Shoe Feud!...LeBron James doesn't like Stephon Marbury's cheap kicks. Before Tuesday night's game against the Knicks, which Marbury won with a three-pointer with 8 seconds left, King James said he couldn't imagine endorsing a sneaker that retails for $15--like Marbury does--because Nike "hold(s) their standard high."
For a guy who wants to become the first billionaire baller, I'd expect a slightly sharper business acumen out of LeBron. How much do you think your shoes cost to manufacture? I'm positive that there isn't a difference of more than two dollars between the Starbury's and LeBron's shoe. Retail, however, James' shoes cost 10-times as much.
How can you dog a guy for trying to do something good and offering a shoe that anyone can afford? (Especially when you consider it's Marbury who's not normally known for his magnanimosity.) Hakeem Olajuwon did this with the preeminent K-Mart brand, Spalding, back during the dream shake days, but Marbury went out and actively tried to promote it, so give the guy credit.
Sorry, LeBron, you're wrong here. Regardless, Ralph Nader doesn't like either option.
The Good Ole Running Back Committee...Last year Nebraska used a four-person running back by committee to surprising success and nobody thought they'd be able to keep all four happy again in 2007. Now, I'm just hoping the Cornhuskers have somebody who can line up behind the quarterback.
First, Brandon Jackson left for the NFL. Then Marlon Lucky overdosed on something. Physically, he's fine now but mentally I'm concerned. Cody Glenn is still recovering from a foot injury and out for spring practice, and Kenny Wilson was also missing practice due to a staph infection in his knee.
But now he's out for THE YEAR, after snapping his femur moving a television. Two questions: 1) What kind of TV was that?! Had to be a 6-year-old Sony Wega bigger than 50-inches. I moved one once and it was a bitch. 2) Don't we pay our players enough that they can afford slimmer, better picture, less femur-snapping flat screens? Can we start?
Nebraska has pie in the sky BCS hopes coming in to 07, but the off season has been pretty awful. This is not setting up well for Mr. Keller.
Thank you, ESPN...Let's be honest, unless your team is playing, the Final Four isn't that interesting. If you had a choice between watching the first two rounds of the Tournament or the last two, which would you choose? Anyone who tells you the latter is lying.
The N.C.A.A Tournament has become all about the first four days. Upsets and live look-ins, that's what we want! Days full of basketball not three paltry games.
But just when I had consigned myself to watching the Final Four passively, ESPN went and did something great: they sent Chuck Klosterman to Atlanta.
Due to his increasing popularity and the inherent vanity of his writing, it's probably not cool to like Chuck but I do. I've read everything he's ever written and even attended a reading of his. He's doing a blog for Page 2 which is interesting because, based on everything I'd ever read or heard from Klosterman, I always assumed he hated blogs. Not like Dan Shaughnessy hates blogs, but Chuck sort of represented the generation break in terms of blogging: a guy who'd cut his teeth doing "real" journalism who might have a reason to despise instant journalism. And, in his first entryy, he took a backhanded swipe at the format, writing:
I will reciprocate by writing sporadic e-mail posts throughout the entire weekend. This is a very popular art form among affluent American young people, especially those who are fans of James Walcott and/or profoundly interested in unauthorized photographs of Nicole Richie's rib cage. I believe there is even a name for this journalistic practice, but I can't remember what it is; normally, I use the Internet only to discuss math principles via CompuServe.
Nevertheless, blogging he is and I urge you to check it out. It will be as randomly referenced and philosophically sound as anything you'll read this weekend.
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