Wow. What else can you say about what Shaq and Don Imus said yesterday.



Good times Shaq...
I've been a Shaq fan since he was at LSU and lost to IU in the NCAA tournament. I love his personality, I think he's a great interview and he's good. I took his side in the whole feud with Kobe when they were with the Lakers. In fact, that's a big reason why I am a Kobe/Laker "hater" today. In case you haven't heard or seen the video (it's in the blog in case you missed it!) Shaq got onstage at a NY nightclub last night and freestyle rapped about topics such as Kareem, Hakeem the Dream and, of course Kobe. Again, I like to hear Shaq talk and say what he says, but there comes a time when you just gotta let it go and shut it! He raps about how Kobe needs him and can't win a championship without him. True points. Then he has to add "Kobe, how does my ass taste?" Really? You had to go there? Now, Shaq claims it was all in fun, that they used to do it all the time in the locker room back and forth, battle rhyming so to speak. There's no "battle" to it when it's just you onstage and no other rapper! So when he says "all in fun" I don't think that's entirely true. When you insenuate that someone has tasted your ass and they aren't there to spit something back at you then that's just disrespecting the person. I'm not here to defend Kobe believe me and I think it's hilarious that Shaq could care less what people think, but to taste your ass? A little much...

Now we turn our attention to Don Imus...obviously a guy who doesn't get it. We heard of him a little over a year ago whe he called the Rutgers girls basketball team "nappy headed ho's." Got fired then rehired, apologized and moved on. That caused quite a stir among minorities and also threw up red flags to everyone who may not have heard of Imus that this guy is racist. That's a totally understandable reaction if it was the first time you ever heard about him. He since then has been flying a bit under the radar...until yesterday. On his radio show the topic of Adam "Pacman" Jones came up. Now I don't listen to him so I don't know how the topic came up. But, it did and he asked his co-host "what color is he?" Of course he answered, "african-american," and Imus comes back with, "of course he is." Now he's back in the headlines for being racist again and basically saying that all african americans get in trouble with the law. He claims that it was all sacrcastic and was even, in a way, on Pacman's side saying that African-Americans get wrongly arrested all the time just because they are black. Ok, so maybe he was making that point, like I said I didn't hear the entire segment and don't know how it started or where it went. But the point is, when you already have a reputation like he does from 2 years ago why would you even come close to that subject again? It just doesn't make sense. Just talk about what an idiot Pacman is and leave it. No reason to bring his color or race into it! You know that minority groups are watching/listening to you with huge dumbo sized ears waiting for you to slip up again. It doesn't look like he's going to be disciplined or fined or anything, but this surely isn't just going to blow over. He's managed to get himself back in the headlines though...good job!

There comes a time when certain people need to just shut it and move on...

On another note...
What a weekend in Chicago, if you're a Cubs fan that is!! Just complete domination of their cross town "rivals." They completely outplayed them in all aspects of the game. After listening to the White Sox announcers in game 1 on Friday go on and on about how the Cubs can't play their style of ball (Sox were up 3-1 at the time) they go on to win on 2 hr's and then erupted for 9 runs in one inning on Saturday and cruised the rest of the series. Awesome!
Also, is there anything better than going to a wedding and hearing the groom give a drunken speech about his bride? Again, Awesome!
Tonight...Cubs 9 Orioles 2

BYE!!!