Take a look at this high quality video production put together by Hoops India. Seems like the youth in India are starting to fight for some respect in basketball! We love it, We need it! Go Hoops India!!

 

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RIP MJ

The multidimensional dynamics exemplified through sports is a microcosm of the society.

We often relate in our own way to player-team salary negotiations, hustle plays, dress codes, team names, drug tests, injuries, rehab, and even ethically, like debating what situations call for courtesy and which call for payback.

Well, our athletes, even those who are often considered the nicest, most hardworking, selfless, talented ones, also get busted by the long arm of the law.

Check out the SportsToast/BrownSkinZ Productions original video below:

Cam’ron, Doc Gooden, and Dwight Strawberry after the jump
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The hit show has been largely successful because of their ability to integrate athletes, with all their star power and impeccable footwork, into the competitive world of dancing.

Check out some of these moves/audition tapes for the next season!

Joakim Noah after the Gators win

LeBron, Shaq, Dwight Howard Dance Off

Ochocinco and Usain Bolt await…
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Marvin Gaye at the 1983 NBA All Star Game.

Inspiration after the jump
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Remember Keith Hernandez on Seinfeld?   Mike Piazza on Baywatch?   Ernie Banks on Mr. Belvedere?

Or What about The Greatest on Different Strokes?

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Or Joe Namath on The Brady Bunch?

courtesy of Newsday.com

courtesy of Newsday.com

Of course, the original reality TV was sports, and the stars were the athletes!  So, it’s only fitting that they entered the TV Sitcom world. Check out some interesting TV appearances from baseball’s biggest stars.

Sandy Koufax and the LA Dodgers on a hilarious episode of Mister Ed

More famous appearances after the jump
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Great job by SNY to incorporate some of the city’s immigrant essence into their commercial spots.

Hilarity ensues with the new local sports shop, New York New York Sports Sports

2 more hilarious spots after the jump (more…)

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Any questions??

Alyssa Milano is a successful actress, sex symbol, fashionista, and young entrepreneur.  She’s famous for her role on “Who’s the Boss” and “Charmed”, and has stayed busy as a businesswoman, with her celebrity networking company,  and her popular website .

Here we will look carefully at Milano….and at the many ways she has managed to stay relevant and broaden her brand and audience by creatively using the long arm of sport.

Of course, maybe most famously, Milano is known to have a thing for pitchers…

Zito, Pavano, Penny, etc

Zito, Pavano, Penny, etc

Milano recently launched a baseball-themed apparel line called “Touch,” which opened a boutique store at the NY Mets Citi Field in April.

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Her collection of headwear, apparel, and jewelery is sold at at the MLB.com Shop.

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Alyssa is a regular Los Angeles Dodgers season-ticket holder, and also has an interesting MLB Blog.

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She often joins the TBS broadcasting crews in the booth for playoff games.

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In March 2009, Alyssa released her book, “Safe at Home: Confessions of a Baseball Fanatic.” Dodgers’ manager Joe Torre wrote the book’s Foreword. (The book is basically is a retrospective focusing on how the game has influenced her life. She’s warned that it’s anything but a tell-all about her relationships with star players such as Brad Penny and Carl Pavano.)

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Alyssa Milano is blurring the lines between sports and hollywood, opening the baseball market to more women by introducing lines of fashion and jewelery, and overall broadening the audience and interest in sports by being so damn sexy!   Awesome!  We neeed it!

Politics as Usual

Kennedy sailed.

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Obama hoops.

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We’re taking out the bowling alley in the White House and we’re putting in a basketball court

Sports are more than just games, they are vehicles that help integrate people of varying backgrounds, races, and income-classes. Playgrounds, as much as classrooms, are birth places for skills like leadership, teamwork, and networking.

The most evident example of how a sport has helped to successfully build one’s character, and personal and business relationships, is to look at the importance of basketball to the character and career of President Obama.

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Links to stories, jerseys, and pictures after the jump
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