The Revolution is Televised

Egyptian protestors attempting to cross the Kasr al-Nil Bridge meet a water cannon in Cairo.

Gobble Gobble

This is one of the reasons why Terry Bradshaw can't spell "cat" even if you spotted him the first two letters:

Blake Griffin Drops 47

Best of Class

The following are my picks for the best players from each individual post-merger NBA Draft [(pick #) and selecting team]:

1977: Bernard King (7) New York Nets
1978: Larry Bird (6) Boston Celtics
1979: Magic Johnson (1) Los Angeles Lakers
1980: Kevin McHale (3) Boston Celtics
1981: Isiah Thomas (2) Detroit Pistons
1982: Dominique Wilkins (3) Utah Jazz
1983: Clyde Drexler (14) Portland Trail Blazers
1984: Michael Jordan (3) Chicago Bulls
1985: Karl Malone (14) Utah Jazz
1986: Dennis Rodman (27) Detroit Pistons
1987: Scottie Pippen (5) Seattle SuperSonics
1988: Mitch Richmond (5) Golden State Warriors
1989: Shawn Kemp (17) Seattle SuperSonics
1990: Gary Payton (2) Seattle SuperSonics
1991: Dikembe Mutombo (4) Denver Nuggets
1992: Shaquille O'Neal (1) Orlando Magic
1993: Chris Webber (1) Orlando Magic
1994: Jason Kidd (2) Dallas Mavericks
1995: Kevin Garnett (5) Minnesota Timberwolves
1996: Kobe Bryant (13) Charlotte Hornets
1997: Tim Duncan (1) San Antonio Spurs
1998: Dirk Nowitzki (9) Dallas Mavericks
1999: Manu Ginobili (57) San Antonio Spurs
2000: Michael Redd (43) Milwaukee Bucks
2001: Pau Gasol (3) Atlanta Hawks
2002: Amar'e Stoudemire (9) Phoenix Suns
2003: LeBron James (1) Cleveland Cavaliers
2004: Dwight Howard (1) Orlando Magic
2005: Chris Paul (4) New Orleans Hornets
2006: Brandon Roy (6) Minnesota Timberwolves
2007: Kevin Durant (2) Seattle SuperSonics
2008: Derrick Rose (1) Chicago Bulls
2009: Blake Griffin (1) Los Angeles Clippers
2010: John Wall (1) Washington Wizards

**Selections from 1999 onwards are subject to change due to injury and/or future performance

Black Rage

"I was 17 years old, being cheered on the basketball court but being called a 'nigger' by those same people on the street," he says. That summer riots erupted in Harlem. "I stepped off the subway right into the middle of it. It was chaos, wild, insane, and I just stood there trembling. Cops were swinging nightsticks at everybody, bullets were flying, windows were being smashed, people were stealing and looting. All I could think of was that I wanted to stay alive, so I took off running and I didn't stop till I was at 137th and Broadway, several blocks away. And then I sat huffing and puffing and pondering about what I'd seen, and I knew what it was: rage, black rage. The poor people of Harlem felt that it was better to get hit with a nightstick than to keep on taking the white man's insults forever. Right then and there I knew who I was and who I had to be. I was going to be black rage personified, black power in the flesh."

--Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The Jordan Before Jordan

David Thompson took the league to newer heights in the late 70s.  With a vertical leap of 44 inches, the Association was no longer horizontal.  A career sidetracked by nose candy and injury, David Thompson is often relegated to the footnotes of history.  But make no mistake--he set the stage and the standard, for the high flyers that followed.

You Got Served

Average ticket price to a Knicks game: $204,

Buying an authentic Lebron James Jersey: $300,

Sitting next to Jack at Staples for a Game 7: $80000,

Having seen the Reign Man in person:  Priceless

Shawn Kemp pulverizing and posterizing the Knicks at MSG in 1995 remains one of the most enduring sports memories of my youth. If you've ever wondered what the definition of a man-child is, watch the video above.