Entertaining Myself in Tokyo

I’m sitting here in the airport getting ready to jump on a 13 hour flight to Dallas, I’m sleep deprived, confused and just want to leave – but thanks to a picture on The Big Lead I was reminded of one of my favorite incidents of 2009.  I am of course referring to this:

Take that Bucks mascot – Bongo.  Not only did you get hit in your deer junk but you also fell through the hoop and tore your ACL.  If that’s not funny I don’t know what is.

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Concerned Public Asks Orlando Magic Mascot: What the Hell Are You?

Enjoy Your Nightmares

As the NBA Finals begin you’ll see all sorts of pundits pose such thought provoking questions as – Can Kobe win his 4th ring? Will Andrew Bynum be able to hold Dwight Howard down? and Will Jameer Nelson play? Here at SoD there is one issue that has puzzled us more than any other – what in the holy hell is the Orlando Magic Mascot?

A quick google search indicates it is called “Stuff the Magic Dragon.” See what the Magic did there? Touche Orlando P.R. team…touche. Somehow this horrifying, Pee-Wee’s playhouse reject rose from my nightmares to become the mascot for the Orlando Magic. Notwithstanding the fact that he has horns coming out of his head and running through his nose he seems relatively harmless…or so you’d think.

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Random Thoughts & Musings

Editors Note: These are basically just a bunch of thoughts I had that likely didn’t warrant their own column.  Maybe I’ll make it a regular thing, maybe I won’t.  Don’t tell me what to do.

LeBron, Kobe, Pierce, Neeson: All Killers.

• ESPN just showed a commercial that simulatenously advertised the NBA Conference semi-finals and the movie Taken.  Thus they are basically comparing Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Paul Pierce to Liam Neeson’s character from the movie.  Now Louie Renown and myself took in this fine motion picture during the NBA All-Star game in February and let me tell you, if the Conference semi’s play out anything like Taken, you can expect to see the following players wind up dead by whose hands I can only assume will be LeBron, Kobe, and Pierce:

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