NBA Playoffs: Thank God for Youtube and Ian Eagle

My roommate and I were watching game 2 of the Cavaliers/Wizards series last night when this happened:




Our reaction: quixotic. Was this truly just a situation where the producers came back from the commercial break and forgot, intentionally or not, to tell Ian Eagle and Jack Ramsay? Or was this an orchestrated bit? Either way we should be thankful that A) Ian Eagle did not say anything racist and B) he compared a timeout during a professional basketball game to a Bar Mitzvah. Mazel tov!

Video notes: Watch how much Ian Eagle fidgets and, speaking of eagles, how Jack Ramsay is the exact human doppleganger of Sam the Eagle from the Muppet Show.

Status Report

We haven't posted in a while so here's a status report on what's been going on in the world of sport and otherwise:

- The Yankees really do suck. I'm not sure what's more embarassing for them: being in last place after a month or having to read about it in the New York Post. As far as papers go the Post ranks just below toilet (but above USA Today).

- On April 18, Lionel Messi did what Sergio Agüero did a year ago only to another La Liga team and not some third-rate Argentinean team. Getafe is no Valencia (it's not even Villareal) but La Liga is arguably the best or second best soccer league in the world and this is very impressive:



Trapped by the work monster again, I'll try to post more later...