My biography as haiku: calling sports not played poking fun without a point dang i like donuts
Duke Keith
TNT Blows Up: Shaq’s On-Air Phone Call Sets Off Chain Reaction, Charles Barkley [VIDEO]
TNT's "Inside the NBA" had a rough start Tuesday night when Shaquille O'Neal's cell phone went off. He then tossed it to a producer who dropped it and it clattered to the floor. In the middle of all of this, Shaq accidentally unhooked his microphone so someone had to run in to fix it. All of which was a perfect setup for Charles Barkley.
Would You Get a Tattoo of Your Company Name & Logo for a Raise? [VIDEO/POLL]
This question and the bit we played after it got a LOT of feedback! So, would you get a tattoo of your company logo for a 15-percent raise? These New Yorkers did! Answer our poll question and check out the video Stephen Lynch's instant classic "Tattoo" below.
“C” Is for Coming Out: Metta World Peace Puts Jason Collins’ Announcement in Perspective [VIDEO]
Metta World Peace is crazy...sometimes like a fox. The Lakers' defensive guru used his Cookie Monster tee shirt to show how Jason Collins might have felt before coming out as a gay man.
“The Hobbit” Goes to Pot: Willie Nelson Auditions to Be Gandalf…Sort Of [VIDEO]
Willie Nelson as Gandalf? Well, I'd imagine Peter Jackson would want him to pronounce the character's name correctly. But he sent an "audition" reel anyway, courtesy of Conan O'Brien's website, TeamCoco.com. Of course, weed plays a starring role in this tape. Did with Gandalf, too!
Forget Coachella, NFL “Fans” May Be Even Bigger Posers [VIDEO]
Don't know your arse from your elbow but don't want to look like it? Jimmy Kimmel showed us there are plenty of those people at Coachella. But there may be even more of them posing as serious sports fans!
Crazy Taiwanese Announcer Calls Crazy Manny Ramirez Home Run [VIDEO]
Manny Ramirez may be banned from affiliated baseball in the United States, but he's still making a little bank and putting on a show, dreadlocks and all, in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan. Speaking of performance-enhancing drugs, what are the Taiwanese play-by-play guys on?
Why Did Jerry Jones Want The College Football Playoff Championship Game? [VIDEO]
It's official: the BCS is gone after this season, replaced with a four-team playoff called...the "College Football Playoff". Really? It's also official that Jerry Jones is getting the championship game at Cowboys Stadium. But, other than money, why was Jerry so desperate to get this game in Dallas...?
The “NBA on NBC” Theme Has Words? Who Knew? [VIDEO]
I've got a new NBA Playoff intro! Well, courtesy of Saturday Night Live. Did you know the "NBA on NBC" theme was composed by John Tesh? Yeah, THAT John Tesh. Did you know the theme had words? Me either. According to SNL, it does...
Horrifying Footage of the Fertilizer Plant Explosion Caught by Passer-By [VIDEO]
There's some terrifying video taken by a father and his kid of the explosion that hit a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas, last night injuring at least 100 people. The father and son were in a truck a few miles away from the plant.
El Paso City Hall Implosion in Slow-Motion [VIDEO]
City Hall is gone. Play ball!
A great angle (and nicely done being upwind!) with the slow-motion video from Ryan Hall make this video of the City Hall implosion one of the better ones you'll see.
The KLAQ Chopper: Bringing You the Most Unique View of the ASARCO Smokestacks Demolition [VIDEO]
Helicopters Anonymous will be helping us bring you the most unique view of the ASARCO smokestack demolition -- from mid-air!
The ASARCO Stacks – A Final Look from Smeltertown Cemetery [GALLERY]
They have kept watch over the city for most of our lifetimes, ceremonial sentinels dressed in brick and soot -- uniforms of a past era. In their day, they belched tons of vaporized metals and minerals high into the desert air. But not high enough...