Oh, the early '90s. Hammer Pants were fashionable, Nirvana was just preparing to stop hair metal as a genre in its tracks, and basketball was king. Michael Jordan was still in the game, and everybody wanted to be like Mike. Even, as this video proves, the dorky kids from the suburbs.
Part of what makes college basketball so entertaining is the lengths to which the student body section of the crowd will go to distract the opposing team. Jack Blankenship, a freshman at the University of Alabama, has come up with the most clever twist on this tradition we've seen in some time.
Over the past week, New York Knicks' point guard Jeremy Lin has electrified New York City and the NBA. Lin is one of the only Harvard graduates to ever play in the league, and is the first American-born player of Chinese descent to suit up. But what's really fueling what is now being called "Linsanity" is the 6 foot 3 inch ballhandler's play on the court.
If you are of a certain age, you should be able recite the lyrics to MC Hammer's 1990 smash hit 'U Can't Touch This' backwards and maybe in your sleep. 34-year old Dallas Maverick's guard Jason Terry is also a fan, and he gives a Masterpiece Theater-style dramatic reading of Hammer's boast-filled hip hop classic while wearing his signature headband.
By dipping a basketball in paint and than strategically dribbling it on a canvas, YouTube user ohiseeRED is able to combine the skills she learned in art class and in gym class to paint a portrait of former NBA all-star Yao Ming.
Boomer, the Indiana Pacers' mascot known for his trampoline-aided dunks, was sent to entertain at a high school in New Palestine, Indiana on Friday, with the Pacers away on a road trip. Bad idea, as the gym backboard on which he performed his signature move proved too weak to handle his brand of thunder from above.
It started innocently enough. "Kid Reporters" Jaylah and Ryan were interviewing members of the New York Knicks at their practice facility, asking the very tall men kid-friendly questions, like can they spell "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." (Not surprisingly, they couldn't.)
Then, the intrepid duo went in for the kill, asking the players if they would sing some Justin Bieber for the camera. You knew this was coming.
The announcer for NAIA college Lindsey Wilson's basketball team put the 'goooal' guy and every other play-by-play man who gets caught up in the moment to shame with his amazingly exuberant call.
After he sunk what seemed to be a half court shot worth $10,000 as part of a halftime promotion during Kentucky's basketball game against South Carolina over the weekend, UK freshman student Vincent Swope was obviously beside himself with joy.
His excitement was tempered when an official informed him that since his foot had been slightly over the half court line when he released the ball, Supermarket chain Kroger, who were sponsoring the contest, may not pay him the cash price.
Four-year-old basketball sensation Cody "Cross Over" Jordan shows off some serious skill at ball handling, shooting and footwork in these videos. We may have found the next Michael Jordan.