My feelings for Tyler Hansbrough can best be summed up by this classic Kids in the Hall sketch. For all I know, Hansbrough could be the nicest, sweetest guy in the world and the greatest teammate that any guy could ever play basketball with. But his face – I see it and I just start punching my monitor and OH GOD WHY DO I WANT TO PUNCH HIS FACE SO MUCH???

But I digress. Say what you want about Hansbrough, but his ability to get under his opponents’ skin is unparalleled, like a 2013 version of Dennis Rodman without all of the tattoos, piercings and venereal diseases. And Hansbrough’s best efforts were on display Saturday night, as the Indiana Pacers pummeled the Detroit Pistons for the second night in a row, but not before Will Bynum took a cheap shot at Hansbrough’s gut.

It’s not his face, but it’s a good start.

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Aside from my invitation to Luther Campbell’s mayoral campaign kick-off event, the only interesting email I received yesterday was from a buddy who sent me the video below. A couple kids are at a place similar to Dave & Busters and they decide to take on one of those punching bag machines to see who can hit it the hardest. Instead, they put on a display to any bullies hanging around that they would be easily mugged in the parking lot.

I’m not pretending to be some big tough guy, as I’m a lovable scamp, but if you can’t hit a motionless punching bag then you should just go ahead and purchase your tickets to “Wicked” and go get a marriage license in Vermont.

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