Even thought his team was getting smoked by 13 points to Kentucky this esthetic fan took advantage of his time on air. Possibly the best fan dance moves we’ve seen all year. Deadspin has a video too if you want to see how it all went down.
Over the past few years, big brands have been featuring viral videos of professional sports figures accomplishing astounding feats during “down time” on a commercial set or just practicing their trade. While everyone knows the authenticity of these viral ads, it’s fun to imagine these athletes as the larger than life figures we once thought they were as children. Kobe Jumps Over Speeding Aston Martin- Nike Evan Longoria Saves Reporters Life- Gillette Micheal Vick Practice Field- Powerade LeBron’s Full Court Show- Powerade Hardest Hockey Shot- Samsung The Black Mamba Jumps a Pool of Snakes- Nike Van Persie Does The Ricochet Trick- Adidas Ball Girl- Gatorade Roger “William Tell” Federer- Gillette David Beckham Hits 3 Beach Bins- Pepsi
Editors note: 2012 March Madness Bracket Busters is an original Roosevelts photo series that looks at the March Madness underdogs who shocked college basketball by upsetting their favored opponent. High quality photos capturing the action and the emotion as it happens on the court and on campus. Check back each day as we’ll keep updating this thread with new photos each time an upset happens because everyone loves an underdog.
Dwight Howard madness is heating a fever pitch. Will he stay or will he go? Plenty of people hitting the gym a few times a week have Dwight Howard shoulder envy. Its a real thing, look it up. We contacted Evan Haupt, resident shred master at NYSC Hoboken North to give me some tips on how to get my shoulders looking like Superman. Evan is a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer specializing in high intensity training, power lifting, body building and nutrition so he knows what he is talking about.
This is arguably the most exciting week of the year for sports fans. Over 40 million March Madness brackets will be filled out in the next 4 days. The numbers behind March Madness bracketology are simply staggering. Did you know that if every person on Earth filled out one bracket every second it would take about 100 years to fill out all the possibilities? That is just one of 20 crazy facts and stats you’ll learn from this March Madness infographic.
At some point in the next three weeks you’ll be watching March Madness with someone who has no concept of how the tournament works. It’s inevitable. Instead of attempting to explain the concept of March Madness just direct the beginner over to this original Roosevelts infographic. It breaks down the basic concept of the tournament in an easy to digest format. A win-win for everyone.
Editor note: Today, August 14th, is Magic Johnson’s 53rd birthday. Let’s take a look back at some of his best photos. ESPN films aired their special documentary on Magic Johnson called “The Announcement.” The film displayed Magic’s incredible work on and off the court, as well as the tremendous job he has done to create awareness for the HIV/AIDS community. Since his high school days Magic has always been the center of attention so we scoured the web and curated 50 rarely seen photos of Magic Johnson. We tried to keep it an even split between photos of Magic on the court and him being a normal guy. The photos range from his high school days up into his time with the Lakers.
The 2012 March Madness bracket is set following an incredible week of conference championship games. not only do the winning teams get to climb the latter in front of friends, family and teammates to cut a piece of the net but they also get an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Here is a look at the high highs and low lows of this weekend’s conference championship games.
Shaquille O’Neal is a once in a generation player. From ripping down backboards to his on the court antics, Shaq has had numerous incredible moments. We’ve decided to compile his 40 greatest Youtube moments to celebrate each year of his life.
Michael Jordan’s home in Highland Park, Il is on the market for a cool $29 million, a slight upgrade from it’s market value on $4.5 million according to Zillow. Here are some of the home’s features: 7.4 acres 32,683 square feet 9 bedrooms 15 full bathrooms and 4 half bathrooms 5 fireplaces according to the Chicago Tribune 3 bedroom guest house A full size basketball court – well duh! You can see a photo of it in the slideshow below 3 separate climate controlled garages with parking for 15 cars Pool, tennis courts, pond, putting green Annual property taxes $165,224 based upon a market value of $7,731,558.
Controversy arose after Ben and Jerry’s launched their “Taste The Lin-Sanity” which was a mix of vanilla frozen yogurt, lychee honey swirls and the fortune cookie pieces. People on the web started bugging out claiming racism so the company decided to pull the handmade flavor and issued an apology. “We are proud and honored to have Jeremy Lin hail from one of our fine, local universities and we are huge sports fans,” Ben & Jerry’s said in the news release. “Our intention was to create a flavor to honor Jeremy Lin’s accomplishments and his meteoric rise in the NBA, and recognize that he was a local Harvard graduate. We try (to) demonstrate our commitment as a Boston-based, valued-led business and if we failed in this instance we offer our sincere apologies.”
John Wall NEEDS to be in the NBA dunk contest. He threw down this 4-four dunk in the closing seconds of the game displaying his incredible dunking ability.
Nike today unveiled Nike+ Basketball and Nike+ Training, two new experiences connecting digitally enabled footwear with interactive mobile applications that together deliver a revolutionary sport experience. First unveiled for running products in 2006, NIKE+ has grown into a community of six million digitally connected athletes and is set to expand with the recent launch of the NIKE+ FuelBand, a wrist-based device designed to track everyday activity. The new Nike+ Basketball experience breaks down the user’s game to deliver information and measurement, which in turn provides motivation. Nike+ Basketball measures how high, how hard and how quick players play each game. Nike+ Training transforms a daily workout from a necessity to something fun. The experience fuses the appeal of gaming with high-intensity fitness to create the perfect training companion to a 24/7/365 lifestyle. The technology in both experiences utilizes a new Nike+ Pressure Sensor built into each shoe that collects information about the user’s movement and then wirelessly transmits data to their phone. It is then translated into different metrics delivering previously unknown information about either their workout or their game. NIKE, Inc. President & CEO Mark Parker unveiled the new NIKE+ technology at an event in New York attended by more »
Jack Blankenship who has been distracting basketball players by holding up a giant photo of his contorted face behind the basket made his way to Madison Square Garden to watch Jermemy Lin play. In an ESPN article about Jack the Alabama freshman said he has seen the giant heads that fans hold up at basketball games. Usually they’re photos of celebrities or tributes to their team’s players. But he decided he knew a better way to distract opposing players. “I thought it’d be cool to find a way to get a picture of myself and bring it to the games and hold it up,” Blankenship said. And people noticed. Full ESPN article here.
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