Best Cardboard Sign At Basketball Game Ever

Alabama college basketball isn’t typically the most exciting thing to watch, but there's now a reason to tune in, at least when they’re playing at home.  

Freshman Jack Blankenship created a new twist to the cardboard sign meant to distract opponents.

Normally the sign will be of a celebrity, or of an opposing player, but Blankenship made a sign of his own face.

And what a face it is.  He and his friends have an inside joke going with this face and Blankenship decided to blow it up for Alabama basketball home games.

Blankenship is an aspiring comedian and plans to open a comedy club in Alabama.

His face has put him on the map and well on the way to his goal.

Tickets Handed Out For Vanity License Plate

Vanity license plates are commonly seen out on the road, but if you’re thinking about getting one you may want to do some research.

A Washington D.C. native, Danny White, constantly receives tickets for his vanity plate that says, “No-Tags.”

Whenever a car doesn’t have proper identification a DMV employee enters “No Tags” in Washington D.C., which prompts the system to give White’s vehicle a ticket.

According to White, this problem has caused him to receive over $20,000 in tickets.

White still refuses to change his plate even though each time he gets a ticket he has to take time off work to fight it in court.

That’s dedication to a joke, but if you don’t have that same dedication you’ll be paying to switch your vanity plate back to normal if you don’t do your research.

Alabama's Relentless Recruitng Efforts

Checking the mail box is a daily routine in everyone’s life.

Throwing out junk mail is just as routine.

Most mail is consistently junk from companies trying to sell new features, but no company is on the same radar of flooding a mail box as the University of Alabama.  

High school junior running back Alvin Kamara opened his mailbox and found 105 recruitment letters from Alabama.

Instead of tossing them in the trash like junk mail from Comcast wanting you to upgrade to Xfinity, Kamara is keeping every Alabama recruitment letter in a shoe box.

It’s no wonder Alabama is one of the best football teams in the country year in and year out.  When a kid receives that much paper from a college football team it makes him feel wanted.

Kamara, of Norcross High School in Georgia, is also being recruited by eight other schools, including Alabama’s in conference rival the University of Florida.

Kamara is visiting UF this weekend.

Here’s some tapes on the stand out four star recruit.

Olympic Swimmer Proposes to Girlfriend After Receiving Gold Medal

Here’s a Valentine’s Day special video.
 

Olympic swimmer Matt Grevers proposed to his girlfriend, fellow swimmer Annie Chandler, while on the stand after receiving a gold medal at the Missouri Grand Prix.

 Enjoy.

FAU Professor Started Whitney Houston's Career

Whitney Houston passed away over the weekend, as everyone knows, but here’s something most people don’t know.

 

Houston first started singing professionally at 15 years old in the Michael Zager Band.

 

Zager is currently a professor at Florida Atlantic University.

 

Houston’s first ever solo, “Life’s a party,” was performed while she was a part of the Michael Zager Band and is currently displayed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

 

While Zager enjoyed watching her rise to fame it hurt him to see Houston’s recent struggles.

 

Here’s Whitney at the top of her game singing the Star Spangled Banner before Super Bowl XXV in 1991. 

 

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Didn’t “Like” an “Awesome” Idea

Imagine on Facebook instead of clicking on a button for something you “like” you click on a button for something you think is “awesome.”

Facebook's Director of Engineering Andrew Bosworth that it was an “awesome” idea, but founder Mark Zuckerberg didn’t “like” it.  Read more about the decision here.

Instead of the "awesome" button being implemented it was the "like" button that hit Facebook in February 2009 after a couple years of testing and tinkering, according to Bosworth.

There’s controversy over the “like” button’s origin as rival FriendFeed’s website has a “like” feature as well.

No way Zuckerberg would ever steal an idea, right?

NBA All-Star Voting

Yesterday was the last day to vote for the NBA All Stars.

Voting consist of two guards, two forwards, and one center.

My picks for the Western Conference are Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, and Andrew Bynum.

Picking the guards for the West is a no brainer.  Kobe’s averaging over 30 points a game.  Brian Westbrook gets an honorable mention, but Paul’s all around numbers gives him the edge.

Of course Durant is on the ballot and probably keeps his team mate Westbrook’s stats down just a bit.  The other forward position is a toss up with  Love getting the nod with slightly better numbers than Blake Griffin with the reasoning basically being that Griffin plays with Paul.  It could be said that Griffin would put up more if he didn’t have Paul sharing the stats, but without his point guard who knows if he’d continue the same production.

There’s not much going on with the center position in either league and Bynum is the West’s clear cut favorite.

My picks for the Eastern Conference are Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, and Dwight Howard.

Picking the guards for the East is easier than expected.  With Wade being injured part of the year it gave way to a possibility of his spot being taken, but the only people close to Wade and Rose are Deron Williams and John Wall.


When you consider that Williams and Wall play with basically no other superstars and still have worse numbers than Wade then you can’t give them the starting nod.

Of course James is a starter and considering his production being shared with Wade and Bosh makes each of their production that much more impressive.  Staying with the theme, Bosh put up better numbers than Carmello Anthony, Amar’e Stodimire, and every other forward in the East even while playing with Wade and James.

Again, the weakest position in the league is center and Dwight Howard clearly is the only worthy candidate for the Eastern Conference.

Playing with a superstar helps better your game, but when you are a superstar yourself it cuts into your own numbers.  It’s the sacrifice you take to win championships compared to winning statistical categories. 

When you can play with other superstars and still put up the best numbers in the league that’s what makes you an All-Star.

Brian Westbrook and Blake Griffin get the snubs on my list of starters because their co-superstar produces just enough to keep them from having the top numbers at their respective position.

In Griffin’s honor, here’s his most recent spectacular dunk where he facializes Westbrook’s team mate Kendrick Perkins.