Poll Who do you think is the greatest basketball player of all-time?
- Lebron James -- I was born in 2003. I also believe that "Transformers 2" is the greatest movie of all-time.
- Larry Bird -- I am so white that I have to use prescription sunscreen.
- Kobe Bryant -- If not him, then Magic Johnson or some other Laker. Those are the two I've heard of. Wait ... is Lamar Gasol-Jabbar a guy?
- Michael Jordan -- Who am I to question the sports wisdom of actor Jason Segel in the 2011 summer comedy "Bad Teacher"?
- Wilt Chamberlain -- Just because big guys can't shoot, pass or dribble as well as everyone else doesn't mean we should leave them out of the discussion.
- Oscar Robertson -- I'm the annoying guy at parties who tries too hard to sound smart.
- Cheryl Miller -- I'm the even more annoying guy at parties who tries even harder to sound smart by making every debate like this "relative"
June 3, 2011 Column
Tweet of the Week
Shane Battier's Musical Tastes Are Pretty Hardcore for a Duke Grad
Opinion The First Annual Athlete Spelling Bee
- Bee Master
Welcome to the 2011 Athlete Spelling Bee. Let's get started. Mr. Chad Ochocinco, you are first to go.
- Ochocinco
I'm ready.
- Bee Master
Okay. Your word is "shaking".
- Ochocinco
"Shaking". Can you use it in a sentence?
- Bee Master
"I am shaking my damn head."
- Ochocinco
Shaking. S-.
- Bee Master
Wait. You're done?
- Ochocinco
Yes. Shaking is spelled "S". And for extra credit, "my damn head" is spelled M-D-H.
- Bee Master
You are wrong. Next speller. Ben Roethlisberger?
- Roethlisberger
Hit me.
- Bee Master
Your word is "no".
- Roethlisberger
No. Y-E-S. No.
- Bee Master
Wrong. Very wrong. Tim Tebow? You're next.
Column
Overheard ...
The Gym: Issue #15
Ever hear something horrible and/or hilarious at the gym? Send your submissions to OverheardSP at gmail. Or submit for future editions about games.
Probably the most humiliating moment of my life happened at the gym.
It was in college and I was using the gym on campus. It was a Sunday afternoon and I decided to go to the gym because my girlfriend was hungover from a night out were her friends the night before. I worked in on the bench with another guy who was lifting alone and we got to talking. He goes into a story about his escapades out the night before and tells a story of this hot girl he hooked up with and how it led to a three-way. I wasn't interested, but whatever.
It turned out, based on his descriptions — specifically of piercing and also of a clover tattoo right beside the one girl's uh … area — that he had a three-way with my girlfriend and her roommate.
So, yeah, we broke up. She had no idea how I knew about what had happened. I just told her "I know a lot of stuff." I think it sounded less creepy at the time.
- Dan
Opinion New Back Cover Blurbs for Jim Tressel's Best Selling Book: "The Winners Manual"
Apparently there were people throughout Ohio and the rest of the country who believed the image Tressel was selling.
Three years later, after lies and scandals have forced him out of the head coaching job at Ohio State, Tressel's book of life tips and lessons on ethics and success isn't selling quite as well. On Amazon it's ranked the 43,225th best seller and dropping fast.
That's why it is being re-released with some back cover blurbs that better capture Tressel's successes at THE Ohio State University.
Poll How will Jim Tressel be remembered at Ohio State?
- a great coach whose many accomplishments achieved via blatant and systemic cheating were unfortunately tarnished when all the cheating was uncovered
- a man who had his failings, yet still almost single-handedly maintained the U.S. sweater vest and tattoo industries during a tough economy
- a coach who wasn't man enough to go out by punching an opposing player in the face
- I know the answer to this, but I'm going to bury it and not let anyone know
