Because I can’t reblog entire half hours of Norm MacDonald talking about sports, here’s the “Boom Goes the Dynamite” guy’s web redemption on last night’s episode of “Tosh.0.” When you type it like that it reads like “tosh point oh point.” Anyway, Gus Johnson makes a funny cameo and Tosh(‘s writers) get to rant at length about ESPN personalities. The best part of the entire video is the explanation of where “boom goes the dynamite” comes from, a very human, identifiable story about how happy it makes you when you destroy somebody with a green shell in Mario Kart.

This is the second sports-related Tosh this season, alongside last week’s Manny Pacquiao appearance, so maybe he’ll keep doing these and I’ll have a reason other than LOLing at racism and misogyny to watch. Steve Bartman could use a web redemption, at least.

Gus Johnson will no longer be climbing the mountain at CBS. The eccentric play-by-play man is expected to finalize a deal that will take his talents to Fox. CBS reportedly had an opportunity to match the offer, but declined to do so.

While Johnson will continue to call NFL games, in addition to college football, it seems clear that Gus’s days of calling March Madness–unquestionably his signature event–are over.

A CBS source who wanted Johnson – a former Knick radio voice – back said that not only money, but politics was an issue. The source said some of CBS Sports’ college hoops voices were not thrilled with Johnson’s rise to March Madness’ most popular voice.

–NY Daily News.

Johnson’s emphatic, Sam Kinision School Of Broadcasting style has won over a lot of fans, and one could have made a case that Gus should have been calling the Final Four last month. Surely that ruffled the feathers of a certain lily-white announcer who might consider calling championship games his birthright.

Even sadder than the March Madness situation is that now Gus will never have a chance to call the Masters. Really, Gus Johnson and Augusta National just seem like a natural fit to me.

This falls under the category of News To Me, but it’s still interesting as we’ve almost now completely forgotten about the NCAA tournament. I can still hear the clang of the rim from Butler’s end of the floor, but I digress. Gus Johnson, who has voiced everything from college basketball to Madden to a Buffalo Wild Wings ad, actually trademarked one of his signature phrases. Why? So he could sell stuff, dummy.

Last fall, he trademarked his famous line “Rise And Fire” for use on athletic apparel and plans to launch a Web site some time before the NCAA men’s basketball tournament ends so that fans can buy can by hats, licensed by New Era, and T-shirts.

“The reason to trademark the phrase was to create a brand and a movement out of his signature call that can be instantly recognizable by his fans to inspire passion,” said Johnson’s marketing agent Christian Gesue. “Rise and Fire celebrates the moments of excitement and raw emotion that embodies athletic merit and achievement, in all forms, from all over the world.”

CNBC, via MMA Mania.

Gus Johnson is like the Santa Claus of good sports vibes, except that he doesn’t crawl down your chimney in the middle of the night. I’m pretty sure that Santa only gets away with that because he’s white.

Thank “Upstate Underdog” for reminding me of this video of Gus Johnson “narrating” a bulldog humping a teddy bear. It might be my favorite thing ever. I encourage all of you to visit the bulldog, named Skillet, and his original work here, and the Gus Johnson soundboard here.

We’ll recap some of the games later today, but this is pretty much it for now. I’ve got to cut a Bill Walton video (yeah, I met Bill Walton yesterday; it was rad) and, you know, get stupid drunk. I hope you all enjoy the day and the basketball, especially since our two favorite drinking holidays fall on the same day this year. I have mixed feelings about that.

Thanks for reading. Much more to come.

We say this a lot, but this time I truly mean it. If you don’t like this video mashup after the jump featuring Skillet the bulldog [who made his UPROXX debut on FilmDrunk last week] and soundbites from CBS play-by-play screamer Gus Johnson [via this immaculate creation], we can’t be friends. At all. Ever. In fact, if you don’t enjoy the hell out of this video, you may as well just quit reading this site altogether. Because I haven’t felt as good about anything as I have about this. And that’s after watching this Chatroulette spoof earlier in the day. Trust me, it’s awesome. And if it’s not…hey, it runs less than a minute. Get over there, already.

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CBS hypochondriac Gus Johnson has apologized for a comment he made while calling the Jaguars-Titans game. Skip to the 0:30 mark. Johnson called a TD from Titans running back Chris Johnson, quipping that Chris exhibited “getting away from the cops speed,” which I can only presume falls somewhere between “limping down the sidewalk triple-file with friends speed” and “running to the mailbox on the first day of the month” speed.

“If there is a perception of racism in this analogy, it is not coming from me,” Johnson said. “People of all races have run from the law. However, to those who are offended, I apologize.” –via PFT.

I don’t get these people that suddenly sta-stamp something as offensive and demand an apology. What, you’re offended? So? At some point, everyone is going to have to realize that comments like this only get funnier in the face of that sort of righteous indignation. Sorry I’ve been so distracted; I’m watching highlights of Jordan Shipley right now. Boy, is that kid gritty. And deceptively fast. vid from AA.