By Mark La Monica
The new Jordan commercial featuring old footage of Derek Jeter, Carmelo Anthony, Terrell Owens and others playing their respective sports in high school is pretty cool stuff. Makes me consider walking into a Nike store again.
However, we've got an old-school streak running through our veins, so let's take a back a few (20?) years and give you a Spike Lee joint: the Air Jordan V commercial.
Roger Clemens strongly denies any and all allegations of steroid and HGH use on YouTube.
Here's hoping he's proven to be true with these statements, if for no other reason than the sports world doesn't need another Nick "I am the coach of the Miami Dolphins and I'm not going to Alabama" Saban.
By Mark La Monica
Last week, we strong-armed Bob Glauber into agreeing to a sitdown to talk some NFL football yesterday on camera.
You know Glauber from his work in the newspaper, his "What About Bob?" NFL blog, ESPN "First Take" and its original incarnation as ESPN "Cold Pizza.'
Well, anytime we get him in front of Newsday camera, we call it "Free Pizza." Not really sure how he feels about it. Not really sure we care. Either way, he and I had some fun talking football, including a tease in the final segment to our grand plan for next week. Have a look at the vid, then go read how he wrote about this same video in his blog.
Special thanks to Michelle and Wayne (yes, that Wayne) for opening the doors a few hours early at Chrebet's to let us film the show.
Special thanks also to Glauber for letting me pick him up at the Jets complex, drive him to Chrebet's then back to Jets land, then to lunch, treat him to lunch, drop him off at the train station then work all night editing. Anyway, here's the vid. Enjoy. And yes, I know. I need a haircut.
South side, walk it out. Carlos Rogers, walk it out!
By Mark La Monica
I went YouTubing again just a moment ago. Got caught up in some Herm Edwards moments. From there, the twists and turns of this whole Internet thing led me to a great 31 seconds of edited material by some YouTuber named Dango. Bless you, Dango. Solid work. Enjoy, good people.
By Mark La Monica
Thanks to my extensive contacts in the fashion industry, i.e. someone in the fashion industry has my e-mail address, I scored an invite to last night's NBA Court-Ture '07, a fashion show at the NBA Store featuring the spring line of Jared M.
He makes clothes for tall people. Ballers are tall people. Seems like a good fit.
Walt "Clyde" Frazier, Channing Frye, Jared Jeffries and David Lee of the Knicks were scheduled to attend. Kenyon Martin of the Nuggets and Antoine Wright on the Nets were also on the list of dudes to walk down the mini-runway They did.
It was a fairly weird scene inside the NBA Store as the worlds of fashion and pro hoops collided. Think the party at Shark's house in "Any Given Sunday" combined with the pool room scene in "Hitch" and that just about sums it up.
NBA folks are considered fashionable, despite David Stern's attempts to change that fashion. Fashion people aren't necessarily considered sports folk. This was wonderfully illustrated when, on several occasions, fashion media asked former NBA star Jimmy Jackson what team he plays for now. Oopsies. Jackson isn't in the league anymore.
"I tell them, 'I'm in between jobs,'" Jackson said.
After a line like that, I had to keep asking him questions. He didn't disappoint.
What did he say to the guys when he saw them before the show?
“I told them 'Don’t trip.' As basketball players, we think we can do everything," Jackson said. " But this a whole different environment when you walk down a runway. I’ve done it before. I did it with Karl Kani, a long time ago when Karl Kani was real hot.”
What if they trip? Bump their heads? Stumble? Anything
“I’m gonna watch, and I’m gonna laugh, and I’m gonna tell ‘em about it,” Jackson said.
There were no trips, falls or stumbles. Watch my little video below and you'll see.
Note: This was shot from an elevated spot above the runway using a handheld camera while stretching over the heads of four girls in front of me. The footage is raw and strung together with a special little soundtrack for you old-school fans out there.
By Mark La Monica
Some things stand the test of time. Allen Iverson's "We talkin' 'bout practice" monologue is one of those things.
Where would we be without YouTube to let us go back in time on occasion and relive some old school joy? Hope this helps you get through the day.
