“Akron Hammer … You are not the better Nickname for LeBron” Maury Povich, Video. OK, I did my share of “Sports Nation” bashing, but even I can admit this is great work.

The competition was between Akron Hammer, which is an awesome nickname, and the classic King James. King James won ins a landslide.

2010 NBA All Stars “Boys 2 Men Idol”, Videos. During 2010 NBA All Star Game, during half times, and timeouts, they showed clips of the All Stars “Trying” to sing Boys 2 Men songs on the gargantuan Cowboys Stadium screen. Some did badly, whilst others strived to do exceptionally terrible.

Dirk did the worst. Pau did the best.

Last month a London court ordered the British government to disclose confidential US intelligence showing that this man (see picture below) was detained and suffered “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” whilst in US custody.

Now, you’ve read the headline and seen this picture. After putting two and two together, some of you may have gotten five. This man above is indeed NOT LeBron James. He sure does look like him though, doesn’t he? For comparison, here is the real LeBron James:

Many would be deceived at first glance into thinking they’d just seen King James at the microphone. At this point, I should point out that the man in question was cleared of any wrong-doing and was declared not to be a terrorist, he was merely held on suspicion of being one. In fact, the article from AOL News, tells us that he was tortured in cruel and unnatural ways by the Guantanamo Bay authorities.

Among the many heinous crimes committed against this man, by far the most disturbing was the following (young readers, stop reading right now):

Mohamed was then taken to a “dark prison” run by the U.S. in Afghanistan, where he says he was forced to listen to a recording of rapper Eminem, played at deafening volume, continually for a whole month.

People need to be taken to task for this. This is beyond a human rights issue. This is a crime against nature. No one should be forced to listen to Eminem for more than three minutes straight, perhaps as they walk around a record shop or stumble into the wrong night club.

Just for clarity, this man below is LeBron James and whilst he has blown up in the league, he is not a terrorist.

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During the TNT 2010 All-Star Game telecast, Ernie Johnson revealed the Player of the Decade as voted on by fans at NBA.com. The runaway winner was Kobe Bryant, with 54% of the vote, followed by LeBron James at 17%. Tim Duncan and Shaquille O’Neal — the two most deserving of consideration, in my humble opinion — only garnered 8% and 13% respectively.

Here is where I have to step in, agree with Charles Barkley and the rest of the knowledgeable TNT crew and say, “what are you thinking, people?!?”

Results from votes like this really show that the general public should not be given a say in anything important. Things like…hmmm…who should run a country. Oh hang on, they already do! But seriously, just like the shambles of an All-Star vote that sees Tracy McGrady almost get in and Allen Iverson actually get voted in as a starter, the public continues to show how little they know about NBA basketball. And how short their memories are.

If we were to conduct a poll of the Top Player of the Past Five Years, sure, Bryant gets the vote, hands down (with a nod to LeBron James). Of the decade, however? It’s Shaq and Duncan all the way, battling for the crown. Duncan has been consistently brilliant during this past decade, averaging approximately 21.0ppg, 11.5rpg and 2.7bpg without indiscretion, whilst leading his team to four titles (granted one of those did come in 1998-99). And O’Neal, well let’s just say that if you look at his three titles in LA (don’t for a second think that they weren’t all about him) and then to follow that up with a ring in Miami… well, if he had his first five years of the decade now (take a look at the ridiculous numbers), we wouldn’t have so many short-memoried people.

Don’t dismiss this as some Kobe Bryant haterade. I actually count myself as someone who regards Bryant as the greatest player in the game right now — a title I struggled to bestow upon him for a long time. He has clearly matured from his earlier, “me-first” days and is a strong team leader, smooth spokesman and undeniable force on both ends of the court. He just has not been the greatest player of the past decade, when all things are considered. He is not even second best.

Here is the TNT broadcast, including what the crew had to say:

And LeBron? Let’s just say he shouldn’t have even been on the ballot. What do you think? Do you too think that the NBA.com voting population also must consist solely of 14 year-olds with no memory of the early ’90s? Or do you think Kobe is clearly a 4-5 times more deserving Player of the Decade than Duncan or O’Neal?

LeBron’s Over The Backboard Shot vs Kobe’s Over The Backboard Shot, video. In a perfect world everyone would just be happy with both of these extraordinary shots, but this is an imperfect world. Everyone wants to know which one is the best. Here they are side by side. LeBron’s shot was from the other night, Kobe’s is from about a month ago.

I think LeBron jumps further out of bounds, but I hate Kobe and the Lakers, so take it for what it is worth.

Rewind: Michael Jordan Slaps Ron Harper in the back of the head, Video. If there were blogs back in the day, then this video would have blown up. Michael Jordan, the games biggest star, slaps his team mates in the back of the head, and it ,” Really Hurt”.

On second thought, I am 95% positive that, even though Jordan was the best player to ever lace them up, he would be constantly rediculued and questioned. In today’s media we love to constantly build people up and then tear them down.

Micheal Jordan was so big that, if he played today, the press would make it their personal vendetta to take him down.

Anyways, I liked this video, but I couldn’t help but think of how even this little video would bring more hate than laughs if it were posted featuring LeBron slapping Mo Williams in the back of the head. Why do haters always gots to be hatin?

Blitzen Muppet is the M&M of the rapping Reindeer, Nike Commercial. Game Over! Santa Muppet tried to freestyle on the Reindeer, and he did a good job. But Blitzen “#1 Reindeer in the World!” destroyed Santa, Kobe, and LeBron in this lil ditty. M&M would be proud.

Santa Muppet Raps HardCore, Nike LeBron Kobe Commercial. How could anyone dislike Santa Muppet, especially a Santa Muppet that be rapping / straight spitting fire on the mic.