I guess this is some kind of world record for Ronnie Renner. I just know that it’s pretty high and it would really suck to fall from that height. Just ask the skater guy from the X Games or Britney Spears. They probably know more about falling from great heights than anyone.
Because it ain’t nothing for me to shamelessly plug people that I’m a fan of; here’s the trailer for Gunnin’ For That Number One Spot, which was directed by one Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys; who before they got into Buddha and this whole love everybody thing, were the clown princes of white boy rap/rock. Still got love for the Beasties, and this documentary looks entertaining, although nothing could match the cinematic gold of such time-transcending performances as “She’s On It” in Krush Groove (second video below).
From the “wow, I can be kind of sexist, but even I wouldn’t say the stuff he said,” files, former and current tennis nobody Justin Gimelstob apologized to former and current tennis hot-body Anna Kournikova for saying some rather boorish things about her in a recent interview. What did he say? Well, here’s the list:
“She’s a bitch,” Gimelstob said.
“We’re gonna kick her a–hole.
“Hate’s a very strong word. I just despise her to the maximum level, right below hate.
“I think she falls into the Marcelo Rios scumbag category. And this whole bluff about her retiring because of her back? She had the yips on her serve, she can’t get her serve on the court.”
Asked if he had ever been attracted to Kournikova, Gimelstob raged: “Definitely not. I have no attraction to her, because she’s such a douche.
“I really have no interest in her. I wouldn’t mind having my younger brother, who’s kind of a stud, nail her and then reap the benefits of that.”
Wow. That sounds more like Donald Trump going off on Rosie, than it sounds like a man who is on the ATP, which oversees men’s tennis. Serena Williams came out and called the remarks “unprofessional”.
Thank you, Serena for your insight; I never would have figured that out on my own. But, I am left wondering just what he meant by this comment:
“I really have no interest in her. I wouldn’t mind having my younger brother, who’s kind of a stud, nail her and then reap the benefits of that.”
Was he hoping that his little brother would let him hide in the closet and watch? Not sure what’s going on there. Were they wanting to film it? Plus, I can’t remember calling any other male a stud, I don’t have a brother, but I’m pretty sure that if I did I wouldn’t call him one either, even if he was my twin, which would make him a stud by birthright.
In his apology he said:
“I am extremely disappointed in myself,” Gimelstob said in the statement. “I take full responsibility for all the words that came out of my mouth … Anna Kournikova, World Team Tennis and many others deserve my deepest apologies.
“I recognize that my access to communicate to the public should be used in a positive way, and this was clearly not the case last week.” (Chicago Tribune)
Well, at least it’s a better apology than if he just said, “yeah, tell that b***h, I’m sorry and I’ll make it up to her later”, and then followed it up with a wink and a big thumbs-up.
I have absolutely nothing to add to this:
Sorry, that title was entirely too easy. Anyways, I’m just glad that in the midst of all the chaos and the darkness of the sports world at large there is still one bastion of purity and athleticism that shines brightly through the night.
Women’s Beach Volleyball! And as usual it was the duo of Misty May and Kerri Walsh who were bringing home the awards, as they won the gold at the Swatch FIVB 2008 Beach Volleyball World Tour in Germany, defeating Wang and Tian of China in two sets.
Women’s Beach Volleyball. It’s not just for wedgies anymore.
