The world outside is scary right now, so I suggest we spend this entire Friday reliving the happier moments of this year, like the time DeAndre Jordan baptized Brandon Knight against his will and that other time when Blake Griffin dunked all stupid when he didn’t have to.

The NBA playoffs start tomorrow, so the NBA’s YouTube channel posted their picks for the top 10 dunks of the year. A lot of these have appeared in the Wednesday Dunk Battle, so it’s a pleasant trip down a brutal memory lane. Remember when LeBron James made Jason Terry feel like a useless asshole? Remember when Kobe remembered how good he can be and dunked on the entire Brooklyn Nets line-up? Good times.

The NBA’s top 10 is after the jump, followed by the ACTUAL best dunk of the year.

Read the rest of this entry »

No shit.

Kevin Ware’s post-Bloodsport-injury life has been one of turmoil — Louisville selling inspirational t-shirts and keeping the spoils, fake Twitter accounts begging people for money, and on and on — so it’s nice to see him up and about and laughing and not howling in agony while his bones fall out.

Ware showed up on ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ to share the Top Ten Things Going Through Kevin Ware’s Mind at this Moment, and as you can see, yes, “ouch” was one of them. If you want to know what was ACTUALLY going through his head at that moment, type AAAAAHHHHHH and copy paste it 1,000 times. Note: this is also what was going through MY head at that moment.

Here’s the clip:

Read the rest of this entry »

What is this, Family Feud?

Remember last year, when Kate Upton was revealed as the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model, went on ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ to promote it, made jokes in the nightly Top Ten list and wore a Marilyn Monroe dress without a bra that made us lose a week of our lives to hotness-induced amnesia? Actually, you probably don’t remember that.

Anyway, Kate went on Dave to promote THIS year’s swimsuit cover — you’ve probably already seen it thanks to Sports Illustrated leaking it early TMZ spoiling it months ago Chinese hackers — and while her outfit doesn’t come close to matching last year’s, it’s still an enjoyable moment of quality time.

Video of the appearance is below. Warning: It contains Katherine Webb making Brent Musburger jokes and doing pageant twirls, because those are now her two jobs.

Read the rest of this entry »

Chicago White Sox righty Philip Humber tossed the 21st perfect game in Major League Baseball history on Saturday, leading the Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

His prize was a super awkward appearance on ‘Late Show with David Letterman’.

His consolation prize is having this special moment chronicled in the Opening Days series of The Dugout, so that it may be remembered and cherished for all times. The appearance on Letterman, not the perfect game.

Here’s that.

Read the rest of this entry »

Welp!

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather
- Follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and Burnsy @MayorBurnsy
- Like us on Facebook.

Links

The Rearview Mirror: Five MMA Trends We Hope To Have Left Behind In 2011 - I’d like to add one: “hitting Brock Lesnar in the stomach”. That’s just wrong. [Cage Potato]

The 2011 UPROXX People Of The Year Awards - If you just thought Burnsy wrote about sports, get ready to be surprised! He also bestows prestigious awards upon celebrities! [UPROXX]

The 20 Most Important Meme Watches Of 2011 - Idiot nerd girl is great and all, but how did Excited Soccer Kid get left off of this? Or Tebowing, for that matter. [UPROXX]

The Year in Weird: The 10 Most Insane News Stories of 2011 - The Bang Bus guy wins this in a walk, although “Brandon stumbling upon Allie Sin’s five or six mugshots” is my personal number 11. Poor lady. Contact me, I’ll make you some food! [Film Drunk]

The 2011 Finale: The 100 Other Unforgettable Songs We Enjoyed - A joke about Natalie Cole. But no, seriously, UPROXX is knocking these retrospective lists out of the park. [Smoking Section]

5 Video Game Non-Stories We Obsessed Over Too Much in 2011 - I hope “I’m not going to buy Skyrim because it has serious frame-rate issues” is on here. If you have ever said that, I legitimately hate you and will punch you in the face in real life. [Gamma Squad]

R.I.P. All the Terrible Shows (and a Few Good Ones) We Lost in 2011 - Rest in peace, ‘Castle’, we hardly knew ye. (Castle is still on, isn’t it) [Warming Glow]

25 People Who Woke Up On New Year’s Day In A Strange Place - #26, Ashton Kutcher. Woke up in Lea Michele’s apartment, where Pink’s “Raise Your Glass” was playing on loop. [Buzzfeed]

2012 Movie Preview: Big Directors, from Steven Soderbergh to Quentin Tarantino - …from Steven Soderbergh to Quentin Tarantino to Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan! Ah sh*t, nobody else liked Can’t Hardly Wait and Josie and the Pussycats as much as me, did they? [Moviefone]

Pajiba’s 10th Annual Top 10 Top 10 Lists of 2011 - Next year they should do the top 10 top 10 top 10 lists and really blow our minds. [Pajiba]

Heisman Trophy winner and Jay Pharaoh character Robert Griffin III showed up on ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ to read the “Top Ten Thoughts That Went Through Robert Griffin III’s Mind When He Won The Heisman Trophy” and hit almost every necessary comedic note — Tim Tebow loving Jesus, the Indianapolis Colts being terrible, Kim Kardashian being a gold digging succubus who already has way too much of her own gold and so on.

You can check out video of the appearance below. I found it on YouTube so you didn’t have to watch it on the 100 x 40 CBS video player, so watch it quickly.

Read the rest of this entry »