The N. Period

And it is awesome. Kinda reminds me of Tracy Morgan. Now he's streaming his life on Ustream. It's guaranteed to be exciting. The latest I heard he's yelling about being drunk and high, IN his Celtics game shorts and nothing else, while the Ustream staff toiled in the background to set up cameras around his house. Will I get anything done this weekend?

OK so maybe I forgot for a little while with the NBA on its yearly break, but gee wiz that LeBron James is a silly one. For the release of the Nike LeBron Zoom VI The Swoosh has teamed up with The King to make what is clearly one of the more entertaining footwear spots we've seen in some time. Looks like Bron-Bron will rake in a ton more money with this one.

Preseason basketball is here and it seems that at least one local establishment is decidedly unsatisfied with all the negative attention that Josh Howard has recieved as of late. Someone at SMU-area haunt Milo Butterfinger's had some choice opinions about the recently infamous Mav.

Success! Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki will represent his nation and carry the German flag for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. You know what else? he got a sweet new haircut to celebrate the whole affair.

Like movie trailer spoofs? What about seeing some of your favorite NBA athletes act like clowns? Well, Steve Nash and Baron Davis have satisfied both of these essential human needs.

Those of us in the good ole U.S. of A., especially in Dallas, have been lucky enough to see former MVP Dirk Nowitzki polish his exceptional hoops talent on our home turf. Now we all have a chance to show our gratitude for the big German. Looks like a guy named Tobias Gerhards has started a petition to get Dirk the job as the official flag bearer for Germany in this summer's Olympics in Beijing.

With the announcement last week that the SMU football team would be sporting "new" uniforms, I felt the need to bring up the Mustangs' schizophrenic handling of the color blue. Now I'm not old enough to remember, but I can't recall ever seeing the SMU athletic teams wearing anything but royal before the mid to late 1990s. But navy was the preferred hue of blue that the football team adopted in 2003. And there seems to be no explanation for this at all.

Steve Nash co-hosted a charity pick-up game in Chinatown with American soccer great Claudio Reyna. In a display that proved that he may indeed have more pull in the world of soccer than the entire MLS, Nash was able to secure the services of such prolific international stars as Thierry Henry, Robbie Fowler, Salomon Kalou, Steve McManaman and Rob Jones. Also there were such NBA standouts as Nash, Raja Bell, Jason Kidd, Leandro Barbosa and Baron Davis.

Finally, we get an up-close look at one of the most ridiculous new tattoos to the NBA. And that's saying a lot.

Some poor young kid has been duped into thinking that he's met a bona-fide NBA star. Oops.