in the Kuzbass region of southern Siberia and has become something of a tourist attraction in the local area, with hotels and restaurants naming themselves after it. The mystery creature even has its own Twitter account, presumably set up by some bright spark at the local tourist board.

… “I would like to see firsthand what is going on,” said the boxer, who has had all manner of injections and vaccinations ahead of his expedition to the remote region. “I’ll draw my own conclusions once I’ve been there.”

When he’s done drawing those conclusions, he should figure out why people like Ray William Johnson.

In case you don’t have my Nikolai Valuev fansite bookmarked, he’s a 38-year old, 7-foot-tall Russian boxer who had to retire because his body is too big and who hasn’t fought professionally since a loss to David Haye back in 2008. He’s most famous for beating Evander Holyfield by decision without really beating him. Oh, and despite it being 2011 and our world being largely literate he is a giant-sized cryptozoologist and thinks a Sasquatch with a Twitter feed is a real thing that exists and compels him to wander the forests of Siberia. I don’t know why this is happening, but my best guess is that it’s an “O.J. is leading the search for the real killers” thing where he leads the rabble to keep them from noticing that he is basically the f**king Russian Yeti.

For more on the phenomenon and the giant, weird dudes who subscribe to it, please enjoy the following video, which is a thing.

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Evander Holyfield is on a mission to become the oldest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing. The 48-year old is still pounding away as he seeks to win one of the major boxing titles to surpass George Foreman’s old ass after he defeated Michael Moorer for the title at age 45. On Saturday, Holyfield will fight 38-year old Sherman Williams in West Virginia, and if Holyfield wins, he’ll fight 45-year old Brian Nielsen in Denmark on March 5. Then if he wins that fight, he’ll take on 97-year old Irv Goldblatt in Boca Raton, Florida.

Actually, according to various reports, if Holyfield wins these next two fights, he’ll get his shot to break Foreman’s record, as the WBC (the World Boxing Council and not the World Barista Championship) has agreed to let Holyfield fight current champion Vitali Klitschko (Ed. – Hehehehehehehehehehehe… Klit). And Holyfield believes that people will pay big money to watch this happen.

Are you ready to rummmmmmmmmmmble, Fanhouse?

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