John Tesh got the idea for iconic NBA theme “Roundball Rock” while traveling and sang it into his answering machine from a hotel room. Here he is playing the original tape then playing it with a full orchestra. Goes insanely hard, greatest American sports theme ever composed:
If you want to stump someone w/ the most impossible baseball trivia question ever, ask who the last player to cross the 90 bWAR threshold is.
It's Eddie Plank, who retired in 1917. He crossed 90 bWAR in 2018.
Jimmy Kimmel shares hilarious stories and gets emotional during Adam Carolla's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony:
“Adam and I, as you probably know, don’t agree much when it comes to politics, but I love him dearly. I have never worked with anyone funnier.”
Way too many parents talking about retaining their 8th grade boys for a school sports advantage. I’ve got news for you. If you are thinking you need to do that, then your child is not that good and you are not considering the pressure you’re putting on them. You’re doing this for YOU, not your child. Grow up. You didn’t make it to the big leagues and they likely won’t either. 🤦♀️
Dillinger and Elmore earn well-deserved spots on the Mountain West All-Tournament Team! 👏
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"Hurt" is not an original by Johnny Cash. The song was written by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) in 1994 for the album The Downward Spiral. Rick Rubin had to insist several times on Cash recording his version, at first Johnny found the idea completely insane because the original version is industrial and noisy. At 71, already very ill, almost blind and with trembling hands, Cash completely transformed the band.
The iconic video, directed by Mark Romanek, was filmed at the House of Cash (his own museum). June Carter Cash appears looking at him fondly, the video was shot in February 2003, a few months before she died (May) and Johnny himself (September).
Trent Reznor was so moved that he declared, "This song is not mine anymore." It is considered one of the best covers of all time.
Clint Hurdle is a legend and we need more guys like him in baseball (and in society generally). He may be a baseball coach by profession, but the beauty of the tidbits he shares is that the wisdom they contain applies to all walks of life.