In order to beat defending Sprite Slam Dunk champion Superman Dwight Howard, New York Knick guard and 2006 Slam Dunk Champion Nate Robinson had to break out the Kprytonite. Going to the locker room before the final round started, 5'9" Robinson came out with a green Knicks jersey, green ball, green Nike shoes and then proceeded to jump over the 7 foot Howard and dunk. This dunk pretty much nailed down and allowed flowers to be thrown on the coffin containing Howard's hopes of repeating. Then Lebron James decided to steal these boys shine and make it all about himself by declaring he wanted to participate in next year's contest in Dallas. First of all Lebron, let the contest actually end before making it all about you. Secondly, I watched you win the high school dunk contest and I have to say you had no creativity at all. I dare to say you won because of your name, and not the weak dunks you displayed. Guys like Howard, Robinson, and J.R. Smith have worked hard to bring this contest back from the dead, and we don't need you to help bring it back down. If you're coming, go to the lab and bring your A-Game!Here's a highlight video of the contest: (Big props to the dunk by Rudy Fernandez that Pau Gasol bounced off the back of the backboard. Would have scored higher if it didn't take 10 attempts!)
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It's official folks! New York Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez is undeniably the most exciting player in baseball. To reach this acheivement, you have to be able to keep things interesting all year around. This guy has had one hell of an offseason. He started the offseason with news that he was getting a divorce. Then we found out he was dating the Material Girl herself, Madonna. Then Madonna leaves him for some even younger meat. After that, Los Angeles Dodger coach Joe Torre writes a book that dogs A-Rod out, saying that teammates were referring to him as "A-Fraud". And now we have the biggest news of all. Rodriguez admits to using steroids. WTF! Is there a clean, legitimate player left in the game? What's next, Ken Griffey Jr. gets popped? Lance Berkman? (Don't worry Berkman, as long as you keep the Beer Belly, we'll know you're clean!) Rodriguez was supposed to be baseball's savior, the one who chased down Barry Bond's home run record and made it legit. There's no point to looking for someone else to be that guy, since there's no telling who's clean anymore. They might as well stop fighting it and just recognize Bonds as the man. There is no denying that after Bonds started on the HGH (Human Growth Hormone), he became the single most feared hitter in the game. The guy was already a great natural hitter, just as Rodriguez was, before he started bulking up. Using performance enhancing drugs (PED's) just made these guys take balls out of the park that they were usually hitting off of the outfield wall for doubles. Let's relate that to other sports. In 2007, Tiger Woods' driving accuracy (meaning the percentage of times he hit the fairway off the tee) was 59.83%. He was 152nd on Tour in this category, but he still finished first in scoring average at 67.79. Now imagine if he hit 80% of the fairways. They would have to make the fairways narrow as credit cards for anyone to have a chance. How about Shaquille O'neal in his hayday. What if he were a 90% free throw shooter. They would have had to change the rules to be able to stop him from dominating. That's what PED's did for Bonds and Rodriguez. It allowed them to put up unbelivable stats, when a guy like Hank Aaron did it by just being consistent, never hitting over 47 home runs in a single season at 6'0" 180 lbs. Think about that.
