Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant has reportedly pledged $1 million to tornado relief through his family foundation. I think that’s pretty awesome.
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp is also donating $1,000 for every home run he hits between now and the All-Star Break. I think that’s pretty awesome, too.
More people be awesome, please.
Randy Poffo, AKA Macho Man Randy Savage, passed away two years ago to the day, so I thought I’d honor him with his touching rap tribute to “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig, as someone dubbed it over his classic highlight reel. I wouldn’t have remembered unless the SI Vault Twitter feed reminded me of Randy’s classic photo from his days as a St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguer. Why I’ve never ordered a customized Poffo jersey is beyond me.
As a Cardinals fan, I’m supposed to be classier and more intelligent than other baseball fans, but in this regard I seem to have really missed the mark. I’ll work on that.
Like most guys, I’m obsessed with gadgets and tech crap, and I’ll look for just about any reason in the world to buy something that’s new and has all the cool kids raving. I spent about 30 minutes reading up on the GoPro camera recently, trying to figure out if I had any reason in the world to buy one. I had no reason at all, it turns out.
I’m not active enough, unless people are dying to see me swim five laps in my pool or suck at golf, so it would just sit on my shelf and collect dust like my Harvard diplomas. And after watching the above video, I’m pretty sure that I’d be killed by a bear just by owning one.
In case you missed it, Toronto Maple Leafs fans had their hearts ripped out of their chests on Monday night, as Leafs goalie James Reimer probably caused quite a few awkward exchanges between his wife, April, and Elisha Cuthbert. After the Leafs jumped out to a seemingly insurmountable 4-1 lead in the 3rd period, Reimer allowed the Boston Bruins to score 3 goals in 10 minutes to send Game 7 into overtime.
Then, the unthinkable happened, as Patrice Bergeron, the man who scored the game-tying goal with less than one minute to go in regulation, scored the game-winning goal, crushing Leafs fans’ spirits and sending them into another offseason of sports fan misery.
Alas, that didn’t stop Penguins fans from having fun with Leafs fans, like in the image above. Go ahead and open the box after the jump.
I really don’t get you, youth of today. I really don’t. Sure, I did some stupid sh*t in my day, and not a moment goes by that I don’t regret acting like such a schmuck. But with all of the information and education that we have available for us now, there’s almost nothing left that we can get away with. So why on Earth would you let someone record your stupid face as you go gallon smashing in public? Next thing you know, some pro-milk advocacy group is lighting your house on fire and killing your pets. That’s the way the world works these days, folks.
Oh, and there really isn’t much more that I love than watching an a-hole’s face bounce off the cold, hard floor. Because, all jokes aside, adult me will stab a bitch if pranks like this cause milk prices to increase.
Now that the NBA has given all of the remaining playoff teams a well-deserved night off, instead of, you know, scheduling the games accordingly so that fans could watch their favorite stars play every night, we get to sit back and enjoy some games tonight. And since the Miami Heat play, we’ll hopefully get some more Chris Andersen antics for Shaquille O’Neal to talk about on TNT tomorrow night since he apparently loves talking about the Birdman.
That Shaq, such the comic genius. I, for one, can’t wait to see him return to the big screen in Grown Ups 2. In fact, if TNT could show that Grown Ups 2 playoffs ad more than it already does, I’d be so incredibly happy. It’s great to see Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade and Kevin James openly acknowledging how they play the same character in everything they’ve ever done. That’s true comedy.
