This is Sportscenter

I'm reading Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales. I'm currently in the middle of this massive 700+ page behemoth, reading about how the ad guys came up with the hilarious "This is Sportscenter" campaign. Pure genius. Below is my personal favorite. Charley Steiner just kills me. There are also links to other classics in no particular order. If you have a favorite that I missed, comment below and I'll post it. Enjoy!

"Follow me to freedom!"

Shue for Steiner

"Charley come on out and get your whoopin!"

Derek Jeter's razor feat the Phanatic

Grant Hill at the piano

Makeup Buddies

The Perfect Show

Van Pelt's PEDs

Shaz Bagl

Shaq By Numbers

Shaq announced his retirement yesterday on Twitter: Take a look:

I can't wait to see which network he ends up with. Shaq in a studio or next to Mike Breen calling a game seems too confining. What do you guys think he should do next? Comment below or on @9450blog or my Facebook page 9450blog.

Shaq By Numbers:

• 28,596 career points (5th all-time)
• 23.7 points and 10.9 boards for his career
• 24.3 points, 11.6 boards and 56.3% shooting (playoff averages)
• 26.7 points, 12 boards (averages from 1992-2005)
• 4 Rings, 1 MVP, 15 All-Star game appearances
• 2001 NBA Finals averages: 33 points, 15.8 boards, 4.8 assists, 3.4 blocks (Finals MVP):
• 12th all time in rebounds (13,099)
• 17th all time in free throws made (5,935)
• made a total of $292,198,327, according to basketball reference.com

Now that he's retired, Shaq's most important numbers (to TV executives):

• @shaq: 3,854,628 Twitter followers
• 4.33 million viewers: (Series debut of Shaq VS)
• 5.44 million viewed (most viewed episode)

The Many Posterizations of Chris Bosh

I'm sick today but watching these clips of Chris Bosh getting embarrassingly dunked on made me feel a little better. Enjoy!

Rodney Stuckey (last night)

Paul Pierce (my favorite)

 

Rajon Rondo

Jordan Farmar

Dwight Howard

Richard Jefferson