This Popcorn Basketball Bowl is specifically designed for the sportsman. The armchair sportsman that is.
With a little nook for your remote and an icy brew, this massive six quart bowl features a special spoon on one side which catapults the kernels towards the popcorn basket on the other side. $25 for sports snacking awesomeness.
Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has been tweeting away about rare nuggets from the Mortal Kombat archives. We thought this admission was particularly interesting. Did you know that at one point there was a proposed Mortal Kombat-themed basketball court for one of Acclaim’s NBA Jam or NBA Hangtime games?
As it turns out, the court was denied because Acclaim didn’t look to kindly upon having human spines used as basketball hoop poles or skinned skulls being used as basketballs in their game.
Basketball can be fun when you’re with a couple of friends. Just the guys, chilling back and shooting a few hoops. But how do you get pumped before a game? Perhaps you listen to music on your iPod, like Michael Phelps does. Or, maybe you’re more of a Twitterer, like Shaq. Either way, getting Spalding’s new iHoop will get everyone ready to go for a game.
The iHoop features a weatherproof compartment with an iPod dock. Plug in your iPod and two 3-inch speakers combined with a 5-inch subwoofer will gladly blast “Pump Up The Jam” for you and your crew. While the iHoop is the perfect idea for a basketball hoop, its execution begs to differ. Be prepared to shell out a whopping $1300 for nothing but net.
Consider yourself a huge college basketball fan? Excellent. If you own an iPhone, your day just got a whole lot brighter. CBS Sports is teaming up with MobiTV in an effort to offer 63 NCAA basketball games for free on the iPhone. The app, which goes on sale today for $4.99, will allow users with an iPod Touch or iPhone to connect to a WiFi network and choose a game to watch. Away on business in Florida and want to watch the Duke game? No problem.
So essentially, for $5, you get access to a shitload of basketball games. This is something I’d like to see happen with the NFL. I’d gladly shell out $20 for an app that lets me watch my New York Giants games. Wouldn’t you?
I’m not a huge basketball fan (NFL 4 LIFE) but I know a good player when I see one. Dwayne Wade? Yeah, I guess he’s OK. You know, he’s only like the fucking master of the universe when it comes to dunking. That’s why anyone stepping within 1000 feet of the Eastern Conference finals is going batshit right now.
And speaking of going batshit nuts, did I mention you can play HORSE against Wade for a chance to win $50,000? T-Mobile has the big bucks from G1 sales and is more than willing to pay up if you beat him. Better step your game up, kid, ’cause you’re going to need it.
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Paying an ode to the Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes classic White Men Can’t Jump, these Nikes will have you ballin’ on the court with diamonds in your grill (such silly lingo!), Called the Flight Lite High, these shoes are as high as a pair of high-tops can get. Seriously. Reebok’s Pump doesn’t have jack shit on these puppies. Check out the bottom of the shoe after the jump – so colorful! If I played basketball, I’d insist on buying a pair, though at $300, they’re a wallet-drainer.
Not feeling well this morning but this certainly cheered me up. It seems that basketball star Shaquille O’Neal has his own Twitter account and some of the shit he’s been saying is hilarious. His feed can be found at twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ. Here’s a few choice tweets from the Space Jam alumni:
“Detective oneal does not jordan vander sloots story about what happened to natalee”
“Mark crow, larry jones, and i recieved 36 thousand jars of peanut butta tonite at victory church in oklahoma city “
“My genius is 1 percent inspiration 99 percent perspiration Shaquille o’neal”
I swear, I couldn’t make this shit up if I wanted to. If I ever sign up for Twitter, this will be the sole reason why.
I, for one, was never much a follower of NBA or NCAA basketball. I was far too busy painting figurines of mighty warriors. But you fans out there can go pretty nuts when it comes to showing team spirit. This Basketball Hat takes fanaticism to the extreme, cementing a 13 x 15.75 inch basketball on your skull.
You can tell from the glint of insanity in this man’s eyes that he is not your average fan. No average fan would look as thrilled as him to be wearing such a tumor-like mass of sports on their head. But if it’s your thing, all the power to ya. Get your own for $16.96. — Andrew Dobrow
